​How does a near death experience affect your life’s path? Hear one man’s story about ​how death before death can be a spiritual rebirth. So too, in dreams, death can be a gateway to awakening. Our guest ​this week is Nirakara Vani of the ​Philosophical ​Entertainment podcast. It’s another deep dive into the realms of dreaming, ​death, birth, ​and rebirth!

After the break, we take a call from Ellen from Santa Cruz who talks about her mother’s experience of almost drowning as a child and about the own “near death” experience while using plant medicine. We also take a question from Max who asks about how experiences of connecting with the field of existence affect a person’s life.

BIO: At age 38, following a near-death experience, the ego-identity of Matthew Mansfield dissolved. In its place emerged Nirakara Vani, “the formless voice”—a vessel for Source. Through the Philosophical Entertainment podcast, Vani transmits teachings on ego death, love, and spiritual awakening rooted in lived experience and radical surrender.

Find our guest at: PhilosophicalEntertainment.com​ IG: @PhilosophicalEntertainment,​ LI: @nirakara-vani-samvada, YT: @NirakaraVani, on FB search for Nirakara Vani

This show, episode number 329, was recorded during a live broadcast on September 20, 2025 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick for also engineering the show and to Erik Nelson for answering the phones.

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The Dream Journal aims to:
Increase awareness of and appreciation for nightly dreams.
Inspire dream sharing and other kinds of dream exploration as a way of adding depth and meaningfulness to lives and relationships.
Improve society by the increased empathy, emotional balance, and sense of wonder which dream exploration invites.

A dream can be meaningful even if you don’t know what it means.

The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM. Catch it streaming LIVE at KSQD.org 10-11am Pacific Time on Saturdays. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.

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