Oscar NDE

Experience Description

I was 20 years old and got into a fight where I was shot. The bullet ruptured my atria and pericardium. I was still alive when 20 minutes later I arrived at the hospital. I tried to get on the stretcher on my own, but I didn't have any strength left.

I had never been in a hospital before, much less in an operating room. After the operation, I told the doctor everything about how he was proceeding and the instruments he requested. I had a cardiac arrest at the time of the surgery, and another arrest after surgery. This was where I told him how he proceeded to cut my sternum and do heart massaging by hand. I also told him that an electrical outlet wasn't working, and they changed to a different one to use something like a polisher with a cog wheel. I was watching everything calmly. I never saw a light or a tunnel.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 25/11/1974

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Criminal attack. Life threatening event, but not clinical death. They were operating on me.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes At the moment the shot hit me, a friend of mine ran to my home and told my mother what was happening. My mother and brothers hugged each other in the yard of the house until my mother fainted. Then a man from next door went into our house. I was watching it all, but with a tremendous calm. 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? Normal consciousness and alertness. I was calm and felt no fear.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? During the surgery, I saw students watching from above. Next, I was suspended in the air watching the whole operation.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

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. It was normal.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I sensed the words at a distance, but I couldn't communicate. I only watched them calmly.

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 calm the whole time and felt tranquility and peace.

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? 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- Other Christian. At the time of the event, I didn't consider religion important.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

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 tell the truth, at age 20, I was only working and having fun; I didn't have any religious beliefs or anything that might resemble 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? An afterlife definitely 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? No changes in my life. None, just the scar and the story of being able to tell what I went through.

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 as accurately as other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. I don't know what to say. For me the accident was normal, and my life, too, in the years since.

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? Yes, being alive and having started a family. I is like life has given me a second chance.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I shared it with the doctor who operated on me. I told him everything, and he couldn't believe it because it really was what had happened.

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. To this very day I have remembered everything as it was, and it was real.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I still have the memory of what happened and the comments of people nearby who managed to corroborate what I was saying, like my mother fainting, and the neighbor helping.

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? No

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? It is perfect without suggestions