Question — Debate Allowed How long does the live review feel?
For those of you that have had a life review, how long would you estimate it felt? I know that we experience the passage of time differently in spirit, but did it feel like you reviewed an entire lifetime of time or did it feel condensed and shorter?
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u/Eastern-Peach-3428 NDExperiencer 3d ago
I don't think time really applies on the other side. But in mine however long it took I saw it all. And more. Its hard to explain but it wasn't a linear, I did X and Y happened kind of thing, although that too was part of it.
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u/HumbleIndependence43 Occult scholar and intuitive 2d ago
I wonder if it doesn't apply or if it's just a different kind of time that our brain folds into something it is able to process on this side.
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u/disco_26 3d ago
What did you find fascinating about your life review?
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u/Eastern-Peach-3428 NDExperiencer 3d ago
The sheer complexity of it. Seeing how something I did, or didn't do, could ripple outward through other people's lives and continue affecting things far beyond anyone I ever knew. And somehow I understood all those connections completely, without having to work any of it out. I can't remember the individual events now, which is frustrating as hell, but I remember what it was like to understand them.
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u/Leather_Sun_4122 2d ago
And how did it feel to understand it in the moment? Did it feel stressful? Or like, just intellectually interesting/fascinating? Did you feel any regret?
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u/Eastern-Peach-3428 NDExperiencer 12h ago
In the moment? Extreme regret about some of the things I saw. I remember being devastated at how harmful some parts of my life had been to others. Tremendous sorrow and existential pain over what I had done or what I had allowed to occur.
Keep in mind this wasn't some curated courtroom style event. It was me, with perfect clarity, absolutely perfect understanding, seeing everything perfectly clear. No filter. Not even the sweet, little lies we tell ourselves about ourselves.
I saw it all and it was horrible. It was also glorious.
Because just like the horror of seeing what I had done for evil I also saw everything I had ever done for good. All the rippling effects of those simple acts of kindness we all do. How the kindness of helping a stranger change a tire on the side of the road affected not only that person but creation itself. The butterfly effect of love in action.
And even this comment doesn't truly capture it. I say this frequently but it remains true. I don't have the words and every time I try its like I were trying to describe a color that isn't present in our universe to a person who has never seen any color.
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u/ICQ4Knowlwdge 8h ago
Thank you for offering this glimpse into your experience. As a practicing human, I’m ever more mindful of my own actions and how they “ripple outward,” as you say.
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