Not long ago I was in a horrific accident. My husband was driving the car, it was raining, and somehow the wheels skidded and he lost control of the car. I don’t remember much of the accident itself, just the feeling of the car swerving and then losing consciousness before impact. Our car was found wrapped around a tree. Luckily, my husband and I both survived, but we were both hospitalised and in critical conditions.
While lying in that hospital bed, with the surgeons and nurses scurrying around to save my life, I know that I was close to death. I had the most profound experience that I cannot explain except to say it was spiritual. And if it wasn’t for the nurse name badges, I doubt I would be here today. Here’s what happened.
I’d been unconscious since the accident but somehow entered a kind of surreal dream state during the operation. Everything was black, and suddenly this tunnel of light appeared. I was heading towards the light, it was like this irresistible pull, I was drawn to it. At the same time, I was experiencing this weird out-of-body experience, where I could see the whole room and my body lying on the bed. That’s when I noticed the nurse’s name tag, and it was the name of my youngest daughter, who fortunately wasn’t in the car with us when we crashed. And as soon as I saw that name, I remembered her and my beautiful family, and I realised what was happening and that I had to fight to survive. I snapped right back into my body, retreating from the light.
It’s amazing how my life and death was impacted by that name tag. In Australia, not many people believe in spiritual things, like God, or the afterlife, but this profound experience really changed my feeling towards these things. I mean, how was it possible that I was seeing the room from above, including my own body and the nurses around me, when I was unconscious the whole time and had my eyes closed?