These NDEs, as all others we share, will be presented to fully protect the confidentiality of the experiencer, if requested. We do not believe these changes will diminish our understanding of NDE. We do believe these changes are necessary for the integrity of NDERF.

 

NDE Experiences and Comments: These are summaries of the accounts.  The expanded version can be found by clicking on the link for the experiencer's name.

3349. Kenneth P NDE  5/14/13 From France.  Original in French, translated to English by Jean Peter.     I saw pictures of my life flashing before my eyes, in a perfect chronological order. I then told myself I was dying. 
NDE from allergic reaction to imaging dye.

3348. Jenny S NDE  5/14/13 From Belgium.  Original in Dutch, translated to English by Garry.   But I understood!! What I didn't see with my eyes was becoming suddenly aware that I was no longer in this world; the water was such a beautiful blue, a swan was swimming there which seemed to be glowing from the inside out, it was radiant. Everything radiated an indescribable light and I was part of that light, everything was part of that light. It was a feeling of rest, love and serenity I had never experienced in my life; the feeling of fulfillment, of being complete, without pain, without a body. When I realized I was without a body it felt as if a block of granite had been lifted from me and I could comprehend my pure self. I was just a dot but just as lively and at the same time as softly radiant as everything around me. The grass was greener than green and smelled mildly wet but inviting. The trees and their leaves shimmered and the sound of the wind was as music.
NDE from electrocution. 

3347. Meinhard G Possible NDE  5/13/13 From Switzerland.  Original in German, translated to English by Marguy.  I am pulled at a high speed  into a dark tunnel, and soon, I see a strong light at the end of the tunnel, while I am moving toward it. At the end of the tunnel.  I am floating into a very bright light, which completely enveloped me and conveyed to me a feeling of  great love surrounding me. Then I'm staying in this abundance of light and love, and notice that I'm standing in front of a stage (similar to a stage of a theater). There two female, angelic looking, light beings, (having bodies, but shining so brightly, that you could not see their faces in detail) encouraged me, not to be afraid. -- I said, that I wanted to stay always with them, because it felt so wonderful and loving there. -- The taller of the two light beings then said it would be my decision to stay, or go back.
Possible NDE at time of birth.

3346. Walter N Probable NDE  5/11/13  I had passed out at home and died on the way to the hospital. I was resuscitated, and taken to the emergency room, where I had died a second time. My body started shutting down. My soon-to-be- ex was asked who she would like to perform the funeral. I was in a coma for five days before waking up and realizing where I was… I was taken into a long tunnel, but the closer I got to a light, the farther it seemed to be away from me.
Probable NDE due to cardiac arrest.

3345. Lennie K Probable NDE  5/11/13 At the next moment I remember my vision tunneling and then I began to see purple space and stars, if you go to Google images and type in "purple nebula" it is strikingly similar to what I saw. I don't know what to call it, but  seeing experiencing this "galaxy"-type feeling was a very incredible feeling, I felt calm, relaxed, and soothed. I then remember my friends shaking me to, I guess, wake me up. My head hurt when I awoke, and I remember everything being groggy, and I was also disappointed that the experience ended. Yet, at the same time I am thankful that I didn't die.
Experience due to “game” of inducing unconsciousness.  Many people have died doing this.

3344. Connie F NDE  5/11/13  During this time I remember the feeling of being overwhelmed then complete darkness, there must have been a pause of some sort or some sort of change occurring as my feelings were then very different. I was aware of being somewhere else, somewhere not where my physical body was. There was complete darkness, but more than darkness as absence of light it felt like nothingness. I looked around hoping to find a light or some loving presence but there was nothing, the most absolute nothing I could imagine. I began to panic and the fear I felt was like nothing I have experienced, before or after. The realization that there was nothing there, no light at the end of the tunnel, nothing. I was absolutely alone.
NDE due to accidental heroin overdose with apparent respiratory arrest.  Frightening void experience.

3343. Jiaheng I Probable NDE  5/9/13 From Hong Kong, China. Original in Chinese, translated to English by Helen.  I could see that the sky was very bright, even though it was nighttime. A voice in my head said to me, "I am God," and I could feel that He(She) completely understood me and knew my entire life. I could tell that God was all-powerful, and that He(She) could help me. So I started to beg—I was begging Him loudly in my heart, “Please, help me! I do not want to die! Give me one more chance to live a meaningful life !!” I kept apologizing to Him, apologizing for the life I had been living. I said to Him, “If I don’t die…. if I don’t die…. if I don’t die… I would… would… would….” Then He said, “You would go to church, yes?” I immediately agreed, as I felt my heart was about to stop, and my eyes, to shut for good. I sensed that in three seconds, I was going to leave this world… "Three… two… one… " Suddenly I felt strength in my body, my eyelids lifted with ease, circulation returned to my hands and feet, and my body started to warm up.
Probable NDE from an atheist who met God.

