අත්දැකීම් විස්තරය
9/7/2014
I was working on a construction job in Puerto Rico. It was 1967. I was seventeen years old. I contracted a severe case of gastroenteritis, and was unable to afford proper medical care. I went to a clinic, got a bottle of pills, and went back to the room where I lived. To put it mildly, I had the most severe diarrhea you can imagine. I was losing water at this fantastic rate, just going to the bathroom all the time. The woman who ran the rooming house was good enough to bring me water, but I ate nothing. Oh man, I was SICK! I was getting weaker and weaker.
On the eighth day of this misery, I seemed to float right up out of my body. So I'm looking down at my body lying in the bed still as a corpse, and I said ‘Oh (beep)! I've died!!’ I was unnerved by this. But in the next second, I thought to myself ‘Hey, if I'm dead, who is thinking these thoughts??’ So then, I felt calm and very good, thinking ‘Well this sure beats being sick as a dog, this is quite okay.’ So I'm floating in the room, right? And it is daytime. Outside there was a church and the bells started ringing. This was normal. I had a strong urge to go check it out so I floated out of the window. Outside it was blindingly bright. Whoa! It was SO BRIGHT. In a word, it was hard to see. Don't ask see with what, because I don't have a clue, my eyes being back in my body. But I could see the church steeple, and made a circuit of it. At this point I'm feeling very exhilarated. I'm flying around free of my body! And two things really hit me at that moment: first, the body isn't ME, it's just a body; and second, the whole heaven and hell thing is nonsense, we all just float off peacefully, because the spirit endures. So that was a great thing to know. At last though, some part of me got lonely for my body, and I went back inside, and sort of lay down in my body. And I slept. And the next thing I knew, the illness had broken and I was recovering.
Now-- Because of this experience, I came to think at the time that the spirit endures, and we go off peacefully. This idea I have entertained ever since to a degree, but I rather think now that it was merely a biochemical sort of effect, not anything 'real' in the sense of supernatural. I accept the idea it could be a hallucination of some sort, but it seemed very genuine at the time. So on the real significance of out of body experiences, I just don't know. But I've not feared death per se during my life for which I am very grateful.
I was working on a construction job in Puerto Rico. It was 1967. I was seventeen years old. I contracted a severe case of gastroenteritis, and was unable to afford proper medical care. I went to a clinic, got a bottle of pills, and went back to the room where I lived. To put it mildly, I had the most severe diarrhea you can imagine. I was losing water at this fantastic rate, just going to the bathroom all the time. The woman who ran the rooming house was good enough to bring me water, but I ate nothing. Oh man, I was SICK! I was getting weaker and weaker.
On the eighth day of this misery, I seemed to float right up out of my body. So I'm looking down at my body lying in the bed still as a corpse, and I said ‘Oh (beep)! I've died!!’ I was unnerved by this. But in the next second, I thought to myself ‘Hey, if I'm dead, who is thinking these thoughts??’ So then, I felt calm and very good, thinking ‘Well this sure beats being sick as a dog, this is quite okay.’ So I'm floating in the room, right? And it is daytime. Outside there was a church and the bells started ringing. This was normal. I had a strong urge to go check it out so I floated out of the window. Outside it was blindingly bright. Whoa! It was SO BRIGHT. In a word, it was hard to see. Don't ask see with what, because I don't have a clue, my eyes being back in my body. But I could see the church steeple, and made a circuit of it. At this point I'm feeling very exhilarated. I'm flying around free of my body! And two things really hit me at that moment: first, the body isn't ME, it's just a body; and second, the whole heaven and hell thing is nonsense, we all just float off peacefully, because the spirit endures. So that was a great thing to know. At last though, some part of me got lonely for my body, and I went back inside, and sort of lay down in my body. And I slept. And the next thing I knew, the illness had broken and I was recovering.
