Natia Rodonaya-Perez, the daughter of Pastor George Rodonaya, told us that George Rodonaya died of a heart attack at 38+00 on June 5, 2004. In July 2004, he suffered from a serious heart attack, but later he was thought to have recovered. On his way to Dallas Trinity Radio to record his near-death experience, he had a heart attack and was called back to his hometown by God. Nadia thanked all those who cared about her father and his near-death experience. We will miss him deeply. George's living relatives are: wife Nino, daughter nadiya, son Greg, son-in-law Martin, grandson Levani and mother-in-law Nadia.
Dr George Rodona holds a doctorate in medicine, neuropathology and religious psychology. He once submitted an article to the United Nations on "emerging spirituality in the world". 1989 before immigrating to the United States from the former Soviet Union, he worked as a psychiatrist at Moscow University.
Dr. Luo once had a long record of "clinical near-death experience". 1976 was hit by a car and immediately confirmed dead. He was kept in the morgue for three days, and he didn't "come back to life" until the doctor performed an autopsy by laparotomy.
Although near-death experience is very common, there is another remarkable feature of Dr. Luo's near-death experience, that is, he was completely changed by this incident. Before that, he was a psychiatrist and considered himself an atheist. However, after this incident, he devoted himself to the study of religious psychology and was elected as a priest of the Orthodox Church. Later, he became a pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Nederland, Texas.
The following is Dr. Luo's self-report, which is taken from The Way Home written by Philip Berman.
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"The first thing I can remember about that near-death experience is that I found myself in a completely dark world without physical pain; Somehow, at that time, I could still realize that I was George, and there was only darkness around me, which I had never seen before, completely, completely, and couldn't be darker. This darkness surrounds me and oppresses me. I'm unprepared for this, and I'm scared! I was shocked to find myself alive, but I didn't know where I was. Only one thought lingers in my mind:' What happens when I don't exist?' This idea bothers me.
"Slowly, I clenched my hands and began to think about what happened and what would happen next. But nothing is easy and pleasant. Why did I come to such a dark place? What should I do? Then I remembered Descartes' famous saying:' I think therefore I am', and I felt relieved, because at this moment I can be sure that I am still alive, although obviously in a very different dimension. I thought,' If I still exist, why not face it positively? So I thought, I'm George, I'm in the dark, but I still know who I am. I am who I am. I can't do nothing.
"Next, I was thinking:' What positive methods are there in the dark?' Well, being positive is bright. Then, suddenly, I was in the light, very bright white light! It's like the flash of a camera, but it's not flashing. Just as bright and unchanging. At first, I found the light painful, and I didn't dare to look directly at it. But gradually, I began to feel safe and warm. Suddenly, everything seemed fine.
"Next, I saw all the microscopic particles flying around me, atoms, protons and neutrons flying everywhere. On the one hand, they are completely chaotic, but this kind of chaos also has its own symmetry, which brings me great happiness. This symmetry is wonderful and seamless. I am immersed in incomparable happiness, and the cosmic form of life and nature is displayed before my eyes. At this time, all my worries about my body vanished, because I clearly realized that I no longer needed it, on the contrary, it would actually limit me.
"Everything in this experience blends together, so it's hard for me to figure everything out. The time I know has stopped. For the unity of my eternal life, the past, the present and the future are all integrated.
"At some point, I also experienced the so-called' life review'. I saw my life from the beginning to the end in an instant. I participated in the actual performance of my life, just like the hologram of my life-there is no past, no present, no future, only this moment and the actual situation of my life. Not from birth to living in Moscow University, but all at once. I was there. This is my life. I don't feel guilty about what I did, and I don't have any sense of success or failure. What I feel is that my life is like that, and I am very satisfied and accept it.
"During this period, the light shines and gives me peace and joy, which is undoubtedly very positive. I am so happy in the sun. I understand the meaning of light. I realize that all the physical laws of human beings are nothing compared with the truth of the universe; I also learned that black holes are just another part of infinite light; I also understand that truth is everywhere, not simply that there is life on earth and infinite life; Everything is not only connected, but also integrated. So, I feel the whole, everything and me, and the universe with light.
I can go anywhere at once. I tried to communicate with the people I met. Some people felt my existence, but no one did anything about it. I think it is necessary to study the Bible and philosophy. You think, you accept, you think, and they come. So I went back and lived in the thoughts of Jesus and his disciples. I'm involved. I heard their conversation and experienced their eating, handing wine and smelling-yes, I have no body, I am in pure consciousness. If I don't understand what happened, there will be an explanation, but no teacher can talk. I explored the Roman Empire, Babylon, Noah and Abraham, and I was there at any time you can think of.
"In this way, I was immersed in all the beautiful things and wonderful experiences until others were ready to cut my abdomen. Can you imagine my situation in the morgue? I was declared dead and left there for three days. Because they wanted to investigate the cause of my death, they sent someone to do an autopsy. When they were going to give me a laparotomy, I felt as if there was a great force strangling me and pressing me down. This force is so powerful that I open my eyes and feel great pain. My body was cold and I began to tremble. They immediately stopped the autopsy and took me to the hospital. I stayed in the hospital for nine months, almost always wearing a ventilator.
"Slowly I recovered my health, but it was never the same as before. I just want to learn wisdom in the remaining light. This new interest prompted me to come to the University of Georgia (former Soviet Union) and get my second doctor's degree: doctor of religious psychology. Later, I became a priest of the Orthodox Church. Finally, in 1989, my family immigrated to the United States, and I became an assistant pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Nederland, Texas.
