Kami C NDE

Experience Description:

It was my first time at the ocean at age seven and a day after a hurricane had been out at sea, warnings posted to swim at own risk and warnings also on radio. I was with my best friend and her family on the beach and they said we could go swimming. I was sucked out by the undertow and pulled under. I swam for my life, but my body was hitting hard against the sandy bottom. Even my face pounded into it, I couldn't make it to the top and I couldn't hold my breath any longer and I remember the terror as I inhaled the cold salt water into my lungs, the pain, and I was still being thrown against the sandy bottom, beaten until I gave up. I just gave up, it hurt too much to live another second and suddenly, and I simply left my body. No one could have been more surprised than me. Instant pain relief is the first thing I felt.

Then I began soaring very fast and I was filled with joy and relief to be free of my body, never realized what a pain in the neck our bodies really were, so frail, so confining, so limiting. I knew I would never go back to it now that I had experienced this freedom. I knew all these things suddenly - what life was all about, how humans were living with all the wrong ideals. I was filled with pity for them, that they fought so hard for things and survival, they suffered so, out of ignorance and greed and it was really so simple to be happy (except for the body confinement issue) and that their time on earth was a millisecond compared to eternity.

However, I worried about my mother also and suddenly I was thinking to others and they were thinking back at me. They said I had to go back and I cried and said no, I wouldn't. That they had to make my mom understand somehow that I was much better off now and she shouldn't worry but they insisted I go back, that my mother needed me, others needed me, I had to heal others. Again, I said no (seven year olds are very selfish) and I meant it. I said I would go to my mother myself and tell her I was okay, that they had a way I could do that right? I began traveling towards my mother and suddenly I couldn't move anymore, they stopped me and they said no, there was no way to do that, I couldn't do that, that I had to go back. I began moving backwards, back to my body. When I hit it, I hit it like a ton of bricks, I hurt so badly, and people were yelling in panic, a life guard was forcing water out of my lungs, I was all beat up from the ocean floor. I don't remember being pulled from the water or how I got on shore I just knew it was very unpleasant. I was soooo sorry to be back. And I will never forget this experience so long as I live.

Also, I neglected to explain every conversation was via telepathy of some kind. We were all souls. And though they were very firm about my going back, they were loving, concerned, wonderful souls and I felt a sense of pity from one of them that I must go back (my grandmother?). I asked them if I would remember this upon my return and they assured me I would. That I must. There was also no sense of time where I was, for eternity was all we knew. I was very angry when I was revived.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: July 1970

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Other drowned I drowned.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Wonderful

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes 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 Immediately after I left my body, soaring very fast through some cloudy corridor or tunnel.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? Immediately after I left my body, soaring very fast through some cloudy corridor or tunnel.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening all at once I was definitely not here anymore, time was irrelevant and I was definitely in a different space, certainly not on earth anymore and was moving very fast through, possibly a tunnel, a big tunnel with clouds in it.

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. It was neither light nor dark, almost like no vision at all but a feeling of soaring very fast, incredibly fast, toward something - safe and wonderful, tunnel possibly (uncertain) but clouds all around me.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I heard nothing; I sensed sayings or thoughts from others.

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain I was moving very fast, soaring but I couldn't see where I was going, just knew I was going somewhere wonderful, seeing was not relevant to me during this experience, I didn't care. I knew I was safe. Possibly I was in a tunnel with clouds all around or heavy fog.

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

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Uncertain Things were conveyed to me and there was a brief struggle which I lost, they (I sensed more than one) told me I must go back and I cried and said I didn't want to, I wanted to stay with them but they gently conveyed to me my mother would never survive without me, I must go back.

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? Neither

Did you see an unearthly light? Uncertain Grey and white clouds soaring around me.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Clearly mystical or unearthly realm I was not of this earth, possibly a different level or dimension, at age seven, I was certain I was in route to heaven, nearing heaven and in a big hurray

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Elation, joy, pity for humankind for their ignorance, their senseless struggles, relief, calmness, peace.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

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

Did scenes from the future come to you? From personal future They told me I had a purpose still to be fulfilled. That people needed me and I had no choice, I had to go back but I did not understand what my future responsibilities were other than they said my mother could never survive without me and that many would not make it to heaven if I didn't go back.

Did you come to a border or point of no return? A barrier I was not permitted to cross; or 'sent back' to life involuntarily

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Moderate Lutheran

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I was a Christian then and I am now. However, it is easier to keep the faith since that incident and know God is with me, even when I don't understand stuff. Nothing could convince me there is no God as a result of that incident.

What is your religion now? Moderate Lutheran

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I was a Christian then and I am now. However, it is easier to keep the faith since that incident and know God is with me, even when I don't understand stuff. Nothing could convince me there is no God as a result of that incident.

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 That was the most amazing part of all. There was a feeling of all knowingness and purpose. It was as if I finally understood everything and wanted to share it with all humans, how wonderful death was, that humans were struggling for all the wrong things, that love was all that mattered, possessions meant nothing, remember Jesus' example and they could all be happy on earth as I was in heaven.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I serve instead of expecting to be served. I forgive, love, and don't think the effort would have been made were it not for that experience and the knowledge that that's all that really matters. I look after others wellbeing at least as much as my own and I actually love doing it.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes I was only seven years old and it was very difficult for me to explain the experience, I told no one of it until I was much older.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes No longer afraid of death. Feel closer to God. My faith is much stronger as a result of dying that day.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The joy, the peace, the knowledge, things a seven year old could never conceive of.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I was too young to understand or explain what had happened so I said only 'I drowned, it was wild.' I was much older when I first attempted to explain it to others. Only religious people were interested. Now, in my profession, I share it all the time with my patients and their families to help them find peace and overcome their fears. Perhaps that is why they made me come back? To be a nurse and tend to others and take care of my mother who has had a stroke.

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 Again, these are the kinds of things, especially the knowledge and understanding, a seven year old could never conceive of. I knew God's angels that day and have never forgotten.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real Same as above though I'm still a little peeved they didn't let me stay. (Still selfish after all these years.)

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? It was wonderful, I wouldn't have missed it for the world. I would like people to stop telling people like me that it was the result of oxygen deficiency to the brain, etc., giving me some kind of high. Oxygen deficiency doesn't give a seven year old the understandings of a forty year old.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? I think you did just fine.