Linda A NDE

Experience Description

I was 64 years old. On March 23, 2014, I had awoke with what I thought was a bad sinus infection. I took sinus medicine and I felt really out of sorts. My husband had left to run an errand and I decided to lay down for a while and fell asleep.

I experienced my body not functioning and I could see 2 to 3 people looking in on me. I'm positive it was my Dad and my Mother. It was like they were looking into small window. Suddenly, I awoke. My legs were jerking and I was trying to catch my breath. I quickly got up and and started walking fast, like something had scared me to death. My husband returned and a few hours later it happened again. I saw the same people again. My husband thought I was having a convulsion, the way I was jerking. He took me to emergency room. I was admitted to the hospital and learned that I had a slight problem with the main ventricle in my heart. This took three days.

Several weeks later, I went into the cardiac lab. When my cardiologist was putting in the stent, my heart stopped. So he stopped the procedure. The next morning, I had open heart surgery, which was a single bypass. I did great. This was April 14, 2014 and by May 15th I was enrolled in Cardiac Care exercise at the hospital. I worked out 3 times a week.

On July 23, 2014, my husband and I went to exercise together at the hospital. I was in the process of a 45 minute intense exercise on a treadmill. I was hooked up with a heart monitor while a nurse watched every part of my heart work out. I was 30 minutes into the exercise when I went into cardiac arrest. The bottom of my heart had stopped. I passed out, fell hard off the bike and busted my head. There was a Code Blue issued.

Here's where my NDE occurred. I heard two women happily laughing. Then I could see. I was up against the ceiling in this huge workout room. I wasn't in my body. I describe it as a vapor of me. Words cannot describe the way I felt because it was beyond anything imaginable. I was so very happy, peaceful, and content! I felt feelings I did not know I could feel or that even existed. On one side of me, it was very bright. I looked down and saw my body on the floor with about a dozen people gathered around it. I could even see the color of the clothes these people had on. And since I was working out in the hospital center, there were lots of medical staff around.

I knew I was dead and I DID NOT WANT TO GO BACK. I could see other people working inside of a glass window like an office building. I thought that I did not want to go back to that body ever. There was this indescribable feeling that we do serve an awesome God that is so forgiving. He loves so many people, no matter what. Then I saw a picture of my husband and my daughter. I knew that they would be OK if I went on. But when my youngest Son, I knew I had to go back. Suddenly, it was like I was falling down a black tunnel.

I awoke on the floor with people all around me. The first thing I did was ask for my husband. He was right there. I told him, 'I was so happy, I was so happy.' I kept saying that over and over and on the way to the emergency room and while in the emergency room. The next morning, I had a pacemaker installed.

According to the Staff at the workout facility, they could not believe I came back. My husband was prepared that I was gone. It also was the scariest thing the staff had ever experienced and my Husband would say the same.

The event changed my life measurably. Heaven is what it is all about. Just make the best of life that God has given us. NOTE: My son Aaron had childhood cancer. He was 34 when my episode occurred. He has had a tough medical life. I have been with him every step of the way. I am his angel I think. He is married and has children, but I am his Angel.


Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 07/23/2014

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Heart attack. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function or brain function)

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Uncertain I don't understand the question. I didn't hear anything earthly. 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? Normal consciousness and alertness. I felt pretty normal as far as consciousness. I remember it like I was conscious.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I could see. I was alert during the whole experience.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

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 would say that my vision was pretty normal as to my everyday vision.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. It was the same, especially hearing the women laughing.

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes In the prior 2 episodes that I my heart stopped, I saw my Mom and Dad looking in at me.

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 I saw a very bright area to the right of me.

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt Amazing Grace and Joy, Happiness, Contentment, Serenity, and Love.

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? Everything about the universe. That this life is short and heaven awaits. God is loving and forgiving. Heaven is for real.

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. I am a strong believer in Jesus Christ, our Savior. But I am not a person that preaches or teaches. I am within my myself with God everyday. I pray and talk to him.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I believe in God more than ever and believe in his Word.

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant. I no longer am afraid of dying. We serve an AWESOME AND forgiving God. It changed my life.

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 have always believed in heaven. But I feared the unknown and death. I no longer feel that way. When My sister-in-law died of cancer a few months after my experience, I felt happy for her. I knew how wonderful it was. I also talked with my sister-in-law several times about my experience of touching heaven before she died. She wanted to hear it over and over again.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I think about my experience every day. It makes me happy. I refer back to it when life throws it usual obstacles. I know that heaven awaits.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify. I heard two women laughing just before I could see.

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? Yes I could feel God's presence - His love, The light, and The laughter.

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 All through the experience, I knew I was on my way to heaven. I guess it was God's presence that made me aware that life is short and to do live each day to the best I can.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? An afterlife definitely exists. The feeling, the light, and the vapor of myself.

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? Uncertain. Do not understand the question.

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes God loves everyone. He is so much more forgiving than I ever knew.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Moderate changes in my life. I feel a real personal connection to God like I've been to visit him but did not get past the entry. I also feel compelled to tell my experience to people losing loved ones or people near death. I've found that the ones facing death are so open to my story. But people who have lost someone are not so receptive.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I'm a happier person.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes I tried to described in detail above. Some feelings, I cannot describe

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. This experience I would put up with my children being born. At the top.

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? Yes. God is real, Heaven is Real, and our earthly life is short. So many bible verses convey this feeling I have: Worry, Love, Hate, Resentment, Forgiveness...on and on. God's word tells us. We need to listen.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Like I said before, people facing death embrace it. People who have lost or losing a loved one are not as receptive. People in general love to hear NDE. It's like knowing your going to win the lottery when you die.

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. I think about it every day.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real I think about it every day.

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? Let me add. Most people are very skeptical about NDE, including some Christians. But I think they think I am just talking about silly stuff. I am not the kind of person that does that. I'm a very private person. I only talk about my NDE when I feel in my heart it is a good time. At first, I wanted to shout it from the rooftops, but quickly learned to tell me story to people that have a heart to hear it. So I do.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? It was good. Seems I repeated a lot.