Randall J Probable NDE

Experience Description

I was with a friend in her car. She recognized that I was having a heart attack, not indigestion as I thought. She said I turned white as a sheet of paper and broke out into a cold sweet. She raced me to the nearest emergency room since it was only 2 minutes away. An ambulance would have taken longer. She said she was astounded how calm I was when I walked into the emergency room as I told them I was having a heart attack. I find it interesting that I knew certain things that day. These things were not just a question of belief or supposition, I just knew. I was unquestionably aware that I was dying. This was not a belief, but knowledge with absolute certainty that as this process went on, I was dying. Without an external intervention, the dying process would continue.

I became aware of 'everything', such as my position on the table and the movement of the earth. It wasn't quite like I was dissolving, but rather like I was disconnecting or becoming unsynchronized with the universe. I was calmly aware of everyone around me and what they were doing. I know I was not connected to my body. I was on my way to somewhere else, but there are no words to describe it. Words like 'up' or'down' lacked meaning. I’ve read many accounts of NDE and, except for those that sound like a movie concept, I found few that really describe the experience. Not surprisingly, it may be unique to each of us. It was that disconnected experience, as though the connected portion of our existence blocks another realm, whatever that is. I just know I was on my way to the next realm. I was not frightened but very accepting of it because this was just a transition.

I remember them calling for the defibrillator. I remember the computer voice giving them instructions and ending with 'begin CPR.' I never felt the shock. It was later that my doctor thought my body and pain receptors had ceased functioning and that I may have been been 'somewhere else' but still aware of the room. Since this experience, I have spent a lot of time afterwards talking with priests. I don’t know about angels, lights, deceased relatives saying come into the light or go back, etc. I came from my experience with only three things I am absolutely certain of - this corporeal existence is a transitory part and there is more to existence, there is nothing to fear, and the afterlife is not we think it is.


Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1/25/2018

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Heart attack. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) LAD blockage Heart Attack and SCA

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I knew my son was coming and was intercepted by the staff. 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 was fully aware of NOW; physically and mentally, undistracted by thoughts of the future or matters outside the present experience.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? Just before the defibrillator shock.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. Time did not seem to be a steady flow.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? Incredibly more vivid

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. No change

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. No change.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? Yes, but the facts have not been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

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? Uncertain The light in the room was different, but I can't explain.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. I was existing parallel to my universe.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I was calm; understanding that what was happening was exceptional, but not unnatural.

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

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

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

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? Christian- Catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic

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

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes Continuity.

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? Yes I knew I was going somewhere, and this experience was just a part of the journey.

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? An afterlife definitely exists. Yes This was all part of a process.

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Moderate changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes. I see people as more than their physical manifestations.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes How do you describe the actual feeling of a broken arm? There are no words to accurately convey the sensations. I was with my wife when she gave birth, but her words and my experience could never express what she was experiencing.

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 more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience.

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

Have you ever shared this experience with others? No

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes