YEAH!  All NDEs ever submitted to NDERF since 1998 have now been posted! 1/13/2008

Mieke NDE  English expanded version  5/8/2008  From the Netherlands, Original in Dutch translated to English by Annelies. An acquaintance who was using drugs at the time flipped and turned on me.  He put both his hands around my neck and started to strangle me.  I tried to fight him as best as I could but I couldn't prevent him pushing backwards He pushed me into a closet. At a certain point I "went" , I saw myself "leave" and then everything went black.  Then all of a sudden there was light on the left and darkness on the right. A pleasant male voice asked: Mieke. do you choose the light or do you choose the darkness?  I said: I choose the light. And then it seemed the light filled my body and it went through me into the boy who was strangling me. He let me go at once and apologized.
Shared experience - the strangler let go when he felt the light go from her body to his arm.

Juan Carlos NDE  English expanded version  5/7/2008  From Columbia, Original in Spanish translated to English by Rio.  I could only think: "It's over," and I began entering into a tunnel of light, with a much greater and brighter light towards the back.  As I went into the tunnel, I didn't want to go back.  This could have been a phenomenon associated with the lack of oxygen, but the most astonishing thing is that at a certain point I saw myself on top of the water and I could swim toward the riverbank, leaving more than 200 companions who were with me astonished.  I thought someone had pushed me towards the surface but nobody knew who it was, nobody had an explanation.  The only sure thing is that I felt frustrated because I didn't want them to take me from there.  It was a marvelous and unforgettable experience.
Teenage drowning NDE.

George T NDE  English expanded version  5/6/2008  From Romania, Original in Romanian translated to English by Mariana.  I saw next to me two sturdy men who took me in their arms in order to transport me to the ambulance, they looked very tall and very bright – afterwards I found out that I had been walking to the ambulance on the arm of this nurse who helped me, also I was told that I had been laying at the back of the ambulance all the way to the hospital, but I remember being in front, next to the driver, I even felt the breeze on my face, at the same time I could not understand why he did not answer me – after some time we arrived at the hospital, and I saw everything they did in order to resuscitate me, at the same time I went down the hallway to speak with this man who was covered in blood and was trying to get up from the floor, I helped him and I asked him what had happened to him, he told me he overdosed in order to take his own life, but now he couldn’t move and no one was helping him, I think once in a while I was back in my body for a second or so and I could see everything around me but did not understand. This is a short description of what happened to me during my first NDE.
NDE from Suicide Attempt.

Christine A NDE  English expanded version  5/3/2008  The first scene I remember was that I was in my apartment bedroom (where my body lay).  My ceiling light was on and my body lie near the right side of my bed.  I was on the left side of my bed, not up in the air, yet not on the ground either.  I saw several people knelt down around my body, so I couldn't really even see myself.  The people wore dark clothing, so I'm assuming they were police.  I think I saw one person with a white shirt (EMT?).  While I was watching the 'event' I was with two of my deceased relatives: my grandfather's cousin, Aunt Kate (who was more like a grandmother to me); and my Uncle Harry.  In life, these were really the only two members of my family (besides my mother) that I was close to.  I loved them very, very much.  I don't remember ANY strong emotion at all during the NDE.  In fact, I felt almost emotionally detached from what was going on.  I was not elated, I was not frightened nor angry, etc. Just peaceful, calm, and almost like accepting.  But I 'knew' why Kate and Harry were there.  I knew that they were going to take me somewhere. 
NDE due to heart arrhythmia as a result of chemotherapy for leukemia.

Angela P NDE & Meditation  English expanded version  5/3/2008  From Tasmania I looked up and thought to myself that I was sure that I had turned the light off, when I had gone to be. I thought the light was coming closer to me and then thought I was dreaming. I looked down and saw myself and the sunshine through the window and realized I was not moving. I struggled inside me to move but could not until I heard this gasping sound which accompanied my arms moving and I opened my eyes and I could still hear this gasping when I realized it was the rush of air into my lungs. I was so terrified and utterly exhausted. I was surprised to find myself on the floor and lay down on the bed and slept.
NDE due to allergic reaction and meditation experience.

