Man Is Shown The Afterlife & Alternate Dimensions After Fatal Overdose (NDE)

Summary

Corey Ricotta shares his near-death experience from 17 years ago, where he accidentally overdosed on alcohol and a prescription drug. During his collapse, Corey recalls being transported to a magnificent realm, encountering massive columns of light, energy, and the spirits of deceased children and his best friend. This profound experience gave him deep insights into life, death, and human consciousness, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all beings. Corey encourages others to live life fully, follow their passions, and not take life too seriously, as he now views life as a journey to be experienced and enjoyed.

Takeaways

• 🌟 Corey Ricotta experienced a near-death experience 17 years ago due to an accidental overdose of alcohol and a prescription drug.
• 😢 Corey's best friend passed away from Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma six months before his near-death experience, which deeply affected him.
• 🏥 At the time, Corey worked as a pediatric clinician and was struggling with the deaths of three children in the ward, leading to emotional distress.
• 💨 After inhaling a powerful anesthetic while drinking at a club, Corey went into respiratory failure and was transported to a magnificent realm during his near-death experience.
• 🏛️ In this realm, he found himself suspended in a massive Coliseum made of energy and light, with towering columns extending as far as he could see.
• ✨ Corey felt a protective presence on his right, although he couldn't identify its form, and sensed an interconnected web of light connecting all beings around him.
• 👶 He encountered the energies of the three children who had died in his ward and understood their life journey in a profound, non-verbal way.
• 💔 Corey also encountered the energy of his best friend, who had passed away, leading to a humorous reflection on his friend's atheism while in this spiritual realm.
• 📞 After returning to his body, Corey received a mysterious phone call from his deceased friend's number, which he interpreted as a validation of his experience.
• 🧘 Corey's main takeaway from his near-death experience is not to take life too seriously, to pursue passions, and to enjoy the human experience in its entirety.

Q & A

What led to Corey's near-death experience?

Corey experienced a near-death situation due to an accidental overdose of alcohol and a powerful anesthetic.

What emotional trauma was Corey going through before the near-death experience?

Corey was grieving the loss of his best friend, who had passed away from Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma six months earlier. Additionally, Corey had been dealing with the emotional toll of working as a clinician, where three children unexpectedly died in the pediatric ward.

What was the setting of the near-death experience?

The near-death experience happened at a club in South London called The Two Brewers, where Corey had gone out drinking with friends.

How did Corey describe the sensation when the anesthetic took effect?

Corey immediately felt something was wrong, experiencing systemic shutdown, a drop in blood pressure, and respiratory failure, leading him to collapse.

What realm did Corey describe during his near-death experience?

Corey described being suspended in a magnificent realm, within a colossal, six-dimensional Colosseum made of light and energy. The light had a unique substance to it, almost like a rainbow refracted through a prism.

Who or what did Corey encounter in this realm?

Corey encountered four beams of energy, which he instinctively knew represented the three children who had recently died on the pediatric ward and his best friend.

How did Corey describe communication in the realm?

Communication in the realm was beyond telepathy, more like a pure form of understanding and knowing, with no possibility of misunderstanding.

What significant memory was Corey shown during his experience?

Corey was shown the memory of his best friend's death, but from his friend's perspective. He felt both his emotions and his friend's emotions, realizing that his friend was at peace despite having passed away.

What brought Corey back from the realm to his physical body?

The vision of his parents, who were sleeping at the time, catapulted Corey back to the earthly realm, where he saw his body lying on the floor and felt fear about re-entering it.

How did Corey's near-death experience affect his perspective on life?

Corey gained a deeper appreciation for life, realizing that life is meant to be enjoyed and not taken too seriously. He encourages others to follow their passions and not complicate life with unnecessary worries.

Outlines

00:00

💬 Near-Death Experience and Personal Struggles

Corey Ricotta shares his near-death experience, which occurred 17 years ago when he was 27. The cause was a mix of alcohol and a prescription drug, following a difficult period in his life. Six months prior, his best friend had died from a brain tumor, which was emotionally overwhelming. Corey also worked on a pediatric ward where several children had died recently, adding to his distress. He used alcohol to cope and during a night out at a club, took a powerful anesthetic, leading to a medical emergency. As his body shut down, Corey collapsed, entering a respiratory failure. However, what followed was a profound spiritual journey.

