His life, knowledge and teachings have been a huge blessing to me. A true scholar and gentleman in every sense. I can only hope that we'll have many more great men like Huston Smith down the road.
Dr. Smith, you are a treasure. Your inner light and beauty fills us with joy. How lucky we are you have had you share the planet with us so we could reap some of your wisdom. We hold you in the light. Many blessings in your final years. Much love to you.
I lost my dad 8 months ago...this video really helps me so much. I am hopeful I will be reunited with him someday....He has sent me so many after death signs since his passing....
Tesla was more intelligent, look what USA government done to Tesla, jp Morgan, Thomas Edison, how they stole teslas ideas, and how Donald trumps uncle also stole Tesla's work too, all teslas work hidden somewhere, simply because he was going to give the world free electricity,
I saw my life through the eyes of God. I saw how every piece of my life had come together to make a perfect and beautiful story. There was nothing beautiful about my life from my eyes. I had starved myself for 2 weeks because I am anorexic. I was asked "What do you believe to be true about Jesus?" "That .He died on the cross for ME!" In that moment I was free from all things that had haunted me.
Huh? As in....what? You can't BELIEVE IN YOURSELF? You need 'god' or 'jesus' to do it? Did you ever truly Open your mind and THINK? There's many 'religions' (and many don't actually 'Practice what they preach' ). That the WORD 'god' is possibly a metaphor of YOURSELF, human language are words that are symbols of concepts in which we created for communication on another level...but...There's Always MORE to learn in this thing called Life. I myself don't 'feel bad' or negative to myself or my past as it's an experience to gain knowledge from. There is no 'right' or 'wrong' ....yah...just like that jesus dude and his story the world is TOLD (to beleive * ) to. 'Jesus died on the cross for us so now we are to worship him and his father...that magic man in the sky'....really? In a way that sounds greedy, don't you think? Not LOVE.
@@crystalclear8859 Jesus existed and was crucified. every scholar of modern Antiquity agrees on that. Also, the early followers of Christ were willing to be put to death for the truth. That holds weight. You don't.
@@crystalclear8859 you are absolutely right when you say that beauty is in the mind of the beholder. But truth is in the mind of the creator. While Some people think helping a little old lady across a busy street is beautiful, others think beating, raping and robbing her is. beauty is subjective, truth is not. Jesus happens to be the embodiment of truth. That makes him the way........
Dr. Smith- "Thank You" doesn't come close to expressing my gratitude...YOUR work has made me want to be a better person and recognize too that I am enough :) Blessings to you-sweet blessings - Namaste!!!
I experienced a GLIMPSE" of "REMEMBRANCE" from the beginning of Creation,when all of WE/US-Souls/Conscience were together.We participated in ALL of Universes Creation & WE were Always a Blessing,NEVER SINNERS.This REMEMBRANCE" is in ALL of US! We do not come here to LEARN-Only to REMEMbER WHO WE ARE/HAVE BEEN! Thank you for your compassionate interview!
I am currently reading his book: Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World's Religions. I am fascinated with what this man writes, I totally reccomend that book!!
This is a wonderful interview but everything was said 250 years ago by Emanuel swedenborg and all near death experiences verify almost everything that he said. my advice if anyone wants to read swedenborg is to read what scholares have said and there are many scholarly books. thank you for this wonderful interview it is much appreciated I have read houstons books and I know something about his philosophy
By these Near Death Experiences, we understand that, we all are the children of the same God.He created us with love. ''Religion does not matter'' He wants us to love each other same way. But, we human beings do not understand the pure and unconditional love advice from God. We did war for thousands of year everywhere on the earth and killed millions of people, ( young, elder, children and women) and we are still doing war and killing each other everywher,lots of people are still suffering. Please , convey this unconditional love mesages from GOD to your rulers ( to presidents, P. Minister, ect.) and hope they understand and stop warring and stop producing arm meterials, especially nuclear arms.
Praise this man he is old n yet holds no grievances n preaches love n to b good to each other’s feel th pain u cause also, as Jesus sed what u do to the least of these I have done to me god bless him & all u brothers & sisters out there
Awwwww He is super Sweet I've saw the chanting!!! Awwww what a peaceful sound! Totally beautiful!!! Awww this has me with a huge smile right now!!! ( and teary eyes )
NDE: George Ritchie’s account Return from Tomorrow. This holds great weight for me. Pre internet, pre Moody’s books, he had to be persuaded to have his story written and went on to be a renowned practising psychiatrist. He met with Jesus. And was asked: “What have you done to glorify me?” Something to consider for those who casually dismiss the Judeo/Christian narrative (and the old/new covenant is all one narrative) Also. Howard Storm and Ian McCormack, both compelling testimonies. Much respect to Houston Smith, a very experienced and knowledgeable man. Interesting that over time he “pushed” the Dali Llama about the existence of a soul, even more interesting that he in a (vague way) conceded we have one. In other interviews Houston Smith said he is a Christian because he knows he needs forgiveness. How true ! And how do we receive it ? This is a gift through Christ, not earned through being good enough (the works of imperfect man) or an endless recycling of self. We live once, face Him and face judgement. To use legal terminology guilty would be the just and righteous verdict, but we set free to enjoy (be in) his presence because of the price Yeshua paid. Deeds are “weighed” however. Again: “What have you done to glorify me?” Sobering. Amen. (So be it)
Nice interview, my favourite bit was brain acting as an inhibitor of consciousness, its an amazing hypothesis. I guess thats why the exercise of shutting your mind is so hard when one tries to meditate. I guess interpretation of all world religions are very superficial. Eastern religious practices involve lot of rituals and modern Abrahamic believers care a lot on judgement. I recon middle path as Dr. Smith reconciles is the right way where spirituality and science are two separate notions. You can't put one lens on to other and judge it.
beautiful! thanks so much for posting this! my favorite quote: "...what we perceive as mundane, is unreal. It is an optical defect." i take it to mean that we perceive many things as being mundane, but that in reality everything is utterly alive and beautiful.
i myself doubt the existence of " god " , as in the god of the christian bible . but on the other hand i have always felt that there is more to come after our physical life on earth is over .
