SELE Case Examples
Pre-Death Premonitions:
“My brother and I had taken the train to Zermatt. And the next day we were going to go glacier skiing. The two of us were staying in a little pensionné. And in the middle of the night, all of a sudden, I'm terrified and I'm not sure why. And I'm looking over at my brother, whose sound asleep. And I'm just checking whether he's breathing. For some reason, I'm terrified and I don't know why. And because he's obviously fine, I go back to sleep. And the next day, we're on the slope in Zermatt. And my brother decides to ski off trail. Skis off a cliff and breaks his neck. He's dead at the scene. And so, I had a premonition that that's what was going to happen. I just didn't know it at the time.”
~Adam M.
Pre-Death Visions and Visitations:
“Sometimes Dad would have conversations with people up in the corners of the room. And you would see his mouth moving, and he would be gesticulating as if he's actually having a conversation. I said, ‘Dad, who are you talking to?’ He wrote down, ‘Cy.’ That was his best friend who had passed away about ten years ago. Then he started having conversations with different people, always up in the corners of the room. At one point he started introducing me to somebody. Dad said to this other person, ‘This is my older son. I'd like you to meet my older son.’ He grabbed my hand and he wanted me to shake hands with this being that I couldn't see or hear. And so, I said, ‘Hello, it's very nice to meet you. I wish I could hear you, and I wish I could know what's going on between you, but my father seems comforted and able to have a real clear relationship with you.’ Eventually my dad wanted me to introduce myself to other people around the room that were there. And then every night he continued having these very meaningful, apparently comfortable conversations with people that I never saw, never heard, but could feel. I wouldn't say I felt their presence, I would just feel his joy in feeling them.”
~ David W.
Pre-Death Synchronicities:
“He was dying in his home on the Intracoastal waterway. I left his bedroom to go into the den, then I saw everyone out on the dock pointing at the water. I went outside to discover that three dolphins had gathered right next to the dock and were jumping all around. In all the years of living in that house we had never seen dolphins in the Intracoastal . . . I immediately knew that this display of nature’s playfulness was orchestrated for me and for Dad and for everyone gathered . . . As everyone once again came to his bedside, I told dad about the dolphins outside right then and thanked him for that one final gift. Within minutes, Dad made his transition.”
~ Maribeth G.
Terminal Lucidity:
“Carol’s breaths are coming very, very far spaced, far in between. She's having one gasp, and it sounds like her last one, and then 40, 45 seconds later there's another one . . . I know it's coming quickly. All of a sudden, this is somebody with no brain stem, her eyes open and she looks into the corner behind me where the light is. We were amazed and elated just at this, that she had opened her eyes. Her eyes were so wide that the whites were showing completely around her eyes, but nothing on her face was moving, only her eyes. I don't know how they got so big. She started tracking very, very slowly behind us. Then they came back and looked straight at my sister and I, and then they relaxed and became half-closed, vacant, the eyes became very vacant. She gave three very small exhalations, and then as far as I'm concerned, she was gone. It felt like the room was filling up with people to meet her. It just felt like it was a gift to us. We became quite elated. Monica couldn't stop repeating, ‘I will never fear death again. I will never fear death again!’ That was so beautiful to me.”
~Barbara W.
At-Death Synchronicities:
“I had just said, ‘Whenever you need to go, dad, we're here, we're with you,’ and then all of the sudden we heard the birds at the window, and they were so loud. My niece and I looked at each other like, ‘What is that?’ And then dad opened his eyes and looked toward the window and he smiled. It was beatific—he smiled and then he was gone . . . I certainly didn't expect to get the megaphone call from the birds outside the window. That was like, ‘Wow!’ Shocking is the word that comes to mind. How distinct it was and how loud it was. In retrospect, I think perhaps it was so loud because they were calling him. It wasn't to let us know that it was time for dad to go. They were trying to get dad's attention and he wasn't wearing his hearing aids, so they had to be loud.”
~Leslie C.
Shared Death Experiences (SDEs):
“I woke up and the room was just filled with this extreme light. I could feel that my mother was close and was coming to say good-bye. She was in the room, but not with a body. It sounds impossible, but she was there, and she was telling me that she loved me but there were no words said. It was like it was all telepathic communication. Time didn’t exist in this realm. I say ‘realm’ because suddenly the walls and the ceiling and everything was crooked or somehow off. The law of physics didn’t abide. She slowly went upwards into the so-called ceiling. Behind her, I could see this being of light that was making the whole room shine. My mom invited me up to this being that was complete love, complete knowledge, complete compassion. It was all those things. I acknowledged that it must be a divine being of some kind. We went to this black void. There I felt the presence of other souls. The strangest thing! We were floating around in this realm, and every question I ever had was answered in some strange way. What was also extremely strange was that I felt connected with the souls around me and this divine being and my mother. I felt like we were one. I didn’t want to leave but I understood that my mother was going further. I couldn’t go with her. I was just visiting, and I had to go back. The next thing I remember is being woke up the next morning from the phone call from hospice telling me my mother had died, which I was perfectly aware of.”
