Living Beyond: Making Sense of Near Death Experiences

A Light Appears

At some stage in the NDEr’s journey, a mysterious light is encountered. It often appears at the end of the tunnel, towards which the spirit appears to be drawn like a moth to a lamp. Lillian Oaktree’s 7 experience is typical. ‘In a flash I was transported into a dark tunnel, travelling fast towards a bright, golden light. There was something warm and appealing about the light. I wasn’t scared anymore. Within seconds I was out of the tunnel and in a lush, green countryside.’

Rose Richter 7:

I went up. It was very, very, very dark. There were no stars. And I don’t know if there was wind; that I cannot tell you. But before I became frightened, there was a tunnel there… I went through the tunnel like ‘shwoosh,’ and at the end of the tunnel was a light. I followed it. I had no choice. I came out by the light. There was no sun. It was all in a golden, warm, loving light.

Some mention that while travelling in the tunnel, they hear distant voices, often calling out to them, as if to encourage them, and to remove any fear.

Brian Johnson 7:

Suddenly, I could see this tunnel or whatever it was, and the sides of this tunnel thing looked like a blinding bright corrugated metal, and a kind of very bright bluish/white pulsating light, and this light was like a strobe light on high power, but this light was about a 100 times faster than a strobe light, it was pulsating so fast that it was almost a steady light. Next, I could hear people were calling my name, when I found myself travelling to a place that was beyond my comprehension. I was no longer feeling the pain that I was feeling before this wonderful experience started.

In some cases, a tunnel is not seen at all, only the startling light in various presentations. This demonstrates that the purpose of that tunnel is to reach the light, but that methods other than tunnels may be used to achieve this primary objective.

None-the-less, the tunnel most commonly delivers NDErs to the light in an awe-inspiring destination that we will visit next – Paradise!