https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1bill_w_nde.html

Bill W's NDE.

Sad/Grieving

Death is not something to fear. In July 2002, my oldest son age 21 died in car accident. I was there at his bedside. I could tell that even though he was in a coma, he was upset. I find it odd that I didn't feel the emotion that society says I should feel. Instead, I was telling him that I wished I could be going with him because it is a beautiful and wonderful place he was about to go to. My son's feeling of being so upset at not being able to finish all the things in life that he wanted to, turned to curiosity. He knew it was o.k. and let go.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1mandy_j_nde.html

Mandy J's NDE.

Sad/Grieving

when I was finally able to adjust my eyes to the light I looked around and I was in a beautiful huge area (maybe 5 to 8 football fields together) the grass was all green it smelled of roses and other flowers... I looked to my right and to my left then I looked in front of me and their were all my relatives and friends that had died and in the order they had died.

https://www.nderf.org/joann_m's_nde.htm

JoAnn M's NDE.

Concepts of love

My mission, I later found out, was to come back and love, to help people not fear death. I was told 'you haven't loved enough'.

https://www.nderf.org/mani_o's_nde.htm

Mani O's NDE

Nature of God

I flew into it. it was so amazing overwhelming it was like it so hard to explain it was though I was one with the world I knew everything I felt everything I was here and there it was as though as I one with the whole universe, it's just so beautiful words can't explain it.

https://www.nderf.org/vickie_m's_nde.htm

Vickie M's NDE.

Reality of afterlife

I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS LOOKING DOWN ON MYSELF FOR A BRIEF MOMENT AND THEN THERE WAS A REAL FEELING OF PEACE AND CALM. I WAS NO LONGER SCARED OR IN PAIN. I REMEMBER I WAS IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL AND VAST PLACE WITH STUNNING LANDSCAPES OF TREES LAKES AND WATERFALLS AND EVERYTHING WAS BLUE. THERE WERE PEOPLE AROUND ME, I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY AS I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THEM, I COULD JUST FEEL THEIR PRESENCE AND THE FEELING OF LOVE. THEY KNEW MY NAME AND THEY REASSURED ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT, PARTICULARLY ONE MAN WHO I BELIEVE COULD HAVE BEEN MY GRANDFATHER. HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN SO I DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.

https://www.nderf.org/mary_anne_f's_nde.htm

Mary Ann F's NDE.

Sad/Grieving

i was taken into a beautiful garden where the flowers were indescribable. i never seen flowers like that before. the aroma, well lets put it like this, i don't know how too put it into words. the love i felt there was so overwhelming. i did not want to go back, but i knew i had to.

https://www.nderf.org/don_a_nde.htm

Don A's NDE.

Reality of afterlife

I then began to feel a great love and a peace that was indescribable. It felt as if the light was lifting me. I closed my eyes for a moment and bathed in this love and great peace.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1bonnie_v_nde.html

Bonnie V's NDE.

Nature of God

All I know, is I went from being terribly bone deep chatteringly cold and bleeding in an ambulance, to the brightest and warmest place imaginable. These are not facile descriptors... the light was like an explosion of golden yellow, accompanied by the most exquisite warmth. It is not enough to say it enveloped me...it WAS me, a mellow sun, a languorous day, a paradise of contentment. All was one. It was the most sublime pleasure I have ever felt. I basked in this place, even as I thought... "I am dying"....

https://www.nderf.org/david_h's.htm

David H's NDE.

Anxious

So beautiful was his light, words cannot express. His light was like the rising sun. And like the sun he rose up from behind the mountains into the sky. Love poured into every part of my being and my soul was revitalized. The planet was also changing under His light. I saw parts of the mountains tear open and gush forth in the form of water falls. The dark clouds above my head shrank backward at an amazingly swift pace. God has come; His light is warm and welcoming. I had then reached a high level of calm and peace. Slowly as His light would shed across the land you could see grass come up out of the ground. Huge trees would tear out of the surface and stand tall before me. Birds of all kinds would fly about the sky. All of Gods creatures came out of the forest as if to greet me. This was the most grand welcome back home. Tears of joy and laughter are all of the words I can sum up from this experience. His light then grew extremely bright. I had been completely bathed in white light. God held me lovingly in his embrace for a time. His light grew brighter until I could barely see anything.

https://www.nderf.org/corina's_nde.htm

Corina's NDE.

