John-Clement G ADC

Experience Description

My grandma was everything to me. She lived with my my whole life, after my family lost our house and we had to move to Texas for 8 years (this happened when I was 5). She was my second mother, and in a way I was like her new son, as her son and husband died from cancer 1 year apart in 2003 and 2004, when I was very young. Shortly after my grandpa passed, I actually had an experience that I don't remember, but my grandma always did. She said I woke up and happily told her 'I saw Grandpa last night!' one morning, and although I didn't really know what happened to him, I said he was smiling and smiling at me and he wore this really long gown, it was so bright and it almost looked blue. And he had this thing on his head.

That is the least of my experiences. My uncle and grandfather both had encounters with Jesus at 2 different points in their life, and he actually predicted an event that my grandpa would not understand until it happened. But anyways. That's for another time.

In late 2022 my grandma's health started deteriorating out of nowhere. It was just bad, bad, bad thing after another. Then she fell off her bed and broke her hip, had to get surgery but wouldn't last 4 months after that. Her kidneys weren't working right anymore, there were other issues, and her body was retaining water to the point her legs and feet blew up with liquid and would sometimes cause lesions on her skin just to free the water. It was bad, and she was stuck on a recliner all the time and her urine had to be taken out by a machine most of the time, and she couldn't move enough to poop either. It was a terrible existence, like being jailed to an uncomfortable, itching place for days on end. I don't know how she endured it.

One day she had to be rushed to the hospital for the fourth time and was given fentanyl to kill the pain, and somehow, that must've killed her. Most systems had catastrophic failure, she was hooked up to and endless number of tubes. She eventually died, and it destroyed me. Somehow my greatest friend, my soulmate in every sense of the word was gone. She was my Iroh (from The Last Airbender), there for me through thick and thin and the wisest person I will ever know. We talked about everything, and suddenly, she was gone.

But that was NOT the last time we would meet.

Strange things happened over the ensuing months, and all the while I wondered aloud all the time, 'What is she doing right now? What does she see? She finally knows the truth but can't let me in on it!' I would ramble about this for weeks until suddenly one morning as I was sleeping, I was thrust into a strange, ultra-real dream. It was so real and totally interrupted the previous dream. I cannot stress how REAL everything felt. I found myself in a house we used to live in in Texas, where she and I shared a big bedroom and we each had our own beds. It was her favorite time, and she would talk about it so fondly for years: That we were roommates and pals and always so close together (she liked to call our room the 'condo'). In the dream, I was wandering the house while my family was doing other things, and I started feeling like voices were calling to me from beyond my field of vision. I thought I was losing my mind, and honestly, I think my OWN mind was trying to turn the dream into a nightmare but something else was fighting back, trying to show me what it wanted. I run outside to escape the voices but eventually return and find my grandma's dead body wrapped in a maroon robe. Like, actually dead body. It was strapped to a disgusting wheelchair, bound to it by many tight straps as if she was in a psychiatric ward for the insane. I freak out and run away, only to come back and find (and this is the part that still gets me, it was all so VIVID and still is), the body was gone. The straps lay on the seat, empty. It was as if something was telling me 'I'm free at last.'

I had a few seconds to absorb this before the door to the 'condo' (our shared master bedroom) opened slowly, creaking loudly and revealing darkness within. I went over and looked in, afraid and in wonder as to what I would find.

There she was, asleep in her old bed. The two lamps above her head shone (no other way to put this) with a gray light, like moonlight. I don't know why, but they did. I recently found out that could mean a feminine spirit is trying to contact, I don't know. But I stood beside the bed, in shock at what I was witnessing. She was not freezing, dead cold. She had warmth to her skin. Her chest ebbed and flowed. She was ALIVE. I knelt down and she opened her eyes and turned to me. I cried and cried, and told her how much I missed her and how sorry I was that I got frustrated about her condition near the end of her life. She said it was alright; I was forgiven and nothing I did really meant anything anymore. This made me feel so much better, and I can't stress enough how much it felt like I was speaking to her, my old grandma, but somehow she was different. Unaffected by the world around. I could sense this deep feeling of devotion within her, but not to me. To something else. Like she was part of a different country now and in servitude of a faraway king beyond my horizon. Long story short, I begin to ask her what she sees there, on the other side. What is happening there.

