The man who had a heart attack reveals what he saw after being "dead" for 7 minutes

A man who would have died and would come back to life after a mbadive cardiac arrest painted striking images of what he saw in life after death. Shiv Grewal, 60, holds an exhibition of his work – which captures what he believes he saw when he was "dead".

The actor had just completed a RSC production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, in which he was playing Don Pedro, when he went into cardiac arrest at home, having dined with his wife Alison , 50.

Shiv, from Peckham, south-east London, recalled that he was technically dead for seven minutes, as paramedics He fought to revive him, using the CPR, saying, "I knew, somehow, that I was dead."

"I knew my brain was dying and was screaming for help, but at the same time, I felt things completely separated from my body. was in a vacuum but I could feel emotions and sensations "Knowing that I was dead, I also knew that there was a chance to go home."

"J & # I also understood that I would be reincarnated, but I did not want it again.I wanted to come back to life, to the material world and to my wife.I asked that I come back and I had my vow. "

Describing her extraordinary experience as" like a daydream, "Shiv – who met Alison, who works in communication training, in 2004, while in a West End of production with her friend – is now eager to show others where we are going when we die, through his very personal works of art.

Already fit and healthy, Shiv entered cardiac arrest, without warning, on February 9, 2013 after having lunch with Alison at a local French restaurant, when he said that he felt "pretty good" ".

The paramedics were able to resume the course of his heart, but in the seven minutes that the actor said it stopped, "Cosmic Journey", during which he had the power to choose between the life and death.

He continued: "I felt that there was a whole series of possibilities, diverse lives and reincarnations that were offered to me, but I did not want them. I said very clearly that I wanted to go back to my body, my time, my wife and continue to live. "I needed to be proactive. I said I was coming back. I said it as a request not a request. "

After being rushed to the Kings College Hospital for an operation to put a stent in his main artery completely obstructed, Shiv went into an induced coma for a month, due to cerebral. Hypoxia – the oxygen starvation in the brain – which left him with epilepsy.

Five years later, he was unable to return to the scene because he also problems with language and mobility

At recovery, Shivinder found the art an extremely therapeutic way to document what he saw during his brief encounter with death.