Marta G NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

I was only five and could not swim.  I got out to deep too stand up and struggled to swim or get back to standing depth.  Eventually I could no longer move a hand or foot and could only surrender to the water.  I recall my eyes open, how beautiful the particles in the lake were and how peaceful I felt knowing I was not capable of moving an inch or doing anything else but surrender. I slowly breathed in the water and immediately lost consciousness.  A beautiful woman dressed in bright white light pulled me out and, looking into my eyes asked me what I wanted.  I was completely satisfied and could think of nothing until it occurred to me to take a trip around the lake. 

I did and saw detail I would ever have seen in "real" life.  I could go anywhere, even to the tops of trees, by simply intending to do so.  I went out to the dock where the big kids dove off and was surprised to find it empty.  All the kids and adults were on the side of the lake congregating around someone or someone on the ground.  I wasn't interested and wanted to continue exploring when I suddenly knew I had to go, right now!  It was as if someone was calling me but could not be ignored and was not a voice per se.  the next thing I knew I saw this woman's back (bathing cap, hair sticking out, bathing suit straps, large mole on back) with her mouth on a girl on the sand.  The next thing I knew, I was suddenly in my body and it was incredibly heavy and ached.  After lots of coaxing, I opened my eyes and everything swirled around me. People were talking loudly and it was all very confusing and too much.  I passed out and woke up several days later.

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     Drowned in a lake

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    After I passed out and before I awoke.

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

            After I passed out and before I awoke.

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     I was legally blind and for the first time saw leaves on trees, bird's feathers, bird's eyes, details on telephone poles and in people's back yards that were far more acute than 20/20 vision.

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.)?
            Uncertain     

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            By far, the most indescribably beautiful experience of my life -- total peace, contentedness, love, fullness, rightness, oneness.

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

Did you see a light?           Uncertain      Not a separate light but a beautiful and kind woman who was herself a white light or dressed in white light.

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes     A loving woman with kind, compassionate eyes, looked deep into my eyes and asked me what I wanted. I couldn't imagine what to answer because I was completely fulfilled and wanted nothing.  Eventually I told her I wanted to look around the lake, like a boat ride.  I went up, down, around, anywhere with just the intention to do so.

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?          Yes     I traveled around the lake to view people's back yards, their pets, their sheds, lawn furniture, etc. Later, I walked around the lake into people's back yards looking for specific unusual things I recalled and they were there!  I also saw a woman with red hair sticking out from under her bathing cap with white daisies and yellow centers, wearing a black and white bathing suit with a large mole above the strap on her back resuscitating me.  I later verified it was she who did so and that was what she was wearing.

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?            Uncertain      Everything was incredibly beautiful and vivid, although it was all natural and present there.

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes     I was in no hurry and not aware of time.  I felt as if I was in the now, with no thought for the past or the future.

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     Uncertain            Not specific knowledge, but a strong sense of everything belonging and a oneness that is just under the surface of things and their true nature.  This has stuck with me ever since and is a deep, religious conviction of reality that came from experience and not any ideas or training I might have had at age 5.

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     I shared it for the first time around four or five years ago, roughly 50 years after it happened.  I only shared it a few times.  One person said that was a normal and ordinary NDE and two people said it was just a dream. To mean it was neither but a highly personal experience that was the most real of my life.

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    When I awoke three days later, I was certain I had died and was a ghost.  I eventually dragged my weakened body out of bed but it took me hours to get to the point where I was willing to try to see or speak to someone.  "Reality" seemed so unreal and boring compared to what I had just experienced and I was disappointed to be back.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?            When I passed out under the water, my eyes were open and I sensed that my consciousness became one with the water and it became my body. It was such a great experience that I have no fear of death.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real    It is fundamental and more real than any other I have had.

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?           Uncertain      I do not live it well, but I really do believe at a deep level that we are all united and our separateness is only an illusion of our consciousness that is tied to our bodies.

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            Uncertain      I have a huge respect for our intentions as I found that I could go anywhere and do anything by simply making that my intention.  I see a need for pure intentions and they will eventually lead to right actions.  Conversely, impure and selfish intentions are just as real as the actions that flow out of them in the spiritual world.

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

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