Beckie H Mother NDE

Experience Description:

This is a remarkable story and I hope you can use it. I was sitting with my eight year old daughter by my mom's bed when she had a second stroke. Mother was raised to believe if you were not perfect, you didn't go to heaven. She was born 11/11/1911 and her mom died when she was seven. An abusive father raised her and her siblings. He beat them and gave some of them to other people. She married my dad at age fourteen to get away and they were married fifty-four years when he died. We are all very close.

Mother had an obvious problem, they came in and worked on her, and after an hour or so, we were allowed back in her room. She had been very sick. She was now GLOWING. The first thing she said was I have been to heaven and I saw my mother and now I know what she looked like. She was amazed because her dad and a brother who had been in jail were there too. They were all healthy and happy and loved her. Jesus told her she had to come back as she had things to do - this is the remarkable part. She had always been very depressed. The next four months were the most difficult of her life physically and yet everyone she met was told of the Lord's love for them. She sang hymns all the time and witnesses constantly. If she peed, she thanked God for it. It was an unbelievable change. She told my daughter that she saw her smoking and doing something she shouldn't and that she was to be very careful with her activities in the future. My daughter listened and thought it was sweet but didn't believe her. (Later she became a heroin addict but has now been clean for six years.) The emphasis was on her family of origin but the last thing she saw was my eighty-one year old dad walking down the street in a young, healthy body, about thirty years old. What a blessing for us to have this experience. She literally could hardly contain herself until she could get back to heaven.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 11/91

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes 2nd stroke in 3 days...my mom...I was with her when it happened. Died 4 months later Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function or brain function) Second stroke.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Wonderful

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? More consciousness and alertness than normal Yes, and she was more alive than ever when she came back even though her body was dying.

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

Were your thoughts speeded up? Neither

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Neither No time allotment at all/unconcerned about time.

Were your senses more vivid than usual? Incredibly more so

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Neither

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes

Did you see any beings in your experience? Saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Clearly mystical or unearthly realm City of crystal/gold streets

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? United, one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe

Did scenes from your past come back to you? Neither

Did scenes from the future come to you? From personal future

Did you come to a border or point of no return? A barrier I was not permitted to cross; or 'sent back' to life involuntarily

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Moderate

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes

What is your religion now? Liberal none

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? Definite being, or voice clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? Saw them

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes Relationships with everyone changed - no bitterness or anger.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Seeing what her mother looked like, her dad and brother were not in hell and warning my daughter of future problems although she would not be specific.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes

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. Changed every minute of the rest of her life, even great physical hardships were a thing of joy because her heavenly father had a plan for her and she was fulfilling that plan.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No