Jono H Probable NDE

Experience Description

In the summer of 2006, we were heading to the grocery store. We were planning to drive to my mom's work to surprise her with flowers, balloons, and a card for her birthday. My sister's boyfriend, at the time, was driving. I was in the rear, left seat, and my sister was up front in the passenger seat. We successfully picked up the balloons, flowers, and card but never made it to my mom's work. On our way there, my sister's boyfriend, from what I was told, ran a red light and we were T-boned in an intersection. The car hit my side of the car. I received a fractured pelvic bone in addition to needing stiches in my left calf from glass slicing into it.

Directly prior to the collision, I remember my sister suddenly screaming which lead me to look around. I looked to my left and noticed a car within milliseconds of making impact with us. That car was close enough where I felt I could have reached out and touched it with my hand. From that point, it was almost like time froze.

The next thing I remember was lying on my back in the street, roughly 50 yards away from the initial impact. I was being attended to by emergency medical staff. Obviously some time must have passed from initial impact to that moment but I have no recollection of how I got there.

The only thing I remember directly after impact is seeing an 'unearthly, white light' surrounding my entire vision. I was feeling intensely at peace. I was never worried, anxious, scared, traumatized, or anything like that. I never saw any unearthly figures or talked to anyone during this time. It was just a white and extremely peaceful place. Although I don't know if I would call it a place I went to because I never felt like I was transcending somewhere. I don't recall having to make a decision if I wanted to return back to earth or not. I just felt someone or something made the decision that it wasn't my time to go just yet.

As I was lying on the ground in the street, the only thing I remember that stood out is asking where my brother was. I'm not sure why I asked where he was. Eventually, I was put in an ambulance, sent to the emergency room, to receive treatment for my injuries.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 08.26.2006

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Life threatening event, but not clinical death. I was involved in a car accident.

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? More consciousness and alertness than normal. It's tough to compare it to anything but I would say it's like a post-rush of fight or flight senses while being fueled with adrenaline and alertness. I was very receptive to surroundings.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? That's a good question. I would say when I came back to my body. I can't describe what level of consciousness I had when I saw the white vision, but the fact that I'm able to remember specific details while lying on the ground after the accident leads me to believe I had an extreme amount of adrenaline/heightened consciousness at that time.

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. Prior to the car colliding with us, I just remember beginning to look left and seeing the car about to collide, and it almost felt like life was moving at an incredibly slow pace, or stopped all together.

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. I was very confident to say that my senses were heightened immediately after the accident for a period of time, but I can't pinpoint if it was hearing or vision.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I was very confident to say that my senses were heightened immediately after the accident for a period of time, but I can't pinpoint if it was hearing or vision.

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain. I don't recall a tunnel per se, but definitely was surrounded by white light.

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? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes Just surrounded by white light in any and every direction

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? It was definitely peaceful, but I almost just felt nothing. I wasn't happy, sad, or angry. I just felt present with no emotion.

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

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

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

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? Christian- Catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Do not know. I was raised Catholic. By the time I got into high school, I started to move away from religion. Today I do believe in some sort of afterlife/higher power, but do not go to church and/or pray. I believe in being a good person and doing the right thing, but the motivation is not because I think that it will provide me a better afterlife, its because I think being kind is the right thing to do.

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. I believed at the time that there was a heaven and a hell but I think uncertain about the possibility of a god. I saw a white light which could be consistent to heaven, but not god which is consistent to my belief.

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? 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? No

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? I was relatively young when this happened, so really hadn't experienced much in the world or realized how lucky I was to be alive. I really didn't walk out of the accident thinking 'wow I really need to change my outlook on life.' I think I just sort of felt people get in car accidents and I'm happy to be with my family.

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 can barely remember anything from when I was 12 being it was 18 years ago. But I can remember this 30 minute window experience like it happened yesterday.

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? N/A

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I don't recall how soon it was after that I started sharing the experience. It could have been a couple weeks or maybe years, I truly don't recall. I've always been very open about it, because I do think the experience is so fascinating. I always get the chills thinking about it or talking about it.

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 an incredibly real moment, and I truly believe it just wasn't my time to go.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. It was an incredibly real moment, and I truly believe it just wasn't my time to go.

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

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? I think all good! Very good questions and ability to give us the opportunity to elaborate in detail of the experience.

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