Zoila V NDE

Experience Description

It was the spring before my 11th birthday. My aunt was babysitting me and my siblings. We lived in an apartment building with a multi-deck garage. O that day my aunt took us outside to play. I took my bicycle to the top tier of the garage and proceeded to go down the ramps. Once down the first ramp, I turned onto the flat surface and pedaled as fast as possible so that I could fly down the next ramp. I was going pretty fast when I tried to squeeze my brakes to slow down so that I could make the next turn. I realized then that I had no brakes. I could not make the turn and instead I hit a parked car. I landed to the side of the car, no knowing what happened. I felt like if I was found in this situation, that I would be in trouble.

As soon as I could get on my feet, I picked my bike up. The front tire and spokes were really bent out of shape. I walked my bike out of the garage parking and saw my aunt smoking a cigarette on a bench. I was in tears. I went right up to her and told her I fell off my bike. I didn’t notice if I was in trouble or not because everything was very hazy. She gathered my sister and brother together so that we can go upstairs. I remember that we were all in the elevator. The next memory was of her helping me of with my clothes to put me on the shower. Then, I remember that she told me that she had to call my parents. My parents owned a dry cleaners. I knew if they came home for this, they would be mad.

My next recollection was being on the pediatrician's table and a pen light shining in my eyes. I do not know if I was conscious when he told my parents to take me to the hospital. I don’t know how long I was unconscious for and there is no paperwork on this. While I was unconscious, I could hear people in my room and I heard their conversations. I heard the doctor say to my dad that if I didn’t wake up, then the injury was more severe and that testing was needed. Then I heard arguing.

Suddenly, I saw the room and my mom was storming out of the door. I saw my dad seated by the bed. I saw his bald spot at the top of his head, as I realized that I saw everything looking from the ceiling and downwards. Then, I felt like I was vacuumed out of the hospital room and into a brilliant light. This warm light enveloped me. I thought I should be afraid, but the light surrounding me was comforting and peaceful. It felt like a hug, full of love. Then, I started to travel through the light at such speed. This might be a tunnel if it had a form. What I saw was light, all around me. I could almost see 'speed'. Finally, I landed. I was floating in this 'nowhere' but I could feel love. It’s a love that I had never felt before. I have trouble saying that I have felt love like that since. It was peace, acceptance, kindness, safety, a feeling of being happy, and being home.

That’s when I took notice of two very tall stacks of radiant light. Suddenly, I was in front of the lights as they spoke to me. While I didn’t see a body, there were some features that I could make out through the light. I understood them telepathically. I asked if I was going to see God. The lights were friendly and kind. They told me that I was not going to see God, but asked me if I felt God. I said that I did! Through this conversation, I could hear my dad calling me. He was crying and telling me to open my eyes. I paused my conversation. Then I continued again because I was so thrilled with where I was. The Beings said to me, 'Now you will see your grandmother who will take you to where you will go next'. From behind them, appeared an older woman. Immediately I spoke out and said, 'This is not my grandmother. My grandmothers are not here. They’re alive.' The Beings almost chuckled and said, 'Look again.' I looked and looked and then I knew exactly that she was my grandmother; not of this lifetime but she was my grandmother. I embraced her with all the longing that you would imagine having if you saw a deceased loved one. I was incredibly happy!

Again, I then heard my dad calling me to wake up. This time I heard him much clearer. As I was holding onto my grandmother I said, 'He’s my father. He's calling me. I have to go.' I turned to the Beings and asked them if I could go back. They smiled as said that I could. I asked them what would happen if I chose to leave. They were very kind and said that I could go and I would be back here again someday. No sooner that I said 'yes', I felt that I was back in my body.

I heard my dad say that I needed to open my eyes. I tried but couldn’t. Finally, I must have opened my eyes because he was happy and kissing me. He was calling out of the door for someone to come. Later, I told my dad what happened to me. I told him that I saw him wearing his red polo shirt from above. He said he believed me, but he wanted me to not talk about this to anyone. I did just that.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 05/08/1986

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Accident Direct head injury Illness, trauma or other condition not considered life threatening

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I heard my parents arguing in my hospital room and I asked my dad if that happened. He said it had. I asked him also if he was sitting by my bed talking to me, he verified that. I saw he was wearing a red polo shirt when I was over the room and which is what he was wearing when I opened my eyes. 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 could understand telepathically what I was being told about where I was. I was conscious of God the whole time. He was present, even though I didn’t see him.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? Yes

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 I did not feel time. I could have been where I was for seconds or decades. I don’t know.

