Near Death Experience Research Foundation

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

Desmond F NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 From France, Original in French, translated by Jacqueline.  I have the sensation of having my mouth full, I can not articulate, and then everything changes...I am now fine, I am feeling intensely, immensely well, lying (I think so, for I am both spectator and actor of the stage, I am both inside and outside, so... am I lying ? I don't know.) Bathing in a soft light around (or in front?) of me; some familiar and extremely caring presences lean on me. I have no concept of time passing. I have the feeling that they tell me something although I hear nothing, I am sure there is a communication, though unable to mention any content or formal expression of it. As for what I feel...everything is serenity, benevolence, love ... I bathe in the fullness, I dare say perfect happiness.
NDE from heart attack.

Jorge V NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 From Mexico, Original in Spanish, translated to English by Simon A.  As soon as I was under anaesthesia, I started seeing images of my life, right back to childhood. I saw my parents, my 6 brothers, my children and their mothers. I went back over many stages of my life, until I came to a stage when I began to see the things I had done wrong, but passing before me in a very rapid succession.
Surgery-related NDE.

Connie T NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 I found myself in a field of brightly colored flowers, with the sensation of a river flowing just beyond the flowers.  The whole area was enveloped in a very bright yellowish light.  Just on the other side of the river was a huge crowd of beings with no discernable faces or other body characteristics.  I had an overwhelming sense of welcome with the impression that they were beckoning to me to join them. Although I didn't actually see her, I was aware that one of them was my grandmother who had passed away about 10 years before.  I can recall vaguely wondering if my father was in the crowd (he died when I was 11).  I didn't actually speak to anyone, nor did I hear any words spoken to me.  It was more, just a very brightly colored vision, with sensations of joy and welcome.
NDE due to faint following surgery.

  George W Possible NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 Once I was out for the count I started seeing strange beings and my life on another planet with all my friends and family. They told me that we live forever but we had to go through death after every life. I was told our death provides light and energy to the universe and after we provided the light and energy for a bit we come back. I saw so many things and it was like they all happened at once. In the beginning I was very afraid bad things kept happening but as I progressed through the experience it became more and more peaceful.
Possible NDE due to seizure and pneumonia.

  Janice H NDE 4306 English expanded version  2/4/10 I was thrown out of the car and landed between two large boulders and the car then landed on top of me.  The two other passengers in the car were not injured.  As I was being crushed by the car, I felt myself being squeezed so hard that my breath was leaving me and I thought to myself, Oh God, I am going to die..... About this time, I was being levitated to the sky.  I looked down where my body was lying and my right leg was all twisted.  I saw the two people that was traveling with me crying and were very upset over my injuries.  The ambulance had arrived and the attendant was administering help to me.  I watched them do what they could but I could not understand why everyone was so upset.  I was feeling wonderful and happy. I knew that this was a wonderful thing that was happening to me.
NDE due to auto accident.  Shared 58 years later.

  Al G NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 From Croatia.  Strangely, I did not feel any danger, even though I could hear thunder and see big waves hit the ship. The only thing I could feel was peace and satisfaction, pleasantness. I was happy, first moment of happiness after a couple of years. I felt divine. I felt like I'm the nature itself. It felt like I'm floating in air for hours and hours, and then suddenly I heard a voice of the woman I love (even though she left me two months before that I still love her) telling me to be strong, to make it through. That voice told me to get up, open my eyes and to live; because it is not my time yet to leave this life.
NDE due to head injury.  Heard former lover tell him that it was not his time.

  Gary T NDE 4304 English expanded version  2/1/10 My brother who is 2 years older than me was out on a second floor balcony that did not have bars to protect anyone from falling, I would grab the handrail and swing out over the concrete ally below, I missed the handrail and feel head first as if diving into a pool. I then remember looking down on my body and my brother standing over me crying and pulling my hair to get back up the stairs. I saw my mother run down and pick me up crying and blowing air in my mouth, I remember thinking why is she doing that im ok, then the next thing I was in my body looking up at my mom and then I was unconscious in a coma for 2 weeks. I woke up in a hospital and never spoke of my experience until I was 11 and mom  turned white when I told her about the details of my brother crying and dragging me up the stairs, she confirmed it.
NDE due to fall with head injury at age 4 who is now an RN.

