>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
WE ARE TALKING TODAY ABOUT NEAR
DEATH EXPERIENCES.
NOW WE HAVE THE STORY OF NANCY
RHINES.
SHE DISTANCED HERSELF FROM THE
CHURCH, CONSIDERED HERSELF AN
ATHEIST.
SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT MADE HER
RE-EVALUATE HER FAITH.
WE WILL MEET HER IN A MOMENT BUT
FIRST SOME OF NANCY'S STORY.
>> IT WAS JANUARY 3rd OF 2014.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT MORNING.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAY.
I DECIDED TO GO OUT ON A BIKE
RIDE.
I NEEDED TO DO SOME ERRANDS
AROUND TIME.
THERE WAS A LITTLE VOICE INSIDE
OF ME THAT JUST SAID TO NOT GO
OUT RIDING THAT DAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME
FROM, BUT I IGNORED IT.
I GOT ABOUT A MILE -- NOT QUITE
A MILE FROM MY HOME AND I COULD
SEE TRAFFIC COMING IN ON THE
RIGHT.
AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE I
REALIZED THAT FIRST CAR WASN'T
GOING TO STOP.
I KNEW IN A FLASH I WAS GOING TO
DIE RIGHT THERE.
IT WAS A WOMAN DRIVING A BIG
SUV, AND SHE HIT ME BROADSIDE.
I PUT MY HAND OUT LIKE THIS TO
TRY TO VEER OFF MY BIKE THE
OTHER DIRECTION.
I ENDED UP FLIPPING ONTO THE TOP
OF HER HOOD AND LOOKED IN.
I THINK SHE WAS SO FOCUSED ON
HER PHONE THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW
SHE HAD HIT ANYTHING OR ANYONE,
SO I ENDED UP PINNED BETWEEN HER
VEHICLE AND THE ROAD AS SHE
DROVE.
AS MY SHOULDER HIT THE PAVEMENT
AND MY BODY HIT THE PAVEMENT, I
HAD AN INTERESTING THING HAPPEN.
I HAD WHAT I CALL A SENSE OF
DUAL CONSCIOUSNESS, ME
UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE BEING
DRAGGED UNDER THIS VEHICLE, BUT
AT THE SAME TIME I SAW THE WHOLE
ACCIDENT UNFOLD FROM A POSITION
OF 50 TO 75 FEET OUTSIDE OF
EVERYTHING.
I SEE MYSELF LAYING UNDER THE
VEHICLE IN PAIN.
I SAW A WOMAN STRUGGLING TO HANG
ONTO LIFE.
>> NANCY WROTE ABOUT HER STORY
IN HER BOOK "AWAKE THINKS FROM
THE LIGHT, TWELVE LIFE LESSONS
FROM A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE."
NANCY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT MOMENT YOU DESCRIBED AS
DUAL CONSCIOUSNESS, WAS THAT --
WERE YOU -- WAS YOUR HEART STILL
BEATING, WERE YOU STILL ALIVE IN
THAT MOMENT?
>> I WAS STILL ALIVE IN THAT
MOMENT.
THAT'S WHY IT KIND OF FREAKED ME
OUT A LITTLE BIT.
I HAD NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE
THAT BEFORE.
THERE WAS NOTHING IN MY LEXICON
TO DESCRIBE WHAT THIS WAS.
I WAS STILL ALIVE, YES.
>> UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS ONLY A
PREVIEW OF WHAT WAS TO COME.
THREE DAYS LATER YOU HAD A MAJOR
SURGERY.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> DURING THE SURGERY MY HEART
RATE STOPPED FOR A BRIEF TIME.
MY BREATHING WENT TO ZERO, MY
BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED
PRECIPITOUSLY.
IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT THAT I
FOUND MYSELF WAKING UP.
I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS IS GREAT.
AROUND ME WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL
HILLSIDE SURROUNDED BY FLOWERS
AND TREES AND A BEAUTIFUL
MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE DISTANCE.
A SENSE OF PEACE AND LOVE AND
WELCOMING THAT I HAD NEVER FELT
BEFO
BEFORE.
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT.
>> LIKE SHERRY, IT WASN'T PANIC,
IT WASN'T FEAR, IT WASN'T SCARY.
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
I FELT A LITTLE CONFUSED AT
FIRST.
THEN I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I SEE
MUST HAVE DIED.
I WONDER IF I DIED.
IF I DID, WHY AM I HERE.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THIS.
>> I'M AN ATHEIST.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING?
COULD IT BE I WAS WRONG?
>> EXACTLY.
>> WHAT ABOUT THAT, YOU CAME
BACK?
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT INFORMATION DID YOU TAKE
AWAY FROM THAT?
WHAT LESSON?
>> I WAS WELCOMED IN TO HEAVEN,
WHAT I CALL HEAVEN IMMEDIATELY
WHEN I HAD THAT THOUGHT OF I
WONDER IF I DIED.
IF I DID, WHY AM I HERE.
THERE WAS A WELCOME VOICE THAT
SAID, YOU ARE MY CHILD.
THIS IS YOUR HOME.
WELCOME HOME.
>> WAS THERE HESITATION ABOUT
RETURNING BACK LOWER.
>> YES.
>> LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST
STAYED THERE.
>> THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT
REALLY WANTED TO STAY BECAUSE OF
THE PEACE AND THE LOVE.
THE LOVE WAS INCREDIBLE AND THE
CONNECTION TO EVERYTHING AND
EVERYONE WAS INCREDIBLE.
I WAS CONNECTED NOT ONLY MY
FAMILY HERE ON EARTH BUT ALSO TO
EVERYONE ELSE IN THAT PLACE.
>> WHAT MADE YOU COME BACK?
>> WHAT MADE ME COME BACK WAS I
HAD AGREED TO DO THIS BEFORE I
WAS BORN.
I WAS REMINDED OF THAT WHILE I
WAS THERE.
>> THAT YOU HAD MORE BUSINESS
LEFT TO FINISH HERE.
>> RIGHT.
AND I SAID TO -- THERE WAS AT
SOME POINT A WOMANLY GUIDE CAME
AND KIND OF HELPED ME OUT.
I SAID TO HER, I DON'T REMEMBER
AGREEING TO DO THIS.
SO SHE SHOWED ME ON THIS KIND OF
A SCREEN IN THE SKY OF ME
STANDING IN FRONT OF ALL OF MY
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AGREEING TO
DO CERTAIN THINGS, AND THIS WAS
ONE OF THEM.
>> DO YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE
DIFFERENTLY NOW AS A RESULT.
>> COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY.
>> HOW?
>> I ACTUALLY TAKE A LOT MORE
RIS
RISKS.
NOT IN A BAD LIKE PUT MY BODY IN
DANGER WAY, BUT I REALIZE THAT,
AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO LET FEAR
RUN MY LIFE.
I'M MUCH MORE LOVING.
>> MUCH MORE LOVING.
>> INCREDIBLY.
MY CAPACITY FOR LOVE HAS
INCREASED MULTIPLE TIME, AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF LOVE FOR
EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.
I'M AT PEACE.
I LIVE EVERY DAY IN A STATE OF
PEACE AND LOVE AND JOY.
>> AND FAITH?
>> DEFINITELY.
THAT CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.