Maria N's Possible NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

I was suffering from bronchitis and I went to hospital to have some x-rays done. Before going into the x-ray room, I felt short of air. I couldn’t breathe. I felt as if I was dying, I felt death very close, I knew I was going to die. I told the nurse who was helping me that I was dying. I wanted to see my daughter, who had gone out, so she could know that I was dying.

All of a sudden, I felt something coming out of my body, something from myself was coming off me. I didn’t want this to carry on before I could see my daughter. Something was pushing me to leave the chair where I was sitting.

My mind was telling me that I didn’t want to go before I could see my daughter and tell her about the beautiful experience I was going through. I closed my eyes and saw a virgin; something wanted to take me but when I insisted on wanting to see my daughter, it left me alone and I felt my body back on the chair again.

I think that if I hadn’t refused, I would have died, I don’t know, but when I refused, the force that I was feeling left me alone. In spite of everything I didn’t feel frightened at all, but a pleasant sensation; it was something nice of which I wasn’t afraid of. It was like saying: You stay on earth or you leave. Something like that.

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

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes, the lack of oxygen.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    All the time.

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 all the time.

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.)?  No      

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?     Yes

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            A pleasant and good sensation. Something nice.

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

Did you see a light?           No      

Did you meet or see any other beings?   Yes, I saw a virgin.   

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, I felt I was totally in peace and it was a very good sensation.

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?    

Yes, I feel that when death comes close, this one, death, allows you to choose whether you want to go or stay. If you let yourself go by the extremely nice sensation you are feeling, you will not think of coming back to earth, but if you think of the ties you have in this world (in my own case, I wanted to see my daughter) you are given another chance to stay. Something like that.

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 shablue this experience with others?         Yes, not long, maybe 10 or 20 minutes. They were surprised.

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:            My experience was definitely real. I lived and felt it since I was fully awake. I never lost consciousness or the like.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    The situation of whether I let myself go with that sensation or whether I stayed on earth.

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?           Yes, I have understood that life is over in no time. When your time arrives, you choose whether you want to go with the nice sensation or whether you stay to sort out pending affairs on earth. Something like that.

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            No           

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 felt death. Death gave me a choice: you stay on earth or you go. The feeling to go was a very strong one since it was a very nice sensation, but I was also thinking of my daughter a lot. I wanted my daughter to know that I was leaving happy and content. I only wanted her to know. Anyway, I think this was the reason for my delay and why I stayed.

Did the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?         Yes, it was something quick but very real.