An evening for Orthodox
Jewish women was arranged locally on the virtues
of modesty for the Jewish woman. The main speaker
was a woman who said that she had had a NDE 15 years
ago. The following is basically the story that she
presented:
A
week before the NDE, her brother had a dream in
which their grandmother, who had died years before,
said that the woman, E.L., was going to have a tragedy
befall her. E.L., on hearing this alarming news,
proceeded to do intense soul searching in an attempt
to discover the reason that she was to be summoned
to the "World of Truth". She decided that there
were certain matters pertaining to modesty that
she needed to correct and started working on fixing
the matter. (Modesty for the Jewish woman is considered
to be one of the highest virtues and many stringencies
are observed in this area.)
On Friday afternoon, a
short while before the beginning of the Sabbath,
E.L. began to feel unwell. She tried to get a hold
of a doctor unsuccessfully. She didn't feel like
going to the emergency room, but stayed home even
though she felt that this was her last day on Earth.
Her twin sister came to help her with the children
which she fed, bathed and dressed in pajamas. E.L.'s
husband only came home on Friday night after the
Sabbath prayers in the synagogue. She told him that
she wasn't feeling well and to please put the children
to bed, which he did. They then proceeded with the
traditional Sabbath rituals which include making
a blessing over wine to sanctify the Sabbath and
washing hands for the bread.
E.L. said that she felt
that the Angel of Death was present in the room,
but couldn't touch her because of the holiness that
permeated the room. Nevertheless, she told her husband
that she wanted to lie down in her room. As she
walked to her room, she suddenly fainted and lost
consciousness. Her husband picked her up and put
her on the bed at which point he became aware that
she was breathing her last breaths.
E.L. then described that
she felt the Angel of Death drag her soul out of
her and that she was surrounded by black tormenting
angels who began to beat her mercilessly. She
was brought to a point where she was greeted by
her grandmother and other many righteous people
who were associated with her while they were alive.
She said that she was aware of the Divine Presence
crying over her because she was being beaten so
badly. She heard unbearable screams of another soul
who had been sentenced to Gehinom (hell) for a breach
in modesty.
E.L. begged that she should
be allowed to return to this world as she had small
children to raise for the service of God. She said
that the merit of all the righteous people who were
standing there should be enough to allow her to
return. She was told it was good that she had all
of these righteous people on her side, but it wasn't
enough and only if she had a righteous person in
this world who would beseech on her behalf would
she be given merit. She mentioned the name of a
righteous Hassidic Rebbe with whom she was associated.
The Rebbe at that moment
was surrounded by his followers as is usual on Friday
nights. His soul, however, made an appearance in
the spiritual world in order to benefit E.L. She
was told that there were 3 conditions for her to
return. One was to continue in the repentance process
she had begun. Two, she was to write a letter of
thanks to the Rebbe telling him that his merit is
what saved her. The third one, she wouldn't tell
us about.
She then returned to her
body and woke up covered with black wounds and pain
from which she suffered two months and she says
she is weak to this day.
Webmaster Kevin Williams'
Analysis of E. L.'s NDE
This NDE is interesting
in that the woman sees the soul of a living person
(her Rabbi). This is not an unusual aspect to NDEs
and there are similar documented cases of NDErs
seeing living people in the spirit realm. One of
the best cases I know of that deals with this phenomenon
is the NDE of
Dr. Dianne Morrissey. During her NDE, she sees
all three of her bodies (physical, soul and spirit
bodies). While out of her body, she spends a great
deal of time around her dead body and even sees
that her soul body is attached to her physical body
by a silver cord. Later on in her NDE, she sees
her spirit body laying on a "heavenly bed". At that
moment, she wondered how she could be three places
at the same time.
NDEs such as Morrissey's
show how a living person has a physical body that
operates in one dimension, a soul (astral) body
operating in another dimension, and a spirit body
operating in another. This phenomenon explains how
NDErs can see living people during their NDE. They
are actually in contact with the soul of the living
person.
Another example can be
found in the NDE of
Lynnclaire
Dennis. Here is an excerpt that describes her
experience:
"With my eyes closed,
as if in a vision within a vision, I saw
my mother. I could not understand why she
was there. As far as I knew, my mom was
very much alive. Wasn't this "the other
side"? I knew I was no longer alive and
felt that I was in a space between the worlds...
" (Lynnclaire
Dennis)
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There are other examples
of NDEs that involve seeing living people on the
other side. But, the more common examples of this
kind of phenomenon can be found in dreams where
living people meet other living people in the dream
(soul and spirit) world.
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