David A NDE 4284

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

I was on a hospital table after losing almost all of my blood.  Doctors were working on me.  I floated out of my body.  I glanced back. The doctors had stopped working and were walking away. A nurse was filling out a report.  I entered into a tunnel of swirling lights of many colors.  Two beings met me, apparently as guides.  As we started to continue the journey, the two beings (angels?) stopped and told me that it was not yet my time.  They released me and I suddenly re-entered my body.  I looked at the nurse and told her that I was thirsty.  She jumped back in shock and dropped her clipboard, and then began calling for doctors.  The doctors hooked up various bottles through IV tubes, and I went to sleep.  I woke up the next day in a hospital ward.

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

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes     Loss of blood

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    After the docors stopped working on me.

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

If your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience was different from your normal every day consciousness and alertness, please explain:            After the doctors stopped working on me.

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.)?  Yes     Colors seemed more vivid.

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.)?            No      

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            Happiness

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          Yes     A tunnel of swirling multi-colored lights.

Did you see a light?           Yes     Swirling and infinite.

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes     Two guides.  I felt like I had always known them.

Did you experience a review of past events in your life?    No      

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Yes     I could see the doctors and nurses.

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?            Yes     A different dimension.  Maybe a fourth dimension.

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes     Time no longer mattered.

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     No      

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Yes     I wasn't allowed to enter, because it was not yet my time.

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     Twenty years. They did not share their reactions.

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 just accepted it.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    No.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real    I just accept it.

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?        I lost my extreme fear of death.

Did the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?         Yes