Brianna Lafferty, a 33-year-old Colorado woman with a rare neurological disorder, was declared clinically dead for eight minutes—no pulse, no breath, and no brain activity—before being revived. During that time, she claims to have experienced a vivid near-death journey where her consciousness separated from her body and entered a timeless realm filled with peace, clarity, and non-human beings guided by a higher intelligence radiating unconditional love. She described her thoughts shaping her reality in this afterlife and returned profoundly changed, no longer fearing death and reevaluating her life's priorities. Her account aligns with emerging scientific research, including a study led by NYU that found brain activity suggestive of consciousness in some cardiac arrest patients, suggesting that awareness may persist after the heart stops.