3342. Kristen L Probable NDE  5/7/13 In my experience, I was surrounded in a pure, warm, and piercing light. It was as if the light had enveloped me completely; I was cocooned in it. I also remember experiencing the most indescribable joy. I had been in darkness for weeks, and the light brought no pain, in fact, the very concept of pain seemed to not exist. I did not think of this at the time of course, but when I try to describe it, that seems to be the best way. All fears, emotional and physical pain were gone--everything felt so right, so perfect. I also just seemed to know that I was in the presence of God. Whether it was Jesus or God, I don't know--it was God. Of the characteristics you mentioned, the enveloping, wonderful light was there, the intense joyous emotions, having a sense of God, and finally, the return to your body. I do not think I was given a choice.
Probable NDE from meningitis.

3341. Clyde S NDE  5/5/13  The sky was lavender and the fog was still lavender and swirling around my feet. I was looking around and going, "Wow!" and "Far out! This is really cool!" About that time, I noticed ahead of me an opening in the trees from which a lady emerged and started walking toward me. She was dressed in a lavender gown! I never got to see her face, as it was sort of blanked out. Anyway, she came up to me and placed her hand on my forehead and gently pushed me back down. That is when I woke up, back in my body with a RN that was one of the members of the SCA working on me.
NDE due to heat stroke.

3340. Joan K NDE  5/5/13  I COULD NOT BREATH ANY MORE.  I HAD NO MORE PAIN EVERYTHING WAS VERY CALM AND PEACEFUL.  THEN CAME A LIGHT LIKE I HAVE NEVER SEEN.  THE ONLY WAS TO EXPLAIN IS LIKE BEING OUTSIDE LOOKING UP AT THE SUN WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED.  THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN AIR CAME INTO MY LUNGS I JUMPED UP AND OUT OF THE TUB IN MILLISECOND.  THERE WAS MY FOUR YEAR OLD SON HOLDING THE PLUG TO THE CURLING IRON.  HE PULLED IT OUT.  WHAT MADE HIM KNOW HOW TO SAVE HIS MOM.
NDE due to electrocution.

3339. Frank G FDE  5/5/13 From the UK.  I spent an eternity wallowing in a universe of knowledge that made me whole, connected and an integral part of everything that had ever existed, past present and future. I felt what love really is, not an emotion but knowledge and it was housed in every gene that my identity and awareness was composed of. I welcomed such a feeling with eager open arms like a long lost friend. It resonated with being back in my mother’s womb, safe and out of harm’s way and I had no cares in the world. I was surrounded by peace which permeated the very core, soul and essence of my body.
Among the most detailed and dramatic fear-death experiences that we have ever received.  Happened as the result of a rock climbing fall.  Also notable for more close calls with death in their life than we have ever seen.

3338. Bonnie C NDE  5/5/13 From the UK.   I was fascinated to see that I was somehow poured into a 90% corner.  I could see that I was somehow fluid and I saw that I was some kind of silver like liquid mercury, or a silver thread like being.  After hearing I had died I said very matter of fact, oh, so I died, I always wondered how I would die.  But, I'm not dead.  Don't they know I'm not dead.  I seemed to turn away and very quickly was sucked into a small tight tunnel, it was dark and I could see a small pin prick of light at the end.… I was told if I am ever to speak of this then to give the message, it's not complicated, don't make it so.  And, we have it all backwards.  We don't live and then die but we die and then live.  Stop searching to answer the mystery when there isn't one.
NDE due to shock

3337. Robert N NDEs  5/5/13  Once I reached the other side I realized the branches were the arms of my loved ones welcoming back home. The feelings were non earthly. The warmth was perfect. Not to hot, not to cold, it was as if I was wrapped in a warm blanket. The love was so intense it simply cant be described in earthly words. The best I can describe it is, remember the first time you saw your child or that first time feeling of love and then multiply by 10,000. That is the love of GOD. There was the peace and calmness which was so engulfing and amazing. They were all there welcoming me home all of those that have passed before me and some faces I feel I knew in another life. They were all as if they were in their 20s or early 30s.  I felt content and safe and felt that I was truly home in the care and love of GOD.
Two NDEs as a result of cardiac arrest.

