Steve Jobs’ Last Words: Oh Wow

The mind often tells us what we most to hear and shows us what we most want to see. It's nice to hear that Steve Jobs went out in a relatively happy, content state, but to suggest that this is some sort of proof of an afterlife is absurd.

I think his brain was comforting him. Some theories suggest that as the brain dies, it does some weird things and that "tunnel" feeling is no different than a television picture tube turning off (the picture goes down to a point).

I'm with you, Chris. Our brains throughout our lives protect us and I believe in the end it's doing the same thing: showing beautiful warm, inviting pictures to calm us and to let go.

He was ready and happy to go to heaven!

I believe he did see something that God revealed to him before his spirit left his body.

Add a comment…meaningful and loving.

I believe he saw a glimpse of heaven! I know a non religous person that died , went to hell, called out to Jesus to save him and he was brought to heaven for a brief moment and then came back to life after being dead for a few minutes. He is now a big believer in God. I had my own very brief moment of feeling warmth and love and feeling peacefullness and then brought back. My experience was way too short. Once you go through it yourself, you will believe. No other feeling like it in the world.

Heaven only exists in our head.

I don't know the answer to this question nor do the scientist that have been studying this for years… so to calll it absurd is also jumping to a conclusion, Let his family believe in what they wish and let the man rest in peace. As for me I choose to believe there is an afterlife!

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”.
― Albus Dumbledore/J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

And obviously Kim, your head is in your ass.

Even in science we know that energy is never destroyed, it just changes form. What if all that energy from the mind emassed back together? You'ld be mixed in with the stuff of life itself. Everything that ever will be created, you'ld be a part of. Kind of like Playdoh when a kid is done with it, until she uses it to create again. Sure, some dough crumbs are left on the table, much like the ghosts that linger, but most of the clay gets put back in the can.

…and death is an out of body experience, too?

Did he ever repent of his sins and come to Christ? Last I heard he was a Buddhist in life. But I'm not sure, maybe in his last days he did indeed repent and come to Christ. Only the Lord knows..

I know there is an afterlife….People assume that there isn't I know there is…My father just passed in july and he was 55 and he had told me he felt my grandfather and my uncle there and also his mother who I didn't know very well….But before he had mention that about 4 hours earlier I had felt them there as well waiting for him. In which he didn't die till about almost 2 week later. But he did go through the stages and phazes of death. But after my father died we had made a packed to each other something most people don't talk about before they die. And we had told each other that when he passes to do something and I will know its you. Well about 3 days later after he had passed things we told each other it started to happen in my house. And the day of his service and I came back home the house was quiet and peaceful haven't had any feeling of him around since then. But my son in this picture here didn't know him very well only had seen him a few times in his life. And yet the pictures I show him on occasion of my dad when he was younger he recognizes him and says grandpa and then will look over at the chair and say grandpa and sometimes he will sit on the floor and laugh and look at mid air and babble and Ill ask him what he is doing and he points and says grandpa. So I think my dad is around he just lets me know that he isn't only to my kids. I loved him so much and still have a hardtime with it cause we lost him so soon. But I also like to believe that we do live on in spirit. And our spirits do not forget our lives…..That is my belief but everyone has there own opinions about life after death……

One other note as well…When my dad was close to death he was singing the spirit dance that native americans do…..So I know it was around the corner which was almost 2 weeks after.

Ya, more or less to comfort him and not to be scared…..Of to the great beyond

so that body and brain is no longer on the doctors scans… its kind of like Elvis has left the building, none us will know till its is our turn, but as I said I choose to believe!

Rick Miesse so you are saying that ONLY christians go to heaven? What sort of God would be that way?

I totally believe he was given a look at where he was headed so he could leave this world in peace. I beleive God does this for most people. Non beleivers are not included. If they keep denying God they must go straight to hell and don't get the wonderful pleasures of Heaven.

I believe he was telling them that "oh wow" this is beautiful and everything will be okay..maybe seeing those who went before him? Parents, grandparents?

I think he saw the light. When my mom died she uttered " Mom, why are you here?" I asked her if she saw grandma and if so to go with her. A few minutes later my mom stopped breathing.

I believe Steve Jobs saw a glimpse of Heaven. Peoiple have a choice to believe or not to believe. I choose to believe. Who has the right to say what a dying man should say or not say?To the people who are always trying to analyze something, try to see what Steve Jobs saw.

