Timothy N NDE

Experience Description

I was taken to the emergency room after an excruciating lower back condition; bulging discs and stenosis. When I arrived in the emergency room. I was in intense pain. I had a DNR (do not resuscitate order) in place as I do not wish to be kept on life-support. I know several people this has happened to. It is devastating for them as they eventually died and and for the family.

My wife was out of town visiting friends. The emergency room physician informed me that I needed morphine, as I was going into shock due to pain. I told her no oxygen use per DNR protocol. She informed me I could stop breathing and die as a result. She took down the names of witnesses in the emergency room that I clearly communicated that I did not want oxygen. She overestimated my weight by nearly 30 pounds and gave me a higher dose IV of morphine than I should have had. I then passed out.

Shortly thereafter, I could see myself and the emergency room physician, nurses, and police officers who helped me into the emergency room. From the ceiling, I saw them panicking. They were yelling my name, knuckling my sternum, and hitting my ribcage in an effort to get me breathing again.

I then left the ceiling and entered a bright area, as though going through an incandescent lightbulb. I then had the most wonderful feeling of my lifetime. I was embraced by another Being, as warmth spread throughout my entire being. I realized that I had died and was moving toward or entering heaven. If I took the three greatest moments of my life, my wedding day and the birth of my two children, and multiply them by 1,000, that sum would not come close to the feeling of entering heaven. Just as I was about to be fully enveloped and pulled into this incredibly warm and comforting existence, I felt as if I were being thrown upside down by a rollercoaster.

Suddenly, I regained partial consciousness on the gurney in the emergency room. I heard the frantic emergency room physician yelling and cursing. I saw the wide-eyed nurses and the police officers. Later, they told me that I had stopped breathing for about 3 to 4 minutes. They were hitting me to stimulate rebreathing as I had signed my DNR prior to the administration of the morphine in my IV.

Later that day, my private physician came to my room and said I needed to change my DNR because, technically, I had died in the emergency room. I told him after what I experienced, that it wasn't from the morphine according to my physician and other physicians there. I not only will not change that DNR, but was disappointed to return because the afterlife was so wonderful. I had 3 nurses and techs come to my room during my two-day stay and ask me about my experience because they had heard about my NDE.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 04/20/2011

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes. I was given too much morphine for lower back pain. Life threatening event, but not clinical death

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Uncertain I did not hear any noise, but felt as if I was being pulled further into the warm and bright area. 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. The feeling I had was one of pure clarity and being at peace. No other experience I have ever had measures up to it.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? From the moment I was on the ceiling watching resuscitation efforts, all the way through the warm bright light experience.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. Events slowed down.

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. Clearer than normal. Almost HD (high-density) in vision.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I heard everything being said while watching from the ceiling. After entering the bright and warm area, I lost hearing.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Yes, and the facts have been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes Felt as if I were being pulled into this tunnel of bright warmth.

Did you see any beings in your experience? I sensed their presence

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Uncertain I felt as if I was about to meet others but then came back to on the gurney.

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. I entered into another dimension of warm, light, and joy. It definitely was not the morphine as I have had narcotics before for pain and surgeries.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Greatest emotion of my life, bar none. Indescribable other than the greatest sense of peace I have ever known.

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 the universe. I realized that heaven is for real.

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? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will. I was joyous to be in heaven and very disappointed to be sent back to earth.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic

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 have always believed in heaven, but this NDE confirmed it.

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. Someone was pulling me into this warm, bright area. Someone was definitely there gently pulling me and embracing me.

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I sensed their presence

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? Yes I experienced heaven.

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes I felt as if God was welcoming me into heaven with an embrace.

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? Yes, I felt there is life after death. I experienced it.

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 I experienced the highest level of love I have ever known.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? No changes in my life I no longer fear death.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Gentler with people.

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

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? I had several strangers approach me and ask me about my NDE. They recently lost a parent suddenly and/or in hospice and wondered about their death. After telling them of my NDE, they would cry and hug me knowing that their parent's death was joyful.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Many times, I have told my story. They were happy to hear that their loved one's death was painless once they entered into their last moments.

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 realized my NDE immediately after it occurred.

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

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? I note the anniversary of my NDE annually and reflect upon this event.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? none

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