Luis F NDE

Experience Description

At the age of 4, I was shot straight into my brain which caused me to suddenly faint. During this time, I fainted, lost a lot of blood and my heart continued to beat. I was on the ground for an hour before the ambulance arrived. When they took me to the emergency room, they gave me blood transfusions because I had lost a lot of blood. I was at risk of dying more from blood loss than from the bullet that had been accidentally shot at me for fun.

At that moment, I regained consciousness. I saw that I was on a bed and in the emergency room. I saw the doctor who was fiddling with some instruments on my head. Turning my head, I saw my parents, all my uncles, and my grandparents, who were crying. I didn't understand what was happening.

Shortly thereafter, I lost consciousness and they urgently transferred me to another ambulance which was 3 hours away by car. Halfway there, my heart stopped for about 10 minutes. I was declared clinically dead by the doctor who was in the ambulance. After ten minutes, my heart started beating again and I was immediately transported by the same ambulance to where a medical team was waiting and ready to operate on me. After 9 hours of surgery, in which they tried to extract the bullet but couldn't get it out without killing me. They decided to leave it there, where it currently resides under the pineal gland.

During this time, I went into a coma for 7 days and found myself in a heavenly place. I saw myself as a child, barefoot, running in an immense expanse of a meadow with flowers never seen before. They smelled amazing. In front of me were majestic snow-capped mountains. The sky was an intense blue with the sun pleasantly warming the surrounding environment. Near me there was a stream, I couldn't resist putting my feet in it. I walked in the bed of the stream and saw the little fish darting between my ankles. I felt the breeze of the wind caressing my cheeks.

In front of me, I saw a large oak tree. As I headed towards it, I felt a sensation of protection. When I was at the base of the tree trunk, I saw it looking majestic with its immense branches stretched outward. It looked like it was embracing whoever arrived in that place. Leaning against its trunk to embrace it, this exchange occurred: I felt the sap of the tree flowing through my veins and I saw what had happened in the past compared to what the oak itself had experienced. I saw the birds that had lived in that tree, the storms it had faced, who had come to visit it. This projected me into a place in me that, although foreign, gave me a sense of peace and protection. After he had welcomed me and given me permission to see his life, he told me that I had to leave.

Reluctantly, I headed towards the other side of the meadow where I saw a railway track. At a certain point, a train passed with many empty carriages. I saw a woman in one of the windows. I noticed that she had long hair and was waving to me. Not understanding what that gesture meant, I saw in front of me a Roman-style arch from which an intense light was coming out. As I was about to cross that gap, I felt myself being hugged from behind by a woman whose face I did not see. She whispered in my left ear, 'It is not your time yet'.

I woke up from the coma on December 11, 1976 at 10 in the morning.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 5-12-1976

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) A bullet was shot straight into my brain

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. It was higher due to the fact that the oak tree had amplified such.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I was hugging the oak tree.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. Time did not exist

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. The vision is still vivid and clear in me as if I were still there.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Hearing has increased as I can hear the voices and sounds present in the experience as if it were today.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Yes, and the facts have been checked out

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? Yes I saw this light coming out of this Roman-style arch

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. I was in a vast meadow and in this place what was there was: an oak tree, a track, a stream, an arch, a train, snow-capped mountains, the blue sky, the sun.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? feeling of: peace, well-being, love.

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? Everything about the universe. I was a single element combined with the entire consciousness

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 barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will. I wanted to cross the arch with the immense light that came out of it, but I was hugged and stopped by a woman I did not see from behind my back, who whispered in my left ear: 'It is not your time yet'.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? No comment

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes First I wanted to become a priest, then I understood that it was the wrong path for me. Now I know.

What is your religion now? No comment

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. I was there and everything was my home even if there was no one and there was no home.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I believe that my weakness is my strength. I believe that what I say, I create. I believe that we are all connected and linked.

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. The oak tree communicated with me through the sap that flowed through my veins. Then I saw a woman greeting me and I heard a voice whispering in my left ear and I was hugged by a woman I did not see.

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 through the oak tree, I became aware that I am part of consciousness together with everything else.

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? Yes What was transmitted to me by the great oak tree, through the sap was and is its essence which, transferred and flowed into me, connected me to it and through it to everything.

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes Returning to life, I understood, with the passing of earthly time, that my experience had to be a lesson to make others understand that life is a gift and must be lived in its beauty.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes existence as you consider it, goes beyond all imagination as existence itself is the continuity that has always existed connected to consciousness.

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 can predict things

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? I was different. I saw things in different way and others saw me as 'strange'. This acquired personality, I was not able to manage it, until I was about 24 years old. Then, I began to understand mechanisms that gave me the opportunity to see how it worked and how I could use it.

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 would like to describe every little memory in audio through your encounter

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes I can perceive others and foresee things that will happen.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The greatest value of my experience that I called 'The Journey'. She who watches over me and everyone and who has guided and supported me since then.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Before sharing my experience with others, I waited about 16 years. Their reactions were disbelief, amazement, wonder, faith. Some of them have undertaken spiritual and religious paths, others did not believe what I said.

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. At the time, I was 4 years old. Not being able to share what I had seen and perceived with my parents; I kept this experience hidden for more than 10 years before telling my mother.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. Today, at 52, I continue to analyze my experience and to grasp its nuances and details so that I can make it more vivid.

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 believe that the most important aspect of my experience, at that moment, was not me, it was not the place where I was, but rather it was everything.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? It would be preferable to add the possibility of uploading an audio or video file to be more descriptive

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