Copyright1999 by Dr. Jeff & Jody Long
NDE Experiences and Comments: These are summaries of the accounts.  The expanded version can be found by clicking on the link for the experiencer's name.

354. Margaret C's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03  I heard the sound of the impact, like an explosion, my daughter was in the passenger seat, my granddaughter was in her car seat behind me, all of a sudden I was in this bright light, the feeling of complete inner peace we seek for so much in this life, was within me, I had no fears or wish to return.  Then I was told, the baby must not die.  I still refused to return, and again I was told , the baby must not die.
Brief NDE from car accident.

353. NDE-Like Jamin A's Experience  English expanded version 12/19/03 Original in French - translated by Johanne From France At the top of the hill stood a magnificent and imposing “Arabian/Andalusian” door. What was behind that door was dark, black… but I don’t know if this impression is due to a post-traumatic interpretation or if it is a real part of the “dream”.  On the other hand, the power of the images and feelings of the first part (hill, road, door) and the weight that they had and still have on my life convince me that it was a rather uncommon “real dream”. I chose to come back, I don’t know what motivated that choice…
NDE-like experience that happened during a coma from an accident.

352. Aad G's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03 Original in Dutch - translated by Bas de Kort From Belgium Behind the gate, the drive lane continued splitting into side lanes on the left and on the right. Was the path before the gate dim, once behind the gate there was a fantastic light. The source of this light was not visible. In front of the gate, somewhat on the left from my point of view, there was my dog who recently died on September 10^th, 2002 due to a heart attack. This dog was a Belgian shepherd (Groenendaeler) called ‘Farouche’.
NDE from heart attack. 

351. David R's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03 From England It is difficult to describe in words but there was a time when I seemed to occupy two different places I could feel the pain in my body but I was also away from the pain as if floating beside me I then felt frightened I could tell I was dying or dead not really sure which would be right. But I knew that I did not want to be dead then So I remember saying to myself "If I don’t stand up now I will never stand up" so I went back to my body and made me stand up I remember feeling a rush of life back into my body it was like a sharp gust of wind filling my body and then I was back inside me and I could feel the pain again, the physical reality was a sharp contrast to the sublime formless energy of being outside my body
NDE from heart attack with a detailed description of what it is like to be in two bodies at once.

350. Lynne's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03  I remember the doctor saying that I was dead.  I was above everything, watching it all.  My mother said that she was glad that I was dead. (I confronted her with this about 30+ years later and she turned absolutely white.)  I then went into a warm tunnel that was very bright (like the aurora borealis) and welcoming with a person sitting on a chair.  It was so peaceful and so wonderful.  I didn't hurt anymore, and I could run and breathe and I loved it.  I was told by this soul that I had to go back to earth to teach others.  I didn't want to go back.  I wanted to stay. 
Child NDE from asthma.

349. Liz S's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03 From Canada During the time I was "out", I had the most joyful experience of my life. The joy and ecstasy I felt was beyond description. I was with a presence which felt like a male. I felt fully alive. I felt warm and very loved. We were in a loving situation like a welcome of a very loved one who had been away a long time and had returned. The emotion was much stronger than any I have ever before or since experienced. When the Dr. resuscitated me with CPR, I felt as though I had been thrown at a very high speed through space and then hit a solid wall.
There are several NDEs reported in this account submission.

348. John M's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03 Then I looked down and saw my body still lying there, but there was a man that looked a little like a doctor leaning over it. I "flew" down for a closer look. He was dressed in what at first seemed a lot like a hospital robe, but it was yellow, almost like it had gold in it. And he wore a "pillbox" type hat, which looked a little like the kind of cap a doctor wears in surgery, except this was more like a hat, and it had writing on it in an alphabet I did not recognize, but it might have been Hebrew, or something related to it. He held objects that looked like crochet hooks, and they were also gold or bronze in color, and was using them to do something to the side of my head where I had been hit. Then he told me (something like), "Well, you won't get too many chances to recover from something like this again. You must be much more careful in the future, or you won't be able to do what you have to do, and that won't be good."
NDE from a boating accident.