~Ida N.
Direct Post-Death Communication:
“The first few weeks after my grandmother died, I was constantly talking with her. It started immediately after she died. I felt like I could really hear her voice, like she was so there. The day that she died . . . so, they lost Ashley, which was their eldest . . .it was the most painful thing that had happened to our entire family. My only question to her was, ‘Did you see Ash?’ And she said to me, so vividly, ‘If I had known how close she was this whole time, I wouldn't have been so sad.’ And it was so strong that night! It was just so clear. I remember continually trying to ask her questions to see if it was me answering, like I was doubting myself that this was really her. In the very beginning, it was clear, I was like, ‘No, that's her. She said it. That's amazing.’ Then, as time went on, I'd say, ‘Grandma,’ and then I'd start a question. In the very beginning, the answers were just there. It was just, she was there. Then, as time went on, she wasn't anymore. There was no response. Before, with her tone, I could hear her voice, I could sense happiness. I couldn't really see her, but I sensed her behind me, and I felt just happy.”
~Sarah L.
Post-Death Synchronicities:
“Whenever I'm in doubt about different things that might be going on and I'm trying to figure out a solution, it never fails. I'll be driving along and I'll think, ‘Maybe this is the right solution,’ and if I see a red Toyota Tacoma truck coming in the opposite direction or if I see one right in front of me, this is Morgan's truck, and I know right away that I'm making the right decision. He sends me these signs all the time, and so that communication to me is huge. I put a lot of credence in what I get from him, and he never has steered me wrong.”
~ Elizabeth B.
Post-Death Visions and Visitations:
“Not long after my mother crossed over, she came to me in a dream. She was so beautiful and so young and healthy. My older sister was there too. I was so excited to see my mother and asked her to tell me everything about her experience. There was a beautiful light there with us. She said to us, ‘I never knew the light is always searching for us.’ I was so grateful to be able to communicate with her so easily, and I was so happy that she was vibrant and healthy. She came again in another dream and in a more telepathic way let me know she wanted to have a gathering of all the siblings so that she could show everyone that she was fine. I called them and they were instantly in the room. My mother stood before us so beautiful, so happy, and emanating exquisite peace. In the third dream she came to me as pure energy. She did not have a form, but I could feel her energetic presence to the left of me . . . These rich experiences have given me so many incredible gifts.”
~Sallie G.
“My brother and I had taken the train to Zermatt. And the next day we were going to go glacier skiing. The two of us were staying in a little pensionné. And in the middle of the night, all of a sudden, I'm terrified and I'm not sure why. And I'm looking over at my brother, whose sound asleep. And I'm just checking whether he's breathing. For some reason, I'm terrified and I don't know why. And because he's obviously fine, I go back to sleep. And the next day, we're on the slope in Zermatt. And my brother decides to ski off trail. Skis off a cliff and breaks his neck. He's dead at the scene. And so, I had a premonition that that's what was going to happen. I just didn't know it at the time.”
~Adam M.
Pre-Death Visions and Visitations:
“Sometimes Dad would have conversations with people up in the corners of the room. And you would see his mouth moving, and he would be gesticulating as if he's actually having a conversation. I said, ‘Dad, who are you talking to?’ He wrote down, ‘Cy.’ That was his best friend who had passed away about ten years ago. Then he started having conversations with different people, always up in the corners of the room. At one point he started introducing me to somebody. Dad said to this other person, ‘This is my older son. I'd like you to meet my older son.’ He grabbed my hand and he wanted me to shake hands with this being that I couldn't see or hear. And so, I said, ‘Hello, it's very nice to meet you. I wish I could hear you, and I wish I could know what's going on between you, but my father seems comforted and able to have a real clear relationship with you.’ Eventually my dad wanted me to introduce myself to other people around the room that were there. And then every night he continued having these very meaningful, apparently comfortable conversations with people that I never saw, never heard, but could feel. I wouldn't say I felt their presence, I would just feel his joy in feeling them.”
~ David W.
Pre-Death Synchronicities:
“He was dying in his home on the Intracoastal waterway. I left his bedroom to go into the den, then I saw everyone out on the dock pointing at the water. I went outside to discover that three dolphins had gathered right next to the dock and were jumping all around. In all the years of living in that house we had never seen dolphins in the Intracoastal . . . I immediately knew that this display of nature’s playfulness was orchestrated for me and for Dad and for everyone gathered . . . As everyone once again came to his bedside, I told dad about the dolphins outside right then and thanked him for that one final gift. Within minutes, Dad made his transition.”
~ Maribeth G.
