Near death experiences

[Seraphina45]

Hi there! (I'm not sure where to put this, so I'm deeply sorry if this is the wrong area) Two years ago I had a near death experience. Before I explain what happened, I was wondering if any one else can relate to me? Or has their own story? Ever since relooking at this experience it makes me want to learn more about my faith, and help it expand and I guess I;m also wondering iif this happened to anyone else? (Having a near death experience and then craving to understand more)

Two years ago, I was 18 and living in a women's shelter. I had just gotten out of a relationship where they were cheating on me for three months with our best friend. I was diagnosed officially with Borderline Personality Disorder and Panic Disorder that same year and had just entered odsp (ontario disability support program) I was planning on moving out sometime soon from the shelter when I had a complete break down. I had overdosed on my pain medication for Endometriosis And once things started going wrong I woke up my roommate telling her I couldn't move and needed help.

I dont remember anything else, but I found out that I had died, I might have been gone only for a few minutes but, when I did die I was this tunnel type thing. Its really hard to explain, and to put into words. It was greyish white. My grandfather who had past away a few years before came to me and told me ''You need to turn around and go back, you are not ready to die.'' I woke up two days later in the hospital.

I honestly don't tell many people about my experience for the fear of them judging the actions I had taken that day to end up like that. You live and you learn, I had to die to learn that lesson. So my questions still stand, has this happened to you? Related or unrelated? Do you crave for more information?

Thank you xx
Seraphina

 

[Emmy]

Dear Seraphina45. I did not have an experience like you, but I am ready to meet my God any time, now. I have reached my three-score ten and am often thinking of returning to God, my Heavenly Father. I know from the Bible that it helps to have Repented and to be Born Again: which means to change from being selfish and unloving, to being loving and caring.
Jesus told us in Luke 10: 25-28: " the first Commandment is: Love God with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our minds. The second is like it:
love our neighbour as we love ourselves." In Mathew 7: 7-10: we are told:
" ask and ye shall receive," there we ask for Love and Joy, then thank God, and share all Love and Joy with our neighbour: all we know and all we meet,
friends and not friends." God is Love, and God wants loving men and women.
We keep asking for Love and Joy, then we thank God and share all Love and Joy with our neighbour. God will approve, and God will Bless us. When Jesus was asked: " Master, what do I have to do to inherit Eternal Life?"
Jesus answered: " You have heard the two Commandments to Love God and love your neighbour as yourself? DO THIS AND YOU SHALL LIVE."
You asked for near death experiences, Seraphina, and my time to leave this earth will not be too long, I thought perhaps my words of life and death, will make you think. I say this with love. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.

 

[dcalling]

Hi Seraphina,

That is very interesting. I have never experienced NDE, but heard stories of that. I have several friends who went through major surgery but none has NDE.

 

[Justaman0000]

When I was 16 I had a nde after an episode with alcohol poisoning. To make a long story short, I don't remember anything shortly after I started drinking. Next thing I know I'm hovering over my body laying in a hospitalbbed. I went up. Through a tunnel. Mlthe tunnel I went theough wasn't grey. It was all kinds of colors. At the end of the tunnel was a bright light. The closer I got to the light the stronger the feeling of love I felt. When I got real close I notice a person in the light and that the light was coming from him. He told me not to be afraid. Everything would be ok and to help my brother. To help everyone. Then I went back.

 

[oi_antz]

My grandfather who had past away a few years before came to me and told me ''You need to turn around and go back, you are not ready to die.'' I woke up two days later in the hospital.

Thank you xx
Seraphina

Hi Seraphina, thanks for sharing this experience with us. I am wondering about this part where your grandfather spoke to you. You said that he told you "you are not ready to die yet", and I am wondering why he would say that. There seems to be two main different reasons he might say that, in my mind. He might mean that you need more experience before you can be at peace in the afterlife, or he might mean that your appointed time is not this time, and there is more that you have been appointed for on Earth. What do you make of it?

 

[Seraphina45]

Hi Seraphina, thanks for sharing this experience with us. I am wondering about this part where your grandfather spoke to you. You said that he told you "you are not ready to die yet", and I am wondering why he would say that. There seems to be two main different reasons he might say that, in my mind. He might mean that you need more experience before you can be at peace in the afterlife, or he might mean that your appointed time is not this time, and there is more that you have been appointed for on Earth. What do you make of it?

I think that he means my time on earth isn't complete, At that time and still today I struggle with mental health and haven't broken free and truly lived my life. Also I feel like I could be pertaining to the face that for a long time now I lived as a non-believer, well I wouldn't say that I was a non-believer I was more not wanting to deal with that part of my life even though it would have been dealt with as I'm currently going through now.

So honestly, for these past two years almost I had shut that experience out of my mind and not revisited it until about a month ago, now I keep thinking about it and trying to figure out what it all means, and its actually kind of frustrating to not understand.

 

[oi_antz]

I think that he means my time on earth isn't complete, At that time and still today I struggle with mental health and haven't broken free and truly lived my life. Also I feel like I could be pertaining to the face that for a long time now I lived as a non-believer, well I wouldn't say that I was a non-believer I was more not wanting to deal with that part of my life even though it would have been dealt with as I'm currently going through now.

So honestly, for these past two years almost I had shut that experience out of my mind and not revisited it until about a month ago, now I keep thinking about it and trying to figure out what it all means, and its actually kind of frustrating to not understand.

Ok, thank you for that. Life is so much more precious than most people will tell you, as it is a one-time-only sort of thing. It can really be something to love, if we are so fortunate to have that experience. I hope you can discover how to make the most of it

 

[orangeness365]

there are a bunch more stories of ndes at this website.
NDERF Home Page
some but not all of them actually died though like you did, they were just close to dying.

 

[Seraphina45]

Thank you everyone for commenting
I guess now its just a matter of finding my faith more each and every day

 

[wildfood]

Thank you Seraphina for sharing your experiences. I find them very comforting.

 

[dcalling]

Too bad the dreams and visions section is closed. I really wish we can reopen that.

 

[twob4me]

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