347. Traveler's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03 I do not remember getting out or back into my body, but I (my higher consciousness) was near the ceiling.  I knew that my mother and another female were at the foot of my bed, but I was only concerned about what was going on near the ceiling.  I did not see my body on the hospital bed and knew that I had no body.  I knew that I was near death.  I beautiful spiritual entity which I felt enveloped and embraced me with indescribable love and peace; I felt connected to ALL--I was at total peace--everything made sense for me.  I cannot imagine feeling love like that until I die.  Warmth, unconditional love, and heightened knowledge were a part of my NDE.
This NDEr was inspired to travel around the world and wrote a master's thesis on trans-cultural NDEs.

346. Ebin M's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03  I was floating upwards towards a bright light. That lasted for what seemed to be moments of frustration of me trying to communicate and ask everyone what was wrong. Very confusing indeed. Next I was in the bright light and was speaking to dead relatives. They told me not to worry and that everything was O.K. Then it ended and the next thing I remember is the 20 below air hitting me as I was being loaded into an ambulance.
Teenager NDE from alcohol overdose.

345. NDE-Like Madhavi's Experience  English expanded version From India 12/18/03  My sister was tickling me from behind, I meant to hit her with my elbow, but i hit on the edge of the wooden platform of the door.  What i experienced was that I was a tiny object of myself traveling with very high speed in the darker space with a light where i could see the hallow dark space that I am traveling.  i heard the vibration sound of the air when I travel in the hallow space.  I was in this state for about 10 to 15 minutes.
NDE-like experience from going unconscious after hitting her elbow.

344. Freida D's NDE  English expanded version 12/18/03 I can't remember all of it but there was brown and white like a movie to my right (which would be mostly in the direction of south) and I was there for a while and I seem to remember that I was hanging there in that brown and white movie.  I was hanging from the tree dead and then the feelings or should I say sensations began.  I felt the most intense levels of sadness, joy, ecstasy, bliss, love, anger, stillness and many other things like that which I don't have words for.  I remember even feeling the best orgasm that I have never even had before.  But all these were very fast like milliseconds all these sensations rushing through me even some that vibrated my whole body in an energetic like way... what is that?? I have never felt that and had no word for it and feel it now as I type.  That's weird.
NDE from Suicide attempt.

343. Benilda K's NDE  English expanded version  Phillipines. 12/14/03 i felt  part of me lifting out and i was feeling myself started to move. i was standing and it was velvet black, i started to make a step, then there was this light from up above, i was watching the light.  it was dim and it was getting a little bit brighter and was so beautiful, relaxing, the most comfortable time of my life was happening. i was feeling the presence of the most powerful being, i felt happiness and contentment. i started walking to the light and suddenly, i realized that i just had a baby.  i have not seen my baby.  i needed to see my baby.  my baby needed me.  i needed to go back.
Childbirth NDE.

342. Judi T's NDE  English expanded version  From Trinidad. 12/14/03 Again, I popped out thinking "OH boy this is it - adios amigos". I told him that the brain was no longer working and then he said "Okay, go back in. I'll take over". I reentered my body and strangely I was able to do 'localized' thinking (not remote, like trying to call someone). I asked God not to die but that if I must, to let me last till morning, so that the children would not have the trauma of their mom dying during the night without telling them good bye. I said 'Father, not my will but yours be done. Into your hands I commend my spirit" and then knew nothing until my husband came to bed. The whole thing lasted about twenty minutes.
NDE with an interesting twist of entering the body, then leaving it again and being told that the angel will help her speak upon the second re-entry to her body.

341. Paul J's NDE  English expanded version From Greece 12/14/03 In front of me I then saw a huge open rectangular doorway, completely black beyond .  Around it the operating theatre started to fade away and I approached the doorway. The feeling was one of utter peace.  There was no pain, no worry.  It was indescribable.  The I saw the number 49 about 3 feet tall in front of me (my age then) and I said "Only 49 eh?  I thought I'd have made it to at least to 5O!" and I laughed.   I felt so happy, but then I remembered that my daughter was getting married the next summer, and that I was looking forward to receiving an O.U. award soon. 
NDE during surgery.

