Organ Donor Transitions

Kristin from Phoenix, AZ, asked:

Hi Julie,

Does a person enter their next life when they are brain dead/legally dead?

For example, they might be kept alive just to harvest organs, but their brain activity is long gone.

I’ve been recently thinking about someone like Anne Heche the actress. News reports said she was dead even though her organs were still being harvested.

Thank you,

Kristin

Hi Kristin,

What a great question!

It has been my experience that as long as a person’s body is being kept alive, their spirit is still attached to the top of their head. (Please see my Twelve Phases of Transition® chart for details.)

Regarding organ donors, interestingly enough, I was asked the same question last weekend when I spoke at the Helping Parents Heal conference in Phoenix with 1,000 attendees who had lost a child.

I recently experienced this situation with my beloved brother-in-law Regis, who died last fall and was an organ donor.

Regis was removed from the ventilator (life support), declared dead, and then put back on the ventilator so his organs could be harvested and help others live. What a gift to the recipients!

When I did an instant replay of his time of death, Regis’ spirit separated from his body and was escorted to Heaven by angels. (Again, please see my Twelve Phases of Transition® chart for details.)

In addition, as I awoke the next morning, the first thing I saw were the spirits of my late sister Joan (who died in 2010) and her husband Regis sitting on my bedroom couch holding hands and giggling.

Although Regis’ organ donation procedures went on for a couple more days, his spirit had transitioned and he was already reunited with my sister Joan in Heaven.

Hope this answers your questions.