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Prior to my experience I had been studying Out of Body Experiences and Lucid Dreaming Technics in order to find some answer to my own existence...
I stopped breathing during a phone call, late at night...
That morning, me and a friend of mine decided to sail in the sea with our small skiffs...
I remember being in a hospital room, just above the heads of the doctor and nurse...
I sat on the couch in the living room in my home, cradling my sleeping, infant son in my arms...
About 10 years ago, I started leaving my body and resting at the foot of my bed while sleeping...
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Translation: I was lying down face-up on my living-room sofa doing a relaxation exercise...
One night, I became aware of my heartbeat, despite being sound asleep...
I was a 29 year old female, came home after an evening with friends, and went to bed At some point during the night I awoke, or thought I awoke, and felt myself floating above my body...
Something strange happened at the port of my little hometown in Denmark one summer day in 1961...
It was a very tiring day as we had been moving, to install with my parents in their new house...
