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Experience Description I woke up early on August 19, 2020. I went for a bike ride with a group of friends. I have no memory of leaving the farm that morning with my bike. I have no memory of the events that happened or anything for a 48 per hour period of time. What I’m telling you is what the group that was with me relayed to me. I fell off my bike and was sitting up conscious. They knew something was wrong and they called 911. As soon as the police officer arrived, my heart stopped and my eyes roll into the back of my head from a cardiac arrest. Within a few minutes, the emergency medical technicians (EMTs) started to perform CPR and provide oxygen for 34 to 38 minutes. I was deceased and had no heart activity. Then a one-in-a-billion chance happened - a second EMT group, that was passing by my location, stopped in to see how the first EMT group was doing. The first groups said that they had lost me, I had passed away, and there was nothing else they could do. In the second group, a senior EMT said that he liked the old heart stimulant better than the new one and he had some in his bag. They were in constant communication with the hospital and they said it was outside of protocol to use both stimulants and already had the first one and couldn't us the old one. The Senior EMT, who I call him my angel, said to them, 'The guy is dead. We’re just basically going to drive him in and go to the morgue. The hospital dispatch said, 'OK give him the second stimulant.' My heart started back up. I have no memory for 48 hours. I didn’t see the light and I didn’t experience the full death experience because I had no memory of that time period. But I have three very vivid messages ringing in my head; they seem to come from an angel. The first one was is, 'This is why you came here.' This refers to moving from Nova Scotia 32 years ago. Otherwise, I would never have been revived. The second message was, 'You can’t take anything with you.' This is very relevant to me, as am probably one of the most driven individuals and I’m a very materialistic person. The relevant part of the third message was, 'Life is all about love and relationships.' After that, my memory returns and I go back to normal. I go back to my driven life feeling lucky to be alive, but now I start to dream of dying. In my dream, I experience the actual act of dying and pass into the most beautiful, most loving, warm, and welcoming place. This is truly hard to describe but I’ve been listening to a lot of people who have had near death experiences. It’s exactly like this loving place you can't describe but it’s an incredible feeling. I continued on doing as I always had, working hard trying my best to have more materialistic experiences in life. Yet, I am at a point where I’m no longer happy or driven by my ego to succeed. Having more now doesn't make sense to me anymore. I become lost. I know the true meaning of life which is love. I spent two years with a therapist in Boston trying to make sense of it and help me function in life, but all I was doing was working out of my head. I never connected to my soul. I knew it was a soulful connection that would provide the true feeling of love I was looking for. I then began to search for the soulful answer. I knew it was the only way. Now my journey and life makes sense and the world has opened up to the wonderful experience it's intended to be. This soulful path is something that was delivered to me from the divine. For the first time in my life, life starts to make sense, unconditional love for yourself and for others is the true human experience. I wake up every day and look at the sky and understand what a miracle we live in. I know that breath, the miracle of life, the miracle that we all experience here in our present form. I understand the importance of unconditional love for ourselves and for other people in the world is our true purpose. I would consider myself the Wolf-of-Wall-Street kind of person. Yet, the messages and experience of feeling unconditional love of the divine have forever changed me. I now have a new purpose for my life to learn to give the unconditional love I felt to others Background Information: Gender: Male Date NDE Occurred: August 19 2020 NDE Elements: At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain I have amyloid that caused a cardiac arrest Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing Did you feel separated from your body? Yes The messages that I received NoHow did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? not aware At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? was not aware 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 no sense of time 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. not aware Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. not aware Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain Not sure how I came to the place where I found the unconditional love 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 In my dreams Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm Most warm loving place that I really can't describe What emotions did you feel during the experience? was in total awe of life and what the human experience was 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 understood the oneness of the universe and how it connects 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? No God, Spiritual and Religion: What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Protestant Was searching for spiritual foundation Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes On a inner soul search for peace and love What is your religion now? Do not know On a inner soul search 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 it was like, God spoke to me. he said I had my whole life wrong and I needed to learn from the divine Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes Possessions are not important 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 Three very strong message, like an angel had delivered them 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 connect to the divine During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes the divine is unconditional love Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion: During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes to give unconditional love During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes the human experience is all about love and the ultimate goal is give unconditional love to others During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes There is no death the soul is one with the divine Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No Have had so deep connections with people far away 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 Most loving experience you can a imagine What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life I'm on a path to experience of unconditional love for myself so I can give that to others Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes going through a divorce After the NDE: Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes who sent the messages, hard to explain the place that flowed into that I received the most loving feeling I could ever experience How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I do not know how my remembrance of the experience compares to my remembrance of other life events that occurred around the time of the experience two parts for me the messages I received were Powerful The feeling of dying and flowing into unconditional love is another Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes can feel how others feel from great distances, much more intuitive Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? unconditional love is the ultimate human experience Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes just recently started to share with friends and family 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 no doubt in my mind What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real I know how I feel about life is so different since mt NDE At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Uncertain not sure Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? lots of other thoughts Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? none at this time
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