His Life Altering NDE - Scott Returns To Answer Questions

So thank you so much for joining us today and again I'm grateful to be with Scott. I think, first of all, we can't say anything except that we were honored and grateful when we got together and filmed the first video we ever had. I never in a million years had any idea that it was going to have the reach and impact that it has and it really has been humbling for people all over the world sharing the experience and feeling inspired, so thank you so much for that and thank you for to see you. Again it's good to be here so first I wanted to start, there have been a number of

questions

, there have been some trends and

questions

and we would like to address some of them today, but I wanted to have the opportunity to share the experience of how I even got to the point of make that video.

I started by saying that even that had affected me and it really did, and now that so many people are seeing it, I would like to share how we got to that point and, first of all, I just want to say that it is also very important to understand that all of this is not great crazy production, we're just a couple of normal guys, we actually live in the same neighborhood, but yeah, if you'll allow me, I'll just take a second and share some of what happened and how we got to the point of making the video, so I would say probably mid 2019 and sorry I don't have exact dates.

In fact, I never thought I'd tell anyone about this. I haven't told anyone, maybe my wife. I have been deeply conflicted for a long time because I have different parts of my personality. I am very interested in cinema and music. I am a filmmaker and musician, and always have been. I try to do those things, but I always had to put it aside. I got to work in the tech industry for many years and I've been able to support my family of five doing that and I'm grateful. that I've been able to keep a roof over their heads and take care of them because of that, but at the same time I go to work and feel dead inside.

I would like to get involved in different things, in art and making films. and music and doing things that really move me, on the other hand, I also went to school to be a counselor and I always wanted to do things to help people, so where I've wanted to live is in the middle space between creating art. and music and movies, but also helping others, so it's 2019 and I'm having one of those pity days where I feel discouraged about having to go to work and it almost became unbearable and I didn't go to work. I wrote and said I'm going to work.

I have this little space downtown that we rent super cheap and I went there and I sat there looking at the wall and thinking and a side note here we are too. under the assumption that there is some kind of higher power, if you don't believe in that, if that's not your thing, that's okay, I have tons of friends who don't, we're still friends and we still respect each other, so I hope. that you could show us the same respect that we come from that foundation of that foundation that there is a higher power so I'm there and I'm having one of these really horrible moments where I'm happy like I don't know what to do with my

life

, I can't take it. , I can't go to work another day and I had a very calming impression that came over me that basically said that everything was going to change and it was strong. and I felt at peace and I also felt like what does that mean, everything is going to change, but I held on to that thought, well, I'm not going to be trapped in this, I can change my

life

and as always, I kept working.

It's hard trying to do things, trying to make movies and doing things after my kids go to bed and doing all these things to try to chase my dreams, so a little later in the year I don't remember exactly where we were. it could have been a church group or something from the neighborhood, Scott briefly mentioned that he had an experience and again I had a very strong feeling and impression that you need to help him share his experience with my experience at the movies, it just happened like that. I need to help him um so funnily enough I would see him again, we live close by and I never had the nerve to do it.

I'd just look at it and say, oh, that's a bit strange, I don't think so. I can ask him like I wouldn't in retrospect. Honestly, I feel like that was part of the plan too because I honestly think he would have said no back then. I don't have to know you now. You're not trying to do anything for notoriety, the real reason I think you ever agreed to share your story was because of the world condition, there are plenty of people who have passed away due to Kovid anyway so we'll understand. I'll get to that, but then yeah, greed happened, the pandemic happened and I lost my job because of it and I'm a little burned out, but I'm trying to be determined to figure things out at that time.

I'm also praying and thinking about what I can do to change and prioritize things a little better so I can get through this and once again I had this strong impression that I need to prioritize my life and I thought, well, what does that mean? So I actually made a life plan, wrote down the important things and started again, we are assuming this knowledge, what is more important if this life is not and there is a god then? we have to put first things first and that's family and God, so that's at the top of my list, those are the most important things, then down, you know, physical health, financial health, passions, health and I make this list.