340. Jeremy M's NDE  English expanded version 12/14/03 As i was looking at my house i heard a voice say, "go back." I paid no attention to the voice and preceded to go forth but the voice said again much more clearly, "go back, it's not your time." I then thought, "no, I'm going to see my mother and i don't want to go back. I preceded up to my front door and as i was about to open it the voice changed into my mothers voice and said even louder, "go back, it's not your time." I then said, "i don't want to go to school, i want to stay here with you. i tried to open the door. then the voice said in a stern voice, "go back to school now!" I hesitated, and then the next thing i knew, i was in my body.   Playground accident led to this NDE.

339. Henry M's NDE  English expanded version 12/14/03 I was aware of the car falling then I felt a bump, like a mall rock hitting my head and then I got up.  It was like colors were more than colors.  It looked like i could touch them, it felt like the air was silk sheets moving over my body.  I felt like I was being watched, and I looked around and saw no one.  I then turned around and saw my head bleeding.  Then I felt like i was falling and then i was back in my body. 
Brief OBE part of the NDE, happening very recently on 9/24/03.

338. Dr. H.M.S. Kumar's NDE  English expanded version  Non-western NDE from INDIA.  I could see the letters written on the roof tiles from very near almost few inches. Each letter appeared very big to me. It was a wonderful, painless state and very cool and yet full of emotions. I had perfect crystal clear consciousness.  I could see my body lying on the floor head down and still holding the wire. I rose to about 10 feet off the ground and I stopped hovering near the roof tiles. I was calling for help but no one was there. After some time I noticed my dad coming from other end of the house and I could see him through the walls and he was coming very slowly as he was not aware of the accident.
Beginnings of a NDE, with a lot of veridical perception evidence from the OBE state.

337. Mori C's NDE  English expanded version  FRENCH 11/11/03  On the operating table, I came out of my body. I went for a walk and I saw a whirlwind of white light.  Then, I am between a border separating the world here from the celestial or astral. I entered in this light that illuminated this experience.  It was brilliant and beautiful all along a white passageway. I saw a Jesus, very beautiful and serene.  He told me that it is too early for me to be here and showed me my child wrapped in gold. 
NDE during childbirth.  Original NDE submitted in French.  I used a software translator, so below the corrected English version, there is also the French version for reference. 

336. Francesca M's NDE  English expanded version  ITALIAN 11/11/03  I said to Mark (a close friend in the operating room), 'I am about to die.'  I know what it feels like to faint, before and after. When one faints, nothing happens before and after. This was different. I was out of body, but I was not afraid.  I felt a infinite peace.  It is difficult to describe, because it was not happiness but harmony, peace, a very beautiful feeling. I went fast, projected into this dark space and headed for a clear, bright light. I was projected toward that light that became brighter and brighter.  I thought that there was there the Madonna.
NDE during childbirth.  Original NDE submitted in Italian.  I used a software translator, so below the corrected English version, there is also the Italian version for reference. 

335. Leona B's NDE  English expanded version  11/11/03 I woke feeling an incredible calm, like I had just passed through a tornado.  I was led through whiteness to a white horizon, which I thought to be a road because I was walking on it. There was an area to the side of the road where I saw a badly mangled dog.  I felt it was alright but stared at it with sadness.  Then a man and (I dare to describe him as resembling the pictures I have seen of Jesus.)  came walking up to me.  He stood beside me with his arm around my shoulder and walking me forward.  I asked what will happen to the dog.  He said, "Don't worry it's okay." 
Fascinating account involving a coma with non-traditional imagery. There are further e-mail dialogue with Dr. Long.

334. Kamme O's NDE  English expanded version  11/6/03 The voices said I didn't have "much time".  The people were upset and I didn't understand why?  I was FINE.  One lady yelled numbers, the others moved faster.  She said, "19 over 11!" and I thought, "Oh? If I run out of numbers doesn't that mean I am DEAD?"  And I laughed, "THIS IS IT?  THIS is what everyone is so afraid of?????"  I laughed the same as I hear myself laugh now inside this thing once again.  I was still ME, just not in this.  NDE from child birth.

