For Christmas, my son gave me Matthew, Tell Me about Heaven: A Firsthand Description of the Afterlife. It’s a fascinating read based on a series of telepathic conversations between the author, Suzanne Ward, and her son Matthew who died in a car cash at the age of seventeen.

 

When Matthew died Suzanne was overwhelmed by grief and sought out mediums to contact her son. But it was almost fourteen years later that he started coming to her inwardly and they started having telepathic conversations. Matthew explained to his mother the car accident wasn’t an accident, but a planned agreement between him and his family on soul level. The family shared many lifetimes before this one and decided his early death would contribute to everyone’s lifetime missions.

 

Suzanne had a hard time accepting this and an even harder time accepting Matthew had to die young so she could write this book and tell people the truth about our relationship with all creation and how to better understand our life’s purpose.

 

Matthew tells his mother he is in a world called Nirvana, which is a place people on earth go after they die before they reincarnate again. People from other worlds have places they go to like Nirvana.

Matthew talks to his mother sometimes as Matthew, her teenage son, and sometimes as his cumulative soul. His cumulative soul is more spiritually evolved and knowledgeable than one lifetime. Suzanne said, “I was to think of all creation as an ocean, of his cumulative soul as a cup of ocean water and of his soul as only Matthew as a drop of waterI took from the cup.” p. 40-41

 

Matthew explains that when souls die they are greeted by loved ones and then there’s a transition period during which they adjust to their new life and remember who they are as larger spiritual beings. They might go to a place where helpers dress in clothes that the person expects, and the heaven they go to mirrors their spiritual beliefs.

 

Eventually, they adjust to the world of Nirvana. More advanced souls need little time to adjust. Some who suffered traumatic death need a lot of healing. The area of helping souls adjust is where Matthew works.

 

One interesting chapter is on the difference between a near-death experience and dying. In a near-death experience, soul is lovingly met by loved ones in a place that meets his expectations. If he is Christian, he may see the golden gates of heaven, hear heavenly music, or see a hologram of Jesus. He is guided to try to decide whether to go back to earth to complete his life mission or die. It’s a beautiful, loving experience. If the person actually dies, they will go through the transition period and learn about Nirvana and the truth about such things as reincarnation.

 

Music is important in Nirvana. The great symphonies already exist in this world. Gifted composers can hear this music inwardly and bring it down to earth, as Mozart and Beethoven did. When musicians die, they can continue to be involved with music in Nirvana.

 

Music has great importance for healing of souls when they arrive. Magnificent concerts are featured in heaven. But music has an even greater purpose as expressed in this quote:

 

“The perimeters of this realm are dependent upon the frequencies of music. The vibrations, especially from the strings, are part of what keeps the entire realm in attunement.” p. 146

 

Many creative skills we use on earth continue in Nirvana, such as writing, art, teaching and architecture. Life on Nirvana is a place where past lives are reviewed and soul is actively involved in some kind of work and continued development before it goes back to earth, or another planet, for another lifetime.

 

The book touches on many different topics. The chapter titles include Angels, Spirit Guides; Divine Love, Children; Time; Travel; Employment; Suicide; Pre-Birth Agreements, Karma; and Akashic Records, Lifeprint Review.

 

The book sheds light on many topics. I found it interesting to compare what Matthew told his mother and what I’ve experienced or read in other places. One thing Matthew didn’t explain: we eventually evolve enough spiritually so it’s not necessary to keep reincarnating on earth. Perhaps this is discussed in the next book because this is the first book in a series of conversations with Matthew.

 

I was also aware that Matthew could only explain things to his mother from his level of spiritual evolvement. He said there were levels in Nirvana. He was at the fourth level and there are levels beyond his. Clearly, many truths are beyond his understanding. Yet the book gets people to start thinking and looking at their life, death and purpose in life. It can bring comfort to people to know life on earth isn’t a random event, but an important spiritual experience. It is part of our journey home to God. In each life we come here to learn something. When we return to Nirvana, we will review our life and the Akashic records to see how we did and what we still need to learn.

 

It is a comfort to know that there are guides, teachers and angels helping us. We are not as alone as it appears.

 

I liked the book because it was another piece to the puzzle of life. It helped make sense of other accounts of heaven in books describing life between lives, books on near-death experiences, and books on spiritual teachings. It all fits together.

 

What books have you found interesting on the life between lives or near-death experiences? Have you ever had a near-death experience? Have you ever dreamed about the times you spent in the life between lives?

 

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