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I felt myself float out of my body...
Before my experience, I was in a delirium that was apart from stress...
I was in bed and had been sleeping but during the experience I was definitely not asleep...
At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event...
It was night and I was asleep when I saw a sun colored light...
I went on a weekend white water trip with friends on the Gauly and New Rivers in rural West Virginia...
A few years ago, a loved one of mine died in a plane crash in Africa...
We were all training on combative techniques...
When I was 17, I was riding a horse to a parade ground event...
When I was in the recovery room at the hospital, I saw the words 'I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS' in bold black letters on golden-colored tiles written in descending formation...
I had my third open-heart surgery and was in recovery in the intensive care unit (ICU)...
I knew several days ahead of time that I was dying...
