Miguel DR NDE

Experience Description

I was in the room to be seen by a surgeon in hospital. He was to evaluate and treat a hernia that I had. My perspiration was out of control and my body temperature was going up. I asked for help and a nurse returned minutes later with a stretcher. Aalmost as a reflex, I started to recite the Pslam 23 from the Bible. The crash-cart team came in. The scene turned into chaos in the medical area as various machines were sounding their alarms.

I was sucked out of my body and into a dark tube. I was in a gray space with very small black points, like when you turn off an old TV. Maybe it was static. I reacted with great calmness and experienced great tranquility. I came to the conclusion that I had died. The thing that was covering me had no shape. I don't know if it was a square or a sphere. I tried to walk several different times, but although my feet moved, the space I am referring to kept it's distance. I waited for a light, some form of life or Being. There was complete silence and unimaginable calm, but nothing happened. I folded my arms and said to myself, 'Well, I will wait.' I didn't think about anyone or anything. All the material things I possessed, simply didn't interest me and neither did people that I love. Suddenly I felt again, the suction through the tube.

I opened my eyes because I was hearing the shouting of the workers. 'Doctor, the resuscitator doesn't have a beat.' A voice said, 'It seems he is coming back to life.' But my body didn't respond. I blinked my eyelashes so they would know I was there. The doctor put his ear next to my mouth and exclaimed how lightly I was breathing. I said, 'Help me doctor.' I lost consciousness and woke up three days after the heart attack in the intensive care unit.


Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 27 January 2014

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Heart attack Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function or brain function)

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No I lost awareness of my body

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness. I thought clearly and with pure logic.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? While I was waiting in this "gray bubble."

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. Immutable space 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. I use contact lenses. My vision at that moment was as before I ever needed contact lenses.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Total silence. I wasn't able to measure it. I was just thinking without speaking.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes it was like a powerful vacuum cleaner. It was dark and like I was going through it in one thousandth's of a second.

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 loved to stay there, the pain of the heart attack was terrible with the fear and anguish.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? Happiness

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? 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? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What importance did you place on your religious/spiritual life prior to your experience? Greatly important to me

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Other Christian I prayed Psalm 23.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What importance do you place on your religious/spiritual life after your experience? Greatly important to me

What is your religion now? Christian- Other Christian. Praying with much faith, I knew that something untoward was happening to me.

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. To give an account of what happened as long as I live.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes Methodical in my love for the Lord.

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

Did you believe in the existence of God prior to your experience? God definitely exists

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Do you believe in the existence of God after your experience? God definitely exists

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes To give an account of what happened as long as I live.

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are meaningful and significant

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

Did you believe in an afterlife prior to your experience? An afterlife definitely exists

Do you believe in an afterlife after your experience? An afterlife definitely exists No

Did you fear death prior to your experience? I did not fear death

Do you fear death after your experience? I moderately fear death

Were you fearful living your life prior to your experience? Moderately fearful in living my earthly life

Were you fearful living your life after your experience? Moderately fearful in living my earthly life

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are meaningful and significant

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant after your experience? Are meaningful and significant

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? Yes I believe in reincarnation. I felt it as the previous step. I felt Happiness from the spiritual knowledge I have and attribute this partly to my tranquility.

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

Were you compassionate prior to your experience? Greatly compassionate toward others

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

Were you compassionate after your experience? Moderately compassionate toward others

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life. I was very angry, proud and I felt very small. I am more sensitive and melancholic. My diet and routine were disordered. I smoked and drank, now I don't smoke and I drink moderately. I exercise. I believe I am here for something specific though I even know what it could be.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes. They have improved substantially.

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 as accurately as other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. The details are immutable.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Nobody believes me when I tell them this story. But in the last years I have met three people that had exactly the same thing happen as me; one of those then spent years in Tibet.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Generally they don't believe me. I asked for a certified copy of the hospital file of my attendance, and do all the contingent steps, and they advised my sister and wife, that now they are not able to do anything. That all the while I was in a coma, giving hours and hours of arrhythmia that the doctor said that if I ever managed to wake up I would be a quadrapelagic.

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 didn't make big changes. I felt I was in a physical space but emotionally incredible and free from pain.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I have never changed my belief of what I went through.

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? It was pleasant to be there. I held on so as to carry on living.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? It was well written.