Welcome to Thomas’ Blog Page

We hope you will enjoy your visit! There are many posts covering a wide range of topics from NDE/Life and Death, Consciousness and Spirituality to Alternative Health, Brainwave Studies on Healing, Stress Reduction and more, including several lively radio interviews–all with the hopeful intention to help us all in navigating the incredible journey of “Humans Being.”

Also, be sure to check out the Events Page to stay updated on upcoming workshops, interviews, and other special online events. Free 15 minute Healing Spectrums Coherence Activation Sessions:Wednesdays. (See details and one-time registration here)

Saturday September 30th: Special Day of Online Healing Brainwave Coherence Activation Sessions – Hourly Options

Join us for a series of full 1 Hour Healing Spectrums Sessions with the Enhanced Healing Brainwave Coherence Activations


Click here for schedule and registration

This enhanced method for the Online Live-Streaming Coherence Activation Sessions includes 3 fifteen minute Healing Spectrums Sessions with a Coherence Activation after each session.

These sessions spontaneously activate your brain’s unique healing and regenerative processes. (more here about you brain’s unique “Catalytic Converter” that deep cleans and refreshes your brain function to help in the prevention of today’s leading neurodegenerative diseases.)

“Scientific university studies have shown a significant increase in brainwave coherence during the Healing Spectrums Sessions along with unique brainwave activation linked to deep healing and regeneration, as well as an increased state of emotional well-being.” (Click here for more information about the brainwave studies on the Healing Spectrums Method.)

Special Free Healing Spectrums Coherence Activation Sessions

Scientific university studies have shown a significant increase in brainwave coherence during the Healing Spectrums Sessions along with specific brainwaves linked to deep healing and regeneration as well as an increased state of emotional well-being.

The Live-Streaming Healing Spectrums Coherence Activations provide you with a simple, scientifically verifiable way to spontaneously activate and accelerate your body’s natural physical and emotional healing processes.

Click here for a one-time subscription registration that will give you access to the schedule and login or call-in info.  

(Regular sessions schedule will resume starting January 4th, 2023.)

During these live-streaming online events you will receive Thomas’ 15 minute Group Healing Spectrums Session, followed by a Healing Brainwave Coherence Activation. There will then be a Water Coherence Activation and an optional brief Q & A period. The general length of this event is approximately 25 minutes.

Learn more below about how and why the Healing Spectrums Coherence Activation Sessions can benefit you on your continuing pathway to greater physical and emotional health and well-being, especially during these challenging times:

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Turn on Your Brain’s Powerful Rinse Cycle!

Latest research studies show why it is critical to regularly activate your brain’s unique Glymphatic System–daily!
See the research below. I’ve highlighted and annotated the essential information for layman’s reading. I’m a bit of a research nerd myself…

As a preview to the research:
This exciting research shows how specific brainwave function, thought to occur primarily only in deep stages of sleep, activates the brain’s highly specialized system that cleanses and removes plaque-producing proteins, the by-product resulting from the brain’s burning of energy every day.

Without a healthy functional Glymphatic System, there is inevitable damage to the brain that leads to various neurodegenerative disease, such as Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Lewy Body Disease and other related neurological disorders.

The research below investigates the importance of the Glymphatic System and how it is activated, as well as what impedes its function.

This information also helps us to realize the significance of why and how the Healing Spectrums Method can be a highly valuable adjunct not only for regular activation of this powerful brain-cleansing system (even outside of sleep stages), but also how it can cultivate and maintain greater, lasting functionality of this all-important life-supporting system.

So here we go! Note: My annotations are in parentheses and italicised in this blue color. They are not part of the original document and are only my comments to help simplify. Continue reading »

Who Does the Healing? How the Healing Spectrums Method Works

People often ask if I am a “healer.” My answer: “I am a healing facilitator. YOU are the healer.”  In fact, you will never hear me call myself a healer because I am very clear that if there is any healing going on it is really being done by the person who is being treated. So how does this work?

Every “body” has the inherent healing processes already built into the physiology. It’s not rocket science or even mysterious. It is just that sometimes the body has a backlog of stresses or trauma that is not able to be processed efficiently. Remnants of trauma often remain embedded in the subtlest layers of physiology and become a functioning part of the structural physiology. These “artifacts” interfere with or weaken the natural healing processes and Continue reading »

Difference Between Pain and Suffering?

During my Healing Spectrums sessions and consultations, I  often work with individuals who are dealing with varying degrees of pain. Naturally, no one wants to be in pain but the questions arise: What exactly is pain and what is it’s purpose? Is pain a bad thing? How do you deal with it? And of course, is there a difference between pain and suffering?

You can think of pain as simply a built in alarm system that is… Continue reading »

Finding Grace in a Time of Chaos

During this time of apparent social, political, and interpersonal chaos, so many are overwhelmed by this ongoing conflict not just about the whole mask/vaccine issue, but the almost endless argumentative and divisive exercises we engage in.

Part of the problem is human beings only see what’s in front of their faces. In this relative world we live, with the physiology we occupy, we are limited in perception and understanding. It’s like we only see less than a grain of sand in all the vast possible volume of sand in the whole world.

We live within boxes of beliefs and philosophies that become our truths, until we evolve beyond the capacity of one box and move into a new and more expanded box. Step by step, humans and the entire creation are inherently designed to grow and evolve. That’s the DNA of God’s creation. We sometimes fight against that because we get too comfortable living within our own box and resist change. And we think our box is the truth and others must surely be wrong if they are living in a different box. And sometimes we are just afraid to step into the evolutionary unknown.