3336. Christina C Probable NDE  5/5/13 From Canada.   I was falling down a grey Tunnel, tried to catch myself along the walls but someone( looked like nurses) pushed me away from the walls and suddenly I felt a bright , very intense light around me, and warmth, and a feeling of love, like butterflies in my stomach, only a thousand times more intensive than like ""being in love"". Peaceful, warm and feeling loved like never before. Then I woke up and there was a nurse sitting at my bedside watching over me. I was like paralyzed until the next day. Couldn't speak but knew and heard everything. That part was a bit scary. Next day all was over and I thought I had dreamt and never talked about until I read a similar experience 20 years later. I still remember that and it helped me a lot when my husband died some weeks ago. I kew he would be in a better place.
Probable NDE due to anesthetic overdose around time of delivery.

3335. Marina R Probable NDE  4/28/13 I remember the contractions all around me, 'seeing' in the darkness, I can feel my mother afraid. Feeling over coming me by drug sleep (saddle block) and sliding/losing control going down a slippery slope (literally and metaphorically) I feel shear veil of panic; It felt like everything was moving very fast...but slow at the same time; I am VERY aware 'there isn't anybody (conscious) there to receiving me...they don't even see  me/know I'm here!) (I have always had this feeling I am not seen/they think I'm invisible). I feel/see the room. The doctor and 2 nurses, later/at the same time I see my dad in joy about me but I...I am in a bell jar with the "thought"/feeling of the disconnected between us..like a museum piece and all of them animated but I cant really hear them I feel like in a bell jar.
Very thought provoking pre-life remembrance and probable NDE shortly after birth.

3334. Laura P NDE  4/28/13  At some point, I became aware that I was no longer here. I mean here in this world. And It was not a dream. I can't really explain it, but I was very much aware that I had entered into some other place. I felt an overwhelming feeling of love and an amazing sense of tranquility. I felt badly that I was leaving my husband behind with the kids in our cramped home in town, but somehow I knew he and the children would be all right. In the far distance I saw a light. I could vaguely make out movement, as if there were several people in the distance. But I could not make out who they were. I was headed in the direction of the activity. I did not know how I was moving, but I was. Suddenly, I felt a crushing pain in my chest. My eyes opened. I found myself in the emergency room surrounded by medical personnel. The floor was covered with a long printout strip from the EKG machine. "DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!" I yelled. The doctor exclaimed, "She's back! She's back!" I later learned that they had hit me with the paddles three separate times and then resorted to a cardiac thump, which finally broke the deadly rhythm my heart had fallen into.
NDE due to cardiac arrest secondary to cardiac arrhythmia.

3333. Catherine NDE  4/28/13  From Australia.  After what seemed like an interminable amount of time trapped in pure fear and confusion, I heard a voice (seemingly in my head, not experienced as being outside of me), telling me that I had to make a choice about whether to return or whether to keep going. I understood that there was no coming back if I chose to go on.… Now I understand  that I was being shown a profound lesson; that we are not our mind; that the mind is an unconscious thing that spits out thoughts, beyond our control, just like the Buddhists explain it.
NDE due to episode of unconsciousness of unknown cause.

3332. Sandi M NDE  4/28/13 I remember the doctors and nurses rushing me to the operating room. I lay there, slipping in and out of consciousness, until I passed out. At that exact moment I passed out, I remember seeing the doctors and nurses yelling things. I saw my husband, looking afraid. I continued hovering above my body and looking at myself being operated on. And then, in a flash, I felt as though I were in another world. I was somewhere else, but I cannot explain it, because it wasn't a room, nor clouds, nor anything I can really describe—maybe a void, but everything was white. It was not a white light, but like a white dimension, or a white realm where it was just me and this tall, strange looking man wearing a suit.
NDE due to uterine rupture around time of delivery.

3331. Kathy K NDE 6694  4/28/13  As I watched from above, I saw what is described as "my life passing before my eyes." I had never heard this term before, but I saw every moment of my life, as if I were watching a movie. I was only seven, so there was no sin to account for, no lessons to learn, but I did see a complete life review. And it couldn't have taken more than a few seconds. My sister noticed that I had not surfaced, and had her friend Sonny jump in and pull me out.
NDE due to drowning at age 7.

