Penny J NDE

Experience Description

On January 19, 1974, I had gotten off work, picked up my boyfriend so we could get dinner. Afterwards, I took him home, and then headed home myself. It was midnight and raining. I drove to the corner of a busy intersection. The traffic light was stuck on red from all directions. I was in the middle lane going straight in a 1968 Mustang. A Camaro was in the left turn lane beside me.

We proceeded when it was our turn. The Camaro turned left, and I went straight. The driver saw a car speeding toward him from the left and accelerated to avoid it. II was hit broadside and knocked through the brick wall of a local bar. The car that hit me was black, and was driving with no headlights. The driver and passengers were a man, his wife, and child.

A police officer arrived and accused me of drinking, though I hadn’t been. Another officer told him to leave. But the first police officer insisted on writing me a ticket, claiming I was at fault. I heard a child crying. I was disoriented from my injuries, and asked if I had killed a child. Suddenly, I was standing on top of the building and watching everything unfold below.

I saw a woman who ran out of the building, shouting that I was dead. The officer pronounced me dead, and the ambulance crew confirmed it. My tape player kept repeating the song "Seasons in the Sun." A friend who had seen me at dinner earlier arrived on the scene. He was frantically asking where my boyfriend was, unaware I had taken him home. The scene was chaotic.

Then, I realized I was speaking to a man beside me. He looked ordinary and I didn’t recognize him. I asked, "What the hell? I’m dead? I’m only 16!" He replied, "Yes, you are dead, but you shouldn’t be." I was confused. He explained the accident wasn’t part of my life plan. The other driver had made a terrible choice, altering my life path. He offered me the chance to return with him to reconsider my life plan, but I was too young to understand what he meant.

I said, "I’m 16. I don’t want to die." He asked if I was sure. When I insisted on staying, he told me that they would be around if I changed my mind. Instantly, I was back in my body.

The officer shouted; he still held my wrist and hadn’t performed CPR. The car was crushed, doors jammed. I came back to consciousness and demanded to be let out of the car. He refused, saying that I was dead. I told him that "No, I’m back." I asked him to retrieve my glasses. I told him that they were on the dashboard of the other car. He returned from getting my glasses from the other car. He was bewildered, and asked me how I knew where the glasses were.

I told him, "I saw them from the roof when I was dead," I said. "Now that I’m alive, I can barely see." He lifted me out, and I teased him about his pig-shaped tie tack. In the squad car, "Seasons in the Sun" played again. We exchanged a look, and he turned the radio off.

At the hospital, I was treated for eight concussions, two broken collarbones. I was bruised from head-to-toe. The officer stayed with me, even visiting after I was discharged. I told him about my experience, something I never shared with anyone else because it felt normal at the time.

Healing took ten weeks. Fear of driving haunted me until 2021, when a heart attack led to another spiritual event. Six months later, I underwent two open-heart surgeries in 48 hours. I experienced another NDE. I also had a shared NDE in my 20s. Over the years, many spiritual events occurred, but I never dwelled on them until 2021.

The man who spoke to me in 1974 has reappeared at key moments, such as warning me to call an ambulance during my heart attack. Looking back, these experiences always felt natural. I never thought they were strange. Now, my last NDE brought clarity to why I was having these experiences.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date of NDE: 1/19/1974

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes
I was dead from car accident, was given the choice to stay or go back to my body.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? I clearly left my body and existed outside it
I saw everything going on in the area around my body, and I confirmed much of it with the cop that took care of me at the accident.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? I guess when I came back into my body, I was so confused about the whole process. I never really left, no tunnels no family waiting, just my guy.
Nothing

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

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning
I could see everything going on around my body but when I talked to my guy everything seemed to stop.

Were your senses more vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience My eye site vision was greatly improved while I was dead, that I noticed because I need glasses and I saw my glasses in the car that hit me. I think I told him hey I can see without my glasses. Mental spiritual vision, I didn't have a clue what that meant at the age 16.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience no difference mentally or physically

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? No

Did you see or feel surrounded by a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter another world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I was a little ticked off that I was dead at such a young age. I was very confused about what my guy was telling me about going back with him or staying. I remember I just keep thinking, What is a life Plan... Who cares about it, I just want to live and have fun.

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life
My guy told me the Life Plan was messed up but to no fault of my own so I should probably go back and relook my plan and make a new one. I told him no I am too young to die, I want to live my life and have fun, I had a great childhood. He told me my plan most likely couldn't get back on track because of what occurred. I was oblivious to what he was talking about. Which now seems strange, but that is how it was.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Other or several faiths
never believed in organized religion, always felt there is the 'One' and spirituality.

Have your religious practices changed? No

What is your religion now? Other or several faiths
Pretty much same as I believed when I was very young, do not belong to any religion.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience
I was 16, living a great life, no religion in our family, had a great mother and father and siblings. Wasn't rich or poor money wise, but had cloths to wear, food to eat and plenty of love. So beyond that I didn't know anything about any of this, never even thought about it. The most I did was imagine I saw ghosts in the attack when I was little.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin
A man, normal size, around 50 maybe, plain robe neutral in color. I didn't recognize him by site. No idea who he was, just that he was there for me.

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? Yes
Life plan didn't know what it meant. Also, he told me I could come back into another life on Earth or other planets with a new plan if I chose to go with him. I always knew in my heart that there were other planets and reincarnation, but he confirmed it. I just didn't know what a life plan was.

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes
I did understand that a Life Plan probably meant I was here for a reason, but I am not sure what my plan was, it was not shown to me, only that I was not going to be able to follow it.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes
My guy told me I needed to go back and redo my life plan, because my current plan was destroyed by the decision of another, and that they could not get my plan back on track.

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? Yes
I was told that we have freedom of choice within following our life plan. He also told me that the guy that hit me made a horrible decision that impacted my plan. He said he will answer to that decision, but that I needed to now decide what I wanted to do. Again, I had no idea what any of that meant.

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Unknown
I didn't really think about God, now many years later I think of God as just a name for 'The One' which is not a person. As how my life changed is I have had many spiritual events since then and seem to be much more intuitive. It was also made clear that our soul lives on and this is just a blip in time.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes
I divorced and decided to stay single many years ago, and believe it has something to do with the NDEs/Events.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience
I can close my eyes and remember every detail of the event, and other events that have happened to me since then. I don't remember much else in detail before or after the events.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes
out of body experiences, other NDEs, participated in my aunts death from 100 miles away. Know things are going to happen before they happen, but nothing serious maybe premonitions.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Just the part about a Life Plan.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
the cop and my family. Some kind of believe some do believe. I don't know if they were influenced in any way.

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 knew it was real, I knew I experienced it. But I didn't understand it, still working through that.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
It was real, still confused about parts of it. I'm not sure why I was saved by a being during my heart attack which I could see working with my cardiologist to save me. I am not sure why many souls kept me from going into the light after my surgery. Completely at a loss about my plan what it was, why I can't complete it, and the impact of that.

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

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience? Yes
I have had many events, which some very much alive, one dead no heart beat, one near death verily had a heart beat, and one heart stopped for like a few seconds. So there are several ways to have NDEs, which is what I feel I have learned.

Anything else to add? I feel it was confirmed from my experiences that Organized religion, Bible, and other religious items are man-made and are only there to help us on earth in our plans to grow spiritually. But in reality, we are all one and we are all energy.