William Peters – The Shared-Death Experience 2023

During this fascinating exploration into this powerful experience, you’ll:

• Be introduced to SDEs through case studies, experiential activities, and a review of findings gathered by the world’s leading research institute on SDEs
• Recognize how SDEs suggest that the dead are never gone, the dying are never alone, and the living can catch glimpses of “heaven” — the benevolent reality that awaits us all beyond the veil
• Gain a deeper appreciation for the profound implications of SDEs and how they can transform our grief over the loss of loved ones, lessen our fears over death and dying, and help us all prepare for the best death possible
• Learn how to use common knowledge about near-death experiences (NDEs) to advance your understanding about SDEs
• Discover why the SDE is considered by many to be the most mystical type of end-of-life experience
• Understand how mindfulness practice s contribute to being able to have SDEs
• Experience a meditation to deepen your understanding of and connection with this phenomenon — a guided visualization for cultivating SDEs
• Grasp how “The Light” (in its myriad forms) in the SDE transforms lives
• Perceive how the SDE is a gateway experience to other extraordinary end-of-life experiences
• Realize the traits and practices that SDE experiencers possess
• Explore the healing gifts that the SDE offers family members
• Discern how families can intentionally manifest multiple person SDEs for themselves — and discuss how to prepare
• Learn about The Conductor and its essential role in transitioning disincarnating souls
• And much more!

We begin our exploration of the shared-death experience (SDE) by comparing it to its mystical twin, the near-death experience (NDE). You’ll learn that the similarities and differences between SDEs and NDEs reveal a common portrait of the afterlife landscape that awaits us all at the end of life.

Special guest: You’ll hear Jeff Olsen’s incredible story that involved an NDE and an SDE, after his own intimate brush with death in an auto accident that his wife and young son tragically did not survive. Jeff’s attending emergency room physician, Dr. O’Driscoll, also had an SDE — during which he communicated with Jeff’s deceased wife.

In this session, you’ll:

• Listen to deeply personal and transformative stories that show just how thin the veil is between the worlds of the living and the departed
• Understand how NDEs and SDEs both provide evidence that a benevolent afterlife awaits us
• Learn how to use common knowledge about NDEs to advance your understanding about SDEs
• Discover why the SDE is considered by many to be the most mystical type of end-of-life experience

In this session, you’ll learn how the SDE has been identified in a variety of academic and medical disciplines for over 150 years, even though the phenomenon was only named recently by Dr. Raymond Moody. William will share his own remarkable journey that includes two NDEs and multiple SDEs before his fateful meeting with Dr. Moody. Their meeting catalyzed the founding of the Shared Crossing Project and its pioneering research initiative, which focuses on SDEs and a series of methods that can help you have them yourself.

In this session, you’ll:

• Hear William’s harrowing journey of discovering the SDE
• Learn how the first rigorous academic study of SDEs came into existence
• Acquire an appreciation for the unique story of how SDEs came to the public’s attention
• Experience a meditation to deepen your understanding of and connection with the phenomenon of SDEs — a guided visualization for cultivating SDEs of your own

It’s time to explore the first research-based typology of the SDE, with William comparing bedside and remote SDEs, as well as identifying a unique subset of SDE that does not occur at the exact time of medically determined death. You’ll learn how the SDE suggests that a soul’s transition (at the demise of the body) may best be understood as occurring over a period of minutes, hours, and in rare instances days.

Special guest: You’ll have the opportunity to hear about “Cynthia” and her awe-inspiring bedside SDE at the time of her partner’s death. She’ll share key features of experience, including ascending with her partner toward a brilliant, luminous light, and encountering her previously deceased mother-in-law, who appeared to greet her son and welcome him into the afterlife.

In this session, you’ll:

• Understand how the soul’s complete transition to the afterlife can happen over a period of hours and even days — as learned through various SDEs
• Hear the fascinating story of Cynthia’s SDE when she accompanied her partner into the afterlife
• Realize the difference between bedside and remote SDEs
• Learn about the first research-based SDE typology

Discover the power and majesty of a luminous light, a common feature of the SDE (as well as the NDE). You’ll learn about spirit beings that can appear in the SDE to greet the dying as they enter the afterlife. You’ll better appreciate the limitations of human language to describe the mystical SDE — and you’ll discover that the common element in this remarkable experience is Love.

Special guest: You’ll also hear a heartbreaking yet inspiring story from Scott Taylor, who had an SDE with the woman he loved and her son, who both died as a result of a tragic automobile accident.

In this session, you’ll:

• Discover how our deceased loved ones greet and welcome us into a glorious afterlife
• Grasp how “The Light” (in its myriad forms) in the SDE transforms lives
• Listen to a heart-opening SDE from someone who encountered his partner and her young son soon after their fatal automobile accident
• Realize how human language is limited, unable to fully express the true beauty and meaning of the SDE

The most perplexing question that researchers and the general public alike have about SDEs is, “Why do some people have an SDE and others do not?” Some have wondered if there is a personality type that is predisposed to having an SDE.

William will share leading-edge research findings and his own insights to shed light on this central question. He’ll introduce the concept of an SDE adept, an individual who demonstrates an especially potent capacity to have multiple SDEs.

Special guest: You’ll hear a young mother describe her two SDEs — one bedside with her aunt and the other with a mentor and friend who was nearly 3,000 miles away when she passed.

In this session, you’ll:

• Be inspired by a young woman’s two spellbinding SDEs and what they taught her about life, death, and the afterlife
• Learn how mindfulness practices contribute to being able to have SDEs
• Perceive how the SDE is a gateway experience to other extraordinary end-of-life experiences
• Discover the personality traits and practices that SDE experiencers possess

There are many documented SDEs in which more than one person participates — often occurring when family members are gathered around the bed of a dying loved one. Still others occur when loved ones are physically apart from the dying. In some instances, people reported SDEs when they were not even aware that a loved one was facing death.

Special guest: You’ll hear a deeply touching story from both a daughter and granddaughter who both had an SDE at the time of a loved one’s death (and how other family members also reported having experiences).

In this session, you’ll:

• Discover the healing gifts that the SDE offers family members
• Recognize various manifestations of the multiple person SDE
• Discern how families can intentionally manifest multiple person SDEs for themselves — and discuss how to prepare
• Hear the story of a family who had multiple members have an SDE at time of death of the family’s matriarch

In this session, you’ll learn about one of the most awe-inspiring features of the SDE — The Conductor. This force, sensed by the SDE experiencer, has the responsibility of managing the transition of souls into the afterlife. The Conductor can appear in a variety of ways, and is always unfailingly focused on its central task.

Special guest: You’ll hear a firsthand account from Gloria, who witnessed The Conductor at the time of her partner’s death.

In this session, you’ll:

• Learn about The Conductor and its essential role in transitioning disincarnating souls
• Be able to identify The Conductor’s unique characteristics and why they are necessary to carry out its important task
• Hear an inspiring report from a woman who witnessed The Conductor appear during an SDE she had at the time of her partner’s death