3330. Harold D Probable NDE  4/28/13  Then I noticed a group of people across the creek.  They were older people, all dressed in white. I didn't know any of them. (now here's the kicker) My wife had died 2 yrs earlier and she came from around the back of them.  She came to me. I was standing at the edge of the creek.  She walks to the other side of the creek up to the edge and then tells me, "It's not my time. You have to go back." I tell I want to stay with her.  Then she says, "Harold you have to go back, it's not your time." She told me we would be together again. Then it felt like I was being sucked back, like I was dropped into my body.
Probable NDE at time he had the flu.

3329. Samantha H NDE  4/20/13  I was totally unconcerned with whether I was alive or not.  My focus was on what was being shown to me—a sort of film reel that was directly in front of me but up just a bit. It was like watching an immense, very clear TV.  I was watching images of every event that had taken place in my life—my entire life all in pictures. The most interesting part of it was that with each picture—with all the pictures (there were more than I could count) I re-experienced the original feelings that had accompanied each one at the time it had actually happened.  AND THIS WAS HAPPENING ALL AT THE SAME TIME! I could actually see my life in picture form and feel the emotion or the lesson in each one, all together in complete unison. It was the most phenomenal experience—not like we experience life.  Here, you see a picture—for example, a photograph—and you have a memory. Then you pick up another picture and have another memory.  But in this experience, I received complete knowledge of all my life events in picture form, reliving each picture's memory at the same moment! I have never forgotten what it was like to have the ability to relate to my life that way. Everything was so clear, so vivid!
NDE due to severe blood loss after delivery.  Remarkable life review.

3328. Teri B NDE  4/20/13 I was in labor.  After 12 hours my heart stopped. I remember watching them work on me from above.  After I left my body, there was no pain.  I went through a tunnel at high speed. It was wonderful there and I did not want to come back.  I heard a male voice telling me I had to go home and that I was needed there. As fast as I was out of my body, I was back in to it.
NDE due to apparent cardiac arrest during childbirth.

3327. Matt T NDE  4/20/13  I could feel the 'love' and that's all that mattered. I was content right there! Then, just as suddenly as before, I heard "my" question (that I do not recall, but I felt compelled to accept) and 'flew' of into the darkness before me in a giant swooping action. There was 'nothingness', just me and my thoughts. But, I did not want to think.  I floated there in the darkness for what seemed like a long, long time. I felt nothing, saw nothing, heard nothing. I even sopped thinking. I was but I wasn't. Then I heard bubbling sounds first, then I could see red. I could taste nothing and do not recall feeling anything physically, but the ever so faint feeling of 'love' but a billion times less than on the 'beach which was 'a billion' times less than near the 'orb'. This lasted for a while.
NDE due to falling age 9.  Shared 51 years later.  Reincarnation imagery.

3326. Eric A Probable NDE  4/20/13 From Canada.  At this point I heard a fifth voice speak to me. A voice that was more powerful, even more loving and compassionate than the voices of the Angels. He lifted me up in his arms and I was completely filled with his light and his love completely. It was the most incredible feeling I have ever experienced and I didn't want to leave. Even though I couldn't see him I knew this was Jesus and he said to me "This isn't your time, I still have plans for you. So wake up now Eric and know that I love you, I love you so much so wake up now" and he kept repeating these words until I did wake up, lying on a bed inside a hospital.
Probable NDE due to suicide attempt.

3325. Laila NDE  4/16/13 From Sweden.  Original in Swedish, translated to English by Oskar.  I used laughing gas [med: Nitrous oxide, breathed through a mask. The patient has relief from pain and diminished consciousness.] Around an hour and a half later, I experienced something I had never thought existed until I saw/experienced it with my own eyes. I separated from my body and then heard unfamiliar voices telling me to go back. I also saw a bright light further away. After around thirty seconds, I came back. I heard ordinary voices and could feel my body again. I was back to the strong labor pains. I could also hear the voices of my husband and the attending nurse. She was shouting at me to wake up.
NDE from reaction to laughing gas (nitrous oxide).

