Veteran says 'death is not real' after what he saw when he 'died' in hospital
Chad Osinga, a retired US Army veteran who claims he had a near-death experience (NDE), shared what the incident taught him and how it had a profound impact on his life.
An Army veteran who briefly died after being hit by a van has shared details about his "wild" near-death experience.
In an episode of the JeffMara Podcast, Chad Osinga recounted what he saw after flatlining just before he was to undergo surgery.
Chad had hit by a van travelling at 65mph and had to undergo an initial emergency surgery. However, medics didn't discover the extent of his injuries, and he says he flatlined as a result of infection prior to his second operation.
'Pushed into a different room'
He said a nurse was asking him questions while he was undergoing "vital checks" before his operation, but when he responded, he started slurring his words, and could feel his body "get warm".
However, what happened next was "wild", as Chad reported seeing himself being "pushed into a different room". In an out-of-body-experience, he said he could see a doctor and nurses trying to revive him, an experience he says was akin to "watching a movie".
During this, Chad looked into the doctor's eyes and asked him to save him as his children needed him. It was at this point that Chad felt his "whole body jolting" as the medics revived him.
He talked of feeling "peace" during the incident and how he "wasn't worried". Once he became conscious, however, he claimed he wasn't even aware that he'd had an NDE.
'I no longer feared death'
Chad said: "The way I explain it to most people is when you say things in your head, you can hear it, right? Even... you can make whatever voice you want, so something hears that. Something is aware of this voice, right?
"It was like I became that, whatever that is. That silence, that pause, that thing that we can't just put our finger on, you know? But we know it's there. For that moment in time, I was there.
"I no longer feared death. I realised it wasn't real. Birth isn't real. None of this is. They are concepts. They are concepts that make us feel good about an experience that we don't understand, you know?"
A profound impact
He also detailed the profound impact the incident has had on his life. Chad said before his NDE that he was a "wreck" and that he "didn't care" about his life and would have "rather died than lived".
Yet, when he returned to his life, the things that he used to enjoy didn't "remotely" satisfy him anymore. He said he started to care "so much more" about "little things," such as plants.
Chad even suggested that he'd gained a newfound appreciation for life, as he wouldn't kill a spider after the incident, instead capturing it and releasing the creature outside.
'It really is kind of like a dream'
Summing up, Chad said: "I think that the one thing that I remember the most out of that is the feeling that I had during that experience. It was...I mean, I can't even explain the type. I don't think I've ever had that type of peace ever in my life again, even after."
He added that "everything is good" and that it was as if "this life isn't real". Chad went on to describe life as "kind of like a dream or a movie," theorising that it's "created by our mind."
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