Ken D NDE

Experience Description

The Harbor. (Automated translation from Danish to US-English)

Something strange happened at the harbor in one summer day in 1961. The harbor was one of the most exciting and forbidden places a seven-year-old boy could imagine. It was here that I had my first experience of the existence of a spiritual world that is so fundamentally different from what words can express.

Only one person understood me, Peter, or 'German Peter' as he was called, because his mother was German. The Germans were hated by many because of Nazism, which had been defeated only nine years before my birth. Peter was my best friend. He was 10 years old, while I was only 7 years old. The three-year difference didn't matter in the eyes of my mother and some other adults. We understood each other the way only two real boyhood friends do, without the big words. When we were together, the world became magical. Anything was possible in Peter's world, and he seemed completely unaffected by the fact that he was considered a bit of a retard. My mother couldn't stand him. 'He's an island servant and he tells lies. It shines out of him and I don't like the sneaky way he behaves. He can't be trusted,' she said. Peter had failed second grade and had to repeat the class, but he rarely came to school because his mother had bad nerves and she couldn't control him. He simply did what he wanted to do and no one dared contradict him because he was strong as an ox. His two older brothers were feared throughout our small community. They had been just as unruly as Peter, so they had been sent sailing. Peter wanted to go sailing too when he was old enough. There was no limit to the adventures he could recount when one of the brothers had been home and told him about amazing experiences out in the big wide world.

Peter and I shared many secrets and before we became teenagers we made a secret pact with each other that we still maintain to this day. The pact meant that when we grew up, we were obligated to always remember what the world looks like to a child and not become as stupid and ignorant as the adults who have all forgotten what it means to be a child. I took everything Peter said at face value. He became my hero that day at the harbor, when a whole new world opened up to me. Had my mom and dad known what we found on that lovely sunny summer day, I think their hearts would have skipped several beats, but they didn't know. They never knew, and they never found out!

With his creative ingenuity, Peter had chosen the harbor pier as the most natural and exciting playground on this particularly hot, summer day. A raft was tied to the quay between two fishing boats. Two ropes were lashed to the rocks under the bulwark. With an elegant jump, Peter jumped onto the raft from the bulwark. I jumped after him and the raft began to move out into the harbor basin. When the ropes were stretched out, the raft stopped and then began to move towards the quay again. When the raft was back at the quay, we jumped back on land. We took turns jumping onto the raft to see who dared to jump while the raft was furthest from the quay. When the raft was furthest out, it was my turn to jump. I took a long run towards the bulwark, set off and jumped, but the jump was too short and I landed half a meter from the raft.

It was as if everything was happening in slow motion. I slipped into the water without a sound with my eyes open. Slowly, I sank into the depths in a vertical position, noticing the silence around me. I couldn't swim, but for some reason, I felt completely relaxed by the situation. When I reached the bottom of the harbor, I sank to my knees and headed for the surface, but slammed my head against the bottom of the raft.

What happened next would affect my entire life, and it would take me several years before I could confide in another person about the incident. Everything went black and time seemed to stand still. It was not like a dream. Rather, I perceived it as a wide-awake authentic experience. I was aware that I was in the water and in the harbor, under the raft. I wasn't breathing, but I wasn't holding my breath either. I knew I might die now, but it didn't worry me. It was the safest state I had ever experienced.

To my right behind me, a luminous creature appeared. It took me a long time to realize that I could see this Being, although it was outside my field of vision. The creature spoke to me in the most pleasant, Male voice and he called me by my nickname 'Kukke'. His presence put me at ease and for some reason I knew he was my 'angel of light', although I had never heard of an 'angel of light' before. A huge roll of film appeared in front of me, and the 'angel of light' showed me my entire life in detail until the moment I jumped into the water.

To review my entire life in the space of a few minutes is an impossibility, but nevertheless, that's what happened. Several times along the way, the movie stopped and the 'angel of light' went through many incidents with me from my short life. Each time it was about situations where I had done something that made me feel guilty, because I knew what I had done was wrong. I had lied several times. It was explained to me what my telling lies had led to and why it had been wrong. Finally, the 'angel of light' explained to me that there was a purpose to my life and that there were certain things I had to go through to follow the plan that was with me in my life. As he talked, I started to recognize him. But, I couldn't put my finger on how I knew him or who he was. When the movie got to the point where I jumped into the harbor, the show stopped. I asked if I could please watch some more, because I could see from the reel that there was much more of the movie left. He smiled at me in the most pleasant way and said, 'Now you're coming back into the world, and you're going to be someone who heals the sick, and you're also going to do something else that has to do with music. Those two things are what you're going to do in your life.' I begged him to let me stay where he was, but he refused in the most loving way.