This interview was intriguing and has raised so many questions and comments that I'd like to make but I'll hold my peace for now. One I will ask concerns Dr. Smith's statement, which I may not understand: that "the light on the television never goes out." I'm having trouble with this analogy because when I turn off or unplug my TV, the light on the television does go out. Can someone clarify this statement by Dr. Smith? Thanks :)
His speaking cadence is so strange like that of the robotic voice from a customer service center. I had to speed it up 2X in order for it to sound normal.
I am not sure that energy survives death, since energy is part of PHYSICAL (virtual) reality. Consciousness survives death. Consciousness is not material/energy.
Thoughts are energy that's how we create and manifest reality as we know it. I have been exercising control over my thoughts and have changed my life and reality dramatically in so many ways and things seem to manifest in pretty much what I focus on with a knowing that I am the creator of my reality. Regular meditation and visualization knowing without a doubt that it is happening and is on its way, but you must see yourself as already having it. So I guess that all is energy but some energy is so subtle that you can't really prove that it exists.
after listening to the entire interview, I take back what I said about Houston ~ mostly it feels he is speaking from the heart, not presuming to 'know it all'.
The matter to energy conversion Einstein mentioned isn't accurate used here. When you die or have an NDE the body still exists and the perception explained by NDE exists as a separate entity, not destroying the body visible and still functioning cellularly (a requisite to coming back), and when you die that mass still exists but decays under enzymatic and microbial action we are all familiar with from food left to long in the fridge. The matter to energy exchange happens in nuclear explosions and is quite energetic, only a small amount of radioactive matter converts into city distroying energy, if that happened when people died we'd have no cities left. I agree on the complexity reducer concept around 13:40, in that NDE's have a regular experience of timeless and spaceless and separationless we need to experience to be here and learn the lessons we do.
No body should speak about something thing of which he/she does not have first hand information or experience. It is not necessary to know "what after death". All that is necessary is to concentrate on this life and live it in a sacred way.
This guy says that "hell fire" is a metaphor for pain and not literal fire. The Bible mentions the smoke from this hell. It takes a literal fire to create smoke.
Jesus is the Only way to Heaven. Please If your Reading this Never Forget this. God is Real and Jesus is his true and Only Son. Find Jesus and I Promise You, you will find True Love and Happiness in one’s Soul. Peace be with all God’s Children. Amen!!!
Hawk Eye Station Paranormal Did you watch the videos? On the others side religion is found to be silly.... but I believe that there was a Jesus who was preaching knowledge from higher realms. Reincarnated to help us to smartened up but we turned it in to a religion. How ironic.
He was a dear person, well-loved by all who knew him (including me) and far above most in his knowledge..both divine and human. There's a proverb in Arabic though: فوق كل عالم العليم (Above every knower is one more knowing). Many great men, like him, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Titus Burckhardt, Martin Lings and James Cutzinger (who reversed his course before he passed away)...all of them were close disciples of Frithjof Schuon. None of them saw that he was one of the greatest heretics of all time; AND, in important places, THEY taught what HE taught. Their authority, if they were called Shaykh's, also came from a false course! They are STILL great men! Life and knowledge of the Truth with a capital T, are not simple! Everyone who loves these authors, as I do, needs to surpass a few things, before they can find those who are "more knowing." And those words "more knowing" refer to a knowledge so very much higher that, symbolically, one could say it's 165,000 times higher than what ALL these very great men knew! See a starting place up, here: frithjofschuon.wordpress.com
When your born into this world, you are born into this sinful world. Flesh was cursed and accepting this flesh means accepting the fact that it is in this raw cursed state that you come into. Like it or not. When your here, you can be freed of the curse or sin nature and then go about living this life and enjoying it without condemnation hanging over your head, by asking for forgiveness of this curse or commonly known of as sin. You may feel that you didn’t do anything to be forgiven for, but you were born and that’s all it takes. That’s where Jesus comes in. If your here, he knows it. He’s waiting for you to sign in so he can get moving on your life. He’s got things waiting for you to do. Your disbelief in this has no bearing on it being truthful or not. If the ship left without you, you can make as many clever and interesting stories why you didn’t take it, but after all the layers of bull get striped away, that thing you didn’t believe in just left without you.
I believe he was saying that hell is a refining, a purifying of the "dross" of our human selves. He did not seem to be saying it is a permanent state. At least- this is what I think he said.
Iskcon. The hare Krsna movement is the real deal. All you Nde'ers are missing that beautiful boat. You saw so much but your not looking further. There's so much more than the small slice of the truth you saw.
