Jacob Cooper Near Death Experience at Three Years Old and He Chose to Come Back
What Researchers Found
The Story
Jacob Cooper was a 3-year-old boy who had a near-death experience in September 1993. He suffocated from whooping cough at a playground and stopped breathing. During the NDE, he lifted out of his body with intense euphoria. He saw a beautiful palace representing God and angels around it. He felt deep peace and eternal connection to loved ones. He met his male and female spirit guides. From above, he watched people try to revive his body and realized he was not his body. He saw souls, auras, and childlike angels sending love to Earth. He met soul family and faced a choice to stay or return. In a life review, he saw his life's impact, past lives including one with suicide, and future as a speaker. He chose to return to create heaven on Earth, guided by trust and surrender. After the NDE, Jacob remembered the experience and felt isolated as a child but grew empathy. He became a mental health therapist, author of two books, speaker, and hypnotist. He now helps others with grief, spiritual growth, and brain health.
“know I felt like I was leaving this life very early at 3 years old and just”
This NDE features a severe medical crisis from oxygen deprivation due to whooping cough but lacks any specific, verifiable veridical perceptions of the physical world. Perceptions are limited to vague observations of his own body and people around him at the playground, with no attempts at verification or corroborated details.
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
This NDE features a severe medical crisis from oxygen deprivation due to whooping cough but lacks any specific, verifiable veridical perceptions of the physical world. Perceptions are limited to vague observations of his own body and people around him at the playground, with no attempts at verification or corroborated details.
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.