Carol M NDE & Possible NDE English expanded version  4/29/2008 From Saudi Arabia Original in Spanish, translated to English by Rio.  I began seeing everything white around me, like this blank page to write on.  At the same time I felt a presence as if someone was with me and began explaining to me about  some doubts I had at one time.  Not with words, but with images and perhaps telepathy since I do not remember hearing a voice.  But I could understand everything he said and it was all so clear and obvious that I wondered how I could not have understood this before and that my mother would also be happy to know it.  I understood that everything good and bad happened for a purpose.  That God hopes the devil will understand that God is so good that notwithstanding all the bad the devil does God is unable to cause harm to him.  When the devil understands such great love, this whole world system will come to an end and all will know this other world that people such as I try  to describe so poorly. I understood that God is everywhere because the material world hides what scientists so earnestly seek, even the smallest part of material creation is God.
Experiencer has a masters degree, born in Bolivia, and living in Saudi Arabia where the experience occurred.  The experience during child birth is a possible NDE, but the drowning experience when she was 16 is a NDE.

DW Experience English expanded version  4/27/2008 I loved it, but it had loved me first and I loved it for loving me. I wish that I could explain how precious that was to me; To be wanted when I didn't even want myself. I had just killed me. To be told I was not only desired as one to love, but that it wanted me to love it. That I was sought out in such a way by one so loving was more than I could understand. What greater love is there than a love that reaches out to you and says, "I will always love you", then shows you all they are, not knowing if, in the telling, something will make you judge them someone you can't love. It made itself vulnerable to my rejection. How could I not love a being that trusted me with all of it's true self? That being already KNEW me before I arrived there. It chose to love me and wanted me to love it, KNOWING all of it. I wasn't asked to love blindly. I was showed the self that wanted me to love it. It wanted to be chosen by me as one that I would love. It had loved me before I was human, it loved me before I was born, it loved me being back with it, but most of all, it loved that I loved it, too. It was joy filled that I loved it. I was in a state of bliss from the love we shared. So was my new friend, the Divine Loving Being. Our perfect understanding in complete Love was, and could only be, Divine. I was HOME. That is what it felt like, the ultimate homecoming. I was where I was meant to be. I fit perfectly there. I was so glad to be there, loving with that being. "It was where I was meant to be" is as close as I can put it. To be together with that other, loving self was the perfect place for me to exist.
NDE due to suicide attempt.  Note From Dr. Jeff: "This is among the most profound NDEs ever shared.  I encourage EVERYONE to read this."

Bonnie J Experience English expanded version  4/27/2008 The next thing I sensed was a surreal feeling of floating high, high in the sky.  I had all of my senses though I felt I no longer had a body. All around me was bright, bright light and I sensed so much love I felt as if I'd never ever felt before - quiet, peace, serene contentment, no pain, now worry, just a tremendous sense of BEING - of me BEING.  I hear (sensed) love, joy, peace, contentment. I floated without seeing anyone (relatives that had passed away).  But, if this makes sense, I FELT God's presence. Then I sensed (heard - I hesitate to describe the event with our human terms because I never HEARD anything yet I know I was asked) a question. The question was:  'Are you ready Joyce?'.  I struggled with the answer and then I was shown my graveside.  The grass around my burial plot was vivid, vivid green, the sky was blue, there was a gentle breeze - I even heard a bird sing. People were leaving the coffin for their cars.  The only 3 people left by my coffin were my husband, my daughter then aged 3 and my son then aged 17 months. AT THAT MOMENT I KNEW I could not leave my children - I telepathed my answer, "NO".
NDE due to boating accident.

Sylvia P Experience English expanded version  4/24/2008  I believe this occurred during the emergency, exploratory surgery to save my life.  I later found out that during the surgery my body started to 'shut down.'  My experience was that I was in the dark, lying down, but I felt very comfortable.  I was experiencing total comfort and not afraid in any way.  A figure walked in ( although dark, I could see him).  He was someone that I had know as an acquaintace all my life and about the age my father would have been.  This person had passed away several years ago.  He sat down beside me, not facing me, and reached for and held my hand.  After some period of time he tugged on my hand and I said, "I am not ready to go with you." He very gently paced my hand back by my side, and walked into the darkness very slowly.  He never said a word nor did he turn his face to me, but I knew him.  After he left, I remember nothing until I woke up the next day on the ventilator.
NDE associated with surgery.

