Sotheideaof a bigevilentitylivingundergroundissomethingthat a lotofnearlyallcultureshavebelievedin a realunderworld, a universeofthedebtbeneaththeearth.
Andineverysenseoftheword, that's whatmywhatmyexperienceshowedmeeventheafterSharonStonehad a momentwhereshediedandshewasIt's sortoflikepassingoutexceptyouupyoupassup a sortofandyouhavethisbigblowupthing.
Andyouknow, I don't I don't know.
I neverhadit.
So I don't knowanybodyhere, haveit?
I don't knowNow.
Thosetwocasesweregreat.
Thosepeoplesupposedlywenttoheaven.
Butfor a lotofpeoplethinkPilotwasin a planecrashandhewasinthehospitalwhereyoutemporarilydiedandhesayshewentisthemosthorrific, hopeless, terrifyingfeelingthatyoucouldevenimagine.
Yeah, anditjustgetsmorning.
When I wasinthedarkness, I feltwhatitwouldliketobeeternallydoomed, incarcerated, anditwasnonnegotiable.
Therewasnoturningback.
There's anothermanthattalksabouthisexperience I justknewthat I wasgoingtohell, and I knewthatwastheenemythatcameforme, becausewhen I lookedup, I lookedrightintohisfaceandeyesanditwassohuge.
Well, thatbringsusto a fewtheoriesonwhypeopleseedifferentthingswhentheydie.
Sofirstistheexpectancy.
Thetheorystatesthatthemindseeswhatitexpectstoseebasedonthoughtsandexperiencesthepersonexperiencingvisionlike a selfinduceddream.
Sobasically, ifyou'redyingoryou'rehaving a NewYorkexperience, yourbrainmightcreate a visionofhell, becausethat's whatyou I thinkitlookslike.
Youknow, we'vetalkedabouttheprocessofdeathbefore, andwetalkedabouthow I sawmygrandmadieandshesawheaventobuildthisexactlywhatitlookedlike.
Sheputherarmouttoreachforherhusband.
Soinmyheart I feellikethatwasreallybuttechnicallyitcouldhavejustbeenherbrain, creatingallthosevisions.
Nowsomepeoplehave a neardeathexperiencewheretheyseenothing, andit's liketotalblacknessthat's calledthedisassociation.
Thetheorystatesthatinordertodisassociatewithfearorsometimespainfulexperienceofdying, thatourmindsendsusinto a placeofcomfortpeaceandgivesus a senseofdetachmentfromthebody.
Sothinkaboutitthisway.
Yougotinto a caraccidentandyou'retrappedandyou'rebleedingtodeath.
It's somethingelse, andthat's whyyousee a lightbecauseyou'rebeingreborn.
I gotsomethingverycomforting.
Nowlisten, I couldgetreallyindetailabouttherealtheoriesofwhyhellexists.
And a lotofthosetheoriesinvolvedChristianityandbrainwashing.
But I'm notgonnalie.
I feel a littleuncomfortabletalkingaboutit.
Assomeofyouguysknow, I wasraisedveryreligious.
I mean, I grewupgoingto a Catholicschool.
Thenafter I leftthere, I became a bornagainChristianat 12.
Andas I'vegottenolder, mythoughtsonChristianityhavechanged a lot.
Clearly, I'm in a relationshipwith a manwhichbyallmeans I willgotohell.
Soovertheyears I'vecreated a differentrelationshipwithGod.
I kindofseeGodassomethingbigger.
He's somebodywho I talkedto, someonewho I feeliswatchingovermenowthegodthat I believein, theGodthat I feeliswatchingoverwouldn't have, I mean, atleastnotthetypeofhellthatwe'veseen.
Nowthere's evensomepriestswhobelievethattranslationoftheBiblemighthavebeenheightened a littlebitwhen I wastalkingabouthelpbecausemaybetheywantedtoscare.
They'rebelievers.
Nowhere's a priestthat's talkingaboutjust I don't thinkhellexists.
I happentobelieveinlifeafterdeath, but I don't thinkit's gotnothingtodowithrewardandpunishment.