JennZ NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

 A friend and I were driving to VT one day and I was the driver. I have a history of chronic asthma and bronchitis. At the time I was still a smoker. I had a chest cold as well. I was driving along a highway in rural VT, not much traffic when I lit up a cigarette. After a couple of puffs I started coughing hard, then harder, then I couldn't even take a breath in and passed out. I remember not feeling anything after that just a dream or visual experience. I remember moving rapidly through the trees and bright sunlight was shining through the trees as I was moving toward something. Then I stopped. There was a big white house that sat under a brilliantly blue sky and there was a nice flower garden and white sheets blowing in the breeze on laundry lines. I remember looking into what I thought was a laundry basket on the ground but when I looked inside of it, I saw a baby. Then, I could hear someone screaming my name.. "JENN JENN!!" It seemed so distant and I felt like I didn't want to answer it, just wanted to keep going wherever this vision was taking me. But, it got louder and I felt like I was catapulted or shot back, whatever, to reality. It was my friends voice screaming urgently for me to pull over. She had put her leg over mine in the car to hit the brake and had the steering wheel. I pulled over. She said afterward that I was out for about a minute. It felt to me like at least an hour had gone by. I felt such a sense of calm the rest of the day. I don't know if it was a NDE but, was the weirdest thing I ever experienced. I quit smoking finally and I don't fear death as much now.

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? No      

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          No      

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    when I woke up

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

            when I woke up

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.)?  Yes     colors were extremely vivid and clear like watching high definition TV. and I don't see that well normally without glasses

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.)?
            Yes     my friend calling my named was distant at first then it got louder

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            just peace .. not scared.. just tranquil

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

Did you see a light?           Yes     brilliant sunlight through the trees

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes     a baby in a laundry basket.,  there was no communication

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?           No           

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes     seemed much longer to me the time I was out than had actually passed

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

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No      

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?     No      

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     right away

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 viewed it the same way after it happened as I do today

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    the garden was significant because I am an avid gardener

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real   

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?            Yes     I believe that their is an afterlife now more than I believed before

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?        I kind of feel that that was me in the laundry basket as a baby but my mother is passed away and I can't ask her if she used to do that with me. I've heard other peoples lives flash before their eyes, maybe it was the start of mine and I was abruptly "awakened". I stayed their looking at that scene for awhile it seemed to me. It was just beautiful.

Did the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?         Yes