05:01

🌌 Entering a Mystical Realm

After collapsing, Corey found himself suspended in a magnificent, otherworldly realm, resembling a vast coliseum with towering columns and a radiant atmosphere of light and energy. The light had a unique substance and an array of colors, more vibrant than any on Earth. Corey perceived a presence next to him, offering protection, though it lacked a physical form. In front of him were four enormous beams of energy, each connected to him through a web-like network, symbolizing the interconnectedness of all consciousness. This realm revealed to Corey how humans are part of a single, unified consciousness.

10:03

👶 Encountering Departed Souls

The four beams of light in front of Corey represented three children from the pediatric ward who had recently passed away and his best friend. The communication in this realm transcended telepathy—there was a deep, direct understanding between Corey and these energies. The children conveyed a message, helping him to cope with death. His best friend’s energy had a familiar humorous connection, reflecting the atheism his friend held on Earth, and they shared a special bond, though communication remained beyond words. Corey experienced a profound shift in how he viewed death and life, learning to embrace these lessons.

🌿 A Shared Memory and Life Review

Corey revisited a powerful memory of his best friend's death, but this time, he experienced it through his friend's perspective. While Corey felt anger and sorrow, his friend was at peace, offering Corey a sense of comfort and closure. Corey was struck by how he could feel both his and his friend's emotions during this shared death experience. Although he did not receive a life review, this moment was transformative, reinforcing the idea of how intertwined human emotions and experiences are, even in death.

💀 Realizing His Own Death

During his near-death experience, Corey became aware that he might be dead. He was at peace in the ethereal realm but began to question how he had died. There was no judgment in the realization, only self-reflection. He thought about his family, especially his parents, who appeared in a vision as they slept. This vision propelled him back to Earth, and as he slowly returned, he saw his surroundings in incredible detail, including the wood grain of the club’s bar, and sensed the history of the materials around him. His consciousness was floating, disconnected from his body, leading to a deep fear of how he would reunite with it.

😱 The Struggle to Return to His Body

Corey’s fear intensified as he struggled to reconnect with his body. Despite having been at peace with death moments earlier, he now felt terrified at the possibility of not returning to his physical form. After what seemed like a long struggle, his consciousness finally re-entered his body. When he awoke, he was surrounded by friends and club staff. The first thing he said was that he had seen his deceased friend, Brendan. Despite the brief duration of his collapse, Corey felt like he had been gone for an eternity, and this time discrepancy left him feeling deeply affected.

📞 Strange Validation: A Call from the Beyond

Shortly after his experience, Corey received a call from his deceased best friend’s phone. No one had used the phone since his friend’s death, and it had been uncharged for months. Corey saw this as a clear validation of the reality of his near-death experience. This phenomenon solidified his belief in the afterlife, and he frequently experienced signs from his friend, such as seeing orbs in photos and videos. Corey took these occurrences as encouragement from his friend to share his story, despite societal taboos around discussing near-death experiences.

🎭 Life Lessons and Spiritual Insights

After his near-death experience, Corey developed a new outlook on life. He advises others to avoid taking life too seriously, as it is meant to be a collection of experiences, both good and bad. Corey emphasizes the importance of pursuing passions, creativity, and personal joy. His spiritual journey has led him to question the purpose of existence, but rather than feeling overwhelmed, he now approaches life with balance and a relaxed mindset. To him, life is a game to be enjoyed, and his message to others is to live fully and freely.

Keywords

💡Near-death experience (NDE)

A near-death experience (NDE) refers to a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death. In the video, Corey Ricotta describes his NDE after overdosing on alcohol and a prescription drug. This experience involved entering a 'magnificent realm' and having vivid spiritual visions. The NDE serves as the central theme of the story, highlighting Corey's encounter with death and its subsequent impact on his life perspective.

