Maciej D NDE

Experience Description

I was born at the Apolinare Clinic in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in the 1990s. In my life, I have had two near death experiences. The first happened when I was born prematurely by C section. I spent several weeks in an incubator because I was too weak to breathe on my own. I weighed just over 170 grams and was about the size of a fist. The doctors fought to save my life, and somehow they succeeded.

After returning to Poland from Prague, a doctor infected me with measles. Following the measles vaccine, I developed bilateral pneumonia and meningitis. I spent about a year under an oxygen tent so I could breathe. My tendons were cut to prevent me from walking on my toes. For a long time after the illness, I stuttered. That was the beginning of my childhood. I survived because of my parents’ determination and care. As I grew older, life became normal again. I finished school, attended high school, and eventually my daughter was born. Everything seemed fine.

Much later, I experienced something that could only be described as a waking dream. Something violently pulled me out of bed by my leg and dragged me across the hallway toward the apartment’s front door. Then I suddenly woke up back in bed. I never saw what it was. I only felt it.

In January 2026, I experienced my second near death experience after collapsing at a friend’s house. It was far more brutal than the first. According to my friends, I slid down a wall, fell to the floor, and began convulsing. From my perspective, what I experienced during the roughly ten minutes I was gone was both fascinating and terrifying.

I entered what people often call a waiting room. As I arrived, I saw a female soul who appeared completely shocked to see me there. She stared upward as if looking at the sky, with her mouth hanging open in disbelief that I had somehow arrived in that place. Unfortunately, I cannot clearly remember her face because the experience was so intense.

Something that had pulled me there stroked my head and would not allow me to leave. Fog surrounded everything. The people there could not speak. They did not remember themselves, and they did not know where they were. Time did not exist there in the way it exists on Earth. Only when you touched an object would a small light appear, allowing you to briefly see or remember something. There also seemed to be a narrator or guiding presence there. The feeling of its presence was extremely powerful.

At the same time, I experienced two different realities. In my right eye, I saw my father calling to me, saying, “Maciek, get up, get up,” in the same house and in the same place where I had experienced the waking dream. In my left eye, I saw my friends at my buddy’s apartment trying to lift me, open the window, and help me.

Then I felt an enormous force struggling against whatever was holding me there. The harder it breathed, the stronger and faster it became. In what felt like the final second, it tore me away from the other entity, almost as if I was never supposed to be there in the first place.

After the experience, I felt as though I fell through the ceiling back into my body. When I returned, I experienced complete depersonalization. I could not speak. I did not recognize the place where I was or the friends around me. Immediately after returning, I vomited everything I had eaten at their apartment. My friend became frightened and called an ambulance. At the hospital, I was told that I had collapsed.

I do not remember my first near death experience very clearly because I was so young, but I believe I may travel astrally. My second near death experience stripped away all my emotional filters. I no longer understand fear in the same way. I feel as though I can read people. I often know what someone is about to say or what they are afraid of. I sense when people are not telling the truth, and I often feel as though I am communicating directly with the subconscious mind.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: 02/10/2026

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes
I had a collapse; it is confirmed on my hospital discharge because an ambulance took me.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? I clearly left my body and existed outside it
I described them in the description.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? After returning
I already provided them in the description at the end.

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? 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
I was gone for about 10 minutes, but my collapse lasted over 2 hours.

Were your senses more vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience Before, I didn't notice certain things. After returning, I see and feel much more.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience During the experience, there wasn't much to hear, except for the narrator as I mentioned.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Yes, and the facts have been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes
It was a quick flight, light, flash, and immediately another place.

Did you see any beings in your experience? I sensed their presence

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? Yes
I saw a woman, a blonde, who was looking as if at the sky, and she was in severe shock that she saw me.

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

Did you see an unearthly light? Uncertain
I don't know exactly what it was.

Did you seem to enter another world? Some unfamiliar and strange place
This place reminded me of the moon; everywhere there is fog and it is gray.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Fear, uncertainty, unknown place

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

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

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? My past flashed before me, out of my control
It's hard for me to describe it in a few sentences because I remember almost everything from age 3.

Did scenes from the future come? I saw many people, tens of millions if not more, but that shocked woman stuck with me strongly; unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me identify her.

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Uncertain
Hard to describe, where I was, if you don't find the passage yourself, you won't get out; you feel like you're being watched.

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will
Something pulled me out of there at the last moment, something like I was about to die, but some being did not allow it.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian - Other Christian
I am a believer but not practicing. I only attend important church holidays; I do not go to church on a daily basis.

Have your religious practices changed? Yes
I pray more often, and I certainly believe.

What is your religion now? Christian - Other Christian
After returning, I hung an image of the Mother of God and a cross in my house. Whenever I pass by a church, I make the sign of the cross.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience
I am a Catholic, not practicing. Where I was can be compared to a waiting room for souls.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes
Much has changed; I began to see more, to notice more; it's hard to describe in a few words.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify
The mentioned narrator, but I don't know what he said because everything happened quite quickly.

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.)? Uncertain
I felt a struggle between two figures.

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

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Yes
Depending on your faith, when you die, you go to the place you believe in. If you are a Buddhist and believe in reincarnation, your soul transforms into a currently being born animal or something like that. I am not really able to describe this mechanism; it works a bit like a loop.

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? Yes
I have a purpose: to expose bad people through the music I make.

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes
Tell people the truth, even if it is too honest and may hurt or frighten someone.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes
I saw what happens there; I do not doubt that there is life after death, depending on what you believe..

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? Uncertain
Every existing weapon should be eliminated.

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? Yes
That people harm each other, that man on earth still has not matured intellectually enough to manage and steward it as best as possible, and that we keep getting chance after chance to fix it, but the difficulty is that we do not remember previous incarnations.

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes
Everyone should talk to each other regardless of age and skin color; everyone should be able to shake hands regardless of faith and denomination.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life
I described them

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes
My wife and a few other people do not believe me about what I saw, but when I press them, silence follows.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Uncertain
At first it was difficult for me; now I speak about it normally.

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 as accurately as other life events that occurred around the time of the experience
I wrote a song about this experience. I will never forget what happened that day.

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

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Subconsciousness

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
I constantly try to share if someone wants to talk about it.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Uncertain
I had heard about NDE but I did not think I could experience it.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real
I do not intend to doubt it.. it happened.

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

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
I hope I have exhausted every answer.

Anything else to add? Probably not