Opis iskustva
I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off. My feet did not touch bottom and I kept going down and down and I began to struggle to get back up to the surface and soon realized I was not going to make it. I stopped struggling and I looked up and noticed that I was looking at a light through the far end of a tunnel and then I began to have a sense of peace and there was absolutely no pain nor discomfort. I have never felt that feeling before or since the drowning. The closer that I got to the tunnel the darker it became and then there was absolutely no light, only an absence of it as I passed through. It was at this moment I realized what David was describing in the 23rd Psalm. I felt no fear as I was heading toward the most intense white light that I have ever seen. It did not burn nor did it blind me.
I finally reached the light after what felt like hours of traveling through that tunnel. I stopped before the light and we began to have a conversation not verbally but through some form of telepathy. I also noticed that we seemed to be surrounded in some void because the light was the only thing I could see and I realized the light was Jesus Christ. We began to review my life before the drowning. It was very similar to one of those old slide projectors where a scene would appear and then we would discuss it and then another scene would appear and we would discuss that one.
I remember when I stood before my biologic father for getting into some mischief. I had a sense of dread and fear because I knew the circumstance was going to earn me a spanking. But this review with the light never once did I have this same sense of fear, it was as though I was being shown what happened in that scene and then what the outcome was. The Light then began to show me what was going to happen in my future in the same manner as the time before my drowning. I knew that I was going to have to return to my present life and if it had been left to me, I would have stayed.
Then in a fraction of a second, I was being pulled from the water and I was back in this dimension perfectly fine with no side effects from the drowning, it was as if nothing had happened to my body. My life has never been the same. It took several years of reflection to understand what happened and how my life seems very different from other folks. I have no fear of death and I look forward to the day that I get to return to the light and once again enjoy that peace and comfort. I also seem to have a gift of knowledge that I can answer someone's question about a subject that I have never studied nor knew anything about.
I don't know if this is common among people who have had this experience. I am just beginning to explore this event but then, maybe it's that I was given prior knowledge of events before they happen. I knew two weeks prior to the bombing that there was going to be mass casualties in Oklahoma City but I did not seem to know exactly what it was going to be. There are so many other things that have taken place within my mind, body and spirit that I seem to have more questions than answers and I am not sure where to seek this knowledge
I finally reached the light after what felt like hours of traveling through that tunnel. I stopped before the light and we began to have a conversation not verbally but through some form of telepathy. I also noticed that we seemed to be surrounded in some void because the light was the only thing I could see and I realized the light was Jesus Christ. We began to review my life before the drowning. It was very similar to one of those old slide projectors where a scene would appear and then we would discuss it and then another scene would appear and we would discuss that one.
I remember when I stood before my biologic father for getting into some mischief. I had a sense of dread and fear because I knew the circumstance was going to earn me a spanking. But this review with the light never once did I have this same sense of fear, it was as though I was being shown what happened in that scene and then what the outcome was. The Light then began to show me what was going to happen in my future in the same manner as the time before my drowning. I knew that I was going to have to return to my present life and if it had been left to me, I would have stayed.
Then in a fraction of a second, I was being pulled from the water and I was back in this dimension perfectly fine with no side effects from the drowning, it was as if nothing had happened to my body. My life has never been the same. It took several years of reflection to understand what happened and how my life seems very different from other folks. I have no fear of death and I look forward to the day that I get to return to the light and once again enjoy that peace and comfort. I also seem to have a gift of knowledge that I can answer someone's question about a subject that I have never studied nor knew anything about.
I don't know if this is common among people who have had this experience. I am just beginning to explore this event but then, maybe it's that I was given prior knowledge of events before they happen. I knew two weeks prior to the bombing that there was going to be mass casualties in Oklahoma City but I did not seem to know exactly what it was going to be. There are so many other things that have taken place within my mind, body and spirit that I seem to have more questions than answers and I am not sure where to seek this knowledge
Osnovne informacije
Gender:
Male
Date NDE Occurred:
Aug 1967
NDE Elementi
Je li u vrijeme vašeg iskustva postojao povezani događaj opasan po život?
No Drowning 'Life threatening event, but not clinical death'
Kako smatrate sadržaj svog iskustva?
Wonderful
Iskustvo je uključivalo
Out of body experience
Jeste li se osjećali odvojeno od svog tijela?
Yes
I clearly left my body and existed outside it
Kako se vaša najviša razina svijesti i budnosti tijekom iskustva uspoređuje s vašom uobičajenom svakodnevnom sviješću i budnošću?
More consciousness and alertness than normal
U koje ste vrijeme tijekom iskustva bili na najvišoj razini svijesti i budnosti?
In the Tunnel
Jesu li vam se misli ubrzale?
Incredibly fast
Je li se činilo da se vrijeme ubrzava ili usporava?
Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning
No sense of time
Jesu li vam osjetila bila življa nego obično?
