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NDERF 3886 Jacob NDE 7580
https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jacob_nde.html
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1989-07-28
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Jacob, a high-functioning addict with hyperthyroidism, experienced cardiac arrest after a six-month binge of drinking and drugging in July 1989. After days without sleep and heavy drinking, he felt his heart beating irregularly before it felt like it exploded. He observed his body floating above it, then found himself at the edge of a black amphitheater looking across the universe at a vortex of white fire spiraling through space, resembling nuclear power generator electricity.
Voices from the vortex called him to join the energy, but Jacob firmly said "NO! I want my own." A slim pillar of white fire appeared separate from the large one, which he claimed with satisfaction as his. A voice said "It is not your time; you may remain if you wish though." Despite wanting to stay, he thought of his 8-year-old daughter who needed him and chose to return. His girlfriend found him covered in purple and black splotches after 15 minutes without breathing, beating him and swearing at him for dying in her bed. It took 3-4 hours before he could walk. His doctor said he shouldn't be alive. Jacob couldn't drink or use drugs after that moment and has led an examined life since. The experience led Jacob to completely reject Judeo-Christian beliefs, embracing Setian philosophy focused on individual sovereignty and antinomian spiritual dissent. He believes there is no God, that "we are god," and gained certainty about creating his own spiritual destiny separate from universal oneness, which he explicitly rejects.
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Cardiac arrest from substance abuse, stopped breathing 15 minutes
Saw girlfriend beating him, body covered in bruises
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