Timothy N NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

On a hot sunny day when I was a little kid I went to the beach with my parents. My father was not sunbathing and sat at the seaside fully dressed shoes and all. I was playing near the water but instructed not to go in because I couldn't swim.

I don't remember why but suddenly I ran into the water and was surprised that the water slowed me down. I was a very expressive and wild child at the time. The next thing I remember is that I am lying on the bottom of the water looking up into the mirror like surface of water above me. I'm not scared because now there are light stripes and beings (maybe angels?) beside me and I'm now looking at my body from above - there is also music - sounds like thousands of bright voices singing in harmony...I just want to be here forever! I will never ever forget this - this is so real, and somehow my dreamlike bliss got interrupted by a hand that grabbed me - It was my father in all his clothes and shoes who pulled me out of my bliss and saved my life (Thanks dad!)

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?    Just before my father pulled me up

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:            Just before my father pulled me up

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    

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    

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            bliss

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          Yes     I think I was in a doorway or beginning of a tunnel

Did you see a light?           Yes    

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes    

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     It felt like an other dimension

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes    

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     Yes    

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No      

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    

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     I shared it with my parents, but I don't think they listened. I have not told anyone about this particular experience in this way before.

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    It was real and it still is

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    I think the music I heard has made me very fond of music - I have even been a reviewer of ambient music for a magazine.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real    I am sure it happened

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

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            Yes     Well - in a way I have always felt that there was more to the world than what meets the eye. I have been searching and trying out different approaches and today I think there is LOVE as a primordial energy embracing us all - we just need to be 100% present and accepting of life as it is and not let our "smaller" selves run the show.

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         Yes     In 1991 I tried regression therapy where I experienced similar blissful and dramatic experiences but these that I can't verify.

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?        no

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