During
Karen Schaeffer's NDE, she was shown her children's future as it would exist if she decided to remain in the light. Because she decided to return, the future she was shown did not happen. This suggests that the future is always changing from moment to moment based upon our current actions and decisions. This principle supports quantum mechanic principles.
One of Margot Grey's NDE research subjects stated:
"During my experience ... I was also shown events that are likely to happen in the near future, but was made to understand that nothing is absolutely fixed and that everything depends on how we choose to use our own free will, that even those events that are already predestined can be changed or modified by a change in our own way of relating to them." (
Grey, 1985, p. 123)
NDE experiencer
Howard Storm was given information on how the future is not fixed:
"We have free will. If we change the way we are, then we can change the future which they showed me. They showed me a view of the future, at the time of my experience, based upon how we in the United States were behaving at that time. It was a future in which a massive worldwide depression would occur. If we were to change our behavior, however, then the future would be different." (
Howard Storm)
Howard Storm was also told how a single person can change the world:
"All it takes to make a change was one person. One person, trying, and then because of that, another person changing for the better. They said that the only way to change the world was to begin with one person. One will become two, which will become three, and so on. That's the only way to affect a major change" (
Howard Storm)
During
Ricky Randolph's NDE, he was told virtually the same thing:
"You must return and help others to change by changing your life!" (
Ricky Randolph)
Dannion Brinkley was told how the future is conditional upon human beings:
"If you follow what you have been taught and keep living the same way you have lived the last thirty years, all of this will surely be upon you. If you change, you can avoid the coming war. If you follow this dogma, the world by the year 2004 will not be the same one you now know. But it can still be changed and you can help change it." (
Dannion Brinkley)
Brinkley was also told that the future is not cast in stone:
"The flow of human events can be changed, but first people have to know what they are." (
Dannion Brinkley)
Brinkley also gives the following advice on how people can change the world:
"The quickest way to change the world is to be of service to others. Show that your love can make a difference in the lives of people and thereby someone else's love can make a difference in your life. By each of us doing that and working together we change the world one inner person at a time." (
Dannion Brinkley)
