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“ If your heart is broken, but you don’t want to give up on your relationship just yet, tackle these heart-healing practices I have compiled from the lessons bestowed on me in my NDE- to Forgive, Love, and Heal. You may very well be able to heal your relationship, and if not, you will be well on your way to healing your heart”. My NDE changed all that. I learned that consciousness exists outside of our body, and that life, therefore, exists after death. I also saw firsthand that there is one, all- pervading, supreme love and intelligence that is the source of the entire universe. Therefore, we are all connected to each other because we are all made of the one and same energy that manifests as differentiated matter. This realization helped me see past the addictions I held in my life. As a result of this clarity about the nature of reality, my priorities changed. I left my highly successful career as a heart-anesthesiologist and sold my mansion and expensive cars in order to pursue consciousness-based healing. And yet, just as I embarked upon this mission to spread consciousness-based healing to others suffering from addiction, life gave me the opportunity to practice this healing on myself in the realm of love and heartbreak. You see, as I prepared to embark upon my newly discovered path, my wife told me she didn’t love me anymore. I felt the same kind of shock you would feel if I told you gravity was not real. Everything I knew to be true--the very foundation of my world--was destroyed. How could this be true? How could she do this to me? I was completely heartbroken. I went through two years of acute pain. I experienced symptoms of PTSD, including flashbacks, waves of panic, chest pain, and a decline in functioning. I felt utterly victimized and tormented by things that were beyond my control. taught me and ask: “How can this be applied to healing my heartbreak?” Thus began my journey from heartbreak to healing to thriving again in love. It was through a spiritual practice of forgiveness, loving-kindness, ego-surrender, and consciousness-based healing that I am now experiencing a love that is better than I ever had before (and with my wife, I’m happy to say)! Looking back now, I see that I was not only meant to share the NDE-revealed truths with others, but was destined to apply them first to my own life to experience the healing process first- hand. The trauma of the “near death” of my marriage prompted me to apply the consciousness-based healing lessons I had learned in my NDE to heal my heart, my wife’s heart, and our marriage. If your heart is broken, but you don’t want to give up on your relationship just yet, tackle these heart-healing practices I have compiled from the lessons bestowed on me in my NDE- to Forgive, Love, and Heal. You may very well be able to heal your relationship, and if not, you will be well on your way to healing your heart. And yet, also during this time, I came to recognize my own role in the demise of my marriage. This breach of love did not come from a vacuum. When I was honest with myself and set aside my own ego, I could see my power in creating the current reality. And so I was able to turn back to the truths my NDE had JAN 2018 YOGIC HERALD 69