What was your near death experience like?  What happened?  How did you feel?  What about your life after?
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When i had my near death experience i visualized myself at my own funeral hovering from above and i was feeling my mothers pain of losing me. Then i was surrounded by a bright and very colorful light that surrounded me and that i had become merged with. I was then given a choice of coming back, which obviously i did, but i was told that if i was to come back i would never be the same. Today (4years down the track) i am just getting over my depression since that day and feeling like life is worthwhile. And since coming back i have had the ability to sense things and be able to feel things more intensely and have become a spiritual person.
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I haven't had a near-death experience so to speak, but I have had an out-of-body experience when I was younger and having a surgery done.
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I've never been close to death but one night I had a strange dream.  My dad is a police detective who works cold cases.  Now my dad is VERY good at his job but he often uses unorthodox methods.  Things he NEVER can share with his co workers because they might get him in serious trouble; such as consulting with his 13 yr old daughter (ME, daddy's little princess lol).\n\nAnyway one night daddy's princess was having a nightmare and she got up and went into her parents room for them to comfort her.  As I entered the room, my dad was putting on all his police stuff and getting ready to leave.  I asked him if he was called out but was very agitated and said he had to go.\n\nOk, we didnt see him for three days after that.  Of course he stayed in contact on his cell phone with my mom so she wouldnt worry about him.\n\nHe told me a few weeks later when I asked him about his dream that he dreamed a victim came to him in his sleep and told him things.  He said I was in the dream with her and that scared him a lot.  Anyway he solved that case in that three days he was gone and told me the things he learned in his dream led him to the bad guy.  \n\nHe wouldnt tell me any more cause it would be inappropriate and promise to never tell anyone.  My dad is considered very eccentric at work and only the women will agree to be his partner.  He didnt even tell his partner (a really nice woman, She comes over our house for dinner sometimes and she thinks my boyfriend Jamie is a super nice boy that's why I like her).
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My Dad....it's ok for you to ask...I still can't believe he passed away. I went back to Germany with my family, but when we got there I wasn't able to see him anymore, because prior to my arrival at the morgue, the funeral or morgue  personnel already closed his coffin. I wanted to remember him alive anyway, so I'm actually glad I didn't see him dead. I still feel like he's still in Germany, I just don't see him like before, because of the distance. My dad also lost two kids prior to his passing- a baby (through sids) and 16 years later my younger brother (suicide)...so he experienced what you went through: the loss of a child. He was very heart broken about my brother's passing and never fully recovered. \n        My condolences for your losses. God bless.
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I'm sorry to hear about your friend, as well as the others who have died. That's rough.\n\n(We had an incident here a month ago where an 8th grade girl was killed crossing the street at night walking home from a dance. Some of the kids witnessed it, and the community was shaken by the whole thing. It was just so unexpected, and seemingly unfair.)\n\nAs you can see from the earlier answers here, people disagree tremendously on whether an afterlife exists, and what it might be like if it does.\n\nDeath is a hard reality that we all must come to grips with eventually. The fact is simply that, like it or not, we all have to die, and we don't quite know (in any sort of way that can be "proven") what waits for us on the other side until after the fact. \n\nOh, we can firmly believe certain things about life after death, but it's still a matter of faith for everyone concerned.\n\nYour belief about an afterlife really is going to hinge on what you choose to believe about this world, who God is (if you decide he exists), what sort of relationship you could have with him, and how that relationship could come into being. \n\n[Based on my life experience and what I see to make the most sense, I do believe in an afterlife, God, and human souls who will be close to each other after death. Heaven's not a trophy or an amusement park reward like it is often portrayed ("Believe the right thing, and win the big prize!"), it's being close to all the people who have learned how to truly love others and God ahead of themselves... a place where you can be completely open because you know you are safe and accepted.] \n\nI wish I could give you a clear answer. What I can give you instead is a bit of direction: If you're worried about death and whether your loved ones will still be around for you afterwards, I would start with the search for God. The answer to that riddle for you will greatly determine what you believe about death.\n\nDon't be scared to search and explore, and enjoy life as you go in the meanwhile. Death is a hard thing to deal with, true; but when we accept it as simply a reality, we can live life in the moment without worrying about it.
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A recent experience:  April 8, 2006, my nieces' birthday at a restaurant in New Jersey.  While eating a family dinner at the restaurant where my niece works, I felt a bump on my leg from under the table.  Thinking that it was one of her children, I asked him to stop.  I spoke loud enough for the whole table to hear and received many looks and retorts that he was sitting at the other end of the table.  I felt it again on my left leg and then on my right.  There was no one nor anything visible under the table, I asked my niece if the place was haunted, she said "Yes!"  I found out later that many people have had similar experiences.  I was thinking of asking "Ghost Hunters" to check it out, but I don't think the owner would go for it.\n\nIf you want to hear a lot more, and they are very weird, e-mail me.  I've been thru various and sundry spiritual quests.  They've taken me to the depths of "hell" and, gratefully, to a very deep and profond belief in God.
