Richard H's NDE

Experience description: 

It was August 1968 in Viet Nam on the DaNang River; I was traveling down river returning from a mission out in the bush. The am track I was riding on hit a large

unexploded 500 pound round which booby was trapped by the Viet Cong. I regained consciousness about a week later. The story here is of the week that I was unconscious. From the time that I was blown up till the time I regained conscious, the Doctors explained to me that on two different occasions that I had clinically died. The first time I died for 21 minutes, and the second time for 24 minutes. Here is what I remember of this account.

I was sitting on top of the Am track and the next thing I remember is my soul is separating from my body. During the process of dying, I can hear as the doctors pronounce me dead. Then I see my double, a lifeless body, lying below me surrounded by doctors and nurses trying to revive me. This scene was quite a shock, for the first time I am looking upon myself from outside my body. It is at this point that I began to realize that all of my abilities, to see, to hear, to think, etc. continue to function, but now completely independent of my body and flesh. Finding myself floating above the people in the room, I instinctively tried to make them aware of my presence by touching or speaking, no one hears or notices me. At the same time, I am puzzled by his feelings of relief, peace and even happiness. There is no longer that part of "me," which suffers, which needs and is always complaining about something. Having experienced such ease, the soul did not want to return to my broken and shattered body.

            This lasted a short time till I saw a bright light and soon after I was in a place that was extremely bright. I felt that I was joined by those who loved me, and a penetrating voice told me, I needed to change the way I was dealing with my life. The exact words do not come because I don’t remember if language was used. But the feeling of knowledge was generated into my soul. The time of this experience was not of any consequence, because it felt like time no longer existed.

            The second trip to the light was more instructive than the first. It had more purpose to it. This trip changed the very core of my being. From being hell bent on destruction to being creative, peaceful, and helping those who are unable.  During that second NDE I reached that plane that many reach. Many people call it The Plane of All Knowing where you just suddenly know all things and all the puzzles of life unravel themselves and you understand everything and the why of things.

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? Yes     Knowledge came with out words or language. Went from killing machine to pacifist. Total change of inner self.

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes     Blown up by land mind. Broke most of the bones in my body.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    Entering the light the second time. I thought I was going to stay.

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

If your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience was different from your normal every day consciousness and alertness, please explain:            Things seemed like it was normal and peaceful

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     more intense brightness, depth perception was bad

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     There was no sound but a feeling of penetrating (knowledge) this is the hard part to explain of what was.

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            serenity, love, peace, quiet

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          Yes     floated up from looking at myself, being carved on to traveling thru a dark enclosure at a fast speed to the light (bright light)

Did you see a light?           Yes     it was like standing in a room with lots of 1000watt halogen lights shining on me.

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes     felt a presence of ones who loved me. One old and one younger.

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?           No           

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes     Time seemed totally not in the picture at all. The altered space was on the way to the light

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     Yes            One of the things that were impressed upon me was a different view of religion. I sensed that I was given this because of dissatisfaction of the power that gave it to me. Religion was created to teach humans the basic laws of Nature or God. God being the intelligent being that he is; understood that humans in different Society’s, needed  different instructional manuals (so to speak). i.e. French, English, Spanish, Hebrew, Islam, Chinese, etc, God knew you can’t explain to a Jew in Chinese why he should not eat pork. I felt that the fighting between religious groups was very distasteful, and that man was using religion for his own personal gains of power. Massive power in the hands of a few seemed to be one of the major issues of my enlightenment. This is was what came across to me while in the light.

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No      

Did you become aware of future events?       Uncertain
            I tend to end up close to major events. 911.tornadaos, Mount St. Helens, Pinatuba. Almost like I get sent to observe them or help survivors.

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?     Uncertain      For years I have been telling my kids of things to come.

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     several years before I shared with anyone. Then only a select few, mostly my kids.

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    humbled, joy, and lots of pain.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    it changed my soul....

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real            Experience was definitely real, it's given me a life purpose.

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?           Yes     More forgiving

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            Yes            Man has corrupted gods message, by trying to gain power in his name. God is intelligent enough to give different people different religions for a purpose. Why would he tell a Jewish person not to eat pork in Chinese? Different societies different religions.

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