Over the following three days, I repeatedly drifted out of my body. One of those times became the clearest and most profound experience of my life. I experienced Hindu God Shiva’s 3rd eye view (symbolizing divine vision, higher consciousness, destruction of ignorance/evil, and insight beyond the physical world). Immediately, my vision changed into a 360-degree view where I could see everything around me at once, and I suddenly felt myself float above my physical body. I instantly became aware that I had vacated the body, effortlessly rising upward.

There was complete peace, clarity, and no physical sensation. I found myself in a different realm, standing in a big line among many others. Strangely, I saw myself as a young adult in my mid-20’s, though at the time of the NDE I was only 14 yrs of age. But more importantly, I was wearing the clothing which my mother brought for my 10th birthday. Which I loved very much at the time, but had forgotten about, so I was surprised to see my astral body wearing it while I was in the big queue-line. Especially since, when I first saw myself floating above my physical body on the bed in the ICU and while rising above to the other realm, I was all white and just an astral body.

In front of me stood a Being (whom I refer to as an Angel), holding a large, golden-yellow, radiant book. The Being asked me a direct question: "Do you want to stay or leave?" Without hesitation, I replied: "I will return to Earth… because there are a few emotions and a couple of lessons left for me to complete."

The Being then foretold aspects of my future. I asked, “What is the guarantee of your prediction?” As soon as I asked about proof, the Being transported me — simply through thought movement — teleported to another place.

There, the Being showed me three future events that would occur on Earth. I do not clearly remember the first two, but they were live tennis matches of men’s and women’s on the Earth. While showing them, ‘The Being’ asked me who will win in the respective matches, and later showed the winner. During this entire time, we watched those two matches from three different angles (spaces/directions — no physical movement, but simply viewed from three directions, just by appearance.

But the third was crystal clear: An image of a train accident in a forest, connected to a natural disaster. Almost 2 years and 11 months later, in December 2004, the deadly tsunami occurred, which hit Sri Lanka too, causing the exact train accident I had seen. The same image appeared in the newspapers (Eenadu / The Hindu), exactly as it was shown to me during the NDE. That moment confirmed everything I experienced.

After the visions, I was suddenly back in my physical body. I regained strength slowly and my healing and recovery continued.

My NDE profoundly changed my outlook. I started performing better in education and life, but the meaning became clear only years later. The deeper realization came when I read Anita Moorjani’s book, Dying to Be Me, in the year 2020 during COVID lock-downs. Her story resonated strongly with mine — except I recognized that I had additional elements (like the future vision) that were not in her narrative.

Over the last two decades since my NDE, a profound realisation has gradually unfolded within me — one that continues to guide my life’s direction and purpose. During the first moment of the NDE, it was as if the “vertical opening” — what is symbolically referred to as Shiva’s third eye — expanded into a “horizontal view,” offering a 360° awareness. I observed myself from above the physical body, witnessing everything that occurred, yet without attachment or identity. It was like experiencing life from a bird’s-eye view perspective.

But the deepest realisation wasn’t about the observation itself — it was who was observing!! There was no separation between:

The observer

The observation

The consciousness being observed.

All were one and the same. This unity was absolute.

In our physical lifetime, we identify ourselves with name, form, and personality due to the limitations of the mind and matter. This veil makes us forget the greater reality, unless it is broken through deep meditation, self-inquiry, or the flow of universal awareness.

This understanding reflects the true nature of KARMA — not as reward or punishment, but as a precise act of balance across all our thoughts, feelings, words, and actions, along with the consequences that unfold through time.

Everything we experience becomes encoded in three interwoven layers of our existence:

Biologically, within the memory of our cells and nervous system,

Energetically, as impressions held in our aura and astral field, and

Cosmically, in resonance with The Source.

I have come to believe that The Source allows us to encounter the “other side” of our own choices — not to judge us, but to awaken humility, empathy, and realization. Healing or purification at any of these three levels initiates alignment at the others, gradually dissolving the illusion of separation and revealing the underlying Oneness of all that exists.

This understanding has shaped the last 20 plus years of my life — the journey from the NDE in January 2002 to today has been one of inner integration, grounding, and living through conscious intention. I became more positive, open minded, accommodative to all. Now I am Spiritual rather than religious.

This understanding helped me finally realise what I had lived through at the age of 14 years.