💡Systemic shutdown

Systemic shutdown is a medical term referring to the body beginning to lose essential functions, like breathing or circulation, often due to extreme trauma or intoxication. Corey mentions this as a critical moment in his NDE, where he feels his blood pressure drop, his vision darken, and his body begin to fail after inhaling a powerful anesthetic mixed with alcohol.

💡Colosseum

In his near-death experience, Corey describes being transported to a colossal structure that he calls a 'Colosseum.' The Colosseum represents a spiritual or otherworldly space where he encounters powerful beams of light and energy. It symbolizes a place of connection and understanding in his spiritual journey, a realm beyond earthly existence, where he perceives interconnectedness with other souls.

💡Beams of energy

The beams of energy Corey encounters in the Colosseum represent spiritual entities or souls. He describes them as massive, tree-like forms radiating energy and light, with different frequencies. These beams were connected by a 'Galactic spider web,' symbolizing how all beings are interconnected. The beams include the souls of three children who recently died and his best friend, reflecting Corey's connection to those who passed.

💡360-degree perception

During the near-death experience, Corey experiences a heightened state of awareness, described as '360-degree perception.' This means he could perceive everything around him simultaneously without limitations imposed by the human body. This heightened awareness underscores the spiritual and transcendental nature of his experience, moving beyond the physical senses to a more profound connection with the universe.

💡Shared death experience

Corey refers to something called a 'shared death experience' when describing how he viewed a memory from his best friend’s perspective after he died. This phenomenon occurs when someone witnesses or participates in a person’s death experience, even if they themselves are not physically dying. Corey uses this term to describe how he saw his friend’s emotions and feelings at the time of death, reinforcing the deep emotional and spiritual connection between them.

💡Consciousness

Consciousness in the video refers to the awareness and essence of Corey’s being during his NDE. He repeatedly mentions his consciousness existing separate from his physical body, experiencing a realm of interconnected energy. When he returns to his body, he feels disconnected, emphasizing how consciousness transcends physical limitations in his NDE, reflecting spiritual themes about the soul's continuity after death.

💡Life review

A 'life review' is commonly associated with near-death experiences, where individuals see key moments from their life. Although Corey mentions that he didn’t experience a full life review, he was shown one specific memory with his best friend from the friend’s perspective. This moment served as a key spiritual insight, reinforcing the importance of empathy and shared human experience in the NDE context.

💡Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) refers to the mental health condition triggered by a terrifying event. Corey discusses how the intensity of his NDE, particularly the drastic contrast between the timelessness of the spiritual realm and the short span of time on Earth, caused him significant stress upon returning to his body. This suggests the emotional toll that such a profound experience can have on someone after they return to normal life.

💡Orbs

Orbs, in the context of this video, represent spiritual signs from Corey’s best friend who passed away. He mentions seeing orbs in videos and during significant moments in his life, which he interprets as his friend communicating with him from beyond. The orbs serve as a recurring motif of the ongoing connection Corey feels with his friend, even after death, and reinforce the belief in the continuity of the soul.

Highlights

Corey Ricotta recounts a near-death experience 17 years ago due to an accidental overdose involving alcohol and a prescription drug.

Corey's near-death experience occurred during a difficult time when his best friend had recently died of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and he was dealing with the deaths of children in the pediatric ward where he worked.

He describes being transported to a magnificent realm, suspended in the air within a colossal coliseum made of energy and light.

In this realm, Corey experienced 360-degree perception and sensed an overwhelming connection to everything around him.

Corey felt a protective presence by his side, though it didn’t take any physical form, suggesting it might have been his higher self or soul family.

He saw four massive beams of energy, each with different frequencies, and identified three as the children who had recently passed away in the pediatric ward.

The fourth beam of energy represented his best friend, who had died six months earlier. Despite being an atheist on Earth, his friend was now part of this extraordinary realm.

Communication in this realm was beyond telepathy, with a deep, pure understanding between Corey and the energies he encountered.

