People who actually die and have so-called Near Death Experiences often say that their experience beyond death is the experience of God or the Light of God. There is simply no other experience or reference point here in this world that compares to what is experienced in the Near Death Experience (NDE), and therefore, the people are forced to use the realm of God to explain what they have experienced.

   When asked: “What would you describe the core or essence of your experience as,” my study found that 53 percent checked the box with “pure being,” and 60 percent said yes to “essence of existence.” Moving further into trying to put a name on this core or essence, the consensus became even higher with 73 percent agreeing to call it “the Light.” The highest consensus was found through the religious word “God,” where 80 percent agreed to call the core of their experience – the experience of “God.”