Lyle H NDE

Experience Description

I was taking a shower and began to feel light-headed.

Seconds later, I was floating in the corner of the bathroom. I could hear a woman screaming in utter panic. I looked down and saw my wife frantically trying to pull my body out of the shower. She was sobbing and slapping my face, trying to get me to regain consciousness.

Later, she told me I had must have passed out and hit my head. She had found me on the shower floor. In desperation she began to pray. She pleaded that I would be alright and that I wouldn't die. I remember I could hear her words but her mouth was not moving. It was at this moment I realized I was probably dead.

I felt peaceful and pain-free. The words she spoke were sorrowful and my heart ached for her. With a whoosh, I felt my self being shoved back into my body.

My chest hurt and I started coughing out water. I immediately told my wife what had happened. She did not believe me. So, I told her the exact words of her prayer.


Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: August 1968

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Direct head injury. Illness, trauma or other condition not considered life threatening

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes 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. It was a feeling like a sixth sense. I could read my wife thoughts. I was more aware of my soul than I had ever been.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When my wife started to pray.

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. It almost felt like being underwater. Time moved gracefully.

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. It was as if I could see sound with my eyes.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Louder and more defined.

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? I felt peaceful, calm, sadness for my wife, and concern for her.

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 united or one with the world

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? Recent member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Mormon LDS

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

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

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? An afterlife definitely exists Leaving my body was proof enough for me.

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? Slight changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes There really are no words to describe how different it was.

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 less 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 Right after it happened and later on, to my children.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes Just from religious study.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. It was so real and vivid that I knew it happened. My feelings never changed.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. The same as the day it happened.

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