I'm like, okay, this was really cool, I'm going to print it, I printed it, I put it in my house and I called it prioritize your life, in fact, I even shared it with some of my best friends, the guy who operated the camera, I shared it with him. It was like I had this great experience, it's like a life plan. I'll call it prioritizing your life and that was it, so again I'm fired. Time goes by. I start going out on a river trail that's close to our our neighborhood uh every morning with my kids trying to get in better shape and keep them healthy and not lose my mind too because of the quarantine and everything and there's Scott um one morning uh just standing this probably would have been in April um no too Long after I got fired and I think you're looking at some fish swimming in the river and again, a very powerful thought like this is that you have to ask him to help you share your experience and I was like, "Okay, I can't back out on this, he's alone, don't be a coward, just go and ask him, that's what you're supposed to do, so I did and we had a little argument really." not very nice, but even at that moment you didn't just say "yeah, sure, let's go, I want to talk about this" um, you say, "yeah, I'll think about it and then I don't know how many days passed after that, but." then you called me back and then the rest is history of why we made that video, so anyway, that was all a pretty incredible experience and it just goes to show that I really feel like the moment was exactly when you were supposed to share that experience .

Great and thanks for the opportunity to share a little bit about how we got there and the other two things we wanted to do one. I wanted to give Scott the opportunity if he thinks there have been some questions. Well, actually we can both

answer

some of them. And then if he has anything else he would like to share. with what's going on and with so many people, look at that first video, the first question, I'm going to go ahead and let you

answer

and stop talking because everyone, I'm sure you're done listening to the guy with the long hair beard.

One of the questions that keeps coming up is whether you're a Christian or not, because you mentioned that you know there's a god and I think for some people maybe that just wasn't enough of a yes or no question for them. you're not a christian i thought it was fair it's a fair question to let you answer yes i'm a christian and i'm very proud to be a christian i became a stronger christian because obviously what happened but i do believe there is a god and i know jesus christ died for me I know that he was a great example for all of us and will be for the rest of my life thank you Scott I really believe that there are strengths and and and I I also mentioned it.

I have responded to some of the people who have been asking questions but I don't like to get into any arguments with anyone because everyone can have their opinion but I know one of the guys was talking to me about evidence and facts and things and I just told them that the feeling in the room that day was evidence enough for me because it was palpable that day and I feel the same, I feel the same today, the other question that arises A lot of it is simply related to the time frame of things that happen and this is again something.

I don't feel like we're not willing to prove anything to anyone. We just wanted the opportunity to share your story. We felt like we were supposed to do it. um I think maybe two people should realize this happened before I was born this was over 40 years ago and clearly the thoughts are there and you have these experiences but you know you mentioned that the doctor then He said, um, you know you were all over the table, um, so there's been some bickering back and forth, but I mean the exact moments in sequence, you know, you weren't trying to say that this happened in 110 and this happened in 115.

We don't We don't necessarily know, we know that you experienced what you experienced and after that you know, you don't know if you started to see yourself after you had some kind of cardiac arrest for a while, but I think it's been a world. It makes sense for any surgeon, if you had passed away, you would want to finish the job, there will be a funeral and if there is something open or something like that, I mean, you would want to clean up whatever is going on, so I mean. that that makes a lot of logical sense and anything beyond that, obviously, if someone is looking for proof, well, there are very few ways that you know we could prove something to you other than you feel it in your heart and I don't know.

If you want to share something about that, I know you've been interacting with a couple of people who have mentioned their thoughts because there have even been some nurses who have said, well, I understand that for 20 minutes they were probably trying to get it back there were people who were trying to save me there's no doubt there were people there trying to bring me back it was an unusual experience because an anesthesiologist was supposed to be on site at the time and they called them in So the doctor actually did what they called a local he put something in my arm right here that wrapped around my arm and then it had two valves.

The schedule at that time was almost like it was timeless, I don't know. I know how to explain that when the nurse did what she did, which I don't blame her because the doctor was talking to her about it, she mistakenly opened both valves at the same time and I felt it start to work. It goes up my body and I remember mentioning that and that's when she ran out of the room um, I felt so bad for her today, I feel bad that something like that happened to you, it was while she was riding on my arm. and in my heart that's when I realized something was wrong, the doctor knew something was wrong and obviously the nurse knew something was wrong.

