David T ADC
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Experience description:

I’m a retired software engineer and during my career I did a lot of business travel.  In 2012 I had to go to a customer site in China.  Got on the plane for the long flight with my headphones and iPhone full of music.

During the flight I started to get  the feeling that my deceased brother was very happy for some reason.  I knew it didn’t come from me, because I didn’t think it up.  It was foreign, sort of pushed into me, so it came from another source and I knew it was him.

He wasn’t just happy, he was ecstatic.  Like jumping up and down happy.  No words he just made me feel that he was beside himself happy.  I’ve never felt anything like that before.  It was bizarre and it got stronger as the day went on.

I left the USA on Dec 2nd, 2012 and arrived in China 20+ hours later on Dec 3rd.  Got to the hotel late at night and called my wife to check in and the first thing she told me was that my uncle/mom’s brother Laddie died the day I left.  So I told her about the happy vibe I was getting from my brother and maybe it was because Laddie, our uncle had joined the family on the other side.  That happy vibe stayed with me for a week and when it left I knew for certain it was gone, I could not get it back, which told me it did not originate from me.  It was real.

Flew home the following Saturday and the next day my wife, mom and I drove to a church in Quincy, Ma, to attend Laddie’s service.  We got there and my cousin, Laddie’s daughter told us Jane and Beth, mom’s and Laddie's sister and her daughter from NH wouldn’t be able to attend the service because Jane was admitted into the hospital in NH with a minor stomach issue that morning.

When we left Laddie’s service for home I knew why my brother was so happy.  I knew Jane was going to die soon.  My brother was so happy because he was getting two more of his blood family over there.  He didn’t have many close blood relatives on the other side when he first passed in 1971 because he was so young, and now he had two in a row with whom he had shared memories with.  Also, he was closer to my mom’s side of the family.  He even looked like them.

When we got home from Laddie’s service I told my wife and mom that I thought Jane was going to die soon because of the happy vibe I got from my brother.

To make a long story short, Jane passed away December 16, two weeks to the day her brother Laddie left us.

My mom and I had no clue either of them were having any new health issues.

I believe my brother did this to prepare me for my mom’s passing, which happened 13 months later.  She was the oldest of the three sibs and passed at 88.  He knew that I knew for certain that he was the source of the happy vibe.  That feeling did not originate from me.

He knew all these events would comfort me when my mom passed 13 months later.


 Was this experience difficult to express in words? No

 Did you ONLY sense an awareness of presence of the deceased without actually seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling them?      Yes

 Did you hear the deceased or hear something associated with the deceased?          No

 Did you feel a touch or experience any physical contact from the deceased?         No

 Did you see the deceased?       No

 Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased? No

 How long did the experience last?      The happy vibe emanating from my brother to me lasted 1 week and a day.  The day after my aunt passed it was gone.

 Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?       My brother's presence/aura of happiness increased over the first few hours on the flight and stayed that way until it left me completely eight days later, the day after my aunt passed.

 Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?          Yes

 Extremely ecstatic.  Beside himself happy.  Blissful.

 Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?  My brother gave me enough information/clues to figure and that my aunt was going to pass too.  I figured out his purpose was to inform me that Jane was going to die shortly after our uncle Laddie.  Our aunt died 14 days after my uncle.

 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:   Because I felt it, and my interpretation of the experience was correct and turned out to actually happen.  I told my wife and mother that I believed her sister was going to die soon and that actually happened one week later.  When we were told she was in the hospital the reason was not serious at all.

           Was the experience dream like in any way?  No

 Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  A little confused as to why I was feeling this extreme elation from my long deceased brother.  I felt it and absolutely knew it was coming from him.  I felt him.

 Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience? Yes

 It confirmed to me that my brother was still alive and still loved me and that I'd see him again.  I believe he took the time and effort to convey this information to me to help me when my mom passed 13 months later.  He did this because he still cares about his little brother.

 What was the best and worst part of your experience?          Best is a confirmation that there is life after death.  There was nothing bad about the experience.

 Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience? No     

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?      Yes    For me it was confirmation of life after death.  More relaxed about death and dying.

 Did the experience give you any spiritual understandings such as life, death, afterlife, God, etc.?         Yes    Yes confirmed an afterlife and that joyous reunions happen when we pass.

 Death Compacts are when two or more living people promise among themselves that whoever dies first will try to contact the other(s).  Have you ever made such a compact?    No

 Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Uncertain He provided me enough information to figure out that my aunt was going to die soon, based on his level of bliss.  Also, when I got to the hotel in China and called my wife to tell her I arrived ok, she told me my uncle died while I was in the air.  I had already planned to tell her I felt my brother's presence and joy during the flight ( and still did for another week ) and maybe it had something to do with my uncle's passing.  I did not know my uncle passed until after I arrived at the hotel in China.
What emotions did you feel during the experience?          Happy Happy.

 Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          No

 Did you have any sense of altered space or time?  No

 Did you become aware of future events?      Yes

 I knew and told my wife and mother that I believed my aunt was going to die soon and she died 7 days later.

 Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?      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?        No

 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    They all thought it was very significant.  Some described it as a gift to me.

 Have you shared this experience formally or informally with any other researcher or web site?         Yes

 Informally yes with a few psychic mediums to get their opinions.  I did not know there was this site where I could post it in a more formal way.

  Is there anything else you would like to add regarding your experience?   No

 Were there any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?          No

 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? Uncertain 

I consider this a spiritual event.

 Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?           Yes