Mark D's NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

            I drew the baddest bucking bull on earth at the time in the bull riding event winter rodeo indoors he roared out of the chute with a really high jump when he hit the ground the force threw me forward as he was coming up for jump 2 knocking me with a blow to my chest he then began to spin on the 3rd spin I was beginning to fly towards his outside and hit the chute gate with my head . my dad said I went straight down the gate like jumping out of a moving truck into a brick wall . next thing I know I'm up on the ceiling at least 40 or 50 feet looking down I watched my equipment being taken off of me and worried that it was all going different directions I watched the ambulance back into the arena and watched them put me in the ambulance . as I was up there looking down there was tremendous light behind me I knew I was up there with the lights but this I knew was brighter than lights and something told me not to look back into the light so I didn't . I woke up 3 hours later in the hospital.. rode the next night in a different event . I don't know what my signs were but I know it was never death because I was not in my body and my arms and legs were out and I was just floating and seen everything going on below

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    

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    while looking down from above

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

            while looking down from above

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.)?
            Yes     I don't remember hearing anything at all

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            worry free except about my gear and equipment but I only thought about that stuff when people were walking away with it

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          No      

Did you see a light?           Yes     it was blinding light I didn't see it but could feel it behind me

Did you meet or see any other beings?           No      

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 did not know the people that took my equipment looking down there were allot of people around me and allot of cowboy hats but I could ask like my mother about the ambulance it didn't drive in like I've seen many times it backed in and not all the way to me

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?   No      

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 knew if I looked back into the light I would not come back I knew that

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 have told many people but need to tell my mother I don't know that I've told her

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 didn't wake up and tell anybody it was like blocked out of my mind for awhile I wish I would have

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    I didn't hear a real voice only one inside me somehow that said don't look back into the light and I didn't even consider it I just watched forward which was straight down

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real    I know what happened and I know it was real I was a glance from being gone

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     I've told the truth and the best I can explain it

Are there any other questions we could ask to help you communicate your experience?   I think it be interesting to know if anybody else has been were I have