Friday, November 6, 2026
Sunday, a Learjet carrying nine people plummeted into the ground. One of the young co-pilot’s last transmissions to ATC was a blood-curdling scream. Nearly forty seconds of radio silence preceded the impact.
When the external becomes sheer terror, the internal is gifted an absolute, speechless, chemical stillness. The brain literally “flips out,” and when it stalls, unlike a plane which loses lift, it floats in the unconditioned, still conscious, but completely unafraid.
Across cultures, there is a belief that a deeper peace blankets the moments preceding impact. Near-Death-Experience (NDE) researchers document that those who face the brink of death, yet survive, universally report an overwhelming sense of peace, warmth, and a complete absence of terror, regardless of how violent the preceding moments were.
While the initial seconds of what seems like inescapable crisis are filled with acute, instinctive terror, evidence suggests that this same instinct accepts death and instantly converts to merciful stillness. Like a switch, polarity flips, and the brain floods “the victim” with endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin, inducing a lighter-than-air state of complete euphoria. The experience becomes “out of body,” giving the person a sense of detachment and a bird’s-eye view, as if the experience was not happening directly to them.
I find this comforting, knowing consciousness can uncouple and has a built-in parachute–deployed just in time. We call this system “a just and merciful god;” but biochemically, it’s simply etched in.
Sit idly for 40 seconds, and the brink vanishes.
You don’t plummet, but surrender to and are floating in an Immortal Foundation; a soaring truth of who you are–built right in–designed with an ingenious, oceanic wonder which never knows of a “final, blood-curdling demise.”
The scream is not the last utterance.
Slow down, detach, be still, get a bird’s eye view, and rest in eternal peace before your feet hit the ground today. From this Glorious Eye (I) you can make an everlasting impression on the entire world, not just a horrifying, temporary dent in its surface.