  Joe A NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 I was running track at my high school. I was a fast runner and was ahead of everyone, when I turned my head to look back at the other runners. When I turned back around, I ran into a steel pole (Light pole for the baseball field) I was knocked out. I remember seeing myself from above as I lay there. I saw myself laying there and the other boys gathered around me. It seems like it only lasted a few seconds. I remember having a strange feeling of seeing myself laying there.  When I came to, all the boys that were running with me and the boys practicing on the other baseball field were standing around me. The coach had them carry me to the gymnasium where the high school principle met us.
NDE due to head injury.

  Sandy M Probable NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 They said they were going to rush me into surgery as soon as the doctor arrived whom they had already called. They told me they would have to perform a D&C and would put me out. In the Recovery Room I was speaking to a being that I had the understanding was the Lord Jesus Christ but he didn't say he was but I just "knew" who he was because of the comfort and peace I was in. I was conversing with the "Lord" and I said what I thought was out loud, "thank you for being with me during this" and I just had such a warm and cozy feeling, really calm and at peace. I then realized that I was awakening and I saw a nurse in the room and I said was I just talking and she said no. And I said you didn't hear me talking and she said no you weren't talking.
Probable NDE following miscarriage.

  Bonnie VB NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 Then I looked up and I thought the little light up above came on (the refrigerator was not plugged in so there actually was no light).  It was very tiny and then I felt myself leaving my body, going up through the grates, and into the light.  I was being pulled up through a tunnel that opened into the most beautiful white light that I could ever describe.  When I was fully into the light I realized it was the most incredibly beautiful light that I had ever seen.  It seemed to have a personality that was beyond belief loving.  I was happy just being in the light.  I remember then that I heard a voice that I thought was the light that surrounded me.  Without having a body some how I talked to the voice.  I was shown that the white light was really made up of all the colors.  I was shown the zillions of colors in the light, more than I have seen on earth.  They were all beautiful.… If it isn't real I'm not sure how I learned about the colors and all things in the universe coming from an original light when I was technically not breathing.
NDE from asphyxiation at age 4.  Shared by retired college professor 63 years later.

  Nostra J NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 I felt exhausted and deeply relieved to sit down.  Then it seemed I was in some other place.  There was a lot of wind there and the wind made a lot of noise. I saw that I was in a tunnel.  I seemed to be floating through the air, propelled by the wind. I was very calm.  There was no sense of worry or fear.  I was willing to go where this wind would take me… Experience was definitely real.  It has been 19 years since this experience.  Plus I know I have a poor memory that has plagued me since a child.  But I have never forgotten anything that happened to me that day.
NDE due to apparent faint.

  Patricia M Probable NDE English expanded version  2/4/10 while I laid on my death bed knowing nothing  of this world, I was on the beach with my  mother holding her hand and walking on the sand with a dolphin in the water near by. The water seemed white and all else was this grey sort of color, but transparent too. My father was standing on a hill by this big building with lots of windows but I couldn't see in the windows because they were blacked out. My mother and father look the same, but different too. This place was so peaceful and wonderfully beautiful I never wanted to leave.
Probable NDE in ICU after emergency surgery for colon rupture.

  Kathleen B NELE English expanded version  2/2/10 I began telling my grandfather that it was okay to let go and God would take care of him and to go toward God when I felt like I was being pulled toward a great bright light.  Not a harsh light but a light filled with warmth and peace.  I remember feeling and seeing my grandfather's had in mine and him telling me he was scared and he needed me with him.  It was bizarre as I was not dead or dying but I was having this feeling as if my spirit/body was being pulled toward the light at the same time as my grandfather was.  The light got brighter and then enveloped us. We were standing in a place that was illuminated but not with regular light or lamps or candles and there were other people there but I could not make out who they were nor was I frightened or surprised to see them.  My grandfather was on my left and we were still holding hands.
Exceptional experience of transitioning with her dying grandfather into the afterlife.  These types of experiences, along with shared NDEs, are among the strongest evidence that what happens in NDEs is what happens at the time of permanent, irreversible death.

  Elizabeth S NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 Then as I gazed at the sun it kept coming closer to the window, getting larger and speeding up and getting brighter. My thought was that the earth and the sun were about to collide and I was witnessing the end of the world. The ball of light came through the window with the sound of a swift wind, and I saw that it was an awesome image of illuminating white light that was Jesus. I was afraid because I felt unprepared to be judged. I wanted to speak but was unable to do so. I noticed his youthful appearance and thought him to be near my age. I saw his sandals were old and worn and wondered why he would not have newer ones to wear. He took steps suspended in mid-air.  His arms were reaching out to me, and then he spoke. He said "You are not ready to die, you still have work to do." He hesitated, and then said "And don't be afraid, I will be with you."  I watched him back up toward the window and leave just as he had entered. The bright light then returned to the sky.
NDE due to complications of delivery.