But when we start to be pressed closer and closer to the edges of the box (as we are always naturally moving in that direction of continuing and relentless evolution, whether we are aware of it or not), the longer we resist allowing ourselves to step outside the old box and embrace the new expanding possibilities, the more we suffer. I love the old Star Trek line, “Resistance is futile!” Only in this case, evolution ultimately wins out and no amount of resistance will ever overcome that natural law of the creation.

Years ago, when I suddenly went through my own death process in a hospital following major surgery, I had the opportunity to experience a different kind of perception, one that transcended the only physical structures of perception I had known and lived with in my daily life. Once the body stopped running, so did any sense of the “normal” perception processes I was formerly familiar with. It was replaced with a new kind of perception as I moved forward deeper and deeper into the unfolding transitioning journey before me.

No longer bound by the old limited style of perception, I was able to experience an expanded field of creation, before unknown to me. One that I realized went way beyond, yet not separate from the more dense aspects of our worldly existence. (Like two sides of a coin, each side appearing to be distinctly different than the other. But turn the coin edgewise and notice that there is something in between the two sides that gives rise to, supports and sustains both sides—thus, the two sides uniquely exist but are inseparable from each other and from the underlying essence that both sides exist within.)

The ease and grace of this style of perception allowed me to understand how we are all eternally connected to one another and to every possible particle of the entire field of creation—from the most densely defined worldly existence to the finest most sublime beginning particles of the universe and beyond.

So while we are debating and arguing over personal opinions of whether to wear a mask, get vaccinated, or neither, as well as all the other seemingly endless points of contention we may have with one another, it can be helpful to realize that we are operating within a limited system of perception and understanding. Furthermore, the more we resist and cling to our boxes and demand that others live within our boxes, the more division and suffering we will experience.

Human evolution of consciousness is simply part of the blueprint of God’s design. It is the fuel that keeps the creation from becoming stagnant and dying—no matter what we may think or say about it! In reality, it is a perfect and beautiful design. So perhaps we can take a piece of popular biblical advise when engaging in conversation regarding opposing opinions, as we walk amid the landscape of an almost unlimited field of individual boxes: “Give Grace…”

An Emerging Paradigm Shift in the Time of Crisis

An Emerging Paradigm Shift in the Time of Crisis
Embracing the Challenges of Human Evolution

We are obviously in a time of great change. And along with that change comes a heightened degree of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty. Fear for the health of our friends, loved ones, and for ourselves. Fear of the loss of our financial foundation, and more. Many have concerns that things may never be the same again. Continue reading »

A Potential Complementary Alternative Adjunct for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Prevention

“Activating Your Brain’s Unique Catalytic Converter for Deep Cleansing and Regeneration”

New Studies on the Brain’s Deep Cleansing Power

You may have seen an ever-increasing number of blog posts and articles in the news lately about the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. Deep sleep, that is…

Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc., co-director of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Center for Translational Neuromedicine says, “The restorative nature of sleep appears to be the result of the active clearance of the by-products of neural activity that accumulate during wakefulness.”

In other words, simply put, the brain burns energy and produces a corrosive by-product but has it’s own “catalytic converter” to clean up the waste left behind from the fuel burn. A simple, elegant design–when it works!

Health Challenges of Living in a Technologically Advanced Age
Some of the latest research shows why getting to those deeps stages of sleep, particularly the levels of “Delta” brainwave function, are so important for maintaining ideal physical and emotional health. Moreover, this research indicates why getting this deep level of sleep is also more challenging than ever before.

This is due to an ever-increasing exposure to electro-magnetic field radiation, cell and microwave tower field radiation, and other noise and light disruptions brought about by the many modern advancements in electronic and digital technology.

With the additional toxic chemical pollutants we are exposed to, especially living and commuting in larger metropolitan areas, along with consuming foods laced with chemicals, pesticides and genetically modified organisms, we now find our bodies working harder and harder to maintain ideal health and well-being–physically, mentally, and emotionally. All of these electro-chemical influences naturally interfere with our sleep patterns, as well…

Related Underlying Causes of Dementia and Alzheimer’s
New research has indicated that there is also a direct link between mental health issues such as dementia, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s, and the lack of deep sleep. Not just regarding how many hours one sleeps, but especially whether one is getting enough of that specific level of “Delta” brainwave function, which is generally only activated during deep stages of sleep.

(Incidentally, during a full 8 hours of sleep, only 25% or less of that time is spent in the deep delta stages–that is, if you can get an uninterrupted night of sleep!)
So why is this brainwave so important?

Your Brain’s Unique Catalytic Converter
When you burn fuel to power your car, there is a natural corrosive by-product created, hydrocarbons, including carbon monoxide. This is why your car has a system to not only reduce environmental pollution, but also to help to improve the functional efficiency of the system: This system is called a “catalytic converter.” Continue reading »

Enhanced Emotional Healing Session Program

Healing Spectrums Enhanced Emotional Healing Session Program:
Do you have emotional issues that you have struggled with, sometimes for what almost seems like your whole life, and that you have just not been able to overcome? Have you just decided to settle for that 4 letter word, “Cope?”