Now-- Because of this experience, I came to think at the time that the spirit endures, and we go off peacefully. This idea I have entertained ever since to a degree, but I rather think now that it was merely a biochemical sort of effect, not anything 'real' in the sense of supernatural. I accept the idea it could be a hallucination of some sort, but it seemed very genuine at the time. So on the real significance of out of body experiences, I just don't know. But I've not feared death per se during my life for which I am very grateful.
පසුබිම් තොරතුරු
Gender:
Male
Date NDE Occurred:
August 1967
NDE අංග
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ජීවිතයට තර්ජනයක් වන සිදුවීමක් තිබුණාද?
Uncertain Illness 'Illness, trauma or other condition not considered life threatening' I was very sick. Life threatening? Probably not.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේ අන්තර්ගතය ඔබ සලකන්නේ කෙසේද?
Positive
අත්දැකීමට ඇතුළත් වූයේ
Out of body experience
ඔබට ඔබේ ශරීරයෙන් වෙන් වූ බවක් දැනුනේද?
Yes Totally disembodied. I saw my body on the bed.
අත්දැකීම අතරතුර ඔබ ඔබේ උපරිම සවිඥානක මට්ටමේ සහ අවදියෙන් සිටියේ කුමන වේලාවකද?
I seemed perfectly alert.
කාලය වේගවත් වූ හෝ මන්දගාමී වූ බවක් ඔබට දැනුනේද?
No
ඔබේ ඇසීම සාමාන්ය ප්රමාණයට වඩා වෙනස් වූවාද?
Church bells.
ඔබ උමගක් තුළට හෝ හරහා ගියාද?
No
අත්දැකීමට ඇතුළත් වූයේ
Light
ඔබ අද්භූත ආලෝකයක් දුටුවාද?
Yes It was very bright. Blindingly bright actually, like being surrounded by very bright sunlight.
ඔබ වෙනත් අද්භූත ලෝකයකට ඇතුළු වූවාද?
A clearly mystical or unearthly realm Well, everything seemed normal. I could hear and see. I can't say there was any sensation of feeling. In fact, I guess I'd say there was not any sensation of feeling or touch. But it wasn't like numbness.
අත්දැකීම අතරතුර ඔබට වෙනත් හැඟීම් මොනවාද දැනුනේ?
Initially, anxiety. Afterwards, exhilaration and a sort of curiosity.
ඔබට හදිසියේම සියල්ල තේරුම් ගත්තාක් මෙන් පෙනුනේද?
Everything about the universe I concluded during the experience that it was a great joke on Christianity, that heaven and hell were obviously false and unreal, and this amused me and pleased me, that these people were so wrong and foolish. I was giddy with the knowledge that death was so easy and pleasant. That's how I was feeling at that time, that it was just a matter of floating away.
ඔබේ අතීතයේ දර්ශන ඔබට නැවත සිහිපත් වුනාද?
My past flashed before me, out of my control I went out the window, and flew around. It was very pleasant.
අනාගතයේ දර්ශන ඔබට පැමිණ තිබේද?
No
ඔබ ආපසු හැරවිය නොහැකි සීමාවකට හෝ ස්ථානයකට පැමිණ තිබේද?
I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will Yes. I decided to go back to the body. I thought ‘Well, this is cool, but enough is enough, I'll just go lie back in the body, and if I'm dead well no problem, and if I'm not, that's fine too.’
දෙවියන්, අධ්යාත්මික සහ ආගම
ඔබේ අත්දැකීම නිසා ඔබගේ වටිනාකම් සහ විශ්වාසයන්හි වෙනසක් සිදුවී තිබේද?
Yes I became a more confirmed atheist and infidel. Before, I was uncertain about the claims of religion, but afterwards I thought, ‘These guys are just like scam artists, they don't have a clue about any of it.’
ආගම හැර අපගේ ලෞකික ජීවිත ගැන
NDE යෙන් පසු
අත්දැකීම වචන වලින් ප්රකාශ කිරීමට අපහසු වූවාද?