  Jennifer B NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 I was completely relaxed and pain free.  I felt filled with love and peace, as if I was exactly where I was supposed to be.  I also noticed that my thoughts were extremely clear, very unlike my usual self.  I wasn't floating long before I noticed a field of stars below me.  They formed a sort of curtain that divided where I was from someplace else.  I knew I would be able to go to them if I just thought about doing it, but right after I had that thought, a male voice spoke to me in my head.  He told me that if I went past the stars I wouldn't be able to come back.  I remember thinking, "I'm not sure I want to go back, it's so wonderful here."  And that was it.
NDE due to hypotension, fainting, and blow to head.

  Bobbie K NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 From Canada. 
Eyes wide open, guided by the Light,
So familiar, so loved, so free.
Far from illusion, heading toward the sea.
I reach a tunnel, the water is gone,
my body no longer in sight.
My spirit soars lightning speed ahead.
Much to my delight,
I am on other side of life!
NDE at age 4-5 from drowning.  Much of it shared as a beautiful poem.

  David A NDE 4284 English expanded version  2/2/10 I was on a hospital table after losing almost all of my blood.  Doctors were working on me.  I floated out of my body.  I glanced back. The doctors had stopped working and were walking away. A nurse was filling out a report.  I entered into a tunnel of swirling lights of many colors.  Two beings met me, apparently as guides.  As we started to continue the journey, the two beings (angels?) stopped and told me that it was not yet my time.  They released me and I suddenly re-entered my body.  I looked at the nurse and told her that I was thirsty.  She jumped back in shock and dropped her clipboard, and then began calling for doctors.  The doctors hooked up various bottles through IV tubes, and I went to sleep.  I woke up the next day in a hospital ward.
NDE associated with combat in Vietnam.

  Ray S NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 …watched as my mother came to the porch and yelled for father my brother and sister crying ... as for me? ... just calm it was just after Christmas and I got the sheep skin coat that I bugged my parents for I only bring this up because my brother bought me a purple slush while he was in the store earlier and I could see my Dad trying to revive me and the slush staining my coat!  So here I am dead and I am upset over a coat! LOL  Don't know how long this was all taking I just know I was slowly rising higher floating in the tree looking down next thing I remember was waking up in the Union Hospital in Freetown MA with everyone around me asking if I was going to be OK now. I looked at my Mother and said Mom is my coat ruined now will the purple come out?
NDE due to carbon monoxide poisoning at age 7.  OBE observations later confirmed.

  Dea M NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 The colors got more intense and more detailed, turning into patterns and textures and weaving of both color and sound.  While I knew that this was not of our world, it all seemed natural and without need for explanation.  At some point I understood the essence of creativity and was given the "joy stick" of my own imagination so to speak, to create my own visions.  It was amazing what ever I thought became vision, and swirled around me in its own reality.  I realized my unlimited potential as a human, I realized the unlimited ability to feel love, I knew that I was being held in that "love" and I knew that this was the forever-ness of that love. I knew what it was like to LOVE the way that God loves, and when that happened my "heart" opened and I could feel my soul touching that of the unseen creator, I knew that "God" does exist and we are a part of it all.
Exceptional NDE due to car accident.  Perhaps the most dramatic description of colors ever.

  Debbie P NDE 4280 English expanded version  2/2/10 I was in a very black and vast void illuminated only by a glowing, pulsating enormous Cosmic Question Mark, the space filling sound of joyous laughter, and absolute understanding of what is important in our lives - love, and love alone.  I had no awareness of anything other than my own unique cosmic connection to my Creator - it was an intensely personal experience, and there was no awareness of anyone or anything else, other than this divine connection - being caught up in something far beyond my normal awareness or understanding.
NDE due to cardiac arrest while under general anesthesia.

  Sue H NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 I thought that I would never have the experience of being near an angel again, when one day swimming in the river I got on a beaver barge, I panicked and couldn't pull myself out of the water, I was submerged with just inches from the surface, no air, starting to fade out,  when I looked up through the water and saw a person standing upon the barge "where no one could be supported" she put her hand through the water, over my face, pushed me HARD under the barge and through the other side, I jumped up to see if anyone was on the barge, and no one...."I do believe in guardian angels".
NDE due to burn injuries at age 6, and life-saving encounter with an angel.  NDE happened 52 years ago.

