• Into the Light

  • Real Life Stories About Angelic Visits, Visions of the Afterlife, and Other Pre-Death Experiences
  • By: John Lerma
  • Narrated by: Arika Escalona
  • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (182 ratings)

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Into the Light

By: John Lerma
Narrated by: Arika Escalona
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Despite our advancements in science and medicine, death remains one of humananity's most glorious mysteries. A handful of doctors have written books on phenomena such as near-death experiences, but research and data is scarce on pre-death experiences. Because of this lack of information, Dr. John Lerma has devoted his career to compiling anecdotal and scientific research on pre-death hallucinations from the countless terminally-ill patients he lovingly cares for as a doctor and director at The Medical Center of Houston, Texas.

Now, in the groundbreaking book, Into The Light, Dr. Lerma shares his valuable research and guidance in 16 inspirational stories of children and adults confronting their deaths through the comforting visions of divine beings. By presenting these mysterious visions, synchronicities, and angelic conversations terminally ill patients encounter, Dr. Lerma shows how knowledge of death can ease the pain and fear as we prepare to enter into the light.

In this book you will learn:

  • The exhilarating and calming elements of pre-death experiences.
  • Healing during the dying process.
  • The difference between hallucinations and visions.
  • Self-forgiveness and self-love as the key to a joyous life and a peaceful transition.

The mystical experiences described here delve into: the creation of the universe, past and future extinctions, dark angels and white angels, selfless suffering and its effect on humanity, free will as the vital ingredient to create on earth and in heaven, and many more incredible revelations. The poignant stories in Into the Light will leave you feeling uplifted in faith, hope, and love.

©2007 John Lerma (P)2012 Laurie Kelly-Pye

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Great read!

It’s all about unconditional LOVE!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Thank you for sharing these stories!❤️ Great read! Highly recommend!

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A Enjoyable Book.

I so very much enjoyed this book. I listened to it during slow times at work. but I found myself trying to find a quiet place to listen to it. A really well written and told stories. Thank You.

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awesome book

awesome book. I would highly reccomend. Very thought provoking. not full of materialism pressupossitions. is evidentially based.

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So Inspiring

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. It gives so much hope for our futures that we will see loved ones who have passed before us and knowing that we have these wonderful angels around us to guide us.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Into the Light?

The story of 9 yr old Matthew and his wisdom beyond his years of his purpose. His purpose to give hope to his mom and sister and reunite them with their love of Christ.

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Into The Light

What made the experience of listening to Into the Light the most enjoyable?

I felt as tho I was in the rooms with the Dr. John Lerma listening to the patients. Great stories.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Into the Light?

The part where the Jewish Lady told the doctor and the nurse of their happenings in life.

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Great read

What an amazing revelation. I wonder if the experience is the same across all races.

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Inspiring

This is such a wonderful book, I was so inspired by each individual account of contact with the other side.

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Thank you God

Beautiful and touching vignettes of pre-death experiences! This lovely little book confirms what we all hope for: Christ comes to us as we transition from this world to the next, His plan is loving and perfect, and we do see our loved ones again. Lifted my spirit into greater trust in God!

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confirms and expands what I always thought

What did you love best about Into the Light?

This book contains conventional and very unconventional conclusions. It is a surprise how the ideas of main stream Christianity and a one world religion ideology merge to give a picture of giving mankind multiple chances to repent and turn to a salvation experience, and yet it paints hell as a state of mind more than a physical location, such as most of main stream Christianity would find unacceptable as a loci of eternal punishment. It does show how a merciful God is willing to contend with mankind and our resistance to being dependent on God who is asking us to do and not do specific behaviors.There is a very wide field of understandings, and does show how in the end all mankind is equalized at deaths door, where the most enlightening events come through the ending of the lives of children and the child like behavior of the most educated individuals that are spending the last moments of their lives in the physical realm with Dr. Lerma. He is a good model for those of us who are dedicated to using the span of our lives learning eternal lessons and to prepare for the next realm of existence This book has many statements in its narration that I could not agree with, however the baby is more valuable than the bathwater here. This book requires the skill of all listeners to be able to pick the meat and toss the bones as we would in listening to any dialog of main stream and fringe concepts. The merging of these statements by those who are reporting the virtually unexplainable, and non-human action carried out by the Angelic and divine Personalities such as Jesus Christ and the Father God creator defy the biases of all of the parties involved . If this was not listed under non-fiction I would still be spell bound by it because it offers the deepest truths of the Bible texts in the most comprehensible of terms and puts these truths right there in front of us so straight forward as to be irrefutable even by this educated doctor, and his most educated patients. We need to be willing to hear the observation that these dieing people are willingly sharing their personal revelations and conversions to truths and realities that I or they would struggle with if it were not for the fact that like the fox hole experience of soldiers on the battlefield, it appears that no atheist seem to be left at the end of our lives, or their lives. At any rate, this is a worthy read for everyone of us, it will help lessen the shock of moving on to the next plane of life, and as the scripture says; oh death where is your sting, oh grave where is your victory?" It does a wonderful job of integrating death as part of life and celebrating the hope of an eternity in the presence of a true and loving God.

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I believe that this a true report.

Which character – as performed by Arika Escalona – was your favorite?

they were all equally well portrayed

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

i could not as i was being interrupted and had to back track a few times

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Beautiful Book!

i loved this book, very insightful. I would recommend thus book to everyone I know.

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