Lisa Smartt's Interview with David Lovegrove

We hope you enjoy Lisa's interview with David Lovegrove from his Youtube channel, The Portal Superpowers.

Lisa's journey in her own words --

"I had the distinct honor and pleasure of meeting Dr. Raymond Moody when I took a seminar from him in 2012 shortly after the death of my father. I had many questions as I was not only a grieving daughter but also a curious linguist who was struck by the changes in my father’s language as he was dying. As I noticed my father’s utterances shifting increasingly towards metaphor and certain kinds of nonsense, I had dozens of questions about the fascinating changes I saw–and Raymond shared in my curiosity and wonder.

This inquiry led to a six-year odyssey studying final words and establishing The Final Words Project with Raymond in 2014. In 2017, my book Words at the Threshold was published by New World Library with the early findings of our informal research.

As an English professor and adult literacy specialist, most of my career was focused on teaching adults the joys of the written word. More recently, the study of language and consciousness has captivated me. I recently published Cante Bardo, a novel about a flamenco singer caught between the worlds as he makes peace with the past before returning to Earth and Veil, a book of poems 'inspired' by my father from across the threshold.

Language and consciousness research continue to guide my work through Life After Life Institute as does my love for learning and teaching. I look forward to sharing findings of my research from The Final Words Project with Life After Life Institute participants and offering writing coaching so that others can express their deepest wonders in words."

If you enjoyed her interview, you might enjoy also Lisa Smartt’s book excerpt in the post Language Changes As We Approach The Threshold.

DAVID LOVEGROVE

David Lovegrove is a 64 year old Australian writer and visual artist, a spiritual researcher, a 25 year practitioner of ‘Internal’ Chinese Kung Fu and Hatha Yoga. A number of unusual experiences as a child led him to seek the reality of ‘God / the Divine’ and a numinous experience at age 12 led to a lifetime interest in the reality of the spiritual, the supernatural and the paranormal.

He trained and worked as a general Nurse at a major hospital after leaving school, and during that time came into regular contact with death and dying, leading to a number of unusual experiences.

When he was 22 he contracted severe meningitis leading to a NDE. He interpreted this NDE to have been a Christian experience at the time, which lead to him becoming the Lay Pastor of a Pentecostal Church group. In the couple of years after his NDE David experienced several profound spiritual experiences, some of which he now interprets as types of SDE’s (Shared Death Experiences) involving other people and an overwhelming bliss-filled spiritual light.

At 26 he felt that he was spiritually directed to leave orthodox religion and to ‘work it out for himself’. He became a Psychiatric Nurse and then a Policeman, and at 30 he committed himself to training and entering a creative arts career, gaining a Diploma of Fine Arts and subsequently a Master of Arts degree.

At 35 he began practicing Wing Chun Kung Fu, a remarkable Chinese internal art (a form of Nei Gong) as well as Indian Hatha Yoga.

David’s ongoing practice of these three intense art forms led to many interesting spiritual discoveries and experiences. He sought to find the common thread between his more religious early spiritual experiences, his NDE and SDE experiences and what he was learning from the three ancient arts he practiced.

The concept of The Portal (a virtual connection to the divine appearing to be located around the area of the rear brain) and the often observable ‘superpowers’ released by this connection, appears to be that common thread, and researching this has consumed his interest ever since.
David maintains three Youtube channels devoted to these arts and to this Portal concept - ‘The Portal Superpowers’, ‘Wing Chun Mind Force’ and ‘David Lovegrove Art’.

He is highly regarded by many practitioners of art, kung fu and yoga. During his Masters degree practice he conceived of the idea of drawing and painting with two hands at once, and began practicing this artistic approach (which appears to have grown out of his mind/ body practice in Kung Fu and Yoga). International Airline Qantas became aware of this unusual skill and had a primetime ad made showcasing his skill. He has been commissioned to create art for other major corporations including Emirates Airlines, Cochlear Ltd, HBO, Bender Spinks and others, and an episode of the international art series ‘Colour in Your Life’ was filmed showcasing his ambidextrous style.