Shadowing Practice: Her Near-Death Experience Came with an Unthinkable Warning - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Did you have a life review?
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I had a life review that took me through every one of the most painful, wounding, horrible experiences of my life.
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And I had an absolute understanding of everyone involved, me, the other people, not just the emotions,
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but as Jeremy said, I was the other people involved and I was me.
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and I had a complete understanding of what brought each of us to that situation.
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Yeah.
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Every time I've heard this, it feels like the truth to me because I was raised very,
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very strict religiously and the word you just said here resonated with me with such a judge that when you die,
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there's going to be the judgment.
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And I remember the first time I heard someone talk about this on the show,
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I thought, oh, the judgment is actually the way you've lived and the feelings that you've created with other people.
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Everything you've ever done comes back to you.
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That's the judgment.
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Yeah.
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I mean, the fact is, every single person who has had a profound spiritual experience would say the same thing.
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And that is that God is love.
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And the fact is where God is present, where God's love is present,
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there is no room for destructive emotions of guilt and remorse and shame and awe, anger, bitterness, all of those things.
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What I discovered is that where God is present, there is always some version of love, be it compassion or empathy or understanding.
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Grace, kindness.
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Kindness.
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All of it.
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All of it.
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So you received a warning.
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You received a warning during your near -death experience.
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What was it?
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Well, I did.
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I had this incredible experience of leaving my body, going to heaven, God's world, spiritual ground.
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I was told that it wasn't my time.
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I had to go back to earth.
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I had more work to do.
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And I was given a list of things that I still had to do.
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And one of the things on this list was I had to do with the coming
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and unexpected death of my oldest son.
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and he at the time was nine and healthy
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and i of course asked why obviously and when i asked
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that i was taken back to my life review where i'd been shown again
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and again and again
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that beauty really does come of all things then i was taken back to my body
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and 10 years later your son actually passed away.
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So this is what I was wondering, since you've been given that warning that your son is going to die,
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how do you live in this world of density for 10 years, knowing that your son is going to die early?
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And that's part of one of your assignments.
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How do you live not in fear every day?
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Or is it because you had that loving near -death experience, you know that whenever he passes, it's going to be okay.
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There is no way any person could shoulder that burden without having an absolute knowledge,
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understanding, and trust that God is real and present, that we are really just spiritual beings living in this three -dimensional body,
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that there really is life after death, continuation of our consciousness, again, however you want to describe it.
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Because knowing that without any shred of doubt gave me a confidence that if indeed his death came to pass,
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great beauty would come of it.
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He would have been joyfully welcomed home as I had been and that he wasn't lost to me.
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The fact is, I know he'll be there waiting for me when my time is done.
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But until then, you know, I'm here on earth with more left to do, you know, and we're here.
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It's this great adventure, this great opportunity to learn and grow and reflect God's love to others.
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And how did you now in human form, again, not in that loving,
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all connected space, come back knowing that your son is going to die and nobody else around you knows that.
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So now you have to move to the world and you weren't told when it was going to die.
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So you don't know if he's going to die next week or next month.
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And then years pass and he doesn't die.
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So you're thinking, maybe that I didn't even hear that.
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Maybe that wasn't even real.
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I woke up every day wondering if that would be the day.
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Got it.
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That's what I'm saying.
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Again, it's not, your question is, how do you get through that day?
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Well, you get through that day with this absolute trust that God is real and present in my life,
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in my son's life, in my family, in the world.
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If that is part of the plan for his life and our lives, then great beauty would come of it.
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Can you explain to us how he died 10 years later?
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People listening will want to know.
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He was doing a dry land ski training and was hit by a car.
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So he was killed instantly.
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And so when you got that message that your son is gone, you thought, okay, there it is.
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Yeah.
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And I'm not going to say that, you know, I said, oh, hey, that's great.
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No, I was as devastated as a mother could be.
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but I will honestly tell you that even in the midst of my sorrow, I experienced great joy.
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And that joy is because of knowing, trusting spiritual truth.
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Yeah.
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I always say when you lose a loved one, tell me if you agree with this or not.
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But since I started hearing these near -death experiences and also know that I have a whole posse.
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I have a team on the other side.
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I feel them all the time looking out for me,
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that that's one of the reasons why I've had a life that I've had because of all that's come before me.
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And where are all those people with me right now?
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And I'm just wondering if you still feel him, You still feel connected to that?
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Do you feel that sense of awareness?
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Yeah, I sure do.
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I mean, my concept of it is we don't live here and they live here.
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We live and exist within the spiritual realm.
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There is no time in the spiritual world there's no dimension.
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I don't have the words, but it exists within each other and everything exists simultaneously, although independently.
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So yes, I believe we live within the spiritual world, even though our three -dimensional brains can't see it.
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We don't always acknowledge it.
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But the fact is there is spiritual crossover.
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Yeah, you can.
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The brain doesn't acknowledge it, but I can tell you, I can, I experience it through stillness.
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I can sit amongst the trees and literally become one with them.
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I mean, I can, you know, I know that sounds crazy, but I can.
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So I think that there is a, there is a way to do it,
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but I also feel that the density of the body keeps you from doing it.
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It's why I always do say though, when people have loved ones that pass,
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Dr. Grayson, it's like, now you have an angel you can call by name.
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Now you have somebody who's crossed over to the other side.
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Thank you so much, Dr. Neal.
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Dr. Neal's books are To Heaven and Back and Seven Lessons from Heaven.
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We could listen to you all day because we love this conversation.
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We love this conversation.
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It's my favorite conversation.
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It's my favorite conversation too.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Her Near-Death Experience Came with an Unthinkable Warning”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: spiritual, die, experience, present. This video has 110 sentences and 1273 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:15. The speaker talks at a natural 154 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| spiritual adjective | /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ | Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul. |
| judgment noun | /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ | The act of judging. |
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| density noun | /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/ | A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
| acknowledge verb | /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/ | To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in. |
| dimensional adjective | /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/ | Of or pertaining to dimensions. |
| kindness noun | /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ | The state of being kind. |
| adventure noun | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. |
| angel noun | /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ | An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes. |
| awareness noun | /əˈwɛɹ.nəs/ | The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer. |
| horrible adjective | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
| anger noun | /ˈæŋɡə/ | A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm… |
| discover verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | To find or learn something for the first time. |
| reflect verb | /ɹɪˈflɛkt/ | To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| pass away verb | To die. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Did you have a life review?
- Everything you've ever done comes back to you.
- I was told that it wasn't my time.
- How do you live not in fear every day?
- Do you feel that sense of awareness?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was raised · was told · was given |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've heard · you've lived · you've ever done |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, dimensional /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/, consciousness /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/, dimension /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/, compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/
- Long words — get the stress right: dimensional /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, independently /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like spiritual, judgment, connect.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.