Three stories from the files of IANDS
What Researchers Found
The Story
A 16-year-old girl faced a near-death experience due to severe lupus that caused kidney failure, heart problems, and extreme weakness. She prayed for help or death before sleeping. In her dream, she experienced phases of healing through forgiveness, love, gratitude, and surrender. She levitated into the sky, felt peace, and entered a pure white light of love and bliss. She realized her true nature beyond the physical body and saw a life review showing the perfection of all experiences. She felt deep oneness with everything. She was asked to return to share this love. She woke up healed in her mind and body. Over four months, her lupus vanished completely, and she has been symptom-free for 15 years. The joy faded when she returned to school, leading to numbing behaviors. A heart attack in her late 20s brought back the clarity. She moved to Thailand, focused on self-healing, and now teaches breathwork and meditation to help others remember their divine nature.
“felt like i knew him i never forgot the regression i learned that he was my god”
The transcript features three accounts with only weak veridical claims in the third story, where an OBE experiencer reports her boyfriend perceiving and later verifying her astral presence in the hallway, lacking severe medical compromise or impossible access. Other accounts involve dreams, lights, and OBEs without external verifications or specific observations.
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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These accounts were gathered because death may not be the end. Thousands of people have experienced something beyond — and come back to tell us about it.
What Researchers Found
The transcript features three accounts with only weak veridical claims in the third story, where an OBE experiencer reports her boyfriend perceiving and later verifying her astral presence in the hallway, lacking severe medical compromise or impossible access. Other accounts involve dreams, lights, and OBEs without external verifications or specific observations.
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.