"After Death Comes Something Wonderful“ | Dr. Angelo Barrile's near-death experience
What Researchers Found
The Story
Angelo Barillas, a 44-year-old medical doctor and member of Switzerland's National Council, experienced a near-death event on March 15, 2021. He was weakened by chemotherapy for aggressive lymph node cancer diagnosed in late 2020. During a sleepless night, while doing breathing exercises, he felt catapulted into another dimension. He connected to the universe, sensing stars, galaxies, mountains, and ants with his soul. He realized everything is alive and equal. He relived life events, feeling joy and pain from all perspectives, including hurts he caused others. He learned life's meaning is to preserve all life, and his cancer had purpose. He felt infinite love and perfection in his path. Ready to die, he was told his time had not come and he had work to do. He returned to his body. After the experience, Barillas lost fear of death and gained certainty of an afterlife. His spirituality deepened, focusing on universal connection over organized religion. He now lives intuitively, prioritizes quality of life in medicine, and feels stronger empathy for suffering beings.
“love it is death it is life everything is the same and I am part of it that was”
This NDE lacks any veridical perception claims, such as observing external events or details impossible to know normally; it is a purely internal mystical experience involving cosmic unity and personal life review without verifiable elements. The only potential detail is noting the time upon return, but this is accessible normally. Medical severity is moderately compromised due to physical weakness from chemotherapy.
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, such as observing external events or details impossible to know normally; it is a purely internal mystical experience involving cosmic unity and personal life review without verifiable elements. The only potential detail is noting the time upon return, but this is accessible normally. Medical severity is moderately compromised due to physical weakness from chemotherapy.
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.