Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Quotes
Louis: Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth.
And this is what Hell is. A place to help purifying the soul nothing more. And this appears in all monotheistic religions by the way.
The way out of Hell is to let go of the things of this early life and go on to a bigger plane of existence.
Re this guy's account, I am really suspicious and I think the religious aspect he tried to blanket over his experience got the best of it.
I recall the NDE of a French lady (for those who speak French her name is Nicole Dron, go and check her story out), she said that she went to Heaven and in a nutshell here is what she heard
- We've already lived forever and we will live forever
- Reincarnation does not happen but is not forced onto souls that cannot take it
- There is no such thing as I or the other person it's we
and from the religious perspective here's why it becomes interesting
- she was told that Jesus, Buddha and Muhammad were working on the regeneration of Earth
- Christ would come back but she wasn't told in which particular form
What is interesting is that, from what I recall, she's of a catholic background and back when she had her experience, in the 80's I think, Islam and Buddhism weren't really big or spoken much about in France.
At the end of the day, the experience happens but as humans, people try to filter out whatever they are not comfortable with. Only a few don't.