Marcy B NDE

Experience Description 9857:

It was late at night. My family and I had gone to watch a film in the family station wagon at the local drive-in. I was in the passenger seat and my father at the wheel. My mother was in the middle row of seats with my baby brother. My little brother was in the back sleeping in a bed made of blankets and pillows.

After the show was over, we were on our way home. A drunk driver was speeding in the lane of oncoming traffic. This drunk driver swerved out of his lane and directly in front of our vehicle in the opposite lane. It would have been a full head-on collision if my father hadn’t acted quickly and tried to swerve out of the way. However, my side of the front of the vehicle did fully crash into the drunk driver.

Although it happened extremely fast, from my perspective, it happened in slow motion and was very confusing. I remember being in complete darkness. It felt warm and I felt like I was floating. It was like I was enveloped in darkness but I felt safe and comfortable, despite feeling a little scared. It felt like when I open my eyes at night when I’m in bed, before my eyes adjust. When I looked up, I could see a light. This light was a warm sort of white but it was also a golden light. It was positioned in the distance, above me and at an angle towards the right. I felt an impulse of wanting to go towards it. But then I telepathically heard a voice. I didn’t feel scared. I think it was a comfort that I wasn’t alone. The voice told me that it wasn’t my time to go yet; that I was just a child and had my whole life ahead of me. I was told that I had to return to consciousness in real life. I felt like this made sense and I sort of knew what it was saying. So I did come back.

Next thing I remember is that I was in the car struggling to open my eyes. I was not in any pain, before or afterwards. There was blood and glass everywhere. People were trying to pull me out of the car wreckage. I tried to ask what happened, but was very confused. I had my face mangled in cuts from the broken glass and glass in my eyes, head trauma, and other bodily injuries. I was rushed to the emergency room.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1988

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes. Accident. Life threatening event, but not clinical death

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Uncertain More like I felt a presence. 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? More consciousness and alertness than normal. I felt like I was communicating through telepathy and that I knew that this was very much something different and out of the ordinary

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I think when I was enveloped in the darkness

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning Time became irrelevant

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. It’s hard to say because it was pitch black. I could not really see much

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

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? No

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

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 could see a light in the distance and it was a golden, white light

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Calm mostly, a little scared but calm

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? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life I was told it wasn’t my time

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Catholic I was attending Catholic school

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Agnostic I believe in God the Creator

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 believed in Heaven and God, so this was like consistent with those beliefs

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I felt that God is real and respect is important

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' a calming voice reason with me. It felt like telepathy was used.

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? Uncertain

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Uncertain. I believe in God and it felt like this was a definite step closer at the end of life

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Uncertain Knowing that there is definitely more after life on Earth

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

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes I just knew it, an awareness was evident

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? Yes Well that I was loved. I felt loved

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? No changes in my life

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 still remember it very clearly

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Uncertain I sometimes have good premonitions in dreams and acute feelings of just knowing when something is right

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The surprise at how calm and warm it felt.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I don’t remember

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 was a child

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I remember clearly

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Uncertain I had another accident with a NDE but it was very different

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? It was not scary, it saved my life and it impacted me

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Experience Description 9860:

In the afternoon, I was riding my bicycle home from school. I was wearing my school uniform, which was a top and skirt. Back then, we did not wear helmets. There was a section of busy traffic that I had to cross in my bicycle. I had to ride across two lanes of traffic at a street with four-way stop sign. I looked in both directions for cars, there was nothing coming so I pushed through to continue riding across. A vehicle came speeding up one of the lanes and drove right through the stop sign. The vehicle t-boned me sideways. I flew off my bicycle and into the air. My bicycle flew in the opposite direction. I went unconscious.

Then, I was floating above my body and could see myself lying on the road. There were people around me. I could clearly see the accident scene. Then I realized that I was out of my body. I did not feel any pain. I was feeling calm until I realized what was happening. When I became aware that it was my body below, I felt a slight panic. I thought that I better get back into my body! I was scared that my father would be angry at me because my bicycle was wrecked. I also felt a panic realizing that my skirt was up over my legs and I felt embarrassed. So immediately I felt my 'self' being sucked back into my body. Then I was in my body and physically conscious again.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1991

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes. Accident Life threatening event, but not clinical death

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Uncertain. 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? More consciousness and alertness than normal. Yes because I was out of my body. This didn’t seem to be relevant for a short while, like the experience was beyond my physicality

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I was floating above my body

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usua. Time was irrelevant but seemed slower

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. My vision seemed acutely focused

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. When I was floating above my body I could not hear the environment around me or the other people. It was like I was in a quieter space

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? 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? No

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Calm but then I panicked

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- Catholic I had left Catholic school from two years ago. I am non-practicing but still believing in God

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I know that how we behave really does matter and that our choices matter. Some day when we die, this will all make a difference in the end and decide my fate.

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Agnostic I believe in God the Creator

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. It was all overwhelming and it felt different; definitely not normal

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes This being my second NDE, I’m aware that I don't fear death because I know there’s definitely more to this life. Life lessons are important. What matters is to have closure, forgiveness, and to be a good person matters.

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? Uncertain. I felt safe, that I was being looked after somehow

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? Yes. I was aware that I was in a different reality and that I was not in the normal current situation

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. It was more like realization that what was happening would anger my father and scare my mother

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

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

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? I try to be kinder. I’m also more anxious, especially about keeping my own children safe.

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. Clearly

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 very good intuition and sometimes I have dreams that are premonitions of things that happen later on in reality. It’s weird because sometimes I don’t understand it until I see it in real life afterwards.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? In reflecting back, it is crazy to remember so vividly that floating outside my own body and that it was actually real

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I’ve never been shy about talking about these things

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes Well I had a NDE when I was 13 during another major car accident, but this was different

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. It was like being in a movie

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely rea. I still remember it very clearly

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? It was life changing

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? No

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