Valerie Varan, MS, LPC, NCC is an author, holistic counselor, and coach for those seeking to embrace their higher consciousness. Her new book, Living in a Quantum Reality: Using Quantum Physics and Psychology to Embrace Your Higher Consciousness, is based on her experience in life and in her years as a psychotherapist, mental health licensed professional counselor, national certified counselor, energy therapist, and personal/transpersonal/spiritual growth coach.

Every night after work as a landscaper, Jim “Bubba” Bay went for a walk. But on the night of November 15, 2009, while walking on Hammertown Road in Pine Plains, New York, Bubba fell 14 feet head-first into gulley, breaking 23 bones, including 11 ribs, 10 vertebrae, his skull and left scapula. After a day in intensive care, the doctors induced a coma. Bubba survived, and when he awoke from the coma, he began to tell his family and friends about his remarkable visions on the edge of death.

In this show, host Lee Witting examines some traditional Western views of heaven, vs. an NDEr’s experience which seems to reflect some Eastern religious beliefs.

Lee Witting and his wife, Charlene Kent, continue the discussion from three shows ago of how NDEs mirror this reality.

Are NDEs gifts meant to be windows into heaven, or intended more as mirrors to reflect the NDErs' roles in their lives on Earth?