I call it the “suitcase.” Everyone has at least one. You know the one: You’re not even certain what’s really inside it anymore but it always seems to be there and you just get tired of dragging it around. It’s the one piece of baggage that you actually wouldn’t mind losing at the airport! It is now possible to finally leave it behind and begin to live your life in a more fulfilling and joyful way. Continue reading »

Awaken Your Powerful Healing Brainwave!

Children have it. Now adults can re-awaken it.

Scientific research has shown that the dominant brainwave functioning in children from infancy to about the age of 4-5 starts out in “delta.” It is the dominant wave function. But it begins to diminish during adolescence, as alpha, theta and particularly beta (the thinking-analytical brainwave) become more dominate. So over time, and as is the case for adults, delta is mostly observed in stage 3 and 4 of the sleep state and only periodically within a 7-8 hour sleep cycle.

Unfortunately, as adults age (starting on average around the age of 40-45), the brain begins to progressively lose the ability to produce delta brainwaves. This plays a part in the increased incidence of various illnesses and disease ranging from sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and OCD to diabetes and insulin resistance, heart disease, Parkinson’s, fibromyalgia, various brain disorders, some stages of dementia and other forms of neuro-degenerative diseases.

Great Benefits of Healthy “Delta” Brainwave Function

Healing Spectrums Method and Brainwave Coherence Activation benefits:

There are many great benefits of having regular Delta brainwave function. Usually, the only time we get it is during deep stages of sleep. But we only get just a few moments of it 3-4 times during deep sleep. (only 25% or less of an 8 hour period–if uninterrupted!)

Yet, it is so powerful that the body is generally able to recover from the daily stresses that we put on our bodies. Without it, we know there are many debilitating health issues that can manifest, including sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and OCD, diabetes and insulin resistance, heart disease, Parkinson’s, fibromyalgia, and more.

Preliminary brain lab studies indicate that the Healing Spectrums Method activates this powerful brainwave along with increased Alpha (state of restful alertness, calm, peace, etc) which results in a “super healing brainwave” and can be easily experienced anytime when one uses this simple method. Learn more about the Healing Spectrums Healing Brainwave Coherence Activation Sessions here.

Benefits of Delta Brainwave

3.5 Hz – very good against depressions and anxiety; whole-being regeneration; DNA is stimulated; “Oneness” feeling.

3 Hz – increased reaction time; regeneration of muscles etc.

2.5 Hz – like a sedative; production of endogenous (naturally, internally produced–not synthetic) opiates; pain relief

2 Hz – nerve regeneration

1.5 Hz – associated with sleep and treating sleep disturbances; healing

1.05 Hz – HGH (Human Growth Hormone) Release 1 Hz (1.05 Hz is especially good for HGH release); Also results in harmonious and balanced feelings as well as enhanced strength endurance.

0.5 Hz – regeneration of nerves; improved sleep.

Anti-Aging Hormones

One benefit of increased Delta waves is the production of 2 anti-aging hormones: Continue reading »

Healing Stress: It’s an Inside Job!

It would appear that stress is a natural part of human existence. After all, there seems to be no lack of opportunity to experience it at particular moments in our daily life. That doesn’t necessarily mean that all stress is bad. In fact, doctors and scientists make a distinction between good and bad stress.  An intensely exhilarating experience can actually be stressful on some level of physiology, just as much as one that we consider intensely negative.

However, the “good” stress seems to have a less impactful or lasting effect on physiology and can even have some positive benefit. We generally recover from those stresses more quickly than from the “bad” stresses that linger and can cause even more distress. Why is that?… Continue reading »

“Thank God I Died” Radio Interview with Thomas

Here is one of my all-time favorite interviews on Writers’ Voices–KRUU-FM with show hosts Monica Hadley and Caroline Kilbourn! It took place back in 2009, just before the release of Thank God I…Vol 2, of which I am a contributing author.

This interview gives you a chance to get to know more about my life before my near-death experience, what happened during the experience, my return to life, and the advent of the healing gifts I have used for many years.  And most importantly, how you can apply some of the practical revelations from this life-changing experience to enjoy greater health, happiness, and wholeness in your life. Enjoy!

WritersVoices-Part1

WritersVoices-Part2

And special thanks to Monica and Caroline for such a fun interview!

Healing Spectrums Session and Training Experiences

“Hi thomas! I have been very impressed by the strength of the energy when doing the self-treatments. Last night I was quite surprised how quickly I went from feeling restless to very relaxed with a very short self-treatment session. Thanks so much!” — Jill

“In the evening, after my long-distance personal session with Thomas, I soon began witnessing my breathing and felt an expanded sense of being. I felt more energized than I normally would. I am feeling a sense of expanded consciousness during the day. Also, some of the pain and headaches I have experienced lately have subsided significantly.” — Mike

“Thank you for the session on Monday. There was definitely a sense of increased energy. Considering that my energy level has been quite low lately it seemed a minor miracle to manage giving three massages that afternoon following my session with you!” — Ken

“After our session on Thursday, I felt a smooth, blissful feeling for the next few hours. In general, I continue to feel more settled, grounded, calm, with less agitation in my mind. I’m sleeping very deeply now.” — Mary

“When you do the long distance sessions with us, I definitely feel a sense of peace and calm. Thank you!” — Katherine

“Thank God I Died…” Audio Book

“What happens when we die?” “Is it peaceful? Will I  suffer? What’s it like on the other side? Is there a tunnel?  Will I see the light? Will I see my departed loved ones? Will I see God? Is there really a Heaven or Hell?”