I think he died and that's it. When one dies, they know nothing until the resusrection rather it be when Jesus comes to raise the dead in Christ first or the second resurection where those resurected stand before God at the Great White Throne. Out side that he is just a dead body with that breath of life God breathed into him at birth and he became a living soul went back to God where it was before Jobs was born.

I can only Imagine~ But if he saw a glimpse of Jesus in all His glory, he would say OH WOW! OH WOW! OH WOW! )

Norma Beche- Carlyon Yep. Your brain is creating that effect.

Kim Waite I feel sorry for you and what you believe or should I say what you don't believe!!!!!!!!!

I believe he saw angels to escourt him to heaven, and the beauty of them was beyond what we could imagine..perhaps they escourted him 2 heaven, and he even got a glimpse of hoew beautiful it is! I was a nurse assistant for over 16 years, until I fell ill myself, and have sat with many dying paitients , holding their hands, so they would'nt have 2 be alone…IN EVERY INSTANCE, they would be talking to things my eyes could not see, I always believed it was their gaurdian angels, or angels, ready 2 escourt them 2 a place I am determin ed to go. Not only I witnessed this, but many of my medical co-workers as well… Whenever we would witness this, we knew " they were on their way out", SOME, ACTAULLY ALOT OF THEM WOULD ALSO BE REACHING FOR THINGS THAT WERE NOT THERE, pRAISE jESUS, I KNOW THEY ARE ALL AT PEACE, AND SOMEWHERE WHERE WE BELIEVERS WILL ALL BE as well someday!

I will be praying that the both of U will find ur way and find Jesus,and go to heaven, it is real, and hell is as well…plzzz find ur way! repent,follow Jesus! U don't wanna spend eternity in a lake of lava burning for eternity!

Chere Walker Well, I hope someday you realize that your brain is a powerful thing. We can see things that aren't there because of our brains, our brains go into shock to keep us from feeling pain, and our brains are also the thing that shows up images of loved ones who have passed on throughout our lives at times and in the end.

goosebumps!

People are fast to say that what he might have saw is absurb. If this happened to you would you want others calling you absurb or would it be a different story? I myself believe that things happen for a reason, whether it's in your head or not, God helps you to see things and gives you that comfort feeling. I myself use to believe it something different, but after the many experiences that I've had (that weren't in my head) I've become a huge believer in God reaching out to prove that he is watching over all of us. It's a beautiful thing to discover and to realize it's not just all talk. He truely is an amazing man to believe in!

Words uttered by any human being are never meaningless. Job's saw the truth; truth is overwhelming which overwhelmed and humbled him. I am awed to know his final words were "OH WOW"..this allows me peace of mind to believe the beauty is so wondrous even these brilliant, educated and knowledgeable men could not put the beauty into words…God Bless…

Before my grandpa died, he started staring into the corner of the room and reaching his hands up, then he started speaking spanish. My mom was sitting behind him in a chair and later told me that he was talking to his mom. He was replying back to her; are you sure it's my time? I'm not scared? I'm happy to see you too! I will soon be walking by your side and how I've missed you! he then started to fall asleep. But he was replying in a manner of paused talk. She was talking back to him….it was an amazing feeling to know that he felt safe.

I see but how do you justify the way these people experiencing near-death situation hover around and watch from above their bodies and the people around then remember what exactly been happening? This is not hallucination.

Jamie Powell Might want to read the Bible. Christ is the ONLY WAY, He said so Himself. Christians are followers of Christ, not just in name but in deed. The Bible is our authority for Truth. The world has its own false religions and always has. Many call themselves Christians but live like the devil, God knows His own and we can spot true Christians by their fruit (works), though works do not get you into Heaven. I wish I could make you see what i see but unless your eyes are opened spiritually by the Lord you will remain blind and dead to spiritual things. I've tried a lot of religions until God called me to himself, now I know what is true and what is false. You don't have to take my word for it, if you want to know God exists or anything about Him, read the Bible and pray God would open your eyes, that's what I did, I got tired of lies.

Chere Walker Hmmm? I felt the same way about Santa and the Tooth Fairy. Now, I am sure that I was "hypnotized" by someone whom I thought was an authority.

Rick Miesse If it is a personal choice by the dying and God, why are you getting involved in someone's own personal choice??

Donna Jones Lochridge Same sane comment for Donna, as well.

Jamie Powell , yes I am saying that only those who know the Lord (Christians) will go to heaven, because the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ, Christ alone. It is because of what He did for us, and His offer of redemptive grace and forgiveness of our sins. Only He (not "religion") can cleanse someone of their sins and give them eternal life.

