A Johns Hopkins ICU nurse with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology shares her profound near-death experience after a sudden cardiac arrest on December 15, 2008. Deborah King takes us from her early days saving lives at Hopkins — including a miraculous resuscitation she fought to complete — to the moment she found herself outside her own body, experiencing colors that don’t exist on Earth, hearing deep harmonic vibrations, and feeling completely limitless. She returns transformed, on a mission to help children and healthcare professionals understand that the soul is immortal, light is indestructible, and love without expectation is our highest purpose.
“The soul is immortal and intact. Your light is yours and nobody can take it from you.” – Deborah King
*Connect with Deborah at the links below* :
Website ⇨ https://www.drdebking.com/
Book ⇨ https://heroncreekpress.com/store/p/journey-to-the-light
Facebook ⇨ https://www.facebook.com/people/Journey-to-the-Light/61587869905580/
Instagram ⇨ https://www.instagram.com/journeytothelight.book/
*Support our channel & Become a Member of Coming Home* ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChTNGLSyLwuFIZDbRKZ-JZg/join
*Watch All of our Near-Death Experience Stories* ⇨ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEL0m_iayMojdWkG14rloehrMihuoVBk0
*Share your NDE Story for consideration on our channel* ⇨ https://www.cominghomefilms.org/submit-nde
*Subscribe to our Newsletter* ⇨ https://cominghomechannel.substack.com/ where we explore the meaning and purpose of Near-Death Experiences in the modern age.
We write about the intersection of spirituality, life-after death, comparative religion, philosophy, depth psychology, modern culture, and most of all how we can stay connected to the truth that Life doesn’t end when we die.
*Connect with us*
Facebook ⇨ https://www.facebook.com/cominghomechannel/
Instagram ⇨ https://www.instagram.com/cominghomechannel/
*Video & Music* : licensed through iStock / Artlist / Adobe Stock / PremiumBeat
*Timestamps for this episode* :
00:00 – “They started to resuscitate me” — Opening hook
02:05 – Meet Deborah King — Queens, NY roots & Italian immigrant family
02:47 – Called to Nursing — Recruited from Bellevue to Johns Hopkins ICU
03:35 – The Patient Crashes — Trauma patient goes into full cardiac arrest
04:35 – “One More Round” — Deborah refuses to let the doctor call time of death
05:08 – They Get Him Back — The team succeeds against all odds
05:34 – “You Were the One” — The patient reveals he watched everything from above
10:00 – The Patient’s NDE Story — He describes what he saw outside his body
15:00 – Decades of Spiritual Encounters — Unexplained moments throughout her career
20:00 – December 15, 2008 — Her own cardiac arrest begins
25:00 – The Black Void — “I think I’m dead” — entering pure consciousness
30:00 – Limitless — Colors that don’t exist, 360° sight, harmonic vibrations
35:00 – The Return — Brought back against all odds, the hard recovery begins
41:26 – Coming to Terms — Journaling, struggling, finding solace in nature
44:00 – The Mission — “You are a beautiful soul and nobody can take your light away”
source
I do bad people go there? What about people that haven’t learned how to love because of trauma.
The only thing that matters is what happens when you die for keeps. When there is no coming back. For most it will be too late. Who do you trust? I believe that the bible is true and that Jesus Christ is God. Only by seeking Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sin can one have everlasting life.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
So she died from a broken heart 💔
More deception. Meant to lead the ignorant sheeples down the road o counterfeit spirituality of their own design, but without the living God of Israel. Without true repentance. Without Salvation. Steer clear.
Why are people so afraid of reality. Death is just one of them. It makes life far more meaningful. Are time is finite cherish it use it wisely. We are not above the laws of the universe.
People say when they die there whole life flashes before there eyes. what if you are dying right now and you are experiencing your whole life flash before eyes and possibly you are in a constant state of death and constantly experiencing your life flash before your eyes and stuck in a paradox?
Thank you for this my beloved mother just passed today and I needed this! Your words helped me!