3324. Fatemeh D NDE  4/14/13 I had two failed brain surgeries, one on 01/12/2013 and the other one year earlier on 01/25/2012. During the night, after the second surgery, the nurse inserted a needle into the intravenous line in my neck (I don't why the IV line she used was connected to my neck vein, instead of my hand) to inject something that she later said was an anti-inflammatory medication. [med: anti-inflammatory medications reduce pain, heat and swelling] My husband was in the room. He reported that I said, "I am dying," and then had a violent convulsion, and passed out. I remember seeing myself dead. The image I saw looked like a pencil sketch drawn by a child. Then another sketch appeared, right beside the first one. In this one, I saw myself starting to breath again, and said, or thought, to myself, "I am not dead." My husband says I only passed out for a few seconds.  But the "pictures" of me that I saw are as vivid in my memory now as they were that night.  And something strange: I didn't feel scared,  just sad, when I thought I was dying. 
Brief NDE due to loss of consciousness accompanied by a convulsion lasting a few seconds following the injection of an anti-inflammatory after brain surgery.

3323. Shar B Probable NDE  4/14/13  I remember waking up absolutely furious that I was still alive, yet very appreciative of the beautiful day outside.  Over the next few months the experience came back in bits and pieces; the tunnel, the light, the being that told me that this was not the first time I had opted out of this lifetime.  Twice before I had come to learn the lessons I had chosen, but ran from them in suicide.  I was told that they would accept me with love, but if I was smart I would go back and learn those lessons!  I chose to come back, I guess.  I'm here 43 years later.
Probable NDE due to suicide attempt.

3322. Chad C NDE  4/14/13  Ahead of me were... people? I couldn't see them but felt them ahead of me, past the cliff. The "light" was out in front of them, so I could only make out forms, like silhouettes. There were many of them, like a crowd that was shoulder to shoulder. I remember something about my grandmother, who passed in 1999. I don't know if she was there or if I was maybe looking for her. As I was on the cliff, still heading toward the group, I came to understand that the group was trying to tell me to go back. I didn't make a conscious effort or decision to go back, but I remember the group getting further and further away from me. I then began to sense my body again, as if I were in two places at once. The darkness was starting to fade, and feeling was returning to my body.
NDE due to cardiac arrest as complication of apparent chronic cardiac arrhythmia.

3321. Miles NDE  4/14/13 From Scotland  Christ. Standing, in a robe with his arms raised to his shoulder height and straight. He was smiling a smile expressing peace and love. He was dressed in white and although the cross he stood in front of dominated him due to its shear physical size, it did not appear to intimidate him in the slightest but rather made him appear very confident in its presence. He appeared to be implying that as he had overcome that which was behind him, that I too had the strength to overcome whatever might be behind me during my prior life.
NDE due to hypothermia.  Dramatic account of approaching death and apparent remarkable healing after encounter with Christ that allowed her to hike miles to safety.

3320. Caren M NDE 6677  4/14/13 They did not speak in words, I just knew this to be.  It was like telepathy, but more direct.  I also remember a large circle, but I do not remember what it's purpose was. The next thing I knew my friend was shaking me and slapping my face.  I remember that I could hardly breath or catch my breath, and I was afraid I was going to die again.  I felt shear terror like I have never known, and never want to feel again, but I do not remember why.  It feels like either I was not allowed to remember or I can't because I won't let myself. At that point I was at the end of her relatives driveway lying by the road.  She said to me ""I thought you were gone."
Frightening NDE due to unconsciousness of unknown cause.

3319. Peter L NDE  4/14/13 From the UK. After some seconds I felt weightless and was floating. I then heard a voice calling me saying, "Peter." Then she called me again a bit louder. I asked her "Is this it? Is this what happens next?  She then said to me, "You can come with me now Peter. Everything is going to be fine."  I looked for where the voice was coming from.  Then there was a great white light in front of me.  She then called me again saying, "Peter everything is going to be fine, you can come with me now."  I then said, "No I have to go back." She said, "Why do you have to go back?" I said, "My wife was on her own."  She said, "Then it's fine, she will be okay. Don't worry."  I said, "No, I have to go back.  She is on her own and she needs me."  Then the light faded.
NDE due to severe nosebleed, then passing out at hospital.

3318. Liz T NDE  4/14/13 It had been my turn to "try" the game, so I spun around and held my breath while a friend squeezed me. My next memory is of being high above the group of children, higher than the tree, looking down on them. I could see one girl lying on the ground and the other children standing around her. There was no emotion connected to the experience. It felt totally natural to be in that state, and I did not recognize the child on the ground as being myself. My next memory is of "waking up" on the ground, feeling slightly sick to my stomach and very dizzy.
NDE due to induced unconsciousness from childhood “game”.

