Ronaldo PC Probable NDE

Experience Description

I have a degenerative spine disease and have already undergone 2 surgeries. The first surgery was to remove hernias and the second surgery was to perform a lumbar arthrodesis, with placement of 6 screws and pins and two 10 cm rods. Unfortunately, I had post-operative problems after the second surgery. This caused major problems, such as chronic pain, difficulty walking, leg weakness, tingling and numbness, as well as constant inflammation and hospitalizations. For this reason, I had to undergo 3 spinal blocks and a possible rhizotomy that was already ruled out by the doctor due to low probability of good results.

Everything happened during the first lumbar spine block. I was prepared for the procedure that would take place at 1:00 PM that day. Already gowned, I was taken to the operating room for final preparations. I remember seeing and talking to my doctor. The anesthesiologist asked some questions and then I blacked out.

That’s when it all began. A tunnel appeared right in front of me, like a wormhole. I was sucked into this tunnel where I could do nothing, not even move. But I wasn't feeling fear. What I felt was a welcoming, beautiful peace. I remember seeing red, yellow, and blue lights with orbs of energy floating all around. I remember the speed of being sucked into the tunnel and how it kept increasing. It was all very beautiful and incredible to see. I made a curve to the right, then another to the left, and then right again.

That was when I saw a bright, white light right ahead. The speed I was going began to decrease as I approached the light. I believe the entire tunnel trip must have lasted seconds, maybe 10 at most. As I approached the light, I began to see some images and silhouettes. When I reached the figures, I saw some doctors and nurses there. When I came to, I was sitting on the stretcher right in the middle of the operating room. I did not see my body, because I did not look down to see it. I started talking to the nurses, asking what had happened. Nobody answered me. They seemed unable to hear or see me.

I turned my head to the left side of the room and saw my father. He was standing right there in front of me. He was looking at me and smiling with pleasure at seeing me. My had father passed away on 11/26/1991 from complications caused by AIDS. I kept looking at him. He then came closer, placed his hand on my chest, and whispered in my head, "not yet." That was when I felt a strong pull and suddenly came back to my body.

I remember waking up in the recovery room. The wall clock in front of me read 7:45 PM. The nurse then came to check on me and offered me dinner. I ate, they measured my blood pressure, my heart rate, and I was discharged. My mother and I left the hospital around 9:00 PM. I did not ask anyone anything. In fact, I was not sure what had happened. I remember telling my mother that I had seen my father, but did not elaborate. I never asked my doctor about it to this day and I do not want to.

After that day, I felt that I changed a lot. For a few months, I still saw that tunnel when I closed my eyes. Now I see it even while awake. I started attending a spiritualist center because my sensitivity became very strong. I began to see the blue of the sky in a different shade, the birdsong became more intense, and animals approach me. Most painfully, I began to feel other people and their suffering and anguish more. My dreams became more vivid and intense. I started feeling vibrations in my ears. I can no longer go to some places without sensing the environment. The most incredible thing was a dream I had. I was in an enormous, gigantic wheat field. The wheat shimmered in the sunlight and looked like gold. The sky had a blue that brought peace, and the wind touched my skin, but it was neither hot nor cold. It was very pleasant. There was a very large tree standing alone right in the middle of the field. I tried to go to it, but I heard in my thoughts that "it was not yet time to go home." Since then, I feel great longing for that place, as if I were homesick. I feel an enormous need to find a similar place, to feel nature and the wind.

Whenever I feel down or anxious about something, I close my eyes and imagine that place. It is so important to me that I asked Google's AI to create or find a similar image, and it did. I use it as my profile picture and my notebook wallpaper. Last November, I began my studies at the spiritualist center and I am still studying. But the image of the tunnel and the wheat field does not leave my head. I feel as if I am no longer part of this world. I know my physical body is, but my consciousness, my spirit, and my thoughts are in another plane.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: 06/00/2023

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain
I don't know. To tell the truth, when I woke up in the hospital recovery room, I had no idea what had happened. I didn't know if it was a dream or if something really happened. I only know that I was being watched by the nurse. I never asked anything, not even my doctor if something happened that day. He never told me anything either, but when I needed to undergo a new procedure 90 days later, he chose to use only local anesthesia, which caused me pain during the spine procedure.

