Pamela N NDE

Experience Description

It was April 1990, and I was nearing the end of my undergraduate studies and preparing for final exams. For weeks my life had been extremely stressful as I juggled academic demands and working lunch and dinner shifts at a local gourmet restaurant. On Friday night, April 20th, as I was nearing the end of the dinner shift, I began to experience an almost unbearable stomach pain, so intense that at times it left me doubled over and panting for breath. My coworkers were very concerned and offered to take my tables so I could go home, when suddenly I felt a ‘pop’ in my stomach, and miraculously the pain was gone, so I finished out the shift.

When I awoke the next morning, I felt like I had a stomach bug, but a friend called asking for day lilies from my flower garden, so I managed to meet her and dig up the plants, only to collapse on the living room sofa as soon as she left. Later in the day, my husband returned home and reminded me of our dinner engagement that evening at a local French restaurant. Not wanting to disappoint him or the friends we planned to meet, I roused myself from the sofa and prepared for the evening out. Upon returning home from dinner, I ran straight to the bathroom and began throwing up what appeared to be blood. I called out to my husband and asked if he thought it was blood, but we both recalled I had eaten duck with a cherry sauce, along with a glass of Merlot, and we rationalized away the idea of blood and went to bed.

When I awoke the next morning I had a throbbing headache, nausea, and extreme thirst. We had planned to attend a nearby flea market, but I felt so bad I decided to rest in bed and told him to go ahead without me. As I lay there my thirst overwhelmed me, so I struggled out of bed, over to the stairs, and asked him for a soda. I turned from the stairs, entered the bathroom, and collapsed. He heard me fall, ran upstairs, and found me on the bathroom floor, eyes fixed and not breathing. He gathered me up, placed me on the bed, dialed 911, and began performing CPR, but I was oblivious to anything on the earthly plane. Instead, I was completely engulfed in brilliant white light.

As the light slowly dissipated and my eyes adjusted to the surroundings, I found myself standing on a snow-capped mountain range overlooking a vast, green valley, the greenest valley I had ever seen, whose color can only be described as the deep, deep green of an emerald. I looked beyond the valley and far off in the distance I saw an opposing snow-capped mountain range spanning the horizon as far as I could see. The sky above me was the deepest, darkest blue, the kind of blue seen at the Kármán line, the outer limit of Earth’s atmosphere where deep space begins. I had never seen anything so incredibly and indescribably beautiful as my surroundings, nor had I ever felt so alive. I was one with everything. I was the mountain range, I was the valley, I was the sky, and I knew at the deepest level of my soul I had returned home, back to my spiritual home of pure love and energy. I was so happy and calm, and not at all afraid. I knew I was where I truly belonged. I was enfolded in the deep sensation of universal love, and the illusion of fear, separation, and suffering had dissolved. At that moment I knew I could never really die because I understood my true nature as part of the oneness that is the universe.

My attention was drawn back to the valley, and there in the midst stood a mighty and majestic tree standing tall and strong. The tree called out to me, and at that very moment I knew it was the Tree of Life. Its outspread arms beckoned me to come stand beneath it, and in a flash I was there, on the ground with the tree enveloping me in its loving spirit. But I was not alone. I was surrounded by birds, deer, rabbits, squirrels, elephants, lions, tigers, cats, dogs—every animal imaginable. It was like a biblical scene. I was engulfed in a melodious choir of animal voices singing, and I was completely overwhelmed with so much love. And there she stood, Holly, my 14-year-old Rottweiler who had passed away peacefully in my arms only a few days before. But she was young, maybe two or three years old, strong and upright, her little nub of a tail wagging, making her hips wag too. She ran to me, and I fell to my knees, holding her face in my hands, showering her with kisses and tears as she licked my face and smiled at me. My soul was full and complete, and at that moment I knew this was my true home.

As I knelt before Holly, far, far away in the distance I could hear a voice calling my name. The voice became louder and louder, and more insistent, calling me over and over. I wondered why anyone would disrupt my peaceful experience in this beautiful, love-filled realm. I listened closely and soon realized it was my husband’s voice, now sounding frantic and loud, shouting at me. I tried repeatedly to resist his voice; I did not want to acknowledge him, but he sounded so afraid. I decided to listen in earnest, and as soon as I gave into his voice I felt myself being pulled backwards, leaving the safety of my tree and all the beautiful animals and Holly and the lovely green valley behind, as everything receded further and further into the distance.