Kathleen S Experience English expanded version  4/24/2008  TOOK AN OVERDOSE OF INSULIN. I THEN PASSED OUT AND LLOYD PUT ME IN THE CAR AND TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL. I DO NOT REMEMBER ANY OF THIS BUT I REMEMBER WAKING UP WITH MYSELF SITTING IN THE CORNER AND WATCHING A SHEET BEING PULLED OVER MY HEAD AND THEN MY SPIRIT FOLLOWED THE DOCTOR OUTSIDE INTO THE WAITING ROOM AND THE   DOCTOR TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT I HAD 2 HEART ATTACKS IN 5 MINUTES AND I DIED. MY SPIRIT THEN FOLLOWED MY HUSBAND OUTSIDE AND HE PUNCHED THE BUILDING AND SCREAMED NO, NO, NO AND HE SCREAMED AT THE SKY AND SAID WHY GOD WHY? I REMEMBER MY UNCLE RICHARD MY AUNT MARY AND MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA WERE WAITING FOR ME WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE WHITE LIGHT. THEY SAID YOU NEED TO GO BACK BECAUSE YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR FAMILY NEED YOU HERE ON EARTH NOT IN HEAVEN YET. IT WAS A VERY NICE RIDE THROUGH THE WHITE LIGHT AND I DID NOT WANT TO COME BACK
NDE due to insulin overdose.

Sandra H Experience English expanded version  4/24/2008  I was then floating down the river on my back but I was watching myself from above rather than actually experiencing what I saw.  I could see myself gurgling and coughing up water but it was immediately being replaced by new waves of water and I looked as though I was choking while trying to breathe.  Watching the water fill and float across my open mouth looked odd to me from my aerial view but I couldn’t quite figure out why; it was like watching a movie in slow motion.  I remember telling myself to try to calm down and take calm breaths.  I knew I was supposed to turn my body so that my feet were pointing down stream and to use my arms as ballast but I didn't maneuver and I couldn’t really figure out why I wasn’t doing what I had been taught.  I could see my toes sticking above the water but my arms were completely at the mercy of the rapids as they hung at my sides quite a bit under the water.  Although I was being bumped around a lot, I couldn't see anything from my physical body and it seemed to be very quiet as I was floating head first down the river.
NDE due to drowning.

Jenny E Experience English expanded version  4/24/2008 While in the throes of a bad car accident, my deceased grandfather (that I was extremely close to) came to me.  At the time, I was 22 years old and working in Manhattan. I was just about to rent my first apartment away from my family.  As the impact was happening, all of the events surrounding my life at the time went through my head (mainly the rental of a new apartment). My beloved grandfather came to me with his arms and took me out of the wreckage.  I had no seat belt on and at the time, many of my friend who had see the car thought that I had died in the wreckage (It was that bad!). I survived by the grace of my grandfather and I'll never forget it… I was looking down upon the wreckage.
NDE due to auto accident.

  Hafur Experience English expanded version  4/19/2008  From Mexico Original in Spanish, translated to English by Rio.  The figure on my right, who was guiding me, stopped and I could not see his face and as though we were at a small, enclosed beach, there was a hill that served as a place for projecting my life from beginning to end several times.  At first rapidly and afterwards more slowly.  It was amazing how my life was shown with events I had completely forgotten about and others that were so insignificant that it felt like I was seeing each frame of the  personal movie of my life on earth. I realized that I understood everything with a great clarity and super-lucidity I had never experienced before.  I discovered that I had personally chosen to take on a physical body and have the life experiences I was having.  I realized I had wasted time in suffering and what I should have been doing was using my freedom to choose true love, and not pain, in all that came into my life.
Exceptional NDE!  She met her twin flame too!

Ryland D Fear Death Experience English expanded version  4/19/2008  From Australia  When I got sucked into the drainpipe, the instant I knew I was in trouble, my life flashed before my eyes not like a movie with scenes in it.  It all happened in an instant - you remember your whole life and what you have done.  It is a very peaceful feeling, (besides from the trauma of almost drowning) everything was very relaxed and calm.  It felt like I was underwater at least 10 minutes before I blacked out, but only 2 minutes had actually passed.  Then I could feel nothing; like my brain wasn't working at all, for I don't how long.  Then suddenly with a flash of white light, I came to as I was being pulled out of the water but I could not see anything but white light for 5 minutes.  Afterwards everything just looked new to me, like the trees and grass and everything looked so much brighter and vibrant for a day at least.  Now I feel so much better about life like the event changed the way I feel.
Near drowning.  Life review apparently began prior to loss of consciousness.  Age 16. 

