Experience Description:

I went to bed after a few beers about 1:00 am. My girlfriend was asleep in the bed, I felt a bit asthmatic but soon fell asleep. The next thing I remember I could see myself sitting cross-legged in the air above me as if on a cloud. I was smiling down at myself, even laughing, then very quickly I was floating up a tunnel with very brilliant white light at it end. This light contained overwhelming love, more love and beauty than I can express, and a presence of Jesus Christ. There was a presence of a life form with me, in the tunnel, guiding me, but this seemed not important at the time. I was then spoken to by a voice, which asked me whether I wanted to finish my task on earth, or not? I was told that my task was to find out about all aspects of love. As attractive as the light and energy was, I said I would come back to earth, I had a choice, and chose to be here. I then rapidly found myself waking up to a full blown asthma attack covered in sweat and breathing not very well. In minutes, I came out of this asthmatic state and felt very happy that there was life with Christ after death. I have not had an asthma attack that bad ever since.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1990 summer.

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Illness Allergic reaction Life threatening event, but not clinical death Asthma attacks.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Wonderful

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? Through the whole experience I was totally aware.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Neither

Were your senses more vivid than usual? Neither

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Can't explain.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Neither

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes I went about half way up a tunnel, which was like a giant womb with bright light at its end.

Did you see any beings in your experience? Sensed their presence

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes I felt the presence of Christ in the light, and also a being guiding me.

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes Bright, brilliant, fantastic white light.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Unfamiliar, strange place

What emotions did you feel during the experience? LOVE, beauty, security, happy, NO fear!!

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? Incredible joy

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No longer in conflict with nature

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe

Did scenes from your past come back to you? Neither My task on earth was to learn all aspects of LOVE.

Did scenes from the future come to you? Neither I was going to Christ when I died.

Did you come to a border or point of no return? A conscious decision to 'return' to life

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Moderate

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes Firm beliefs in GOD and JESUS CHRIST.

What is your religion now? Moderate strong faith and belief in Jesus Christ. But not church goer.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes Firm beliefs in GOD and JESUS CHRIST.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? Definite being, or voice clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? Sensed their presence

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes That we all need to learn all aspects of LOVE, and there was something very special when we died.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes Relationships are harder, as I try to always do the loving thing, this can be very testing and taken advantage of.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? It made my life much harder in some ways as I find life hard and sometimes think of going to that place, permanently.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I shared this with my girlfriend at the time, and many people since, and have been repeatedly surprised at peoples' lack of interest.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Uncertain I was killed outright when I was five years old but have little or no memory of this, I was resuscitated.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real It was a clear message from God or Christ that life doesn't end with death.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real The feeling and thoughts are real to me.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? I have more tears and sadness than before, and can feel peoples pain very deeply, I feel other peoples loss as if it's me sometimes. People are scared of me, they have so much fear!! I can also feel a greater love yet can't find it in others. Life can be so lonely.