Experience Description:

On my way back I was in the tunnel - now filled with a very thick fog. I was in a horizontal position as if swimming. Looking down I could see the earth twelve to fifteen feet below me as if in a Plexiglas tube. Then saw my car upside down, wheels spinning, stereo blasting. I entered the car and saw my body. I made a deal to come back and entered my body through the forehead didn't fit - last joint of fingers and last joint of toes as if I was glove that was too big. I exited through the forehead, looked at that body and thought, you made a deal - so in again I went. This time a perfect fit. Looking around I realized that I wasn't one with the body yet - couldn't remember how to get it to breathe, so totally not a part of it yet. Then everything was crystal clear as I have never seen before - sharp vivid lines and colors - I got out of car. Next thing I remembered was going up to a phone booth and a man was there. I asked for a ride, told him I'd been in a wreck - he just happened to be calling it in and had stopped. He asked me who else was in the car. I told him only myself - he had tried to get me out and thought I was dead. I still question, how did I get to a phone booth at the same time the man in a car did. I have no memory from the time exiting my car and arriving at the phone booth.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: May 1981

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Direct head injury concussion Illness, trauma or other condition not considered life threatening rolled my car concussion I had rolled my car off the road.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Wonderful

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I clearly left my body and existed outside it

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

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

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster than usual

Were your senses more vivid than usual? Incredibly more so

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Colors were brighter sharper clearer, lines defined and extremely sharp.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Neither

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes The tunnel was about the size of a small room very dark with a light toward the end. I was standing upright being propelled toward the light having a telepathic conversation with an entity near the light.

Did you see any beings in your experience? Neither

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes See above.

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes See above.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Unfamiliar, strange place

What emotions did you feel during the experience? None except looking at my body from outside I realized it a mere earthly vessel, organic, separate totally from me, no emotion of any kind felt toward it, could have been a chair and destroyed before me and I would not have felt a thing towards it.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

Did you have a feeling of joy? Neither

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? Neither

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe

Did scenes from your past come back to you? Neither

Did scenes from the future come to you? Neither

Did you come to a border or point of no return? Neither

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Conservative/fundamentalist foursquare

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I realize that we are eternal beings of light and energy here in organic vessels for a time being to enjoy earthly pleasures and experience.

What is your religion now? Conservative/fundamentalist total spiritualist

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I realize that we are eternal beings of light and energy here in organic vessels for a time being to enjoy earthly pleasures and experience.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? Unidentifiable voice

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? Neither

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes Years after; the gift of knowing and of unknown knowledge; finding things for others; readings - I receive messages for whom ever I am reading.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes See above. Also a slight gift of healing - I refer to my gifts as baby gifts, not sure how to access them all the time - and became a light worker.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Wrote a letter to a friend about it three days later then waited sixteen years.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real I didn't remember it till three days later.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real I share this with everyone and am considering a book on gifts brought back from the other side.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No