The wages of sin is death, buddha did not die for our sins! Jesus said broad is the way that leads to destruction: "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it!" Matthew 7:13-27
Dr..Regarding your response...I already knew that, that was who you hear..but I PRAY to the ALMIGHTY LORD OF LORDS , KING OF KINGS, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF!!!! THAT YOU WILL SEE HIM AND YOU WILL KNOW HIM PERSONALLY IN YOUR HEART AND YOU WILL BEG FOR REPENTENCE FOR PLAYING WITH THE DEVIL AND HIS FOOLISHNESS IN THIS WORLD FOR A MOMENTARY GAIN...BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE..YOU.DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME DR..I AM SPEAKING FROM MY HEART TO YOU..JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRUE HAPPINESS BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION ON THIS EARTH..AND.YOU COULD GO AT ANY MOMENT...PLEASE I BEG YOU...JUST ASK THE LORD JESUS IF HE'S REAL...HE'LL.SHOW YOU HE IS...PLEASE DON'T LET THE DEVIL FOOL YOU LIKE THIS.....WHERE TALKING ABOUT ETERNITY HERE...AND I HAVE DID MY RESEARCH.AS WELL AS.MY.OWN TRUE EXPERIENCES..AND ETERNITY IS REAL.. VERY REAL!!!!!!! I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN HEAVEN SOON DR...:):):)
Only the blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse us of sin, and that can only happen when we belong to Him. Hell fire whether real or metaphorical, cannot cleanse us of our sin. Jesus taught that Hell is the place of torment the eternal abode of uncleansed unforgiven sinners, Satan, and demons. And Jesus being the only begotten Son of God, who declared that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Light trumps all others, whether the Dali Lama, the Pope, or any other religious leader. Jesus also taught that in the end times there would be great deception, and the teachings today that advocate that there are many ways to salvation and eternal life in heaven is that great deception.
@@jackmabel6067 Jack, a unbeliever is one who denies their creator, calls Christ a liar, and dies in their sin unforgiven and uncleansed. To do that is to forfeit eternal life with God in heaven, and since there is only one alternative, hell, unbelievers in effect send themselves to it. God was so gracious that He sent the most precious one He had, His only Son Jesus, to the cross to pay for our sin. And to deny that is suicide. It's your choice Jack. What do you want to do.
He doesn't know anything about the matters he's talking seemingly so knowledgeably. We only think we know some facts about our existence, after life and God but we'll only ever know as much as we are allowed to know. More we will know, more we will realise how little we know. Simply, there's no point waisting one's life on this. We should concentrate on helping each other, on eradication of diseases and making the absolute best from everything we have on this planet. We should ban all wars, there should be no such thing as war crime as war IS crime!! What will take to get our brains reprogrammed to understand such a simple concept?
I USUALLY ALWAYS CLICK ON THE ELDERLY PEOPLES NDE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT SINCE THEY ARE CLOSE TO DEATH THEY MOST LIKELY WOULD BE TELLING THE TRUTH TO BE RIGHT WITH THE LORD SO THAT THEY MAY GO TO HEAVEN BUT THIS GENTLEMAN IS EXTREMELY CONFUSED AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SAD THAT HE DOSENT KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BEFORE HE LEAVES THIS WORLD BECAUSE JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN AND THAT IS THE REAL TRUTH THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW..I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT HE KNOWS THE LORD SOMEHOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE 😔😔😔😔
I'M SO HAPPY TO HERE THAT YOU KNOW THAT JESUS IS WHO YOU ARE PRAYING TO...THAT MAKES ME HAPPY..YOUR CALLING ME AN EXTREMIST DR..AND JESUS WOULD TEACH ME HUMILITY..EVEN THOUGH YOU TOLD ME YOU LISTEN TO THE DEVIL AND THE DEVIL ONLY..BUT I AM SO CONCERNED ABOUT YOU SIR TRULY IN MY HEART BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE JESUS IN MY HEART AND THAT'S WHY I'M PLEADING WITH YOU TO ASK THE LORD TO SHOW YOU THAT HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN AND ETERNITY..BECAUSE I KNOW THIS TO BE THE COMPLETE TRUTH SIR AND I LISTENED TO YOU SAY THAT YOU BELIEVE HELL AND HELL FIRE IS JUST A MEDIFORE..I WANT you TO KNOW THE TRUTH SIR.HONESTLY SINCERELY...BECAUSE I LOOK AT YOU AND I FEEL IN MY HEART YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO ASK THE LORD FOR SINCERE FORGIVENESS FOR DOING THE DEVILS WILL AND CONFUSING SO MANY PEOPLE I'm THIS WORLD THAT TRUSTED YOU AND BELIEVED THESE LIES...I SINCERELY WANT YOU TO BE IN ETERNITY WITH A JOY THAT IS NOT DESCRIBABLE ON THIS EARTH..PLEASE DON'T LISTEN TO THE DEVIL..THIS IS REAL AND I TRULLY TRULY WANT YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT INSULTS YOU SAY TO ME...
I wouldn't be to sure about that for I personally have met a new born Christian who use to be a very negative drug user, alcoholic and violent man who committed suicide by hanging himself and went to heaven and experienced things like a lot of people who have had near death experiences, and he was found by his mother and the paramedics bought him back to life with CPR, and that's how he went from atheist to a Christian. I personally don't think much of the bible as the best means to enlightenment but that is my opinion for me
Of course there is no more Death. After Jesus Christ arose from the dead, he took the "Keys to Death and the Grave" away from Satan. And at that time He Defeated Death and the Grave. This is not to say there is no consequence for living a sinful/evil life, and UNbelief in the Salvation of Jesus Christ. He says: "No one comes to the Father except through Me." So where God is Not, there is Darkness and Hell Fire forever. Regretfully, mankind still tries to put his own beliefs and superstition into life and death. Jesus Christ said "The worlds Sin is UNbelief in Me." John 16:9
Anne, it seems to me that the revelations about how Life appears to be 'constructed' (e.g., that we're eternal souls who have repeated life experiences as human beings) point to universal principles that have existed well before, and that far transcend, any religion we have invented along the way. Sure, these religions may have been inspired by glimpses of awareness about that 'bigger picture', but being human inventions, none of them is the 'ultimate' revelation, certainly not to the point where adherence to (buying into) one religion during one brief human lifetime decides once and for all the fate of the eternal soul that manifested itself physically during that one lifetime (that just makes no sense at all). It is my hope that humanity will move beyond the era of 'competing religions' and come to realize that Life is the only true religion, which is to be preferred above all others, if for no other reason than that it's not man-made.
opeendaginmaart57 You make sense, in a sense. You are right in that Life is Not man-made. Man may believe he is some sort of eternal being in of himself, but man is not "in of himself" He has a Creator, and this Creator gives him life, the "Breath of Life (by blowing into his nostrils the breath of life). Each soul has a purpose he must fulfill, and this purpose is what he has set for himself along with his Creators ideals. Your inner spirit knows what is right and wrong, the God given conscience we each posses is either awake, or has been numbed into uncaring for your fellow human being. Or something like that.
