tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.comments2024-03-22T15:05:21.860-07:00Ken Ring BlogKevin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028779062267448624noreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-66039679985392305062024-03-22T15:05:21.860-07:002024-03-22T15:05:21.860-07:00Hey Ken,
For the record, your writing has NOT lo...Hey Ken,<br /><br />For the record, your writing has NOT lost its edge. I'll miss your thoughts, and hope you reconsider. Persons older than 87 are entitled to change their minds up to 28 times.<br /><br />Jay D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-4330147655824060422024-03-22T06:45:03.110-07:002024-03-22T06:45:03.110-07:00After your book, LIFE AT DEATH, NDE was finally in...After your book, LIFE AT DEATH, NDE was finally included in the realm of science. That was a great leap for Human beings. I appreciate that, Ken. JunhoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-55837448359791630302024-03-22T06:20:48.505-07:002024-03-22T06:20:48.505-07:00Reading this page, I can picture your ordinary day...Reading this page, I can picture your ordinary days in my mind. It reminds me of my mother living alone. And I found one more common in your feature and mine.<br />Let me and my wife pray for your health of body and mind. <br />Best regards, Junho Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-55461805635751875462024-03-20T16:01:27.241-07:002024-03-20T16:01:27.241-07:00Love to see the positive Ripple Effect you have ha...Love to see the positive Ripple Effect you have had on so many with your presence, teaching, books, and blogs. Your wisdom, wit, love, curiosity, and honesty have impacted so many and have rippled out through their thoughts, words, and deeds. I understand that your blogging may be coming to an end but know that your words, wit, and wisdom will be returned to often, reflected on deeply, and acted upon with love. THANKS!Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-9301884648656965342024-03-19T00:44:39.656-07:002024-03-19T00:44:39.656-07:00Many thanks Ken for all the interesting books You ...Many thanks Ken for all the interesting books You wrote and for this wonderful blog. Verba volant , scripta manent. I'll read parts of this blog or your books from time to time even in future.<br />Regards from Italy.Antonio Cravarezzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-47373643019234577182024-03-17T17:43:50.387-07:002024-03-17T17:43:50.387-07:00Hi Ken,
Life certainly has its interesting twist...Hi Ken, <br /><br />Life certainly has its interesting twists and turns, doesn’t it? It was over half a century ago that our paths first crossed. I was your 20 year old student in two Social Psychology courses at our beloved UCONN and you were my professor in your early thirties. <br /><br />Fast forward half a century and we connected again through letters and emails. Dear sir, you have taught me much through the years, first through your courses and later through your books and other writing. Now I’m a retired social worker and you are a distinguished emeritus professor, still addressing the big questions about life and death. <br /><br />God bless you for all you have taught me through the years. Most importantly, you have taught me (as the Venerable Bede wrote hundreds of years ago) that “…death is only a horizon, and horizon is but the limit of our sight.” Here’s looking ahead as we both get to see what’s waiting for us on the other side of the horizon. <br /><br />Greg Simpson from Connecticutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-20715057839425015592024-03-17T15:15:02.628-07:002024-03-17T15:15:02.628-07:00Thank you for all your work and blogs Ken. If you...Thank you for all your work and blogs Ken. If you like baseball I hope that you have someone who will make certain you can get to a ball game if you want to. I have done it for others, but you are too far away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-38276971361921744402024-03-17T14:25:20.699-07:002024-03-17T14:25:20.699-07:00Ken,
We've known each other since The Ultimat...Ken,<br /><br />We've known each other since The Ultimate Journey Conference in Oakland, CA in 1884. We were both presenters, and my wife and I gave you a ride to the conference. We had just moved to the Bay Area for me to attend graduate school. It was great to finally meet you, and share the work that we were doing.<br /><br />We later met at Ruth (Forbes) and Arthur Young's home in Berkeley for a colloquium of yours. We continued to correspond, and I later sent you a copy of my esoteric compilation on death and dying, Death: The Great Adventure (Lucis Publishing, NY, 1985). <br /><br />In the last few years, our correspondence has been more frequent. You encouraged me to write a blog for Raymond Moody's University of Heaven website which was well-received. You also read, enjoyed and favorably 'reviewed' my esoteric memoir.<br /><br />I found your book, Heading Toward Omega to be invaluable in creating an unpublished manuscript comparing the events of the NDE with those of the esoteric process of dying. I later created a 3-part video series for YouTube entitled, Death: The Great Adventure to illustrate my research.<br /><br />Ken, I think you and Raymond Moody have done the most significant work with the NDE of any other researchers/authors. You two form the 2 front pillars of the Temple of the NDE. And millions of us around the world are forever grateful for your invaluable and insightful work in that discipline. <br /><br />These past few years of your blogs have further revealed your quick wit, candor, challenges, courage, creativity, caring, charisma, cleverness, and charm. Our time together has been a great adventure, Brother! <br /><br />See you on the Other Side,<br />Robert Borel<br /><br />Robert Borelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-33113340619876830512024-03-17T12:04:57.435-07:002024-03-17T12:04:57.435-07:00First thing to say is how this blog belies your lo...First thing to say is how this blog belies your loss of capacity. That's not to argue with you but to marvel at how good a writer you are. I'm your age and I'm very grateful that it's the opposite for me, where I get sharper all the time and am still passionate about making a dent in this steely world that has itself hell bent for apocalypse. So, I have a suggestion. Ride my coattails. Engage with what I'm doing: NOW WHAT? https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/about. I have the best ideas to be found for what we-the people can do to end run around our imploded government and change this world to where we become a cooperative humanity. <br /><br />And, for the pleasure of your readers, here's Ken and me, circa early '80s, for an earlier version of my save the world proclivities: https://youtu.be/bPT2xbKZl4U?si=-rs9EoSFUOc6zj3i. Too bad I had a boyfriend and couldn't take you up on your flirty invite where I'd possibly be your loving partner now. CropCircleQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122718020487507658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-19410133418365705492024-03-17T11:01:41.750-07:002024-03-17T11:01:41.750-07:00Be with you always, Ken.
