near death experiences NDE

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?!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Many years ago a nurse friend told me about very sick children she nursed in hospital. She was talking to one small child who said ‘I can’t stay long they are coming to collect me’. She died shortly afterwards.

My Mum was often dangerously ill and recounted experiences of paths and bright lights along with a sense of peace. She found it reassuring.

In my 30’s I woke to see an Aunt by the bed. Our two families spent much time together. Talked to Mr C about it and decided I needed to watch what I ate before sleep. Later that day my parents phoned to tell me my Aunt had died. I asked the time and yes it was when I had ‘seen’ her. It didn’t worry me, she’d just come to say goodbye.

I recall reading an article 2 decades ago by a surgeon working in critical care or similar in Oxford. He was testing the theory of patients who had been resuscitated, many of whom talked about white light, tunnels and so forth.

As an experiment he placed something like a square of white paper and other objects on top of cabinets, invisible and above eye-level. He was convinced when recovering patients then accurately described having seen things “hidden” above the cabinets.

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 is my understanding too.

The Wisdom of NDE’s by Dr Penny Sartori is a very interesting and thought provoking read. Nothing to do with mumbo jumbo and studied at length. Makes you think.

It's comforting to read these experiences.

Thank you Caleo. It was sometime ago and we have learnt to live with it of sorts. Plus we have signs from our son at important moments in the form of a green woodpecker. People may think we are daft but it has happened so many times now and is a comfort to feel he is watching over us.

Avalon, I am so sorry for your loss

I had a NDE in my mid twenties. I heard a very clear voice telling me I had to go back and look after my new baby. I also saw a bright light at the end of a tunnel. My husband was there with me in the hospital crying his eyes out because he thought I had died. I just accepted it at the time and didn’t think much about it, I wasn’t a Christian then. As has been said, it is more common than you’d think, especially the bright light.

When on holiday I had a dream about a close friend, who was ill and confined to a wheelchair. In the dream she ran past me and I stretched out my hand to stop her and told her to be careful - she looked straight at me, smiled and said "It's OK I'm alright now" When I arrived home I found she had died the same night I had the dream.

Another time I was considering moving some paintings but was reluctant because DH had chosen to place them where they were. During the night I heard a crash - on investigating one of the paintings had fallen to the floor, examining the picture wire and hook both were unbroken - I took it as a sign from DH that he was OK with the paintings being moved

When my son died in hospital in the early hours of the morning I half woke hearing the bleeping of his heart monitor. Whilst trying to make sense of it the sound stopped and I looked at the clock. Both dd’s awoke suddenly at the same time feeling their brother was there. A short while later the telephone rang.

my brother, working in a very manufacturing plant, tool maker and his big bench was 100% horizontal. No one close by that bench and something weighty fell off. Brother dashed home to find that our mum had died in a care home, that very minute when that item fell off

I have had several and they are all comforting

Many years ago I was driving my delivery van when I suddenly experienced the unique smells associated with my dear Italian Uncle's special sugo sauce. It was if it was being cooked in the van. When I got home that evening I found out he had died around the time I had the experience.

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 is the way the phrase is most commonly used.

The experiences related here would be classed as telepathy by those of us who research such phenomena.

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.

The neurophysiology and the interpretation of NDEs are two separate topics. The former pertains to a science forum. The latter pertains to psychology .