On Near Death Experiences

A woman’s spirit hovers above an inert body that is hers. She sees the surgeons cutting and then sees their frantic efforts as they try to bring her back to life. She had died and yet is able to describe exactly everything they’d said and done when her anesthetic wears off! Others – many others – have had similar experiences called NDE’s. Many see a tunnel or a light, and some with loved ones long departed may briefly unite. Their hearts are gladdened. They wish not to go back to this life that most of us fight so hard to stay in. But God alone determines when we die, and so we know it was not time for THEM either. Science cannot prove the afterlife, nor can it disprove it. How can anyone explain NDE’s wherein the subjects’ hearts stop beating or there is no brain activity? They try to say the mind hallucinates when on the brink of death, but how can they account for miraculous recoveries? And how do they account for the utter joy and love felt by the many who get that precious glimpse of heaven? What kind of light of such resplendence could make a person wish his soul had not even been returned to his earthly body? Things that mortals cannot understand in time (and in death) will be comprehended. Lucky are the ones for whom near death comes to them, for death to them would have to be a thing never more to fear again-and instead- would be a thing to live for! N/A April 27, 2022 in Chantelle Anne Cooke's Near Death Experience Poetry Contest Submitted Sept. 18, 2022 for Sotto Poet's Your Second Chance 2Nd Submission: Poetry Contest