Has anyone here ever had a near death experience? Can you tell me about it?

Yes.

No. I don't share.

I have had one. I thought(?), dreamed(?), imagined(?), or really did see and speak to my deceased daughter. That's all I want to say about it. I'll always wonder.

Drunk to much of some brew that had like all types of il=legal fungils in it. Freaked out went upstairs to chill and pull self together. Thought id left light on, got up to turn out light, looked back and i was still lying on the bed. You work it our 'cos i cant.
Stay Strong!

I did.

twice.

There is no after life...all there is..IS life.

always life...nothing dies....all is alive. Always alive. Life is the universe...the universe IS life..and life comes from and originates IN life...there is no death.

The universe is concious. .as a result of the life that gave it birth.

yea 10000$ and ill spill some beans

many many years ago, when i was a teenager i raced a car on a road and hit a dip that i forgot was there at 70mph and a semi was coming head on in the other lane and my car went into a max fishtail and i had to countersteer 7 or 8 times flawlessly otherwise i was dead....

and i did it perfectly, because of the survival instinct when many would of asked jesus to take the wheel and die

Here is the short version. I had a very bad heart attack at 49 years old in 2001. It turns out that after having a subsequent stroke several years later (post heart attack) it was discovered that a clotting blood disorder probably was the cause. Anyway, I really should have died. Lots of heart damage.

After being in the hospital for over two weeks the day of my discharge, 10 minutes before walking out the door, I coded. I was sitting on the edge of the bed watching TV alone and don't remember a thing about passing out. No one was in the room to see me and my Telemetry monitor had already been removed. I was in street clothes waiting for my wife to come get me. My wife walked in the room and found me foaming at the mouth laying down on the bed. She screamed for help. They don't know how long I was out. Thank heaven they had not yet pulled the last IV out. It took three heavy duty shocks to revive me, leaving some pretty impressive burn marks on my chest. The team did not think I was going to recover - not responding to meds given.

It is hard to really explain what happened next. It really changed my whole life. I felt like I was in a tall smoke stack at the bottom moving toward a bright light at the top of the stack. It was like sky diving but in reverse moving upward. Every thing was black except for the light. This was not a pleasant experience but no pain was involved, just a feeling of total surrounding emptiness. No sense of touch either, just floating.

I continued to move to the light slowly and upon passing through it I became aware of the room jammed full of hospital staff. The light to me was life. I get very emotional thinking about it even now and have some tears now. I am no big baby either. My nurse was crying. I noticed I urinated in my pants. My wife was a wreck, understandably.

That was just the beginning as surgery immediately occurred and so on. The whole experience effected me. I was so grateful to be alive and thankful to the nurse (my ICU nurse) that essentially ran the code since the doctor was less then to be desired.

I was very successful in business and upon given the opportunity changed careers and became an ICU nurse. My wife at first thought I was crazy, at first. I love the new job and have revived a few patients myself. I have also heard many a patient's last heart beat and watched for the spirit to leave. Nothing appears to me. I have, however, had patients talk to others in the room when no one is there that is visible to me. I am not sure what to believe in.

I don't fear the death process itself. I fear not waking up in the morning and spending another day with my family. I have my own personal paramedic (ICD) in my chest now and fear another shock of my life, pun intended. Zap!

I can not express how strong my emotions are reliving the the tunnel experience.

Regards.

If you believe in parallel universes you can die in this universe but live in another. There are unlimited universes.

All universes are one...they make up the whole..like many pages make a book..and we..are letters on those pages..unfolding the eternal story of life.

books have chapters..as do our lives.

in our lifes final chapter..we get to see who done it..its a mystery until our life is completed.

Thats why every nde...ways ends with "its not your time..you must return and complete your life"..or something very similar...our life is a book which we must finish.

More info on this subject matter here:

Thread: Continuity of Consciousness / The Near-Death Experience (Dr. Pim Van Lommel)

I found myself in absolute blackness with no sense of direction. I was afraid till I realized all the weight of life had lifted off my conscious form and I was at peace.

I almost checked out again this last time but accepted it without fear

Thank you for sharing.

I think we need more of these, I think we need to move past religion as it is and start listening and believing people with experiences like yours.

Yep, I've had a NDE. Had a heart attack in 2007 at age 58. Flat lined 3 times, the NDE happening on the first one.

The state of being I experienced during the NDE was far more intense than I'd ever before...or since...experienced. Plus, there was a feeling of "wholeness" I'd never experienced in this life. I can't remember what that felt like, but I remember thinking to myself how wonderful it felt to feel it.

I didn't want to return to this life when I found I had to, but reluctantly accepted it (still don't know why I had to return here). The reality is not here but in that other place...realm...dimension...whatever, although from all we can perceive it seems this life is the reality.

Our spirit, soul, consciousness (whatever you want to call it) goes on past this life. What I learned is there is no judgement, only love and enlightenment, finding out what is the most important thing...unconditional love.

I have no tangible proof for what happened to me. So for those who doubt my story I support anyone in their disbelief. Because one should never accept anyone's word without any tangible proof. And of course, I have none. My experience (which is personal and not to be taken as a "lesson" or advice) shows me that to do so greatly opens up the chance of severing consciousness from it's source. If the majority of us practiced unconditional love (the "Golden Rule") this existence could be a paradise.

Great account... Thanks for sharing it....

Author/Researcher Kenneth Ring wrote a book in the 1980's focusing on the aftereffects that transpired within individuals who have NDE's. In other words how those experiences served to change their state of being... The book is called 'Heading Toward Omega'... Mentioning it to you because it may be of personal interest to you - given your experiences...

