Steven P Possible NDE

Experience Description

On February 13, 2018, I had surgery for a deviated septum and I was fully anesthetized. I can recall being wheeled into the operating room. It was more of a square room and I came in on one side. There was a smaller door directly opposite of me. There were a bank of windows on my right, and just a wall on the left. I can recall seeing some floor-standing, large and metal operating lights that looked vintage. I was brought into the center of them. After a few minutes and some chatter from the three people in there with me, I don't remember anything else.

When I opened my eyes in recovery there was a nurse attending to me and she introduce herself, saying, 'Hello.' I said, 'Hello' back. I then said, 'I have just been flying around the operating room, I'm a flyer. Are you a flyer too?'

I have had dreams all of my life that I am flying. The context of the dreams may vary but I fly or float and even sometimes bring people up in the air with me.

When I realized what I had said, I thought, 'Oh boy, she is going to think that I am crazy by saying that!' I closed my eyes to pretend that I was falling back asleep. At the moment I closed my eyes, the memory of what had happened in the operating room came to me.

I was in the far left corner of the room, for I could see the operating room floor lights and the bank of windows. From what I recall, my line of sight was angled up, for I could only see the upper half of the lights. I did not look straight across or down. I do not remember seeing myself or the other people in the room. As my eyes panned across, I looked up at the ceiling and could see many small oblong shaped white lights and they were randomly racing very fast in all different directions and elevations along the ceiling.

At that moment I began to feel myself rise upwards, very slowly. As I was getting closer to ceiling, the objects that I was seeing started to become less random and they slowed down. I continued to rise and almost reached the ceiling. When I looked across the room, I saw that the lights had organized and become like a swimming school of fish. They were waving back and fourth and doubling back on each other. They started in the far diagonal corner from me and I thought how incredibly beautiful it was. Then I saw that they were getting closer to me. Then, I was enveloped in the school of lights and became part of the wave. It felt so great and unbelievable to be racing through the air but then as the wave doubled back on itself it slowed down. I came close to the other side and as it passed, I could see that we all had faces. I thought that these were all people just like me. Then, I realized that I must look just like them. I was'nt alarmed by that realization either. I thought, 'Oh yeah, why would I look any different?'

I don't recall anything after that. The overall feeling that has stuck with me, and I almost wanted to tell my physician, was that 'We are not alone in there.' I choose never to tell him that.


Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 2-13-2018

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Surgery-related. Other: Septoplasty Surgery

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes, I saw and was in the operating room where my surgery was being performed. 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 just felt like I normally do

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? During the operation is when it happened, so I would say my highest level of consciousness was then.

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. I don't recall there being a noticed difference.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don't 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? Yes Many oblong-shaped, light-emitting objects

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Comfort, peace, content, excitement, wonderment, exuberance

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

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? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

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. I do believe that this isn't it and that we have a spirit or soul, so seeing what I did was not alarming.

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. I did see oblong white objects but did not have an opinion one way or another on if they were people that had died or people like me that are having operations and left their body.

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? Slight 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? 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 more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. Here it is, a year later, and I still can recall my experience and the feelings that it brought.

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 partner a few days later and he was not really phased by it. I think given the nature of the experience, I tend to tell people about it that I know who will receive a positive reaction from hearing it. I did tell a few others that have spiritual beliefs and they were thrilled to hear it and were happy that I had the opportunity to experience something so wonderful.

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. I believe it to be real, I felt like I was aware of what had happened and don't think that it was a dream.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I still believe it to be real and it had such an effect that I remember all of the detail even a year later.

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