Incredibly more vivid
Molimo vas da usporedite svoj vid tijekom iskustva sa svojim svakodnevnim vidom neposredno prije samog iskustva
Once again all my sense were functioning at greater than 100%.
Molimo vas da usporedite svoj sluh tijekom iskustva sa svojim svakodnevnim sluhom neposredno prije samog iskustva
We spoke through telepathy not verbally.
Jeste li bili svjesni stvari koje se događaju drugdje?
Yes, and the facts have been checked out
Jeste li prošli u ili kroz tunel?
Yes
Jeste li vidjeli bilo kakva bića u svom iskustvu?
I actually saw them
Jeste li susreli ili postali svjesni bilo kakvih preminulih (ili živih) bića?
No
Iskustvo je uključivalo
Darkness
Iskustvo je uključivalo
Light
Jeste li vidjeli ili se osjećali okruženi briljantnom svjetlošću?
A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin
Jeste li vidjeli nezemaljsku svjetlost?
Yes
Činilo se da ste ušli u neki drugi, nezemaljski svijet?
No
Iskustvo je uključivalo
Strong emotional tone
Koje ste još emocije osjećali tijekom iskustva?
Joy, peace and no pain or discomfort.
Jeste li osjećali mir ili ugodu?
Incredible peace or pleasantness
Jeste li osjećali radost?
incredible joy
Jeste li osjetili osjećaj sklada ili jedinstva sa svemirom?
I felt united or one with the world
Iskustvo je uključivalo
Special Knowledge
Jeste li odjednom shvatili sve?
Everything about the universe
Iskustvo je uključivalo
Life review
Jesu li vam se vratile scene iz prošlosti?
My past flashed before me, out of my control
Iskustvo je uključivalo
Vision of the future
Jesu li vam se prikazale scene iz budućnosti?
Scenes from the world's future
Jeste li došli do granice ili točke bez povratka?
I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will
Bog, duhovnost i religija
Koja je bila vaša religija prije vašeg iskustva?
Conservative/fundamentalist Cumberland Presbyterian
Jesu li se vaše vjerske prakse promijenile od vašeg iskustva?
Yes I have issues with organized religions. They are good for people that need structure but they miss the real joy of understanding that our creator lives within us and that he wants to be in involved in all aspects of our life.
Koja je vaša religija sada?
Conservative/fundamentalist None
Jeste li imali promjenu u svojim vrijednostima i uvjerenjima zbog vašeg iskustva?
Yes I have issues with organized religions. They are good for people that need structure but they miss the real joy of understanding that our creator lives within us and that he wants to be in involved in all aspects of our life.
Jeste li se činili da ste susreli mistično biće ili prisutnost, ili čuli neidentificirani glas?
I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin
Jeste li vidjeli preminule ili religiozne duhove?
I actually saw them
Što se tiče naših zemaljskih života osim religije
Jeste li tijekom svog iskustva stekli posebno znanje ili informacije o svojoj svrsi?
Yes I have knowledge of things that I have neither studied nor prior knowledge of.
Jesu li se vaši odnosi promijenili konkretno kao rezultat vašeg iskustva?
Uncertain I don't seem to have that need for individual attention. I feel more of a need to be connected with the entire world.
Nakon NDE-a
Je li iskustvo bilo teško izraziti riječima?
No
Imate li psihičke, neobične ili druge posebne darove nakon vašeg iskustva koje niste imali prije iskustva?
Uncertain I have a gift of knowledge and I have not fully explored everything that happens to me.
Postoje li jedan ili nekoliko dijelova vašeg iskustva koji su vam posebno smisleni ili značajni? Molimo objasnite.
The knowledge that I was being sent back to help others and knowing that when my time is done in this dimension the next one will be more meaningful that words can describe.
Jeste li ikada podijelili ovo iskustvo s drugima?
Yes 8 years later. They were amazed and they seem to want to learn more about that dimension and the light I spoke with.
Jeste li imali bilo kakvo znanje o iskustvu bliske smrti (NDE) prije vašeg iskustva?
No
Što ste vjerovali o stvarnosti svog iskustva ubrzo (dane do tjedana) nakon što se dogodilo?
Experience was definitely real I do not really know how to explain it.
U što sada vjerujete o stvarnosti svog iskustva?
Experience was definitely real Even now most of my life I have felt detached as though I am here but part of my mind is somewhere else. It is as though I am connected to two places at once.
Je li u bilo kojem trenutku vašeg života išta reproduciralo bilo koji dio iskustva?
No
Postoji li još nešto što biste željeli dodati o svom iskustvu?
I learned that we can live in peace with each other no matter what our race or religion. That in the near future we will be able to cure all diseases and with the knowledge we are gaining, we will be able to stop global warming. We must realize that the world is trying to make adjustments now for its survival. The greed of the world leaders is the greatest deterrence to peace and harmony in this world. Our children being born in this generation have more abilities with ESP and other gifts of the mind. That our creator will not allow races from other universes come to this planet until we do reach peace among all men.