333. Steve J's NDE  English expanded version  11/6/03  I REMEMBER BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WONDERING WHY.  AT THE TIME IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS SLEEPING BECAUSE I WAS ON TOP OF THE CEILING LOOKING DOWN AT MYSELF.  MIND YOU, I WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD AND ALL THIS WAS REALLY COOL.  MY MOTHER WHO HAD DIED ONLY A SHORT TIME BEFORE THIS WAS EXPLAINING TO ME WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HAD TOLD ME THAT I WAS GOING TO BE JUST FINE. 
Child NDE from pneumonia where he saw his mother who had died.

332. Ava M's NDE-Like  English expanded version  11/6/03 I was driving home from my job as school librarian when I met a Fort Riley soldier who crossed the highway line and hit my car head-on.  His small truck then went up onto the top of my car and over the right side.  The driver was barely injured and walked, but I was almost killed.  I don't remember the accident at all, but this is what the highway patrol who put the accident together told me.
NDE-like?  Although unconscious for a month, and she does not remember the experience, it was very transformative and her husband told her she kept talking about angels.  

331. Denise B's NDE  English expanded version  11/4/03 I was then told to  'remember' I was then flicked thru future decisions and happenings.   I was then given a chance to view the universe's and given the opportunity to be one with it and have the knowledge of the truth.  This went into stuff like time is simultaneous, everything happens at the same time, there is no then and future.  The universe is not just one but infinite, wondrous and continuing to evolve.  We are just one dimension, there are many plains if you like.  Just like ants are not aware of us, we are not aware of higher, evolved states of being.   The greatest part was the full feeling and knowledge that in the end all there is is love.     We become one with everything and everything becomes one with us. 
NDE during child-birth.

330. Nicole's NDE  English expanded version  11/4/03 Next thing, I feel my entire bedroom light with rainbows, purple and gold light, and, I could feel God's presence. and do you know what he said? He didn't say, you're going to burn in hell, you're evil for this, you're a bad person, .. do you know what He said to me?  "I can't take you right now honey, you are barely finished with this lifetime. You have to complete why you are here. when you wake up, you will be very sick, but nothing will happen to you."  I remember the very soft, subtle way he said *honey*. It felt so wonderful, like GOD was up to date, and at the same time, was Himself. He had a soft feminine touch as god is both male and female energy, but it was nice.
NDE from suicide attempt.

329. Chrissie B's NDE  English expanded version  11/2/03  What I distinctly remember to this very day is firstly a flashing of beautiful scenes, fields, oceans, dolphins, horses, everything racing then suddenly i left the earth as such entering into a tunnel spiraling upward (not vertically upward) a lean of 30 degrees say, there was this intense light at the end and then when i exited into the light there was this enormous overwhelming sense of peace love warmth security.  I was at 'home' at last!
NDE from child-birth complications.

328. Micki P's NDE  English expanded version  11/2/03 Added Information 11/11/03  I began going through a vast area traveling through a wide unknown area.  I saw all white,  I saw a beautiful gate that was half opened, I walked to it and just as I was entering it a voice (not a voice but mental telepathy) caused me to look in the direction where I saw Jesus Christ and scars in his wrists.  I ran to him and fell to his feet crying and kissing his feet, I kept telling him I loved him.  He helped me stand up and I looked up at this huge throne where a bright light was coming from.  I knew it was God.  I began talking to him telling him how much I loved him but he would not listen to me.  Jesus looked up at him and began speaking to him for me. At that point God listened. 
NDE from suicide attempt.

327. John-Paul K's NDE  English expanded version  11/2/03 At one point, I became aware that I was no longer experiencing pain, or any physical sensation, and that time appeared to stand still. It was as if time stopped, and so to did all the physical pain and suffering that I had been experiencing. Visually, I became aware that my focus had suddenly split into two, as if I were seeing one picture but that this picture was out of focus and could be seen twice. It was as if I was staring at the same picture reflected twice, like looking into two mirrors. This state was noticeably still, and calm.
The focus being split into two is an intriguing description of being on the other side.

326. Roxanne S's NDE  English expanded version  11/2/03  I watched the little girl's body from above, as if in the tree. Then I was transported to a wondrous landscape where all my feelings and events of my life happened at once.
Child NDE from being hit by a car.