Babak Ossia I don't know except our brains are very powerful. The Monks are able to sit out in the snow for hours on end with little protection on and can survive. We can all imagine things and those images can seem real.

Norma Beche- Carlyon Death is a "no body" experience.

Jamie Powell , God offers you the way to heaven, through Jesus Christ. Let me give you an analogy here, to make it easier for you to understand. Let's say you were in a burning building, and there is only one way out of the building in order for you to survive. Only one doorway. If you take that doorway, you will live. This is how God is with sin. He offers you the doorway out of sin, and His name is Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior of all. Jesus is the only way to eternal life. We are all sinners and have fallen short of God's glory, however God in His infinite grace became flesh in the person of Jesus Christ and paid the punishment for our sins upon the cross, and rose from the grave so that we may receive the gift of eternal life, if we repent of our sins and receive Him. Are you willing to repent of your sins and receive Him, or will you try it "your" way? Would you rather have it God's way (God is perfect and just), or would you rather do it "your way" (we are all imperfect sinners, unlike the Lord) and take that eternal chance?

me too ! warmth people happy to see me! peacefullness and i was told to go back it not time !

Donna Jones Lochridge I have read the Bible, I have that MY God is the same as YOUR God. He is a loving God, not a vengeful God. All of the supposed Christians I have known (and there are many) are hypocrites. You judge people based on what your leaders tell you to base it on, not on what is truth. I have witnessed the 'deeds' you speak of. The gnashing of your tongues as they wag on about things you do not understand. In lack of knowledge, you become close minded.

Babak Ossia Also, our bodies produce energy fields that can be seen, felt, and measured. Recently in the news there was an article written about an elderly couple involved in an accident. The husband and wife held hands at the hospital from their beds and when the husband died, his heart monitor was still registering a beat, because his wife was holding his hand. This is no different than the battery in your watch on your wrist going dead and then holding hands with someone and it starts up again for the time you're holding hands.

Mark Jones , everyone knows the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus are fairy tales, but most people aren't blinded from history to deny the historical Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior of all, who walked this earth an died on the cross for our sins and raised from the grave so that we may receive His gift of eternal life if we repent of our sins and come to Him. The fact is you are indeed hypnotized by someone. That someone is yourself, as you feel you are that authority, you have made yourself into your own "god" if you will, where you determine what right and wrong is based off of moral relativism. It all boils down to letting go and repenting of your pride. As Chere said, we will be praying for you.

Donna Jones Lochridge Who are you or anyone else to say that any religion other than yours will condemn one. The bible was written by men as in king james version. NO ONE has the right to judge anyone else's beliefs. Maybe you should read more about other religions before you blindly cut down others beliefs. There far older relgions than christianty that aren't as bloody, more wars have been started in the name of Christ than any other. I don't have the right nor do you, to tell someone what they have to believe!

He was saying there are no words to speak, no logic, no feeling to describe the beauty that was before him<3.

Chere Walker . I'm sorry, but I'm compelled to write something after reading your post. I pray that you will find God. I will be praying for you, that you will find the true meaning of Love, which is God. Not the God that will send you to a lake of lave for eternity…If you chose to believe this, keep it to yourself, stop praying that other people will believe this.

Kim Waite totally irrelevant answer

Dahlia Duran , Chere Walker has found God. His name is Jesus Christ. Love is Truth. You can't have one without the other. And Jesus Christ is the way, the Truth, and the Life. Love is foundational Truth, without compromise. And sometimes the Truth hurts, but its still truth. You need to trust in God's Word other than the god you've made up in your head Dahlia. He is the author of Truth, and His Word is Truth, not your opinion of truth. Trust in Him, Jesus Christ, and be set free from the corruption and sin of this world. Jesus is the only way to heaven. Jesus spoke of hell. Read His Word. All of it, and place your faith and trust in Him and Him alone, and you will be redeemed of your sins and know the Truth wtihout compromise. Jesus clearly says in the Gospels that those who reject Him are already condemned. You cannot cherry pick which words you want to believe and then throw out the rest. You either trust fully in Christ or you don't. There is no middle ground. We will pray for you Dahlia. You need the Lord Jesus Christ!

Babak Ossia Really? Or does it make sense and you're having a hard time dealing with these facts?

