Experience Description

I was clinically dead for twenty seven seconds. I was raising and there were plenty of people around me making faces. Then a huge hand took me and I went up at top speed. And there they told me: you have to pray for Isr'l. I'm believing, but not practicing. I woke up while still praying.

By contrast in September 2012, I was half here and half up there. My grandson, who was with me at the time, called the fire brigade. I woke up at the hospital three hours later, having no memory of what happened. A Doppler encephalogram was made. Some psychiatrists or psychologists went and asked questions that I always answered correctly. I asked them what I had but they didn’t know.

It is the third time that I experienced something similar but each time there is no memory of what happened. On the other hand, when I had my near death experience I remembered everything.

I would like to know if there are other people who experienced the same thing. Do those people have memories about it? For me it's like a black hole.

Why am I made to leave my body and why am I not able to control those absences? Who can help me with this?

I do not understand why I have no memory each time I leave my body, but when I was clinically dead I remembered almost everything.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: sepembre 2002

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No Surgery-related. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function or brain function)

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No 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

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I don’t know since I was under anesthetics for the operation.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual The hand took me away with a very great speed; I never knew something like that.

Were your senses more vivid than usual? Incredibly more vivid

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. My vision was totally clear.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. There was no noise at all.

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? I sensed their presence

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? Some unfamiliar and strange place A huge hand caught me and took me up there at a high speed, because I shouldn't stay on the lower astral level.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt completely well and relaxed.

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? 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 importance did you place on your religious/spiritual life prior to your experience? Greatly important to me

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Catholic croyante mais non pratiquante

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What importance do you place on your religious/spiritual life after your experience? Greatly important to me

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic

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

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I am sure that somebody is waiting for us after we die.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin I clearly heard a voice that asked me to pray for Isr'l.

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I sensed their presence

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

Did you believe in the existence of God prior to your experience? God definitely exists

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes la main immense qui ma soulevé pour prier

Do you believe in the existence of God after your experience? God definitely exists

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:


During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes The inner conviction that a supreme being is waiting for you after death.

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are meaningful and significant

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

Did you believe in an afterlife prior to your experience? An afterlife definitely exists

Do you believe in an afterlife after your experience? An afterlife definitely exists Yes j'ai quitté mon corps physique, mais je vivais encore sur une autre dimension

Did you fear death prior to your experience? I greatly feared death

Do you fear death after your experience? Unknown

Were you fearful living your life prior to your experience? Not fearful in living my earthly life

Were you fearful living your life after your experience? Not fearful in living my earthly life

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are meaningful and significant

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant after your experience? Are meaningful and significant

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

Were you compassionate prior to your experience? Greatly compassionate toward others

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes a l'époque Israël vivait une période difficile et on m'a demandé de prier pour eux, donc c'est une forme d'amour

Were you compassionate after your experience? Greatly compassionate toward others

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

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No 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

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes My recoveries are more spectacular and I have the impression that when I say that something will happen it happens.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I told several people with conviction. They listened to me and for sure they believed me.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes I read books.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real

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