Описание на преживяването
I was on vacation with my mother, father, a friend of mine and her mother in Kentucky. We went to Dewy Dam, which I believe is not far from Van Lear, Kentucky. We rented a small boat and when we got to a shallow spot at the lake my dad, my friend and I went swimming. I couldn't swim so my dad went in the water first to make sure it was a shallow spot, so the water wouldn't be above my shoulders.
We were in the water, playing, screwing around and laughing when suddenly I stepped backwards and stepped off a ledge into very deep water. I couldn't swim so I was sinking under the water. My dad and friend thought I was still screwing around and was laughing at me. In the beginning I remember struggling when I breached the top of the water, but after going down a couple of times, I wasn't struggling anymore when I went under. I was at peace and had no fear. Everything became extremely beautiful. The lights and colors in the water were so beautiful that I was captivated and mesmerized by them.
I saw colors that don't exist. The lights were sparkling and bright and yet soft and inviting, they were comforting; it was like I was a part of the lights and colors. The peace was so calming and desirable that I felt a part of something very much larger, like I was one with the universe. During this experience I felt what it feels like to have no time, it was timeless, no boundaries of time. It was an amazing feeling, the freedom of no time and the connection with 'the universe' (I use that word simply because the universe is vast but I felt it was more than the universe as we know it).
Then, suddenly, I was floating above the area and looking down and saw my mother and my friend's mother still in the boat, I saw my dad and friend in the water. My mother was scared and yelling at my dad to pull me out of the water. My dad was laughing and said, 'Oh Helen, she's just playing, we're all just fooling around.' And then I saw myself pop up above the water again, and it looked like I was panicked, frightened, and struggling for my life. My mother became desperate and mad at my father, and as I again went underwater, I heard her insist that he drag me out of the water.
But, when I went under again, I was puzzled, I didn't understand why I briefly struggled and panicked when I resurfaced because in reality, I wanted to go back under because everything was so beautiful and amazing under the water, it was tranquil, and the feeling of oneness and timelessness was what I wanted to go back to. I didn't understand why my body struggled and showed fear because that isn't the way I felt at all. I didn't want to resurface, I wanted to stay below the water, and I was happy there, happier than I can ever remember being before or since the experience.
The next thing that happened is that I felt my dad pull me up from the water and pull me to the boat trying to resuscitate me. I felt very heavy in weight, so heavy that it amazed me that my body could be so heavy. It felt so heavy that it was laborious to adjust to being in my body again. I was coughing and sputtering, water was stinging my eyes and I felt a panic also return to my body that didn't exist when I was under the water, but, the strange thing was that those signs of panic and fear were only in my body, not my mind. I didn't feel those things in my mind. What I was feeling was disappointment about being taken out of such a beautiful, amazing, wonderful place.
We were in the water, playing, screwing around and laughing when suddenly I stepped backwards and stepped off a ledge into very deep water. I couldn't swim so I was sinking under the water. My dad and friend thought I was still screwing around and was laughing at me. In the beginning I remember struggling when I breached the top of the water, but after going down a couple of times, I wasn't struggling anymore when I went under. I was at peace and had no fear. Everything became extremely beautiful. The lights and colors in the water were so beautiful that I was captivated and mesmerized by them.
I saw colors that don't exist. The lights were sparkling and bright and yet soft and inviting, they were comforting; it was like I was a part of the lights and colors. The peace was so calming and desirable that I felt a part of something very much larger, like I was one with the universe. During this experience I felt what it feels like to have no time, it was timeless, no boundaries of time. It was an amazing feeling, the freedom of no time and the connection with 'the universe' (I use that word simply because the universe is vast but I felt it was more than the universe as we know it).
Then, suddenly, I was floating above the area and looking down and saw my mother and my friend's mother still in the boat, I saw my dad and friend in the water. My mother was scared and yelling at my dad to pull me out of the water. My dad was laughing and said, 'Oh Helen, she's just playing, we're all just fooling around.' And then I saw myself pop up above the water again, and it looked like I was panicked, frightened, and struggling for my life. My mother became desperate and mad at my father, and as I again went underwater, I heard her insist that he drag me out of the water.