Suffering

All and any abuse or pain that I experienced in my life, whether it be physical, emotional, or mental, was completely gone and in its place, an intense love, acceptance, devotion, and sense of well-being was put.

https://www.nderf.org/karen_d's_nde.htm

Karen D's NDE.

Anxious

I came back with the sense that everything on earth is just a passing thing --we've experienced horrible wars & many bad things happen in our world but we should just keep on going because even with all the heartache & horrors -they will pass & someday we will look back on this life like it were a dream-that none of it really happened -not saying that we all cant make our own individual lives to be the best that it can be & do as much as we can to make life better for as many lives as we can touch while we are here -but don't take it all so serious everyday -the best is really yet to come

https://www.nderf.org/jody_r's_nde.htm

Jody R's NDE 3/19/03 I

Reality of afterlife

I saw angels and I was flying and I saw the most beautiful beautiful place and it was really really real.

https://www.nderf.org/anne_s's_nde.htm

Anne S's NDE

Sad/Grieving

They will see deceased loved ones after their death. Approached a group of non material people clothed in long cotton type of clothes tied at waist, thought I vaguely saw my mother and father in the group of about 10 people.

https://www.nderf.org/deborah_le's_nde.htm

Deborah Le's NDE

Sad/Grieving

I looked over and saw a boy I had known in Junior High... Behind me (not really behind but I can't describe it any other way) were lots of people in a beautiful garden-park maybe 60 people, and they were all excited to see me, and I was sooo excited to see them, almost jumping up and down type of excitement. I knew I was in my "real" home...

https://www.nderf.org/jim_c's_nde.htm

Jim C's NDE

Nature of God

I felt this overwhelming presence next to me on my right side, like the Moon, but it was an intelligence. It radiated love, far beyond anything I had dreamed or heard of before, sort of like a father.

https://www.nderf.org/megan_m's_nde.htm

Megan M's NDE

Sad/Grieving

In the next instant I was in a place, garden with the most incredible array of brilliantly colored flowers where I met my mother who was deceased and another figure whom I did not recognize and the feeling of warmth and peace...

https://www.nderf.org/bobbi_p's_nde.htm

Bobbi P's NDE

Sad/Grieving

I saw colors I could never explain. A shade of red that I will never forget. Then visions of things that were so real. The visions of things and people that I could examine. It was so wonderful where I was, I wanted to stay... Colors that I never saw before, shapes, flora, beautiful objects and a wonderful feeling of contentment

https://www.nderf.org/archives_1998_2001.htm

Dr. George Rodonaia's NDE

Reality of afterlife

I was shocked to find that I still existed, but I didn't know where I was. The one thought that kept rolling through my mind was, 'How can I be when I'm not?' Then I remembered Descartes famous line: 'I think, therefore, I am.'

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1twenty_years_later.html

Twenty Years Later

Suffering

I became aware that I was totally without pain. I realized I had never in my life been without some kind of physical discomfort. It was such an overpowering awareness.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1teen_nde.html

Teen-Age NDE

Sad/Grieving

Suddenly all sensations vanished as I became aware of another dimension in space. The heavy worrisome thing vanished and I felt a really peaceful feeling like being back at home and soaking in love from a source that seemed familiar and warm. I know it sounds nutty, but it felt that I belonged to a part of the greatness of all there is in the universe. This place were I was defies mere words. It seems as if it always existed and is part of all things now and forever. I saw a beautiful purple place and felt the loving being

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1prisoner_nde.html

Prisoner NDE

Fearful/Afraid

I was standing barefoot in a beautiful mountain meadow, as a four-year-old. Holding my chubby little hand was the most beautiful man I had ever seen. A Greek God times a hundred! He had a glow that radiated love like the sun does light, and I knew I was safe with him. It was the most peaceful loving feeling I have ever known. We started walking along a path through the meadow, hand in hand. I knew that he was taking me somewhere specific, but that the walk was important, too. I was seeing such amazing things. Colors, shapes, smell, everything was so sharp and beautiful. It was like seeing for the first time. My guide enjoyed this walk as much as I did, pointing to new things and laughing at my enjoyment. The only sound he made was laughter, and it was as wonderful as everything else was. It was the rush of a mountain stream, a baby's first cry. Tinkling chimes and thunder. I will never be able to describe the sound.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1mary_nde.html

