Name: Natalie Sudman
Age: Sixties
Location: Minnesota
Natalie’s Story:
I was a civilian employee of the US Army Corps of Engineers in southern Iraq in 2006-2007, helping with reconstruction. I was in my late 40s. The NDE happened at the end of a long day of construction site visits in Iraq, and now we were close to base. I was in the truck, head on hand, half asleep, and then I was not – this is the point that a roadside bomb had exploded.
In this new environment, I stood on an oval dais, addressing thousands of white-robed beings or personalities. Most of these thousands were familiar to me. I knew the Gathering to be a meeting of many groups representing a wide variety of interests and responsibilities pertaining not only directly to earth and physical universe energies but to dimensions and issues beyond. I communicated that I was tired and had no interest in returning to the physical plane. Then I presented what seems, from my perspective now, to be a transfer of information in the form of a sort of packet of information. When the information had been absorbed by everyone, discussions proceeded among the various groups and within the whole of the Gathering.
They then requested that I return to my physical body to accomplish some further work. After my agreeing to that, I retreated to a deep place that I’ll refer to as another vibrational dimension, for lack of a better description, where I could recuperate and restore my energies. Other beings assisted with this, doing most of the work while I entered a sort of spiritual deep resting state. I then had a form of life review, noting especially certain kinds of experiences that particularly interested and served me.
Eventually, I returned to the Gathering, and we agreed upon specific tasks that I would accomplish and specific things that they would assist me with once I was back in the physical. Then I moved to another vibrational location where healing would be performed on my physical body. From this location, I could see my physical body in the truck, head propped up by my right hand, elbow resting on the door handle exactly as I’d left it. I could also see my body as an energy matrix. Some other beings and I worked together, quickly repairing the body. The injuries weren’t entirely healed, as some were to be of use in situating me for tasks I had agreed to perform or things that I wanted to experience as a whole, infinite Self.
When we’d finished, I thanked my companions, and then I moved to another location that served as a convenient jump-off point. There, I met briefly with some other beings that were familiar to me. We discussed mechanical details of what I’d agreed to do for the Gathering, as well as some personal issues. Then I simply took a deep breath and popped back into the body.
How did your NDE/OBE change your perspective on life and death (and reincarnation if applicable)?
It really just confirmed what I had previously believed, I suppose, adding some dimension to my ideas though. I wouldn’t have expected the details that I encountered.
How has your experience affected your spiritual beliefs or practices?
The experience has perhaps given me more confidence in my own knowing.
Have you noticed any changes in your personality or abilities since your NDE/OBE? How has your experience influenced your relationships with others?
For months afterward, I just knew things, without thought, judgment, or evaluation: if someone was lying, if something was misunderstood, answers to puzzles. It didn’t last though. I don’t know how it has influenced relationships. Probably not significantly, I think.
What was the most challenging part of integrating your NDE/OBE into your everyday life?
I think I expected that I’d never again feel uncomfortable emotions, which is ridiculous, but I suppose that might be an assumption many make after any spiritually transformative experience, as if that experience will erase or override all the human experience. The NDE or other spiritually transformative experience, is probably most often one piece of a complex journey of awakening, not a single magic pill for life.
Do you feel a sense of purpose or mission as a result of your NDE/OBE? If so, please elaborate.
Not really… I know that we are each here to be – that we put far too much attention on what we’re “supposed” to do, overlooking the fact that if we show up as our best selves, knowing that we are each an expression of the All, everything we do will be an expression of that All (divinity if you prefer).
What advice would you give to someone who is skeptical about NDEs/OBEs?
I wouldn’t give any advice.
Did you gain any specific insights or important messages during your NDE/OBE that have stayed with you and you would like to share with others?
We each matter. Every single being matters – there are no people who are more important or more holy or more deserving than others. Some people recognize that, are awakened to it, and live in that beauty; others don’t. But at the core, we are each and all intrinsically a part of the whole, holy – no one has to earn it or learn it or figure it out. We just have to remember.
Are there any resources you would recommend to someone who has had an NDE/OBE but is still new to this topic? Any advice for them?
IANDS is a good organization. There are lots of good books. I would suggest that they be curious about their own experience and the experiences of others – maybe before tearing off to tell everyone how to live their lives because you found something out, live it yourself and think about how to be the living embodiment of what you now know. Do that first.
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