Lois M
NDE
Greyson-skala: 12
#3375
- LandUnited States
- KönF
- ÅlderOlder Child
- Upplevt datum1/1/1964
- Inskickat datum11/12/2007
Upplevelsen inkluderade
Tiden förlorade all meningAtt se sitt förflutna (Livsöversikt)Såg ett ljusstarkt övernaturligt ljusUtvecklade psykiska förmågorFörstod allt om universumUVE, UturkroppsupplevelseKände sig ett med universumHar troligen upplevt klinisk dödOBE, Observed concurrent events away from bodyDen andliga världen är mer verklig än den fysiska verklighetenKände som om de återvände hemFörklarar syftet med individuella livTiden är en illusion och existerar inte i den andliga världenSåg färger som aldrig setts tidigareÅtervände mot sin vilja
Upplevelsebeskrivning
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.
Bakgrundsinformation
Gender:
Female
Date NDE Occurred:
Summer 1964
NDE-element
Vid tiden för din upplevelse, fanns det en livshotande händelse?
Yes Accident Life threatening event, but not clinical death
I was drowning.
Hur bedömer du innehållet i din upplevelse?
Wonderful
Upplevelsen inkluderade
Out of body experience
Kände du dig separerad från din kropp?
Yes
I clearly left my body and existed outside it
Hur jämförde sig din högsta nivå av medvetenhet och vaksamhet under upplevelsen med din normala vardagliga medvetenhet och vaksamhet?
More consciousness and alertness than normal When I was under the water.
Vid vilket tillfälle under upplevelsen var du på din högsta nivå av medvetenhet och vaksamhet?
When I was under the water.
Var dina tankar påskyndade?
Incredibly fast
Verkade tiden gå snabbare eller långsammare?
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.
Var dina sinnen mer livliga än vanligt?
Incredibly more vivid
Jämför din syn under upplevelsen med din vardagliga syn som du hade omedelbart före upplevelsen
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'.
Jämför din hörsel under upplevelsen med din vardagliga hörsel som du hade omedelbart före upplevelsen
'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.
Verkade du vara medveten om händelser på andra ställen?
Yes, and the facts have been checked out
Passerade du genom en tunnel?
No
Såg du några väsen i din upplevelse?
I actually saw them
Mötte du eller blev medveten om några avlidna (eller levande) varelser?
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.
Upplevelsen inkluderade
Light
Såg du, eller kände dig omgiven av, ett strålande ljus?
A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin
Såg du ett övernaturligt ljus?
Yes As described above.
Verkade du komma in i någon annan, övernaturlig värld?
A clearly mystical or unearthly realm My experience felt like I was in another dimension.
Vilka andra känslor kände du under upplevelsen?
Wonder, amazement, pleasantness, peace, lightness, happiness, freeing, longing to stay, feeling of being 'home'.
Kände du en känsla av frid eller trevlighet?
Incredible peace or pleasantness
Kände du en känsla av glädje?
incredible joy
Kände du en känsla av harmoni eller enhet med universum?
I felt united or one with the world
Upplevelsen inkluderade
Special Knowledge
Verkade du plötsligt förstå allting?
Everything about the universe
Kom scener från ditt förflutna tillbaka till dig?
My past flashed before me, out of my control
Kom scener från framtiden till dig?
Scenes from the world's future
Kom du till en gräns eller en punkt utan återvändo?
I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will
Gud, Spiritualitet och Religion
Vad var din religion innan din upplevelse?
Moderate
Har dina religösa handlingar förändrats sedan din upplevelse?
No
Vad är din religion nu?
Moderate
Hade du en förändring i dina värderingar och tro på grund av din upplevelse?
No
Upplevelsen inkluderade
Presence of unearthly beings
Verkade du stöta på en mystisk varelse eller närvaro, eller höra en oidentifierbar röst?
I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin
Såg du avlidna eller religiösa andar?
I actually saw them
Angående våra jordiska liv bortom religion
Under din upplevelse, fick du särskild kunskap eller information om ditt syfte?
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.
Har dina relationer förändrats specifikt som ett resultat av din upplevelse?
No
Efter NDE
Var det svårt att uttrycka upplevelsen i ord?
Yes Our vocabulary doesn't have the capacity to express much of the experience.
Har du några psykiska, ovanliga eller andra speciella gåvor efter din upplevelse som du inte hade före upplevelsen?
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.
Finns det en eller flera delar av din upplevelse som är särskilt meningsfulla eller betydelsefulla för dig? Vänligen förklara.
Every part of the experience was meaningful and significant to me.
Har du någonsin delat denna upplevelse med andra?
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.
Hade du någon kunskap om nära döden-upplevelse (NDU) före din upplevelse?
No
Vad trodde du om verkligheten av din upplevelse kort efter (dagar till veckor) det hände?
Experience was definitely real There is no doubt in my mind it was real.
Vad tror du om verkligheten av din upplevelse nu?
Experience was definitely real There is no doubt in my mind it was real.
Vid något tillfälle i ditt liv, har något någonsin återgett någon del av upplevelsen?
Yes Several years after the drowning incident I did have one other experience. I will use another form to tell you about that.
Är det något annat du skulle vilja lägga till om din upplevelse?
Only that there is another reality, another realm, another dimension.
Finns det några andra frågor som vi kan ställa för att hjälpa dig att kommunicera din upplevelse?
I'll give this question some thought but as for the present I think the questionnaire is very good.