Matthew L Probable NDE English expanded version  4/19/2008 There was no sound. No movement. I was frozen in time, in the moment. I had no pain, just a feeling of astonishment. It felt as if someone was holding me up in that river, keeping me afloat. I felt love, and friendship. Then there was this booming, loud voice. It said," you can sit up and fight to live, or you can lay back and die." There was no judgment in the voice, no right or wrong answer. For me, I know what the answer was immediately, because I was young, and there were things left for me to do in life. So I chose to live, and at that moment, I was thrown back forcibly into life, violently. I had no breath in my lung, for the other one was punctured. I struggled to breath. I struggled for well over a minute to get air into my lungs, and when I was about to pass out, breath came flowing into my lung. Then I knew that I had a fighting chance to live.
Definitely NDE-like, but not sure if there was a clear separation of consciousness.

Donna S Probable NDE English expanded version  4/19/2008 When I flat lined at first there was nothing.  Then there was an extraordinary bright (white) light.  Very, very, bright.  Then it started to change to a beautiful blue.  An indescribable blue.  Then suddenly I was back.  The Dr.'s had to shock me back to life.  The first thing the nurse to my left said to me was did I see the light. When I came back I was very emotional and crying.  I didn't even know what had happened.  They had to remind where I was and why I was there.  The word children was in my head right away and I couldn't stop thinking about the word children for weeks.  I was also depressed. When I was at home recovering my dreams at night were about angels.  I was really seeing them a lot in my dreams when I slept. The experience put question toward my beliefs.
She had an experience during cardiac arrest, but did not experience a separation of consciousness.

Kimberly F Experience English expanded version  4/19/2008 I was promptly told "You can not come home yet." I continued to try and go forward and it kept telling me "No, not yet, it is not your time."  I then felt compelled to turn and look back at the tunnel and that was when I was transported back through and out the other side of it.  I looked down and that's when I saw them bringing that paddle machine over to my body.  I saw the doctor grab the paddles, say something to the person standing next to it, they turned some knobs, the Dr. put them on my chest and hit me once with the shock.  I saw my body jump but I felt nothing.  I then saw the Dr. say something to them again, they moved the knobs again and he hit me a second time....nothing.  Then, I saw the Dr. put the paddles together for a moment (as if saying a prayer) and then said something to the person again....the person shook their head in disagreement but went ahead at the Dr's insistence and moved the knobs again. When he hit me the third time I awoke in ICU. My parents were told by the Dr. that I had died, I was what they call "sheet-faced" and he took a chance by hitting me with the paddles a third time. He admitted to not being a really religious man but he said he felt he was being told not to quit...so he didn't. 
NDE due to being shot in chest with shotgun at age 12.

Karen H Experience English expanded version  4/19/2008 In the last couple of years before Christmas 2006, I'd lost my husband, home, horses, dogs, and my car. The last two days before Christmas 2006, I lost my job.  I was fired about 10:00am.  I gathered my things from my desk, marched to my car and drove to the house where I'd rented a room.  I swallowed sleeping pills and klonopin.  After vomiting once or twice, I wrote a note and lay down to die… During the time I was out, I remember being in a pitch black void, with me glowing softly within it.  I felt complete relief, love, warmth, security, acceptance and lots of other things that I can't really describe.  I was able to surrender to this darkness without fear.  Since I don't have family or children, I had a feeling that it was OK that I stay in that void forever; everything would have gone on without me just fine… I have very, very bad eyes (almost legally blind) and I could see myself and my "glow" very clearly.
NDE due to suicide attempt.