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. Physically my vision remained the same

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I heard what was being said telepathically, which I never experienced again

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes I travelled at extremely high velocity through light.

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

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes I became aware of a grandmother that the Beings said was my grandmother. I was conscious of my grandmothers of my lifetime being on Earth and alive. Who I reunited with was my grandmother of a past time.

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 that surrounded me in the tunnel that I traveled through was warm and I felt and maybe even saw the speed. The two beings were each a tall stack of light. I could barely see facial features but I knew they were there. They were brilliant gold and white stacks of light.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm The was nothing but love. I wasn’t really in a place but experienced Gods love and presence, though I did not see God.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Tranquility, safety, confusion, Happiness, I felt God's presence and love, there was no judgment whatsoever. I felt I had arrived where I was supposed to be. I felt home.

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? 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 definite conscious decision to return to life. I heard my dad calling, at first from a very distant place. When his voice became clearer and I asked the being if I could return, they said I could. I was then told that I would return someday.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Other Christian

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 went to Catholic school and learned about God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, Mary, Angels who had wings and fought demons. Heaven, where I believe I was did not have this. I felt God but didn’t see him. I was not judged in any way. I believe the stacks of lights were angels that represented God. Maybe when I die, I will know everything; but this is all I know right now.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I am certain that God is everything. No matter what I do, I will not be judged and I will be accepted. He is my father. He is all the love and light. There is nothing to fear because he knows everything.

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. There were two Beings of incredible brilliant bright light. The light stacks were so much tall than what I felt. I did not feel myself in a physical body, and yet I was able to hug a grandmother that I later recognized was my grandmother that I did not recognize. She was in human form.

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? Yes I saw my grandmother of a past life; therefore, I must have had a past life.

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 I did not see God but I felt him in me and all around me. The being confirmed that this was 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? Yes My grandmother of another lifetime came to greet me and take me to the next place.

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 There is no love that we know as deep and as pure as Gods love. In his presence everything that makes up your being is directly connected and part of his being. You may experience love on earth, but this is much different and I’m not able to describe it adequately.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Slight changes in my life. I cannot make any sense of numbers, even simple math. I have had perception or knowledge of things that hadn’t happened yet on occasion. I have felt my dad’s soul pass before I could reach the hospital. I have felt his presence until I said he can go. I doubt myself on this, but then again I don’t.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes The magnitude of the love that God is, is not a worldly love. There are no words to express the immense love and care that he has.

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 Well, I was young so I didn’t have to many other life experiences that were noteworthy. After my experience I also didn’t have to much worry about things going on here in life. It’s more or less fluid, will change momentarily, sometimes not very important.

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 saw my godfathers death of a drug overdose that occurred in my grandmother’s (this grandmother of this life) bathroom as a series of snapshots. Scenes that appeared to my minds vision that turned out to be accurate. This was before my father told us he had passed. I actually told him and he took a minute then said yes, that’s what happened. I have had my grandmother (of this lifetime) visit me. I knew it was her because my phone rang and the caller id said mima. I was sleeping so I dismissed it saying to myself it didn’t say Mima, it said mami and i would return her call in the morning. My room suddenly and strongly filled with the scent of my grandmother's house. I sat up and was scared. I spoke to my grandmother and told her I was scared and didn’t want to see her. I spoke with God and asked that he only let me see what he wants me to see in dreams, not real life. Later in life when I started dating someone after my divorce I had a dream. In my dream I kept seeing 'J' flashing and flashing. I told him someone whose name starts with a J would come between us. Three years later we broke up because a friend of his, Jennifer did tear us apart. I was actually friends with her and didn’t put this together until afterwards. There’s been a handful of things that I have had awareness of. This is a gift from God. A window that he allows me to glimpse from every once in a while.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? When anyone passes, I feel comforted knowing that they really are in a better place.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes My dad was the only person that I spoke with when this happened. He made me understand that it sounds crazy, and to keep this to myself even if he believed me. I didn’t speak to anyone else even after having read about near death experiences as an adult….because how do I explain that I probably had a bad concussion and not real death. I have since told my sister who said I was probably drugged at the hospital. I’ve told a friend who found it interesting.

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 After this happened I knew that what I had experienced was real. That if I kept it to myself, it’s mine and I needed to keep this knowledge fresh and alive for me throughout my life.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real I feel the same way that I have always felt. It happened. I’ve read many accounts and it’s actually happened to others in many similar ways.

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? Nothing to offer

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