At 29, after a brutal sleep-apnea surgery, Jonathan Van Valin felt an “inner click” at his family farmhouse: his life force began draining, slowly. What followed wasn’t panic but clarity. He realized he was not his body; the pain remained, but the suffering fell away.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Who I am and the surgery
02:28 Recovering at the farmhouse
04:03 The inner “click” and realizing I’m not the body
07:40 Meeting death with wonder and deep peace
14:24 The threshold choice and choosing to stay
17:56 ER, reversal, and the simple cause (dehydration)
19:50 Aftermath: seeking, awakening, and where to find me
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If this story inspired you, you don't want to miss Bill Dolan's NDE
He Died on a Plane… Then Awoke in God’s Presence -> https://youtu.be/6RpWyIxr4CE
What's the point NDE blah blah
He speaks like a college textbook…just get tot the point.
Very eloquent speaker & great story!
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm envious of your experience!
I love that "there are things you need to do here" without the faintest idea what those things might be. Glad you stayed here telling that as it made me smile deeply.
Thank you for returning to us with this important story.
It’s much simpler than that. Science has measured and replicated stages of what is called NDE. Right after death, the brain releases a surge of neurotransmitters, contributing to near-death experiences.
During death, the body releases chemicals like endorphins and serotonin that may ease the transition.
DMT, a natural psychedelic, is hypothesized to surge during death, contributing to intense, vivid experiences.
Those who experiences NDE aren’t actually biologically dead. Their brain has turned off every function to a minimal energy consumption.
The brain is still active in keeping its neurone alive. Since the cognitive « filters » are off, it’s very possible that archaic or unused senses take over, like telepathy and other dormant capabilities. But it’s a well known process and there is nothing mystical about it.
For Gods sake… get to the point!!!!!! Blabbering
Your guest seems to be residing in kerala state in india which is one of the most serene beautiful and silent place to be in.
No NDE.
The only purpose is to BE alive!!! This easy!!!🙏🥰🌈🩵
Makes no sense….clicking out!
Far out man😂…lol!
Apparently, hemorrhoid surgery recovery pain is also "blinding mind bending" – glad you got through it and experienced a spiritual transformation!
Awesome, thanks for sharing
I can't wait
Hi Jonathan, love ya😊
Thank you for sharing this.
Both my grandparents had a similar encounter on their death beds, although they had the experience of having seen what the doctors were doing during surgery while they were dead… and recounted what actions the surgeons took later. My grandad was also given the knowledge of the exact day he would die which, he was told, would coincide with my birth. Which came true.
Although I believe this is a real happening for people, I am skeptical of its benevolent intent. Why is it that everyone gets guilt tripped into staying to fulfill this or that ‘task’? An ambiguous mission to complete before they are permitted to shuffle off.
What’s with the deception of this source shrouding itself in an appearance that makes the experiencer feel calm, or at ease? Often, people will recount seeing Jesus, or Buddha, or Vishnu or lady Guadeloupe… it seems repugnant to me that the visages of the deity are being used as nothing more than a mask.
The idea of dropping any care, or love I have for things or people in this world sounds abhorrent to me. And again, sounds like a feeling imposed on the experiencer.
I reject any area that this world is a playground or a place to spiritually grow. It makes no sense. I once saw footage of two parents gunned down, right in front of their daughter who thankfully managed to run away. Where is the learning here? Where is the compassion, or love?
And that brings me to my last point: where is the justice?
The idea that Adolf Hitler died in his bunker and then blissfully passed into a light that welcomed him home is so messed up, I cannot even to fathom or make any sense of that.
I wish you well in your journey. I am also glad you came back because the world needs more gentle souls like you Jonathan.
Thank you 🙏
on my NDE ( with a huge hemorrage in childbed) I also dissolved into the All, the unconditional love. You're the second, of all the NDE's I heard or watched, with the same experience. After the NDE I was quit depressed to had to leave this unity, and also because I couldn't talk about it. (My husband didn't believe me and the doctor said that I would go to a psyciatric asylum, with this story) Years later, when the tide had changed about the NDE's I could talk about it and I realised that the experience of unity nevr faded away. Within a meditation I could always go to that place And now the remembrace alone can lead to the same experience of disolving in unity and love. I realised that this was me, my core, my soul and that everybody has this same origine . Thank you for sharing your testimony on youtube. It confirms what I live(d) through.
Very good.
