#227 - Ellen Meets Jesus & Buddha In Her Near Death Experience
What Researchers Found
The Story
Ellen Weir was a 12-year-old girl who loved riding horses. During her first Western riding lesson, the horse's cinch slipped, and she was kicked in the head. She fell off and entered a coma that lasted five days in the hospital. Ellen found herself on a wooden raft with Jesus in front of her and a man in brown robes, later identified as Buddha, on her left. She felt safe. The raft took her to a place of light where she saw colored trees and rivers and heard beautiful music. She became the light and felt complete love from Source. Back on the raft, she received insights about life through a mental download. She chose to return after seeing how her staying would affect her family. She felt deep gratitude and vowed to heal people with music. Music notes appeared, and she pulled herself back to her body using the sound from a Disney movie playing nearby. She woke in the ICU. After the NDE, Ellen became a board-certified music therapist. She leads workshops with singing bowls and music journeys to help others glimpse heaven. She practices daily gratitude and shares her story to inspire others.
“didn't recognize him but I knew I felt kind of wooden I was only there for what”
This NDE lacks any veridical perception claims of real-world events, conversations, or details inaccessible to normal senses; it is entirely a spiritual visionary experience during a coma. The only potential validation is later recognition of Buddha, but this is subjective and not a verifiable physical perception. Medical severity is the strongest element, but absence of specific, verified claims limits 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.
Are you here because someone you love has died?
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 of real-world events, conversations, or details inaccessible to normal senses; it is entirely a spiritual visionary experience during a coma. The only potential validation is later recognition of Buddha, but this is subjective and not a verifiable physical perception. Medical severity is the strongest element, but absence of specific, verified claims limits 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.