Jack M's NDE
I am so much in
contrast with especially those classical scientists who believe that mind is a
mere process of the physical brain. What galls me is that most of those who hold
this opinion have never had a NDE and probably never experienced a
hallucination. Indeed, I believe that a most important realization to be made is
that death is not conclusive but rather it is "change." - Jack M.
Experience description:
Jack M. here. I have what I believe to
be an unique experience to share not because I had a NDE but how I recovered
from it.
Some years ago I was at Lake Chelan in
Washington state. I was around 15 feet below the surface when I was cut by
nail or something sharp that caused me to gasp. When I did water poured into
my mouth and into my body. I say poured because there was no gulping or
gasping but more like fuel being pumped into a car.
After a few moments I blacked out. The
next thing I knew I was watching a kind of movie of my life. Not a whole life
story as some people experience but only some great and happy childhood
memories. I don't know how long this lasted but after this I was in a tunnel
and out of body. I realized that my body was behind me but I was afraid to
turn around and look. But then, being of a nature that is very analytical, I
began taking an interest in the tunnel itself. There was an array of
colors--not bright like psychedelic colors but rather pastel and soothing.
They rotated with the entire tunnel. In a way like colors move in a
kaleidoscope.
I can remember vividly being extremely
aware of moving further and further into this tunnel and being fully aware of
having all the natural feelings of having a body but not being able to see it.
For example, I would move my fingers and all the sensations were there without
a physical form to identify them with.
I never saw a bright light before me or
any god figures or anyone. I just continued deeper and deeper into the tunnel
and I was having a great time of it. Then, in some unexpected moment, the
thought occurred to me that I was dying. I swore a few cuss words and said, in
effect--to hell with this. At this very moment I was back in my body, awake
and alert.
Now here is where I believe the story
gets interesting. I would later learn that I had been under water for a good 5
to 6 minutes. And I remind you that I had taken in a lot of water before
passing out. Well, I recovered in perfect shape. I sat at the bottom as an
experienced swimmer and scuba diver looking for the sunlight so I would know
which direction was up. I found it, and swam to the surface and to the dock
where I lifted myself up with no sign at all that I had just nearly drowned. I
was in fact in perfect shape, feeling ever as good and as healthy before this
NDE ever occurred. This recovery is, quite frankly, more curious to me than
the tunnel experience since it seems to me that my lungs should have been
filled or maybe I should have been weak or something but it was truly as if I
had simply been out for a good swim and nothing more. In fact, I walked back
to the lodge where I was staying, took a shower, dressed and went to work. I
thought nothing more about the incidence until some years later when people
started reporting NDE's and my wife read me some account and I said, hey,
that's what happened to me.
There is one other thing that you might
find interesting: Around five years ago I was in the hospital and the doctors
had been giving me a very strong painkiller for weeks. Then they took me off
of it and this sent me into hallucinations.
Here is what I find important to share
about this: I can tell you that I have had a NDE and I have had hallucinations
and they are ABSOLUTELY NOT THE SAME. When one has an hallucinations there is
always that experience of being an observer. And this is so even if one is in
the hallucination himself. This isn't to say that one doesn't from time to
time get into the hallucination and assume it to be an actual experience but
even at this, the experience is nothing like a NDE.
Here is the difference explained: A
person has conscious awareness during a NDE no less than you're having right
now if you are reading these words. That is, you are aware that you are
reading, aware of the room your in and aware of what is outside the room. This
is not how one experiences a hallucination--a hallucination seems to be a
total experience but there is a lack of (real) awareness of anything outside
the experience itself. That is, a person is really seeing and feeling whatever
circumstances he is in during the hallucination and these images are
absolutely real to him. If he is being chased by a tiger, he has all the
feelings of fear, running and so forth. But he cannot project his thoughts
into the next room or out of frame so to speak. One can during a NDE.
I hope this has been of interest to you
even though I imagine you have heard stories like this by the trunk load.
Nevertheless, you requested stories to be shared and this has been mine.
Thanks,
Jack