325. Nina M's NDE  English expanded version  11/2/03  I saw a bright light through a tunnel, I went to the light; as I was going to the light I saw tiny lights all around me. I remember feeling at peace and the feeling of floating. I think someone said something to me and I said ( I told Fess I would be find) Fess is my son at the time he was 7 years old. I could not lie to him. The feeling of being pulled back into my shell with the feeling of heaviness ( like I was weighted down ) Then I woke up in ICU fighting for air.
Brief surgery-related NDE.

324. Sabeti R's NDE  English expanded version  FROM IRAN!  11/2/03  After surgery I saw my parents and Doctor around myself. They were waiting me to awake. I also saw myself from up of my body.  Brief NDE from Iran.

323. Terry L's NDE  English expanded version  10/30/03  I was in a coma for 5 days.  On one of those days I heard a heart monitor go off, it was mine. I was looking down at my body and noticed there was a dead person covered from head to two with a sheet onto my right. I floated as a white glow surrounded my being. Down below where my body was a doctor that I could plainly hear was saying that he was not going to lose another one and started to do CPR. I did not want to return to my body and I waved my arms so that he would stop but he did not notice me at all. I returned to my body. When I awoke from coma I no longer feared death!
Brief, but life-changing NDE.

322. Herbert M's NDE  English expanded version  10/29/03  In an instant that will last forever, I saw my life, from conception-to-death, as one single and whole event, not as separate parts of a jig-saw puzzle, but as a complete and inseparable whole.  And I knew that my life was complete, I was done.  The light, This Most Holy Spirit, took me into itself, in an embrace that will haunt me to the end of my days and beyond. For and endless instant I knew Love. And I knew myself loved beyond words and descriptions. Just infinitely loved...and I saw through the eyes of Spirit, what Spirit sees...there is no mind to understand that vision, it just is.
How a NDE affected a former minister's life.

321. Kurt K's NDE  English expanded version  10/27/03 I watched cars and trucks drive by, and wondered how people could make long term plans when life was so unpredictable. Several nights later, it felt as if my spirit left my body and it experienced being in a place with a gathering of souls or spirits. I sensed great peace, tranquility and ecstasy -- a rapture that was beyond a person's imagination. I felt as if I was a part of ALL, a part of God. I was mentally communicating and in sync with everyone, including not only some of my deceased acquaintances and relatives, but many of the prophets of the bible, and historical people I had read about. There was no dominant force, no forceful leader. I somehow knew who everyone was. Every thought interacted with the whole community.
Child NDE from Pneumonia.

320.  Sil A's NDE.  10/6/03 I had a near death experience back in 1980. As I was walking towards my favorite restaurant to eat, a couple of middle age young males attacked me trying to knock me down and take my wallet. The males began to beat me severely to the point that I died from the beating momentarily. During the beating, I felt my self leaving my body and floating up toward the roof of the restaurant. From the top of restaurant, I looked around the city area and saw other spirits of dead people floating up. I looked up from where, I was standing and saw a beautiful white light coming down on me. At that moment, I sensed great remorse over things that I had done in my past. My whole past just flew before me. Because of my sadness of not being able to ask forgiven from the people I had hurt. I asked the light for another chance to make up for my past. At that moment, I felt like I went through a tunnel and came back into my body. As I regain consciousness, I saw an ambulance and the attendants and I was transported to a hospital where I recovered.  I believed in a spiritual world after that. My body after death was pure white energy and superior to my flesh body. So, I became convinced that we have two bodies.   The need to forgive brought him back to earth.

318. Heather S's NDE  English expanded version  9/22/03  I felt myself move below the surface, and suddenly saw myself outside of my body, and watched as my little self was slowly sinking to the bottom of the pool.  The most incredible feeling of calm was very present.  I felt myself drift gently away from my body and there was no fear, and no pain.  A blanket of warmth was with me.
The beginnings of a Child-drowning NDE.

