Near Death Experience: Personal Stories

EXPERIENCER: Betty Guildford
FROM: Near Death Stories From The Other Side by Craig Mitchell

I had an experience with the other side and I know that it was not caused by anaesthesia or drugs.

The day after major surgery I suffered a haemorrhage and during the doctor's battle to staunch the flow, my heart stopped beating.

As I lay on the operating table, the noise of the frantic activity about me faded away and the figures, working so urgently on my body, became blurred. I floated gently upwards. I could see my unresponsive body below, but I also saw my doctor arrive, leap from his car and run down the corridor. The matron was waiting and he burst into the operating theatre.

I was never frightened or disturbed in any way, but I was curious and had a wonderful feeling of lightness and freedom. Far above me was a brilliant circle of light and I knew that I must reach this goal. I drifted gently through the centre of that beckoning ring and I found myself surrounded by such beauty that there have been no words invented yet to describe this landscape.

Then I became aware of the great light shimmering in the distance. Although the beauty, energy and glory of the light filled me with awe, the aspect that really impressed me the most was the feeling of love reaching out to me.

My own being answered with every atom. I wanted to run forward and throw myself into its midst and become one with it. This was utter bliss. I was home.

I tried to move upwards towards it, but something was pulling me backwards and I felt myself slipping. I cried out. I was in agony at being held back from the source of life. I tried to cling to the side of the circle as I watched being pulled, but my fingers found nothing solid to grab on to. My spirit resented being thrust back into the dense matter of my body. I felt cold, cramped and captured, as if I was a bird in a cage too small. My spirit had experienced brief liberty from the earthly vehicle and seen the glory of the light.

As my conscious mind took control again, I looked into the faces of the doctors and nursing staff and realised that I was happy that I had survived and would be reunited with my family. From there on I had no fear of death as I know how beautiful the other side really is.