And the most pressing questions that seem to be on the minds of everyone: “What will become of me? Will I continue to exist in some way or will I simply cease to be?”

Thank God I Died: An Extraordinary Story of Death, Life, and Healing – an audio book by Thomas Gates
Get your free copy of the full “Thank God I Died” Audio Book below*  

“An amazing journey, well beyond the usual range of known NDEs.”   — W. Ingvoldstad, Heaven on Earth Productions, Chicago, IL

“The knowledge and experience I’ve gained from Thomas’ training has given me the ability to significantly help in the transformation of people’s lives…”   — Ron Schmitz, IA

“Thank you for the online session. I had a phenomenal healing of my ankle from the healing session and a vibrant energy all day.”  — Joan D.

In this audio book, you will hear about: 

• the story of how Thomas died many years ago in a hospital room
• more in-depth details of his profound life-altering experiences beyond the body
• his return to life with a new understanding of the “who, what, when, where, why, and how of our existence–what are we doing here?”
• the healing gifts that later emerged and how they help in physical and emotional healing

* Get your free copy of the full “Thank God I Died” audio book plus an additional free Online Live-Streaming Healing Spectrums Session/Coherence Activation when you subscribe to the free Healing Spectrums Newsletter here. (We value and protect your privacy!)

Contact us to learn more.

NDE or Final Transition: Is it Really About Death or is it About Life?

It’s really not about death– It’s about life!

I have always believed that Near Death Experiences are not just for the benefit of the experiencer, but to be shared with others for their benefit, as well.

Each NDE is unique and perfect for each individual. And while there are often certain similar experiences (perhaps a tunnel, a brilliant light, greetings by past loved ones, angels, etc) there is no one “right” Near Death Experience or even a final transition, for that matter. At the very least, sharing these experiences may potentially help ease the fear of death. But more importantly, it may simply remind us of the eternal nature of life–that we are truly much more than just human beings contained within the boundaries of a physical body. Life is eternal… Continue reading »

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An Anti-Cancer Diet?

Over the last 12 years of using my Healing Spectrums for Health and Wholeness Method, I have had countless sessions and consultations with individuals who have faced various types of health issues–including many of the more serious physical and emotional illnesses. While I am not a doctor and I make no claims to “cure” anything, this experience has given me much greater understanding of the physiological and emotional systems involved in those various health conditions and diseases.

Using the Healing Spectrums Method provides a deeper view of some of the more subtle physical elements that play a foundational role in recurring or ongoing symptoms of illness. This is the kind of valuable tool that, unfortunately, is rarely even considered, much less used in our current allopathic, pharmaceutical-based practice of medicine. But that’s another story…

The Healing Spectrums Method spontaneously enlivens coherence, as exhibited by specific and unique brainwave changes, that spontaneously activate and accelerate your body’s natural healing and regenerative processes. So, in other words, I don’t treat any illness or symptoms. It is your own body’s inherent healing systems that do that–you are the healer!

What about Diet?
We all have to be pro-active and take responsibility for our own health by gaining a basic understanding of how our bodies work and what they need to have the best chance for healthy functioning and disease prevention. 

Ultimately it is our responsibility to take charge of our own health and well-being. We don’t want to wait for illnesses to emerge and only then seek medical remedy or other options. I believe it is important for us to learn from new research and studies that can provide a more practical and preventative approach to maintaining good health. Therefore, in the course of my work, I often come across such information that can be useful and I’m happy to pass it along to my clients.

I have re-posted an article below from the UndergroundHealthReporter.com with important information for those who are interested in potential preventative/dietary changes that could be helpful in regards to certain types of cancers. Of course, I realize that for those who are dealing with this particular disease, there can be an “overload” of information from well-meaning friends, acquaintances, and others about the “latest and greatest” new approach. It can certainly become overwhelming! However, if this information resonates with you, I suggest you consider it as a possible addition to whatever approach or approaches you may be using. (Please remember that further studies are needed to determine the true efficacy of a methionine restriction diet.)
There really is no one cure-all that will work for everyone in every case. But as they say, “knowledge is power…”
See the Methionine Restriction Diet below:

Continue reading »

Welcome to the Healing Spectrums for Health and Wholeness Sessions and Programs

People all over the world are feeling better and living healthier, happier lives using this effective method!

The Healing Spectrums Personal and Group Sessions spontaneously emerged many years ago as a result of Thomas’ extensive near-death experience. They provide an effective pathway to
 greater health and well-being by rapidly increasing coherence within your 
physiology, enlivening consciousness, and accelerating your body’s natural physical and emotional healing processes.

Individuals from all walks of life throughout the world have enjoyed the many benefits of Thomas’ sessions and training workshops both in-person and online.
We invite you to learn more and join us on this exciting pathway to greater health, happiness and wholeness in life.
Feel free to contact us here if you have questions or would like to know how you can learn to use the Healing Spectrums Self-Treatment Method or how to use the method for the treatment of others.

Understanding the Healing Spectrums Method

As the Healing Spectrums Method does not fall into the mainstream of Alternative Health Modalities, I often get many questions about how it works and how it differs from other alternative methods. So I recently compiled a sequential list of my blog entries that should help to answer some of those frequent questions and give a better understanding of what the Healing Spectrums Method is and what it is not.