And she tells me. She's speaking, but all her words are getting reversed, syllables are getting spliced and joined to other words, and all I hear is strange garble. Then she goes mute entirely, even though her mouth was still moving. I am just staring in shock, and she notices somehow what is happening. She tells me, 'I don't think they want me to tell you.' I do not know who 'they' are, but the spine-tingling sensation I received from her declaration I can still feel to this day. I still don't understand what's happening, but after my mom and sister come in (who both act so strangely similar to their real-life versions) and have a reunion, the radio beside her bed turns on and starts going all wacko and static. I ask my grandma, 'Is that them?' I don't know why I said that, but she said yes. 'You know you'll have to die again then, right?' I have no idea why I said this either. It still is so weird to me. She looks very sad and forlorn when I say this, and gets up.

She needs no aid to move, so different than when she was alive. We walk together through the old house, just like it used to be. At the pinnacle of our life there. I begin to ask more questions, centered around Jesus. I ask if he is there too, and if Christianity is all true, or at least partially true. She simply tells me, 'Stay on this path, and one day you will find out on your own.' That is definitely not what I expected. In fact, it was the LEAST thing I expected, especially considering she was the kind of woman who loved Jesus, loved the Bible. That was the last thing she said to me. We got to a point in the kitchen and then suddenly she was gone. I don't even remember her leaving. She just vanished and I don't even remember the vanishing. All I remember is I was looking out the side door out of the kitchen, and the Sunlight was pouring through the blinds (which was impossible considering how the house was built). That is the last image I remember, and the dream was over.

To this day, along with other strange things that were happening in our house shortly after she passed away, I think she came to contact me. I think she heard me ask what she was doing in the afterlife, and wanted to tell me. But the divine beings in the other world shut her up. I think despite all the fascinating near-death experiences (which I have ALWAYS been very educated on and fascinated by), the truth is THE TRUTH is forever behind the veil. We won't know until we're there, and that is the purpose of this encounter, I think. The theme is similar to most NDEs. Our home is still out there, but we are meant to not ask questions, to not get all caught up in that other world. We're meant to live in this one and live to the fullest. One day we will find our way to the light, but that's not today. But one day. On that day, we'll meet them in the light.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: Sometime in late 2023

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. no illness Other I was not dying. This is an ADC from my recently deceased grandmother.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? No No

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness. It was very real.

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

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Were your senses More vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. No change

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. No change

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes It was my grandma.

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Love, awe, fear, everything.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

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- Other Christian I grew up typical evangelical, but I began having serious emotional problems at the end of my teens that actually allowed me to spiritually mature and have incredible encounters with the divine. I no longer have those emotional issues as a result. I am now just a follower of Jesus, as I do not subscribe to any denomination. I'm heavily involved with the critical historical study of Early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Other Christian

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 was just surprised about the 'them' my grandma referenced, and also that she was unwilling to reveal the truth (or was being kept from it). We're not supposed to know it all, apparently.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

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

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I actually saw them

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

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Uncertain It's all in the experience that I wrote down.

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? Yes I detailed that in the original experience I wrote.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes I definitely believe there is an afterlife. Not just from this experience, but everything else my family and countless others have experienced.

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

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

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Slight changes in my life I just understand more what we are meant to do. We are meant to LIVE, not ponder things that are not for now. Everything is revealed in its time. We want it to be quick. The divine doesn't move with such timetables.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

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 I remember it even better than things that happened in the last month

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 image of the empty wheelchair is burned into my brain. I often talk about it to my parents. It was just one of those things that will stick with you forever. She's finally free at last, free at last!

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Immediately shared it with my mom, and she believed it. Cried and cried, but she believed it and really thinks I made contact with the other side. I do too.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes I am a heavy researcher of NDEs, spiritual stuff, religion, etc. So I know everything there is to know about these subjects, and the experience STILL surprised me.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real Explained already

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

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

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? No

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? No, it was above and beyond. Y'all really went out of your way to make sure people wrote everything down. Maybe a bit too much!

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