Corey didn’t experience a life review but was shown a specific memory of his friend’s death from his friend’s perspective, feeling peace and comfort from his friend.

The sense of unity and connection with others in this realm, represented by a web of light, gave Corey insight into human interconnectedness and the shared nature of consciousness.

Returning to his body was a slow, fearful process, and Corey initially struggled to re-enter, but eventually, his consciousness returned to his physical form.

Upon waking, Corey vividly remembered seeing his friend, Brendan, and shared this with others around him, though they found his experience unbelievable.

The time he spent in the other realm felt like an eternity, yet in reality, he was only unconscious for about 5-10 minutes, causing him some post-traumatic stress.

Corey received validation of his experience when his deceased friend’s phone number called him days after his return, despite the phone being inactive for months.

He now views life with a lighter perspective, emphasizing that life is a game to be enjoyed, and encourages people to pursue their passions without taking life too seriously.

Transcripts

hello my name is Corey Ricotta and I had

a near-death experience 17 years ago I

was 27 years old and the cause of my

near-death experience was in an

accidental overdose of alcohol in a

descriptive drug some relevant

information around that time my best

friend had died about six months prior

to this he had a brain tumor and he was

diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

and was dead within three weeks of

getting his diagnosis so it was quite a

traumatic time

um also around that time I was working

as a clinician on a pediatric Ward and

it had been a really difficult couple of

weeks in that week and three children

had died unexpectedly and anybody who

died since my best friend had died I

found it quite difficult to do it just

brought back all of those memories so as

a lot of people at that age I would deal

with these difficult Feelings by going

out and drinking so I had arranged a

night out with my friends as a local

Club bar area in South London in Clapham

called the two Brewers and need to say

because drunk and the more drunk you get

you migrate to the back of this venue

which has a club area and at the back of

the club my friends managed to get a

seated area which we sat down and a

friend went to the bar to get a drink

and it was at this point I was offered

this very powerful anesthetic which I

took which you should never mix alcohol

with this very powerful anesthetic

and instantly when I went inhaled this I

knew something wasn't right I was going

into systemic shutdown and I knew my

blood pressure was dropping my

peripheral vision started to Blacken

um and I knew my blood pressure was

dropping and I collapsed very quickly my

friends told me at this this time that I

rapidly went into respiratory failure

um you have the austeno clydomastoid

ligament here which which causes a um a

very distinctive sound called a Strider

which just basically trying to get air

into your your lungs by causing this

very distinctive sound now I was

oblivious to all of this because I was

instantly transported to a magnificent

realm and I was actually suspended in

this air instantly and I was within this

huge Coliseum it was actually suspended

between these two humongous columns and

these columns were going as far either

side as me as I could see and in this

huge column behind me I see behind me

you know I had 360 Degrees perception so

I had this section all around me there

are these stairs coming up to this

Coliseum like a thousand stirs it was

absolutely huge the Colosseum was made

of this energy and light and there was

also the surrounding areas made of light

and energy but the light there has and

what's the substance to it a feeling too

it's it's very difficult for India to

explain this situation because it's

almost a six-dimensional experience that

you then have to put into your human

five to six senses so it's very

difficult to get to the experience

across the only way that I've learned to

explain that the light there is like

when you're in science class and you

have a beam of light that's just shown

into a prism and then it refracts the

whole rainbow but within that prism

you've got this beautiful rainbow with

The Light Within it and that's what the

light was there was this incredible

colors there because you think about how

restrictive our vision is in in Within

These humans we've got a very small

range of color whereas you know in the

actual real Spectrum there's up to the

ultraviolet and infrared and so when you

take that into account the schedule some

idea of what the color in the light was

up there now when I was suspended in the

air I had this incredible presence on my

right hand side I wanted to say I didn't

have any physical form as I could see

but there was a presence I was very

confident and protective I don't know

what that presence was I couldn't see it

but I could just feel it whether it was

my higher self or part of my soul family

but it was there the whole time I was

having this experience now in front of

me were these four beams of energy I

mean these were absolutely huge when you

think about the giant sequoias in

Yosemite these massive trees but these

beams eventually were identical looking