Buddhism is a empty shell. I find its tenets useless. You cannot have reincarnation without some form of teleological direction, a judging organiser. The soul's existence seems inevitable. Yet, we may know nothing or deceived into believing anything.
+ellebane, everything around you has a directive form and purpose. It appears we are given the faculties to recognise Platonic shadows of truth. The question remains why is there imperfection in the first place?
John 3.3 Romans 5.5 Romans 8.9 Romans 8.26. 1 John 5.18. unless you are born again you cannot see heaven. Hell is real and undescribable suffering, Jesus warned us of hell fire burning for eternity. Jesus is the only way to heaven. The road is narrow and few make it to heaven. Everything else will burn for eternity in hell. Totally deceived by Satan.
+Cathy Ouellette Dear Lady, do not judge this man, for you know not. Jesus was not the only master to come to this earth. You put our Creator into a small box of the human mind. You have much to learn and you won't learn it in most of the Christian churches, as they forgot what a true Christian was centuries ago. Read your history of the Christian churches and even the recent history of what they did to the indigenous people of this land, in the name of their God, when actually in was in the name of greed. Of which you are still seeing results of today . It is the very thing destroying this country and has been destroying it all along. We have never been one nation under God. Not of God of Divine Love. You are what is called indoctrinated and have no real experience. Open you heart and mind, for as you judge, so shell you be judged. Do you really think an all Loving God would only give one race of people a way to understand the Divine? If so, then you have much work to do. I am sick to death of so called Christians, especially when it is those kind that have caused much of the pain in this world, and have created many an atheist. You have not Love in your heart, for you are blinded by your own righteousness. I am one of those people who have had a NDE. No one really knows all the Truth about God, for that is infinity. So we are all just learning, and that cycle of learning goes on even after we so call die. So if you think you have all the answers, then I know you don't. For even I don't, and I have gotten closer to the real Essence then most people. I have come to know, that the more I know about God, the more I know, I don't know, because God is infinite. You never arrive, you just keep learning. Much Peace, and may Jesus bless your final years
Cathy Ouellette You must be a protestant, what of the billions who lived and died before Jesus, is your Jesus experience condemned them to oblivion. Your Jesus visited those who know him not from the time of Noah, we live in a material universe enclosed in space and time, God is not material nor a prisoner of space and time. Tuesday does not follow Monday in God's existence.
His life, knowledge and teachings have been a huge blessing to me. A true scholar and gentleman in every sense. I can only hope that we'll have many more great men like Huston Smith down the road.
Dr. Smith, you are a treasure. Your inner light and beauty fills us with joy. How lucky we are you have had you share the planet with us so we could reap some of your wisdom. We hold you in the light. Many blessings in your final years. Much love to you.
you've said what id wanted to say!
I just lost my dad ate 82 and I am so glad he is happy again and with his family and friends with Jesus. Thank you for the interview.
I lost my dad 8 months ago...this video really helps me so much. I am hopeful I will be reunited with him someday....He has sent me so many after death signs since his passing....
@@butterflycomb he will be waiting for you on the other side. We’ve had many lives.
Dr. Smith was over 90 at this time. How impressive; what a mind. He will be missed.
Actually, the quote from Einstein is: “Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.”
― Albert Einstein
This idea is also found in Schopenhauer.
First law of thermodynamics.
Tesla was more intelligent, look what USA government done to Tesla, jp Morgan, Thomas Edison, how they stole teslas ideas, and how Donald trumps uncle also stole Tesla's work too, all teslas work hidden somewhere, simply because he was going to give the world free electricity,
what an amazing interview..the warmth of Dr Smith Soul is so palpable. Bless his soul. may we meet!
I saw my life through the eyes of God. I saw how every piece of my life had come together to make a perfect and beautiful story. There was nothing beautiful about my life from my eyes. I had starved myself for 2 weeks because I am anorexic. I was asked "What do you believe to be true about Jesus?" "That .He died on the cross for ME!" In that moment I was free from all things that had haunted me.
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Huh? As in....what? You can't BELIEVE IN YOURSELF? You need 'god' or 'jesus' to do it? Did you ever truly Open your mind and THINK? There's many 'religions' (and many don't actually 'Practice what they preach' ). That the WORD 'god' is possibly a metaphor of YOURSELF, human language are words that are symbols of concepts in which we created for communication on another level...but...There's Always MORE to learn in this thing called Life. I myself don't 'feel bad' or negative to myself or my past as it's an experience to gain knowledge from. There is no 'right' or 'wrong' ....yah...just like that jesus dude and his story the world is TOLD (to beleive * ) to. 'Jesus died on the cross for us so now we are to worship him and his father...that magic man in the sky'....really? In a way that sounds greedy, don't you think? Not LOVE.
@@crystalclear8859 Jesus existed and was crucified. every scholar of modern Antiquity agrees on that. Also, the early followers of Christ were willing to be put to death for the truth. That holds weight. You don't.
@@antiatheism9063 : Whatever you say say my dear ;) Beauty is in the mind of the beholder.
