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I was about six years old, and my mom and I were at a small, local beach near our home...
My first love boyfriend had broken up with me and I didn't know why...
My NDE is different because I experienced it even though I was not the one dying...
Before: On Saturday, July 20th, 2013 I was at a music festival with friends in Ohio...
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Having been raised in fundamentalist background, I was taught the standard doctrines of Christianity...
My first memory is of a dark tunnel, either being pulled or "sucked" very quickly towards an extremely bright white light, so bright that I was afraid that I would be incinerated, or at the very least blinded if I was to enter the light...
A second after my last thought I was standing in a vast cave/tunnel - it seemed to turn in on itself - the best I can describe it is to have you imagine that you are a speck or the tip of a pin standing inside one of those cat toys that the ball spins aroun...
I had ask God to take me from this planet and I was very upset and just wanted to die and go away...
I first woke from my sleep but I was not awake and back as normal in the world...
I had experienced some transformative experiences prior to this, one on mescaline as a therapy tool and one in high school which popped up quite unexpectedly while musing about a photo of a galaxy...
I went to my friend's house for a facial...
Prior to my experience, I attended a meditation group, I didn't feel unwell but not entirely myself...
