A 33-year-old Colorado woman, Brianna Lafferty, is sharing her profound near-death experience, claiming she briefly crossed into the afterlife and returned with insights that transformed her understanding of life and death.
Lafferty, who lives with myoclonus dystonia, a rare neurological disorder, says her body once “gave up” and she was clinically dead for eight minutes.
During that time, she recounts a powerful spiritual experience:
“I was suddenly separated from my physical body. I didn’t see or remember my human self. I was completely still, yet I felt fully alive, aware, and more myself than ever before.”
She described being enveloped by a deep peace and clarity, detached from pain and fear. According to Lafferty, she encountered what felt like a higher intelligence filled with unconditional love, and experienced time as non-linear — everything happening simultaneously, yet in perfect order.
“I experienced the beginning of everything and learned that our universe is made up of a bunch of numbers,” she said.
She also met beings she couldn’t identify as human but described as “familiar,” adding that the encounter left her with a sense of mission and a deep reverence for both life and death.
One striking takeaway was her belief that consciousness survives death, merely transitioning to a different form. In the afterlife, she says, thoughts manifest reality — an insight that reshaped her views on suffering and hardship.
“We’re able to change our negativity into positivity, turning this into reality. I feel empowered and trust life’s events, especially the hard ones,” she said.
After returning to life, Lafferty endured a grueling recovery, needing to relearn how to walk and talk. She also underwent experimental brain surgery to treat damage to her pituitary gland, a side effect of her near-death experience — a procedure she says has been successful.
Despite the spiritual clarity she gained, Lafferty admits a lingering fear:
“I am a little fearful of having another near death experience, only because the recovery is tough.”
Her story adds to the growing body of anecdotal near-death experiences, which many view as deeply personal insights into what may lie beyond — and challenges conventional thinking about life, consciousness, and the nature of death.
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