But, when I went under again, I was puzzled, I didn't understand why I briefly struggled and panicked when I resurfaced because in reality, I wanted to go back under because everything was so beautiful and amazing under the water, it was tranquil, and the feeling of oneness and timelessness was what I wanted to go back to. I didn't understand why my body struggled and showed fear because that isn't the way I felt at all. I didn't want to resurface, I wanted to stay below the water, and I was happy there, happier than I can ever remember being before or since the experience.
The next thing that happened is that I felt my dad pull me up from the water and pull me to the boat trying to resuscitate me. I felt very heavy in weight, so heavy that it amazed me that my body could be so heavy. It felt so heavy that it was laborious to adjust to being in my body again. I was coughing and sputtering, water was stinging my eyes and I felt a panic also return to my body that didn't exist when I was under the water, but, the strange thing was that those signs of panic and fear were only in my body, not my mind. I didn't feel those things in my mind. What I was feeling was disappointment about being taken out of such a beautiful, amazing, wonderful place.
Основна информация
Gender:
Female
Date NDE Occurred:
Summer 1964
Елементи на БСБ
По време на преживяването ви имаше ли свързано животозастрашаващо събитие?
Yes Accident Life threatening event, but not clinical death
I was drowning.
Как оценявате съдържанието на преживяването си?
Wonderful
Преживяването включваше
Out of body experience
Чувствахте ли се отделени от тялото си?
Yes
I clearly left my body and existed outside it
Как най-високото ви ниво на съзнание и бдителност по време на преживяването се сравнява с нормалното ви ежедневно съзнание и бдителност?
More consciousness and alertness than normal When I was under the water.
По кое време по време на преживяването бяхте на най-високото си ниво на съзнание и бдителност?
When I was under the water.
Ускориха ли се мислите ви?
Incredibly fast
Времето сякаш се ускори или забави?
Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning
There was no time, saying it was timeless doesn't really describe what it was like. I can still feel what it feels like (time does not exist) but no words can really describe it. Regarding space, there was no space either, everything was one, connected, again, there is really no word that fully describes this knowledge.
Бяха ли сетивата ви по-живи от обикновено?
Incredibly more vivid
Моля, сравнете зрението си по време на преживяването с обичайното си зрение, което сте имали непосредствено преди момента на преживяването
As I said before, I saw colors that don't exist. And even though the light was brighter than I had ever seen it didn't hurt the eyes, in fact, it soothed the eyes and appeared soft and bright at the same time. I can't say that there was depth perception as we know it - it was greater than that - again, like a oneness and all things perceived in its entirety. I learned from that experience that there is such a thing as 'the mind's eye'.
Моля, сравнете слуха си по време на преживяването с обичайния си слух, който сте имали непосредствено преди момента на преживяването
'Hearing' as we know it, isn't the same. 'Hearing' as we know it is just one part of our other senses, it is separate. During this experience there was no separation of senses, they were all connected, they were one, and being one made everything super remarkable and amazing.
Изглеждаше ли ви, че сте наясно с неща, които се случват другаде?
Yes, and the facts have been checked out
Преминахте ли в или през тунел?
No
Видяхте ли същества в преживяването си?
I actually saw them
Срещнахте ли или осъзнахте ли присъствието на починали (или живи) същества?
Yes I didn't meet or see other beings, but I could 'feel' and 'sense' mystical entities around me, as if they were waiting. I didn't get the impression that I knew them.
Преживяването включваше
Light
Видяхте ли или се почувствахте ли заобиколени от брилянтна светлина?
A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin
Видяхте ли неземен блясък?
Yes As described above.
Стори ли ви се, че сте влезли в друг, неземен свят?
A clearly mystical or unearthly realm My experience felt like I was in another dimension.
Какви други емоции изпитахте по време на преживяването?
