David D's Possible NDE

Experience description: 

Software translation

In Ivrea (TO), there is the house of my maternal grandparents. My grandfather had died and I had never known him. In front of the house of my maternal grandparents there is a big meadow.  Across the meadow the land starts to slope upwards and there is a walkway.  In my dream (but I don't dream because again I remind of it to me today) I was in the meadow.  My grandfather led me by the hand across the meadow. The meadow was of a luminous green as if it shone with its own internal light. We go for a walk for the meadow and as we get closer to the walkway, I like to be with my grandfather. I want to go with him. He lets go of my hand and tells me that it is not my time to go with him.  I looked up and could see at the summit of the sloped walkway there was a very strong light but not blinding. My grandfather continues up the walkway and I wake up. From this moment I don't remember anything anymore, but my mother recounted me it that I had told her, "Mom, I saw my grandfather Mario, I wanted to go with him but he didn't want me." Afterwards, I found out that the doctor said that I was lucky to be living.

Translated from Italian to English by Rita

In Ivrea (Torino) there is the house of my mother's grandparents. My grandfather was dead and I had never known him.  Near this house there is a big meadow that ends with a little step street and at the end of it there is a walk. In my dream (but dream because I remember about it until today), I was in the meadow, next to me there was my grandfather Mario holding my hand.

The meadow was a bright green as it was shining its own light. We walk throughout the meadow and arrive up to the climb, I am happy and feeling good to be with my grandfather I would go with him. He lefts my hand and says me that it isn't yet the moment.  At the top of the climb there was a strong but non blinding light. Then he (my grandfather) sets out throughout the climb and I wake up. Since that moment I don't remember anymore, but my mother said me that I told her "Mother I've seen grandfather Mario, I would have gone with him but he didn't want." A few moments later the doctor came and said that I was lucky to be alive.

Was the experience difficult to express in words?          No     

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes    Yes, I was very sick.  I had a very high fever.  The doctor tells my mother to be thankful she has a strong son or he would have died.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?   Me, I was not alert... I was not conscious of the real world.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?          Less consciousness and alertness than normal         

Did your vision differ in any way from your normal, everyday vision (in any aspect, such as clarity, field of vision, colors, brightness, depth perception degree of solidness/transparency of objects, etc.)?          Uncertain     I didn't see the "real world" but only did remember the more luminous, vivid colors.

I didn't see real world, I saw another situation with bright colors

Did your hearing differ in any way from your normal, everyday hearing (in any aspect, such as clarity, ability to recognize source of sound, pitch, loudness, etc.)?          No     

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?          Uncertain

What emotions did you feel during the experience?           Happiness, well-being, joy, wanted to pursue the experience    happiness, well-being, joy. I wanted to continue the experience

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?        No     

Did you see a light?         Yes    Yes, in my dream my grandfather and I were walking towards the light.  It was brilliant and came from the direction so the summit of the rise in the meadow.   Yes In my dream everything was more brilliant. And the light came from one direction (from the top of the meadow 's climb) towards the direction where me and my grandfather were going

Did you meet or see any other beings?         Yes    My grandfather who had died before I was born.

Did you experience a review of past events in your life?   No     

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?         No     

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?          Yes    Yes, they were really existing places (Ivrea in province of Tourin) but very different for beauty and light

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?  No     

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     No     

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Yes    Yes, starting the climb. My grandfather left me there and gone alone. Then I wake up.

Did you become aware of future events?      No         

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?       Uncertain     When I was a small child, I told my mother that I see people in the house... about ten years later, I saw "something" that I don't yet know as to identify it.

Have you shared this experience with others?        Yes    Yes, after the dream, with my mother who cried, I spoke several of times about it.  Yes immediately after the dream I talked with my mother that cried. During my adolescence I talked again about it and people looked at me incredulous.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No     

How did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:   Experience was definitely real   I was 4 years old.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you? The entire experience was meaningful to me.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:          Experience was probably real        
I have some doubt:  did I dream or did really exist something of the other part?

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?          No     

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience? Uncertain    
I was only 4 years old and I didn't even know about God's possible existence and I certainly didn't know that the death existed.

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?    No         

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience? There is not a lot to add there. The experience was brief but intense.  The place really exists in Ivrea (TO).