Here is an easy way to access the blog entries. Enjoy and be sure to contact us with your questions and comments.

Free Intro 20 Minute Healing Spectrums Coherence Activation Session

Get your One-Time Free Introductory 20 minute Healing Spectrums Coherence Activation Session when you sign up for the Healing Spectrums Newsletter!
As a subscriber, you will be able to arrange for your initial Free Introductory 20 Minute Healing Spectrums Coherence Activation Session. And now you can easily keep up to date on the latest Healing Spectrums research, upcoming events and get exclusive special session and workshop discounts, select offers and much more.

To schedule your session: After you have signed up for the newsletter here…

I will then contact you and once we have scheduled your session appointment, you will then receive an email with instructions with login information for either a live-streaming or conference call option for your free session. (I also recommend that you take a minute to read about “How to Prepare for Your Session” here.)

You will also receive the special link to access my Free Audio Book, Thank God I Died: An Extraordinary Story of Death, Life and Healing.

Your free introductory 20-minute session with Thomas (regular personal sessions are 1-hour or longer with follow-up consultation) is an ideal step Continue reading »

How to Change the Habit of Suffering

Shortcuts to Wholeness: Changing the Habit of Suffering. 

That’s right! Emotional suffering is actually a habit– a habit supported by an underlying function of physiology that most of us are completely unaware of but that gets triggered over and over again and keeps producing the same patterns of emotional distress. How can we change this habit?

Discovering the Mechanics of Human Suffering
Shortly after retuning from my near death experience many years ago, it troubled me to see how much (and often-times needless) suffering human beings sometimes go through in this life.

Through my work with the Healing Spectrums Method, I soon began to observe the actual mechanics of suffering and realized that there is a physiological basis for emotional suffering–a biochemical/neurological entrainment that, once established, becomes a repetitive habit of function whenever triggered–over and over… Thus, the Habit of Suffering…

How to Change the Habit and Enjoy Greater Happiness in Life
Fortunately, there is a way: All human beings have a built-in hidden alarm system that alerts us at a key moment just before we start to head down the rabbit hole of suffering. That is the moment we can quickly interrupt the cycle with the Shortcuts to Wholeness: How to Change the Habit of Suffering and stop suffering in its tracks.

Those who use this easy method report that it has literally changed their lives. When I ask them, “How?” their answer is often, ” I’m just happier. Many of the things that used to upset me don’t bother me anymore–I don’t sweat the small stuff anymore!”

How you can learn the Shortcuts to Wholeness: Changing the Habit of Suffering
We teach you this simple method as a bonus when you enroll in the Healing Spectrums Level 1 Training Program: Learn How to Use the Healing Spectrums Self-treatment Method.

This is a personalized Online Live-Streaming weekly training program (1 hour training, including a Healing Brainwave Coherence Activation, per week for 4 weeks) with flexible scheduling so that you can take your training in the comfort of your own home. When you enroll, you also are included in the weekly 1-Hour Remote Group Healing Spectrums Session (no calls to be on. Just relax and enjoy the coherence!)

Click here to learn more about the Level 1 Training and how you can participate.

The Precious Gift of Life

Robin’s Journey:

I, like many others, was saddened to hear of the passing of Robin Williams. He brought a great light into this world and uplifted many hearts and minds through his amazing talent and his gentle kindness. He most definitely made the world a better place. Yet, even with all his gifts and like many others, he had his own challenges that he struggled with throughout most of his life.

In the end, he lost hope and conviction to carry on. The weight of depression became too much and in a moment he made a choice that could not be undone and that would have a tremendous impact not just on his own life, but on the lives of so many others, as well. While we mourn and sincerely wish he had not made that choice, we can’t judge him for his decision.

What Dreams May Come?

For many who face such overwhelming depression, sadness or sorrow, suicide at times may seem like the only way out when all hope vanishes and it just becomes too much to bear. Sometimes it may seem like the only solution and even a reasonable one at that! After all, many of us by now have heard or read many stories of some amazing, inspiring experiences of those who have somehow momentarily “crossed over” or “saw the light” or some other-worldly inspiring glimpses of an underlying, eternal nature of life beyond death. We all want to believe that there is more after death and that all suffering will finally end, as we continue to exist in a more glorious and beautiful realm.

Is There Another Side?

Many years ago, I went through my own death process in a hospital after emergency surgery and I experienced an amazing journey that changed my life forever. I experienced that eternal nature of the soul and life beyond our worldly existence. I viewed our connection to all levels and every particle of the almost infinite field of creation, without separation. I witnessed the birth of my own individual consciousness from the Source Continue reading »

How to Prepare for a Healing Spectrums Session

Here are some simple instructions for how to get the most from your session, whether it be an in-person session or a remote session.

Should I rest during this time?

If you have the time to rest during the session, all you need to do is either lie down on a comfortable bed or couch, or you can sit in your favorite chair, if you like. It is preferable to relax in a space where you are not likely to be interrupted or disturbed by a ringing phone, TV, or other distractions. If something or someone should disturb you, just quickly take care of the situation and continue resting. It will not interrupt the process or negate the benefits of the session. Also, you may rest on your back or turn onto your side, as you wish. Make yourself as comfortable as possible during this time.

Do I have to think or do anything?

