Tomasz S NDE

Experience Description

After I lost my awareness of actual time and place, I woke up on the operating table.

I saw the medical procedures being performed on my body. I felt warmth and saw, or maybe felt, light. I realized there were other Beings or people around me. We were suspended over my body. These people were my relatives who had died. I talked to them and got advice on how to return to my body. The time when I was in that light was carefree, painless and full of peace.

Later, when I went to the hospital with flowers to thank for saving my life, I recognized the doctors and nurses who had been trying to save me.

I am not afraid of death and it is actually a positive memory. That moment was rich and full of details that escape my memory, but their effect is lasting.


Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 2000

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Criminal attack. CPR given. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function). I was shot and brought to an emergency room in my lifeless body.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I saw the medical procedures being performed by the nurses and doctors. I heard their conversations, too. 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 was more alert. I picked up the warmth, light, and feelings.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I decided to return to my body and listened to my relatives from 'the other side.'

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. Time was virtual and elusive.

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. It can be compared to watching a film on an old analogue TV set with an HD television and full of colors.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Just like the visual picture, It was very vivid.

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? I actually saw them

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 The entire space above the operating room was filled with strange light and warmth.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. It was full of brightness, warmth, and space. It was like a hall or a coridor, as if it this space was a gate to another life.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt liberated and free from everything that was grey, dull, and caused problems.

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 no longer in conflict with nature

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about myself or others I had no barriers understanding what was happening.

Did scenes from your past come back to you? I remembered many past events It was a conversation with my relatives about my life. There was no 'film.'

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life. After a conversation that was more like a flow of information between me and my relatives, I made a decision to return.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

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

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Atheist I don’t believe in the existence of god. Our world is of material origin and everything has a physical nature or it hasn’t been researched and scientifically explained yet. The matter has a nature that goes far beyond our present understanding.

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. It is hard to describe.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I think life outside the physical body exists. It hasn’t been scientifically recognized, but it exists.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I actually saw them

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? Uncertain The question is not comprehensible.

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? Yes To exist and use this whole physical existence of the body as an important element of the whole existence.

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes Our lives are important. It is only one of the stages of human existence of our body and 'soul'

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? An afterlife probably exists. I don’t understand the question

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? Yes That I should lead my life in an open, honest and uncomplicated way. That means to stay in the present.

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? Yes You shouldn’t worry, every problem can be solved. I received a lot of power and energy.

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Uncertain This topic is discussed very little, but the love could be felt.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life I have a stronger approach to problems because I am not afraid of them. I am more family-oriented.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes. I perceive life in the physical body differently.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes It was very profound, just like HD picture or Hi-Fi

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. My memory was clear, vivid and full of detail. Some elements get 'flattened' though.

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 am not afraid of death.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? No

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 Everything I experienced, checked out and reviewed.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real The moments during the medical procedures were checked and reviewed by me.

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? There were many things, but I can not describe them.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? No