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Pim van Lommel, Consciousness Beyond Life, HarperOne, Chapter 2, Color-Blind Person, Page 30, 2010
Consciousness Beyond Life, Color-Blind Person, Chapter 2, Page 30, 2010
2010
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A person who was color-blind experienced a near-death experience during an unspecified medical crisis. This individual had lived their entire life with a specific visual limitation - they could distinguish only the primary colors, while all pastel shades appeared the same to them. This condition had defined their visual experience throughout their life, creating a world where subtle color variations were completely absent from their perception.
During their near-death experience, something extraordinary occurred. The person suddenly saw the most dazzling colors, which was all the more surprising given their lifelong color blindness. They could suddenly perceive all kinds of different shades that had been invisible to them their entire life. The experience was overwhelming because they were seeing colors they had never been able to perceive before. The person reported seeing various pastel shades distinctly for the first time, though they could not name them due to lacking the necessary experience and vocabulary for colors they had never seen. This visual transformation during the NDE was particularly meaningful because it demonstrated perception beyond their physical visual limitations. This case is significant because it shows enhanced sensory perception during an NDE that exceeded the person's normal physical capabilities. Like the blind person who could see during their NDE, this color-blind individual experienced visual perception that transcended their bodily limitations, suggesting that consciousness during an NDE may not be constrained by physical sensory deficits.
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Medical context not specified, but NDE occurred
Color-blind person saw full spectrum of colors including pastels never seen before
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