During the session, there is nothing you have to think or do… Continue reading »

Experience from a 3-Day Advanced Retreat

“Through a series of very synchronistic events I landed on [Thomas’] website. I took advantage of the free 20 minute Introductory Healing Spectrums experience and I was blown away…there was enormous energy…and Thomas was a thousand miles away!” — Chris, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.

Art of Gracefully Embracing Life’s Paradigm Shift

I discovered that whenever I resist paradigm shifts in my own life, I suffer more. And since I’m not a big fan of suffering, I gave some thought to the whole dynamic of paradigm shifts and how we can more gracefully embrace them as they begin to emerge in our lives. But first, let’s take a look at the consequences of prolonged resistance to natural paradigm evolution:

Some Examples of Resisting Paradigm Shift:

Flat earth Society founded in 1956:

In spite of scientific proof that the earth is spherical, many still clung to the belief that it was flat! Amazingly, even in this modern day, there still exists the “Flat Earth Society!” Talk about resistance! There is actually a name for this kind of paradigm shift resistance, which will be revealed later in this post.

No one believed that man can fly:

The Wright brothers proved that man CAN fly.

But many still clung to the belief that, “If God had intended for human beings to fly, he would have given us wings.”

Discovery of Bacteria

Anton van Leeuwenhoek first discovered bacteria and
reported it in 1670.  Quite an amazing discovery that had the potential to save many lives. But it took another 2 centuries before people embraced the understanding that certain bacteria were at the root of some disease…. Continue reading »

Free “Thank God I Died” Audio Book

“What happens when we die?” Is it peaceful? Will I  suffer? What’s it like on the other side? Is there a tunnel?  Will I see the light? Will I see my departed loved ones? Will I see God? Is there really a Heaven or Hell?”

And the most pressing questions that seem to be on everyone’s mind: “What will become of me? Will I continue to exist in some way or will I simply cease to be?”

“Thank God I Died: An Extraordinary Story of Death, Life, and Healing”
An Audio Book by Thomas Gates 

Several years ago, after undergoing emergency surgery, Thomas found himself in a losing battle for his life. Here in his own words he shares his extensive and remarkable journey along with the extraordinary revelations of our eternal existence throughout all creation and our divine source and purpose as human souls.

 “An amazing journey, well beyond the usual range of known NDEs.”
               –Walt Ingvoldstad, Heaven on Earth Productions, Chicago, IL

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Smile More – Be Happy – Live Longer!

Would you like to increase your “Happiness Factor,” quickly and easily?

... you can add 7 years to your life simply by smiling more? 

I recently found this article in the “Underground Health Reporter” and even though there is no mention of brainwave function or Healing Spectrums, it provides yet another reason why the Healing Spectrums Method and Coherence Activations can be a boon for a healthier, happier, and longer life.

University brainwave studies have shown that the Healing Spectrums Sessions, Self-treatment Method, Practitioners Method, and Coherence Activations produce unique brainwave functions that not only activate and accelerate your body’s natural healing and regenerative processes, but also can increase your brain’s ability to produce the more rare “Gamma” brainwave function.

And here is where the “Happiness Factor” comes in! Continue reading »

Healing Spectrums Advanced Retreat

A big thanks and congratulations to those who attended the recent special 3-Day Advanced Healing Spectrums Retreat in Fairfield, Iowa!

It was an inspiration to witness your sincere trust, compassion, love, and support for one another along with a willingness to move through the process of releasing some of the old stresses and remnants of trauma that can often stand in the way of greater happiness and success in life. Combining the Healing Spectrums Method along with a gentle process of becoming clear of the simplest and most fundamental intentions naturally brought about an amazing transformation for each of you. It is truly a joy to be a part of your spiritual journey!

This advanced Healing Spectrums Retreat is for the graduates of the Level 2 training program only. However, results of this particular retreat were so powerful that I have decided to offer a specialized training specifically designed to teach counselors and therapists, who have completed the Level 2 training, how to use this unique method in their practices. It has proven to greatly accelerate the healing and recovery process in many client cases of those practitioners who currently use the Healing Spectrums in their work. We will soon develop the advanced training program that will include the Level 1 and Level 2 training along with certified training for incorporating the method along with the practitioners’ traditional methods.

Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about this training program or if you are interested in attending the next Healing Spectrums for Health and Wholeness Advanced Retreat. (Each retreat is limited to only a small number of participants to ensure maximum results.)

Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day, Daddy.

What a great, loving influence you brought into our lives. You helped a lot of people in some of their most challenging moments, putting out fires, rescuing people from burning buildings and even once delivering a baby in an elevator! I remember so many times that when I’d tell someone who my dad was, they would say, “Oh, that Henry Gates would give the shirt off his back to help someone. Very generous…” That always made me feel very proud of you.

And I was amazed that you just seemed to know how to do almost anything from building a house from the ground up to taking an engine apart and rebuilding it, and so much more. You were even a great cook!

But I will always remember how you picked me up and carried me in your strong arms and raced me to the hospital so many years ago. You sat by my side throughout the most difficult time of my life and didn’t give up on me when everyone else said I was probably going to die. Even when it happened, you stayed with me and I believe your loving presence is a big part of why and how I made it back. I love you Daddy, and I still feel your presence very strongly in my life. Thank you for being my father, forever…

Life & Death: Two Sides of the Same Coin

In many of my talks and radio interviews, I have often discussed some of my experiences in helping souls in transition. While my work is mostly devoted to helping the living evolve and grow into greater health and wholeness, as is everyone’s birthright, I have had my share of experiences regarding the transition of souls. Sometimes I work with individuals to help them prepare and go through their imminent transition. Although it certainly can be a difficult thing for some to accept at first, there comes a time when one can begin to more gracefully embrace the experience. Continue reading »

“I Love You”

Someone recently posed the question, “If you are in the presence of someone who is dying, what would you say to this person and how would you guide him or her?”