Then my eyes went black, and what happened next was that I opened my eyes and looked into the eyes of a man who was bent over me. Breathing hard, I turned on my side and vomited out some sea foam. My face and hair were covered in slime and seawater. I asked for Peter and the man told me that a boy had reached under the raft and grabbed my hair and tried to pull me up to the surface by my hair. The man had helped pull me all the way up onto the raft. I had been lifeless for so long that he had thought I was dead. But here I was, smiling at him. He couldn't understand that at all. I was in a state of indescribable happiness because the angel of light had shown me that there is no death. Suddenly I realized the gravity of the situation. Imagine if my mom and dad found out that I had almost drowned, that I had been playing down by the harbor, and that I had been with the one person I wasn't allowed to play with, Peter.

I jumped up and ran away as fast as I could. Peter appeared as I ran down the path with tarred fishing nets and he joined me silently. He had run and hidden because he was afraid I might be dead, and I didn't want that to be associated with him. He had seen how I had been given artificial respiration and he was really relieved and happy when he saw that I woke up with a start on the raft. We headed home, but stopped where I hung all my clothes to dry on a fence. Peter kept bragging about his heroics, about how he had pulled me up by my hair after he found me under the raft. He had turned his back when I jumped from the bulwark, and he hadn't even heard the splash when I went into the water. Suddenly, I'd just been gone. So he thought I'd hidden or gone somewhere else. He had looked for me for a bit, but then jumped onto the raft and stuck his head in the water, and there I was under the raft. All I could think about was my encounter with the angel of light and I was almost in a trance. I couldn't tell Peter what I had experienced. The fact that I could have been dead didn't bother me in the least, because now I knew that death was no longer something I needed to be afraid of.

Luckily it was sunny, so within an hour, my clothes were almost dry. What was I going to tell back home? Where had I been? Who had I been with? We walked towards home where we both lived. Well before we got there, we parted ways and agreed that today's incident would stay between the two of us, and so it was.

When I got home, the world was turned upside down. My mom and dad were freaking out because I hadn't come home at the agreed time to eat dinner like I was supposed to. They had called my friend's parents, but no one had seen me. Finally, they called the police, who were now on their way to to look into the matter. They quickly called the police again so that the whole thing could be called off. I was alternately kissed and scolded while the questions rained down on me. Where had I been? Who had I been with? How could I have thought to just stay away? I had never done that before, and how could my clothes be so damp, and where was my cowboy belt with the gun I had gotten for my birthday? Only then did I realize that I had lost my cowboy belt. It must have fallen to the bottom of the harbor. I made up the vilest lie against the admonitions of the angel of light. I said that I had been alone on the beach and that I had probably lost my cowboy belt out there somewhere. I hadn't dared come home without the cowboy belt, so I had trotted up and down the beach to find it. Now my mom was really angry that I had lost my cowboy belt, and that night I had to trudge through the whole beach with her to find it. Of course, we didn't find the cowboy belt because it was at the bottom of the harbor. Rarely, have I felt so guilty for lying. Because the angel of light's words kept repeating in my head. It was as if he was still with me. I had a feeling that he was watching everything that happened.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: July 2 1961

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes. Accident. Drowning. Life threatening event, but not clinical death

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No No

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. This was more real than the earthly world

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When the Light-Angel appeared

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. I was shown my entire life in a few minutes

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. Though it was pitch black, I could see the Angel and the life review very clearly

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. My hearing was more like telepathic communication

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

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? No

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? Total happiness

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 myself or others. The angel stopped the 'movie' many times explaining what I did wrong or right and what good or bad influence my actions have had for other persons.

Did scenes from your past come back to you? My past flashed before me, out of my control. I watched my whole life from a kind of 3D movie.

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will. I wanted to stay, but may have thought of my parrents. They would be very sorry if I had drowned.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Protestant

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I started to believe in God/afterlife and heaven.

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant

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. I thought that when we die everything goes black and there was nothing more.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I knew that the world on earth is like a theater and not really real; adults are living in an illusion.

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. A very bright 'Angel' talked to me at my right side.

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 I was aware that I was followed from heaven or the universe at all times.

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? Yes I was told by the angel that I would have to go back and become a musician and/or a doctor/healer.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes From that moment, I did not just believe in life after death. I have known ever since.

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 was no longer afraid of death.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

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. After 63 years, I remember this NDE more vivid than any dream or life event in my life

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Uncertain. I had a period of healing people in a span of 4-5 years.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? YES. I believe that we are all watched from heaven/universe at all time

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I did not share the NDE with anyone for many years. When I later in life tried to share my NDE, nobody was interested and I stopped trying to share 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. My experience have been absolutely real to me ever since it happened.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. My Experience was definitely real because nothing has contradicted it ever since.

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? The questionnaire is satisfying to me

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