My eyes fluttered open, and my husband instructed me not to move, saying an ambulance was on its way. What happened next is what I’ve come to term a duality of being; my consciousness split in half. My spirit self sat up and looked down to see my physical self beneath me, and then floated upwards out of my body towards the ceiling and over to the top of the stairs. From there, I watched an army of paramedics making their way to the second-floor bedroom. At the same time, my physical self still lay in the bed, and I heard the paramedics climbing the stairs, entering the room, feeling the sudden coldness as the ECG leads were put on my chest, the tightening of the blood pressure cuff as it began to inflate around my arm, and hearing multiple voices barking out numbers as they lifted me from the bed onto the gurney. All the while my spirit self watched from above. I was wheeled outside into the crisp, early morning air and placed into the ambulance with my spirit self watching from above. I was experiencing everything from two perspectives: spiritually and physically. I remained in this dual state until arriving at the hospital.

As my spirit watched the staff frantically work to save me, I heard a loud hum and I was no longer in the dual state but had become pure spirit energy completely detached from the body. As soon as I felt that detachment, I was pulled backwards and out of the physical realm. Instead, I was in a lush garden full of brilliant sunlight with flowers, trees, and thick grass, and in the middle of the garden was a beautiful shallow pool perfect for floating and relaxing. The pool beckoned me, so I stepped in, feeling the water vibrating through me as though it was energized by some unseen force. I floated on my back watching the birds fly above, feeling peaceful and content, happy to remain there forever. Later my attention was drawn to a beautiful hand-carved garden bench. I left the pool, made my way to the bench, and sat down.

To my right, I noticed a wispy white cloud floating above the ground, and as it came closer a Buddhist monk materialized. He had closely shorn hair, a round face, sparkling eyes and a sweet smile, appeared to be in his mid-40s, and was dressed in an orange undergarment with a long piece of orange-pink cloth wrapped about his shoulders and neck, and his feet were bare. He sat down on the garden bench next to me and introduced himself. His name was Hotei, and he was my guide while in the garden. Hotei told me I had been to the garden many times before. I asked Hotei about the snowcapped mountain ranges, the Tree of Life, and all the animals; where were they? He explained I had been to a place between the physical and spiritual planes, a halfway point before crossing to the spiritual plane, but I had been called back from crossing over by my husband. Hotei told me the garden is the first place I come to after leaving the physical body and transcending into pure spirit energy. I come to the garden for rest, healing, and rejuvenation. Afterwards, I leave the garden and begin my life between lives where I undergo three levels of education. The first level is animal caregiving, the second level is plant caregiving, and the third level is the healing arts. At each level I am attended by a different guide, all of whom I have met many, many times before.

We stood and walked hand-in-hand through the lush grass, past the colorful flowers, and out to a meadow beyond a line of trees. The meadow was filled with all types of animals, some grazing, some resting, and the younger ones running and playing. I was overwhelmed with joy and ran into their midst, running with the little ones, embracing the older ones, feeling such joy and kinship. I ran back to Hotei feeling such love and connectedness to the animals and to him and everything around me. He said he had given me a small glimpse of what awaits me beyond the garden in my spirit life as an animal caregiver. I turned back to look at the meadow and the animals, but everything had dissolved into radiant shimmering light. I looked back at Hotei and he was slowly dissipating into the same wispy white cloud as before. He smiled at me and said I could not stay because this time I was only a visitor and I had to return to the physical plane, and then he was gone.

As soon as he left me, I was back in my physical body. I opened my eyes and saw two nurses, one on either side of me, vigorously scrubbing my arms, then my chest, almost to the point of hurting me. I felt disoriented, almost as in a dream state, but I managed to ask what was going on, and one explained they were preparing me for surgery. The other left the room and returned with the doctor, who seemed to be relieved that I was awake. I heard him tell the nurse he was going to do one more endoscopy before taking me to surgery, and she quickly returned with the apparatus. I was in and out of consciousness for the remainder of the day. When I finally awoke that evening, my husband was by my side. He called for the doctor, who informed me the endoscopic procedure early that morning had revealed a bleeding vessel in my stomach which he had successfully sealed off with a laser. He said it was the third endoscopy, as the first two were unsuccessful because my stomach was so full of blood he could not see the source of bleeding. He had hoped the blood would pass from my stomach, but by day two in the ICU, he was afraid to wait any longer and made the decision to take me to surgery. However, when I regained consciousness early Tuesday morning, he decided to take one last look and saw the ruptured vessel. As it turned out, the ‘pop’ I felt Friday night at work was the blood vessel bursting in my stomach from a perforated ulcer. I lost over 30% of my blood volume and while in the emergency room I was coded twice, but once blood transfusions began, my condition stabilized and I was moved to the ICU where I remained unconscious until early Tuesday morning.

