Nicolas C NDE

Experience Description:

On the evening of August 8, 2007, while coming back from McDonald's with my mother. We had a discussion about the way I was leading my life. At the time I was not leading a life of a saint and I was causing her concern for my well being. At the moment when my mother told me to take care of myself, the radio was starting my grandfather's song, who passed several years ago, a song that had been played at his funeral 'Life is so fragile' from Luc De la Rocheliere. My mother said to me 'You see this is a sign from your grandfather.' At that moment, I was laughing as I didn't believe in those things.

The next day the phone was ringing, a friend called me to find out what I was doing. He wanted to take me to get my pay check in the neighboring city. I told him 'Of course, the more that I'm dealing with you'.

In the evening when we were returning, I had the thought to get a drink in a small bar along the highway. About one and a half hours, later I didn't feel well so we left. My friend was driving and I fell asleep on the passenger seat.

We were 15 kilometers from home, when he lost control of the car between one highway and the other. The car rolled over several times.

I woke up, believing that it was a dream. But when I opened my eyes, I saw people running towards us because they had seen the accident. I saw a lifeless body on the ground, it was mine. I saw the blood surrounding my head, the shoe of my right foot was missing, and I saw the people coming around my body.

When I saw the ambulance, I saw the paramedics taking care of my body. Then they covered my head with a white sheet and loaded me onto a stretcher and into the ambulance. When the doors of the ambulance closed, I saw a big white flash that was similar to a flash of lightning during a thunderstorm. Then everything went black.

When I woke up, I was in hospital in intensive care with respirators and various machines connected to my body. During the time when I was out of my body, I felt a great relief. I didn't feel the weight of my body or the stress of life. I didn't feel anything anymore.

One or two years after this experience, I had not changed my life. I was living my life rather worse rather than better. I understood nothing about it until one evening, when I went to bed at the small home of my parents. I dreamt that I was in hell. There is a stream of fire in which people were suffering and agonizing in a river of lava. I saw a woman imprisoned in the lava and beings flying over this place. Everything was dark, except for the light of the flames. Then the woman told me, 'quick save yourself! if he sees you, you will be caught'. At the moment when I woke up, a hideous face appeared to me. I was wide awake all night long.

Sometime later, I was dreaming again. In the dream I woke up because our front door was rattling as if somebody was trying to get into the house. When I came to the doorstep, I saw myself. But my face was very nasty and I never opened the door.

Ever since, I have changed and I try to lead a normal life in Happiness and love. I'm very scared of what might wait for me on the other side, as now I believe in hell and paradise.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 9 April 2007

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Illness, trauma or other condition not considered life threatening. I had a severe cranial trauma, a double fractured skull, right side rib broken, lung perforated, internal bleeding, adrenal gland burst, as well as several hematoma.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes The sheet on my head that the paramedics put on, and the shoe missing on my right foot. 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 believe that everything was normal.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I saw myself on the ground.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

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. It was like the one in a dream.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I heard everything as if it had an echo.

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? Yes When the doors of the ambulance closed, there was a flash - like a flash of lightning.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? An indescribable peace

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

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? 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- Catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic

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. I was always told that there was a life after death and that hell exists.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes Now I believe and I'm a better person.

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? Yes Hell exists.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes Of a life after death.

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 Yes I'm convinced that there is life after death.

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 To work for your salvation.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I'm more empathic.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes It can't be explained with words what I could feel at this moment, the only thing is that everything seemed perfectly normal for me. It was like in a dream.

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. The more time is passing the more I have the impression that the memory is fading.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes On several occasions, I had dreams and when waking up I shared them in detail with my close ones and everything I told them was happening.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Love

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I started to talk about when people told me about the accident, and what they told me was what I had seen. This gave me confidence that I was not hallucinating. If I'm talking to people about this they are divided, some are believing and others are skeptical.

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. With the facts that I saw and what I said after waking up in hospital, everything was true.

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

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes When my great-uncle died, I was on probation waiting for trial. Oone night my uncle came to tell me that everything would be fine, that I shouldn't worry.