God Changed the Way I View My Life (From the Files of IANDS)
What Researchers Found
The Story
Penny, a woman diagnosed with idiopathic anaphylaxis, had three near-death experiences during anaphylactic shock episodes in 2014 while in a coma on a ventilator in the ICU. She first felt light and saw herself in a friend's car during rain, watching a Facebook post, then returned to darkness. Next, she entered a dark void with crushing pressure and isolation, struggling to move and begging for sleep. She viewed her body in the hospital through a barrier, tried to return by waking it but failed, and got sucked back to the void multiple times. She realized the void symbolized her self-built walls of apathy. A bright light appeared, and her grandmother's spirit rescued her, embracing her and explaining consciousness is eternal and not bound to the body. Then, God's white light filled her, showed a life review of love's impacts, resolved past pains, and revealed God resides within. She wanted to stay but returned after asking to remember. After the NDE, Penny sees life differently, understanding all people are connected through God. She rejects separatism, embraces love over fear, feels peace, shows more compassion, and pursues her purpose with genuine joy.
“love God was drawing me back to his core where I had belonged all along I allowed”
The account features a highly specific and unpredictable remote veridical perception of a friend's exact Facebook post and situation while the experiencer was in a coma in the ICU, combined with severe medical crisis and impossible sensory access. However, the complete absence of any reported verification attempts, confirmed verifications, or details on timely reporting significantly limits its evidential strength.
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What Researchers Found
The account features a highly specific and unpredictable remote veridical perception of a friend's exact Facebook post and situation while the experiencer was in a coma in the ICU, combined with severe medical crisis and impossible sensory access. However, the complete absence of any reported verification attempts, confirmed verifications, or details on timely reporting significantly limits its evidential strength.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
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Was this Experience Depth score useful?
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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