Esperientziaren Deskribapena
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.
Aurrekarien informazioa
Gender:
Female
Date NDE Occurred:
Summer 1964
Heriotzatik Hurbileko Esperientzien Elementuak
Zure esperientziaren unean, ba al zegoen bizitza arriskuan jartzen zuen gertakari bat?
Yes Accident Life threatening event, but not clinical death
I was drowning.
Nola hartzen duzu zure esperientziaren edukia?
Wonderful
Esperientziak barne hartzen zuen
Out of body experience
Zure gorputzetik bereizita sentitu al zara?
Yes
I clearly left my body and existed outside it
Nola alderatzen da esperientzian zehar kontzientzia eta erne maila gorena zure eguneroko kontzientzia eta erne mailarekin?
More consciousness and alertness than normal When I was under the water.
Esperientziako zein unetan egon zinen zure kontzientzia eta erne maila gorenean?
When I was under the water.
Zure pentsamenduak azkartu egin al ziren?
Incredibly fast
Denbora bizkortu edo moteldu egin zela iruditu al zitzaizun?
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.
Zure zentzumenak ohikoa baino biziagoak al ziren?
Incredibly more vivid
Konparatu mesedez esperientzian zehar izan zenuen ikusmena esperientzia izan baino lehen egunerokoan zenuenarekin
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'.
Konparatu mesedez esperientzian zehar izan zenuen entzumena esperientzia izan baino lehen egunerokoan zenuenarekin
'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.
Badirudi beste leku batzuetan gertatzen ari ziren gauzak ezagutzen zenituela?
Yes, and the facts have been checked out
Tunel batean sartu al zinen?
No
Ikusirik izan al duzu izakirik zure esperientzian?
I actually saw them
Hildako (edo bizirik) izakiekin topo egin al zenuen edo horien berri izan al zenuen?
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.
Esperientziak barne hartzen zuen
Light
Ikusgarri bat ikusi al zenuen, edo argi distiratsu batez inguratuta sentitu al zinen?
A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin
Argirik gabeko argirik ikusi al zenuen?
Yes As described above.
Beste mundu ez-lurtar batean sartu zarela zirudien?
A clearly mystical or unearthly realm My experience felt like I was in another dimension.
Zer beste emozio sentitu zenituen esperientzian zehar?
Wonder, amazement, pleasantness, peace, lightness, happiness, freeing, longing to stay, feeling of being 'home'.
Bake edo atsegintasun sentsaziorik izan al zenuen?
Incredible peace or pleasantness
Poz sentsaziorik izan al zenuen?
incredible joy
Unibertsoarekin harmonia edo batasun sentsazio bat sentitu al zenuen?
I felt united or one with the world
Esperientziak barne hartzen zuen
Special Knowledge
Bat-batean dena ulertzen zenuela iruditu al zitzaizun?
Everything about the universe
Zure iraganeko eszenak itzuli al zaizkizu?
My past flashed before me, out of my control
Etorkizuneko eszenak etorri al zitzaizkizun?
Scenes from the world's future
Muga edo itzulerarik gabeko puntura iritsi al zara?
I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will
Jainkoa, espiritualtasuna eta erlijioa
Zein zen zure erlijioa esperientzia izan aurretik?
Moderate
Aldatu al dira zure praktika erlijiosoak esperientzia izan zenuenetik?
No
Zein da zure erlijioa orain?
Moderate
Aldaketarik izan al duzu zure balioetan eta sinesmenetan zure esperientziaren ondorioz?
No
Esperientziak barne hartzen zuen
Presence of unearthly beings
Izaki edo presentzia mistiko bat topatu al zenuen, edo ahots identifikagaitza entzun al zenuen?
I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin
Hildako edo izpiritu erlijiosorik ikusi al zenuen?
I actually saw them
Gure Lurreko bizitzari buruz, erlijioaz gain
Zure esperientzian zehar, ezagutza edo informazio berezirik lortu al zenuen zure helburuari buruz?
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.
Zure harremanak aldatu al dira zehazki zure esperientziaren ondorioz?
No
Heriotzatik Hurbileko Esperientziaren Ondoren
Zaila izan al zen esperientzia hitzez adieraztea?
Yes Our vocabulary doesn't have the capacity to express much of the experience.
Ba al duzu zure esperientziaren ondoren, aurretik ez zenituen dohain psikiko, ez-arrunt edo bestelakorik?
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.
Ba al daude zure esperientziaren zati batzuk bereziki esanguratsuak edo garrantzitsuak direnak zuretzat? Mesedez, azaldu.
Every part of the experience was meaningful and significant to me.
Inoiz partekatu al duzu esperientzia hau besteekin?
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.
Heriotza-esperientziari (HEE) buruzko ezagutzarik bazenuen zure esperientzia baino lehen?
No
Zer uste zenuen zure esperientziaren errealitateari buruz gertatu eta gutxira (egun batzuetatik aste batzuetara)?
Experience was definitely real There is no doubt in my mind it was real.
Zer uste duzu orain zure esperientziaren errealitateari buruz?
Experience was definitely real There is no doubt in my mind it was real.
Zure bizitzako edozein unetan, ezerk erreproduzitu al du inoiz esperientziaren zatirik?
Yes Several years after the drowning incident I did have one other experience. I will use another form to tell you about that.
Ba al dago zure esperientziari buruz gehitu nahiko zenukeen beste ezer?
Only that there is another reality, another realm, another dimension.
Ba al dago zure esperientzia komunikatzen laguntzeko egin genezakeen beste galderarik?
I'll give this question some thought but as for the present I think the questionnaire is very good.