317. Richard S's NDE  English expanded version  9/22/03 i placed my wife's and my crystal onto the others, i immediately felt at one with every crystal, i could feel the presence of my wife and thousands of others in total harmony.  the most brilliant yellow, warming light opened in the cave, i walked into the light, feeling my life end, no fear, no loss, just total peace.  as i felt my self leaving my body the light warmed me, filled me, like it was re-charging me with energy but energy of thousands of lives stored in the crystal.
During his NDE, he lived a lifetime at an Indian village.

316. Pinchon's NDE  English expanded version  From France 9/18/03  Impression came to me very quickly in a space with colorful prisms that paraded around me.  When I arrived in this space of soft and brilliant light, there was an amazing ambiance of love.  I felt like I was in communication with a charismatic entity.  I was surprised because the being communicated in an unknown language that I understood.  I had a life review where I saw the good and the bad events of my life.  I was judged on this balance.
NDE from surgery-related complications.

315. David W's NDE  English expanded version  From France, 9/18/03 First of all, I had a flashback of all my past life. One would have said slides bombarded at full speed without interruption. To my big astonishment, I reviewed episodes of my life that I had forgotten completely. I had the impression that it lasted between 40 minutes and one hour. Then, I had an impression of big serenity, of big tranquility. A few as if I was disconnected of my five senses, without any perception of the outside world. I didn't see anything, didn't hear anything, didn't feel anything, didn't touch anything. In summary, a big interior peace, with the impression to melt progressively into nothing, nearly of more to exist.  Interesting integration of the NDE into an atheist perspective.

314. Jocelyne R's NDE-Like  English expanded version From Canada  9/18/03 There was my cousin, my relatives and full of other deceased people. They told me,  you are where you wished, we waited for you.  It was gorgeously good.  Then far away, I heard a voice very far away.  I didn't want to hear it, I wanted to ignore it, but it persisted.  I recognized my son's voice, first like a buzz then it got clearer, then finally he repeated. “Mom don’t die, you know you want to live, you know you like life,” he said repeatedly to me.  Mother came back for her children.

313. Howard P's NDE  English expanded version  9/15/03 On August 3, 1979, Howard Pittman, a Baptist minister for 35 years, died while on the operating table during surgery and had a near-death experience. After angels showed him the second and third heavens, he was taken before the very throne of God where he was given a message to share with the world.  In extreme gratitude to Kevin Williams  http://www.near-death.com  for all his hard work on NDE research and for sharing this account with NDERF.  The lack of proprietorship is one of the true hallmarks of credibility for NDE research - they are there for everyone!

312. Monty Z's NDE  English expanded version  9/7/03  While I was in there, a State Trooper said, "Do you realize what happened to you?" I said, "No, but I had a dream that I was standing next to my car trying to look into it while most of it was jammed under this tractor trailer rig.  I couldn't really see much more then the back of the drivers bucket seat and figured that I had dreamed that someone had stolen my car and was in a bad accident.  I figured as bad as the car was wrecked, the driver had to have been killed."  The trooper about turned white and said, "That was no dream you had, what you described is exactly what happened." 
Car accident where he experienced the OBE stage of the NDE

311. Marie E's NDE  English expanded version  8/29/03  It seemed like I could 'hear' smiling.  I could not really see anything other than lots of white lights that seemed sort of like stars.  Then, suddenly, they were all connected by lines of light.  The nearest description that I can give is that it was like being right in the middle of a vast, huge, huge molecule frame, such as the ones that chemists make to demonstrate the properties of chemicals.  This one was MASSIVE.  It was multi-dimensional and I could understand EVERYTHING.  I was tremendously excited.  I saw flashes of color and could hear what I can only describe as background music but really, it wasn't music and it wasn't even really sound as we know it.  I felt like I existed IN sound and IN light.  It's really hard to describe because my vocabulary just isn't big enough. 
Great core experience with an amazing description of how her NDE changed her life. 

310. Deanna C's NDE  English expanded version  8/29/03  I just KNEW it was him. I stayed here for a time with these “souls” in the light, it was like I belonged, it was like we were ALL ONE. At peace. Then it was like I was taken to one side (not led or anything, not told or moved – it just happened). I was still there in this place but at one side with this “soul of my Father” and it was not like he or for that matter “they” spoke to me but there were still words (that does not make sense I know) but it was like telepathy or something – the words were “Deanna, it is not your time yet, you must go back”
NDE where she saw her father who died before she was born.