Mary's NDE

Fearful/Afraid

I finally came to the end and floated into a place which was overwhelmed by a radiant white light that seemed to embody all the concepts of love. A love which was unconditional and like a mother has for a child. It was definitely a warm joyful presence, the same one that drew me into the tunnel in the first place. It seemed like a giant force field or energy that radiated all the good and noble emotions known to man. I was mildly amused when a Nun appeared and begun to pray for me, asking God to forgive me. I knew I was already forgiven.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1diane_nde2.html

Diane's NDE

Sad/Grieving

And then HE (the Light) said "You are not being punished when I take your sons from you. You see, they are treasures so rare I can part with them no longer. And I use you to bring forth your sons for My Vanguard." And I seemed to understand.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1suicide_nde.html

Suicide's NDE

Sad/Grieving

This man who had given up to alcoholism and suicide, was shown love, support and the necessary information to help him. I was shocked to see a being of incredible beauty, radiating great love, great compassion and warmth. It was a being of beautiful, bright white light, which had silver threads emanating from the center. I was hesitant to say anything, and then I realized that my thoughts were being read by this incredible being of light.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1sarah_nde.html

Sarah's NDE

Fearful/Afraid

I learned that I am eternal and though I may experience many forms of death, I will always know who I am. I have nothing to fear, only more to experience and I am the one that ultimately chooses what I experience.

https://www.nderf.org/sherry_g's_nde.htm

Sherry G's NDE.

Significance of earthly life

Teach the world to play, teach them to rediscover the children in themselves, teach the children to love each other and find the power of using their unique greatness together.

https://www.nderf.org/diane_g's_nde.htm

Diane G's NDE

Sad/Grieving

Suddenly, we burst into the light and a whole new reality was revealed to me, similar to the physical world, but, in this higher vibration, more colorful, more beautiful, more amazing. I saw plants, trees, mountains, lakes, animals, and shimmering crystal-like buildings, some very large and ornate. I saw beings moving about, light beings, going about their daily lives. They don't have physical bodies, but they are distinct fields of energy. They don't walk, they float. They have lives much like ours, but without the struggles and sorrows. They are artists, musicians, dancers, singers, inventors, builders, healers, creators of magical things... things they will manifest in their next lifetime in the physical universe.

https://www.nderf.org/larry_l's_nde.htm

Larry L's NDE.

Nature of God

When I got to the light it was like all of a sudden, there was nothing but the most intense bright white all around me. I instantly realized the most peaceful, pain free, contented, euphoric state that I can imagine. God does exist, and I think God is the light that I saw and stood in.

https://www.nderf.org/waylan's_nde.htm

Waylan's NDE

Nature of God

It is impossible to explain the love God has for us. No one would ever voluntarily leave God.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1karen_s_nde.html

Karen S's NDE

Concepts of love

The overwhelming love and happiness of that place was so inviting. I could feel myself becoming lighter each moment. In a fit of fear and panic I began crying. No, I couldn't be dead. What would happen to my son? He was seven months old! He would never remember me. His father didn't even know how to take care of him. I didn't want him raised by his father's parents. No, no, no...this was not the time to go. So much patience was shown to me - so much love. My guides tried their hardest, they never gave up, they never became discouraged. It is unbelievable the amount of patience and love they exuded.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1jean_nde.html

Jean's NDE

Significance of earthly life

It was like a vast march of people from different times with different world-views, all working together. Like removing the top of a gigantic piece of machinery and observing all the wheels, cogs and pulleys working together. On the surface we see none of this, but take off the top and we can see it.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1sammy_nde.html

Sammy's NDE.

Sad/Grieving

As I moved toward the light, my first wife (NDERF note: His first wife was deceased) intercepted me. She was happy to see me but concerned because it was not time for me to be there. I knew she was happy and contented in her present form. I don't remember her telling me any of that. I just knew it. The experience closed the pain and anger I felt at losing my first wife. I have made my peace with the powers that run this life.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_m_nde.html

Lisa M's NDE.