Thank you for sharing ❤❤
Stupid people who think they can lie against God's word – the Bible. Scripture very plainly teaches us that NDE's do not exist. But these liars try and out-do the other liars with their fables of NDE's and each one is different when comparing. This alone should tell the semi-wise at best that they are liars. Scripture gives no details of either heaven or hell. It only tells us of the blissful joy of heaven and the eternal misery of hell. NO description. Yet these NDE liars tell of fantastic accounts which elevates them above scripture.
Wake up people. If you really want the truth then look for it in the only way given to man by God – read the Bible for yourself.
If offered the choice I know which door I'd choose.
This guy is brilliant and he looks like Marlon Brando’s son.
I have recently become a chronically ill adult. For many years before this, either because of stress or because of my weakened heart, I spent a lot of this taking long naps.
Now I spend most of my day in bed, although I don't really know if I am sick enough to require this.
I feel like I am just sitting on the bench. I have no idea what I am supposed to be doing with such a life. I wish God would let me know.
Fascinating. Thank you for sharing!
This story just doesn't seem like NDE to me. More like hallucinations brought on by the dehydration.
I recommend the book by Allan Kardec, "The Book of Spirits". It explains the NDE, the purpose of life, reincarnations, good and evil, heaven and hellish experiences, religions, and much, much more. The book is from the 19th century, and it really opens the mind.
This story came to me at a critical time. I first listened to it not even two weeks ago. Then four days ago my sweet dog had a freak accident where a stick landed oddly while playing fetch and it went through his soft pallet. I had to make a decision whether to do surgery etc and try and save him or let him go. The cost was going to be in the many thousands. I don't have the financial means so I let him cross over. I have been guilt ridden since then. Then I remembered this story and listened again. Maybe I did the right thing by sparing him the agony of recovery.
Many wonder about the other side. Breathwork is one way people explore consciousness.
A guided practice is linked here. https://linktr.ee/ndejourney
When i hear someone who can't get to the point i am automatically suspicious.
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Why do some NDEs have to sound so complicated?
These are near death experiences , real death is when you do not return, thats the difference . I believe in eternal life as a christian but except for Jesus no one has died and return to life but even here the life that Jesus rose to was in a glorified state of being . Death had no hold on him for he conquered death , In death we will experiance the full implications of this state….
Thank you for sharing your experience and loving peace. You are an excellent communicator.
#pinealgland releases #DMT when we are born and die, hence #NDE #stonedapetheory
I lived 3 years in Auroville, near Pondicherry.
Are in that area?
Not negating this person experience but if you don’t have proof of clinical “death” I really don’t call it an NDE and I dont really believe anything about it.
I have a weird question. Do we lose all of our senses? Smell, vision, taste, touch and hearing? I’ve heard from many NDEs that your vision, touch and hearing are amplified.
In my opinion, when we all wonder what we are supposed to be doing, means every encounter we have with others or small things we do, affect others in very important ways. You might not even realize it. Watch the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”. It explains it.
Beautiful
Thank you so
Much ❤
Amazing 🙏🙏✨
Does anyone believe this guy ?
If I were given some kind of life review during a near death experience, these are the first questions I would ask. Why was my soul forced into this human body? Why an organism that can only exist by destroying other life, tearing it apart, digesting it, excreting it, and then copying itself through sexual organs so the same cycle can continue? That is exactly where, for me, the macabre nature of this world structure reveals itself. You are forced into a body that does not simply live, but constantly manages lack. It has to take, tear, process, burn, and expel. It is a need machine wired with pain sensors. A hunger being. A fear being. A being of wear and breakdown. The mouth is not only for speech and kissing, but also the entry point of destruction. It takes in life, breaks it down, turns it into fuel. The stomach is no temple, but a chemical furnace. The intestines are the long tube of processing. The anus is the end of the process: what was just a moment ago part of the world becomes waste. And in between, we call it life.
Then the sexual organs: not only pleasure, but the mechanism by which the trap reproduces itself. The machine makes copies so new bodies can run through the same cycle: hunger, fear, attachment, struggle, loss, decay, death. From this perspective, the human being looks like a small ouroboros: a biological ring of intake, processing, excretion, and reproduction. Mouth, gut, anus; desire, mating, copy; consumption and repetition.
And the world as a whole mirrors the same pattern on a gigantic scale.
Everywhere, life feeds on life. Teeth in flesh. Bodies inside bodies. Nerves in panic. Offspring thrown into the same arena. Everything struggles for energy, space, time, protection, reproduction. Everything defends itself. Everything displaces something else. Everything dies.
Inspiring. Thanks for the honesty.
I was given the gift of knowing without having actually died. I understand how and what you felt. 🌟❤