Glimpses of future events or paths not yet taken
Forward-looking content: glimpses of future personal events, a preview of paths not yet taken, or a sense of being shown what would come. Distinct from Life Review by its forward orientation. Appears almost exclusively in the NDE accounts, often in the context of receiving information during a near-death experience that was later verified.
The higher number includes anyone who referenced future information; the lower number counts those who described it as a distinct, vivid encounter in their own words.
I'm coming from outside and from inside at the same time... the first thing I hear is the voice of my then husband saying 'breathe in, breathe out'... and I came into the body the second time saying 'I remember, I remember.'
It was as if the hand of God, coming down from above, was placed upon my head, then lifted me out of the chair and said, 'Well, it's about time.'
He told me about what was going on in my body. And to not get discouraged, because it was essential, apparently, for my transformation and for the deciphering of my future research program. And so he talked about a process of transmutation, total transmutation.
Carlos died today in the ocean. The person who's coming out of the water — I want you to be you. From today, whatever you want to do, do it through me.
First-hand accounts from people who described this experience, drawn from the interviews in this collection:
Francisco Valentin was a young Catholic man from Puerto Rico who died in a severe car crash in 1979 at age 17-18, experiencing a death event…
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Watch interview →Nancy Rynes was a geologist, archaeologist, and science writer who identified as a complete atheist and was terrified of death. In January 2…
Watch interview →Garrett Dagnum was a regular person struggling with fear, addiction, and dissatisfaction before being drawn into spirituality through self-h…
Watch interview →A woman raised in a partly Buddhist, partly atheist household, who struggled with alopecia, addiction, and a painful relationship, experienc…
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