Lesley B Experience English expanded version  4/19/2008  From Australia  As a family we had gone for a swim the pool. I was left in there and although I had floaties on my face was under the water. My Uncle said that I had been there for 6 minutes. He pulled me out and could not feel a pulse.  The walls of the swimming pool were peeling away. I was standing on the bottom of the pool and stamping my feet alternately in excitement. It felt like I was at the door of a birthday party (I was 3) and the door was about to be opened and inside were all the children having fun and enjoying themselves with all the presents and party food and games.  I saw lovely green grass like a field and big trees. I couldn't hear the birds though. I wanted to go in but my relatives said to me that it was not time yet and to go back and behave myself. I was disappointed as I wanted to stay.
NDE due to drowning at age 3.

Chad Experience English expanded version  4/19/2008  Then it got all warm and I realized I was dying.  It was me there.  All of the horrific pain was gone. I felt better than I had ever felt before like a peaceful deep sleep feels.  Disconnected. I felt happy.  All of the sound started to get further and further away. The next series of events happened in what felt like about 2 or three months, but was actually about 15 minutes.  No one came to me or anything like that, but more like a movie of what I wanted in life.  The girl I liked at the time was my wife which came true 2 years later.  Kind of like if I had complete control of the future, I got to build the perfect life.  Then what felt like a ton of bricks fell from the highest building onto my chest like three times in a row about 10 seconds apart. 
NDE due to his car being hit by a truck.

Selina Experience English expanded version  4/19/2008  From Australia  On passing out, I felt a sudden rush past many peoples faces. the were taking at me but couldn't understand what was being said. Finally reached end of light to be kissed and sent back…. As I reached the white light I received a kiss - distinct sound… My mother had passed the day before and I believe it was her that kissed me.
NDE during childbirth when she passed out.

Bonnie G Experience English expanded version  4/18/2008  From Canada  I put on the brakes, but the van went sideways, fishtailed and then rolled about 4-6 times, landing upside down.  I was aware that I was on the roof of the van, by the sun roof, green foliage was visible.  Slowly I felt my body lifting away and in that moment, travelled through a starry tunnel/portal quickly, there I stopped floating, in what was a kind of a void. I felt not one Presence but several, maybe 3 or 4 and a feeling that in the void there, even my brother, Terry, who died one year prior at age 29 was there somehow. It was so peaceful, as if floating, like in that space just before falling asleep, tranquil, yet aware at the same time. These Presences said in a language that had no words, it wasn't my time yet, there was still much for me to do. My brother had said that when he died he did choose to go when asked, but for me I wasn't going yet. It just was not my time.
NDE due to auto accident.

Sanz Probable NDE English expanded version  4/18/2008 From France  It was in the course of the surgical operation after the anesthesia, normally I shouldn't have felt anything (Previously I already had 4 surgeries) but suddenly I felt a very strong pain in the chest, as if my heart was taken off from my body and at the same time, a continuous sharp sound like a buzzer. Then the pain stopped as well as the sound, and I was sliding down a kind of black hall with a light at the bottom looking as a cotton material or steam appearance (difficult to describe) I didn't see any presence but heard voices as if several people were whispering together (male and female): here she is coming, she is coming...and suddenly another voice, a male voice, much louder and with an authoritarian tone said : no it's too early. That's it.
Not sure this was lucid. She says she had less consciousness and alertness than normal. They did heart studies on her, but uncertain if she had a cardiac arrest.

Harriet K Experience English expanded version  4/18/2008 I clearly remember watching the angiogram as it was taking place--a person was holding my hand, there was a large square machine above me, and several people at the foot of the bed on the right-hand side.  I was still comatose, and I was watching it from the left upper corner of the room.  When I described it to my father several years later, he went white--I had exactly described the angiogram: the description of the machinery was accurate, the people at the foot of the bed were doctors, and my father was the one holding my hand.  The angiogram was intended to pinpoint the abscess--I had been in a coma for 4 weeks, and an EEG the night before had shown a somewhat fuzzy outline of the abscess.  My parents had been told that without surgery, I would either die or be left a vegetable--if the abscess opened, it would open quickly and overwhelm my system.  But overnight, the abscess literally disappeared--when the results of the angiogram came back, the abscess was gone.  Needless to say, I survived, and I went on to graduate from law school.
NDE at age 7 while in coma during angiogram for brain abscess.

