After a dangerous mix of medications led to a life-threatening reaction, Alisa Valde left her body and found herself in a surreal realm guided by an energy she came to know as Michael. The experience transformed her understanding of reality, faith, and human connection.

After a near-fatal head injury at twelve, Ellen entered a realm of golden light where she encountered divine beings, received messages about creation, and vowed to use music as a tool for healing. When she awoke from her coma, she carried those lessons into her life’s work as a music therapist, helping others reconnect to peace and spirit through sound.

As a child, Wanda drowned in a boating accident and found herself surrounded by loved ones in a realm of warmth and reunion before being told to return. Years later, during surgery, she again left her body and witnessed her own resuscitation—affirming that love and awareness continue beyond the physical world.

At eight, Robin suddenly remembered the day she died as an infant—her body packed in ice while her spirit traveled through infinite space, witnessing creation’s heartbeat. She describes a mother’s fierce love calling her back, pulling her through a tunnel of light into her tiny body and sparking an awareness that consciousness and love are eternal.

After her heart stopped in 1982, Louisa found herself flying over an ocean toward the sun and into an all-encompassing light filled with infinite love. Though she resisted returning, she was told her time wasn’t over—and after coming back, began hearing and feeling guidance that has protected and healed her ever since.

At just three years old, Ingrid fell into a water tank and drowned, entering a realm of radiant light and indescribable peace. There she realized she was not her body but pure consciousness, returning with advanced awareness, vivid memories, and lifelong communication with loving “beings of light.”

As a child, Ainsley was struck by a car and left with a shattered lower leg that a visiting specialist was able to reconstruct; afterward, his memory of the event vanished, and electronics—especially watches—began to fail around him. Years later, hypnotherapy unlocked scenes of leaving his body, encountering his late grandfather, drifting toward a city of cloud, and meeting a robed figure who called himself “the carpenter,” inviting Ainsley to let that voice speak through him.

At home, Mariko Frederick felt a crushing weight on her chest, released her breath, and experienced her heartbeat and nervous-system hum fade as a radiant light engulfed her; she rose above the room, crossed a thin veil, and underwent a life review guided by a compassionate presence. Immersed in oneness, she was told to return and help others remember who they are; she came back in intense pain, followed noninvasive, alternative care, and gradually rebuilt her life with a clear sense of purpose.

During a January 2023 business trip, Bob Proctor suffered a ruptured aorta, briefly left his body, and experienced a swift transition from a warm, timeless light back into his body as EMTs and surgeons moved quickly. Surviving odds that are typically grim, he returned with deep gratitude, renewed trust in caregivers, and a clear inner directive to “finish strong” as a father and in life.

At five, Suzan Smadi briefly left her body after a fall, witnessing her surroundings with panoramic clarity and communicating telepathically with a luminous being she identified as Archangel Gabriel. The experience imprinted a lifelong sense of peace and shaped her spiritual path, affirming that consciousness extends beyond the body.

At eight, Kara flipped over her handlebars and entered a luminous, timeless space that filled her with enduring love and a sense of oneness. Decades later, by reconnecting to that same spiritual presence, she experienced a profound healing from generational breast cancer, confirming the guidance she’d felt since childhood.

After emergency surgery led to severe sepsis, cardiac arrest, and acute respiratory failure, Amy Willis was placed on a ventilator and slipped into a near-death experience where she met Jesus, communicated by pure knowing, and was reunited with her mother. She returned with pain lifted, a profound calm, and a clear message: Jesus desires a personal relationship with everyone.

After months of strain, Steven La Russa suffered a heart attack: searing pain, left-side numbness, and the sense of his soul moving through darkness into a field of stars toward a bright light. As his wife rose to pray—speaking languages she doesn’t know—he felt himself pulled back into his body and resolved to live his calling as a spiritual coach.

After multiple pulmonary embolisms and a sudden cardiac arrest in 2016, Leonard Martin was resuscitated and later found to have a faint pulse after doctors had prepared his family for the worst. He recalls a tunnel and the vastness of space, then awakened to propose to his partner, relearn to walk and talk, and rebuild his life with a deeper understanding of unconditional love.

After a tense Christmas Eve drive with a volatile companion, Mary was assaulted, slipped out of her body, and observed the scene from across the road in total calm. Two young men appeared and helped her to safety; the experience reshaped her priorities, leading her to become a nurse serving vulnerable children and families.

Rosalia Quintana describes how her near-death experience pulled her through a terrifying void where she faced shame, regret, and fear. In the end, she was embraced by God’s presence, shown visions of past lives, and returned forever transformed with a message of love and oneness.

After spiking a 105.5° fever, Robert experienced leaving his body, observing his mother, and then being carried through a familiar hospital into an escalator that rose into a vivid, peaceful realm. There he encountered a radiant presence and was reunited with his grandmother and other relatives in a temple-like setting before being guided to return.

Brooke Jones flatlined for eight minutes and describes being carried through a tunnel into a realm of light where she encountered the presence of God. During this experience, she asked countless questions and discovered that God communicates through love, laughter, and truth beyond human definitions.

As a child, Pegi drowned in a pond and experienced visions of her family, a guiding voice, and the startling realization that she was more than her body. Many years later, during a hospital emergency, she again entered a brilliant realm of light, where she felt the presence of God and was reminded of the power of love and connection.

While diagnosing a leak on a logging truck in 2006, Bruce was crushed when the front axle fell, severing major arteries and breaking vertebrae. As coworkers and first responders scrambled, he experienced a calm, clear vantage beyond his body that reshaped his faith and purpose.