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Yes.  A very close friend had been admited to the hospital with pneumonia and complications from his bone marrow transplant.  I woke up on a Wednesday morning feeling really bad and the bracelet he gave me broke.  I tried telling myself i was imagining things, but the next day, his roommate cxalled to tell my that my friend had passed away 10 minutes before I woke up. Ive had other premonitions too, but that stands out the most.
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What a good experience!\n\nDo you always communicate with the voice? or you see him?\nDo you already know the voice of Jesus? how many times did it happen (same kind of this experience)? You are blessed.\n\nGOD BLESSED US!
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At one point in my life I was really depressed. i'm talking clinical depression here, the kind you get when the chemicals in your brain get mixed up. i was a Christian at this point, but had been drifting away from God.\nanyway, i was standing by my window one day. at this point i was closer to committing suicide then i had ever been, and was contemplating the action right then. as i stood there, i suddenly felt this overwhelming prescence.\ni can't really describe what happened next, (it's too personal) but God came to me. i spent some time in prayer, just pouring out my heart. when i left my room, i felt like a completely different person. everything literally looked brighter.\n5 years later, i'm still following the Lord and couldn't be happier. i really believe that God saved my life that day, both spiritually and physically.
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Here's what All About has to say in regards to this subject.\n\n___________\n\nWhat have we learned from life after death experiences? \n\nWe have all heard stories of people who have seemed to be dead - without vital signs for several minutes - only to be revived. Many of these people tell of traveling at high speeds through tunnels or of seeing brilliant white lights or even of coming face to face with God. \n\nThese life after death experiences raise many questions that directly reflect on Christianity - questions like, "What happens when we die?" and "Is it possible to communicate with the dead?" \n\nEven Christian believers disagree on what the Bible says on these matters. Some say those who die fall into a kind of dreamless sleep until Judgment Day. Others say the souls of the dead are immediately subjected either to Heaven or Hell, depending on whether they believe in Jesus. Still others say our souls remain conscious, but exist in a kind of limbo until the Day of Judgment arrives. \n\nLife after death experiences presuppose the soul remains conscious and aware after death. Those who have these experiences often report they retain the ability to see, to hear, to think, to feel - but they are unable to communicate with anyone. While the experience may be confusing, people report they are suffused with joy - partly as the result of being removed from the suffering of the body. \n\nIt is interesting that many life after death experiences are accompanied by a distinct sense of being two people - one physical and one spiritual. And the spiritual being is completely indifferent to the suffering self. \n\nPerhaps this is one reason the Apostle Paul tells us to die to ourselves, putting God ahead of our selfish desires: \n\n"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). \n\nResearchers report that about one in seven of those who are revived in such circumstances report seeing a brilliant light or even beings they interpret as angels, Jesus, or God. Some people report a sense of having their lives "reviewed." \n\nThe effect of the review is often beneficial and may lead some to accept God, others to rededicate themselves to what they perceive as God's purpose for them. \n\nSome Christians have claimed that after-death experiences are beyond the purview of God and are therefore demonic in nature. But it seems unlikely that being subjected to demonic influences would lead so many people to a closer walk with God. \n\nIn Luke 9:50, Jesus is asked by His followers what to do about a man who is casting out demons even though he is not a disciple. Jesus replies, "Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you." \n\nIn fact, for God to be truly omnipotent, He must be in control of these sojourns into death. Perhaps He uses them to direct His people. \n\n\nLife After Death: Why is it Such a Hot Topic?\nLife after death -- Why all the interest? Combine events like September 11th with the demographic phenomenon of the Baby Boom generation reaching its 50’s, and suddenly the reality of death from catastrophe and death from mere old age are upon us in a personal way. \n\nSo, it appears that more and more people are asking the same question that Job asked nearly 4,000 years ago in the Bible: "If a man dies, will he live again?" What could be a more fundamental question of life (and death)? Reincarnation theories are popular in Eastern religions as well as the many New Age variants. It seems people are comfortable with the idea of another chance to return to earth and figure things out or make things right. Some nihilist thinkers believe that death is the absolute end; but contrary to what many might think, most people believe that death is not the end. In some shape or form we go on. \n\nWhen Jesus was talking
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People who have had near death experiences no that consciousness continues after we are clinically dead. Many people have reported floating above their dead body on the operating table and being able to give clear details of what was going on around them, like what the doctors where doing and saying.\n\nWe lived as conscious beings before we obtained physical bodies here on earth and we will continue to live as conscious beings after our physical body dies.