Having gone through my own death process after complications from emergency surgery many years ago, I came to realize the ever so important value of being present for someone who is making this transition from the physical body. Knowing that that person does hear you, even when he or she looks completely unconscious and unresponsive, the words, “I love you” have such a powerful impact… Continue reading »

New Personalized Healing Training

New! Level-1 & Level-2 “One-on-One” Personalized Online Training: 
Learn the Healing Spectrums Self-Treatment Technique and how to treat others, in the comfort of your own home.

Now you no longer have to wait for a group scheduled event to begin your training. This allows easier access for both domestic and international participants. Thanks to the use of Skype and/or Google +, individuals as far away as Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, and Canada, as well as individuals throughout the United States, have learned to use the Healing Spectrums technique.

Click here or more details.

NDE and Healing: Interview with Thomas

Hear a special interview about my Near Death Experience, healing, and more.

Friday, March 29th at 5:30 pm CDT on

Illuminations on Blog Talk Radio 

   with Tamara Westwood

Food for the Body, Mind & Soul

Illuminations Radio is dedicated to inspire its audience to reach 
full potential in every aspect of life – through unbounded awareness. Spiritual, mental, and physical perspectives of our ever changing world are explored through these interviews with various authors, experts, and practitioners.

Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

One of my favorite interviews!

I just went back to review a few interviews I had done in the past on various shows and came across the Buddha at the Gas Pump interview. It was a blast to be able to spend the time with my friend, Rick Archer, and to have the opportunity to delve deeper into some areas of my NDE that I don’t often get the time to do in some interviews. I appreciate Rick’s insightful questions and willingness to take the time that made this possible.

I hope you enjoy it!

Click here for the archived recording of this interview.

Learn to Accelerate Your Natural Healing

Healing Spectrums Self-Treatment Technique

Next Level-1 Online Training Begins:
Contact us for information about next course date

Learn how you can use the Healing Spectrums™ for self-treatment in the comfort of your own home. Enliven your brain function and accelerate your body’s natural healing processes. This training includes regular Group Healing Spectrums Sessions (2 per week for 4 weeks) with videos and live training conference calls once a week. Plus an additional bonus of 4 weeks group sessions. That’s a total of 16 1-hour remote group sessions!

Click here for full course details/rates/registration. Contact Thomas for fast registration and to receive conference number and access code.

“The pain in my shoulder has reduced significantly since learning this self-treatment…”

Continue reading »

New NDE Interview with Thomas

Interview with Thomas on Blog Talk Radio

Just had a great interview with Lisa Zimmer on her radio show, Unlimited Realities. I have been interviewed by Lisa before and she is one of my favorite interviewers–A  fellow Near Death Experiencer, so she asks very insightful questions that are so helpful to her audience.

We had a blast and covered many topics from a reading of my experience of leaving the body to exploring a variety of perceptions about life and death and what is possible as evolving human beings and souls.

So click on the link above and hear the archived recording. You can listen now or download to your computer or iPod, etc. Enjoy!

Davy’s Transition

An Enlightened View on Davy’s Passing from his band mate, Michael Nesmith:

Michael Nesmith accepts that Davy Jones had died. But that doesn’t mean that he’s going to believe that he’s gone.
—Natilie Finn, Xfinity

“I am of the mind that it is a transition and I carry with me a certainty of the continuity of existence. While I don’t exactly know what happens in these times, there is an ongoing sense of life that reaches in my mind out far beyond the near horizons of mortality and into the reaches of infinity.”—Michael Nesmith

Read Michael’s full statement here.

All blessings to Davy and to his family.

Death of a Zealot

Thanks to my friend, Stokes, for posting this on Facebook today:

“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.” – Jessica Dovey (attribution to Martin Luther King Jr. is a Facebook hoax)

It is certainly a complex world we live in for the evolutionary development of the human soul. True compassion knows no bounds, even for those who express the least amount or no compassion in this world through such violent acts as OBL and others throughout history and yet, those who feel relief or even joy in his death, should not feel any guilt if that is their true feeling at this time. Continue reading »

NDE Interview: Your Body’s Capacity For Healing

Hear my interview on Blog Talk Radio about awakening your healing processes

Back in December I was  interviewed on the “Unlimited Realities” Blog Talk Radio Show, with the remarkable Lisa Zimmer Mahoney, endorsed by Dr. Bernie Siegel, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Larry Dossey and other pioneers in the field of personal and spiritual development. We spoke about how the Healing Spectrums sessions quickly enliven a specific brain wave function that gives access to universal information of the unconscious mind, beyond the capacity of the conscious thinking mind, to greatly accelerate your natural healing processes.

We also announced some very special bonuses and discounts for sessions/consultations and upcoming online self-treatment training. Research has indicated…that your body’s capacity for healing is greatest when this particular brain wave function is present. Continue reading »

Thomas on the Paranormal

Special Live Interview Today 10:30 am
Thursday April 28, 2011
Call in to speak with the host (213) 286-6743

‘Unlimited Realities’ – Blog Talk Radio Show with host Lisa Zimmer. Provocative, informative and empowering radio featuring authors and those improving the world one step at a time.