Herman Wouk in Winds of...Be with you always, Ken. <br /><br />Herman Wouk in Winds of War: Are we here to laugh or cry? Are we dying or just being born?<br /><br />Susan L. Schoenbeck, MSN, RNSusiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202898671074644786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-66526030510249924132024-03-17T10:03:33.162-07:002024-03-17T10:03:33.162-07:00BTW - not sure why I'm Anonymous. Actually, I...BTW - not sure why I'm Anonymous. Actually, I'm Veronica...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-60786210615546006012024-03-17T10:02:07.530-07:002024-03-17T10:02:07.530-07:00Ken - I can't claim you as a friend, but I hav...Ken - I can't claim you as a friend, but I have so enjoyed your blogs, and indeed your work over the years. Thank you! Just beware, speaking as one who has been caught in that trap, of so simplifying your life that you run out of "things of purpose" to do. Not things that push you too far physically or mentally, but things that you can still do with some effort, that peg your days with useful actions. You probably know this, but the tenor of your latter blogs hasn't let those things through so much. But anyway, you and others in the NDE world have given me the confidence that a series of anomalous experiences in my life, given their after-effects, were probably NDEs. It makes perfect sense of memories that a damaged (polio) brain quickly forgot, all but flashes and footprints. So keep on keeping on, my friend-in-knowing-and-wondering, in whatever generous usefulness you can still find to do. You will find it, it's second nature.<br />And when the time comes, bon voyage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-6507472478925483492024-03-17T09:43:33.106-07:002024-03-17T09:43:33.106-07:00Ken.
You have been a significant part of my life ...Ken.<br /><br />You have been a significant part of my life for many years now. I have read all of your papers, collected all of your books. I’ve even had the pleasure of emailing you a few times in the past. Memories that will last a lifetime. Your words and research have touched millions of people. And I always make sure to throw your name into discussions about NDEs and how you have done so much for the community.<br /><br />Every week, I check this blog to see if Ken is still here. To see if he has been called back home yet. I wonder what that day will be like. Will I rejoice? Or will I selfishly feel the pain of “losing” such a bright and beautiful soul on this earth. Rejoice, is what I have fallen to. You deserve rest and renewed life in death, and what I will mourn will be of selfishness. <br /><br />I knew the day would come when you did finally hang up the old keyboard and mouse. The spirit is forever, the body though, decays. So I just wanted to say my peace to you now!<br /><br />I was only 18 when I first found out about you, and now I am 26. I don’t know where I would be without your work or your kindness. You have personally changed my life for the better, and I hope you know that I’m not the only one. Thank you for everything you have done. Your work has influenced and inspired so many. <br /><br />I’ll look for you in the stars when your time has come.<br /><br />With love,<br /><br />Kate K from CT.<br />Kate Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-49985333899951968112024-03-17T07:58:10.128-07:002024-03-17T07:58:10.128-07:00I want to thank you, but I don't know where to...I want to thank you, but I don't know where to begin. You have made such a positive contribution in the lives of so many people! For me personally, I just want to say that there are so many things that I would not have been able to do without you. I feel lucky to be able to experience life alongside you. I cherish you forever, my friend. Nancy Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-91556671896500592682024-03-17T07:23:58.211-07:002024-03-17T07:23:58.211-07:00Dear Ken,
Thank you so much, my dear friend! Pim...Dear Ken,<br /><br />Thank you so much, my dear friend! PimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-55531234725945027402024-03-06T23:52:06.498-08:002024-03-06T23:52:06.498-08:00@Brian Anthony Kraemer - as I wrote, I'm aware...@Brian Anthony Kraemer - as I wrote, I'm aware of many generic arguments for putting up with the 'crap'. <br /><br />But I'm addressing this particular article's alternative vision, which is that the vale of tears predominates while here, and is invisible and significant when one reaches 'there'. The NDE account quoted doesn't remotely suggest anything useful happens in manifestation. It is 'minute' and 'insignificant'.<br /><br />So again: isn't *this* account an argument for universal suicide?