Sad/Grieving

In the midst of the light, stood a male figure. It was radiating this light, and radiating this totally unearthly complete unconditional Love. I was embraced by this being, or enveloped in its light, which felt like an embrace. Suddenly I remembered this place. This was my home, the place that was really my home, and I wondered how I could've ever forgotten about it. I felt as though after a long, difficult journey in a foreign country I finally had come home, and the being of light who was there before me was the being that knew me better than anyone else in creation. I was surrounded by other beings, or people, who I felt as though I 'recognized.' These beings were like family, old friends, who'd been with me for an eternity. I can best describe them as my spiritual, or soul family. Meeting these beings was like reuniting with the most important people in ones life, after a long separation. There was an explosion of love and joy on seeing each other again between us all.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1india_physician_nde.html

India Physician's NDE.

Nature of God

I pleaded for an answer to the riddle of Life as that thought had fully engrossed me! There was a beautiful vision of stars roaring past me. At the centre of all that tumult was a glowing light. Each star appeared to be a minute centre of consciousness. It was merging into & emerging from the central consciousness as desired by that cosmic WILL which shone like a very huge sun!

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1august_probable_nde.html

August's NDE.

Nature of God

Upon seeing this shimmering Light that is indescribably beautiful, I had a revelation. This Light is not, in the strictest sense, "God" in the traditional meaning of the bibles of various religions, including Christianity. This Light, which is an energy gestalt, is an aggregation of many multitudes of immortal souls from all walks of life, e.g., plants, mammals, fish, and is collectively a life-force. This Light is a life-force from which all life is originated, and is neither a single entity, for each immortal soul is part of "God," nor multiple entities, for each immortal soul is but a part of the collective entity, i.e., this Light is in a broad sense a single "God"

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1barbara_nde.html

Barbara's NDE.

Nature of God

SUDDENLY I WAS SURROUNDED BY PROFOUND PEACE, AND WARMTH AND LOVE. THE "SITUATION" WAS SO MAGNETIC AND AND THE FEELING OF LOVE INTENSE. I WAS NOT AFRAID--I FELT AT HOME AND AT PEACE. THE INTENSE PRESENCE OF LOVE SURROUNDED ME.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1jennifer_nde.html

Jennifer's NDE.

Reality of afterlife

When I was nearly in the light, if such a thing can be described as such, I had stopped and was floating in front of a figure which looked human, though the background light was so bright that no face could be made out. The arms were held out as if to embrace me and I wanted nothing more than to be in that light. I experienced an acceptance and love unparalleled by anything on earth.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_b_nde.html

57. S's NDE.

Fearful/Afraid

I could only serve this purpose if I lost my fears- of rejection, not being liked for the stands I took, other people having control of things (only we do), etc. And then I could act out of pure love- no complications or compromises.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1valerie_nde.html

Valerie's NDE.

Anxious

I UNDERSTAND THINGS ABOUT JUDGMENT AND THE PERFECT JUDGMENT WE ARE TO JUDGE OURSELVES

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_g_nde.html

Michael G's NDE.

Relationships

Gay couple, experience love and acceptance.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1duane_nde.html

Duane's NDE.

Concepts of love

I knew was with my heavenly father for I could feel his love emanating from a point up and to my left just behind me. A love that reminded me of the peace and contentment one feels as a small child being rocked gently in the arms of their mother after a perfect day.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1jerry_b_nde.html

Jerry B's NDE.

Sad/Grieving

What GOD showed me that day, there are not enough word on earth to tell you, but I will do my best with want words I have. There was the most beautiful gate, where we saw my parents, grandparent who had died a long time ago. One person I didn't know, but he told me he loved me too. They all said they are fine, and would wait for me to come back. We went on in . It seemed like ever thing was in a room, but you could see forever. You would be in one place then in a second you was some where else. There was so much to see the clearest rivers and streams. The water was crystal clear. The sky was so blue the grass so green, when you walked in the grass you didn't leave footprints. The most beautiful music you have ever heard . The flowers were the most beautiful I had ever seen. I didn't see any person who was sick, or cripple, or looked unhappy.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1joanna_nde.html

Joanna's NDE.

