Kip S NDE

Experience Description

My death experience is kind of burned into my brain even though it's been over 60 years since it happened.

I'm going to go into some significant details as I feel this is important to my story. It started with where we lived at that time. The year was 1959; no cell phones and only 2 doctors in town. The weather was cloudy with occasional showers. We lived in rural Arlington, Texas. Arlington is a city today that has over 300,000 people, but at one time had less than 10,000. We lived at least 5 miles north of the town. The road that ran in front of our home, that was an old, converted barn.

About a mile down the street was an old feed store. My mother was a chain smoker and at the time she was separated from my father. She ran out of cigarettes from time to time and sent me on my bicycle to the feed store to pick her up a pack. The feed store had a dog that just had a litter of puppies. When I went to the store, I would play with the puppies. The highway was a two-lane asphalt with a gravel side. The store was on the opposite side of the street from our house. I would pedal south with the traffic. I would ride usually on the asphalt road until I noticed a car coming. Then, I would go to the right to get off the road.

The day that I was hit, I had moved off the road onto the gravel to wait for the traffic to go by. One of the dog's puppies saw me and came running across the highway. A woman driving a new Cadillac slammed on the brakes and stopped before hitting the puppy. I was so relieved and then all the lights went out.

The next thing I remember was hovering over my body and looking down. There were at least 10-15 people standing around me with some of the women crying. I wondered where all of those people had come from. This lasted for a short time to me. Then, I entered the most beautiful "place" I have ever been in or seen. There were blue, shimmering lights and the feelings of peace were unbelievable. I did not want to leave. I had never felt anything like this in my life. In my brain I asked where I was. The answer came back, but it was not what I expected. The voice came to me and said, "Kip, it's not your time". Then I flew back into my body.

I was aware of looking up and seeing clouds. I heard several gasps from the people surrounding me and I sat up. I was then helped up. No broken bones or injury of any kind. Everyone called it a miracle. What happened was a pickup truck following behind the Cadillac could not stop, so it swerved to the right and hit me. The impact bent the back wheel to the front of the front wheel. I went flying in the air for approximately 30-40 feet. According to the onlookers I was out or dead for at least an hour. Because of the rain the ditch next to the road was slightly full of water and the ground was soft. I flew across the ditch and landed on the other side. I'm sure that contributed to me not breaking any bones. My lace-up tennis shoes were on the ground where I was standing. They said I had no pulse and was not breathing. Someone had already told my mother that I was involved in an accident and that I did not survive.

When I finally got back home, she was in hysterics. I had absolutely no pain until the next day when I woke up and could not move. I was so sore. At this time in that era you did not complain about much of anything. You were raised to be a man and count your blessings; even at 12 years old. I got up and went to school. I told no one what had happened to me, nor what I was told when dead. I knew I was here on Earth with a purpose to help people. I was afraid of being judged as a quack.

Fast forward 10 years later. I was in the middle of college pursuing a degree in Pre-Med-Den. Nobody in my family ever went to Medical or Dental school, but I knew this was what God wanted. When I started to read about other people who had similar experiences, it all started to make sense. The odds of getting into medical or dental school at that time were really slim, but I knew this was God's plan. The college I went to detailed the odds on the first day. There were about 1000 Pre-Med-Den students in the Freshman starting class. The college advisor said only 100 would graduate and of the 100, only 10 would get in to either Med or Den school. He was right. I will not go into details, but I chose to go to Dental School even though I was recruited by the cardiac surgical team at Southwestern Medical school to become a thoracic surgeon. I graduated in 1975 from Dental school in 1977 from a 2-year GP residency; and in 1980 from a 3-year Periodontics residency. I served in the USAF for 11 years. In 1984 my wife and I started a private practice in a small community, population about 15,000 (now 150,000). I retired in 2025 after serving 50 years in practice. I have shared my story of "the other side" with hundreds of patients, especially those who have lost a loved one. They are always grateful. I estimate I have touched over 150,000 people in my life of service. I pray that it is enough.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: 06/20/1959

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No

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

Did you feel separated from your body? I clearly left my body and existed outside it
As I listed before, I hovered probably about 20 feet above my lifeless body, looking at people in a circle surrounding me.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? This is really hard because everything went by in what I perceived as seconds, yet the people around me said it was about an hour, but if I had to estimate, it was about 20 minutes into the experience.
I felt ethereal. It was like I was a sponge absorbing energy. It's really hard to describe unless you experience it because there is no way to describe the feeling.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness? More consciousness and alertness than normal

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning
What was about an hour felt like seconds to me.

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 I was looking at a car, heard screeching tires, and then nothing. I was looking down from about 20 feet in the air above my body, and then I saw the incredible shimmering light everywhere.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience Absolute quiet, then women crying as I looked down. I actually wondered why they were crying because I was at peace, a total sense of well-being... like I was finally home.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? 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 beings? 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? Yes
Shimmering blue light everywhere

Did you seem to enter another world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm
Shimmering blue lights

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I did not want to come back!

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? I felt united or one with the world

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? 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 - Protestant
Due to my young age, I would say that I was not thinking about what faith I followed; I just believed in God.

Have your religious practices changed? No

What is your religion now? Christian - Protestant
I am a strong Christian.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience
I was so young that I had not formulated any strong beliefs.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin
The God-like voice said "Kip, it's not your time."

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? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes
Even though I did not see any specific entity, I knew the voice was God. I felt so secure and loved that I did not want to leave.

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? Yes
My logical deduction when God says "Kip, it's not your time" is that for whatever purpose, my mission on Earth was not fulfilled yet.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes
If there is a heaven, then this is it!

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? Large changes in my life
You have to realize I was 12 years old at the time this occurred. I had not developed an independent thinking process. It took years to finally make some sense of this experience, but I knew that whatever God had in store for me, it involved helping people.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes
Read the response above

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
I will never forget what happened that day. I remember in exact detail what I saw and felt.

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? Just that the experience served as a foundation for my future.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
As I said before, I was 12 years old when I had my experience and did not share with others until I found out others had similar experiences at about 22. I started sharing with others that I trusted, and then with my patients.

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
As I stated before, I was afraid to share as a child. It took 10 years to pass before I felt comfortable sharing.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
The experience has had a role in shaping my career and relationships with others; however, I am still careful sharing this information with everyone in that I will open up only to those that I feel can benefit. I do not understand, but I can feel when it is the right time to bring up this information.

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

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience? Yes
You were quite detailed in your questions, even though some repeated some of the same things.

Anything else to add? I hope this adds to your bank of experiences similar to mine.