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Yes, Major operation. Remember flowing green fields and hills and weightlessness. This was while I was under. So whether I died or not or was dreaming...

I never did but I know a guy who had one. He almost froze to death after crashing his plane in Lake Erie in the early winter. The chopper found him just before he checked out. By then he was so bad he couldn't move or speak. Just as he was getting near the end he said he saw his life play like a movie, just like people often describe.

Being absent from the body is being present with the lord !

Last year on Feb. 28th, I felt perfectly fine, excellent health, no prior medical problems, and wasn't on any meds. I was 47-years old. By 5 p.m. my body began aching like I had the flu. I began drinking water and took a Tylenol cold and flu tablet. I fell asleep and woke up 2-hours later.

It's 7 p.m. now and I got up to get another drink of water. My body ached worse and it was extremely painful to take a small step. I managed to sit back down on the edge of my bed and I remember feeling the urge to vomit. I shouted out to my son to get me the trash can from the restroom and that's all I remember.

I fell face first to the floor; thereby breaking my nose. My next memory was being in a grassy field with people I didn't know. I can't tell you what they were doing, but what happened next was so odd.

I could hear my wife screaming my name again and again. Then I very gradually came back into existence. It was like being peacefully awaken after a full nights rest.

I saw my wife kneeling over me and she was shaking my body trying to get me to respond. I could see she was in a panic, but I couldn't reply immediately. When I could, I shouted back "what's wrong?" I thought something serious happened to one of the kids. She told me that I had a heart attack!

I wasn't scared. I remained very calm, because my body was still at peace. I realized I was on the floor, blood was in my mouth and nose from breaking it from my fall. I felt no pain, including body ackes.

I noticed the ambulance and firefighters were working on me, so I asked her to gather the children around me, so I could say my final goodbyes. I told them I loved them and it felt like my consciousness was going to fade out, but it didn't I became more alert and felt extremely wonderful and euphoric. I literally got up off the floor myself and experience no discomfort or body pain. Even my broken nose didn't hurt.

I refused transport to the hospital and went to see my doctor the next day. An EKG and bloodwork all came back normal. It was totally unexplained. Since this experience, I nolonger fear death. Not anymore.

I'm not sure if what I experienced was a dream or out of body experience, but I will say I suffered no pain or felt any fear. It was peace beyond belief!

2 times

1st in void
2nd in golden illusion

Yes..I had that happen to me too. The movie was very fast and I watched and felt remorse for certain parts of my life but I was in my 20's when it happened. I can't remember what they were. I remember it was important that I see that. It was important that I understood why I was here.

I wanted to go with people beyond here but knew I had 3 things I had to do. Learn love, teach love, and learn as much as I could. I knew I could have just stayed with them and really wanted to as I could only feel love from them.

Communication was in thought not voice, and it was so fast like lightspeed so to speak.

It made me realize we are here for a reason. What we do here has meaning for there...

Yes. :)

I don't want a short story for my life. I want a nice long novel filled with family good times.

Might I suggest you visit Kevin's site? It is the best NDE site I've found with thousands of stories.
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yes, I wrote a book about it.

Had a shared death experience with my brother. I was sitting in room alone with him, on his bed, holding his hand. Suddenly I was shocked! When I tried to stand up my leg would not work. This was just the beginning....Eventually I fell asleep in a chair next to his bed, still holding his hand. We began talking, which he had been unable to do for the past 25 years. It was like we were watching a movie together. I now realize this was part of his life review. I woke myself up by saying out loud "You made me feel safe". At this point I just figured that I had been dreaming while napping. I left the room, went outside to sit for awhile. I remember commenting to the nurse as I passed her station that I had just experienced the most restful nap ever.
Later in the night, I again fell asleep next to my favorite older brother. This time I saw the most beautiful large building. It was on a hill top and I was standing at the bottom of the hill. The building appeared to be made of giant pieces of stone, but it emitted light. The building had windows, and this golden light came from inside, but the building itself was alive with this light. As I watched the light, which appeared to be gold, with diamond like shine in it, I became aware of a presence next to me. It too was golden light, with white diamond sparkles. A sudden sense of love covered me. AT this point I asked the light source a question. I did not receive an answer. I woke up quickly, by jumping in the chair. I looked over at my brother. He appeared to still be alive, but very peaceful. He did pass away a few hours later.
I was very shaken by the whole experience. At the time I was not familiar with shared death experiences. Now I know what occurred in that room, that night, was real. As far as the after effects, they are also very real. Funny I had a severe allergic reaction a few months later. Never had allergies before. The really odd thing was I had gone to bed that night after working outside in the yard all day. I began dreaming of a girl I knew from childhood. Had not seen this girl in 40 years. I was aware I was dreaming because I asked myself why is Mary in my dream, telling me to go see a doctor. Bam, I wake up, and I begin itching intensely. Then the hives showed up. Within minutes I was unable to speak above a whisper, due to swelling. Ended up in Hospital ER and was saved. I googled Mary after this incident. Turns out she is a nurse practitioner in another state.
Other after effects as well. Most are decreasing as time passes. Thankfully.

I think the main reason NDE'ers are told to come back is because as long as the body is viable, there is so much valuable experience to be gained in the physical life that will help to attain a higher plane or dimension later rather than go there now and have so much more to learn there. The purpose of Physical life is to grow the Spirit body.
Then there is also the fact that NDE''ers have experienced something that they can share with the rest of us to help everyone learn more about what awaits us after death so that is another reason for being told to 'go back'.