Sue V NDE-Like

Experience Description:

I was driving home from work, alone in my car. I had come to a place near the water that I love. I remember thinking that it was a beautiful place to be. I was then in outer space and could 'see' (not with my eyes but with another sense) the stars and all the heavenly bodies forming and stretching across the sky from the beginning of time to eternity very quickly. At the same time, I was aware of all things from the smallest organism to the biggest happenings of outer space.

I had a 'knowing' of everything and anything. Above my head and to my right a bright light (not blinding but brighter than any light I have known) flowed quickly towards and over me engulfing me and all the other souls in the universe and down on earth (which I was fully aware of entirely). Simultaneously, the light was also this complete LOVE. It was a type of love that cannot be described as it is not like anything I have ever known. The love came with the light. It was received and given at the same time. It spread from what I instantly knew was God to encompass everything in the universe and beyond. The love was like bliss and so complete that there was no room for anything else. (No room for evil.)

I had a strong message (no words were spoken) that what I was doing was the right thing to do, and that I didn't need to do anything other than what I did. During the experience, I had no sensation of a body at all. I felt one with the universe. Next, I was back in my body and still driving my car at the very same spot that I had been before the experience began. The experience seemed like it could have lasted about ten minutes, but there was no sense of time really. I have felt that I was 'shown' more than I can remember. Also, I feel that where I was, was home, and that I am only visiting earth for a purpose. I feel that I know the purpose but that I just cannot remember it.

Since this experience, I have no interest in earthly possessions, I am not afraid to die, I love everyone and do not know how to hate. Forgiveness is easy and right-ness is a must. Peace in the world is possible if only everyone could have a similar experience to see this kind of love. No words can describe it. I find I cannot explain it to my friends and family. Each person must have the experience themselves.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: Sometime about 2003 or 2004

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Just driving home from a day at work Other 'Strangely, I was driving. No known illness. No drugs. Possibly tired after work.' Never, in fact I felt like I was being 'told' that all I was doing was the right thing to do.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Wonderful

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I lost awareness of my body

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 Another sense.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I cannot answer this question because I felt conscious the whole time. I was either conscious of being in the car or conscious of being in space, or in the light or in the love or back in the car and on earth again.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening all at once There seemed to be no time. Everything happened at once.

Were your senses more vivid than usual? Incredibly more so

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I didn't see anything with my eyes. I didn't feel anything. I didn't hear anything. It was like I had another sense.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. No hearing with my ears. I didn't have a body.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Neither

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? Sensed their presence

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes I felt other beings everywhere. We were all part of each other and the light and the love. It is too hard to describe in words.

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 The light came down and flooded me then the rest of everything until there was no room for anything else. The light and the love where the same thing.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Clearly mystical or unearthly realm Another dimension in outer space.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Love. Bliss.

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? United, one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe

Did scenes from your past come back to you? Neither I felt I was being shown the universe and the world from the beginning of time to eternity. I learnt that I knew why I was here on earth.

Did scenes from the future come to you? From the world's future Just a general awareness of the universal future. I don't remember it except that it was happening as it should.

Did you come to a border or point of no return? Neither

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Liberal None (anti religion)

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I understand all religions, good and bad.

What is your religion now? Liberal I believe in a universal god

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I understand all religions, good and bad.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? Definite being, or voice clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? Sensed their presence

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes I feel like I was shown everything there is to know. Or even that I already knew everything that there is to know but that I had forgotten it.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I am more tolerant, more understanding, more humble, more forgiving, more loving.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes No words can fully describe it. Nothing was seen, heard, or felt. It was a 'knowing'.

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? Everything was right.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Only two people. A friend and my sister who didn't say much. It took me about a year to tell anyone. At first, I decided it was personal and too hard to describe. I still think that it is.

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 just accepted it as something that happened to me. I didn't realize how widespread it was until I tried to research it. It didn't occur to me that it was so similar to a near death experience for three years.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real The whole experience was so foreign to my senses that I could not have dreamt it.

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? Has anyone else had the experience without a near death?