On Friday, April 27th, I was discharged from the hospital to my home, following three days in the ICU and two days in standard care. I savored every minute of the drive home, commenting on the lovely homes and gardens as we passed through familiar neighborhoods. When we arrived home I was overcome by the beauty in my yard. Never before had I seen the flowers, trees, and wildlife in the way I was now seeing them. Everything shimmered and vibrated, and I stopped at each flowering plant along the walkway and held it in my hands and exclaimed, “Can’t you see the energy coming from the leaves? Can’t you hear them?” I could see the life force, the aura around everything. My husband kept tugging at me, anxious to get me inside and into bed, but I could not stop marveling at the ‘life’ I saw and the sound I heard emanating from everything.

I was changed mentally, spiritually, and physiologically. My life in the time before my near-death experience had been one of high strangeness and synchronicity since early childhood. But in the days, weeks, and months following my NDE, I developed a noticeable increase in my intuition, precognition, and psychic dreams. I developed a heightened sensitivity to fluorescent lighting, loud sounds, and touch. My hearing increased exponentially, as did my sense of smell and taste. I also experienced an energetic alteration in my physiology that resulted in blown light bulbs each time I turned on a lamp, touched a light switch, or walked under a street light. At the grocery store, I could no longer take cans from the shelf because of the electric shock that oftentimes resulted in an audible snap and visible spark; my hands had become electrified.

I was inspired by this heightened level of energy, so I called once again upon my healing abilities from childhood and started ‘laying hands’ on my pets, injured wildlife, houseplants, plants and trees in the yard, on my husband, family, and friends. Miraculously, it seemed to make a difference in their overall well-being. A year after my NDE, I began my professional career at a leading medical university and hospital where complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) was routinely practiced. I developed a strong relationship with a CAM physician and a physics professor who were open-minded about my childhood healing abilities and who were particularly interested in my reports of healing animals, plants, and people following the NDE.

The physics professor suggested we test the energy through experimentation, so we met in her lab and set up an intervention and control group of marigold seedlings. Two trays of a dozen three-inch seedlings were placed under artificial grow lighting, with both trays receiving light for 12 hours a day and the same amount of water. One tray was designated as the intervention group and the other as the control. The intervention group received daily healing energy from the palms of my hands, along with focused intention for healing and growth, while the control received no treatment, only lighting and water. After three weeks, the intervention group was in full bloom, with numerous double-crested flower heads and had grown to ten inches. The control group had no flower heads and had grown to six inches. We concluded the intervention group experiment yielded an outcome supporting enhanced growth at a molecular level. Additional plant experiments were conducted, as well as Kirlian photography to measure coronal discharge from my hands and from the plants.

Following the experiments, I enrolled in a healing touch curriculum at the medical university where I worked and achieved a level 4 certification. I volunteered at the affiliated university hospital where healing touch was offered as an in-patient service. My time as a volunteer was one of the most rewarding periods of my professional career. Since retiring, I offer healing service to anyone or anything in need and always use my gift for the highest good. In the decades since my NDE, my life has been one of thankfulness, gratitude, joy, and love. I often think about my journey to the garden, the beautiful animals in the meadow, and the shallow pool filled with vibrating, energized water, and wonder if that unseen force was the mechanism behind my heightened energetic transformation. But most of all, I think about Hotei, with his round face, sparkling eyes, and sweet smile.

A couple of years after my NDE, my mother-in-law pulled into my driveway and announced she had a special gift for my garden. She opened the back of her station wagon to reveal a large piece of garden statuary laying on its side. I helped her drag it from the car and into a wheelbarrow, and we took it around back to the garden. As we set the statue in place, she announced, “This is Hotei.” I almost fell over. She was well aware of my hospitalization but knew nothing of my NDE. We sat down and I told her about my experience on the other side and my visit to the beautiful garden where I met my guide, Hotei. We sat in silence for a while allowing the brevity of the moment to sink in, and then she looked at me and said, “You know, there are no coincidences; you were meant to have this gift.” And thirty years later, Hotei still stands in my garden.

Today, my message is one of hope. I know at a soul level we can all grow to become more compassionate and loving towards all people. It doesn’t matter who they are or what they believe, because we are all the same; we are all made from pure love, and through pure love we can dispel the fear that keeps us apart. I also know that through love we can become better stewards of our beautiful planet and learn to respect and nurture all the wonderful gifts from the Creator because it has all been given to us in pure love. I want you to know I do not fear bodily death and ask anyone who does to practice letting go of that fear. I, along with countless others, have been to the other side and can assure you as a conscious being you never die, that you are reborn into pure, divine love, and that is the most joyous experience you will ever know.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date of NDE: 4/22/1990

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes
I experienced a substantial loss of blood due to a perforated stomach ulcer.

