THE SOUL HAS A BODY

My out-of-body experience in 1963 at the age of 44 was a revelation. I was returning from a business trip in Rochester NY on a Mohawk Airliner when we encountered a tornado coming off Lake Erie. The plane was forced down until the left wing plowed the rain-soaked field and mud blanketed the cabin window. The plane cartwheeled, sheared left and broke apart. The right wing opened to the sky and I was flung out, still strapped to the seat, landing upright amidst the tornado-driven rain and hailstones.

The vision of the burning wreck was seen for the first time from affair. I was “Nathan” with all my senses, weightless and removed from all that was happening below me. There was a beautiful, azure blue environment of buoyancy, which was so peaceful and right that no words of mine have ever been able to describe it fully. I was detached from my body, free of gravity, weightless, euphoric and full of joy of going “home.”

Then I was back with “myself” within the burning circle of debris and explosions. Then I was out again, several times, perhaps many times. This was repeated as Nathan moved higher away from the scene below. At one point, the pull from below was persisting, and I said aloud to myself: “Okay, move your legs. If you legs move and you can walk, I will stay with you. Otherwise, I am not coming back again.” I addressed myself as “you” and looked at the situation with detachment. Upon making the ultimatum, I regained focus, unbuckled the seat beat, and stood up. Soon afterward, I was working with others to help clear the burning area as rescue vehicles began to arrive.

In that brief encounter, when my soul was revealed to me, I realized that there was more to me than my body. I understood how the mystery of life was contained within the physical domain, but was unfettered beyond it. From that moment on, I have been a soul-with-a-body, comfortable with the Unknowables, and at ease with my destiny, anticipating graduation as a moment for reflection upon the path taken. The written record of my experiences from the physical domain into the metaphysical domain, from a businessman on Wall Street to an author, is contained in ten philosophical essays and two books. However, publishing books as an author did not seem up to the challenges of the new situation confronting peoples everywhere after 9/11. It seemed to call for a higher level to reach out to a world audience. For this THE HUMAN BEING FOUNDATION was formed in 2002, with a broader mission to not only publish but also to participate in self-awareness activities on what it means to be a Human Being, with a destiny to come into BEING.

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