I once had a NDE. During it, I experienced what I perceived to being welcomed into Heaven by two siblings (one since deceased). The feeling being there was of pure, absolute joy, love, total omniscience and forgiveness.

When we communicated, it was like we were stars speaking to each other telepathically - kind of like the scene of God talking to Clarence in "It's A Wonderful Life" - the blinking stars. After just a brief moment of being there, I heard familiar jingling and I looked around excitedly. My sister said, "Yeah, he's here, too," referring to my beloved dog (also since deceased). The jingling was the sound his dog tags made.

Disclaimer: I have never been a "religious" person, never attended church much and have very limited knowledge of the Bible. However, the above is pretty much the totality of what I experienced, in what was basically an OD. Soon afterward, I came back to Earth, so to speak. (Or maybe I really did.)

You don't have to be religious to have a spiritual experience. Spirituality transcends any one tradition. People who have NDEs attribute attributes to the "loving white light" that reflect their beliefs, Jesus, the Messiah, etc. As a young Theosophist, I asked what our explanation would be, and I was told, "Your Higher Self." We are all God. We are all stars, experiencing life in 3D, on Earth, to expand the wisdom of ALL.

Do you live around alot.of lights? i used to say the same until i started living in the country. Now they are in abundance