Sergio G NDE

Experience Description

During a car journey coming back to Nazca, which is south of Lima, I crashed almost head on with a bus carrying passengers. I was going along the opposite side of the road and I was overcome with sleep.

At the point of the crash, a white light took over my entire field of vision. Then I lost all sense of time and woke up standing in a giant garden. I thought it was like a cemetery because there were buildings, outside steps, and embankments, made of marble. The light was very warm, like a sunset. The vegetation was short and of a reddish-brown color, without any green. I was puzzling over the scene when an an enormous presence appeared to my right. It was like a giant tower, or a 'giant bishop' from a chess board. But the curious thing was that it was impossible for me to focus on it clearly. There were no defined borders, but it was quite solid. I perceived it as an out-of- focus image like a silent swirl.

This presence spoke to me without words and invited me to stay a while in this place. I responded angrily because I didn't want to stay there with him. This presence then punched me and I began to fall to some truly horrible places. I passed through at least three horrible places that were horrendous and strange. I was still angry, so yelled so the presence could hear me, 'I am not frightened! Is that all you have got?' I passed through a battle where the bodies were shredded like a pulp of bones and blood. The second place was like a desert of ice, with a violet Sun overhead. The final place was like a volcano erupting. In spite of this, I was aware of my weight and gravity. I still wasn't frightened and I didn't feel pain. Then came the darkness as I felt myself falling even more, like in one fall without end. Just at that moment, I felt a shiver. Then I saw in the background a light that was growing in size. I asked myself, 'Is this death?' And I surrendered to my fate.

The next thing I felt was as if my face was put in a mask, my hands in gloves, and my eyes were closed. I felt physical pain. On my face and in my eyes was something thick and cold. As I cleaned myself, this ended up being a combination of broken windows of a car, and my own blood. I was in the car and in my seat. The people around me had gotten off the bus that I had hit and were screaming, 'He is alive!!'


Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: August 14, 1994

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident. I was dead or unconscious from an accident, but there was no doctor there who could confirm this.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No

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. Everything happened with sharp clarity and I noticed many details. No so much as being awake in this daily life.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? During the events of descending to the 'hellish regions.'

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. Time was like going through a camera slowly and I was able to appreciate all the movement that happened.

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. Yes, I was able to see everything clearly and I usually use contact lenses of medium strength.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I can't describe it, everything was happening as on a camera slowly, but there was no loud noise.

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

The experience included: Passing into or through a tunnel

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes I went through a tunnel that I saw at the end of the experience. I also returned through the tunnel.

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

The experience included: Void

The experience included: Unearthly light

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? An unusually bright light

Did you see an Unearthly light? Yes The light came from all directions, but you couldn't see the source of the light. It was very warm, like the sunset.

The experience included:

An unearthly landscape or city

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place. The places which I passed through was clearly far away from this world.

The experience included: Hellish imagery

What emotions did you feel during the experience? A peace and tranquillity that was very oppressive for me. I felt lonely in that first place that was like a garden. Then I felt anger at not being able to get away from this place easily. In the end, I felt fear and resignation before what I now suppose was death.

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

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Agnostic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

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

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Agnostic

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

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? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin. The being was definite, and had volume. It shone as if out of focus. The presence was enormous, as high as two floors or more.

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 probably 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 probably 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 possibly 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 probably does not exist

Do you believe in an afterlife after your experience? An afterlife probably exists. Yes. There was an intelligence in the place where I arrived. The creature or Angel, seemd to have some sort of authority in that place.

Did you fear death prior to your experience? I greatly feared death

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

Were you fearful living your life prior to your experience? Not 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 possibly 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? Uncertain. I can't comment on my initial narrative, because of reasons of the space needed, but this creature told me something like, 'You will remain...' but they weren't spoken words, but more like a type of telepathy.

Were you compassionate prior to your experience? Slightly 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? No changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes There are more details that I need to explain, but it would take a very long time to name them all.

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

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I told my friends about the experience. Some were skeptical, and others thought it was a miracle but it wasn't a great transcendence in their lives.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes Through documentaries on TV, but I never thought that something like that could happen to me!

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real

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? No