Nitzan L
Anesthesia
Greyson Scale: 5
#33547
Experience Description
I had surgery to remove my uterine tubes. I went into the surgery in good health. Other than being slightly underweight, everything else was perfectly normal. While I was under the effects of the anesthesia, I experienced my consciousness in a dark void. I was lying down as if I were on a bed. My spirit guide was standing next to me, and he told me without words that he was watching over my soul until I returned to my physical body. I had met this spirit guide before in a session of past life regression, so his presence felt familiar. I knew that he was wearing a human form for me, as I knew that his real form was beyond my perception. I felt very calm and safe in that void with this being. I knew that I was not in my physical body, and that my physical body was not in danger. I had no perception of time while I was in the void with my guide. I mostly remember feeling so safe, in a way I had never felt in this physical existence on earth, and I felt complete trust in my guide watching over my soul until I reunited with my body. He did not say that with words. This information felt like it was just coming through into my consciousness.
When I woke up in the recovery room, as I slowly started to hear different beeping sounds, before I dared open my eyes, the first thing I thought was that I needed to remember this experience of consciousness. It felt profound, and I was scared I was going to forget it.
Later I found out that it took me a long time to wake up from the anesthesia, about 2 hours longer than anticipated.
I would not know how to explain any of that, and since then I have been looking for more information, and I have been diving more into the research on consciousness. Then I heard about your research, and I would love to get more insights about these experiences that do not involve life threatening situations.
Background Information
Gender
Female
Date NDE Occurred
11/11/2024
Near Death Experience Elements
At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event?
Uncertain, Surgery related while under anesthesia, Surgery-related, While under general anesthesia, Other (briefly specify), Surgery
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
Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience
No sounds at all.
Did you see an unearthly light?
No
Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world?
No
What emotions did you feel during the experience?
Safety and calmness, felt very expansive.
Did you come to a border or point of no return?
I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life, There was space or time. I was in a void. It could have been hours, minutes, or seconds. There was perception of time.
God, Spiritual and Religion
What was your religion prior to your experience?
Jewish, Yemenite Jew
What is your religion now?
Jewish, Yemenite Jew
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 saw my spirit guide next to me. He conveyed the information that he's watching over my soul until I reunite with my physical body.
Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion
Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?
Uncertain, I don't take part in any religion, but I do feel that I am on a spiritual path that started long before this experience. I think that this experience made me dive deeper into the research of consciousness intellectually and spiritually, and it made it easier for me to not doubt my intuition and my emotional and spiritual experiences, whether through dreams or deep meditations. I would like to think that it affected my relationships for the better, gave me deeper empathy, less conflict. But it's hard for me to say.
After the NDE:
Was the experience difficult to express in words?
Yes, The depths of the emotional experience, and how the information came through without words.
Have you ever shared this experience with others?
Yes
Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience?
I had no senses at all, just emotion and information coming through as some kind of knowing and feeling, but not seeing or hearing or touching. No smelling or tasting either. I knew I was in a different realm outside of my physical body, and I knew I was safe, and I knew I wasn't near death in any way.