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
I did, when my consciousness split in half. This occurred when my husband brought me back from the tree of life and from Holly. My spirit self sat up and looked down to see my physical self beneath me, then floated upwards out of my body toward the ceiling and over to the top of the stairs. From there, I watched the paramedics making their way to the second-floor bedroom. At the same time, my physical self still lay in the bed, and I could hear the paramedics climbing the stairs and entering the room. I felt the coldness of the ECG leads as they placed them on my chest and the tightening of the blood pressure cuff as it inflated around my arm. I heard them calling out my blood pressure numbers as they lifted me from the bed onto the gurney. All while my spirit self watched from above. I experienced being wheeled outside into the crisp, early morning air and placed into the ambulance, and my spirit self also watched from above. I was experiencing everything from two perspectives: spiritually and physically. I remained in this dual state at the hospital. I watched from above as family members came in to pray over me. My brother was there when I coded, and I saw him leave. I watched the staff lower the head of the bed and rush around me. I also felt all of this while still in my body. I coded again, and my spirit watched the staff frantically work to save me a second time. I heard a very loud hum, and I was no longer in my physical body but had become pure spirit energy, completely detached. As soon as I felt that detachment, I was pulled backwards and out of the physical realm and into the garden.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? While on the mountain range, beneath the tree of life with the animals, and in the garden with Hotei.
During my NDE, my consciousness was far more vivid and intense than in my everyday life. I saw colors beyond the normal human spectrum; everything shimmered and vibrated. I felt the grass beneath my feet and the textures of my surroundings as never before. I was able to communicate with Hotei telepathically, and I could see the life force around everything.

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? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning
During both parts of my NDE, time lost all meaning because I was in a timeless state. I did not think about it at all. I existed only in the 'present.'

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 could see the energy and life force surrounding the animals, plants, and Hotei; everything shimmered and radiated. It was as though I was seeing for the first time, down to the smallest level of detail and structure, unlike human vision without that extreme acuity and perception.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience Everything around me during the NDE emitted a harmonic vibrational sound, as though it was coming from the entire environment, not just from one plant, animal, Hotei, or anything specific. Again, it was like my vision, and seeing for the first time; I had never heard things the way I did on the other side. I saw for the first time.

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? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? Uncertain
During the first part of my NDE, I was with my deceased dog, Holly, under the tree of life.

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
During the first part of my NDE, prior to being hospitalized, I was engulfed in a brilliant white light that slowly dissipated. Then I was standing on a snow-capped mountain range looking down at the green valley and the tree of life.

Did you seem to enter another world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm
During the first part of my NDE, prior to hospitalization, I left my body and stood on a snow-capped mountain range overlooking a vast, green valley. It was the greenest valley I had ever seen, with a deep, deep emerald green color. Across the valley was an opposing snow-capped mountain range spanning the horizon as far as I could see. The sky above me was the deepest, darkest blue I had ever seen. In the middle of the valley was a majestic tree standing tall and strong: the tree of life. I had never seen anything so incredibly and indescribably beautiful as my surroundings. During the second part of my NDE, after leaving my body at the hospital, I was in a lush garden full of brilliant sunlight with flowers, trees, and thick grass. In the middle of the garden was a shallow, vibrating pool, and nearby was a beautifully hand-carved wooden bench.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I was overwhelmed with joy and pure, complete love for everything around me. I experienced a kinship never known before, a oneness and belonging. I was at peace and fully content to remain there forever.

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? Everything about the universe
I felt an interconnectedness to everything. I understood everything, deeply—a noesis that is difficult to describe.

Did scenes from your past come back? No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Yes
Yes, when I was in the garden with Hotei, we had walked over to the pastoral scene. I joined the animals, running through the meadow with them, feeling their love and kinship. I rejoined Hotei, overwhelmed with love, and when I looked back at the meadow, everything was dissolving into a radiant, shimmering light. Hotei smiled and told me I could not stay; I was only a visitor and had to return to the physical plane.

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life
During the first part of my NDE, prior to hospitalization, I heard my husband calling me over and over while I was under the Tree of Life with Holly. I sensed fear in his voice, and as soon as I had that thought, I was pulled away from the tree and valley and back into my body. During the second part, when Hotei told me I could not stay in the garden, I knew it was my time to return to my physical body.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Other or several faiths
Native American & New Age. My maternal bloodline is Cherokee; I'm 1/16th, and spiritual beliefs and practices were passed down to me by my mother. Childhood and early adult experiences led me to research metaphysical belief systems.

