David Bennett enjoys the retired life of a public speaker, author, teacher, energetic healer, and transformational life coach. He’s had many appearances on radio and television, including on The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, Dr Oz, Angels Among Us, NBC national news and PBS. David publishes articles in numerous magazines, blogs and papers.
David had three transformative experiences; in 1983 He drowned and had a Near-Death Experience while the Chief Engineer of the ocean research vessel Aloha. He experienced a second transformative experience in 1994 when in meditation in Sedona AZ, his childhood home. The third experience occurred November 2000, when he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer that metastasized into his spine causing its collapse. Now in remission and retired/disabled his passion includes volunteering with experiencer groups and cancer survivors to help integrate their spiritually transformative experiences. David works as an energetic healer using a White Light healing technique given to him from Spirit, and as an certified integration/transformational life coach. His best selling book about these experiences, Voyage of Purpose © was published by Findhorn Press and distributed worldwide. You can find more about David on his website DharmaTalks.com. His next book A Voice as Old as Time © also published by Findhorn Press.
You can find Davids daily reflections of living an empowered life on Twitter and Facebook
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/DharmaTalk
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- David is the past leader of Upstate New York IANDS, where he ran a monthly experiencer support group and a bi-monthly public meeting.
- He serves on the planning committee for NDERetreat.com, helping coordinate the 2006 through 2020 Near-Death Experiencer Spiritual Retreats in St. Louis, MO.
- David also serves as an advisor to the Board of Directors of the American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiencers (ACISTE) in San Diego.
- Since recovering from cancer, David has retired and daily devotes his time to writing and spreading his message by writing a column for Om Times.
- Energetic healing and transformational life coaching are services David provides. For an Introductory Consultation, Contact through my Schedule site. http://bit.ly/1crEq1t
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Thank you for spreading the light. I am interested in home alters and found you through that search. do you know a source for small home alters like the beautiful ones you had listed at one point? thanks, david
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David I wish I could help but I do not have any suggestions at this time Later in the year I hope to get back into making some altars. blessings ,David
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I, too, would like to buy an altar like your open-shelf altars. Please, if you do build them again, let me know, would you?
Namaste _/|\_
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Hello Dave, We met on Twitter and although I’m no longer participating (deactivated accounts) I have shared your Blog with friends on my FB Page to give them a better understanding of what I’ve gone through re: my NDE.
I requested your assistance as a Mentor…
Hoping to keep in contact with you via e-mail as we had discussed.
Love and Light,
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Hi Dave:
I am interested in having a buddhist altar made by you.
I noticed that all of the altars you have made have been sold.
Are you open to making a custom altar for my meditation practice?
I would like something simple in a maple or light wood …with measurements around 24″ in length by 18″ in depth.
Let me know if are open to it…with a cost estimate.
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Thanks for all the Requests for Altars. I’m currently focusing my attention on my writing and time in the shop is limited to home improvement projects I may return to building altars at some time in the future but I must clear some of these projects away first.
Thanks so much for all the interest,
Blessings,
Dave
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As a person who myself had an NDE, I too am for some reason following a path toward some sort of sharing of my thoughts and experiences. It isn’t an easy path to follow. I commend you on your efforts. On my own site – http://www.behighlyevolved, one of my next few attempts will be to write of the NDE. It’s now been over 16 years since. After such a long period of time I hope that I can make a worthy attempt.
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David, I have enjoyed following your tweets and I now find your thoughtful and evocative blog. I’ll be happily following your work here too.
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Thomas, Thanks so much. I found your blog and found it fascinating. I’m now following you.
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