Elizabeth S NDE

Experience Description

I was on deployment during this time. It was about 130 degrees out that day in the desert, and I decided to meet a good friend and coworker for a get-together at the smoke pit outside and hang out and smoke some hookah. I had gotten there about 30 minutes early and had already been smoking for a while. There were others around in the pavilion hanging out. My friend finally arrived and we were talking and having a good time. I started to feel extremely nauseous and lightheaded and stood up to get some water. My friend offered to go get me some inside and took off to go grab some water. I decided to stand up and go as well, just to try and see if I could get the nausea to stop. I remember walking after him on the path.

Everything went white, and there was a high-pitched sound. I immediately got sucked upwards through a tunnel. It was almost like earth was under a microscope and I was being sucked upwards through a white tunnel. But I thought it was weird that I wasn't going forward into a tunnel, but backwards. Everything was white and quiet. I felt an extreme sense of peace that words cannot describe. I remember thinking that was odd because my heart was heavy on earth as I had just gone through a horrible breakup with my boyfriend, and was constantly stressed and depressed from deployment. I felt absolutely none of that here, and that was the most significant part of this whole thing. I felt incredible peace, and I felt like I was floating. There was no time, just comfort and white light. I vaguely remember hearing joyful voices of loved ones, although that was also strange as I had never met them on earth. I was told to go back.

I then remember hearing distance voices about my blood pressure and the emergent situation. But everything was still white at this point. I got pushed back through the tunnel and the scope came back down. I remember hearing the paramedics. I came back fully into my body in the emergency room. The pain hit me like a ton of bricks. My whole face was swollen, and I could not open my left eye, and that's where I fell on the edge of the concrete path when I collapsed from the heat stroke. I felt the pain in my face before I felt any other part of my body. It turns out that the other people in the pavilion that were there ended up being the paramedics who saw me collapse on the path by the pavilion. My friend heard them and turned around to help.

I am so grateful for this experience as now I know heaven is real.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: September 2017

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Direct head injury Heat Stroke Life threatening event, but not clinical death heat stroke that caused a head injury (subdural hematoma) from collapse and hitting the edge of a concrete path. Was also severely bradycardic

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I could hear the voices of my friend and the paramedics when I was coming back down through the tunnel 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? More consciousness and alertness than normal There was no time at all, and I heard voices but no people. I was not in a physical form as well, but almost floating. I was not in a body, just a space.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? In the space of whiteness were there was no sense of time or pain.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning There was no time at all.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? Incredibly more vivid

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I wouldn't describe the experience as being able to see. I was just there. Prior to the experience I was in a normal physical body.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. When the scope was lifted and I was pulled backwards, it was a high pitched tinnitus almost, and then completely quiet when I was entering into the space. No one communicated by voice. It was quiet yet I could hear.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes It was a white tunnel that I would describe as a scope. Like earth was at the end of a microscope and I the tunnel was the lens.

Did you see any beings in your experience? I sensed their presence

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes They were family, but not ones that I have ever met before on earth.

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

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes It was just white. Pure whiteness

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place It was a pure white place that was 'up' and almost felt like clouds or a pure white mist.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Ultimate peace beyond words.

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? Happiness

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt no longer in conflict with nature

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 was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Protestant

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience I didn't not really have a concept of heaven as growing up Protestant, this wasn't really talked about much. It was more of a 'when you die, you'll figure it out then', so it was different in that way but not in the sense that it existed.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I read the Bible way more than I ever did as I have been understanding it in a different way and actually find joy and truth that help me deal with everyday life. I have deeper conversations about life and death with my mother and husband more than I ever did, and I love having a deeper connection and philosophy to the thinks written. I have also become increasingly more frustrated than I have been in the past, as church and religion seem very surface level to me, and I struggle to talk or find others who want to understand things deeper.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify There was a voice, but I only vaguely remember it.

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I sensed their presence

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.)? Yes I believe that Jesus presence was there when I first came in. I didn't not see anything or hear anything but someone was talking to me telepathically that I would describe as Jesus's voice.

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

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

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes I would describe it as a communication of Jesus, but it was not a voice as there was no sound.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

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

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

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? No

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? Yes I had no sense of conflict. There was such peace that I the things bothering me on earth weren't there. I didn't feel heaviness or anxiety in my heart, which I thought was the most significant

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Uncertain

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

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes Very hard to describe the light and the feeling of peace. Peace isn't the right word because it was more powerful than that.

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? Yes I have been able to predict and plan for the future a little bit better than I have previously.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The feeling of peace and how quickly it happened.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes It was about 7 years later. I don't really like to talk about it, because I either get pity or the person doesn't understand and I just want to be open about it. Reactions were unsurprising, but my grandmother thought it was interesting and quite amazing.

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 probably real I wasn't able to process what happened until years later, and I was very unfamiliar with NDE.

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? Yes I was able to recall voices right before I went back through the scope/tunnel.

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