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NDERF 1805 Marie C NDE 3784
https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marie_c_nde.html
2008
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Marie was playing in a municipal swimming pool, carrying a friend on her shoulders when the friend panicked and submerged her underwater. While drowning, she lost consciousness and was found floating in the water. During this time, she telepathically called out to her sister who was sitting at the pool's edge, asking her to signal that she was missing. Upon resuscitation through CPR, she experienced an intense blue light with a different texture than sky blue, feeling she was part of this light. She saw faces appearing in the blue sky which were actually people standing above her witnessing the accident. The experience included telepathic communication, prophetic dreams that later came true, and lasting psychic abilities including knowledge of others' thoughts and intentions. She describes accessing a dimension of light and experiencing complete consciousness with serene silence. The near-drowning left her without fear of death, understanding it as liberation from physical world constraints. She reports multiple subsequent accidents where she could leave her body during trauma.
--- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience and telepathic communication could relate to spiritual gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12. The brilliant mystical light encountered aligns with biblical descriptions of divine light and God's presence (1 John 1:5). The peace and joy experienced reflect fruits of the Spirit. The experience of consciousness beyond physical death supports biblical teaching about eternal soul/spirit. The lack of fear of death afterward echoes Paul's confidence in 2 Corinthians 5:8 about being present with the Lord. Unbiblical elements: The ongoing psychic abilities including reading others' thoughts and prophetic dreams used outside a Christian context raise concerns about divination practices warned against in scripture. The ability to voluntarily leave the body during subsequent traumas suggests astral projection practices associated with occultism. The description of death as mere liberation from physical constraints without mention of judgment or God's sovereignty reflects New Age rather than biblical perspectives on death and afterlife.
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Near drowning requiring CPR resuscitation
Telepathically contacted sister at poolside, saw people standing above during resuscitation while experiencing blue light
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