Lazarus NDE

Experience Description

I was skiing down the slopes during a competition speed race. Behind a slalom gate, there was a guy I didn't see and we crashed. He was wearing a helmet, I wasn't. My teeth embedded in his helmet. I woke up in a helicopter.

While I was unconscious or in a coma, I saw myself on the ground surrounded by people and blood. Then, I was in a tunnel, with a wonderful light that pulled me towards it. I understood that I had a choice: to let myself go to the light, or to return to my body. I chose the second option, and then felt immense pain from the crash.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1982

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Accident. Direct head injury

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No. 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. Much higher.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? More or less the same, throughout the entire journey.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. In a tunnel at full speed.

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. Everything happened very quickly.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Not much difference.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Yes, but the facts have not been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes At high speed through a tunnel with a very attractive light. As if I were in transit.

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 Incredibly bright, yellow, orange ; hard to explain.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. A paradise surrounded by an incredibly, bright light.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Many positive emotions.

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 no longer in conflict with nature

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe The experience gave meaning to everything.

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. I had the option of returning to my body, or to go forward.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Baptized catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I am more inclined towards my religion and more spiritual.

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. The whole thing was a great surprise

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes My way of valuing things changed.

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? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Yes Very pleasant feeling of being able to decide whether to return or stay.

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes Something or someone told me to tell it.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes I had been chosen to pass on information.

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

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes Without a doubt, I had the sensation of seeing the “beyond.”

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? Yes Indescribable. It changed my life.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Slight changes in my life. More generous, more sensitive, more attentive. It changed my life.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes

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. It was a unique luminous experience, never to be forgotten.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes Strength, firmness.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? This experience changed my life, my sensitivity, generosity and sensitivity.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes For 40 years I have been telling it to anyone willing to listen.

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 saw myself from outside my body; real images of the accident.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. It gives us clues about what will happen to us, with absolute certainty.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes I regularly try to leave my body again.

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? Always open to sharing my experience, which I compared to those of others who went through the same thing; very similar sequences.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? Look for coincidences. When we see the same thing, that gives us even more insight into the beyond. This and other experiences.

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