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As a Christian at the time, I took the bible and faith very seriously...
It happened 35 years ago and for the first time I try to write down my experience...
My Out of Body Experience 12-1982 It happened one evening as I was getting ready to drift off to sleep...
I have to emphasize that I haven't been in a life threatening condition or anything close as far as I know during the following story...
This experience will likely not convince anyone of the reality of NDEs, because I myself dismissed it as a dream for many years...
I found myself at a place that would be similar to a landscaped rest stop on a typical American express way, although I did not see the highway...
I had been sick for about 3 days with a fever and flu before the event, but I was feeling much better that evening...
I am divorced from my first husband, with whom I had 3 children...
I was playing basketball at a local park...
I was driving in my car and was experiencing much emotional distress when I experienced the sensation of an invisible arm sweep down from above me and across my face very fast, and then plunged with great force into my chest...
I am a meditation practitioner of 5 years...
A set of what seemed to be personal synchronicities led me to a moment of complete surrender and I asked to go home...