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-32837973222644553792024-03-06T23:44:31.433-08:002024-03-06T23:44:31.433-08:00I am responding to the suggestion that "corpo...I am responding to the suggestion that "corporeal life is crap." For some reason, I am reminded of my experience hatching chicken eggs in my second grade classroom. When the tiny chicks began pecking their way out of the shells, my precious seven and eight-year-olds wanted to "help" them in their journey. I explained that it would harm the tiny chicks to have us do the work for them and that it was important for the chicks to do their own pecking in much the same way that it is disastrous to rush a butterfly from its cocoon. <br /><br />Everything has a reason and rushing the process is often disastrous rather than helpful. Friedrich Nietzsche said, “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” Is there anything at all that silences the tormenting question of why? Holding a baby? Walking along an ocean shoreline? Making love? Taking a bath? Hiking in the hills? Anything at all that silences the question may well-nigh be the answer.Brian Anthony Kraemernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-1392506700417315042024-03-06T23:08:21.147-08:002024-03-06T23:08:21.147-08:00Isn't this a terrific argument for suicide? I ...Isn't this a terrific argument for suicide? I know the counter-arguments from some NDEs (spiritual development, universal consciousness coming to know itself, entertainment etc). But none of that's here. To the contrary: "It was just such a minute, insignificant little experience that I had on Earth ... that I might as well just forgotten it". <br /><br />If corporeal life is crap, afterlife is great, why bother living through it? <br /><br />Pain to loved ones doesn't enter as significant here, as *their* corporeal life (including their suffering over others' suicides) is also crap, so they would be wisest also to die.<br /><br />Should there be a global Jonestown?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-17164671329969664422024-03-06T19:03:17.278-08:002024-03-06T19:03:17.278-08:00"
My latest thought is that even "heaven..."<br />My latest thought is that even "heaven" gets boring and in order to really appreciate such a state of bliss, we must take a "moment" to experience something far lesser than bliss in order to remember how good we have it. I have been joking with my friends that I grew tired of only 3,874 choices of breakfast in "heaven" and St. Peter said to God, "It's time for Brian to make another brief visit outside of our realm, just for a moment, not long at all, just briefly so he can once again enjoy our realm. "<br /><br />"Life is what it is and this has become good enough for me right now. There is always chocolate. There is always red wine. There is always my own body under warm blankets. There is always a hot shower. There is always music."<br /><br /><br />Brian, this speaks to me on such an intense level. Thanks so much for your comment. You are making me re-evaluate how I see the world, especially as a young adult in such crazy times where any news is basically directed to cause chaos and hate. Thank you, peace and love<br /><br />Kate K from CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-15655102245912558842024-03-06T17:24:20.743-08:002024-03-06T17:24:20.743-08:00Sounds like some good evidence and advice that Hea...Sounds like some good evidence and advice that Heaven is our REAL reality and human life on earth is more of a dream, play, drama, game, virtual reality, or simulation for our souls in comparison. <br /><br />Here's another NDE account that reinforces it: “I now understood that I had left nothing behind on earth. All my loved ones from that life, as well as all other incarnations, were here to greet me. All I had left behind are characters, playing roles in a drama that we had chosen to play while our essence remained in the afterlife. Now; it all seems so simple.” Duane Smith <br />Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-43985408185817981492024-03-06T15:22:08.174-08:002024-03-06T15:22:08.174-08:00Thanks so much for your reply! This makes sense to...Thanks so much for your reply! This makes sense to me. And thank you for all the work you've done. You've changed my life and helped me in a lot of ways. (Webmaster Kevin, your work has too - thank you!) I hope I can give you a hug of thanks on the other side one day haha! Jocehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100071038053732637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-35190769118671026482024-03-06T15:00:41.959-08:002024-03-06T15:00:41.959-08:00Ken Ring states, "I do believe we retain our ...Ken Ring states, "I do believe we retain our earthly personality when we cross over into death. NDErs seem to agree on that — they are still “themselves.” But they also often say that they are so much more than they thought. Perhaps when we die, we can send messages, such as after-death communications and deathbed visions, from that part of ourselves that living people would recognize while still being a kind of multi-dimensional self. Hope that helps and reassures you that, despite what they say, “you can take it (yourself) with you" when you die."Kevin Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028779062267448624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-16395463728846028482024-03-06T14:09:48.683-08:002024-03-06T14:09:48.683-08:00Ken,
