Doug W NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

I found myself totally lucid, clear in mind and thought floating in blackness. It felt as if I was laying on my side, but without feeling any pressure on the side I was laying on. To get a point of reference I looked down at myself, and observed I was all in white. My skin was a translucent white. I was wearing an oversized robe. Thinking of my position it shifted on its' own, and now I felt I was upright, and I started to look around. The darkness had depth, it felt like the void went on to infinity. I was comfortable, and realized something had happened during the surgery, and I must had died. I got excited, because I was happy that my passing was painless. I was getting anxious to move on, and was wondering, and talking to myself when someone was coming to get me. I waited, and waited, time seemed to come to a stand still. I began to call out, if anyone was out there. No response, and became angry, and feeling abandoned, and cursed. Next thing I see is a room with people running all around me doing different thing to my body.

I realized I was back in the hospital, back in the awareness of my body still no pain, and I wasn't breathing. This went on for at least 5 mins, and I was amazed that no one noticed I was awake and looking around. I realized later I may have been looking through my eyelids. Anyway they began to roll my body on its' back, and started to put tubes down my throat, and this is when I lost consciousness again. I later woke up on a respirator, stuck on that for a week or more, developed a fever. Till about a month later, my mind started to work over time, on the NDE. I wanted to do more exploring in that state again. Re-experience it, and move beyond that experience. I also had many un answered questions. Why did I end up in a void. If there is a hell, is that where I was destined for. If so why. Why didn't anyone come get me or see me. I think for the first time I found a real passion to pursue. It took ten years before the answers started to be revealed to me through Out Of Body experiences I started to have. The journey still continues.

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? Uncertain      The experience is not hard to communicate, the emotions are, but I found peoples response negative.

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes            Complications from surgery. Due to collapsed throat, pressure reversed in my lungs causing them to fill up with blood causing my to drown in my own blood. I was in convulsions, so they had to paralyzed my body to get me on the respirator. I would of died if they did not do this.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    The whole experience.

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

            The whole experience.

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.)?  No      

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?     No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            Happy, anger, anxious, curiosity.

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?     Uncertain     

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     Couple of months. Response was ya right. Or negative.

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    Had to explore the possibility of re experiencing my nonphysical form.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?   

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real    Still on a spiritual path of nonphysical exploration.

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?           Yes     With time I learned about my faults, and to over come most of them, improving my relationships with people.

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            Yes     I meditate, have a nightly ritual of intention of out of body exploration, experience different religions as they come into my life.

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         Yes     No medications, but through trance methods, dealing with sleep patterns I have had numerous experiences.

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?        Everything has a time and place.

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