A Goose-bump Making Description of a Near Death Experience!

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? No

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes     I was undergoing open heart surgery.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    The whole time.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?    More consciousness and alertness than normal

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Yes

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            Joy the likes of which I have never before felt. Complete Peace, a total sense of belonging and be part of such a greater whole.

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          Yes     I found myself outside of Creation, in a gray immensity with no end. Not as in a dream, but crystal clear with no interference. And all was perfectly silent. Not the quiet in the middle of the night, where you can hear your own heart beating, but the total absence of sound of any kind. And yet, I could hear with such clarity as I could never before.

Did you see a light?           No

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes     Before my eyes, I saw all of Creation as in a Crystal Ball, floating in this grayness. Wrapped around Creation was a Being of stunning majesty, as if it grew from his body. Off in the distance, I saw innumerable other Creations, each with a similar Being.

Did you experience a review of past events in your life?    No

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?           Yes            I lifted up the skin of Creation, and saw that every living thing in Creation was an expression of this being, connected to this being, indivisible and of One. Every person, plant, animal, insect, microbe, drew its’ very existence from this Being. Without this Being, if creation existed at all it would be filled with lifeless, empty rocks.

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   No

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     Yes            Within this realization I was shown how everything is interconnected. From the Beginning to the End. From the largest galactic cluster spinning around the hub of Creation, to the smallest quantum fluctuation; how everyone and everything has a place and a reason. This was revealed.

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No

Did you become aware of future events?       Yes
            For the next several days, I found myself very sensitive to any sights and sounds. I started having visions of other people, places and times. I had but to close my eyes and images would coalesce and condense before me. I have seen my wife in a world were we never met, I have seen the death of our cat and of one of my daughters (though I know it is only one possible outcome). I have seen images of places I have never been, of other worlds and of creatures other than human.

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?     No

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     It was a day or two after. I told my wife and the spiritual teacher we study with. They both were so happy for what I had experienced. It was an affirmation of what we had been studying.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?    No

How did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:            Experience was definitely real    What I saw was the truth of our being. Our inseparability from the One Mind. Being given the understanding of the Nature of Reality is something that will remain with me until I return there.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?            Then it was made clear my own place, my own reason for existence. How I fit in the Glory of Creation.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real            There is no change in my view of what I experienced, other than a melancholy feeling as I move forward in time further away from the experience.