@@crystalclear8859 you are absolutely right when you say that beauty is in the mind of the beholder. But truth is in the mind of the creator. While Some people think helping a little old lady across a busy street is beautiful, others think beating, raping and robbing her is. beauty is subjective, truth is not. Jesus happens to be the embodiment of truth. That makes him the way........
Dr. Smith- "Thank You" doesn't come close to expressing my gratitude...YOUR work has made me want to be a better person and recognize too that I am enough :) Blessings to you-sweet blessings - Namaste!!!
A very knowledgeable man. I am happy for what he has learned and shared with us. Thank you, Dr. Smith.🙂👍🏻
I experienced a GLIMPSE" of "REMEMBRANCE" from the beginning of Creation,when all of WE/US-Souls/Conscience were together.We participated in ALL of Universes Creation & WE were Always a Blessing,NEVER SINNERS.This REMEMBRANCE" is in ALL of US! We do not come here to LEARN-Only to REMEMbER WHO WE ARE/HAVE BEEN! Thank you for your compassionate interview!
in his body's death, Dr Huston has merged with the eternal source. the journey continues....
A very intelligent man and a great conversation. Look out religion, because spirituality is on the Rise!
I like how you put that :)
This man, Huston Smith, is a man I can fully relate to on religion, I think he's very close with my philosophy!
I admire Dr. Smith so much, thank you!!
The great apostle Paul said " i dont know what well be but i know when we see him( Jesus) we will be like him...i wanna be like Jesus.
Dr. Smith, wherever you are, thank you and many blessings.
I am currently reading his book: Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World's Religions. I am fascinated with what this man writes, I totally reccomend that book!!
Beautiful and comforting. Thank you.
This is a wonderful interview but everything was said 250 years ago by Emanuel swedenborg and all near death experiences verify almost everything that he said. my advice if anyone wants to read swedenborg is to read what scholares have said and there are many scholarly books. thank you for this wonderful interview it is much appreciated I have read houstons books and I know something about his philosophy
Swedenborg is great!
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By these Near Death Experiences, we understand that, we all are the
children of the same God.He created us with love.
''Religion does not matter'' He wants us to love each other same way.
But, we human beings do not understand the pure and unconditional
love advice from God.
We did war for thousands of year everywhere on the earth and killed
millions of people, ( young, elder, children and women) and we are still
doing war and killing each other everywher,lots of people are still suffering.
Please , convey this unconditional love mesages from GOD to your rulers
( to presidents, P. Minister, ect.) and hope they understand and stop
warring and stop producing arm meterials, especially nuclear arms.
Praise this man he is old n yet holds no grievances n preaches love n to b good to each other’s feel th pain u cause also, as Jesus sed what u do to the least of these I have done to me god bless him & all u brothers & sisters out there
What a wonderful interview.
Bless you for doing this.
Awwwww He is super Sweet I've saw the chanting!!! Awwww what a peaceful sound! Totally beautiful!!! Awww this has me with a huge smile right now!!! ( and teary eyes )
Yes there are people who have returned from death. There's loads of people who have. And given their testimony.. look harder!!
Lovely man.
NDE:
George Ritchie’s account Return from Tomorrow. This holds great weight for me. Pre internet, pre Moody’s books, he had to be persuaded to have his story written and went on to be a renowned practising psychiatrist.
He met with Jesus.
And was asked:
“What have you done to glorify me?”
Something to consider for those who casually dismiss the Judeo/Christian narrative (and the old/new covenant is all one narrative)
Also. Howard Storm and Ian McCormack, both compelling testimonies.
Much respect to Houston Smith, a very experienced and knowledgeable man.
Interesting that over time he “pushed” the Dali Llama about the existence of a soul, even more interesting that he in a (vague way) conceded we have one.
In other interviews Houston Smith said he is a Christian because he knows he needs forgiveness. How true ! And how do we receive it ?
This is a gift through Christ, not earned through being good enough (the works of imperfect man) or an endless recycling of self.
We live once, face Him and face judgement.
To use legal terminology guilty would be the just and righteous verdict, but we set free to enjoy (be in) his presence because of the price Yeshua paid. Deeds are “weighed” however.
Again:
“What have you done to glorify me?”
Sobering.
Amen. (So be it)
Near Death Experiences are great. But I would still love to encounter someone who returned from a Post Death Experience.
A wonderful interview, thank you. 'Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God' A Course in Miracles.
Nice interview, my favourite bit was brain acting as an inhibitor of consciousness, its an amazing hypothesis. I guess thats why the exercise of shutting your mind is so hard when one tries to meditate.
I guess interpretation of all world religions are very superficial. Eastern religious practices involve lot of rituals and modern Abrahamic believers care a lot on judgement.
I recon middle path as Dr. Smith reconciles is the right way where spirituality and science are two separate notions. You can't put one lens on to other and judge it.
really enjoyed it, thank you!
God breathed a soul into Adams nostrils
Very informative talk.
beautiful! thanks so much for posting this!
my favorite quote: "...what we perceive as mundane, is unreal. It is an optical defect."
i take it to mean that we perceive many things as being mundane, but that in reality everything is utterly alive and beautiful.
Ayup.
Wow Mrs. Smith well put your an amazing person
i myself doubt the existence of " god " , as in the god of the christian bible . but on the other hand i have always felt that there is more to come after our physical life on earth is over .
he agrees existence of soul ,re incarnation ,rebirth as per Hindu philosophy do no pain to others ,that means karma effect,
Makes me wonder why some have such extraordinary lives and others have not too much to there lives?
Very wise man
A great man, Huston Smith.
lovely guy
This interview was intriguing and has raised so many questions and comments that I'd like to make but I'll hold my peace for now. One I will ask concerns Dr. Smith's statement, which I may not understand: that "the light on the television never goes out." I'm having trouble with this analogy because when I turn off or unplug my TV, the light on the television does go out. Can someone clarify this statement by Dr. Smith? Thanks :)
death is the beginning
Very nice!
