Laura B NDE 9346

Experience Description

At first there was a great void. Then I perceived a hazy light somewhere off in the distance. I swam toward it. Details began to emerge and I perceived a landscape that was sort of a combination of cave formations (stalagmites and stalactites) and someone's colon. A little further on these details became clearer and I found myself in a cenote, or underwater cave. But I wanted out. As I was reaching the light at the border between the watery world and air, I heard my name. As I became lucid I think I coughed to get the water out, but my memory may have added this detail later.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: Nov 9 2018

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain CPR given complete heart block (no forewarning) Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) Heart rate dropped and I passed out. First responders arrived within 7 minutes. While I was hooked to EKG my heart stopped. CPR revived me.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No 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 They weren't noticeably different

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? just before reaching the light

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. perfect underwater vision

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 recall hearing anything

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes underground underwater tunnel

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

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

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

Did you see an unearthly light? Uncertain It was a light but I wouldn't call it unearthly

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place I entered an area for which I have no experience. I decided immediately upon awakening that it must have been what a cenote looked like, but on reflection, those are just underwater caves and, I expect, more horizontal. I was clearly on an uphill path, straight with no turns. The light wasn't directly above me but angled up at maybe a 75⁰ angle.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I wasn't what you'd call emotional. It was more like I was driven. I was mildly curious and investigative.

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? 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? Unaffiliated- Agnostic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

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 there didn't seem to be any religious content.

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? 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

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

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? I am uncertain if an afterlife exists

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 my husband and I try harder than before to live life to the fullest. We have been limited due to Covid, but we have increased travel plans, since that is something we both enjoy together that would be sort of sad on our own.

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 that I was in no hurry to get to the light until I heard my name called. Then I sped up.

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? I had heard of people seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, often with Jesus waiting for them in the light. But I question why my mind might have situated the tunnel under water, in a landscape I have never seen.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes almost immediately, in the moments I was waiting for the ambulance gurney, I told my husband and the first responder.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Uncertain just random reading that I didn't pay much heed.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real it hasn't changed.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real I'm not sure what to make of it. Perhaps the watery world was an indicator that my body was starved for oxygen.

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? Question 30 needs another option. Was there a border, a point of no return? Yes but I didn't make a conscious decision to live. I wasn't aware that I was on the brink between life and death. I didn't question why I was finding myself in this place. There was just a boundary ahead and I was goal oriented to get to it. No desperation, just a job to do.