I had both an out-of-body-experience and a NDE when I was a teen after a car wreck. I didn't understand what they were at the time, other than inexplicable to me. I don't know whether what happened to me is proof of an afterlife, but it sure was proof to me of the supernatural or at least proof of another dimension.
The OBE was very real, the NDE in hindsight, was a little fuzzy and a little harder to remember and explain. I don't remember a light or a tunnnel, but do remember great peace and beutiful soothing music and being surrounded by beautiful fauna. Never before or since have I ever felt such a great feeling. I don't know where I was, but didn't want to leave.
I was in a coma for about two weeks and spent about 48 days in a hospital.
I had what I guess is an out-of-body experience once. I was in surgery sometime in the summer of 01 and I could like see the "wakeup room" and everything from an overhead view. I was extremely groggy though. I never came close to dying though (that I know about.)
I guess it was my imagination or something. It was kindof blurry and I could feel the burning effects of the (i guess it was) morphine that the doctors gave me for pain. I was in a great deal of pain and once the doctors gave me some extra morphine I snapped out of it. The "out-of-body" experience only lasted for I guess around 1 to 3 seconds.
The reason I think it was either a dream or my imagination is because I have a hard time believing in out-of-body experiences.
I believe that christ died for my sins and am a christian but I just can't believe what I haven't seen.
Your descriptions are remarkably similar to my own experience. Many years ago, after a terrible accident I was dead on the street (later revived by CPR). I remember a feeling of total acceptance and peace. I did not want to return. I was shown some of the things I had to look forward to and convinced to return (I was 15 at the time). For many years after that I met people, went to places, and did things that I had seen in advance. I was not shown everything about my future, just enough to tease me into coming back. After the experience my life was changed. One thing is certain, I have absolutely no fear of death.
"but do remember great peace and beutiful soothing music and being surrounded by beautiful fauna."
People who go to Heaven never want to leave.
Outpatient?
Yeah. My OBE seemed real enough to me.