Thank you for sharing your story
Since she’s talking about orbs of light, I wonder if the orbs of light that we’re seeing in the sky now are living angelic beings?
The devil masquerades as an angel of light. Jesus said “I am the Way, the truth and the Life. Nobody comes to The father, except through me.” Do not be deceived.
What do you have to prove that this not an invented imaginary story. The language you used to describe everything seems not normal to me it’s prepared and based on religious background.
so wonderful. gives me so much hope hearing these experiences. thank you.
she didn't die. "It is appointed to die once and then the judgement" . Read the Bible.
Cut the music. This lady can tell a story without the cheesy atmospherics.
All of the other videos I've seen regarding near death experiences, the person telling the story had a "Pollyanna" life. In other words, they grew up and they did their best and they didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings or they never did anything wrong in a true sense. But what if you did, is this not the place where people who did some bad things would go? do you hear about anybody who's ever had a tough life go to these places? Also, everyone I've heard about who's had an NDE talks about feeling loved and seen the presence of Jesus or god. But what if you don't believe there is a God is this also a reason why you would not experience that?
I've heard that no one should ever want to be resuscitated by CPR because a lot of times they will have broken the sternum, and many ribs, and living through that alone is not something I would want to try to heal from with excruciating pain for months. Because of that, I have a DNR. Can't imagine waking up to that kind of pain.
"This place is always a part of you " WOW!!! I have always felt like i carry part of the souls realm inside me and you confirmed this. Thank you sweet soul. You are beautiful. I wonder who will greet me in that realm when my time comes. I have a TBI and went to a spiritual school to help me heal and understand the things you are describing. You are blessed. Thank you for sharing so deeply.
Great story. But I am wondering why you never talked about the love, the light, the guide, that was obviously God.
My cousin passed away in front of my eyes text from a heart attack they were able to save him and he came back. He called me. He didn’t remember shit so I don’t believe her.
The Bible says after Jesus died there would be no more resurrections or miraculous healings.
Resurrections and healings were done for a purpose when Jesus was on the planet . . To prove he was sent from GOD. Now when people die they are dead till they are resurrected to heaven or after Armageddon.
They are not immediately changed.
This is so bullshit. As a nurse you should of course know how children is made, and its certainly not god that do it, its your cells. No, it was not put there by some man in the sky, that's bullshit and I can't even understand that grown people actually believes this nonsense. Its just not how it is. When you die you are either cremated or put in a box and put into the ground. If you wasn't burned the body will start to decomposte right away, and after a short while there's only bones left. There's no soul or anything like that, you will just not exist anymore. People might remember you as the person you used to be when you were alive, but when you're dead, thats the end. It has nothing to do with faith, its just how it is no matter if you believe in some fictional story about a place after death, that's what you tell kids so they will be less sad for losing someone, but at some point they will understand how it really is, its the same as when they find out that Santa doesn't exist and the Easter bunny doesn't exist and magic is just fantasy. I get that people wish there's something more, but to think that its actually true, that's just crazy.
so appreciate these! though i wish the 'spoiler' was left out in the beginning. ruins the flow of the story, i think.
How beautiful ❤
Come as you are!!
I don't know why I'm going to say this because I di believe our essence goes somewhere but this whole thing reminded of 2 different movies, Scrooge and What a wonderful life.
This is one of the better NDE stories I've heard. Thanks for sharing 🙏.
wow 🙏
This was amazing! Thank you for sharing your blessed journey
so sad that that these souls come back from another world and are convinced that they see diseased relatives.
ALL entities a soul encounters in these kind of experiences are demonic entities disguised as relatives ecc…
So, that they can continue to harvest from a souls emotions through reincarnation.
The true world is way above these places souls visits, and they come back to this world to narrate encounters with beautiful beings and dead relatives!
All devil's creations.
If a person really wants to know the truth, they will while being in this world.
And to go to the Kingdom is a choice, but a soul needs to know the Truth first…
If your dead loved ones are always with us…so is it okay to worship God through them(to be the messengers between us God)?