No
ඔබට පෙර අත්දැකීම්වල නොතිබූ මානසික, සාමාන්ය නොවන හෝ වෙනත් විශේෂිත හැකියාවන් ඔබගේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු තිබේද?
No
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේ විශේෂයෙන් අර්ථවත් හෝ වැදගත් වන කොටස් එකක් හෝ කිහිපයක් තිබේද? කරුණාකර පැහැදිලි කරන්න.
The best part was flying. There was no bad part, really.
ඔබ කවදා හෝ මෙම අත්දැකීම අන් අය සමඟ බෙදාගෙන තිබේද?
Yes I don't really emphasize the supposedly spiritual dimension, and I have not told very many people, but I've told a few that death is just nothing to fear. That we all will float off peacefully.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීම ගැන ඔබට එකතු කිරීමට කැමති වෙනත් යමක් තිබේද?
I do not think, after years of reflection on it, that my experience is anything that would tend to prove that the spirit or soul or mind survives death. I thought at the time that this was what my experience demonstrated, but I now tend to think it was just some sort of biochemical thing. Either way, it’s no big deal really.
අසන ලද ප්රශ්න සහ ඔබ සැපයූ තොරතුරු ඔබේ අත්දැකීම නිවැරදිව හා සම්පූර්ණයෙන් විස්තර කළාද?
Uncertain
අත්දැකීම් විස්තරය 6923
9/29/2013
On the eighth day of my illness, I seemed to just float right up out of my body. I saw my body from above. I'm looking down at my body lying in the bed, still as a corpse, and I said, ‘Oh, sh#$! I've died!!’ I was basically unnerved by this. But in the next second, I thought to myself, ‘Hey, if I'm dead, who is thinking these thoughts??’
So, then I felt calm and very good, thinking, ‘Well this sure beats being sick as a dog. This is quite okay.’
I'm floating in the room, now feeling elated, and I decided to float out the window. The windows in this rooming house where I lived were just a series of louvers. You could stick your hand right outside the building if you wanted to. I had a strong urge to go check out what was outside so I floated out of the window.
Outside it was blindingly bright, with the light everywhere, not coming from any particular source, but as if the light were a liquid and I was in a sea of light.
At this point, I'm feeling very exhilarated, completely euphoric. I'm moving around free of my body. And two things really hit me at that moment. First, the body isn't ME. It's just a body. Second, the whole heaven and hell thing is nonsense, in terms of the popular images of streets of gold and pearly gates versus the lake of fire and the eternal torment. We all just float off peacefully because the spirit endures. So that was a great thing to know.
At last though, some part of me got lonely for my body and I went back inside. I thought it was better not to just leave my body there, though it was purely joyful in the sea of light. I went back in the room and I sort of lay down in my body to rest. The next thing I knew, the illness had broken and I was recovering, and I was not dead. I had thought that after taking a little rest in the body, now that I knew that being dead was okay, I’d be able to go back to the sea of light. This was not to be, though. Not right then anyway.
On the eighth day of my illness, I seemed to just float right up out of my body. I saw my body from above. I'm looking down at my body lying in the bed, still as a corpse, and I said, ‘Oh, sh#$! I've died!!’ I was basically unnerved by this. But in the next second, I thought to myself, ‘Hey, if I'm dead, who is thinking these thoughts??’
So, then I felt calm and very good, thinking, ‘Well this sure beats being sick as a dog. This is quite okay.’
I'm floating in the room, now feeling elated, and I decided to float out the window. The windows in this rooming house where I lived were just a series of louvers. You could stick your hand right outside the building if you wanted to. I had a strong urge to go check out what was outside so I floated out of the window.
Outside it was blindingly bright, with the light everywhere, not coming from any particular source, but as if the light were a liquid and I was in a sea of light.
At this point, I'm feeling very exhilarated, completely euphoric. I'm moving around free of my body. And two things really hit me at that moment. First, the body isn't ME. It's just a body. Second, the whole heaven and hell thing is nonsense, in terms of the popular images of streets of gold and pearly gates versus the lake of fire and the eternal torment. We all just float off peacefully because the spirit endures. So that was a great thing to know.