I can't tell you the time period of all this because it seemed to be the next thing I knew. He was sitting on top of my body and was observing what was happening. I wish I could go into a lot more detail than just sitting there with someone else in the room, um, time period, I don't know. In a way, it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life, why the doctor kept operating on me. I don't know, in fact, during this time when so many people were asking what was going on, I reached out to find out who.

This doctor was and was obviously older than me during the operation and I am now 67 years old and when I looked at the directory there was no person with that name still practicing. I can tell you that when it was time to go there was no question that I was moving to another place it was a beautiful thing I wish I could explain how peaceful everything was at that moment my uh I feel this every day uh in fact when I think about it it brings me a lot peace because I know what is ahead of me someday someone asked me who was that arm who was that whose arm was so good I thought about it for a long time after it happened and I know it was Jesus Christ whose hand reached out to me because it was The most comforting feeling was indescribable, the feeling I had when his arm passed through that cloud, it was the voice that felt like it was a voice that I recognized and I can't wait until the day I can see. that arm again because I want to be able to experience that peace that he gave me that day and basically the peace that he has given me for the rest of my life, I only know what the doctor told me when he came.

It was interesting because there were days later that we would see him in a store and the first thing he would do was hold my hand and look at my thumb and ask me. like everything and it was a very peaceful experience and for that reason it has brought a lot of joy to my life. My wife and I have been able to sit down and talk about it from time to time and that's why. peace and that has brought to my life I think it has brought us closer I am an ordinary man who has an extraordinary wife thanks Scott the last thing I saw was a couple of people at least one who asked me if because of this experience, if you have I've had other types of spiritual experiences and I know you responded to them andI wanted to give you the opportunity to answer that as well and you know whether or not you want to go into detail about them, that's obviously completely up to you if you feel that's the right thing to do, but I noticed that you answered that that person who asked you, like this I wanted to give you the opportunity to talk about that for the last three months, I've been communicating with a lot of people around the world who have lost their mother, their father, a friend, a niece or a best friend, and They have shared with me their experiences that they had during the dying process of these people, and I think that rather Instead of talking more about myself and my experience, my heart goes out to those who are struggling with their lives, there are many people who They are depressed and insecure with the way things are going right now in the world and my response to them was anything you have done in the past you can improve it you can improve it and I have spoken to many of them and I have spoken to some nurses who They have seen this cove in action and they are my heroes I am not their hero they are my heroes they have helped so many people overcome the struggles they have and I don't blame the doctor who worked with me I don't blame the nurse who worked with me they did it best they could and unfortunately it was an unexpected situation, one of the problems was that in that situation I am allergic to lidocaine.

The other thing that I've really noticed in talking to people is that I've talked to people of all religions in all parts of life really where Muslims asked me to be their brother, I mean, how sweet is it that I was, It was an honor that he wanted me to be his brother, I have talked to Hindus who thanked me for having the courage to share you know, I always thought this was so private and it was private to me because it was tender to my heart what had happened because it was something that felt like it was a gift to me um why it was sent back I don't know, I don't know, unless it comes back and you know how to be a better husband, be a better father, be a better friend, if that's the case, I'm going to work on it and I'm going to try to do better tomorrow I want to be better than I am today and I encourage everyone to take a step back and take a look at their life and if there's someone you've offended, go to them and tell him you're sorry, make peace and move on, that's part of the repentance process in our lives.

I am grateful that God gave me another chance. I can see my children grow up. I can see my grandchildren grow up. Hoping to see a lot more of that in the future, I have to agree with some of the comments we've had that have said that maybe one of the reasons you came back was to share the story and the impact and the scope it had. I have to agree with that. I don't think we could dispute that this was supposed to happen when it happened if you had asked that 2019 version of me who was conflicted and trying to figure out how to figure out this job versus What I'd Love to Do if you had told me then who was interested in music and comedy, who would have been directly involved in helping bring a story like this to the world.

I probably would have thought that, but I think that's the point: sometimes there are plans for our lives and we need to be willing and open to those changes and especially willing to do things that maybe make a bigger difference in the world, so thank you. thank you again for being here and for sharing and for inviting your story to the world thank you for having the inspiration to ask me so that you