near death experiences NDE

Avalon, if I may comment , it might be better not to talk about it unless you are very sure it will be treated with the respect it deserves. Some experiences are sacrosanct.

No fears Caleo, nothing will shake my belief. I remember mum telling people she saw a ghost once. If they didn’t believe she was adamant “I know what I saw”. When you have an awesome experience the mundane cannot touch it. Thank you for thinking of me - that is very kind.

25Avalon

I thought a NDE was when someone ‘died’, felt they had left their body, saw bright lights etc but then were told it wasn’t their time and they had to return to their body which they did as they were resuscitated and lived.

That was what I thought too, Avalon.
There seems to be a bit of confusion of what NDE is.

I once watched a documentary about a man, an atheist, who had died, then was resuscitated.
He described vividly, what he had experienced. He is no longer an atheist.

When my parents got married, they were given a wall clock - the kind with a pendulum - as a wedding present from a close friend of my father. This clock kept perfect time for over 40 years, until one Sunday it stopped at 12 minutes past 2. Nothing my father did made it start again. A few hours later he heard that his friend, who was always thought of as a very fit man, had died suddenly of a heart attack at 12 minutes past 2. As a mark of respect the clock was not taken for repair until after the funeral, when a very minor adjustment was made in order to start it again.

The friend, the clock and the exact time it stopped are always spoken of in the family when these type of topics arise. Probably a coincidence, but a bit eerie. The clock is still going strong.

I have experienced the bright light and feeling of tranquility. I was in hospital and my sister-in-law was in the next bed, I had had a hysterectomy and she a lumpectomy on one breast. I was convinced I could get up and the nurses said I could try, at my own risk. So I tried, and obviously wasn't strong enough, and I sort of fainted and started drifting towards the bright round white light. They finally brought me round and I came to, to the sound of my sister-in-law raucously laughing. Apparently I had been flailing and kicking and it had taken two nurses to pin me down and it must have looked really comical. So weird that inside I was so calm and contented and happy to drift away but my physical body was fighting to come back to life.

It’s strange that when you see the bright light you just want to go towards it in peace. That was my experience. I didn’t want to go back to life. A lot of people seem to have experienced the same. We only know a little here on earth I think.

Life is such an incredible mystery and death even more so. What we are certain of is that we will all die. Many who have had a NDE experience something beyond what is usually deemed to be logically possible. Perhaps they do have a glimpse into the unknown unknowable beyond. Testimonies are often meaningful and comforting, giving hope that death is a transitional portal into another dimension. Id say thats beautiful thought.

My mother died just as she was going to go upstairs to bed. My father said she stood up looked straight ahead and said - yes I see you, I’m coming now - and with that dropped. He thought she had fainted and tried to wake her - eventually called the next door neighbour who was a nurse. She rang me and then waited with him till everybody had been - doctor, undertaker etc, and my sister arrived.

I am not on my own with nde,they are a common experience,its like they point to an afterlife, but the main problem with nde is that the person has not died.Its as though 'god' will not allow us a peek into the next life,that is if there is one?!