Experience Description ,

We have a punch bag at home and I occasionally practiced punching it for fun. Usually my practices last 20 to 30 minutes. One afternoon during the month of Ramadan, I went to our yard. I practiced punching the bag for 30 minutes while I was fasting. Boxing practice drops the blood pressure, but my fasting had intensified thed drop in blood pressure. I was feeling weak after the practice. When I finished, I went back inside and sat next to my older brother who was lying down on the sofa. I leaned on his legs and we started chit-chatting. I was breathing heavily and could only respond to him slowly, while I had dropped my head down and forward. My brother asked me, 'Why do you look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame?' As he said that, he pulled my head back in a way that my neck got positioned against his knee. I tried to tell him not to do that because I am not feeling well, but I passed out.

Suddenly, all the feeling of pain in my muscles and my shortness of breath were gone. It was a good feeling and I was in peace. The next thing I saw was all my life events playing out in front of my eyes. I don’t remember if these events were good or bad, but I had a good feeling overall. Everything was passing so fast, but I could see and understand them without a problem. I did not remember anything about the room my body was in, the condition of my body, or my brother. I felt I was getting away from Earth while watching my life events.

After some time, I saw the room again. My brother had let go of my head when he noticed my weakness. This was my deepest NDE. I had a few other experiences as a result of shortage of blood supply to my head. But this experience is unique and I had the best feeling. I wanted the experience to repeat, but it never happened again.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 2017

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Accident Heart attack. Blockage of the arteries. Life threatening event, but not clinical death

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? No. I lost awareness of my body

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? More consciousness and alertness than normal. I am not sure and don’t know. But I was absolutely carefree and had the best feeling I ever had.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I am not sure

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. It is very hard to explain. Everything was happening so fast, but so slow at the same time.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. The only thing I saw during my experience was scenes from my life that were passing very fast, with sound.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I could clearly hear, discern, and understand sounds that were passing very fast. But this hearing was not through my ears.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? Uncertain

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. I was feeling weightless. I don’t remember very clearly, but I think the environment around me was neither black nor white. I was feeling like I was ascending.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Absolute peace, seeing and hearing my life events that started from the most recent time and went back towards my childhood years.

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? Happiness

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about myself or others. I was seeing my life review.

Did scenes from your past come back to you? My past flashed before me, out of my control. I could clearly see all my life events that were passing very fast. I also saw my every action and thoughts about other people. I could see and feel them. I could hear, but not by ears. All these events had really happened in my life.

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Muslim Shia

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I realized that parts of our religious teachings are wrong, but now totally believe in its general teachings.

What is your religion now? Muslim Shia

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. It was proven to me that our deeds are recorded and will be shown back to us on judgment day, and also being questioned for them. But I believe in God’s mercy above all.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I can feel and understand God better and believe in his forgiveness and mercy much more than before.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Uncertain. I felt I was moving to a warmer and special place, somewhere specific.

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes I became aware of some of my religious beliefs about God and the life review.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Uncertain

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Uncertain

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? An afterlife definitely exists. Yes I knew my life is being shown to me for a purpose. When passing through the bad things I had done, I was not feeling good, but everything passed so fast.

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? Yes I understood that all the events and our actions get recorded.

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? Yes I was not feeling any hardship anymore, but could see what I have done and how.

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes. Generally, I was in a good situation, but seeing my good deeds would give me a pleasant feeling.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Moderate changes in my life. I have become kinder and patient. I can feel God better.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I have become more kind to others. I think about God and purpose of life more often.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes It is definitely hard to describe these experiences. Back then, I was not in a good physical or mental state. I could not even keep my head up straight and I was feeling a deep sadness and was hurt from certain things. When I entered this experience, I totally forgot about my body, like it never existed. I also lost all the stresses in my mind and sadness in my soul. I was feeling light and wonderful.

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience less accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. We will leave Earth and leave our body behind. Our deeds are recorded. We will be punished for our bad deeds and will be loved and encouraged for our good deeds.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Uncertain

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I talked to my brother after a few days. He told me that I was dying.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes Muslim religious teachings.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. I don’t have any way to prove it, but know it in my heart.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I study about near death experiences.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes Because I have low blood count, this happened to me a few times. But it was never this deep. I can tell another experience that was a bit deep too. I was sitting in a room and studying for an exam. When I finished a page I was reading, I got up to turn off the light and left the room. After a while, I saw myself that had fallen on the ground and in the corner of the room. I was turning my face left and right on the ground and whispering some of the material I studied. I got up and saw that my nose skin has gone and there is a rather large but shallow redness on my skin as a result of rubbing against the floor. I realized my brain was executing the same program from a few minutes ago that I was turning my head left and right to follow the lines. This actually felt like just passing out, not a near death experience.