309. Nikki C's NDE  English expanded version  8/29/03  I turned to the other side of the bed and stepped out of my body. I began to walk around the room trying to talk to my living family members, but they could not hear me. I then turned and in the other corner of the hospital room, was my deceased grandmother and cousin. They were in a light much like sunset. They did not speak at all, yet their level of sure peace was like none I had ever known before or after. They were smiling, but said nothing as I tried to tell them I was ok, and why wouldn't my living family standing there talk to me. I did see myself in the bed unconscious, while I was walking around the room.
NDE from a pulmonary embolism complication from car accident. 

308. Roger E's NDE  English expanded version  8/10/03 I found myself walking in a tunnel toward, well, I wasn't sure where, actually. I just know that this was a place of perfect peace, and totally without pain or sorrow. The tunnel wasn't really very long, perhaps 150-200 feet. It was pink, kind of rose-colored quartz crystal, and had stalactite and stalagmite formations along the walls. At the end of the tunnel was a bright, pure light, purer than any I have ever seen anywhere. It was tall and narrow, and rounded at both ends. I had every sense of self, I was still me, and had the sense of walking in a body as I went up the tunnel. I had no fear, and no thought of what was happening to me. It seemed the thing to do was to walk up the tunnel. Before I went very far, though, something said, "Go back."
Very recent NDE from a heart-attack.

307. Kathy R's NDEs  English expanded version  8/10/03  It was as though it was an under-water movie of my brief 11 years playing on the inside of the pool. My grandmother (who had passed when I was 9) was saying my name as though she were calling me through a speaker. I could see her face and was reaching out to touch her under the water when my eyes felt so heavy I couldn't keep them open and I was sinking down. I remember feeling the heat of the sun-warmed water start to get colder.
Child drowning NDE and another NDE from a slip and fall accident.

306. Patricia S's NDE  English expanded version  8/10/03 It was almost as if I was coasting and in the near distance I saw  an extremely wide really bright light. Almost as if I was entering a well lit foggy area. But at the same time I could see a field. The love and just so much inner peace was so over empowering that it cannot be expressed in words. I felt presence there. I do not mean that I think someone was there. It was the actual feeling of presence of several. My grandfather spoke to me. I did not see him or hear his voice. I felt him say "I am not going to take you away from your father like I was."
NDE from accident.

305. Caroline HR's NDE  English expanded version  8/10/03  It had just rained and everything was wet. I sat up on the railing and put my hand on a metal brace hanging from the unit. I started getting electrically shocked, and started shaking all over, (like you see in the cartoons!). Anyway, my friend started calling my name, and then when I couldn't move, she touched me. This broke the current apparently and she got shocked. I was probably only shaking seconds. During this time I had a "life review".
Childhood NDE from electrocution.

304. Private Dowding's NDE  English expanded version  8/5/03  WWI NDE  This NDE is unique in that it is popular literature from the early 1900's.  I look at this story primarily in the context of the time without judgment of authenticity.  Channeling was more acceptable than it is today.  Apparently, so are stories of the NDE.  Private Dowding is an inspirational second-hand account that does contain some predictions of the future.  I hope you find this as interesting as I did.  Thanks to Soraya for submitting this to the website. 

303.  NDEs From Spain NDE  English expanded version  8/5/03  From SPAIN  This is a collection of short, second-hand narratives from Spain.

302.  Quinn A's NDE  English expanded version  7/30/03  We went in, completed our assigned tasks, and on our way out, things turned from bad to worse real quick-like. Obviously, a firefight ensued as we were retreating. Our GOD (sniper) could not keep up with the sheer amount of bad guys we could not see/hit. Anyways, I ended up taking 4 rounds that evening. One in the chest (Kevlar kept that out), one in the stomach area, and 2 in the legs. I fell to the ground, and felt myself fading away. But I was not scared or worried.
Combat-related NDE from Special Ops!

301.  Priscilla O's NDE  English expanded version  7/16/03  I knew I was in the presence of a higher being.  I refer to him as "God," I couldn't see him, but I felt him.  He "talked" to me, through feelings. I was mad at Him, for taking me, and I refused to go with Him.  He laughed at/with me, lovingly, for being so insistent that I return. He "told" me, my requests were all for others, not myself, so I could return.
NDE from allergic reaction.  It is interesting that communication was via emotion.

300.  Chris D's NDE  English expanded version  7/16/03 There was a man, in his late forties with a three day beard growth. I felt normal now. I felt as I had before, with my body intact. I asked him, "are you God"? He said in broken English, "No, me llama Es' Peco". I don't speak Spanish, so I may have spelled that wrong. I was struck with a feeling of absurdity. I have died and gone on to spend eternity with an immigrant named Peco'? Who can't even speak English? I did a gut check to try and ascertain if I was in fact dead. Later I was to discover,  I was in a dimension parallel to this one. I was told that this universe was called "Midus 22". It had the same gravity as planet, but the specific gravity of objects was skewed. It was strange, children were playing catch with boulders and large wood objects.
Drug overdose that was fatal.  He woke up when he was receiving CPR in the emergency room.  He went to another dimension.  Commentary from Paul, one of our Spanish speaking readers:  Chris D. said the guy said "me llama Es Peco". It doesn't make sense in Spanish. The correct use of the words are "me llamo" or "I call myself". The last part must be his name. I think it's likely his name was Espejo. He was saying, "I call myself Mirror." Poosibly El Espejo - The Mirror.

299.  Amanda S's NDE  English expanded version  6/23/03 Two angelic like figures began doing figure 8's above my body.  I knew they were there to take my soul.  they worked hard until I felt myself above my body and I was able to breath again.  I felt safe and peaceful.  I tried to tell all the doctors that I was OK now but nobody could hear me. 
Is it possible that the two angelic figures doing figure 8's above her could be her two twins preparing to enter their bodies?  This family of NDErs would be a most interest group of people!

298.  Ryan K's NDE  English expanded version  6/23/03 Someone was putting sticky pads on my chest, someone was on the phone with the surgeon, while someone else called my wife. The whole time, my POV was still in the bathroom and stationary. It was my body on the bed, but I was standing in the bathroom doorway, watching them work on me. That's when the wind came.
This terrifying NDE happened in the out of body component of the NDE and left the NDEr more afraid of death than before the incident.

297. CHINESE PERSPECTIVE:  Regarding his vision of the afterlife, I have omitted that he was a traditional Chinese gentleman.  In traditional Chinese belief everyone goes to Hell! It is the place of all departed and your suffering is commensurate with the type of life that you led.  That is why Christianity was so popular as it offered an assurance of a Heaven.  Dead relatives are revered by traditional Chinese and to die is to be with one's forebears.  Not only with dying patients, but also patients about to undergo major surgery (such as cardiac bypass or cancer surgery) can have NELEs. Most of these are reflective, curative or revelatory in nature. 

296.  Suresh K's NDE  6/8/03 Non-western NDE from India.  English expanded version
The traveling was in the fourth dimension, which can be termed as out of body experience, when an unidentified identity merged in ‘that Light’. Words fail me as I try to describe exactly what I saw or felt. But I can say that there was no humanized God, all the same, it was an area of unalloyed purity. There was brilliant Light, immense speed or Motion and unbelievable Divine Love. I did not require senses to experience ‘IT’. ‘I’ was absent and still I saw, knew and understood. Though I was there for a few seconds, it felt like an eternity.
This NDE vividly shows the remarkable spiritual transformative effect of the NDE.

295.  Edwin's NDE  6/8/03 Non-western NDE from Malta.  English expanded version  The walls were made out of atmosphere.  There was a stand  with a thick book on it and a very old man reading this book.  He looked at me and he didn't say anything. But I didn't care who was.  I  was staring at the scene behind him. There was a small bridge and a lot of people passing through over this bridge.  As soon as they pass this bridge they don't walk any more but they flow away.  There was crystal water running beyond this bridge and all the people were wearing white. 
Child NDE from electrocution.

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