Minerva Experience English expanded version  4/18/2008  I kept telling the ER nurse that I couldn't breath.  All of a sudden, it was very bright in the room.  I was floating over my body.  The nurse went to the doorway and shouted "code blue".  The equipment was making a horrible screeching sound.  The light outside my ER room was flashing.  My mom was standing by the door holding my son (who was 6 months old at the time)  A male nurse jumped on top of me and started CPR, as a couple other medical staff started rolling me out of the room and down the hall.  I stayed with my mom as my body was being wheeled down the hall. When I left my body, it felt as if a hook from the center of my back pulled my soul back and up out of my body. I wanted to stay with my mom and my son, but the angel (I didn't see the face told me I must go)  I went through a bright tunnel up to the most beautiful place I had ever seen.  My grandma was there, although I don't remember seeing her face I feel she was there.  There were many angels there.  No one was talking using words, it was like all the talking was done through our thoughts.
ADC from deceased father.  NDE from assault by former husband.

Cyndi G Experience English expanded version  4/18/2008 I was above myself drifting upwards and away. I felt very calm and wanted to go towards this beautiful space.  That I still have trouble relating to. The dr. told me that they could not get my heart going and kept me open for almost 4 hours ..They had lost me several times... I saw them working on me but what was so strange or beautiful was that there were people all around the operating table standing behind the Operation Room crew and doctors working on me.  They had these very long  very white robes on to the floor and all had hoods coming almost over their heads. the robes were pointed at the top of the hood. I could not see there faces except for ONE ...He stood at my head as I was floating above them going farther and farther away, he raised his head and looked up to me it was The face of my Father...He had died 10 months earlier…
NDE while under general anesthesia for heart surgery at Mayo Clinic.

Roseann Experience English expanded version  4/17/2008  Original in German, Translated into English by Iris. About two hours later, after the ward round, I asked her what she meant by referring to the letter. She responded that she sensed from what I had written how much I liked my mother and she described me in detail what I had written. I insisted on the question how she could know about all this and she told me that she had watched me from above, from the ceiling. I had written the letter at a desk and worn a green bath robe. I wanted to know if she could speak Spanish. She said that she did not speak Spanish but she again accurately described what I had written. She described my pen, how everything was arranged on my desk, the writing pad which all exactly matched how it really was. She even could describe the Roman style of my chair. I asked quite desperately: “How can this be possible?” “I do not know, I have never experienced anything like that”, she answered. I could not find an explanation and finished the conversation. 
This is a second-hand report, but what a REPORT!

Jaqueline NDE English expanded version  4/17/2008 Original in Spanish, translated to English by Eva.  I answered, "Wow, if you knew how lovely it was to be there with my Mama; well, I didn't feel pain,  or anything but yes it scared me very much, not being able to breathe but later I felt a relief and nothing hurt; it was a peace and an immense love that I felt in my heart and my soul, knowing I had that experience and that even 'though the interval during which I couldn't breathe was horrible, after that was the most marvelous experience I'd had in my life; before, I was scared of death and now I don't feel the same; I give an infinity of thanksgiving to God for placing you and Linda as my angels who fought and fought even when it looked like there was no hope." 

  Maria N Fear Death Experience English expanded version  4/4/2008 From Mexico, translated to English by Eva.  Towards me came a truck that would take my life. In that moment  I saw myself enveloped in an invisible bubble.  I floated. I felt as if I'd entered another realm of time.  There was a tranquility, a peace, beautiful music in the environment. I felt, at that moment, that I was in a wonderful place, full of peace and love. There was no time--nothing. Only that peace, that love, that music. Something protected me. I felt as if I'd always been there. Suddenly, I felt a tug on my hand. It was my daughter who had removed me from the path of the truck that would irremediably have killed me if she hadn't reacted in that manner.  At that moment I left the bubble and returned to reality.
Fear Death Experience.

Carolyn H NDE English expanded version  4/4/2008  I was looking into a huge kaleidoscope.  There were colors of soft blue .pink and yellows. They were all spinning around and then there was a big pop.  Then it went black . All of a sudden a bright soft light appeared in the distance. I could see a figure in the light but it was too far away to make it out at first. Standing right in front of me was my mother, father and brother.  MY parents looked 30 years old and my brother about 16.  The figure in the back ground started to come closer.  As It did I then realized it was God.  He told me I am not ready to come home.
Short, but a nice NDE.

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