Wonder, amazement, pleasantness, peace, lightness, happiness, freeing, longing to stay, feeling of being 'home'.
Изпитахте ли чувство на мир или приятност?
Incredible peace or pleasantness
Изпитахте ли чувство на радост?
incredible joy
Почувствахте ли чувство на хармония или единство с вселената?
I felt united or one with the world
Преживяването включваше
Special Knowledge
Изведнъж сякаш разбрахте всичко?
Everything about the universe
Върнаха ли се сцени от миналото ви?
My past flashed before me, out of my control
Имали ли сте сцени от бъдещето?
Scenes from the world's future
Стигнахте ли до граница или точка, от която няма връщане назад?
I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will
Бог, духовност и религия
Каква беше вашата религия преди вашето преживяване?
Moderate
Вашите религиозни практики променили ли са се след вашето преживяване?
No
Каква е вашата религия сега?
Moderate
Имахте ли промяна в ценностите и вярванията си поради вашето преживяване?
No
Преживяването включваше
Presence of unearthly beings
Стори ли ви се, че сте срещнали мистично същество или присъствие, или сте чули неидентифицируем глас?
I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin
Видяхте ли починали или религиозни духове?
I actually saw them
Относно нашия земен живот, различен от религията
По време на вашето преживяване, получихте ли специални знания или информация за вашата цел?
Yes I'm not sure you would call it 'special knowledge', I wasn't given any revelation or anything, but, I just simply knew, for a fact, without question, that everything is connected, that our reality 'here' is only a fleeting and cumbersome short period of time. Only a blink of an eye perhaps. But, I did learn that there IS a reason, a purpose for our life here - but, I wasn't told what that reason/purpose is. The only strange thing I can remember is the thought that stuck in my mind after this is experience was 'The important thing is to make it shine, everything else is folly.' Those are not the exact 'words in my thoughts' but it was something like that.
Промениха ли се отношенията ви конкретно в резултат на вашето преживяване?
No
След БСБ
Трудно ли беше да изразите преживяването с думи?
Yes Our vocabulary doesn't have the capacity to express much of the experience.
Имате ли някакви психични, необичайни или други специални дарби след преживяването, които не сте имали преди преживяването?
Yes I developed an ability to 'read' people, to become one with them and understand many things about them without them having to tell me. Even until today, most of the time I could not tell you the color of friends and relatives eyes (unless I deliberately commit it to memory) because when I converse with them I do not see their eyes, I see through them, past the eyes. It is difficult to explain, but if I want to see the person's eyes I have to deliberately focus on them because otherwise my natural instinct now is that my mind doesn't see them.
Има ли една или няколко части от вашето преживяване, които са особено значими за вас? Моля, обяснете.
Every part of the experience was meaningful and significant to me.
Споделяли ли сте някога това преживяване с други хора?
Yes I have shared this story for many years with family and selected friends. I didn't start sharing it until a few years after the incident. There have been mixed reactions, of course, to it, some people believe you and some don't. Some find it fascinating some view it as imagination. I don't have a desire or urgency to make people believe it. I tell it and then it's up to them how or what they want to think about it.
Имахте ли някакви познания за преживяване близо до смъртта (NDE) преди вашето преживяване?
No
Какво вярвахте за реалността на вашето преживяване скоро (дни до седмици) след като се случи?
Experience was definitely real There is no doubt in my mind it was real.
Какво вярвате за реалността на вашия опит сега?
Experience was definitely real There is no doubt in my mind it was real.
В някакъв момент от живота ви, нещо възпроизвеждало ли е някоя част от преживяването?
Yes Several years after the drowning incident I did have one other experience. I will use another form to tell you about that.
Има ли нещо друго, което бихте искали да добавите за вашето преживяване?
Only that there is another reality, another realm, another dimension.
Има ли други въпроси, които можем да зададем, за да ви помогнем да споделите преживяването си?
I'll give this question some thought but as for the present I think the questionnaire is very good.