Josh L
SOBE
Greyson Scale: 18
#33212
- CountryCanada
- GenderM
- AgeAdult
- Date Experienced5/10/2025
- Date Submitted1/5/2026
The experience included
Time lost all meaningSee a bright unearthly lightDevelop psychic abilitiesUnderstand everything about universeOBE, Out of body experienceFeeling one with the universeEncounter life forms in other worlds or spaceStated they were/are one with GodSpiritual world more real than physical realityExplains the purpose of individual livesDescribes God
Experience Description
I was following Jesus quite intensely, fasting, repenting of sins, forgiving all others, and so on. All my childhood traumas surfaced to be looked at again, and I searched for who I needed to forgive or what I needed to repent for. I started experiencing what people would call "spiritual warfare" from the demonic influence in my psyche.
Then, I was fishing one day when I suddenly felt a lightning bolt shock up my spine. I was suddenly out of my body and in another realm. I saw the gates of heaven glowing with a gold more brilliant than our normal view of it. Beings made of light stood behind the gates. They were humanoid beings without wings, but they had no facial features as they were made of pure light. I heard a voice that sounded like thunder say, "Why are you here?" I was terrified and repented.
Then I was back in my body and filled with bliss and ecstasy for the coming days. During which time, I suddenly had abilities I didn't have before: clairvoyance, clairaudience, spontaneous healing, what seemed like telepathy and astral travel, and so on.
During that time, I had a second out-of-body experience. It was the same sensation as before; I felt a lightning bolt up my spine and then I was out of my body. I saw otherworldly beings (aliens), tall and blue. I am trying to remember, but they may have been of different species from what I recall. I also saw what appeared to be a giant lying dead on the ground. Then I was back in my body.
Background Information
Gender
Male
Date NDE Occurred
5/10/2025
Near Death Experience Elements
At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event?
No, Nothing happened; I was all of a sudden out of my body., Other (briefly specify), I was fine, and then I felt a lightning bolt shock up my spine.
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
How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness?
Normal consciousness and alertness
At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?
I was as fully alert and aware of the experience as I am now, as if nothing was different except I was in another world.
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, Time was inconsequential; I don't remember experiencing it.
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
Vivid.
Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience
Normal hearing.
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?
No
Did you see any beings in your experience?
No
Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings?
Yes, After the event, I heard my deceased grandmother reach out to say she was proud of me.
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, I saw beings made of light. I was the light at the same time, and light surrounded me at home after the experience.
Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world?
A clearly mystical or unearthly realm, I saw the gates of heaven. Nothing more, nothing less.
What emotions did you feel during the experience?
I had a feeling of ecstasy and bliss after the experience, but during it I was frightened.
Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness?
No
Did you have a feeling of joy?
No
Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe?
I felt united or one with the world
Did you suddenly seem to understand everything?
Everything about the universe, When I returned to my body, I was getting constant downloads of universal knowledge. I understood the Bible on a far deeper level and the nature of life. Through compassion, I would resonate with others and get intuitive information about them and their lives.
Did scenes from your past come back to you?
I saw my life flash before my eyes in a blip. After the event, it was like I was possessed by the Holy Spirit. This is the only way I can describe it, and the Holy Spirit was working in me to fix my programming. I would meditate, and the Holy Spirit was somehow working to edit my memories, healing my traumas.
Did scenes from the future come to you?
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 - Protestant, I was following Jesus religiously at the time of the experience, repenting of sins, forgiving all others, and increasing my capacity for compassion toward all others, including through fasting.
Have your religious practices changed since your experience?
Yes, I'm leaning Hindu but still hold Jesus in the highest regard as someone to follow and emulate.
What is your religion now?
Do not know, The NDE was biblical, but my impression of God following the experience was more Hindu. Right now, my beliefs are being reorganized.
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 never expected to see the gates of heaven, beings made of light, giants, or aliens, but they are not inconsistent with the broad Christian worldview, including the Book of Enoch. What was inconsistent was the more gnostic impression of negative beings harvesting my energy. It was also inconsistent that my impression of God following the event was that we are all God experiencing being human, and the 'I AM' voice I heard and hear ever since. While the great I AM is recognized in all Abrahamic traditions, my impression of it was more in line with the Atman of the Hindu tradition. I am that.
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?
I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin, I heard a booming voice like thunder and saw beings. They were aliens, giants, and people made of light.
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 universal connection or oneness?
Yes, I realized I am everything and everyone. This feeling carried with me long after. I would look at others and see no division between myself and them. Non-duality is the ultimate reality.
Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion
During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose?
Uncertain, I got the impression that what we do doesn't matter beyond being a kind and compassionate person. You can do whatever you want, but we suffer when we do things outside of love.
During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life?
Uncertain, I didn't get a clear impression other than I was speaking with God through people after the event, and they basically told me to be more careful about how I live. But my personal impression is it's all about how much we can love, even when it hurts. After the event I was having strange encounters with people where they would say things to me from the view of God, and the people would have no recollection of the conversation.
During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife?
Yes, I got the clear impression that the beings made of light that I saw were deceased humans in a state of eternal bliss on the other side.
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, I got the impression that my energy was being harvested by perhaps what you'd call negative beings or archons, although I didn't have the words to describe that at the time. It was terrifying. But I was also exorcised during this experience, so I think that's over.
During your experience, did you gain information about love?
Yes, Love is the answer, perfect love casts out fear. Do not be afraid of anything. Because we are one, why would I ever not want to be in a state of loving compassion towards others?
What life changes occurred in your life after your experience?
I believe we should fear nothing. We should love more. We should be compassionate towards all others because on a deeper level of your being, you are them. I am probably more spiritual and less specifically religious because I found there is deep truth in multiple spiritual traditions, and I will be on a lifelong journey of learning more now.
Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?
Yes, Family and friends want me to stop talking about it and they think I'm crazy now.
After the NDE:
Was the experience difficult to express in words?
Yes, How do I describe something that is more real and tangible than real life?
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 remember it clearly. I asked to forget so that I could go on living a normal life, but I don’t forget. I remember clearly. I also asked for the excess of abilities to be removed. They were removed to an extent; I still see auras and hear the angelic, and sometimes the demonic, but not often anymore. I still hear the I AM.
Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience?
Yes, Clairaudience and clairvoyance, and my chronic back problems healed. I had full access to all my chakras. I could briefly astral project and see places and things in time and hear people's thoughts in the astral.
Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you?
It was all meaningful. The most meaningful thing in my life, with the exception of my daughter.
Have you ever shared this experience with others?
Yes
Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?
Yes, I knew of them.
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 understand that people think it was all in my head, and that may be, but it was still real. More real than life.
What do you believe about the reality of your experience now?
Experience was definitely real, Same thing; it was real.
At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience?
No
Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience?
No.
Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?
Yes, This has been very thorough. I respect that.