I realized the importance of my life mission when I died - NDE / Near Death Experience
What Researchers Found
The Story
Colby was a 19-year-old man in 1993. He had a near-death experience after being hit by a car at 35 miles per hour while drunk on New Year's Eve in Mammoth, California, during a snowboarding trip. He left his body with a vibrating peel sensation and watched from above as his body landed on ice. People gathered, and a man performed CPR, but Colby felt hopeless and walked away. He prayed to Jesus, recalled pre-earth commitments, and grieved unfulfilled promises. Spiritual beings deliberated his life plan, and he felt the Savior's love. They decided to let him return with spiritual help. He re-entered his body painfully during brain surgery in Reno. After the NDE, Colby changed his life. He quit partying, joined the Mormon Church, and followed the Holy Spirit. He experienced ongoing guidance from the spirit world, including his deceased mother as guardian angel, leading to a purposeful life serving the Lord.
“quite like death to change your life and and I know that uh firsthand when I was”
The account describes a severe medical crisis with CPR and defibrillation, supporting high medical severity, and an OBE vantage point impossible for normal perception. However, the perceptual details of the resuscitation scene are vague and predictable, with no mention of verification attempts, confirmed details, or timely pre-verification reporting, limiting overall evidential strength.
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 describes a severe medical crisis with CPR and defibrillation, supporting high medical severity, and an OBE vantage point impossible for normal perception. However, the perceptual details of the resuscitation scene are vague and predictable, with no mention of verification attempts, confirmed details, or timely pre-verification reporting, limiting overall evidential strength.
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.