Earl S Anesthesia

Experience Description

I had my experience at the age of 9, one week before turning 10 years old. I was born with physical conditions. So, I was having reconstruction surgery of the aorta. I remember them rolling me into surgery. I was scared, but was deflecting by using humor to deal with the scary situation. I was telling the doctors a joke as they were rolling me down the hall to the surgical room. They said they had to put the surgery off for a few minutes until they could stop laughing.

Then, I began to fall asleep under the anesthesia. I saw a Being beside me. We floated up, above the doctors and my body. As I watched them work on me, I could hear them talking. I don't know who or what was sitting there with me beside the clock at the top of the wall, but it was like someone who I had known all my life. I was in a state of complete contentment.

Ever since that day I always knew there was more to life than just this one.

The second experience happened when I was driving home from a bar. At the time, I was unaware that I had diabetes. I hadn't been drinking that much. My friend was resting his head on the window seat, on the passenger side. My blood sugar dropped down to 21. I passed out under the wheel. I went off the road, hitting an electricity pole. This caused the car to flip. I was thrown through the windshield and into a cemetery. I came back to consciousness right at a time when I saw a vision of my headstone and heard a voice from heaven that just said "number 9". That was the day I stopped drinking period.

I have lived thru 11 surgeries and 11 auto accidents. I wasn't the driver in all of them. I have also had two battles with cancer - And I am still here.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 06/10/1975 & 07/01/1995

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain Accident Surgery-related. Other First was heart surgery. Second time was an auto accident.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes After the car wreck, I heard a voice and felt that something picked me up out from the car and set me into the cemetery. I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? More consciousness and alertness than normal. I continued to see this Being of light with me; not just during the surgery but in the ICU room at night with me.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? First time, as soon as they started cutting on me and my heart stopped during the surgery. Second time was when I was in the cemetery then saw an officer there holding my nose on my face.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Were your senses More vivid than usual? Incredibly more vivid

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. It seemed the same as I was every day before the accident and afterwards.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. It's hard to say because it wasn't like the Being of light used his lips to talk; it was more like using our minds. He was so bright I couldn't even remember seeing his face. The second time was a sound and a feeling.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Uncertain. My car wreck I don't recall. But my heart surgery, the being with me was all light

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? First time, I felt complete peace. Second time, I was scared once I came back to consciousness

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? Happiness

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe. I realized sitting with the being of light that there was much more to life than just here. It changed my life at 10 yrs. old

Did scenes from your past come back to you? My past flashed before me, out of my control. I just saw my life before me in the car wreck, but not while in surgery.

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Other Christian Although I attended Sunday school, I was only 10 at the age of the first experience

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I am certain that it was God's voice and love that kept me alive after the car wreck .

What is your religion now? Christian- Other Christian I was a Christian but not living my life by faith as much as I do today. And was thrown from the car into a cemetery where I saw my own headstone and heard a voice say 'Number 9,' which it was the 9th time in an auto accident.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. Since I was so young during the first experience, I didn't have much to go on except during the experience.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes About everything, every decision, and especially dreams.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin. First time was that being of light that set with me above my body. He would talk to me inside my head. The second time in my wreck, I heard a voice but no person around me.

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Yes I knew that we all were important and being looked over

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes I knew immediately that there was more than just us here.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes Not sure how I understood what I was being told or that we talked about. All I knew is that there was more to this life than just living and dying

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes I knew that I was loved and always would be.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life. I was able to see others who had passed on. I could also see Orbs of light and can hear them sometimes.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. I remember both experiences to the fullest. But there wasn't a lot of information about other things

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes I have been able to see and hear others who have been gone. As well as Orbs.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Afterwards I have had many visions of others. There were a few times when they were unsettling and I would check into a hospital because I thought I was going crazy.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes First time was my parents. Although I'm sure they chalked it up to being under anesthesia. But I could remember more about what happened than I can after. The second time I told friends and family. I think they might have believed me but not certain.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. I couldn't forget about these experiences and I thought about them all the time.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I saw life as a blessing each day

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? Besides being able to see and hear others and my dreams being so vivid. It's been difficult to know what's real and what's not

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