His speaking cadence is so strange like that of the robotic voice from a customer service center. I had to speed it up 2X in order for it to sound normal.
I am not sure that energy survives death, since energy is part of PHYSICAL (virtual) reality. Consciousness survives death. Consciousness is not material/energy.
Thoughts are energy that's how we create and manifest reality as we know it. I have been exercising control over my thoughts and have changed my life and reality dramatically in so many ways and things seem to manifest in pretty much what I focus on with a knowing that I am the creator of my reality. Regular meditation and visualization knowing without a doubt that it is happening and is on its way, but you must see yourself as already having it. So I guess that all is energy but some energy is so subtle that you can't really prove that it exists.
Jesus came back to prove there’s no death . And many others have had “ A Near Life experience “ called mistakenly NDE...
What a champion!
We know nothing.
after listening to the entire interview, I take back what I said about Houston ~ mostly it feels he is speaking from the heart, not presuming to 'know it all'.
The matter to energy conversion Einstein mentioned isn't accurate used here. When you die or have an NDE the body still exists and the perception explained by NDE exists as a separate entity, not destroying the body visible and still functioning cellularly (a requisite to coming back), and when you die that mass still exists but decays under enzymatic and microbial action we are all familiar with from food left to long in the fridge. The matter to energy exchange happens in nuclear explosions and is quite energetic, only a small amount of radioactive matter converts into city distroying energy, if that happened when people died we'd have no cities left. I agree on the complexity reducer concept around 13:40, in that NDE's have a regular experience of timeless and spaceless and separationless we need to experience to be here and learn the lessons we do.
The interviewer lacks knowledge. People do come back from death and talk about it. Plus, the NDE occurs in the mind aka spirit body
No body should speak about something thing of which he/she does not have first hand information or experience.
It is not necessary to know "what after death". All that is necessary is to concentrate on this life and live it in a sacred way.
What Cute Super Sweet Grandpa!!
SWEET GRANPA & HIS BOUDA STATUE WILL DRAG U INTO HELL W HIM, B DISCERNING🎭
This guy says that "hell fire" is a metaphor for pain and not literal fire. The Bible mentions the smoke from this hell. It takes a literal fire to create smoke.
Watchman maybe the smoke is also a metaphor
This old man has been taught to believe this type of teaching from a demon
my name is Huston smith
Wot a lovely old cap God bless
Very nice :)
I think dr Huston Smith never followed J krishnamurtis philosophy or I may be wrong.
William James 'The Varieties of Religious Experience'....
Some people die miserably some dies peacefully. Its not all the same to people.
Jesus is the Only way to Heaven. Please If your Reading this Never Forget this. God is Real and Jesus is his true and Only Son. Find Jesus and I Promise You, you will find True Love and Happiness in one’s Soul. Peace be with all God’s Children. Amen!!!
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When The Energy of The Body Leaves The Body Where Does The Energy Goes! Lol
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The only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ
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Did you watch the videos?
On the others side religion is found to be silly....
but I believe that there was a Jesus who was preaching knowledge from higher realms. Reincarnated to help us to smartened up but we turned it in to a religion. How ironic.
He was a dear person, well-loved by all who knew him (including me) and far above most in his knowledge..both divine and human. There's a proverb in Arabic though: فوق كل عالم العليم (Above every knower is one more knowing). Many great men, like him, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Titus Burckhardt, Martin Lings and James Cutzinger (who reversed his course before he passed away)...all of them were close disciples of Frithjof Schuon. None of them saw that he was one of the greatest heretics of all time; AND, in important places, THEY taught what HE taught. Their authority, if they were called Shaykh's, also came from a false course! They are STILL great men! Life and knowledge of the Truth with a capital T, are not simple! Everyone who loves these authors, as I do, needs to surpass a few things, before they can find those who are "more knowing." And those words "more knowing" refer to a knowledge so very much higher that, symbolically, one could say it's 165,000 times higher than what ALL these very great men knew! See a starting place up, here:
frithjofschuon.wordpress.com
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE LEAVE OUR FLESH BODIES BEHIND AND OUR ENERGY SOULS RECIEVES A SPIRIT BODY. That is what He trying to say.
WORSHIPPER OF THE STATUE BEHIND HIM
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When your born into this world, you are born into this sinful world. Flesh was cursed and accepting this flesh means accepting the fact that it is in this raw cursed state that you come into. Like it or not. When your here, you can be freed of the curse or sin nature and then go about living this life and enjoying it without condemnation hanging over your head, by asking for forgiveness of this curse or commonly known of as sin. You may feel that you didn’t do anything to be forgiven for, but you were born and that’s all it takes. That’s where Jesus comes in. If your here, he knows it. He’s waiting for you to sign in so he can get moving on your life. He’s got things waiting for you to do. Your disbelief in this has no bearing on it being truthful or not. If the ship left without you, you can make as many clever and interesting stories why you didn’t take it, but after all the layers of bull get striped away, that thing you didn’t believe in just left without you.
I know this is an old video, but did I hear him right when he said he believed in HELL?
I believe he was saying that hell is a refining, a purifying of the "dross" of our human selves. He did not seem to be saying it is a permanent state. At least- this is what I think he said.
@@deborahs2593 // I agree
@HARRY SHANNON // neither do I believe in a man-made hell. I believe this school we are in on Earth to learn is HELL
Iskcon. The hare Krsna movement is the real deal. All you Nde'ers are missing that beautiful boat. You saw so much but your not looking further. There's so much more than the small slice of the truth you saw.