Terminal Lucidity:
“Carol’s breaths are coming very, very far spaced, far in between. She's having one gasp, and it sounds like her last one, and then 40, 45 seconds later there's another one . . . I know it's coming quickly. All of a sudden, this is somebody with no brain stem, her eyes open and she looks into the corner behind me where the light is. We were amazed and elated just at this, that she had opened her eyes. Her eyes were so wide that the whites were showing completely around her eyes, but nothing on her face was moving, only her eyes. I don't know how they got so big. She started tracking very, very slowly behind us. Then they came back and looked straight at my sister and I, and then they relaxed and became half-closed, vacant, the eyes became very vacant. She gave three very small exhalations, and then as far as I'm concerned, she was gone. It felt like the room was filling up with people to meet her. It just felt like it was a gift to us. We became quite elated. Monica couldn't stop repeating, ‘I will never fear death again. I will never fear death again!’ That was so beautiful to me.”
~Barbara W.
At-Death Synchronicities:
“I had just said, ‘Whenever you need to go, dad, we're here, we're with you,’ and then all of the sudden we heard the birds at the window, and they were so loud. My niece and I looked at each other like, ‘What is that?’ And then dad opened his eyes and looked toward the window and he smiled. It was beatific—he smiled and then he was gone . . . I certainly didn't expect to get the megaphone call from the birds outside the window. That was like, ‘Wow!’ Shocking is the word that comes to mind. How distinct it was and how loud it was. In retrospect, I think perhaps it was so loud because they were calling him. It wasn't to let us know that it was time for dad to go. They were trying to get dad's attention and he wasn't wearing his hearing aids, so they had to be loud.”
~Leslie C.
Shared Death Experiences (SDEs):
“I woke up and the room was just filled with this extreme light. I could feel that my mother was close and was coming to say good-bye. She was in the room, but not with a body. It sounds impossible, but she was there, and she was telling me that she loved me but there were no words said. It was like it was all telepathic communication. Time didn’t exist in this realm. I say ‘realm’ because suddenly the walls and the ceiling and everything was crooked or somehow off. The law of physics didn’t abide. She slowly went upwards into the so-called ceiling. Behind her, I could see this being of light that was making the whole room shine. My mom invited me up to this being that was complete love, complete knowledge, complete compassion. It was all those things. I acknowledged that it must be a divine being of some kind. We went to this black void. There I felt the presence of other souls. The strangest thing! We were floating around in this realm, and every question I ever had was answered in some strange way. What was also extremely strange was that I felt connected with the souls around me and this divine being and my mother. I felt like we were one. I didn’t want to leave but I understood that my mother was going further. I couldn’t go with her. I was just visiting, and I had to go back. The next thing I remember is being woke up the next morning from the phone call from hospice telling me my mother had died, which I was perfectly aware of.”
~Ida N.
Direct Post-Death Communication:
“The first few weeks after my grandmother died, I was constantly talking with her. It started immediately after she died. I felt like I could really hear her voice, like she was so there. The day that she died . . . so, they lost Ashley, which was their eldest . . .it was the most painful thing that had happened to our entire family. My only question to her was, ‘Did you see Ash?’ And she said to me, so vividly, ‘If I had known how close she was this whole time, I wouldn't have been so sad.’ And it was so strong that night! It was just so clear. I remember continually trying to ask her questions to see if it was me answering, like I was doubting myself that this was really her. In the very beginning, it was clear, I was like, ‘No, that's her. She said it. That's amazing.’ Then, as time went on, I'd say, ‘Grandma,’ and then I'd start a question. In the very beginning, the answers were just there. It was just, she was there. Then, as time went on, she wasn't anymore. There was no response. Before, with her tone, I could hear her voice, I could sense happiness. I couldn't really see her, but I sensed her behind me, and I felt just happy.”
~Sarah L.
Post-Death Synchronicities:
“Whenever I'm in doubt about different things that might be going on and I'm trying to figure out a solution, it never fails. I'll be driving along and I'll think, ‘Maybe this is the right solution,’ and if I see a red Toyota Tacoma truck coming in the opposite direction or if I see one right in front of me, this is Morgan's truck, and I know right away that I'm making the right decision. He sends me these signs all the time, and so that communication to me is huge. I put a lot of credence in what I get from him, and he never has steered me wrong.”
~ Elizabeth B.
Post-Death Visions and Visitations:
“Not long after my mother crossed over, she came to me in a dream. She was so beautiful and so young and healthy. My older sister was there too. I was so excited to see my mother and asked her to tell me everything about her experience. There was a beautiful light there with us. She said to us, ‘I never knew the light is always searching for us.’ I was so grateful to be able to communicate with her so easily, and I was so happy that she was vibrant and healthy. She came again in another dream and in a more telepathic way let me know she wanted to have a gathering of all the siblings so that she could show everyone that she was fine. I called them and they were instantly in the room. My mother stood before us so beautiful, so happy, and emanating exquisite peace. In the third dream she came to me as pure energy. She did not have a form, but I could feel her energetic presence to the left of me . . . These rich experiences have given me so many incredible gifts.”
~Sallie G.
