Alejandra S NDE

Experience Description

It was week 34 of the pregnancy. I was hospitalized for preclampsia. On the third day, I began to feel sick. I hurt all over. Everyone was running around and they were going to do an urgent C-section. When they did the ultrasound, I began to see an intense and brilliant light. I said, 'The light, The light!' The doctor said, 'Open your eyes Alejandra.'

Then I went through this light. I had a feeling of extreme happiness, unmatched peace, and a feeling of universal love. I think I was in this state for about 45 minutes. I didn't see anyone in the light but I experienced happiness as I had never felt before.

When I came back, my daughter had been delivered and they were suturing me with just a little anaesthesia. During the 'loss of consciousness,' as the medics called it, I felt a lot of pain.

A year passed and another premature baby came. I wanted more time to care for my children and I looked for part time work. I was in charge of carrying out examination tests in a clinic. I had a patient with dementia, who never met my gaze with his. He brought his disabled daughter and we both talked for a long time. They let me know when they would come every month for the tests. I would look be looking for a taxi with a wheel chair. The years passed, and I was promoted to the boss of the laboratory. I received a phone call and it was the daughter of my patient. Between tears she told me that she would no longer come with her father because he had died. She was very sad. Due to her disability, she hadn't been able to help him at the moment when he had the attack. I tried to comfort her, telling her about my NDE and said to her that when her father was to die, he went into the beautiful and fantastic light. He was feeling no pain and that everything was beautiful. Ten on hearing my story she started to cry and she said to me that she had dreamed of her father, and that he had said to her in her dreams , 'Talk to Alejandra who has something to tell you.' Now she was so sure that this was what I had to told her, so she could have peace with the death of her father. She said to me that she would go immediately to visit the cemetery to tell him that she had now talked to me and her anguish had been relieved.



Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 20/02/2000

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain. Childbirth. Life threatening event, but not clinical death

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes When I began to go into the light I heard my doctor call me by my name and asking me to open my eyes. My ex-husband confirmed this to me afterwards. I lost awareness of my body

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness. I don't know

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? At the beginning.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual It went very fast in this light.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don't know

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don't know

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

The experience included: Passing into or through a tunnel

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes I was not aware of my body, but I went forward as if floating through this immense light. It was like going into a tunnel.

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

The experience included: Unearthly light

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? An unusually bright light

Did you see an Unearthly light? Yes It was a fantastic and intense light that gave me confidence and peace.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. It was just trust and peace; I knew I had to go into this light.

The experience included: Strong emotional tone

What emotions did you feel during the experience? LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS, JOY, AND ENJOYMENT.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? Incredible joy

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt united or one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What importance did you place on your religious/spiritual life prior to your experience? Not important to me

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I am very spiritual.

What importance do you place on your religious/spiritual life after your experience? Greatly important to me

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Agnostic

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I believe in the existence of a parallel physical universe.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

Did you believe in the existence of God prior to your experience? I was uncertain if God exists

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Do you believe in the existence of God after your experience? Unknown

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are possibly meaningful and significant

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

Did you believe in an afterlife prior to your experience? I was uncertain if an afterlife exists

Do you believe in an afterlife after your experience? An afterlife definitely exists No

Did you fear death prior to your experience? I greatly feared death

Do you fear death after your experience? I do not fear death

Were you fearful living your life prior to your experience? Unknown

Were you fearful living your life after your experience? Not fearful in living my earthly life

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are possibly meaningful and significant

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant after your experience? Are meaningful and significant

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

Were you compassionate prior to your experience? Greatly compassionate toward others

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

Were you compassionate after your experience? Greatly compassionate toward others

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I think that my emotional and spiritual intellingence has grown.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The whole experience is significant.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I told my close family when I left intensive care. They listened but didn't have an opinion.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. The experience was very real, but left me with the feeling for a year that I had almost died, and this made me sad.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. Today it is as real as when it happened, and this experience transformed me. Today I can perceive, dream, listen and see many things.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes when accompanying sick people, when someone is upset by the death of someone, among other things.

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? I think that although the light was very vivid, there had been a bigger impression on me that the patient should have communicated with his daughter to make her talk to me. I was to say something to her, and this was one of the most beautiful emotions of being in the light. How did he know that I would say this to her if he had already died?

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? Have you had extrasensory experiences after your NDE? If yes, then comment as to which type.