NDE TV Presents Kelvin, his NDE was in 1972 , he was 21 and nearly drown in the pacific ocean.
What Researchers Found
The Story
Kelvin Chen was a 21-year-old student who nearly drowned in the Pacific Ocean at Black's Beach near UCSD in La Jolla, California, in 1972. He got caught in a rip current while swimming with a new friend on a hot June day. The current pulled him out to sea about 1.7 miles. He panicked, swam against the current, grew exhausted, and began sinking. As he went under, he left his body in a split second. Due to two years of daily meditation, he recognized this and chose to return by saying 'No.' He re-entered his body four or five feet down, struggled to surface, floated on his back, and slowly swam back to shore over about an hour. He then passed out from exhaustion. This brief out-of-body experience deepened his spiritual awareness. It reinforced his belief in free will and mind-body separation. Chen has meditated for 52 years and taught meditation and afterlife classes for 50 years. He now helps people process NDEs, overcome death fears, and understand consciousness choices.
This NDE lacks any veridical perception claims, featuring only a brief, subjective out-of-body experience where the experiencer saw themselves sinking underwater, with no specific, verifiable details from an impossible vantage point. No verification attempts or corroborated elements are mentioned, limiting evidential strength entirely.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
This NDE lacks any veridical perception claims, featuring only a brief, subjective out-of-body experience where the experiencer saw themselves sinking underwater, with no specific, verifiable details from an impossible vantage point. No verification attempts or corroborated elements are mentioned, limiting evidential strength entirely.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.