but they had very different frequencies

so if these beams that were in front of

me beams of energy I could see hundreds

if not thousands of these energies

within my perception going out as far as

I could could sense or film and also

these beams were also within the the

Colosseum behind me now there was this

again this is where it's very difficult

to explain but it was almost like a

thread of light energy that was

connecting all of us together it was

like this Galactic spider web that was

just connected and it gave me a real

sense of how we are all connected and

this one Consciousness really you know

we're all here having these life

experiences as humans but we're actually

just one conscious and that's when it

makes you makes me laugh when we judge

people because we're actually just

judging ourselves and often if someone

does trigger something within you or it

makes you reactive for some reason

because you're seeing something is often

a reflection of yourself within that

person it's a really a really good

useful insight to use when next time

you're judging someone so this light

beams were around all around me and

we're all connected but the four beams

that were in front of me the first three

were the children that had passed away

on the ward on the coming weeks now the

communication up there is Way Beyond

telepathy it's just an understanding and

a knowing I had no specific dialogue at

all that I had it there was just this

the most pure form of communication that

you can have there's no error for

misunderstanding it's just that absolute

connection and there was no real

reference for these children to the time

on Earth it was a much bigger

understanding about their their life

journey and about what they were where

they've been what they were doing and I

also had a sense that there was almost a

bit of a message for me to be able to

move on and be able to deal with death a

little bit better than I was doing now

the fourth theme eventually was my best

friend who had died six months prior to

this and again there was no physical

forms it was just This Magnificent beam

of energy and it's like it's so

difficult to explain because I could

just for whatever reason I could feared

or sense that was who it was the

communication with him was a little bit

more different in that because we had

that time on Earth together I think we

did have a closer connection it was

almost like a sense of humor joking in

that he was a total atheist on Earth and

we were in this incredible realm it's

like what is this place and how comes

you know as an atheist why how comes

your draw here now I didn't get a life

review but I was taken back to one

specific memory with my best friend who

had died and I was very fortunate to

have been in the hospital bedroom when

he died which is devastating as it is

it's also an absolute privilege to be in

the same room as someone when they do

pass now my best friend he was not ready

to die at all he was a young man he had

a great life a great Creed he did not

want to die and he was trying to get his

radiotherapy head mask fitted to have

that treatment but he died so quickly he

didn't have time to have that and he

wasn't ready to go now I was shown this

memory from his perception so I was

actually at that time I was shouting up

to him saying just let show me a sign

that you're okay but I was shown this

memory from his perception so I was

looking down at myself I could feel all

my emotions at that time my anger

towards him but I could also feel his

emotions and he had just died but I

could feel that he was actually at peace

and he was his you know comforting and

peace and to what had just happened to

him so it's a very strange situation I

don't there's a process called shared

death experience it's almost I've had

that as a retrospective few points which

again is very difficult to explain but

again incredible to have this experience

now because I'd seen myself in this

physical form it made me then think

about my own initial death note I was in

this realm and I'm narrating this in a

way that it's chronological but it's not

everything just happened in at the same

time this is how incredible the

conscious is and you know displays the

limitations of the human brain because

all of this just happened at the same

time but because I had seen myself in

that human form I then had the awareness

that was I dead how did I die and I was

very at peace being dead and I was in

this incredible realm very comforted but

I then had the realization that okay I

had died but how did I die was it in the

club and there's no judgment there the

only judgment comes from yourself I

remember thinking this wasn't an ideal

situation to die and I remember thinking

about my family my parents I actually

had a vision of my parents in the bed at

the time it was at night time they were

sleeping but it was that fishing that

absolutely that catapulted me back to

the earth now when I went to the this

incredible realm it was in an instant

but coming back to the Earthly realm it

was a little bit slow and I remember

coming through the club area and

actually coming through the wooden bar

and then coming through the wood I

actually see it in it's all its greatest

intricacies like see all the splinters

of the world I could actually even got a

sense of the tree that it used to be and