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I had what today is termed a "Near-Death Experience" or N.D.E. in 1972 when I was 12 years old before any of today's popular books and videos on the subject had been produced.  What I experienced had absolutely nothing in common with what I had been taught about death via my parents or religious upbringing.  I am now 46 and have been studying the phenomenon ever since.  I have many books, videos, and CDs about N.D.E.s in my library, so I consider myself very knowledgeable about the subject.  In addition, I am a college honors graduate, member of Outstanding College Students of America, a former College Bowl All Star (like the TV show "Jeopardy" except for American college students), and worked for many years as a professional journalist.  I was a pre-med major when I first entered college and am fairly well versed in modern science.  Bottom line:  N.D.E.s have been reported since the beginning of time (see Heironymous Bosch's paiting "Ascent of the Blessed" - circa 1450-1500.) and have absolutely nothing to do with the physical body or physical brain which Is Not the Seat of Consciousness as some would have you believe.  Many people who have experienced N.D.E.s had absolutely no brain activity, their hearts had stopped, their breathing had stopped, their eyes were closed, they were lying on a hospital gurney, and some even had their body temperatures quickly brought below freezing and all of their blood removed from their entire bodies; but these people were miraculously able to describe not only what the doctors did while they were clinically dead from a vantage point above their bodies but also were able to accurately describe conversations and events that took place in other parts of the hospital or even other parts of the world while they were "dead."  Unless you are very foolish indeed, the evidence suggests that consciousness survives physical death and can exist apart from the physical body.  What we now call N.D.E.s are reported by humans all over the world and tend to feature special characteristics.  Those characteristic include:  Separation from the physical body.  Floating above the physical body.  The appearance of a large tunnel of light.  Being sucked or drawn through the tunnel at what seems to be an incredibly high speed.  A unique and beautiful light at the end of the tunnel.  A doorway or portal at the end of the tunnel.  The appearance of deceased relatives, friends, or a recognizable religious figure who communicates telepathically and often escorts an N.D.E. recipient through the tunnel.  Usually in teens and adults, a three-dimensional, holographic-style "life review" in which the N.D.E. recipient not only sees, hears, and feels everything they've ever thought and done while physically alive, but also experiences what others felt and experienced as a result of their actions or inactions.  The N.D.E. recipient usually judges him or herself, but those whose consciences are very limited may have another spiritual being interpret for them.   Some have described this as having thier "life flash in front of them."  A being of light connected to the tunnel who communicates telepathically and may appear at the end of the tunnel near the door or portal.  Feelings of complete peace with no suffering or pain normally associated with the physical body.  Heightened intellectual awareness and sensitivity.  Sudden awareness of events, wisdom, or knowledge far beyond the normal scope of the person experiencing the N.D.E.  The ability to see or hear things beyond the normal scope of the human body.  The ability to travel over great distances at perhaps great speeds without any apparent aid through the exercise of conscious thought.  Not all N.D.E. recipients will report all of these characteristics or experiences, but they will report some of them because these core experiences are common to N.D.E.s.  Cultural or religious upbringing sometimes can in
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Yes,  Once I fell off a cliff... well I sort of jumped but I had no choice.  I cracked my head pretty hard at the bottom.\n\nI think I died and went to hell... it was a boiling pit of blood, people were screaming in it all around me.  Any who tried to surface or reach out would get slashed by flying serpents that skimmed the surface.  This of course could have been a hallucination... I felt I deserved to be there for what I had done in my life, so I sunk to the bottom, resigned to my fate.  There I saw a baby that took my hand and said, "wake up, I still need you!"\n\nWhen I awoke, I was in that gulch with blood all over my face, matted in my hair and my head damaged.  I couldn't walk... I had to drag myself out, one foot at a time and the pain was terrible as my shock wore off. \n \nI prayed to God for the strength to make it out alive and swore to do all he asked of me if I survived... somehow I made it back up to the road and was delivered to the hospital by some motorists.\n\nI believe it was a miracle!
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Dear Sinful:\n\nIgnore the ignorant.  Goes without saying.  Don't want to post it all here, too private for me.  If you want to know my story then contact me off board:  filmjeff@yahoo.com\n\nIt's quite a unique experience but not "near death" as clinically defined.\n\nJ
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Life before and after death, my view:\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-7dNzZV06cpnGmuKQRUwj0WV6Ig--?cq=1&p=1
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I was run over by a car when I was 11 years old.  I was completely pinned under the car.  I could not move at all.  I had my life go before my eyes as I watched the tire proceed to come towards my head.  The tire would have run over my head.  I had nothing left so I cried out for Jesus to save me.  Jesus did save me under that car.  I was moved even though I could not move.   All that I suffered were 3rd degree scrapes.  I nearly had a whole through my cheek.  At the hospital the doctor had to pick stones out of my face.  I walked away and my wounds healed in 3 months.  I barely have a scar today.  I have just enough of a scar to remind me that Jesus saved me.\n\nI have also seen the child of a family friend who fell out of a tree and got caught by his neck between two branches.  This kid died in that tree.  He was pronounced as being dead for more than 20 minutes at the scene.  He was dead when they took him out of the tree.  It was prayer by his mother (a Christian) to Jesus  that resurrected him.  This kid did have brain damage.  But the last that I heard he was learning how to walk again and he was getting high 90's in school.  I have talked with him about his miracle.  His name is Michael.\n\nDoctors say that if you are braindead for more than 12 minutes you will be a vegetable even if they can revive your body.
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I was in an auto accident once where the car went off the road and flipped in the air.  Once I was airborn I thought that 'This is IT'.  I didn't feel my life go before my eyes or anything like that.  I felt cool and calm.  When I did clime back up to the road a passerby had stopped and was shocked to find out I was not hurt.\nI've allso tried suicide, and when I woke up the next day, I was really mad at not being successful, but life goes on.