This gentlemen looks like John Malkovich’s dad.
The wages of sin is death, buddha did not die for our sins! Jesus said broad is the way that leads to destruction:
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it!" Matthew 7:13-27
Lord Krishna is real god. Am from India . Our lord said those things in Geeta the holy book before 5000 years ago .
@OrthodoxVideos Not all Christians believe that at all.
WELL PUT- I WISH I WOULD SAID THAT ( laughs) CAN HE BE ANY SWEETER?? awww.....
We turn to heat...no we turn to light
really? only 4 dislikes? hmm!
Yooo......
#deep
Couldn't have put it better myself sir. What is that nut on about...opening the door to evil spirits.
Dr..Regarding your response...I already knew that, that was who you hear..but I PRAY to the ALMIGHTY LORD OF LORDS , KING OF KINGS, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF!!!! THAT YOU WILL SEE HIM AND YOU WILL KNOW HIM PERSONALLY IN YOUR HEART AND YOU WILL BEG FOR REPENTENCE FOR PLAYING WITH THE DEVIL AND HIS FOOLISHNESS IN THIS WORLD FOR A MOMENTARY GAIN...BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE..YOU.DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME DR..I AM SPEAKING FROM MY HEART TO YOU..JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRUE HAPPINESS BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION ON THIS EARTH..AND.YOU COULD GO AT ANY MOMENT...PLEASE I BEG YOU...JUST ASK THE LORD JESUS IF HE'S REAL...HE'LL.SHOW YOU HE IS...PLEASE DON'T LET THE DEVIL FOOL YOU LIKE THIS.....WHERE TALKING ABOUT ETERNITY HERE...AND I HAVE DID MY RESEARCH.AS WELL AS.MY.OWN TRUE EXPERIENCES..AND ETERNITY IS REAL.. VERY REAL!!!!!!! I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN HEAVEN SOON DR...:):):)
Misset Melindez
Too late for what?
The brain is showing us what is modified down ........the unreal
@321novrain Namaste - Well said
Hell is a real place. Not just a metaphor for pain
Only the blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse us of sin, and that can only happen when we belong to Him. Hell fire whether real or metaphorical, cannot cleanse us of our sin. Jesus taught that Hell is the place of torment the eternal abode of uncleansed unforgiven sinners, Satan, and demons. And Jesus being the only begotten Son of God, who declared that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Light trumps all others, whether the Dali Lama, the Pope, or any other religious leader. Jesus also taught that in the end times there would be great deception, and the teachings today that advocate that there are many ways to salvation and eternal life in heaven is that great deception.
Hell yeah! 2,000 years of threats of eternal physical torment for non-believers. Such a loving religion.
@@jackmabel6067 Jack, a unbeliever is one who denies their creator, calls Christ a liar, and dies in their sin unforgiven and uncleansed. To do that is to forfeit eternal life with God in heaven, and since there is only one alternative, hell, unbelievers in effect send themselves to it. God was so gracious that He sent the most precious one He had, His only Son Jesus, to the cross to pay for our sin. And to deny that is suicide. It's your choice Jack. What do you want to do.
He doesn't know anything about the matters he's talking seemingly so knowledgeably.
We only think we know some facts about our existence, after life and God but we'll only ever know as much as we are allowed to know.
More we will know, more we will realise how little we know.
Simply, there's no point waisting one's life on this.
We should concentrate on helping each other, on eradication of diseases and making the absolute best from everything we have on this planet.
We should ban all wars, there should be no such thing as war crime as war IS crime!!
What will take to get our brains reprogrammed to understand such a simple concept?
I USUALLY ALWAYS CLICK ON THE ELDERLY PEOPLES NDE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT SINCE THEY ARE CLOSE TO DEATH THEY MOST LIKELY WOULD BE TELLING THE TRUTH TO BE RIGHT WITH THE LORD SO THAT THEY MAY GO TO HEAVEN BUT THIS GENTLEMAN IS EXTREMELY CONFUSED AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SAD THAT HE DOSENT KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BEFORE HE LEAVES THIS WORLD BECAUSE JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN AND THAT IS THE REAL TRUTH THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW..I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT HE KNOWS THE LORD SOMEHOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE 😔😔😔😔
I'M SO HAPPY TO HERE THAT YOU KNOW THAT JESUS IS WHO YOU ARE PRAYING TO...THAT MAKES ME HAPPY..YOUR CALLING ME AN EXTREMIST DR..AND JESUS WOULD TEACH ME HUMILITY..EVEN THOUGH YOU TOLD ME YOU LISTEN TO THE DEVIL AND THE DEVIL ONLY..BUT I AM SO CONCERNED ABOUT YOU SIR TRULY IN MY HEART BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE JESUS IN MY HEART AND THAT'S WHY I'M PLEADING WITH YOU TO ASK THE LORD TO SHOW YOU THAT HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN AND ETERNITY..BECAUSE I KNOW THIS TO BE THE COMPLETE TRUTH SIR AND I LISTENED TO YOU SAY THAT YOU BELIEVE HELL AND HELL FIRE IS JUST A MEDIFORE..I WANT you TO KNOW THE TRUTH SIR.HONESTLY SINCERELY...BECAUSE I
LOOK AT YOU AND I FEEL IN MY HEART YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO ASK THE LORD FOR SINCERE FORGIVENESS FOR DOING THE DEVILS WILL AND CONFUSING SO MANY PEOPLE I'm THIS WORLD THAT TRUSTED YOU AND BELIEVED THESE LIES...I SINCERELY WANT YOU TO BE IN ETERNITY WITH A JOY THAT IS NOT DESCRIBABLE ON THIS EARTH..PLEASE DON'T LISTEN TO THE DEVIL..THIS IS REAL AND I TRULLY TRULY WANT YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT INSULTS YOU SAY TO ME...
