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Experience description:

My father and mother were living in an assisted living facility for 1 week after moving from their home.  Both were 83 years old.  My father had had a stroke with moderate residual effects to his left arm and leg, but was still able to ambulate.  He was on O2 for emphysema. I had visited them the night before he passed away and my experience, and when I left he made the comment to come back and see them in a day or so.  I had no reason to suspect he would pass away that night.  Sometime during the night, I had several very pleasant what I call 'vignette' dreams or 'dream scene episodes' of things he and I had done together, like camping or fishing trips.  These were very pleasing, and enjoyable, and I awoke the next morning smiling and telling my wife of these 2 or 3 episodes in the dream.

About an hour later, my phone rang with a call from the assisted living center when they told me my father had passed away during the night.

I felt that, somehow, my father's consciousness had passed thru mine, with a message something like 'thanks for the memories'.  I had no other similar experiences before or after he passed away.

 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?      Perhaps something like 4-5 minutes

 Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?       Gradual

 Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?          No

 Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?  Just a sense of thanks for our relationship and mutual experiences.

 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:   This happened on the very night he passed away.  Never before or since.

           Was the experience dream like in any way?  Yes

 It occurred to me in a dream state.

 Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  Very pleasant, like a review of previous experiences with my father

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

 My father and I had a good relationship in life.  There was no need for any healing, but it was a very pleasant message to receive.

 What was the best and worst part of your experience?          Worst was that it was limited and short.  Best was knowing my father was moving on to the afterlife, reaffirming our relationship

 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    I had an NDE 30 years prior to this which I have shared on the website.  That was a far more life altering experience than was this

 Did the experience give you any spiritual understandings such as life, death, afterlife, God, etc.?         Yes    I felt that my father was passing on to a spiritual or heavenly state.  It reaffirmed our relationship in life as father/son

 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?          No
  
 What emotions did you feel during the experience?          Happiness; some what of an awe when I realized he had passed away at the same time; reassurance

 Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          No

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

 Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?         No

 Did you become aware of future events?      No

 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    Polite interest

 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?   It came completely unexpectedly.  I was not 'looking for' any such spiritual event or experience.  I am quite sure it was real.

 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? Yes 

An NDE ( about 1975) which I have reported on your site. Under anesthesia, a very short glimpse of what I believe will come next.  A 'tunnel' experience with a very bright light, and overwhelming sense of peace, love, security, well being, etc all rolled into one.

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

 Please offer any suggestions you may have to improve this questionnaire.       I am glad I have experienced these events, and happy to share them in he spirt of trying to understand what they mean.