Jon M NDE

Experience Description

I was at the lake with my friends. We were intoxicated. My girlfriend and I took the boat out on the lake.The boat flipped over and in the water we went. I tried to swim to my girlfriend to bring her in to shore. She kept pulling me down under the water. The third time, I stayed 3 feet under the water. I remember taking a deep breath, but it wasn't air. It was water.

The next thing I know it was like a pop and I was out of my body. I was slowly rising up in the air. I looked down and saw the back of my body. I saw my girlfriend flailing in the water and my friends coming towards us. I remember being engulfed in a peace and love. I can only describe this feeling by comparison. Imagine the best day you ever had and multiple that by a billion and that doesn't even come close to the feeling I felt. I had my consciousness with me and all the knowledge that I had acquired in my life. I don't know how I knew this, but I knew.

Then there was a pop. I was on the dock with the paramedics working on me. I was throwing up water. Then I was taken to the hospital.


Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1992

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Drowning. Other: I was under the water for over 5 minutes. I drowned trying to save my girlfriend who could not swim.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I saw what was going on below. 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 didn't feel any pain. I just knew that this is home and we're just on a journey to enlighten our souls so we can reach the next levels of evolution of our souls.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? Towards the end

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. Didn't pay attention to this. I was concentrating on the emotions.

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 know

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? No

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt total peace, love, safety, warmth, and was so happy.

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? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No I just knew.

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

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Agnostic

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. What I felt was confirmed.

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

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? Yes I knew that this is where I belonged. I finally received confirmation that everything I felt and was not taught (like in church) was right. What I came back with was the most important thing in life. We are to love our neighbor as we love our self and to do unto others as you want done to yourself.

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

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. I just knew that this was home. I belonged there.

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? Yes

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? Slight changes in my life. I discovered that I heal twice as fast as I use to. I stopped trying to end my life.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes You just can't explain what Total peace and love really feels like.

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.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes The ability to heal myself twice as fast as before. I dream of things that I need to know. This is knowledge that I need but couldn't get normally.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Knowledge of the next life and that our consciousness is with us.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes After a couple of months. Most don't believe what I say.

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 needed to know that there is another place.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real

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? I learned that I can't kill myself to get where I was. It's earned.