Leona B's NDE

Experience description: 

I was in the hospital for 5 days.  I had been drinking when I was beaten severely by my ex-husband.  I was in a coma going through seizures.  I do not remember anything at the hospital except the experience & the day I woke up.  My family was called to the hospital to say goodbye because my body was deteriorating and the seizures could not be controlled with medications. This is according to family who came in one by one to say goodbye, my sister was praying over me saw the heart monitor flat line and I stopped breathing.  She was holding me crying and demanding me not to be dead.  She said at the moment I died, I finally was finally resting. About five minutes passed, she was still holding me when I opened my eyes and said "Hi Madeline!"  The doctors had no explanation as to why I came back.  Later that week after I came home I told my sister of my experience.. 

My account: This is my only experience during my hospital stay.  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."  I didn't feel satisfied with this answer and as I started to ask what he meant, I was sucked backward so fast I can't explain it.  I was in my hospital bed and I opened my eyes to see my sister's big blue eyes filled with tears and she seemed shocked to see me.  I remember saying "Hi Madeline".  That was it.  

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? Yes

The incredible peace is hard to describe.  I felt beyond absolutely wonderful peace and was free of all worries

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

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           I was fully conscious and alert during my experience.  My sister said I was dead.

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   No, It was real.

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

Without pain.  No regard as to my looks or appearance I was not aware of my body.

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?           Rushing of wind,  A Vacuum.

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          Yes

            Describe:      Fast, tunnel, white

Did you see a light?           Yes

After the tunnel

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes

A man with long hair and beard and white garments.  Resembling people from the bible.

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

I am no longer afraid of death.  I do not wish to hasten it, but I am very comfortable with it.  It helped me to better accept my mother and father's deaths recently

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Yes

My sister and I had an incredible combined knowledge of each others experience afterward.  I have had no other experience since then.  But she has dreams that are warnings of bad things.  She dreamt of my house burning and she saw our Mom crying (who is deceased) Mom was saying "its all gone Madeline" Madeline called me and told me to check our electrical wiring, Sure enough there was a outlet behind the couch that was shorting.  When I pulled the couch out it was smoldering. I asked her how did she know it was electrical and she said she felt it in her dream. Madeline has a special link to God I think.  She has had other premonitions from dreams that came to pass.  She asked God to let me stay on earth and he listened to her. We think there is a reason for us to stay together on earth.  We just don't know what it is yet.

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?           Yes

Already explained

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes

Time was not relevant

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    Yes

A feeling of knowledge, I can't describe it.

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Uncertain

Did you become aware of future events?       No

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?       Uncertain

I wasn't involved in bringing me back, Only God and Madeline.

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?         Uncertain

My father and my mother have visited me once since their death,  My father once and my Mom twice.

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   Yes

Not afraid of death.

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?       I am calmer in everything.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?         Yes

I take better care of myself.

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes

My mom was relieved to know there was no pain and was not afraid when she died.

11/2/03 - Dr. Jeff

11/3/03 - Leona

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11/3/03 - Leona

11/5/03 - Dr. Jeff