Jim B Probable NDE 8940/8193

Experience Description 8940

I was alone at the time the heart attack hit. I was in a parking lot putting groceries in my car when I fell and fractured my skull on the pavement. I don't know how long I stayed that way. A man called 911 and the bagboy at the grocery store came over and saw what was happening. He went into the store to get the Pharmacist and both performed CPR on m. The rescue squad got there and had to defibrillate me twice. Then the ambulance came and difibrillated me four more times on the way to the hospital, which was 2-1/2 miles away. My hospital records show that I coded four times in the first 24 hours. I was given 48 hours of hypothermic therapy and was in a coma for 6 more days. I was given 4 stents in my right coronary artery and a pacemaker. I woke from the coma with no idea what had happened, my sister was there to help with that.

I have no memory of the 6 weeks prior to the heart attack and waking in the hospital with my sister.

The only memory I have is an all-encompassing warm light and a peaceful serene sense that everything was as it should be. I have no fear of death now.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 02/06/2014

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Heart attack. CPR given. Direct head injury. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) I had a massive heart attack and cardiac arrest.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? No I lost awareness of my body

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Less consciousness and alertness than normal. I was in a coma at the time

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? 8 days after the heart attack

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning time had no meaning

Were your senses More vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. There is no comparison, all I remember is an all-encompassing light that felt very secure.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don't recall hearing anything

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

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

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes An all-encompassing warm yellow light.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. I wasn't anywhere that I had been before. It just felt right.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? It felt peaceful, serene, like everything was good and would always be that way.

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? Incredible joy

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt united or one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe. I had no curiosity about anything

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

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? No comment

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? No comment. I was raised Lutheran but have not attended church regularly since high school

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. Surprised by how nice it will be

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

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 something exists and it is a wonderfully pleasant experience

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

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? An afterlife definitely exists. It felt like my consciousness would continue somewhere, but I don't really know where that is.

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? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life. I have had cardiac rehabilitation and continue to work on my physical recovery. About 25% of my heart is dead as a a result of the heart attack.
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Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes. I had short-term memory and cognitive issues for a long time. My relationships still exist but are different.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes It took me a while to comprehend what had happened to me as far as what actually happened compared to 'memories when I was in a coma.' For instance, when my sister told me I had a massive heart attack I was relieved and happy that I had not had a stroke. The Doctor was very concerned that I would stroke out while in the coma.

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 have no memory of 6 weeks before the heart attack until I came out of the coma and started talking to my sister

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? I learned that death is not to be feared, it will be all right

Have you ever shared this experience with others? No

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 have consistent recall

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I have consistent recall

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? no

Experience Description 8193

There seemed to be an all-encompassing yellow light. I was floating. I felt a peaceful, serene feeling like everything was good.

I have no memory of the 6 weeks before my death and my first memory is waking in the hospital 6 days later. The time differential was like Christmas morning when you are about 4-years-old, surrounded by your family, and everything is good!

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 02/06/2014

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Heart attack. Direct head injury. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) Massive heart attack, cardiac arrest with V-tach. CPR was given. I was defibrillated 6 times by ambulance crew. I spent 6 days in a coma.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? No I lost awareness of my body

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I have no idea

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Were your senses more vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don't understand the question.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don't understand the question.

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? No

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

The experience included: Unearthly light

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

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes. There was a yellow-tinted, all-encompassing light

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? peace, happiness, contentment

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

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt united or one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe. I felt everything was o.k.

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

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 importance did you place on your religious/spiritual life prior to your experience? Not important to me

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Secular unaffiliated

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What importance do you place on your religious/spiritual life after your experience? Slightly important to me

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Secular unaffiliated

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. There was no heaven or hell; I just was.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I have no fear of death and believe the afterlife is wonderful

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

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? No

Did you believe in the existence of God prior to your experience? God probably exists

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Do you believe in the existence of God after your experience? I am uncertain if God exists

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

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

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are meaningful and significant

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

Did you believe in an afterlife prior to your experience? I was uncertain if an afterlife exists

Do you believe in an afterlife after your experience? An afterlife definitely exists. Yes the feeling was that this would be permanent

Did you fear death prior to your experience? I moderately feared death

Do you fear death after your experience? I do not fear death

Were you fearful living your life prior to your experience? Moderately fearful in living my earthly life

Were you fearful living your life after your experience? Not fearful in living my earthly life

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are meaningful and significant

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant after your experience? Are not meaningful and significant

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

Were you compassionate prior to your experience? Slightly compassionate toward others

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes I was surrounded by love

Were you compassionate after your experience? Greatly compassionate toward others

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I find that people don't want to understand what I experienced, with the exception of my mother who passed away 10 months later. I was able to discuss at length with her my experience and it definitely helped her when she did pass away. I was with her the whole time.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes, how can you explain the unexplainable?

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 had a distinct feeling of serenity

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? no

Have you ever shared this experience with others? No

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. It was what I experienced

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. It was what I experienced

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? no

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? no