​Meeting Thursday August 7th

Come join us at the North Syracuse Community Center for a presentation by
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            Karen Thomas
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​Meeting starts at 6:30pm (doors open at 6pm)   $10 donation

Please join us Thursday August 7th, 6:30pm
Upstate NY IANDS is presenting a talk with Karen Thomas from North Carolina.
At the time of her Near Death Experience, Karen was a physical therapist at Alaska Hospital and Medical Center in Anchorage Alaska. She, her husband and 2 young children aged 9 and 6 years old had moved there from New York State. Karen had injured her back and a spinal surgery was scheduled at the hospital where she was employed. During the surgery, the orthopedic surgeon accidentally cut a hole in the major artery to her leg causing her to bleed out on the operating table which led to her experience. She became aware and observed what was happening in the OR from a corner near the ceiling. She describes how her being left the OR and entered other areas of the hospital. She observed a man in street clothes rushing toward the operating room, he was her vascular surgeon. Weeks later she was able to confirm with him what he was wearing and what he was doing during her out of body experience. The prayers that people were saying for her appeared like musical notes. Come hear her discuss in detail what she experienced on her visit to the other side.



Meeting starts at 6:30pm (doors open at 6pm)
North Syracuse Community Center
700 South Bay Rd
North Syracuse, NY 13212
$10 donation
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Brought to you by - Upstate NY IANDS ( International Association of Near Death Studies)

​The UPSTATE NY IANDS mission is to respond to needs for information and support concerning near-death and similar experiences. We are a Local Discussion/Interest not-for-profit group that is open to the public.

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​Our meetings includes both experiencers and non-experiencers, and are open to everyone. In these meetings we may invite Authors and speakers, or show movies, so we may bring in interesting and fascinating accounts of near-death experiences and other spiritually transformative experiences into our area. These meetings are for a broad range of people and appeal to anyone who is comfortable in a “learning” atmosphere.

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Many of our participants have a sensitivity to strong fragrances, so please avoid wearing any strong smelling fragrances, oils, or other, when attending our meetings. Thank you.
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Meeting location is: North Syracuse Community Center 700 South Bay Rd North Syracuse, NY 13212

What are STEs?  

Spiritually Transformative Experiences or STEs,  are events that affect us in a very real and spiritual ways. We’ve all had such experiences, big ones like an NDE or an encounter experience, or even an after death communication, or small ones like lucid or prophetic dreams, a past life regression, or a hunch that comes true. There are many types of such experiences which serve are catalysts for spiritual transformation and awakening. They often bring change our perspective of ourselves, our connection to each other, and to the Universe. 

Such experiences can happen at any time, to anyone, under any circumstances. Some of these experiences are big and obvious, like a thunderstorm or even tornado. Others are small and subtle, more like a soft summer rain. What is important about them is that we listen to them, because it is often through these kinds of experiences we awaken to who we truly are, we remember our divinity. They touch us in personal and significant ways that cannot be easily measured or dismissed, because they catalyze the realization of our higher human potential. 

While some of these STEs are easy or amazing, sometimes they are harsh and painful. It is easier to integrate these experiences through sharing them, telling our stories and understanding the patterns of such experiences, in order to better understand why they happened to us in the first place. 
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The UPSTATE NY IANDS mission is to respond to needs for information and support concerning near-death and similar experiences.