Parvaneh Possible NDE

Experience Description

The midterm holiday had just started. I packed my bags and happily left for my hometown. However, I was worried about my health because of sudden weight loss. I intended to go meet a doctor for a check-up. I finally met a doctor and got some testing done. I needed to do some tests with an empty stomach or eat lightly the day before the test. So, I hadn't eaten much the day before the test and I had nothing to eat on the morning testing.

A young nurse came to take the blood sample but couldn’t take it from my left hand. When she failed, I saw the blood and felt like fainting. Then she tried my right hand and again failed to take get a blood sample. I felt even more sick by seeing more of my blood. The nurse decided to try my left hand again. This time she found a good vein in the back of my left arm. I knew it would hurt more to take the sample from that part of my arm. But the nurse assured me not to worry.

As soon as the needle went into my arm, I lost my eyesight and couldn’t talk. Then, I lost all senses but hearing. I was in a dark place and there was a tiny light; almost a mix of yellow and orange. I could hear the nurse calling and shaking me. She was calling to her colleagues to help. But I was still in that dark place. I had a neutral feeling that was neither good nor bad. I couldn’t feel my feet. As I was getting closer to that light and getting used to the darkness, I suddenly felt a pain in the back of my hand due to the needle and my eyes were open again. I saw a few nurses and the supervisor of the lab. It was obvious they were really scared.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: Persian Date: 1395

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain. 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? Yes. 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 so light and unaware. I was just going toward the light without free will.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I was running to the light and doing my best to reach to it.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. It was like I was shot into the sky and immediately running to the light. I did not not care at all about the surroundings.

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. I had lost my physical eyesight. But when I entered the darkness, I could see the light.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I couldn’t hear anything. The experience was finished soon. And so far I remember, I couldn’t hear anything in that dark place.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? Yes, but the facts have not been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain. I was in a place without any structure or borders. It was an absolute darkness with a light at the far end. I can’t call it a 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. I don’t know. The only thing I saw was a tiny orange particle that got bigger and more yellow as I got closer to it.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place. The darkness in that place was so deep, that I was scared and happy at the same time. It was absolutely different from the darkness in this world.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? both pleasant and unpleasant.

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? Happiness

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? Other or several faiths. Shia Muslim

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Uncertain. I feel God closer to myself more than ever.

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant

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 never felt the kind of love I had during my experience in my lifetime on earth. I had never felt so much rush in getting something like how I felt when I was trying to reach the light. I've had hard times in my life and so many worries that made me feel very bad and engaged my soul, mind and body for awhile with bitterness. But this experience and that dark were unique.The fear I had at the time I entered the darkness is not comparable to the fears and worries of this world.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Uncertain. Now I have more faith in God.

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. But I didn’t think of that light to be anything but God.

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? An afterlife definitely exists. I didn’t hear specific sounds telling me that I entered into another world. But I felt like I must reach the light and If I could, then good things would happen to me.

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? Uncertain. I was feeling pretty good. When I entered the darkness, I was scared of so much darkness. But when I saw the light, the fear was gone. As I got closer to the light, I felt some feeling like love to the light more and more.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Unknown

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Uncertain. I was completely confused after I was back and I felt something important had happened to me. I had to ask other people why I failed to reach that light. But then I remembered all that happened because of the test and I thought maybe it was normal. So, I didn’t talk to others about it.

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.

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’m very happy to be blessed at meeting him. That light could not be anything but God.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes the very same day. Everyone was curious and shocked.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes there were people who were in coma state or they were fainted and unconscious and they told us the similar stories.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was probably not real

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely not real. I still remember it with all the details.

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? I do not have