OPINION (ETH) – A man who identifies as Brom believes he has experienced the afterlife after suffering a near-fatal swimming accident. The man stated that his accident had left him paralyzed from the shoulders down, and left him close to death and that he technically died for a few moments.
Brom claims that his breathing and heart had completely stopped while on the way to the hospital and that it is then that he believes he experienced a heavenly realm. He wrote the following on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF): “I became fully engulfed in heavenly light while being propelled forward. I clearly heard the loud sound of rushing wind.
“After some moments of awe and wonder, I realized that my consciousness had been separated from my body. Instinctively, I struggled to return to my body by sending messages to those parts of my body. “I tried to shrug my shoulders, blink my eyes, and turning my head but did not seem to have any effect at first.
“Unknown to me, a doctor was with me at the time. He recognized what was happening and grabbed a hand pump to resuscitate me, and re-positioned my breathing tube. “He also directed my brother to shout at me and get my attention. “As my sensation of being separated began to fade, the sound of the wind began to diminish and I heard my brother’s voice. “I heard the doctor’s voice telling me to calm down, stop moving around, and that I was going to be okay. The room gradually came into focus.”
