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NDERF 687.5 Sharla S NDE 2348
https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sharla_s_nde.html
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2001-10-27
2005
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On October 25, 2001, Sharla stayed home sick and later that evening went to the emergency room with severe pain from a large kidney stone stuck in her urethra. She was admitted and placed on a morphine pump that malfunctioned at 8:00 PM on October 26th. While asleep on her right side, she vomited and inhaled the vomit into her lungs, causing respiratory arrest. A nursing assistant found her severely cyanotic and unresponsive during a vitals check. The code team took fifteen minutes to revive her, with the defibrillator team waiting outside her door. During this time, Sharla found herself in an extremely black room, blacker than she had ever seen, experiencing profound quiet and peace. Initially unconscious of anything, she felt nothing mattered in this blank space where she existed without a body. After some time, she began feeling uncomfortable and got the thought that "it" was a lie, though she didn't know what "it" meant. She started hearing bursts of TV or radio static, then her name and other words coming through occasionally. As she struggled to listen, she became aware of nurses and doctors trying to get her to respond. Eventually she could speak but realized she was completely blind despite her eyes being wide open. Her vision slowly returned through stages - first lighter grays, then colors, then shapes. She ended up with bilateral inhalation pneumonia and spent the weekend in ICU. She describes being completely at peace in that black room and believes it was hard to resuscitate her because she didn't want to leave that peaceful place. She is no longer afraid of dying.
--- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The profound peace experienced during clinical death aligns with biblical promises of peace in God's presence (Philippians 4:7). The existence of consciousness without a body supports biblical teaching about the spirit's survival after physical death (2 Corinthians 5:8). The struggle between staying in peace and returning to life reflects the apostle Paul's dilemma in Philippians 1:23-24 about departing to be with Christ versus remaining for others' sake. The complete loss and gradual restoration of vision could symbolize spiritual blindness and awakening (Acts 9:18). The lasting reduction in fear of death echoes 1 Corinthians 15:55 about death losing its sting. Unbiblical elements: The complete blackness rather than light is unusual for positive death experiences in scripture, which typically involve light and glory. The absence of any divine presence, angels, deceased loved ones, or spiritual beings differs from biblical death experiences (Luke 16:22). The concept of "it" being a "lie" without understanding what "it" meant lacks the clarity typically found in divine revelations. No life review, judgment, or moral dimension to the experience. The static-like communication differs from the clear divine communication in biblical accounts.
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Respiratory arrest from aspiration, code blue called, 15-minute resuscitation with defibrillator team on standby
Profound peace in black void, heard resuscitation efforts, but limited specific verifiable observations
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