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Francie C NDE

I did not realize it was a near-death experience until I was in my 40s and heard someone talking about it on TV...

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MEDITATIONFirst-person account

Marcella P STE E041017

Spiritually Transformative experience, age 28: At age 28, while employed in Hong Kong, I experienced a spiritually transformative event, which I believe is directly related to my nde birth experience...

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NDEFirst-person account

Fonz A NDE

We were playing a child game of squeezint each other...

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Marcela NDE-like 28687

At night while I slept, but I knew it wasn't a dream...

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Patient NDE

In 1976, I was a medical social worker...

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OBEFirst-person account

Marc S OBE 5388NDE

My body shuddered in every fiber, I rose through a stream of light, and arrived at a place which was white, illuminated, fulfilling, peace, love like a vital energy...

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