Jamie Powell , so if you've read ALL of the Bible (which you obviously haven't), and you claim that God does not get vengenace on evil, then I suppose you conveniently ignored this verse: Psalm 94:1
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

Jamie Powell , the ironic part in what you are saying is that YOU are the one doing the JUDGING here, you are generalizing and condeming "all" of the "supposed" Christians you have known. YOU are making JUDGMENT on THEM via your own words on this thread. We don't make judgments based on what some sinful leader is saying , we base judgments based off of of righteousness, based on what the Word of God says. Try reading John 7:24 when you get the chance. Jesus is the ONLY way. Will you look Jesus in the face and say He's wrong, that there are "many" ways to God?

Mark Jones , point out one spot where I took away the personal choice of Steve Jobs. You can't. You're just making something up, as most people who aren't concerned with what Scripture actually says do. Of course Jobs had a choice. Did he choose to repent of his sins and come to Christ before he died? That's why I said only the Lord knows. But you can't read a simple sentence, and you've somehow managed to completely distort what I said. Frightening, yet not surprising since those who do not know the Lord lack wisdom and discernment from the Holy Spirit.

Kim Waite I asked a question on how you justify when a scientifically dead body( or even in the state of being dead or in coma ) can see herself and the environment and the people around, beyond the physical barriers like walls and then remember all the events when it it is back to the normal state? This is beyond the capability of what even a human physical potentials may be capable of doing. Your answer didn't address my question

Babak Ossia How do YOU know that there is (human-like) life beyond confirmed full death? BeenThere/DoneThat?? Can you please show me the T-Shirt (from there) that can prove it. And, do you have to take a number (it is a long que to be serviced by the Diety).

Irene Curtis I feel sorry for you. Those who are afraid to die are the ones who have to make up stuff and believe that there is a heaven. Again, our brains are powerful. It can pull up images in the time of crisis and right before death. You can believe what you want, but the truth is, when we die, that's it. Our molecules may linger for a time, but other than that, there is no other world where we will live for awhile with our deceased loved ones and then come back later at another time. Better to make your own heaven here on earth. The earth and it's people would appreciate it.

Norma Beche- Carlyon Seems to me that death is a "no body at home" in the body situation.

Mark Jones I am a liberal. I have asked a question. You failed to answer it and now trying to manipulate some popular fallacies to suppress the question Answer my question and I appreciate it.

Babak Ossia I'm a liberal too and believe that it's 'lights out' after death has occurred. We've all heard those stories of people leaving their bodies while under anesthesia. Just because it can't be explained (maybe the person had been in the room for a time to see the layout of the room before going under and the brain was imagining it? Could be!), doesn't mean it's an out of body experience. Why don't you explain what is going on for us so we will know.

Babak Ossia I replied to you below this comment. Thought I was replying directly to your comment here.

You capitalized the word "Heaven" and lower-cased the word "hell". From your requiremental description it seems like hell would/should be a bigger place and deserve a larger casement. I'm just sayin'…

Kim Waite It is helpful to take a course in critical thinking I guess. at this point there are enough comments for a rational mind to judge.

Thank you Linda. Seems right to me considering all of the scizms that are presented.

Babak Ossia I have taken a course in critical thinking being a paralegal and all, but you've not explained how an out of body experience is possible or if it's real. You never hear of people who have been in a cara accident who were unconscious at the scene and then woke up hours later talking about an out of body experience. In fact, usually they can't even remember the accident. Those who go under for surgery are usually the ones who do have these "out of body" experiences and I chalk it up as being aware of the surroundings before going under. Our brains record things, our memory is only a thought away, and some people who are asked to help the police to look for a suspect after seeing the image on the tv scene can actually "see that person in their mind" along their weekly routine. Okay, your turn to explain what is going on, Babak.

Jamie Powell A just and constant God . NO MAN COMETH TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME…Jesus said…

When my grandmother was dying, she looked up and said " there's Jesus! }

Donna Jones Lochridge It really is up to God whether you go to heaven or hell, please don't judge it keeps you from being a good Christian.

I respect your views, Chris and Kim. Just as I respect the views of those who believe in an afterlife. As far as I'm concerned, neither is right or wrong. It just is, according to our own understanding and acceptance. However, I am happy and satisfied that Mr. Jobs made a good transition out of this life in the way that was comfortable and right for him. RIP, you fascinating man…and my sincere condolences to his family.

