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I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago in the Englewood district...
I closed my eyes as my essence left my body...
I felt myself float out of my body...
Before my experience, I was in a delirium that was apart from stress...
At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event...
I went on a weekend white water trip with friends on the Gauly and New Rivers in rural West Virginia...
We were all training on combative techniques...
I bought a book, here in Brazil, about a month before my accident...
I had my third open-heart surgery and was in recovery in the intensive care unit (ICU)...
Excerpt from my personal essay on the subject published on openeyes1031...
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At that time, I had an inflamed liver because my body did not process red meat well...
I arrived late in the evening at the hospital...
