Christopher M's
Mother's DBV
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My Mother was taking
care of a 96 year old man that was my Grandma's neighbor. He had been in the
convalescent home and had come out to live in his house again. He needed help
with his taxes and other things. My mom took on the job to watch him close to 24
hours a day. One night my mom was watching him and all the sudden he started to
breath heavy and my mom knew he was dying, so my mom held his hand and told him
it's all right to go everyone's going to be ok. So within about 10 minutes he
died. When he died my mom saw a bright green light leave his body float above
him and then disappear. She believes it was his spirit leaving his body at
death. My mom said that she always felt guilty for not being there when her
Grandmother died so this was in a way making up for it. I know that my mother
was not Drunk,Using Drugs, or seeing things so this couldn't have been a
hallucination. My mother saw one of our churches priest in a hair dresser and
she asked him what the green bright light could've been and he said it was a
message from god trying to tell her something. In the same house that this man
had died in there were women from another country staying upstairs in the house
and they had said they saw a women on the stairs wearing a hoop skirt that was
the color blue.
Was this
experience difficult to express in words?
No
Did you see the
deceased?
Yes
When the deceased
died a bright green light arose from his body and then floated there and then
disappeared towards the ceiling.
How
clearly did the deceased appear?
Very bright and
somewhat transparent.
How
much of the deceased did you see?
All of the deceased.
Did
the deceased appear or not appear to be the age at which they died?
It was not very
observably since the deceased was pure light.
How
healthy did the deceased appear to be?
When the deceased died
they were 96 years old and so I supposed they had many health issues.
Is
there any possibility what you saw was from any other source present in the
surroundings at the time of your experience?
There is absolutely no
possibility that what my mom saw could've been from some other source.
How long did the
experience last?
About 5-10
minutes
Was the beginning
and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?
They were more
sudden, at the beginning my mother was a little scared to be with Harold when he
died but she said after it happened she was overwhelmed and that death is a
beautiful thing and that there's nothing to fear.
How do you
currently view the reality of your experience?
Experience was
definitely real
Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not
real:
My mom views this experience as real and not as not real because she experienced
this happen with her own two eyes and there was no way she was seeing things
since she hadn't been drinking, taking medications or doing drugs prior to her
experience.
Was
the experience dream like in any way?
No
Describe in
detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:
My mom felt kind of
frightened because she didn't know what was going to happen, but after Harold
died she said it was peaceful and beautiful.
What was the best
and worst part of your experience?
The best part of my
mom's experience was seeing Harold's spirit leave his body, the worst part was
knowing he'll no longer be with us in the physical realm.
Has your life
changed specifically as a result of your experience?
Yes
Describe:
My mom now
believes that there is an afterlife and she says that she now understands life
better after this experience.
Did you have
any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?
Yes
My mom believed that there was an afterlife, but she never thought it was
possible until she had this experience. My mom also said she never understood
death until this experience happened.
Did the experience
give you any spiritual understandings such as life, death, afterlife, God,
etc.? Yes
It gave my mom an understanding to what happens after someone has died and left
this world, It taught her that there is an afterlife, and that there is some
part of us that lives on after our physical body dies.
Did you observe or
hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be
verified later?
Yes
The man who had passed on was not religious but he did belong to the Martin's
club in town.
What emotions did
you feel during the experience?
The emotions my mom
felt following the experience were Joyful, Confident, cheerful, sad, and
spirited.
Was the experience
witnessed or experienced by others?
Yes
My Mother was taking
care of a 96 year old man that was my Grandma's neighbor. He had been in the
convalescent home and had come out to live in his house again. He needed help
with his taxes and other things. My mom took on the job to watch him close to 24
hours a day. One night my mom was watching him and all the sudden he started to
breath heavy and my mom knew he was dying, so my mom held his hand and told him
it's all right to go everyone's going to be ok. So within about 10 minutes he
died. When he died my mom saw a bright green light leave his body float above
him and then disappear. She believes it was his spirit leaving his body at
death. My mom said that she always felt guilty for not being there when her
Grandmother died so this was in a way making up for it. I know that my mother
was not Drunk, Using Drugs, or seeing things so this couldn't have been a
hallucination. My mother saw one of our churches priest in a hair dresser and
she asked him what the green bright light could've been and he said it was a
message from god trying to tell her something.
Did you have any
sense of altered space or time?
No
Did you experience
a separation of your consciousness from your body?
No
Did you meet or see
any other beings other than the deceased?
No
Did you see a
light?
Yes
When the deceased
died there was a bright green light that left his body and float above his body
and then disappeared.
Did any part of
your experience seem to occur in a place other than the location described
above?
No
Have you shared
this experience with others?
Yes
My mom told a friend from Boston about what she saw and experienced and she
asked him why god choose to show her and he said well god only shows these
special things to certain people and you were one of the lucky ones. We were out
to diner with our family from CT and we were talking about ghost, and my uncle
said "I don't believe in ghost or any of that stuff," and then my mom said when
I saw Harold's spirit leave his body I was completely convinced there's an
afterlife.
Have you shared
this experience formally or informally with any other researcher or web
site?
No
Is there anything
else you would like to add regarding your experience?
I must state that this
was a life changing event for my mom and I, and it turned my mom from a half
believer to a full believer.
Were there any
associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the
experience?
No
When this experience
happened to my mother she was not taking any medications that would make her see
things or hallucinate.
Following the
experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or
substances which reproduced any part of the experience?
No
Did you ever in
your life have a near-death experience, out of body experience or other
spiritual event?
Yes
My mom said that
when she used to live in Connecticut that one day when she was younger she was
really mad and down about something and so she went into her living room and she
said she felt the presence of a angel come and make her happy and peaceful.
Did the questions
asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your
experience?
Yes
These questions help
explain exactly what happened during my mother's experience.