Author Jason Criddle
What Researchers Found
The Story
Jason Kiddle, a motivational speaker, writer, and businessman, had a near-death experience after heart bypass surgery. Complications from pulmonary embolisms and depleting magnesium sulfate caused his body to fail while in the hospital. During the NDE, Jason stood up to find his nurse. He left his body and saw himself lying on the bed. As he walked toward the door, each blink brought glimpses of all his dreams, imaginations, thoughts, and eternal beauty. He felt strong emotions like goosebumps. This experience lasted as long as twice his life. After the NDE, Jason saw society's routines as a trap. He gained a strong purpose to change the world. He became happier, wrote books, and started a business that helps people through giving back and new ways to earn money.
“felt everything fall out of me my body up and I the only thing that I could”
This NDE lacks any veridical perception claims, featuring only a self-observation from a plausible bedside vantage and internal visionary glimpses during an altered state post-surgery. No specific, verifiable details of medical procedures, staff actions, or hidden information are reported, and no verification attempts or confirmations are described.
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 self-observation from a plausible bedside vantage and internal visionary glimpses during an altered state post-surgery. No specific, verifiable details of medical procedures, staff actions, or hidden information are reported, and no verification attempts or confirmations are described.
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.