Jamie Powell Doll, have you read the Old Testament? God killed entire nations and families so they would not reproduce to be a thorn in Israel's side. Again, it is not what I think, but what God says that is the truth. I am not being condemning Anita Kelly, I am telling you what God the Holy Spirit Himself wrote. I know the world thinks we believe in fairy tales, I am well aware of that because I used to think the same thing about Christians when I was in New Age religion. Truth was, I was the one believing in fairy tales with the New Age movement and spiritualism (occult). I am not angry because others don't see, I'm saddened and hurt because lie is so much more than you think.

If he really did I don't think it would be in a low hard-to-hear voice, I would shout it from the mountaintop!

Donna Jones Lochridge I am so sorry you are still in the old testament,I said you were judging others, when asks WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMANDMENT, JESUS SAID "LOVE ONE ANOTHER" pray for nonbelivers and show them the light of your peace are you glad that others were destroyed? We are our Brothers keepers, I hope I never have to depend on you. listen quietly our Lord will tell you want he wants from e each one of us, and I don't think that includes you knowing who is going to heaven or hell, we are all sinners, sin is sin,

I'm with you Jamie Powell, what kind of God would be that way? I don't think it has anything to do with your beliefs. I think we all end up in the same place with are loved ones.

I agree with you. I also believe in an afterlife! I don't think it has anything to do with your beliefs. I think we all end up in the same place with our loved ones, smile!

Rick Miesse – Christ and Buddha are the same thing, different religion

" Christ is the ONLY WAY, He said so Himself." What kind reasoning is THAT? I definitely believe in a supreme being, and life after death, but the Christianity thing is ridiculous.

he probably saw an expanded dimension, something that opens up and gets wider , maybe he felt it, heard it , sensed it… who knows which way or how many ways , but what it does sound like is it was not contracted , fearful or painful. That's nice to know.

Kim Waite I think it’s sad that there are people such as yourself who work so hard to try to convince other people to lose hope and to lose faith in God. No matter what anyone experiences, you constantly and frantically search for some way to explain it away. You say it is a reflex or delusions or chemicals or drugs or some other thing. But certainly it couldn’t have to do with God! You criticize others for believing in God, but your idea that there is no God and no life after death is itself just a belief. And it is a belief for which you have no proof. So why are you so heavily invested in it? I think there is abundant proof of God: The stars, the planets, the vast universe, and an intricately complex system on earth that endlessly supports human life. It is a system that no human being has ever been able to even begin to re-create. Man cannot even create simple chlorophyll – the green stuff of life! DNA is a code which programs life; it is a set of instructions. Where did those instructions come from? And I don’t believe that our existence and everything around us is just the result of gravity or of a couple meteorites crashing together. And if you do believe that, then I have a question for you: Where did the gravity and the meteorites come from? When a bomb goes off, it creates shrapnel. It results in a mess, in nothing. The shrapnel doesn’t form itself into a Mercedes. Because the Mercedes was the result of intelligent design.

Jamie Powell I'd say He's the kind of God that told us over and over, gave every opportunity for us to believe, and if you still don't accept Christ, why would you care to live there?

Carolyn Flores Right back atcha, Carolyn! Funny how you don't see how you and others on here act in defense of a book written 2000 years ago that has been rewritten so many times it's not even close to what it originally was. JESUS DID NOT EXIST. No proof of that. Just words on paper that he did! God doesn't exist either. He's just some made up bullcrap to get you and others like you to give money to a few. Fear is powerful and used often to control masses of people. The Big Bang theory is a better explanation than "God created it all!". For all we know the universe that we know could be the size of an apple! Just because we don't know doesn't mean god is the one who did it.

Mark Jones maybe because hell is "lower" and Heaven is higher~! And Heaven gets respect , thus upper case letters. OK?

When I died , like so many I saw and instantly remebered our whole reason for entering into matter… I remeber thinking, how in the WORLD could I forget this! And yet we do… because the experince would be meaningless if we remebered from birth.

Donna Jones Lochridge The Bible was written by men. And interpreted by Men. But something wonderful is next-we are too vibrant to go to nothing and nowhere, but we all go alone. And no one will KNOW till then. I feel Steve Jobs got there. And our generation says OH WOW at the ultimate.

Same thing happened when my mother died. She saw someone and greeted that person right before she stopped breathing but I never knew who it was.she had been in a dEep coma up until the minutes before her death.

I think he figured something out. He came to a realization. I hope he comes back again to change the world again. Maybe he was Edison in a past life.. maybe he was Newton ( the apple)? Who knows who he will be next to move us all on to a higher level as he had done in the past. What a great spirit.. RIP