"Many people ask me what I believe? How did my near-death experience change me? I can only say that I believe in the God of this universe. However, unlike others, I never call God light, because God is beyond our comprehension. I believe that God is better than light, even darkness. God is everything that exists-this is completely beyond our understanding. So I don't believe in Jewish gods, Christian gods, Hindu gods or any other religious concept of "what is God or not". They are talking about the same God, who showed me the beauty and wonderful mystery of the universe we live in. They are always connected.
"Anyone who has experienced God will feel such a profound experience connected with truth, and know that the only truly meaningful thing in life is love: love for nature, love for animals, love for things created, just because they are like that. Serve God with warm, loving and generous hands-this is the only meaning of life.
"Many people turn to us who have near-death experiences because they think we have the answer. But I know it's not, at least not completely. None of us can understand the great truth of life unless we finally combine with eternity after death. But sometimes, it is enough for me that we catch a glimpse of the answers on earth. I like asking questions and seeking answers, but I know that in the end I must live with questions and answers. This is good, isn't it? As long as we love wholeheartedly, it doesn't matter. Perhaps the best way to express this is to borrow a passage written by Rilke in a letter to a friend. I once read the original work in the library of Dresden University. I remember what it was like:
"Patiently get along with the unsolved mysteries in your heart, try to love the questions themselves, and don't seek the answers I can't give you, because you will live with them. The important thing is to live in everything and live in the current question. Maybe you don't understand it, but one day, you will live alone in the answer. "
"My faith is based on this. Living in a problem, the universe will open your eyes for you. "
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Talking to a baby in a near-death experience
For more descriptions of Dr. George Rodona's near-death experience, please refer to Melvin Morse and Paul Perri's book "Being transformed by light". Dr. Moss quoted George's Russian name Yuri in his book. The following is the story of George talking to a baby in his near-death experience:
In the near-death experience, Yuri's soul can go home. He sees his sad wife and two young sons. They don't understand that their father has passed away.
Later, he went to the neighbor's house next door. A few days before Yu Yu's "death", they just added a baby. Yu Yu knew that they were upset by the baby because he was crying all the time.
No matter what they do, he just keeps crying. When he falls asleep, there is a pause, but when he wakes up, he will continue to cry. They took him to the doctor, but the doctor was puzzled, because he had ruled out all possible pains such as hernia, so the doctor had to send them home, hoping that the little guy would finally calm down.
In the state of no body, Yu Ri (soul) found something strange:
"Surprisingly, I can talk to babies. I can't talk to his parents and my friends, but I can talk to the newborn baby. I asked him what was wrong. We don't use language to communicate. I might telepathically ask him what's wrong. He told me that his arm was hurt. When he told me, I could see his broken and bent bones. "
The little guy has a lateral bending fracture on his arm (also called "green branch fracture" in medicine), which was twisted at birth. Now, Yu Ri and the little guy know what the problem is, but there is no way to tell the adults.
Finally, doctors from Moscow performed an autopsy on Yu Ri. When they carried Yu Ri's body from the morgue to the wheeled gurney, his eyes blinked. The suspicious doctor examined his eyes and found that they responded to light, so he immediately pushed him to the emergency room and saved him.
Yu Ri told his family about his death, and no one believed him. Their doubts subsided until he told many details of what he saw when he was out of body experience. And his diagnosis of the baby next door looks more like a prank. Later, neighbors came to visit him, and he told them that they were particularly worried about the baby that night, and told them that he had talked with the child and found that his arm had a lateral fracture. The baby's parents took the child to see a doctor, and the X-ray showed the problem of the child's arm, which confirmed the diagnosis in different places.
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In memory of George Rodona
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I know George very well. He is part of my basic research. I also recorded a short story about him in my book Beyond the Light. I say "brief" because his experience is beyond the scope of books on the theme of near-death experience, and it is easy to become a book of its own.
George was an outspoken dissident in the former Soviet Union, which was fatal at that time. This also led to a series of things that happened later-he was assassinated by the former Soviet National Security Council (KGB) (that is, 1976, he was killed by a car. -translator). Because the accident was highly political, an autopsy was conducted afterwards. At that time, his body was kept in the freezer until the autopsy three days later. When the doctor cut a hole in him, he woke up from the autopsy table, and his own uncle was among the doctors present.
I have been studying near-death experience for 26 years, and his near-death experience is the longest, the most dramatic, the most confirmed and the most exciting. Now, we believe that George Rodona has "gone home".
In his later years, he always succeeded in sharing his stories with others and tried his best to help others. My only regret is that he has never written a book about his own experience. Perhaps, it was written by him, written in the hearts of everyone who has heard his story.
God bless you, dear George. We will miss you forever.
After editing:
The Chinese version of Dr. George Rodona's near-death experience is widely circulated on the Internet. Comparing the English original "Some people have died a very serious day", we will find that the following passage has been omitted in all Chinese versions:
"I can go anywhere at once. I tried to communicate with the people I met. Some people felt my existence, but no one did anything about it. I think it is necessary to study the Bible and philosophy. You think, you accept, you think, and they come. So I went back and lived in the thoughts of Jesus and his disciples. I'm involved. I heard their conversation and experienced their eating, handing wine and smelling-yes, I have no body, I am in pure consciousness. If I don't understand what happened, there will be an explanation, but no teacher can talk. I explored the Roman Empire, Babylon, Noah and Abraham, and I was there at any time you can think of.