Michael C Probable NDE

Experience Description

As a child, my family and I lived in government-assisted housing. I shared a room with my younger brother. At the time, I was very ill and had chronic asthma. One night, I was gasping for breath and the next nanosecond, I was looking down at our room from the corner of the ceiling. I was not full size, but was a speck while looking down on the room, a bit like through fish-eye lens today. I was aware that I had a choice of stay where I was or go back. I hesitated because it was very peaceful in the corner of the room. I chose to go back. I was whooooosh back into my body. I was back looking out of my own eyes.

I laid awake for some time wondering if my experience was real or a dream. It may have been a dream but it was so real and so vivid that I have never felt it was.

Since then, I felt very empowered. I qualified as a UK lawyer was very successful and became known for winning every case. I always knew what to look for or where to look. There are multiple documentaries about my cases and I have been featured in several biographies from the people I have helped.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1963 or 1964

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Illness. I had chronic asthma as a young child. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function)
How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I looked down at myself. I might have been dead and my brother was sleeping. 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. I didn't feel ill or tired. I was amazed at being high in the upper corner of the room. I wasn't scared, yet I knew I was there. It felt a bit like just enjoying the ride.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? Yes, totally alert.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

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. No comparison

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. No noise was experienced

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 was amazed, with that kind of 'wow' feeling.

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? No

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? Scenes from my personal future. I frequently know what is going to happen, it is not controlled or planned but I get a very bad feeling about something and it happens mostly only moments before. When analyzing in my mind, I can convince myself that I must have seen something prior to the event I am experiencing.

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life. I have described it. I knew I had to stay or go and maybe the time to choose was short. There was one conversation, like an awareness, when I realized that I had to make a choice. I made the choice to go back. I was whooshed back in my body and looking out of my physical eyes at the corner where I had just been.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

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

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated. It is the same.

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 had no beliefs, positive or negative, and the experience didn't change that

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

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? 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? I am uncertain if an afterlife exists

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 from being poor kid in government assisted housing to becoming one of the UKs most successful lawyers.

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.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes I frequently know what is going to happen, what people are planning and what they will do.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? No, I just am 100% sure it was real.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I didn't say a single wordabout this experience until II was in my mid-twenties. Unfortunately, anyone I told thought I was nuts. So, I kept quiet after that. I recently had dinner with friends and they mentioned having a spiritual experience. Hence, why I am now sharing this.

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 was a small child without any experience to determine whether what I had experienced was real or not. Yet, I just knew it was real.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely

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 found an experiencer who had died from his siblings smothering him with a pillow. His experience is close to what I experienced. It did not occur to me that my near death experience could be linked to the progress of my life until I had answered this questionnaire.