From Survival to Surrender: A Near-Death Experience and the Nature of God with Nekesha Burrell

In this profound episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner is joined by Nekesha Burrell, who shares how her near-death experience (NDE) transformed her relationship with God, fear, and consciousness itself.

Raised in a strict Christian environment and exposed to multiple faith traditions, Nekesha describes the journey from religious fear and survival mode into direct knowing of God beyond limitation. She explores breath as consciousness, intuition as divine guidance, and why peace—not fear—is the true signal of alignment with God.

Together, Meghan and Nekesha discuss religious conditioning, spiritual gifts, embodiment, feminine wisdom, emotional regulation, and why spiritual evolution is not rebellion—but expansion. This episode invites listeners to release fear-based faith, trust their inner knowing, and experience God as an ever-expanding presence rather than a confined doctrine.

• 00:00 – 01:45 | Welcome and introduction to Nekesha Burrell
• 01:45 – 03:35 | Nekesha describes life before her NDE: fear, survival mode, and hypervigilance
• 03:35 – 06:05 | Growing up Christian across many denominations and faith traditions
• 06:05 – 08:20 | Fear of God, fear of hell, and religious judgment in childhood
• 08:20 – 09:55 | “I wasn’t rebelling—I was evolving”: leaving limitation, not God
• 09:55 – 12:40 | Graduating from believing in God to knowing God
• 12:40 – 14:55 | God as an ocean, humans as vessels — the water bottle analogy
• 14:55 – 17:15 | Intuition, peace, and living without spiritual gatekeepers
• 17:15 – 20:10 | Trusting God through chaos: waves, surrender, and fear
• 20:10 – 22:30 | God doesn’t choose sides; humans are meant to add light
• 22:30 – 25:15 | Breath as consciousness and spiritual responsibility
• 25:15 – 27:40 | “We practice dying every night”: sleep as surrender
• 27:40 – 29:50 | Nekesha’s NDE: creation space, manifestation, and returning to the body
• 29:50 – 32:20 | “I am not a body with a soul—I am a soul in a body”
• 32:20 – 34:20 | Expansiveness of the soul and intuitive nudges
• 34:20 – 36:20 | Spiritual gifts, fear of deception, and religious conditioning
• 36:20 – 38:40 | How fear blocks spiritual perception
• 38:40 – 42:15 | Mind vs body: emotions as truth signals
• 42:15 – 45:00 | Healing trauma through feeling, choice, and self-love
• 45:00 – 47:10 | Boundaries, truth-telling, and reclaiming personal power
• 47:10 – 49:40 | Feminine wisdom, intuition, and embodiment
• 49:40 – 52:15 | Choosing peace over fear and expanding without guilt
• 52:15 – 55:

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