  Sylvia D NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 …this was an extreme threat to my life, I was not expected to live. As soon as the aneurysm ruptured, I knew something was terribly wrong. The pain was so severe, and my condition worsened very rapidly. I was at first aware of the seriousness of my condition until I lost consciousness. Then, I was in this very intense, bright light. I am uncertain of the timeline and order of events, but at some point, I was with my deceased grandmother. She was in a field picking green beans, and I was with her. The light almost felt like a very hot summer day, but I felt drawn into this light, a part of the light. There was no pain, no fear, only a feeling of warmth, peace, love, and serenity. It was so wonderful that I wanted to remain in that light. Then, I was aware of others with me, but only recognized my recently deceased mother. She was in a gown of white, I could see her and I reached to touch her but she remained out of my reach. I was told I could not stay, that it was not my time…
NDE due to ruptured brain aneurysm.

  Beth B NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 The entire experience felt like I was in a higher level of awareness than I had ever been.  This event is crystal clear in my memory and has always been… Experience was definitely real           When my Grandmother visited and I told her about the man I thought was my grandfather, she listened and then pulled out this picture of him (he was 65 when he died). It was the same man I had visited, but much younger.  He didn't say this to me, but I said something to my Grandmother that convinced her that I had seen him -- it was strange, but I remembered to tell her that the key was behind the stove.  She had lost her clock key, and that's where she found it.
NDE due to drowning at age 7 ½.  Shared 53 ½ years later.

  Grady R NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 JUST BEFORE I HIT THE VAN, I SAW EVERY THING IN MY LIFE, FROM MAJOR TO SOMETHING AS SMALL AS PUTTING MY SHOES ON, EVERY LITTLE DETAIL BIG AND SMALL WITHIN A MILL-A-SEC… AT THE TIME CADILLAC-WAGONS WHERE USE FOR AMBULANCES, AT KNOW TIME WAS I ABLE TO SEE THE ROOF BUT IT HAD THE #69 IN RED ON THE ROOF.
NDE due to motorcycle accident.

  KB NDE English expanded version  2/2/10 The river bottom changes constantly so in playing on what had previously been a sandbar, I step off and was over my head in the water. I struggled to gain my footing but began to sink in the water. Eventually I stopped struggling and a feeling of calm came over me. I saw my life (as brief as it was) flash before me. I experienced feeling very peaceful and happy to go toward the bright light ahead. The next thing I recall was someone grabbing me. My sister says she looked over and saw my hair floating on top of the water (my hair was waist length at the time). She rushed over and pulled me out by my hair.
NDE at age 8 due to near drowning.

  Frank P NDE 4272 English expanded version  2/2/10 I suddenly fell back and was fully surrounded by a energy of a white light. I have NEVER seen this color white here on earth. It did not hurt my eyes to see it. I felt relaxed with no thoughts of my family or my past. I somehow knew I was in the place I have seen others talk about. I do not know how I knew this. I then had a male voice say to me "Frank, do you want to go with me or go back" With out hesitation I said "go back". As soon as I said back, I felt the shock of the paddles come in on my right chest and cross to the left.
NDE due to cardiac arrest.

  Bobby H NDE English expanded version  2/1/10 I was free of the body...free of the daily stress of a physical existence.  I no longer felt fear or loneliness, or emotional pain.  There are no human words available to describe this.  It was a total immersion in God's love, in his light...as if I was in the presence of Christ himself...immersed in the Holy Spirit.  I could see, but not with my eyes, hear but not with my ears and so on.  It was the most beautiful thing that I have ever experienced in my life, before or since...it was not physical.  It was 100% spiritual.  As this was going on I had no sadness or did I miss anyone or anything I was leaving behind.  It was as if I was also immersed in total understanding and knowledge of all things...there was no concept of time and space...only pure love and infinite wisdom, untold forgiveness and acceptance.
NDE due to falling accident.  Also shares remarkable ADC that happened at the time of his son’s death.

  William M NDE English expanded version  2/1/10 I went to sleep while driving. Then I was aware that we were out of our bodies & quickly flying up toward space, holding hands. we flew straight up for a minute or so when we started to see a park or countryside-like landscape. It seemed to be in twilight, sort of dark, but we could see trees, bushes, etc. Suddenly, we were intercepted  by 4 creatures. They seemed about ten feet in height & were invisible, but we could see a vague humanoid outline (my best description would be like the invisibility effect in the movie "predator" which I saw some years later. Two flanked each of us and began to gently separate us. They overwhelmed us with a feeling of the highest love & compassion that was well beyond anything we could experience on earth.
Rare ‘shared NDE’ account.  Auto accident with his girlfriend.  The two of them shared part of the experience.  He was sent back, she was not.

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