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 saw the doctors and nurses in the operating room and tried to talk to them, but they didn't answer me. I also heard the noise of the cardiac monitoring equipment.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? I have no idea.

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

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
I think it took about 10 seconds to go through the tunnel, but when I was outside myself in the operating room, I tried to talk to the doctors and nurses but they didn't hear me. When I saw my father and he came toward me, he put his hand on my chest and said 'not yet'. I think everything took less than a minute. But I went into surgery at 1:00 PM and when I woke up in recovery it was already past 7:00 PM.

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 During the passage through the tunnel, the colors were intense, alive to the point of moving on their own. The orbs of energy surrounded me and the feeling of peace was wonderful. There was no fear, no pain, no suffering. There was only welcome, peace, silence. I just wanted to stay there and I wish to return. Before the procedure began, everything was normal, stressful, and painful as it had been for 7 years.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience My hearing was always normal, but after the experience, I started hearing frequencies like radio waves.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Yes, but the facts have not been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes
The tunnel had red, yellow, and blue colors and they were intense, seeming alive to the point of moving on their own. The orbs of energy surrounded me and the feeling of peace was wonderful. There was no fear, no pain, and no suffering. There was only welcome, peace, silence. I just wanted to stay there and I wish to return.

Did you see any beings in your experience? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? Yes
My deceased father and the doctors in the operating room.

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
White and intense, which dissipated as I approached it.

Did you seem to enter another world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Welcome, peace, silence, there was no pain, no fear, no anguish, and no suffering.

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
Life after life.

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? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will
My father touched my chest and said 'not yet'. That's when I felt a pull and returned.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian - Catholic

Have your religious practices changed? Yes
I started studying Spiritism more.

What is your religion now? Christian - Other Christian
Currently I am a Spiritist.

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 was raised in the Catholic church, but I could feel or hear things that I couldn't tell my family because they thought I watched too many movies or was daydreaming. But I never imagined what something like this would be like. I've had another very disturbing experience, but not like this one.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes
Spiritual change.

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
I met my father who passed away on 11/26/1991.

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? Yes
The grandeur of the event. The tunnel shaped like a wormhole, the orbs of energy, and the lights with life and movement of their own. No human being could create something like that.

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes
The peace conveyed, the intense light, the feeling of home, the welcome, there was no pain, fear, or anguish. Only peace and silence.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes
It wasn't the time to stay there, so I returned for some reason. I still don't know what it is.

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes
If my father asked me to come back, that it wasn't time to be there, I believe I still have something to do in earthly life, even though I feel that I no longer belong to this world. That something is wrong. Nothing seems as real as it is.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes
Yes, my father and the certainty of life after life.

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
I felt my father's love again. I saw and felt his smile.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life
More sensitivity to everything around me, living or not. Vivid dreams that I remember upon waking, a need for internal change and taking one step at a time.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes
I started to see people's souls as they really are and what they think rather than what they do to define themselves.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes
Yes, for a long time I wasn't sure what had happened, until I heard a thought in my head asking me to start researching NDE.

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 think about it all the time. I see the tunnel at any time.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes
I started hearing frequencies in my ears, numbers and repeated situations constantly, more vivid and intense dreams, memories and longing for people I don't know or have never seen, and the image of a tall being, a woman, blue eyes, almost white hair, beautiful and perfect with a white and pure light that I constantly see in my dreams. I started hearing and paying more attention to my spiritual mentor, a feeling of energy change in the environment and in people.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The reunion with my father.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
After almost 3 years, I mentioned it to a medium at the Spiritist center I attend, and more recently, two weeks ago, I told my wife, who to my surprise understood and even sent me some videos to watch.

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 probably real
I wasn't sure what had really happened. I was afraid to comment and be thought crazy or that it was just a dream. So I kept it to myself for almost 3 years.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
Everything changed. Everything is different. The world is not as it really seems.

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 tried to convey as much as I could.

Anything else to add? Not about this one.