At last though, some part of me got lonely for my body and I went back inside. I thought it was better not to just leave my body there, though it was purely joyful in the sea of light. I went back in the room and I sort of lay down in my body to rest. The next thing I knew, the illness had broken and I was recovering, and I was not dead. I had thought that after taking a little rest in the body, now that I knew that being dead was okay, I’d be able to go back to the sea of light. This was not to be, though. Not right then anyway.
පසුබිම් තොරතුරු
Gender:
Male
Date NDE Occurred:
Summer 1967
NDE අංග
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ජීවිතයට තර්ජනයක් වන සිදුවීමක් තිබුණාද?
Yes Illness Life threatening event, but not clinical death I was working on a construction job in Puerto Rico. It was 1967. I was seventeen years old. I contracted a severe case of gastroenteritis and was unable to afford proper medical care. I went to a clinic, got a bottle of pills, and went back to the room where I lived. To put it mildly, I had the most severe diarrhea you can imagine. I was extremely ill, suffering from painful cramps. I was losing water at a fantastic rate, just going to the bathroom all the time. The woman who ran the rooming house was good enough to bring me water, but basically I ate nothing. I was getting weaker and weaker.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේ අන්තර්ගතය ඔබ සලකන්නේ කෙසේද?
Entirely pleasant
අත්දැකීමට ඇතුළත් වූයේ
Out of body experience
ඔබට ඔබේ ශරීරයෙන් වෙන් වූ බවක් දැනුනේද?
Yes I saw my body on the bed. That is not a moment I'll ever forget. I heard the bells of the church nearby.
අත්දැකීම අතරතුර ඔබේ උපරිම සවිඥානක මට්ටම සහ අවදියෙන් සිටීම ඔබේ සාමාන්ය එදිනෙදා සවිඥානක මට්ටමට සහ අවදියෙන් සිටීමට සාපේක්ෂව කෙසේද?
More consciousness and alertness than normal Well, it is hard to explain. It is as if you suddenly understand that the physical life of the body is just a part of the reality, and the life of the spirit is more real, as if the physical world is a stage set sort of--- it looks real enough but it is just appearances.
අත්දැකීම අතරතුර ඔබ ඔබේ උපරිම සවිඥානක මට්ටමේ සහ අවදියෙන් සිටියේ කුමන වේලාවකද?
I would say in the sea of light part, it seemed hyper-real, extremely joyful and also peaceful.
ඔබේ සිතුවිලි වේගවත් වූවාද?
No
කාලය වේගවත් වූ හෝ මන්දගාමී වූ බවක් ඔබට දැනුනේද?
No
ඔබේ සංවේදනයන් සාමාන්ය ප්රමාණයට වඩා පැහැදිලි වූවාද?
More vivid than usual
ඔබේ පෙනීම සාමාන්ය ප්රමාණයට වඩා වෙනස් වූවාද?
You can't close your eyes because you do not have eyes. I recall being able to look in a particular direction though. Vision was very sharp. The incredibly bright light in the sea of light was not painful.
ඔබේ ඇසීම සාමාන්ය ප්රමාණයට වඩා වෙනස් වූවාද?
I could hear. I heard church bells. There was a church nearby. Hearing seemed normal I should say.
වෙනත් තැනක සිදුවන දේවල් ගැන ඔබ දැනුවත්ව සිටින බවක් පෙනෙන්නට තිබේද?
No
ඔබ උමගක් තුළට හෝ හරහා ගියාද?
Uncertain It was not a tunnel, it was a sea of light. The light was everywhere but with no source.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී ඔබ කිසියම් සත්වයින් දුටුවාද?
No
ඔබ මියගිය (හෝ ජීවත්ව සිටින) කිසිදු පුද්ගලයෙකු හමුවූවාද නැතහොත් ඒ පිළිබඳව දැනුවත් වූවාද?
