Richard S NDE

Experience Description

I was in my hospital room and kept hearing the speaker system announce "Code blue, room number XXX." I remember going to sleep, thinking about how my practice would be affected by being off for a few days and going over our finances. I must have fallen asleep. Then I was lying in bed, hearing the code blue alert and thinking there were a lot of code blues that night. I sat up, looked around the room, and heard "Code blue, room number XXX." I think it was room 289; I'm not sure. I realized, "289? That's my room number."

I sat up in bed, wondering what was going on. Then suddenly, I was floating in the hallway and moving upward. I wondered how I got there. As I floated, four people with a wheeled chart entered what I assumed was my hospital room. While I was still floating up, I was still questioning how this was happening. I saw a rush of memories and realized my chronic back pain was gone. I felt no pain at all.

I realized that I must be dead. I thought about unfinished things such as paying off the house and regarding my family. But I kept floating. I said, "God, I can't die. I have too much left to do." Then I pleaded, "God, I can't die. Marissa will be devastated." I kept floating. I thought of my wife, who is 21 years younger than me. "God, my wife needs me. I have to live to support my family and help her with our daughters." I floated upwards some more. Then it struck me that my two-year-old daughter would be without her father. I prayed, "God, don't let me die, my baby daughter needs her father." The question came again: "Why should you live?" I replied, "My baby daughter needs her dad." Asked once more, I repeated, "My baby daughter needs her dad. I beg you in Jesus's name, let me live so I can be there for her."

I started descending. A tunnel of gray clouds appeared, and I rushed through it at incredible speed. The tunnel dipped downward before rising again, and ahead I saw a brilliant light. Entering the light, I suddenly gasped for air and opened my eyes to painful brightness.

A nurse told me that I had been intubated for a week in a medically induced coma. They gave me pudding to eat but I was still restrained and desperately thirsty. Water was withheld because my heart retained too much fluid. While in and out of consciousness, I kept hearing, "Why should you live?" and answering, "my baby daughter needs her dad." Weeks passed before I regained strength, and some mental fog lingered.

I believe I’m alive because my baby daughter needs her father.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: May 15, 2019

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain
I went to the Hemet Hospital with breathing difficulty on May 14, 2019. I was given a breathing treatment and admitted to the hospital for observation. May 15, 2019, I fully coded and was put on a ventilator for Respiratory Failure and Congestive Heart Failure. This is from my 110-page hospital records. The ventilator was removed on May 21, 2019. I was told I was in a ventilator for the last week and was in a medically induced coma.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? I clearly left my body and existed outside it
The people running into my room with the crash cart.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? From the beginning
I felt out of my body. I knew I was not in a normal situation. It lasted like 2 minutes but I was in a coma for a week.

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
Things just happened really fast.

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 It was clear without my eyeglasses.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience It very clear.

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes
looked like tunnel made of clouds. I went down into it then traveled up into a bright light.

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? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Uncertain
As I was ascending in the tunnel I saw are bright light the woke up.

Did you seem to enter another world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? confused. Peace and no pain. Then realized I was dead and fear that my family would be devastated by my death.

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? No

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? My past flashed before me, out of my control
It was like a flash of past experiences

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life
I begged God to let me live so my youngest daughter can grow up with her father.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Protestant
I grew up in the Baptist Church

Have your religious practices changed? Yes
I believe that the book of Revelation is a literal prophecy of the future. So I Have created a new denomination of Christianity.

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant
I grew up in the Baptist Church

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 believe in One God but if you want things to get done it has to be in Jesus's name.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes
I know for a fact God and Jesus are real.

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 voice was very powerful. It asked me why I should live.

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
I prayed in Jesus name and I was returned to my body and allowed to live.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes
My Youngest daughter has a special purpose here on Earth.

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes
I am only alive because of my youngest daughter, and I am to help guide her to fulfill her Destiney.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes
I was out of my body

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? Yes
The love for my youngest daughter is very powerful.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life
I have Founded, The Church of Revelation Science. www.thechurchofrevelationscience.org

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes
I am more spiritual and truly believe that our souls are eternal and this plane of existence is temporary.

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
The experience is very vivid in my memory

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes
I told my wife 2 weeks before Hamas attacked Isreal that something big is going to happen in Isreal and it is going to change the world.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? To make a pray to God to work you must ask in Jesus name.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
Immediately

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes
Just from watching T.V. shows

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real
It was real. I have been telling people about it since I awakened from the coma.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
I have a much different view of the Bible and all Religion.

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
The actual experience for me was like 2 minutes. I was in a coma for 6 days.

Anything else to add? It was real!!!