again it sounds absolutely crazy but I

got a feel of that and then I

Consciousness was in that the club

everything there was no noise in the

club I couldn't see anybody else there

was just my Consciousness and I could

see my body on the floor my body looked

absolutely useless and insignificant as

this feeling of who I was in this

Consciousness but I did then have this

sense of fear thinking like well how is

my Consciousness going to get back into

my body it wasn't moving into my body

now previously you know literally

seconds ago I've just been in this

incredible realm knew I was dead and did

not care about it but now I was in this

Earthly realm I don't you know crossing

the fail I had all my human emotions and

it was petrified I can remember it

tangibly the fear that I had by not

getting my Consciousness into my body

now my Consciousness was like undulating

back to my body and then back into this

bar area again could see the bar in its

greatest detail I could see all the the

scum that accumulates around the bar

area but again had this sense of

absolute figs I'm gonna get my

conscience into my body now whether

through intentions or will thankfully my

Consciousness did get back into my body

and I sat up and at this time that's

when all my senses came to you so the

music from the club came on there's

everyone stood around me the security

guards wearing my face was painful

because my friends were hitting my face

to try to rape where I was mean I just

sat bolt up right and said I've Just

Seen Brendan and everybody knew that

Brenda had died and so I looked

absolutely Mentor at this time but it

was a very Vivid remember that I took

straight back with me what was quite

traumatic about this wake up in a

situation was the time that I thought I

was gone for it felt like an incredible

eternity and then to realize that was

only gone for five to ten minutes

actually that I almost caused some

post-traumatic stress disorder from that

because it was a transfer of contrast of

the time experience that I had I was

absolutely obsessed with this place I

could not stop thinking about it and I

kept thinking how can I get back to this

place it was so incredible I thought

about you know could I do it the same

process I'd done before but the return

Journey was so stressful I didn't want

that to happen either now I was very

lucky in that I got um some incredible

artifacts and you often hear about

people that have had any death

experience that the two worlds are

almost merged for a few months and some

people had this for the rest of their

lives but I just had it for a few so the

first week of getting back I was out

with my friends and we're just in the

coffee shop my phone was on the table

and it started to ring and it was my

best friend's number that came up who

died six months ago now no one had used

his phone during that time and the three

weeks leading up to his death he

couldn't use his phone because of the

brain tumor so I just assumed maybe it

was his partner was using the phone for

some reason or giving his phone out so I

answered the floating Spectrum time to

ask him there was nothing there at all

and I just knew this was a validation of

what I'd seen before and it was just him

to show that you know what you saw that

was absolutely real I kept that

connection that phone opened as long as

I could I just didn't want to close it I

knew that was our the foundation then it

was real I did close the phone down I

texted his friend and said did you have

you given Brendan's phone out to anybody

or have you used it I've just had a miss

you know a call from him and it's like

no one's used that but it's in the

drawer at home it's not been charged for

six months so for me it was just a

fantastic validation I'm very lucky also

that my best friend gets to give me

signs all the time time in terms of orbs

so my 40th birthday got an incredible

all caught on video and previous video

that I've done talking about this

experience I've got some incredible orbs

in the background so that I think is

just his way of showing that I'm doing

the right thing talking about this

um because it is that you know it's a

taboo subjects to especially in the

profession that I work in so I mean my

take home message for people now after

having this experience is just not to

take life so seriously we really are

here just to experience as much as we

can as humans the good and the bad and

just to enjoy life and try not to

complicate your life too much by taking

life so seriously and just to follow

your passions as much as you can can by

freeing up your times you can do your

creative writing or go into your book

clubs or art classes or even Sports so

you can follow that passion and like

that Fire Within you I've got some

wonderful messages that I you know that

I really do live my life by now just

these life lessons because after going

through an experience like this it does

make you question the bigger questions

in life like why are we here why is

there something as opposed to nothing

and it really does help you to to have

these just to formulate your life in a

much more balanced and relaxed way so my

take-home message for everybody is just

turn life is a game enjoy life and make

the most of it thank you for listening

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