No
අත්දැකීමට ඇතුළත් වූයේ
Unearthly light
ඔබ දීප්තිමත් ආලෝකයක් දුටුවාද, නැතහොත් වට වී සිටින බවක් දැනුනාද?
An unusually bright light
ඔබ අද්භූත ආලෝකයක් දුටුවාද?
Yes If you just imagine being deep in the ocean and every molecule of water is radiating light that will give you an idea of what it was like.
ඔබ වෙනත් අද්භූත ලෝකයකට ඇතුළු වූවාද?
Some unfamiliar and strange place It was sure not anyplace earthly. Though I did not sense other beings, it still was not a lonely place. It was strange, but also like home. So you feel, oh good, I'm home, everything is okay. Death is not what folks think. It's okay.
අත්දැකීමට ඇතුළත් වූයේ
Strong emotional tone
අත්දැකීම අතරතුර ඔබට වෙනත් හැඟීම් මොනවාද දැනුනේ?
First, fear. I was dead, and if you could die twice seeing my body on the bed would have scared me to death again! Then, immediately thereafter, I was able to reason that I was really okay, because I could think and see things. Then I was very joyful. In the sea of light, it was wonderful, joyful, and peaceful. I should not have left.
ඔබට සාමයක් හෝ සතුටක් දැනුනේද?
Incredible peace or pleasantness
ඔබට සතුටක් දැනුනාද?
incredible joy
ඔබට විශ්වය සමඟ එකඟතාවයක් හෝ එකමුතුවක් දැනුනේද?
I felt no longer in conflict with nature
ඔබට හදිසියේම සියල්ල තේරුම් ගත්තාක් මෙන් පෙනුනේද?
Everything about myself or others I would not say I understood everything!! It is different from that. It's like you see things as they really are, or understand that you don't need to be concerned about the details, because it's all fine, it's all okay, you're home again.
ඔබේ අතීතයේ දර්ශන ඔබට නැවත සිහිපත් වුනාද?
No
අනාගතයේ දර්ශන ඔබට පැමිණ තිබේද?
No
ඔබ ආපසු හැරවිය නොහැකි සීමාවකට හෝ ස්ථානයකට පැමිණ තිබේද?
I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will I did not think I was returning to life. I thought I'd just take a rest in my body, then go back to the sea of light. Now I have to die all over again to get back there.
දෙවියන්, අධ්යාත්මික සහ ආගම
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර ඔබේ ආගමික/ආධ්යාත්මික ජීවිතයට ඔබ කොතරම් වැදගත්කමක් දුන්නාද?
Slightly important to me
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර ඔබගේ ආගම කුමක්ද?
Christian- Protestant I have been educated in Episcopal Church schools, and had at the time of the experience a great deal of religious instruction including daily chapel. I was not however a believer in any deep sense.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු ඔබගේ ආගමික පිළිවෙත් වෙනස් වී තිබේද?
Yes Well, not as a direct result, but over time I've had religious experiences that I finally integrated with the near death experience. I do not know, Why me? It is a great puzzle. I suppose some are chosen or something. I guess we'll find out later on.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු ඔබේ ආගමික/ආධ්යාත්මික ජීවිතයට ඔබ කොතරම් වැදගත්කමක් දෙනවාද?
Greatly important to me
දැන් ඔබගේ ආගම කුමක්ද?
Christian- Protestant From the time of the experience to the present, a period of nearly half a century, I have been subjected to divine manifestations including outright miracles. God pestered me until I surrendered. I did not want to believe. I worked in a scientific department at a university. It was not at all convenient to be a Christian. Nevertheless, I was finally forced to it. I have no idea why. It is all very strange and mysterious to me. I was not looking for this transcendent divine love: it knocked me repeatedly in the head until I accepted its reality.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට ඔබගේ ලෞකික විශ්වාසයන්ට අනුකූල ලක්ෂණ ඇතුළත් වී තිබේද?
Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience I was not understanding about what love means. It is not something you earn by being a good person.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීම නිසා ඔබගේ වටිනාකම් සහ විශ්වාසයන්හි වෙනසක් සිදුවී තිබේද?
Yes Be good. Do the right thing. Read scripture. Pray for help, understanding, and forgiveness. Keep trying. Try to do better. Do not be afraid. It's all okay!
ඔබට අද්භූත පුද්ගලයෙකු හෝ පැවැත්මක් හමු වූවාද, නැතහොත් හඳුනාගත නොහැකි හඬක් ඇසුනාද?
No
ඔබ මියගිය හෝ ආගමික ආත්මයන් දුටුවාද?
No
ආගම්වල නමින් විස්තර කර ඇති (උදාහරණයක් ලෙස: යේසුස්, මුහම්මද්, බුදුන්, ආදිය) මීට පෙර පෘථිවියේ ජීවත් වූ කිසිදු ජීවියෙකු ඔබට හමු වූවාද, නැතහොත් ඒ පිළිබඳව දැනුවත් වූවාද?
No
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ඔබ දෙවියන්ගේ පැවැත්ම පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ලබා ගත්තාද?
No
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ඔබ විශ්ව සම්බන්ධතාවය හෝ ඒකීයභාවය පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ලබා ගත්තාද?
No
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර ඔබ දෙවියන්ගේ පැවැත්ම විශ්වාස කළාද?
God probably exists┬
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ඔබ දෙවියන්ගේ පැවැත්ම පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ලබා ගත්තාද?
Uncertain During the time of the experience I was mostly amused that the idea of hell with fire etc and heaven with pearly gates was wrong, that you just float off peacefully. I did not at that time understand that the peace and joy and love actually = God. That came much later.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු ඔබ දෙවියන්ගේ පැවැත්ම විශ්වාස කරනවාද?
God definitely exists
ආගම හැර අපගේ ලෞකික ජීවිත ගැන
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ඔබ ඔබේ අරමුණ පිළිබඳ විශේෂ දැනුමක් හෝ තොරතුරු ලබා ගත්තාද?
Yes Well, I know something of great value, that most people do not know, for which I am eternally grateful. How can I tell you? It is so simple, but folks hear it and ignore it. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself, and don't do to others that which you hate, and trust in God, and do not be afraid. Do your best, do the right thing. It's all okay.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ඔබ ජීවිතයේ අරුත පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ලබා ගත්තාද?
No
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර ඔබ මරණින් මතු ජීවිතයක් විශ්වාස කළාද?
An afterlife probably does not exist
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු ඔබ මරණින් මතු ජීවිතයක් විශ්වාස කරනවාද?
An afterlife definitely exists Oh yes, consciousness and personality continues after bodily death. To that extent there is no death really. The body dies. You do not die. You are not equal to your body. Mind is not the same thing as brain.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර ඔබ මරණයට බිය වූවාද?
I moderately feared death
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු ඔබ මරණයට බිය වනවාද?
I do not fear death
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර ඔබ ඔබේ ජීවිතය ගත කිරීමට බිය වූවාද?
Slightly fearful in living my earthly life
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු ඔබ ඔබේ ජීවිතය ගත කිරීමට බිය වනවාද?
Not fearful in living my earthly life
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර අපගේ භූමික ජීවිත අර්ථවත් හා වැදගත් බව ඔබ විශ්වාස කළාද?
Are possibly meaningful and significant
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු අපගේ භූමික ජීවිත අර්ථවත් හා වැදගත් බව ඔබ විශ්වාස කරනවාද?
Are meaningful and significant
අපේ ජීවිත ගත කරන්නේ කෙසේද යන්න ගැන ඔබ තොරතුරු ලබා ගත්තාද?
