Jean-Marie P NDE

It was after an exam, and I was supposed to go back home by motorbike.

I was in a collision with an automobile. A head-on crash, but the car was turning in front of me and was no longer going very fast.

At this point I can no longer manage to describe what happened.  In hindsight, it seems to me that I was with some people in a fairy-like place. A bit like an enchanted place, with flowers, trees, it felt good but I could not stay there!

But all this is very vague and I am not sure about anything, it's a bit like a distant memory which comes back in successive flashes!

I also had the feeling I saw myself on the ground next to the bike, but this is also vague.

The only thing I am absolutely certain of, and which I could remember directly after the accident, is the flash, as I have always called it, though I was not dazzled. It was not so much a flash as a reverse flash.

Actually, I was in the light, and the world appeared to me as a little black dot. Then this dot grew larger and larger, until I seemed to pass from one world to another. I was surrounded by light and then little by little the black dot, at first tiny, grew bigger, to finally absorb me. The transition came about at dizzying speed. Yet, I remember it as if it were yesterday, as I did when I came back.

I've had trouble sorting out what happened just after the accident. As if time, not the events themselves, were stored in a random way in my memory, due to the shock, perhaps.

Years later, I heard about tunnels of light, and I thought about my flash, and the way I saw the world grow from a little black dot, into the real world. It was the passage between ??? and our world. (I remember particularly coming out of a great tunnel of light.)

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words?

No. I remember particularly coming out of a great tunnel of light. Actually, I was in the light, and the world appeared to me as a little black dot. Then this dot grew larger and larger, until I seemed to pass from one world to another.

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?

When I came out of the tunnel of light. It is very clear, and I have no doubts about it. The rest is vague!

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. When I came out of the tunnel of light. It is very clear, and I have no doubts about it. The rest is vague!

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. Straight after I came out of the tunnel, I felt as if I was there, but without being there.

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.)?  Yes, as if voices were coming from far off.

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?

I felt nothing, not hot nor cold, not afraid or in pain. But I was impressed with the speed at which I went through the tunnel of light.

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure? Yes, see #3

Did you see a light? Yes, I was in the light. This was brighter than a searchlight, but I was never dazzled by it.

Did you meet or see any other beings? Uncertain

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? No

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions? Yes, but this is vague and I have no certainty about it.

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?

Yes, especially when it comes to ordering the events, I have difficulty saying in what order things happened.

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 was shut out.

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? Yes

Yes, I feel the suffering in people's souls.

Have you shared this experience with others? Yes. They have given me strange looks, or else they make fun of me.

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 was sure, and I still am, and this memory leaves me no room for doubt! I came out of a tunnel of light.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience? Experience was definitely real . I remember it very well (the tunnel).

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

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