Have your religious practices changed? No

What is your religion now? Other faiths - New age
I am spiritual but not religious, believing in reincarnation, karma, metaphysics, and the law of attraction.

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
I had known during my childhood that I had been given the gift of healing. I was well aware of that gift as a child, but as I grew into adulthood it lessened over time. My experience brought it back tenfold.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes
I became a more compassionate and tolerant person.

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
During the second part of my NDE at the hospital, when I became pure spirit energy and left my physical body, I entered the garden and saw a wispy white cloud floating above the ground. From within it, Hotei, the Buddhist monk, materialized.

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? Yes
Hotei's message indicated that I had been to the garden many times before, during my life between lives.

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Yes
The awareness that everything is made from pure love and has been given to us in pure love.

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes
I was fully aware of the pure, unconditional divine love coming from everything in my surroundings—an overwhelming presence that can only be described as God.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes
I sensed my purpose is to heal plants, animals, and people.

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes
The awareness that earthly life is the foundation on which to build our spiritual growth through learning unconditional love and compassion.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes
Hotei explained that I go to the snow-capped mountain ranges, the Tree of Life, and all the animals between the physical and spiritual planes—a halfway point before crossing to the spiritual plane, coming into the garden as pure spirit energy. I come to the garden for rest, healing, and rejuvenation. Afterwards, I leave the garden and begin my life-between-lives, where I undergo three levels of education. The first level is animal care-giving, the second is plant care-giving, and the third is the healing arts. At each level, I am attended by a different guide, all of whom I have met many, many times before.

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? Yes
An awareness that we perpetuate separation from each other by focusing on our differences instead of seeing our connection to each other as creations made by the same God out of pure love.

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes
The awareness that through God's pure love we can dispel fear and come to realize that we are all connected through the love of our creator. Through that love, we can learn to respect all the gifts we have been given on our earthly plane and become better stewards of our beautiful planet by nurturing her, the animals, and each other.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life
I became a vegetarian and a strong supporter of our environment and animal rights. I became certified as a healing touch practitioner, past life regressionist, hypnotherapist, dowser, and shamanic drumming instructor, and ultimately earned graduate degrees in anthropology and archaeology.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes
Certain people that were in my orbit at the time of my NDE have fallen away, but I have met others who are open-minded or who have had experiences of their own. I have found many new and wonderful friends as a result of my NDE.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Uncertain
Afterwards, it was difficult to express the experience in words that fully described its beauty and depth. Language did not do it justice. Today, after many decades, I am better able to convey the depth and beauty, but I still struggle to fully and completely describe it to family, friends, and the public.

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
Generally, I have an incredible, perhaps photographic memory, but my experience stands out far above any other experience I remember from that time or any other time in my life.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes
I can easily leave my body, regularly experience precognitive dreams, have a heightened healing ability through laying on hands, and communicate with the deceased.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Seeing my dog Holly under the tree of life and reuniting with my spirit guide, Hotei, in the garden.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
I shared it immediately with my family members from my hospital bed. My mother was Cherokee and raised us with an open-minded approach to the world beyond the veil. My father passed away the following year, in the summer of 1991, and my family, especially my mother, found great comfort in hearing about my NDE. I also shared it with my co-workers at the university. I worked in a liberal department surrounded by doctors of complementary and alternative medicine, as well as social scientists, all very open-minded. I was extremely fortunate and still am to be surrounded by like-minded individuals. Most people who hear my NDE account seem to let go of fearing death.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes
My earliest event occurred a few weeks before my sixth birthday. I contracted red measles and became extremely ill, and as I languished in a fevered state I underwent my first near-death experience. I left my physical body and flew upwards and away from my home while clinging tightly to the hand of a beautiful being of light. I was taken to an ancient village populated by olive-skinned people, and as I walked through the streets and gazed directly into the villagers' eyes, my ancient past and familial connection to them became crystal clear. These people had been my family and this ancient village was once my home. My childhood NDE only reinforced the validity of my adult NDE.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real
Because of the energetic alteration in my physiology and the heightened increase in my intuition, precognition, psychic dreams, sensitivity to fluorescent lighting, loud sounds, and sense of smell and touch.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
Over time, my abilities as outlined above have increased, and I fully believe the NDE was the catalyst.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes
Binaural beats meditation and Monroe's Hemi-Sync.

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience? Yes
The questions were characteristic of a well-thought-out form of categorical data collection with appropriate follow-up that aligns well with gathering empirical data and adherence to the scientific method.

Anything else to add? Only that my NDE was perhaps the best life event I have ever experienced.