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He now has ZERO fear of death: "It's like walking through a door into another room." Ned shares his NDE experience publicly for the first time.
When a stubborn bladder infection spiraled into sepsis, Ned Barnett flatlined twice in the ER. During his near death experience, he lived three vivid, sequential “lives”:
NDE #1 - Tranquil, dove-gray creative realm where ideas were built and freely shared;
NDE #2 - An ordinary, domestic life that quietly corrected priorities;
NDE #3 - A hyper-real action life as a hostage negotiator and rescue-show producer leading SWAT-style interventions.
On “re-entry,” Ned realized the “hotel” with stark black-and-white ceiling panels was actually the ICU—and his overwhelming drive was simply to call his wife and tell her he was okay.
The NDE completely erased his fear of ...