Most incredibly tedious speaker I’ve ever heard. He says “ah” about a million times and takes about 10 minutes to say what could be said in one
Biblical death is eternal separation from God. People who turn from God go to hell in the compartment of like offenders and never see heaven.
I wouldn't be to sure about that for I personally have met a new born Christian who use to be a very negative drug user, alcoholic and violent man who committed suicide by hanging himself and went to heaven and experienced things like a lot of people who have had near death experiences, and he was found by his mother and the paramedics bought him back to life with CPR, and that's how he went from atheist to a Christian. I personally don't think much of the bible as the best means to enlightenment but that is my opinion for me
Of course there is no more Death. After Jesus Christ arose from the dead, he took the "Keys to Death and the Grave" away from Satan. And at that time He Defeated Death and the Grave. This is not to say there is no consequence for living a sinful/evil life, and UNbelief in the Salvation of Jesus Christ. He says: "No one comes to the Father except through Me." So where God is Not, there is Darkness and Hell Fire forever. Regretfully, mankind still tries to put his own beliefs and superstition into life and death. Jesus Christ said "The worlds Sin is UNbelief in Me." John 16:9
Ignorance.
Anne, it seems to me that the revelations about how Life appears to be 'constructed' (e.g., that we're eternal souls who have repeated life experiences as human beings) point to universal principles that have existed well before, and that far transcend, any religion we have invented along the way. Sure, these religions may have been inspired by glimpses of awareness about that 'bigger picture', but being human inventions, none of them is the 'ultimate' revelation, certainly not to the point where adherence to (buying into) one religion during one brief human lifetime decides once and for all the fate of the eternal soul that manifested itself physically during that one lifetime (that just makes no sense at all). It is my hope that humanity will move beyond the era of 'competing religions' and come to realize that Life is the only true religion, which is to be preferred above all others, if for no other reason than that it's not man-made.
opeendaginmaart57 You make sense, in a sense.
You are right in that Life is Not man-made. Man may believe he is some sort of eternal being in of himself, but man is not "in of himself" He has a Creator, and this Creator gives him life, the "Breath of Life (by blowing into his nostrils the breath of life). Each soul has a purpose he must fulfill, and this purpose is what he has set for himself along with his Creators ideals. Your inner spirit knows what is right and wrong, the God given conscience we each posses is either awake, or has been numbed into uncaring for your fellow human being. Or something like that.
Anne Christian You're delusional.
***** And your illiterate, what is it that you don't understand?
People should not meditate. It is like opening the door to evil spirits.
There is Christian based meditation though.
Uhhhh... lol probably said about 700 times
Buddhism is a empty shell. I find its tenets useless. You cannot have reincarnation without some form of teleological direction, a judging organiser. The soul's existence seems inevitable. Yet, we may know nothing or deceived into believing anything.
maybe we only Think we need an organiser because in our bodied form we are imperfect. We need to be given direction. But perhaps the soul does Not...
+ellebane, everything around you has a directive form and purpose. It appears we are given the faculties to recognise Platonic shadows of truth. The question remains why is there imperfection in the first place?
ha ha ha ha...
Go away please...take your fundamentalism somewhere else.
This does not sound Biblical. JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY AND TRUTH.
Transmogrifies huh...... AND There's definitely no DEATH HUH...... this Guy says nothing and his own analogies are nonsence
John 3.3 Romans 5.5 Romans 8.9 Romans 8.26. 1 John 5.18. unless you are born again you cannot see heaven. Hell is real and undescribable suffering, Jesus warned us of hell fire burning for eternity. Jesus is the only way to heaven. The road is narrow and few make it to heaven. Everything else will burn for eternity in hell. Totally deceived by Satan.
Shame on u. Old man. Wait till u meet Jesus.. So sad, perhaps u experienced something but u just didn't get it. Jesus bless your final years.
+Cathy Ouellette Dear Lady, do not judge this man, for you know not. Jesus was not the only master to come to this earth. You put our Creator into a small box of the human mind. You have much to learn and you won't learn it in most of the Christian churches, as they forgot what a true Christian was centuries ago. Read your history of the Christian churches and even the recent history of what they did to the indigenous people of this land, in the name of their God, when actually in was in the name of greed. Of which you are still seeing results of today . It is the very thing destroying this country and has been destroying it all along. We have never been one nation under God. Not of God of Divine Love. You are what is called indoctrinated and have no real experience. Open you heart and mind, for as you judge, so shell you be judged. Do you really think an all Loving God would only give one race of people a way to understand the Divine? If so, then you have much work to do. I am sick to death of so called Christians, especially when it is those kind that have caused much of the pain in this world, and have created many an atheist. You have not Love in your heart, for you are blinded by your own righteousness. I am one of those people who have had a NDE. No one really knows all the Truth about God, for that is infinity. So we are all just learning, and that cycle of learning goes on even after we so call die. So if you think you have all the answers, then I know you don't. For even I don't, and I have gotten closer to the real Essence then most people. I have come to know, that the more I know about God, the more I know, I don't know, because God is infinite. You never arrive, you just keep learning. Much Peace, and may Jesus bless your final years
Cathy Ouellette You must be a protestant, what of the billions who lived and died before Jesus, is your Jesus experience condemned them to oblivion. Your Jesus visited those who know him not from the time of Noah, we live in a material universe enclosed in space and time, God is not material nor a prisoner of space and time. Tuesday does not follow Monday in God's existence.
You know he was a Methodist, right?
As am I. I have long considered Huston Smith to be my spiritual guru.
Why is that so many self-professed Christians seem so much more inspired by hate and judgement than love and acceptance?