Man hears, ‘I am God’ while clinically dead for over 7 minutes

Host Lamont Gates interviews near-death experiencer Patrick McCollum, who describes dying for about seven and a half minutes after a 1965 motorcycle crash at age 15 and entering darkness, a growing point of light, and a tunnel with subtle sounds before hearing a voice ask “are you ready.” He recounts grasping a hand through a rainbow-like “bubble” portal, feeling profound peace, hearing the voice identify as God, experiencing a rapid life review, and then seeing God as a luminous woman who warned that returning would bring pain and asked him to serve. After being revived in the street and later writing The Sacred Path, McCollum says the experience reshaped his beliefs into an interfaith spirituality, removed his fear of death, and fueled decades of activism, including peacemaking, women’s spirituality work, and a current effort to unite indigenous leaders to protect the Amazon, featured in the documentary The Man Who Saves the World.