Lonnie C Probable NDE

Experience Description:

I was walking in a dark tunnel. I could see light at the other end of the tunnel. A man walked towards me, put his hand on my head and told me that I had to turn back because it wasn't my time.

A woman in the hospital told me God spoke to me. I kept asking why God was calling me Jesus, because my name wasn't Jesus. God said I wouldn't understand until it was time.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1972

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain asthma attack. Other: I don't remember. I didn't understand what happened.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Less consciousness and alertness than normal

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I don't understand the question. I don't remember any sense of taste, touch, or smell. I just remember seeing and hearing. My head and body felt warm when the man touched my head. These answers are the reason why I'm saying that I had Less consciousness and alertness than normal. I'm a morning person. I can usually see very clearly, because it's daylight. The tunnel was dark and I couldn't see anything but a light at the end of it and the shape of a man approaching me.

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. The light was so bright that I had to look away. When the man was touching my head. I had to look down, because the light over his head was the same bright light.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. same.

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 just into it, not through

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

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

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

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes too bright to stare into it, like the sun

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Fear of darkness. In real life, there was a storm sewer behind our house. It was one of those large diameter concrete sewers that a kid could walk through. In real life, if you walked through that storm drain, you could see light at the end of the tunnel where there was a stormgrate letting light in. I was always afraid to walk through that tunnel, because it was dark, the bottom of that storm drain was slimy and there were crayfish that would pinch your toes. I was afraid when I first started walking through the dark tunnel of my NDE even though there was light at the end of the tunnel. I was afraid when I saw the man walking towards me. The light was so bright, I had to look away. I wasn't afraid when he touched my head. When he told me I had to turn back, I started crying, because I wanted to stay with him. I was sad, because I couldn't stay.

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? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will. God told me to turn back, because it wasn't my time.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Buddhist secular, but parents when forced to list a religion, would list Buddhist.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Do not know

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 did not believe in God. I didn't understand who Jesus was.

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? I heard a voice I could not identify God spoke to me.

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.)? Yes God called me Jesus.

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? Uncertain. As a 52-year old, I know about Jesus; I know about God. If God called me Jesus, then I existed at least 2020 years ago.

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 God was the man, who came forth from the light.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Uncertain If God says there's a specific time when I'm supposed to enter the light, then I'm alive, because it wasn't my time to enter the light when I was 4.

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

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Unknown. Uncertain Supposedly, it was God, telling me that I would understand, when it was my time, why he was calling me Jesus.

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? No changes in my life. No changes. I was too young to understand that I almost died.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes Christians hate me, because they think that I'm pretending to be the reincarnation of Jesus.

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 do not know how my remembrance of the experience compares to my remembrance of other life events. I was too young to understand that Christians would have a problem with a Buddhist girl having a NDE involving God and Jesus. I just remember that there was a Female nurse there, who insisted that I was lying and that I made the whole thing 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? no

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes There was one nurse, in particular, who insisted that I made the whole thing up.

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 didn't need to believe anything, because I was in the hospital and the nurses and doctors told me that I had been very sick.

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

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