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Allan T Near Death Experience

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

As a child growing up I've often fainted at school or when too hot. On this occasion it was absolutely something else!!!!!!!It was an old girlfriends birthday so we decided to go out to a Thai restaurant. At this time I was very much into healing/alternative medicine/ideas about life@death/whets it all about stuff/questioning my own existence/travelled at lot with my work then - musician - plus had my adventures as well.  I `d always felt that there had to be more to life than this!! I was fit, healthy and full of energy, always with a positive attitude about life, etc. The evening I collapsed was TOTALLY unexpected and OUT OF THE BLUE! After a couple of drinks plus starter I started to feel strange but carried on trying to talk, etc. My girlfriend noticed the color change out of me. I went from my normal red face to a color like grey/very pale as if all the blood in me was going. I couldn't control a thing and could feel inside that I was panicking and trying to control my breathing. My girlfriend was really scared but couldn't do a thing, only see the color begin to go away. As time went on I told her I felt like I was dying and what was happening to me was uncontrollable. It wasn't fainting, it was something that I could never really put into words.

The next thing (apparently) was that I slid and hit my head on the restaurant wall and then fell the other way onto the floor taking whatever was on the table completely out of it!!!! My girlfriend tried to get me back by the usual methods but I was totally elsewhere. The restaurant called emergency services and staff and my girlfriend checked for breathing and pulse, yet neither were there. They thought I'd died and my girlfriend burst into tears waiting hoping the ambulance would arrive. For me I was somewhere else - firstly it was very dark and then I felt as if I was travelled at speeds as if being on a magic carpet, travelling to different places at speeds which don't exist on earth. After a while I went into a tunnel which eventually became brighter and brighter - absolutely unbelievable. When I'd stopped moving/travelling I was greeted by voices/people that I don't remember (and still don't) but where I was felt absolutely peaceful, loving, welcoming and real.....For me I didn't what to return back to my body but after discussions with these people was told very clearly these words by one person -ALLAN, THIS IS NOT YOUR TIME NOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU MUST STILL DO ON EARTH, YOUR LIFE IS STILL AHEAD OF YOU THEREFORE YOU MUST RETURN!!!!!!! I remember pleading with them that I didn't want to go back but to no avail - the next thing was I opened my eyes and saw my girlfriend who was hysterically crying whilst lying on the restaurant floor.....

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? No      

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          No      

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    I remember the whole experience as if it was yesterday.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?    Normal consciousness and alertness

            I remember the whole experience as if it was yesterday.

Did your vision differ in any way from your normal, everyday vision (in any aspect, such as clarity, field of vision, colors, brightness, depth perception degree of solidness/transparency of objects, etc.)?  Uncertain     

Did your hearing differ in any way from your normal, everyday hearing (in any aspect, such as clarity, ability to recognize source of sound, pitch, loudness, etc.)?            Uncertain     

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Uncertain

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            Total love, calmness, peace, happiness, fearlessness

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          Yes     Amazing lights - not of this world

Did you see a light?           Yes     Impossible to explain-totally unbelievable

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes     I've said I'm not sure who they were

Did you experience a review of past events in your life?    Uncertain     

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No      

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?           No           

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Uncertain     

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     Uncertain           

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Uncertain     

Did you become aware of future events?       No           

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?     No      

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     I met someone about three years later on an island called Boenholm (Danish) and after one minutes talking she openly said to me, "have you had a NDE"?. In common was she'd had one too on the birth of a child and she told me she could " see it in my eyes"!! She was about 15 years older than me from Sweden.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?    No      

How did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:            Experience was definitely real    I saw a doctor, went to hospital for tests and they found nothing wrong with me. I knew in my heart that what happened was true.....

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?            How close to death I felt I was and then feeling so alive/connected to a higher being. Words can never do what happened to me justice.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real    Life changing and incredible....

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?           No      

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            No           

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No      

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?        There's life after death without doubt, but so hard to describe it. I'm so glad it happened to me and since I've shared my story and comforted many people who doubt life or are lost or feel afraid.

Did the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?         Yes     As it is a thing that's hard to put into words, the questions clearly guide the person into attempting to accurately explain what happened...

Are there any other questions we could ask to help you communicate your experience?   Why me???