I so enjoy reading everything you write. I r...Ken,<br /><br />I so enjoy reading everything you write. I read through this piece twice and feel as if I've been visiting you in person. Yes, life is such a mystery and God knows, I prefer it to be a mystery than a well-understood mathematical equation. Mysteries are fathomless. Mysteries are invitations. The embraces of a lover are mysteries. The ocean is a mystery. The night sky is a mystery.<br /><br />Perhaps I have lived sixty years of unusual bliss, but at age sixty, I am convinced that most of it was filled with pleasure: breathing, seeing, touching, being touched, smelling, tasting, thinking, not thinking, walking barefoot, looking into the eyes of praying mantises and ladybugs.<br /><br />My latest thought is that even "heaven" gets boring and in order to really appreciate such a state of bliss, we must take a "moment" to experience something far lesser than bliss in order to remember how good we have it. I have been joking with my friends that I grew tired of only 3,874 choices of breakfast in "heaven" and St. Peter said to God, "It's time for Brian to make another brief visit outside of our realm, just for a moment, not long at all, just briefly so he can once again enjoy our realm. <br /><br />A small council met to discuss where Brian should be sent. One member asked the question, "Where did we send Donald Trump?" to which another quickly responded, "Earth." "Then that is where we shall send Brian, even if just briefly. Brian is a quick learner and he will remember how good he has it hear and will experience the greatest joy and relief upon his return." And that's what happened. I got sent to planet Earth with Donald Trump.<br /><br />I love you, Ken. You are my friend, my fellow human being who has taken life by the horns and really enjoyed it while you were capable of enjoying it. I have seen a photo you shared with us of yourself at perhaps twelve years old and even then you were dashing, on your way to twenty-three. I have read your books. I have sat with you in your home. I have enjoyed the miracle of Kenneth Ring and I am still so grateful every single time we receive another blog from you rather than a announcement from Kevin Williams that you have made your transition. <br /><br />I know life is painful for you, but every moment of your pain is our pleasure in reading more of your thoughts and even more, the unappreciated and underestimated clairvoyant experience of your presence with us right here and right now. I suspect that I might still know your presence even after you depart this body. I still communicate with my father who you know preceded you in his transition even though he was only a three months older than you.<br /><br />Life is what it is and this has become good enough for me right now. There is always chocolate. There is always red wine. There is always my own body under warm blankets. There is always a hot shower. There is always music.<br /><br />One last thing. You mentioned the film, "Life According to Garp." I was eighteen when I saw that film and I took one lesson from it. Don't let someone fellate you in a car! I love you, my friend. :-)Brian Anthony Kraemernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-9184811232153728182024-03-06T13:18:34.313-08:002024-03-06T13:18:34.313-08:00I would have never in my days thought Ken would br...I would have never in my days thought Ken would bring up the Demiurge. Such a strange clash in my life! I used to fall into that way of thinking- that the world was awful, that it was a punishment to be here and the only reprieve was in death. And yes, while this life right now does have a lot of ups and downs, I understand that life itself is just a means of experience. That's all it is. It's a way for 'god' (Source, as I call it) to know what it means to live, breathe, have sex, give birth, worry, love, fear, stress, etc. When we are called back home we are relieved of ALL Of that and return to our normal state of bliss. But of course, Bliss 24/7 can get boring and you probably cant learn much from it, so we return (by choice) to come back here and live again with a different plan for our life than the last. Life is meant to be taken seriously by humans, but as souls, it's just a game. An experience. And we will return to that bliss once again.<br /><br />What sucks is that I am only 26. I'm just about to be married (yay!) to the love of my life. I know in a few years, I will probably have a child and with that will come worries and stress beyond what I can understand now. I have another 60 or so years of this before my time to return home has come. Yet I have this knowledge of my real home. It taunts me every day. I think about returning there, but I know that it's not my time. I need to wait. And I know when I do return, this life will feel like just seconds instead of years.<br /><br />Anyway, enough of my babble. A lovely blog as always, Ken, so nice to hear from you.<br />With love,<br />Kate K from CT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923424816839609066.post-77856782754163893522024-03-06T12:58:18.926-08:002024-03-06T12:58:18.926-08:00I'd also love to hear Ken's perspective on...I'd also love to hear Ken's perspective on if we retain our individuality or not. I can understand us being deeply interconnected, but how would mediumship work, or our "welcoming committee" in death bed visions - if we no longer exist as an individual? I hope we continue to exist as individuals!Jocehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100071038053732637noreply@blogger.com