The question of what awaits us when we die is one we’ve all pondered on. Wondering where we’ll end up and in what state we’ll exist in is part of the human condition, so it makes sense that most of us have differing opinions.
Of course, no one can present a truly definitive answer. At the time of writing we, as a species, have yet to master the somewhat tricky art of surviving death – that is to say fully experiencing dying and being able to return to tell the tale.
The closest we’ve come to having any first hand reports is via those individuals who technically die for a few seconds, minutes, before being revived and waking up with all their faculties intact.
Even then there’s no universal experience that the rest of us can expect when we eventually pass. Accounts differ greatly, with some people claiming to have seen tunnels and lights, others claiming to have heard the voices of long lost loved ones, and others still experiencing, well, nothing but plain old darkness.
So, who to trust? Well, I guess at this stage we’re lacking much in the way of credible evidence, so it probably behooves oneself to follow their gut feeling.
That said, if you’re of a mind to give individuals the benefit of the doubt and buy what they’re verbally selling regarding the afterlife, there are few better people to listen to than Deborah Prum, a woman who’s had not one, but two near-death experiences (NDEs).
Prum’s opened up on what she saw on both occasions, and shared just why she no longer fears death as a result.
In an interview with YouTube channel Tales Of Resilience, Deborah explained that her first brush with death came after she went into labor with her son four weeks before her due date.
After she was rushed to hospital it was found that Deborah’s blood pressure was high and her living wasn’t functioning.
“All of a sudden the essence of my being was in the corner of a room, looking down at everything,” she explained.
She added that she felt “totally dispassionate, just observing the situation, and then…nothing.”
The newly-made mom was in such bad condition that she was put into a three-day coma. Though her son was born sick and just the size of her palm, ultimately he pulled through and both mother and child survived without any lingering negative effects.
Her second – and arguably more profound – NDE came ten years later, when Deborah and her husband were involved in a car crash.
“The next thing I know, I’m in this yellow space,” she explained.
“It’s like I’ve been dropped in a vat of yellow pudding, not in a bad way. I’m completely surrounded by this yellow glow.
“But I did not feel an attachment to myself, and I felt this most profound peace and almost like a quiet joy – not like a happiness bouncy joy but I felt a peace and I felt more at home in that space than I’ve ever felt.
“It felt timeless. I couldn’t tell you that I was there a minute, or a century. And at a certain stage, I began hearing something which was like my husband’s frantic voice.
“He later told me that I was out for something like three or four minutes, and I felt so guilty about this but I did not want to come back. I mean, I didn’t know where I was but I didn’t want to come back.”
The strangeness continued upon her return to the land of the living, with Deborah recalling that she was then assisted by a young man who helped her out the car. Deborah’s husband, however, insists there was no such man.
Looking back on the experiences, Deborah now says she harbors no fear about what’s to come when her life eventually reaches its end.
“One of my biggest fears in life is that I’ll die alone or I’ll be abandoned or whatever, but this experience took the edge off this fear,” she said.
“These days, I’m less religious but more spiritual…My NDEs brought the finiteness of life into sharp focus. I rarely procrastinate because I am never completely convinced that I will be given the gift of another tomorrow.”
What do you think happens to use when we die? Let us know in the comments box.
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