My Near Death Experience & What I Learned About Choices! with Donna Rebadow
What Researchers Found
The Story
Donna Rido, a teacher and mystic, had her near-death experience in 1998 while vacationing on Big Moose Lake in New York. She was tubing behind a boat when the tow rope tangled around her leg, dragging her underwater where she drowned. During the NDE, Donna separated from her body and passed through a thin veil. She realized she was dead and entered eternity without time, bringing her consciousness with her. She approached the creator of the universe, appearing as a crackling electrical field like the Aurora Borealis. Through telepathy, she learned about the universe and felt overwhelming love during a hug. God asked what she wanted to do, and she gave the choice back. God instructed her to return and teach about choice and free will. She snapped back into her body, and the rope miraculously came undone. After the NDE, Donna transformed her life by starting a podcast, writing a book, and teaching workshops on choices, love, and awareness. She helps people facing death, emphasizes service to others, and continues personal growth despite challenges like breast cancer.
“line and I was never coming back I knew that so I I looked at him and I said”
This NDE lacks any veridical perception claims, such as observing specific events, conversations, or objects inaccessible to ordinary senses during unconsciousness. The narrative focuses on a profound spiritual encounter with a divine being, with no descriptions of out-of-body observations of the rescue or medical scene. Medical severity is the only moderately strong element, but absence of verifiable perceptions limits 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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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
This NDE lacks any veridical perception claims, such as observing specific events, conversations, or objects inaccessible to ordinary senses during unconsciousness. The narrative focuses on a profound spiritual encounter with a divine being, with no descriptions of out-of-body observations of the rescue or medical scene. Medical severity is the only moderately strong element, but absence of verifiable perceptions limits 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.