Yes Don't be afraid. Death is nothing to fear. It is quite okay. You do your best in your life and the rest takes care of itself.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ඔබ ජීවිතයේ දුෂ්කරතා, අභියෝග සහ දුක් වේදනා පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ලබා ගත්තාද?
No
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර ඔබ දයානුකම්පිත වූවාද?
Moderately compassionate toward others
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේදී, ඔබ ආදරය පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ලබා ගත්තාද?
Yes Love is limitless and a quite real thing, like air or water. We do not feel this when in the body.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු ඔබ දයානුකම්පිත වනවාද?
Greatly compassionate toward others
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු ඔබේ ජීවිතයේ සිදු වූ වෙනස්කම් මොනවාද?
Large changes in my life I do not know why, but my life from that time to now has consistently had strange interventions. Any way I put this will sound absurd. My life has been blessed with lots of silly little miracles. God is a great joker in my case. He always reminds me that he's with me. The Almighty has a sense of humor. I always try to rationalize what happens but really, I've given up. God acts in the everyday world. That is the miracle of God. The miracle is all around us, and we do not see it.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේ ප්රතිඵලයක් ලෙස ඔබේ සම්බන්ධතා විශේෂයෙන් වෙනස් වී තිබේද?
Uncertain I can't really say.
NDE යෙන් පසු
අත්දැකීම වචන වලින් ප්රකාශ කිරීමට අපහසු වූවාද?
No It was not especially difficult except it was unlike anything else and so when I describe it, it sounds a bit silly, like something made up. So for many years I told nobody about it, because I thought they'd think I was nuts or lying.
අත්දැකීම සිදු වූ අවස්ථාවේ සිදුවූ අනෙකුත් ජීවිත සිදුවීම් හා සසඳන විට ඔබට අත්දැකීම කෙතරම් නිවැරදිව මතකද?
I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience I remember exactly. It is as vivid now as 46 years ago.
ඔබට පෙර අත්දැකීම්වල නොතිබූ මානසික, සාමාන්ය නොවන හෝ වෙනත් විශේෂිත හැකියාවන් ඔබගේ අත්දැකීමෙන් පසු තිබේද?
No
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේ විශේෂයෙන් අර්ථවත් හෝ වැදගත් වන කොටස් එකක් හෝ කිහිපයක් තිබේද? කරුණාකර පැහැදිලි කරන්න.
The sea of light. I should have stayed!
ඔබ කවදා හෝ මෙම අත්දැකීම අන් අය සමඟ බෙදාගෙන තිබේද?
Yes Oh years and years went by! I'd say thirty years. Finally I heard of these near death experiences, and I said ‘Oh yes, that's like what happened to me.’ I don't think people are much influenced by hearing the experiences of others. If it had not happened to me I would not believe it myself.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමට පෙර මරණය අසන්නට දැනීම (NDE) පිළිබඳව ඔබට යම් දැනුමක් තිබුණාද?
No
එය සිදුවී ටික කලකට පසු (දින කිහිපයක සිට සති කිහිපයක් දක්වා) ඔබ ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේ යථාර්ථය ගැන විශ්වාස කළේ මොනවාද?
Experience was definitely real. It was real. It really happened. There was never the slightest doubt of that.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීමේ යථාර්ථය ගැන ඔබ දැන් විශ්වාස කරන්නේ කුමක්ද?
Experience was definitely real. Well, it was more real than anything in my life. I could sooner believe my whole life is a dream. The experience was just very, very real.
ඔබේ ජීවිතයේ ඕනෑම වේලාවක, කිසියම් දෙයක් අත්දැකීමේ කිසිදු කොටසක් ප්රතිනිෂ්පාදනය කර තිබේද?
No I've had very many drug trips and similar things, but nothing is even remotely like the near death experience. On some drugs you do feel the oneness though. That is similar.
ඔබේ අත්දැකීම ගැන ඔබට එකතු කිරීමට කැමති වෙනත් යමක් තිබේද?
I am so grateful to have been chosen to have this experience.