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NDERF 1893 Gloria NDE 3962
https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gloria_nde.html
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2009
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In summer 1978, a troubled teen attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and taking hoarded prescription drugs. Her mother, who they were not speaking, felt a panicky feeling and the house feeling "electrified," compelling her to check on her daughter. She found her blue and unconscious. The experiencer felt she was hovering around her body, watching it bounce off walls and doors with no physical sensation due to the drugs. She observed the hospital staff putting a tube down her throat and yelling for her to stay awake. Throughout, she watched from around her body more than in it. She kept thinking she should be struggling to stay alive or having profound revelations, but experienced nothing profound - it was anticlimactic. Meanwhile, her atheist mother in the waiting room experienced acute anxiety, feeling like she was dying. Jesus then walked in and told her "Everything will be alright," bringing profound peace. The mother knew this was Jesus despite him looking like a regular person. Years later, the mother described seeing beings in her room during her own death, including a tall man who told her she wouldn't suffer, which proved true.
--- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The mother's encounter with Jesus is the most significant biblical element, showing divine intervention and comfort during crisis. The appearance brought immediate peace and assurance, consistent with Christ's role as comforter. The mother's deathbed visions of spiritual beings and the tall man's accurate prophecy about her peaceful death align with biblical accounts of angels ministering to the dying. The electromagnetic sensation and compulsion to check on her daughter suggests divine prompting or spiritual intervention. Unbiblical elements: The experiencer's own NDE was notably devoid of spiritual content - no life review, no beings, no light, no profound insights. This absence of spiritual elements during a suicide attempt might reflect spiritual separation. The mother's lack of conversion despite directly encountering Jesus is unusual, as biblical encounters with Christ typically produce faith. The casual dismissal of Buddhism and other religions without embracing Christianity after such profound experiences suggests resistance to spiritual truth.
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Moderate Evidence
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Suicide attempt via overdose and wrist cutting requiring emergency treatment
Hovering observation of body, later found contusions confirming impacts she witnessed but didn't feel
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