Mark M Probable NDE

Experience Description

I have some heart issues; arrhythmia, aortic stenosis and a potential aneurysm. After an evening of very heavy drinking, I passed out on my bed.

Suddenly, I found myself walking down a hallway. The hallway looked like the sort of institutional design you would commonly find in school buildings that were built in my area in the 1920s with muted color tile-walls and floors and not particularly well-lit. Yes, it was more real than real, that's why I'm sure it was an NDE rather than a dream. My mental clarity was amazing. I had no distractions or random intrusive thoughts. Emotionally, I felt nothing; but I had a mental certainty about where I was and what I was doing. I wasn't in any way frightened or uncertain. I simply knew I was to go down the hall to the 'waiting room of death'.

I came to a door on my right and went in. It was a small, bare room in the same 1920s institutional style as the hallway. It was maybe the size of a 14' x 14' room. There were some plain, rigid desk chairs along the walls. In the center of the wall to my left was another door. I didn't think anything about any of it. There were people sitting in some of the chairs and I could look at them in different ways. I could see them simply as ordinary people, or I could 'look deeper' and see them as something like slowly moving clouds of colors sort of mapped to their bodies.

The only person I recognized was sitting right next to the door that I understood to be the "exit" to death. He was someone I had encountered briefly a couple of times. I'd played on a softball team with him in junior high and run into him once several years later when visiting a friend who was at college. I sat down, all the while not thinking anything about any of this. I have no sense of how long or short a time I sat there.

Suddenly I awoke in my body, with my heart pounding wildly in extreme arrhythmia. I 'hung on for dear life' and after a while everything came back to normal and my heart found its rhythm. That was all there was to it.

I was already interested in spiritual things, but after this I took an interest in NDEs. I had previously thought NDEs were nonsense, now I knew differently. And life went on.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: 00/00/1983

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes
I have some heart issues (arrhythmia, aortic stenosis, and potential aneurysm). After an evening of very heavy drinking I passed out on my bed.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? 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? It was the same throughout.
My mind was clear and I didn't think at all.

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? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

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 Vision was normal, but I could see deeper into the nature of the people I encountered.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience I don't recall hearing anything.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes
It was actually a hallway like in an old school building.

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? Uncertain
I saw people, including one person I had been briefly acquainted with, but I don't know if they were alive or dead.

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

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter another world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? none

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? 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 - Other Christian
esoteric Christian influenced by Edgar Cayce and similar teachers

Have your religious practices changed? No

What is your religion now? Christian - Other Christian
more sophisticated but the same

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
The experience was entirely mundane.

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? 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? No

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? No

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? Slight changes in my life
I don't think there were any significant changes.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

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
It was a long time ago but the memory is vivid.

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? no

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
Don't recall, maybe a few years.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes
I had just heard of the idea but hadn't really looked into it.

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

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was probably real
I think it was sort of a random thing.

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

Anything else to add? no