I’ll be sharing some of my experiences working with souls in transition along with guest husband/wife Team Mr. and Mrs. Gary Walters of the Gary Waters Show who will discuss their experiences working with paranormal experiences, ghosts, hauntings. Also joining us is Cindy Plume who lives with ghosts in her comfy home. Join us for a ‘lively’ conversation!

While I have had experiences with paranormal activity and the presence of departed souls, including some with a few poltergeist entities in my childhood home, my work is primarily devoted to working with the living and sometimes helping individuals who are in the midst of making their own transition. Those are powerful moments–as powerful as the transition of birth. Both are only about the eternal cycle of life.

You can also listen online after the broadcast.

Hearing Improved

Emily’s tinnitus has caused her difficulty hearing for much of her life. She often has to turn her head somewhat in order to hear conversations to compensate for the muffled sound in one ear. She always has to hold the phone to the other ear.

During our phone conversation after a session she said, “I just realized that I have been talking to you with the phone next to my ‘bad’ ear!  I never do that because I have so much trouble making out the words. I can hear your words very clearly. This is really good!”

There have been other cases of Tinnitus that have significantly improved following the Healing Spectrums sessions—from better, clearer hearing to significantly reduced ringing in the ears. If you suffer from this hearing disorder, you may also find relief from the Healing Spectrums Sessions.

Click here for more information and how to schedule your personal remote session(s) with Thomas. And be sure to join us for the upcoming Free 20-minute Group Healing Spectrums Session this Tuesday evening. You can get the details and register here.

Thomas’ Blog Talk Radio Interview

Thanks to Lisa Zimmer Mahoney for having me on your “Unlimited Realities” Blog Talk Radio Show. It was a great interview and I think everyone enjoyed your insightful questions that brought out some important aspects about the near death experience. It seems that many are more than just a little curious about what might happen when we are making that “big” transition. Of course, everyone’s experience will be unique and perfect. There is no ‘one’ kind of NDE.

But those of us who have gone through the experience have come away with an unshakable understanding… Continue reading »

To Scan or Not to Scan?

How to Reduce Airport Stress:

If you have airline travel plans, you are probably aware of the policies in security, especially regarding the full body scanners or the alternative “enhanced pat down.” These are obvious invasions of your personal space and they are stirring quite a bit of controversy and adding to the general stress of airline travel. This stress takes it’s toll on your physical and emotional well-being. So it is certainly helpful to take extra steps to minimize that stress while traveling. What can you do? Continue reading »

A Day for Gratitude

Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving

This is the time we often take to enjoy family and friends and to consider the many things in our lives that we are  grateful for. I know I am grateful for my family, friends and for the wonderful opportunitites that come to me everyday–even the ones that at first might not seem so wonderful. You know, the ones that you’re not always so grateful for as they are unfolding. The ones that after later reflection, you realize really were something to ultimately be grateful for.

But the thing I am most thankful for is…the gift of life. Continue reading »

What Time is It? It’s “Now!”

“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

During my NDE many years ago, I had the opportunity to experience being with only one time–the Present. Nothing else was required. As a living, breathing human being there is obviously a purpose for the concept of Past and Future; otherwise, no one would ever think of it! Both can serve us as long as we remember that nothing happens in the Past or the Future.

My take on it:  Past: done. Future: maybe. Now: now.

(Sounds like Emerson must have been the Eckhart Tolle of his time, eh?)

“Deep Peace Inside and Out”

Thanks to the graduates of the Healing Spectrums L-1 and L-2 training programs for joining in on the Re-activation conference call.  This was a call to help enliven the graduates ability to access and enliven the Healing Spectrums for their Self-Treatment technique. Just a few quotes from some participants:

“Extremely powerful!”

“It felt like so much love was flowing between all of us. The people I didn’t know and the people I know–it was just wonderful…”

“Very powerful. I felt such a deep peace and calm inside and out.”

“During that time, there seemed to be no distance always deeply… Continue reading »

Healing “Medically Unexplained Illnesses”

There is a new emerging paradigm of medicine–to advance wellness and move beyond the treatment of disease as primary care. The Healing Spectrums for Health and Wholeness Programs can play an important role in this new health care approach.

In her new book, researcher and author, Susan K. Johnson, says,  “medically unexplained illnesses are among the most common disorders in primary medical care today.” Accordingly, there has been a recent surge of interest in the physiology of illnesses such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic environmental sensitivities, and more.

The Healing Spectrums sessions and programs go even farther beyond just treating specific symptoms or illnesses… Continue reading »

What Happens After Your Healing Session?

You may notice specific benefits right away or in the few days after your session. The Healing Spectrums continue to function, well after completing a session, so your physiology will continue to use this healing energy in the most efficient way for its highest good. In fact, as more and more of the remnants of trauma (I call them “artifacts”) are released, you will begin to enjoy the results of an enhanced coherence within your physiology.

This coherence is the key… Continue reading »

Where’s the Bliss?

A friend of mine recently posted this quote by Deepak Chopra: ‎”At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the undisturbed contentment of bliss.”

I reflected upon the “and only there” part for a moment and decided to write some of my own thoughts about that, in part based on my extensive near-death experience many years ago…

Continue reading »

Does the Past Really Exist?