#346 - BONUS Episode: 5 Year Old Mary Jo Is Saved From Downing By The Voice of God
What Researchers Found
The Story
Mary Joe Wheeler was a 5-year-old girl living in low-income housing in National City, California. She nearly drowned one early morning when she snuck out of her apartment and fell into the deep end of an unfenced apartment pool. She had no swimming lessons and sank to the bottom, unable to breathe. A powerful voice filled her head with male and female tones, and she felt a large comforting presence behind her place a hand on her shoulder. The voice instructed her to jump, and she followed, moving toward the shallow end. Each jump let her head surface briefly for air, easing her pain and cold. She reached the stairs, climbed out, and the voice sternly warned her not to do it again and to go home. After the experience, Mary Joe gained a strong belief in God and life after death. She changed her career to care for seniors, started practicing meditation, and shares her story to promote love, kindness, and purpose in life.
“swimmer um no not really my mother never learned how to swim she was afraid of”
The account features a vague out-of-body perception of people screaming around her body during cardiac arrest from drowning, but lacks specific, verifiable details or confirmation. No attempts to verify the OBE observations are mentioned, and the experience was not reported until decades later. Primary elements involve an internal voice and tactile sensation guiding her to safety, which are not veridical external perceptions.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
The account features a vague out-of-body perception of people screaming around her body during cardiac arrest from drowning, but lacks specific, verifiable details or confirmation. No attempts to verify the OBE observations are mentioned, and the experience was not reported until decades later. Primary elements involve an internal voice and tactile sensation guiding her to safety, which are not veridical external perceptions.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.