Paul C Possible NDEs

Experience Description

I am not certain if these experiences are NDEs or not.

In 1962, when I was an infant, my three older siblings stuffed my mouth and nose with raisins. I have no memory of an experience. But in the 1980s and 1990s, when I read about NDEs, I realized I have the personality of an NDEer.

In 1999, at age 37, I had surgery for a ruptured appendix. I might have had a life review. It was as if I was in a graphic novel where I was crashing through one picture and into another by going through the walls of each picture. I was out of my body and speedily traveling through the hallways of the hospital. Yet, no one noticed me.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1962?/1999

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain. Accident. Illness. Surgery-related. While under general anesthesia. Misadventure or possible attempted murder. Other 1962 - asphyxiation/ 1999 - appendicitis In 1962 I was a baby.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

The experience included: Out of body experience

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes People were walking in the hospital hallways, but did not notice me. 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? Less consciousness and alertness than normal. I was absent-minded and zipping or flying through the hallways without thinking.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? 1962 - ? 1999 - while zipping through the hallways.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. I was moving quickly through the hallways of the hospital. In my life review, I was crashing through the pictures without remembering what I saw.

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. I am blind without my glasses, but could see clearly in the experience.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Do not remember hearing anything.

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? None.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? No

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? My past flashed before me, out of my control

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 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- Catholic. I believe in ethical monotheism. I am Catholic, but not a strict follower.

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- Catholic. I believe in ethical monotheism. I am Catholic, but not a strict follower.

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 already had all the beliefs you described, possibly due to my 1962 NDE.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No experience

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? No

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are probably 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 do not 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 probably meaningful and significant

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

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

Were you compassionate prior to your experience? Moderately 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? Slight changes in my life Less of a fear of death.

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 do not know how my remembrance of the experience compares to my remembrance of other life events. My 1962 NDE, and my reading about the topic, made me already aware. My experience was not a shock.

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

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes 18 years. I only tell a few persons, anyone who want to hear the experience and anyone I trust not to insult me.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes I read many books about NDE.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. It happened at a difficult time in my life, and I simply carried on.

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 Around 1973, when I was about 12, I had an Out-of-Body Experience. I and was interviewed by a Man In Black.

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? My first NDE happened when I was an infant, and have no memory of the experience. It may be my acceptance to the 1999 NDE because I already believed.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? This form does not fit my computer screen. It is too big.