3317. Dominique V FDE  4/7/13 From France.  Original in French, translated to English by Simon.   I left my body, as though I were snapped up over the roof of the car, into an immense and serene light, and I began to rise above the car, which continued on its way at a good speed. At this point the road had a slight bend and I said to myself: "Hey, the car hasn't turned enough, that's weird!" At the same time I felt as if I was flying, it was nice, enjoyable, and I didn't really care about the car, which grew smaller and smaller.
Fear Death Experience from an auto accident.   

3316. Liam O NDE  4/7/13 From the UK.   It felt like I was drifting off somewhere and I remember this incredibly calm, euphoric feeling coming over me. Then my whole life—every single second—flashed before my eyes at what seemed like light-speed, but I still was able to comprehended everything—not just every event, but every interaction I'd ever had. I saw how my words and actions had affected the recipients and what they had thought of me, good or bad. After that, I started drifting off into this dark void and my euphoria turned to abject terror as my mind turned to thoughts of annihilation, drifting into this darkness, as if I thought the lights were going to go out for me permanently.
NDE from drowning at age 12. 

3315. Brendan F NDE  4/7/13 I found myself outside of my body, standing about three feet away from the pushchair, looking at myself on the ground. Then I watched my brother and sister run into the shop to fetch my mother. My mother came rushing out of the shop and when she saw me lying stationary on the ground, she threw her arms into the air and ran back into the shop to seek help. Within a short time one of the workers from the shop came running out with my mother, glanced down at me and then ran back into the shop to reappear a short while later carrying a large bandage. He then picked me up and placed me back into the pushchair and started to wrap the bandage around my head. It was at this point that the experience ended.
NDE at age 2 ½ due to fall with head injury.  Shared 52 years later.

3314. Annette Q NDE  4/7/13 From South Africa.  While this struggle to get my body to respond was going on, I was watching them from above. I saw the doctor leave the operating room to go and tell my husband that it was all over.  Meanwhile, I was experiencing an indescribable feeling of unconditional love and felt surrounded by the purest white light. The peace and love in which I was engulfed was simply too vast to be described in words. What I really wanted was to just get lost in this peace and love. But, instead, I asked God, (an awesome presence that surrounded me) to let me go back. I said, "I have to go back—my baby is just over one year old and my other two daughters need me. I cannot stay here now."
NDE due to cardiac arrest due to seizures as a result of an adverse reaction to medication which was part of treatment for tetanus. 

3313. Mary L Possible NDE  4/7/13 Had a 360 degree fusion and the doctors nicked my femoral artery in  my abdomen... I couldn't see who all these people were talking about because there were too many of them around the head of the bed giving CPR and talking and relaying different stats to the Doctors… It all seemed like it wasn't real, like it was a movie or something. Next thing I remember is that I was being wheeled down the hallway on a gurney, and I was in extreme pain.  I believe this was when they took me to the ICU… There was so much noise from the code team that I was only able to hear the loudest people in the room.
Possible NDE vs. probable awareness during CPR associated with internal blood loss and cardiac arrest.

3312. Dr. Sandrine B FDE  4/2/13  From France.  Original in French, translated to English by Marie.  I saw in a "moment" (although time was different from how it is on Earth)  my whole life, from birth to my current age of fifteen years. It was something like watching a movie, but with the addition of all the sensations, feelings, and experiences that I had lived through, including what my consciousness was like and even my ability to love others. Everything about me was present in what I was being shown. I watched this "film" without being able to change anything, but with no sense of judgment, no regret, no enmity.  I was perfectly ready to die… and I felt so good!!! Then I was greeted by a cone of white light. It was pure and intense love, peace, compassion and absolute knowledge. This cone had opened up right at the top of my head and so I found myself thus against a kind of luminous "robe" worn by a being made of light—a man I did not know but with whom I felt I belonged, as I had never felt on Earth with anyone else.
Physician and an Experiencer!

3311. Hilde Probable NDE  4/1/13  From Germany.  Original in German, translated to English by Marguy.  I had an appendix operation during which I suddenly floated out of my body.  I could look down at the room from above, but at the same time I was present everywhere in the room and could see everything from all perspectives. The doctors were standing around me working hectically on me and I didn't understand why.  I wanted to tell them that I was fine and that everything was okay. In fact, I felt free of all irksome emotions! Then I was pulled along through a tunnel towards a light. It was bright and simultaneously loving, friendly and full of affection.  I would gladly have continued to float along further, but a being—one that I could sense but couldn't see—told me it was not time yet.  I was given to understand that I still had some duty to fulfill and so I must go back. That was not what I wanted, but a strong suction pulled me back into my body through an opening in my head. 
Probable NDE during surgery.