Fearful/Afraid

was in an atmosphere of the best feeling I have ever had in my life. I was continuing further and further deeper and deeper into the area I was in. Never have I seen or even imagined a place of such purity and peace. Serenity tranquility and a calm I have never known before was present there. I could tell there was no illness Pain or Suffering of any kind there. Nothing at all negative was anywhere in the area. Nothing bad or evil was there. The more I looked around the better things seemed to be getting. I do remember feeling and saying out loud Awe because I was Awestruck. As I looked ahead I saw the softest of white I had ever seen. It was spread out as far as my eyes could see. It seemed to go on for miles in length and width. I was amazed and kept looking ahead and I started to see the color of a light bluish gray in the bottom of the soft whiteness. As I drifted on I started to make out that the color I could see was really the silhouettes of people. Big Small Young Old there were no races to anyone because they were all silhouettes. There were many of them there. So many not to be able to count them. There was a sense of unconditional love all around.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1val_nde.html

Val's NDE.

Sad/Grieving

There was a Christ-like figure standing in the doorway, with the light surrounding him/her. I did not receive any direct communication just a deep feeling of love and peace and welcoming. More than anything I wanted to join this being in the light, but was held back my Mom from completing the journey "into the Light". This could help some people with feelings of saddness and grieving over a loss, or their own impending death.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1gary_d_nde.html

Gary D's NDE

Sad/Grieving

His longing to cross over should assure the grieving that those who have crossed over have attained that which was longed for so much.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1gina_nde.html

Gina's NDE.

Reality of afterlife

The next thing I knew, I was passing through a tunnel towards a beautiful bright light that was so peaceful. I was meet by moving forms, that were pure energy. It was a beautiful loving place. I remember loving it there and was astounded by the love that I was receiving. I reviewed my life and I did the judging. I went back to about 2 years old. I know I was given all types of information, but I don't know what it is. sometimes, I just know things and I don't know how I know them...almost another sense.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1debra_nde.html

Debra's NDE.

Sad/Grieving

I think the best part of the immediate experience was the feeling of total peace and tranquility and seeing the love light of God. I just knew that all was going to be OK and that they too would be OK. There was a great sense of peace and relief. Like all worries or responsibilities did not exist or were meaningless. I knew I was with my God...

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1ch_nde.html

Chae's NDE

Reality of afterlife

We looked at each other and smiled and then two guys dressed in the same thing as her approached us and welcomed and greeted me. Everyone made me feel so at home and I wanted so much to go with them. I was looking forward to it and I didn't care about my life behind me because I knew that everyone would be alright with my decision to stay with these nice beings.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1anne_nde.html

Anne's NDE.

Relationships

I learned that we must love above all things in this life. And our actions are accountable by our minute to minute actions and responses to one another and that our lives are so very interdependent upon one another and one life is very important in the cycle of life.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1larry_nde.html

Larry's NDE.

Relationships

That when I get back to wherever I'm going, I'm going to take life more serious. In other words, don't wake up in the morning and see a bird and take that poor little bird for granted. Before, when people would talk to me I would say, 'Yeah, okay'' But now when people talk to me, I listen to every word they say. I have more compassion for people. I don't take things for granted any more. This will sound like I'm contradicting myself. I used to hear what I wanted to hear. But now I listen to everything you say. And I don't look at a bird as a bird, I look at a bird as a human.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1bill_v_nde.html

Bill V's NDE.

Reality of afterlife

As the strands of electricity touched me, I felt instantly as if I knew everything, experienced the whole of creation. No heaven like what the Christian philosophy or any other religion states, no hell, just the purity of the universe as a whole. The energy there was NOT only "human" in nature, all of the life here on earth was there that had been past and present, which to me, explained the concepts of human reproduction and the feelings that some people get about reincarnation.

https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1analisa_d_nde.html

Analisa D's NDE

Sad/Grieving

All I remember was that I was in the hospital room, and all of a sudden I was surrounded by this bright yellowish-white, almost golden light. It was brighter off into the distance, and I was seeing this light as though it were superimposed over the landscape out the window. All of a sudden, I was somehow being pulled towards this light, and it was the most indescribable feeling of peace and love I had ever experienced. It was pure ecstasy. My heart was alive, it felt as though I had streams of cool endlessly flowing water running through it and it was the most exhilarating feeling! I never wanted the feeling to stop and I was so happy!! (for the first time in my life!) I was just enthralled and in this state for what felt like a long time and a short time all at once. It were as though all knowledge was being poured through me, that nothing was being held back. I was so loved, and all of my questions were being answered.