Robert W's NDE

Experience description: 

During a tilt table test my heart stopped for 17 seconds at the 8 minute make of the test. During the 4 minutes before I recovered I remember hearing the hospital PA call out a code blue then I went into my experience where I found myself floating or standing in the center of a giant sphere the color was gray and it seemed to be spinning at a tremendous rate of speed. I could hear voices but could not find a way to get to them, there were no doors or openings. I felt as if I were well and safe but I remember trying to hear the voice of my brother who passed away a few years ago. I was fully aware of what had happened to me, I knew that I had died on the table and yet I wasn't afraid of it I just kept trying to find a way to reach the voices that I could hear. When I recovered from it there were doctors from the ER all around me and the doctor told me what had happened. I was found to have a problem where my heart did not pick up the electrical signals to beat and a pace maker was installed on June 2nd. I did not leave my body or see lights in a tunnel but again, I was fully aware that I had died. I will never forget the look of it the sounds within it or the awareness of my own death that I experienced during it. I am determined to learn all I can about it now and I would like to add that I was not afraid and felt completely safe even though I was totally alone inside of this sphere except for the voices.

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?    all of it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?    More consciousness and alertness than normal

If your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience was different from your normal every day consciousness and alertness, please explain:            I could hear voices from beyond the wall and yet I could not find a way to reach them I was very alert

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     The color of the sphere was solid and unchanging even though it was spinning so fast. It was solid without openings but I could hear the voices clearly

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     My hearing was extra sensitive to the voices beyond the walls of the sphere and the sound it was making spinning

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            I felt safe and yet knew I was dead I remember trying to find my brothers voice and a way to find him

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

Did you see a light?           No      

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?          No      

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?            Uncertain      I was inside of a sphere or so it seemed

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?     Yes     I was fully aware that I had died on the table

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Yes     I was inside of a sphere with no openings that I could find

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 shared it with my family after it happened and I wrote about it in my journal, my family has asked me about it several times since then as if to learn from it.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?    Yes     I had seen several accounts on television programs but they were not like my own

How did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:            Experience was definitely real    I know it was real I know what I saw and what I remember and how it looked

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    yes my awareness of my own death was significant to me

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real    I know what happened that day and I know what I saw and heard

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      

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?       

Did the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?         Yes     The questions covered the areas of what I experienced and sought to find out details of it.