742. David Ditchfield – NDE & Creative Blossoming After Being Thrown Under a Train

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful interview, David Ditchfield recounts his extraordinary near-death experience (NDE) following a horrific train accident in Cambridge, UK, in 2006. Once at rock bottom as a functional alcoholic, David was transformed spiritually after being pulled under a speeding train and, just before critical surgery, encountering beings of light in the afterlife. This profound NDE awakened remarkable creative abilities, revealing hidden talents for music and painting. Despite having no formal classical music training and an inability to read or write music, David has composed two symphonies and a rhapsody—every piece premiering at sold-out concerts, including a commission from The Cambridge Clarinet Choir. His inspiring NDE paintings have been displayed in major exhibitions, including a year-long show at the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. David’s story, recently featured in a BBC World Service documentary, is a testament to human resilience and the profound, positive changes that can arise from even the darkest moments. He continues to compose and paint in Cambridge, sharing a message of recovery, hope, spiritual growth, manifestation, and authenticity. Website: shineonthestory.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group Interview recorded November 1, 2025

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0:00.0	My guest today is David Ditchfield.
0:04.0	In 2006, David was a functional alcoholic who had just been evicted from his flat and was living with his sister and her husband.
0:13.7	When he got his coat caught in the doors of a train, got dragged along by the train, thrown under the train, was severely injured,
0:22.6	and as he was getting ready for surgery in the hospital, he had a profound near-death
0:29.4	experience in which he was met by beings of light who were healing him in various ways,
0:34.4	and we'll be getting into his story in great detail in this interview.
0:39.3	In essence, when he recuperated a bit, he began to have impulses to paint paintings and
0:46.5	eventually write music, and he ended up painting a lot of paintings, which we'll be showing
0:51.4	in this interview, and also writing a couple of symphonies and a rhapsody
0:55.6	and he continues to do that stuff to this day and needless to say he's not an alcoholic anymore
1:01.3	welcome to boot at the gas pump my name is rick archer boot at the Gas Pump.
1:12.9	My name is Rick Archer.
1:14.3	Buddha at the Gas Pump is an ongoing series of interviews with spiritually awakening people.
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