I hope when I die I die….nothing after, I don’t want no more.
I loved her story,so comforting after unexpected passing of my sister last month .My heart is so broken .I know that we all go home but it's hard to live without her in this physical world
If you are still here you were never dead. When your brain dies you identify disappears…Let’s live while we have the chance to do it…
Truthful video Thank you
I work as a healthcare worker and at times it gets so busy and chaotic. There’s times I can’t even use the restroom without being interrupted. I feel burnout but this testimony is an eye opener of how privileged I am to assist people. Thanks for sharing.
My experience and your experience is very much the same. I came back to take care of my two young daughters. Angels
When you DIE !!! you CEASE TO EXIST !!!! so live life to the FULLEST while you EXIST because life after DEATH is just wishful thinking 🤔
Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior and your name will be in the Book of Life. He is the Son of God. Believe…
Talk to Him…Jesus died on the cross for our sins so that we can have life and life eternal…and forgiveness of sins….
Thank you for sharing your experience ❤
Nothing damages the soul. Im going to use that daily. What if we all decided to shine our light as bright as we can ?
Thank you for sharing your amazing story with us, Deborah ❤️ It’s so comforting to feel that our deceased loved ones never truly leave us and will always be with us until we cross over ❤️🙏
Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing this.🙏🙏❤️
I haven't had a NDE but in May of 2024 I had a spiritual experience where I saw my own soul in a dream, but it was a dream like no other. I knew it that it was undeniably divine. I watched my body sleeping in my own bed from the upper corner of my bedroom in this dream. But I still had a physical connection to my body laying in the bed, I could feel the sheets ontop of my body and the pillow under my head. Yet my perspective and awareness was shifted elsewhere in the room. Then I watched my body die and my soul shoot out of the top of my head with an immense amount of force, it was like an unstoppable jet stream that shot out of an infinitely small hole. I experienced an immediate ego death and it was one of the most relieving things that has ever happened. It wasn't scary at all and I felt at peace. Once my soul exited my body, it floated about 6 inches above my chest. I knew immediately it was my soul, a brillant ball of absolutely beautiful yellow and white light. As soon as I recognized this my perspective and awareness was immediately transfer to the ball of light hovering over my deceased body laying in the bed. It was the most incredible experience I had ever had and has changed me deeply. I saw and knew everything about that room, I knew the thread count on the sheets, the amount of cracks in the paint, the type of wood the furniture was made out of, literally everything. Any question I had about that room was immediately answered and it all happened simultaneously too. It was like my consciousness was that entire room and the essence of that reality, I was connected to literally everything that existed in that immediate area. As soon as I had the thought "Well now what do I do next?" My soul shot back into my body the same way it shot out and I woke up just absolutely drenched in sweat. I think about that experience and God every single day ever since. I think my Grandpa made a deal on my behalf after he passed away and returned back to his home in the Heavens.
You had me until the homeless guy. No possible way you could know these things about his life. Also, who cares if he was a successful man in the past? Who cares about any of it? What point does it make to show you the suffering of someone you've never even met? How do you see? How do you hear? How is there language or words anywhere being that it's a human construct? The mind could have fabricated all of this. Its been scientifically proven your brain stays active for up to 7 minutes after you die. I really wish I could believe all this stuff. I really wish I could experience something to change my mind. I wish I could believe in it but I can't. I feel like death is exactly what it was before you had life, nothing. Which means it wouldnt be scary, because you cannot feel. You cease to exist, so it just doesnt matter. Nothing matters for you anymore….I cant even sleep anymore. I just wish I could understand.
Thank you Deb for this profound and beautifully articulated experience 💗
When I was 18 I was riding a motorcycle at approx 30 mph, an out of control car coming in the opposite also at approx 30 mph swung round to hit me with the rear side panel, in that split second before impact my final thought was "you're dead". I would say that was a NDE, my next thought was what's he doing, it was a man tending to me, in between absolutely nothing. If you are dead you are not going to come back to tell your experience. Also, I don't have an imaginary friend, I survived and I am 82 now.