Kevin S Probable NDE

Experience Description

I had bronchial pneumonia. My family was advised to rush me to hospital immediately. Before that, I remember not being able to stand without being dizzy. When rushed to the hospital, my mother had me wrapped in a blanket and was hysterical. We got into the car with me in her arms, wrapped up like a cocoon. I could not see anything.

All of a sudden, I was looking out the windshield that was behind me. 'That is impossible,' I thought to myself. I then spoke to myself in a adult voice, and told myself, 'I guess it's time to go back,' and I felt comfortable with my decision. Then I said in same voice, 'No, it would make my mom cry.'

I realized years later that I had likely died in the car. I remember nothing after that. Also in 1984, in a dream I was shot. I left my body in the dream, went to a dark place and felt so protected I did not want to leave. Then, I saw a dim light that looked like it was a million miles away. In a second, the light shot up to me. It scared me to death. I woke up, trying to catch my breath. It was a dream, not a near death experience. But it was the most real and not forgotten dream that I ever had.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 12/15/1968;05/15/1985

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Illness Out of body experience. Pneumonia.

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. I was thinking like an adult, not a four year old

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? In the car. when deciding whether to go back or not wanting to

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

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. More vivid

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I do not remember hearing anything except the faint sound of my mother crying. Everything else was a thought.

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? 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? Comfortable

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt no longer in conflict with nature

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about myself or others. The voice seem to be knowledgeable and calm

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? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life. Thinking if I went back that my mom would cry

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated. I was too young to understand

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant

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

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? I heard a voice I could not identify. An adult voice coming as a thought

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? Yes Thinking about going back at the time

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. Fully believe that there is an afterlife. I couldn't have been given the decision to go back if there wasn't a place to go back to. My dream in my later years confirmed my first experience. And actually jogged my memory about it.

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

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No 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.

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

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes. About 50 years between the event and the first time I shared it. And I do not know if the listeners were influenced.

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

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? Uncertain