'I knew I was dead': woman shares clinical death experience (photo)

In the United States, a 19-year-old woman had a clinical deathexperience that fundamentally changed her ideas about life, death and consciousness.

About it writes the publication The Mirror.

Lura Catchledge, 66, said this in an interview, recalling events that took place in 1979 in the US state of Virginia.

According to the woman, the incident happened during a horseback ride. At a young age, she chose a horse that exceeded her level of training and participated with other riders in a spontaneous race to the stables. During a gallop, the animal stumbled and Lura realized that a fall was inevitable.

However, according to her, she never felt the impact with the ground, but the girl suddenly realized that she had "left her own body". She describes a state in which she observed the events as if from the outside, after which she was "pulled into a dark space like a tunnel".

"I clearly knew I was dead. It wasn't an assumption - I realized it without a doubt," she recalls.

Lura relates that the movement in the dark was rapid, but did not cause fear or a sense of suffocation. She felt no pain, was not conscious of breathing, yet retained a sense of self.

During this experience, she says, there was an encounter with her grandfather, who died when she was 12. She describes him as someone she loved very much and says his appearance brought complete peace of mind.

"All fears disappeared, seeing him was a relief. He looked healthy, with no signs of illness, and I felt a childlike joy I hadn't known in a long time," the woman noted.

The communication, she said, was not through words, but through thoughts. She felt support, love and acceptance, as well as the realization that her grandfather "continues to exist."

Next, Catchledge says, her experience entered a different phase - fragments of her own life began to appear before her. She saw both good and painful moments, but the main focus was on how her actions affected other people.

"It wasn't punishment.I was just shown the consequences, both good and bad.I felt someone else's pain that I once caused," she explained.

The woman claims to have learned a life lesson of sorts: to be benevolent and not to become an obstacle in another person's path.

Later, she said, she found herself among "other entities," saw images she perceived as her past incarnations, as well as landscapes with extremely bright colors - particularly the beach and the "tree of life." The final stage was a feeling of complete dissolution in consciousness and absolute peace.

"It was a feeling of love without needs or wants," she said.

However, this state, she said, suddenly began to disappear. She felt as if she was being "pulled backwards," followed by physical pain and a return to her body.

Upon waking up, Lura saw the familiar Virginia landscape but, she admits, perceived it as "unreal." She says that for a long time she felt a strong desire to return to where she thought she had been.

Today, Lura Ketchledge lives in Arkansas, lives a quiet life by the lake, swims a lot and avoids publicity. She notes that she doesn't consider herself special, but is convinced that the experience changed her worldview forever.

Recall, earlier we wrote about the fact that people who survived clinical death, tell that they saw something "on the other side". Some talk about peace and quiet, others - about light, tunnels, strange creatures or even hell.