Peter U Probable NDE

Experience Description

I felt like I had separated from my body and was looking down upon myself and the surgical staff.


Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 2013-11-07

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Surgery-related While under general anesthesia Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) Coronary bypass

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Uncertain. 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? More consciousness and alertness than normal I felt a sensation of knowingness

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? whilst I was out of my body

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. Events appeared to flash past but were nevertheless clear in every detail

Were your senses More vivid than usual? Incredibly more vivid

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Heightened

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Heightened

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

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? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes a sphere of incandescent white light

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Incredible peace and a feeling of being enveloped in love

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 myself or others everything seemed clear and uncomplicated

Did scenes from your past come back to you? My past flashed before me, out of my control a rapid succession of past events that I saw with enhanced clarity

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? Unaffiliated- Atheist

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I have become more receptive to the idea of life after death

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated

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

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I have become more open to the idea of an existence after 'death' and the possibility that some entity of superior awareness exists

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? I am uncertain if an afterlife exists. Uncertain, just a sense that 'death' was not the end

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? Yes An all-encompassing love

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Moderate changes in my life. I have become more open to the idea of an existence after 'death' and the possibility that some entity of superior awareness exists

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes I can express it in words

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 more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience.

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? the idea of an existence after 'death'

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes some listened with interest, many have 'humored' me. I can't say if or how it has impacted upon them

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 It has remained an enigma to me

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was probably real It has remained an enigma to me

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No