PREFACE

By Sue Stone
Founder of The Sue Stone Foundation,
Sue is a Happiness, Empowerment and
Confidence Coach, and is recognized as one of the UK’s happiest and most
positive people

In my “former” life, I had no understanding of consciousness and “reality creation”, let alone how powerful our thoughts and emotions are and that there were ways to be intentional about our experience of life.

When I say my “former” life, I am referring to my life prior to my “annus horribilis” in 1999. It was a time when I lived very much in the drama of life, viewing it as full of problems that I had to overcome; a time of an unhappy marriage, growing debt and worries. I had most certainly forgotten what it felt like to be happy, and longed for that childlike innocence of bouncing through life, free from adult emotions and responsibilities.

Shortly before this, in 1997, my husband and I had separated, and I had a belief at the time that once one thing had gone wrong, numerous other things would go wrong … what a self-fulfilling prophecy that proved to be!

Things went from bad to worse and I had no idea at the time that I was unconsciously creating what I was experiencing. The turning point came one day (I remember it vividly) when I had just £10 left in my purse, was at the borrowing limit on credit cards and overdrafts, facing repossession of my home, with no income and three young children to feed, and feeling very alone.

I was consumed with fear and desperation, but at some level I knew I had to do something. To take full responsibility, I started by reading self-help and spiritual books, researched quantum physics and, as a result, began “waking up” to the bigger picture and realized very quickly that I was “doing it all wrong”; I was visualizing and thinking about all the things that I didn’t want to happen, which intensified my levels of fear and created more of what I didn’t want!

In brief, I made it my mission to “work” on myself and change my thinking and attitude to life. The rest is history and I now dedicate my life to helping others live their greatest lives, to “be” the change we all wish to see in the world. I share a message of peace, love and respect; to “treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself ”.

I am honoured to be writing the preface to this enlightening book, which totally embodies this message. In addition, I am happy to share that I too had an NDE in 2002. To me it was more an out-of-body experience. My blood pressure is always at a healthy low, but following a routine operation and general anaesthetic, it dropped dangerously low. For my daughter, Natalie, who was 16 at the time, it was a traumatic experience as, bless her, she thought I had indeed died. For me, I remember feeling amazing; that incredible feeling of what I now know to be unconditional love.

People talk about their life flashing before them, and that’s exactly what happened to me. I was looking down on all the chaos, and my whole life literally flashed before my eyes. I had no concept of time; it felt like years but in reality it was only a few minutes. Following my out-of-body experience the most noticeable transformation for me was when I started to channel spiritual guidance and ancient wisdom, which I found incredible and truly humbling.

What I particularly love is that science now “backs up” the ancient wisdom that has been spoken by all the masters and sages across the centuries. Science also acknowledges that everything in the universe is energy, and mathematically it has proven that every cell, every photon in our universe, is connected to every other one. Now that is hugely powerful! When people say, “We are all connected, we are all ONE”, we truly are.

Every thought we have, every word we speak, affects us at the quantum (energetic) level and is projected into the surrounding ether and returned to our reality. When a collective reality is being projected, it becomes a very powerful force for either positive or “negative” purposes.

As Above So Below, As Within So Without.

When situations are presented to us, we are given an immediate choice to respond with either love or fear. Fear creates more fear and love creates more love. Love is vastly more powerful than fear and is our natural essence and the most powerful force in the universe. Remember this, as your heart has the ability to move mountains.

The Transformative Power of Near-Death Experiences is a powerful and enlightening read. Enjoy and embrace!