The Unexpected Journey Beyond: Accounts from Clinical Death Survivors

Medically speaking, clinical death refers to a state where the heart ceases to beat, and no brain activity is detectable. Despite this, with immediate and appropriate intervention, and with the help of Hashem, a person can often be brought back to life.

So, what transpires during those brief moments when a person is essentially no longer alive? What do they see, hear, or feel?

Here, we bring you stories from three individuals who recount their extraordinary experiences during clinical death and the spiritual sensations that have stayed with them ever since. Worth reading.

"I can tell you it was full of compassion and love"

When Aviva Levy gave birth to her son, she had no idea she was about to undergo a terrifying ordeal that would turn her life upside down. Levy experienced clinical death during childbirth due to severe complications. She describes what she saw as a 'fantastic' and hardly frightening experience, quite the opposite. "I can tell you it was full of compassion and love," she recalled in an interview on Channel 2 later. "Today, I'm no longer afraid of death," she concluded.

"I found myself in a completely different place. I saw myself. It wasn't blurry, and I wasn't dreaming or imagining it; I clearly saw the place. I was there. I think it really is a separate world, entirely real," Levy adds, mentioning that she occasionally feels a deep longing to return there.

She described entering a room with a flowing white curtain, a small round table, and two people sitting around it, stretching their hands towards her with smiles. 'Hello to you,' they said without words, but it was clear they were glad to see her.

"It was simply a fantastic experience"

Chaim Schloss, who experienced clinical death at age 14, describes a similar situation: "I left my body. During the operation, I left, not knowing I had. I just exited my body and floated above it, passing through a tunnel." Chaim's hand was cut, causing massive blood loss, leading to this 'ending.' "I reached an open space and began to float. I looked at the body I had left—a tiny, insignificant thing. I don't know what left the body—was it the soul, the spirit? Something departed."

Chaim Schloss

"I saw Dr. Marsh and Dr. Chaimoff to the side, talking between themselves, and the word 'gone.' I felt free; it was simply a fantastic experience."

"Everyone smiled at me"

Drora Baram, who suffered from pregnancy poisoning 30 years ago and experienced clinical death on the operating table, recalls, "I'm traveling in a very fast elevator in a bed, arriving at a massive, completely empty hall," she recounts. "Suddenly, I see lots and lots and lots of light. A round table, three people in white robes, and a person in a brown robe. Everyone smiled at me."

The common thread in all these stories is this: a feeling of joy, comfort, and belonging in the world beyond, and not even a hint of fear.

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Frequently asked questions about death:

Is clinical death proof of an afterlife?

Is sleep a kind of death?

Have people who experienced clinical death really seen the afterlife?

Is there reincarnation?

Does clinical death take away a person's free will?

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