Near-death and out-of-body experiences
A threshold or boundary that experiencers feel they cannot cross if they wish to return to life. Often described as a fence, river, door, or simply a felt sense that going further means permanent death.
This is about my wife, Vera Gonzalez, who passed on May 7th, 2016, and the attending physician assistant/NP-C and I witnessed a light orb leave her body within minutes of dying. A concentrated white orb-light came out of her chest through the sternum...
My search for love and acceptance in religion frustrated me in a way that is difficult to describe, since there was a great inconsistency and lack of integrity between the message of love that Jesus had left as a legacy to humanity and its totally un...
At the time of my experience, I was a workaholic. On top of my regular 40 hours a week of work, I was developing a forensic project along with the government to find missing (dead) people in my country. This took another 20 to 30 hours of my week. I ...
I went into this psychedelic journey as I had the many other journeys I always have; with a sense of incredible responsibility, respect, intention and oversight. I started using mushrooms and MDMA as a medicinal tool for my CPTSD a few years prior to...
We had arrived in Key West with our two best friends for our annual trip to south Florida. This trip included visiting Fort Lauderdale for about eight or nine days, with four days in Key West. We always had a blast. We drove from their condominium (c...
The morning of January 15, 1987, my partner was up early as usual and soon after leaving, he burst back into our Lilliputian room, manic with excitement. The news was that we were flying! He ordered me to get up and get dressed, but I was desperately...
It was April, 1989 and I was 9 years old. I was riding my bicycle in Texas and in my grandparent's neighborhood. I and a neighborhood child, who was one year older than me, built a ramp to jump our bikes toward the direction of the street. As I was c...
Six months before my NDE, I had an incredibly, peculiar dream with elements of deeply religious symbology. The contents of the dream struck me as odd; especially considering at the time I was a devout atheist, and grew up with no religious affiliatio...
I was upstairs, and my brother pushed me from the second story of our house. The straight staircase turned 90 degrees to the main floor. I tumbled down and landed on my neck with my body on top. My mother heard the commotion and ran to the stairs. Wh...
While in the middle of an emergency c-section, I watched myself flatline as my pulse slowed. I heard my mother call out. The room got brighter. It was quiet, but I felt so much love surrounding me. I was standing in a 'room' but it was too bright to ...
My body had begun dissolving internal organs from extreme ketoacidosis. I began hyperventilating one evening and couldn't stop. My girlfriend had driven me to the closest VA hospital that was about 45-minutes away. When I arrived, I passed out at the...
My maternal grandfather was fighting in WWII. He was hit by a train and sustained a head injury. His doctors claimed this injury is what caused his brain tumor some 60 years later. It was an inoperable brain tumor, so he started radiation therapy. My...
In early 2024, I scheduled a minimally invasive elective surgery to have a lipoma on my back removed. Being in good physical condition, I completed my pre-op screenings without issue. On the morning of my surgery, 5-16-2024, I met briefly with my ane...
We were at the table. Cards in hand, music low, laughter bubbling beneath the haze of a passing joint. It was just a normal night in a quiet house. There were no warnings. No signs. Then she walked in. Another joint entered the rotation and made i...
I've had two separate near-death experiences (NDEs) in my life, but I want to focus on my second experience for now. To provide some context, I grew up in a poor environment with my dad and stepmom, both of whom struggled with various mental health i...
Bristol O NDE Home Classification NDE 5538 Bristol O NDE 13171 Experience Description I was thrust suddenly into the darkness of space. I could distantly perceive nebulae and other cosmic structures. I could not remember where I had come from, who I ...
Dying felt like falling backwards into blackness; then it felt like I was sitting up out of my body, then standing facing away from myself. I don't remember if I glanced at the bed or not, but I don't think I felt the need to. I remember thinking...
Copyright Note: Please read and enjoy this experience, as it is a gift from the heart. However, please do not copy and paste any part of this as the experiencer wants the entire story to be understood in its entirety rather than in small parts that ...
My experience was so vast that I cannot fit all the details here, so I will have to leave some parts out. For years, I suffered from an unspecified illness that made it difficult to breathe. I would wake up in the middle of the night gasping for a...
Bonnie K ADC Home Classification ADC 5575 Bonnie K ADC 13217 Experience Description This was written in my personal diary. I copied and pasted it This past November 2023, I had been upset for literally a couple of months. I always remember that every...
Encountering deceased loved ones is among the most commonly reported and emotionally impactful elements of NDEs. Experiencers often describe joyful reunions with family members, friends, or even pets who have passed.
Descriptions of breathtaking otherworldly environments — meadows of impossible colors, crystal cities, gardens of extraordinary beauty. These realms are often described as more 'real' than physical reality.
Many experiencers describe being given a choice — or being told — to return to their physical body. Some are told they have unfinished business, while others choose to return for loved ones, especially children.
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