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Prior to this near-death experience, I had never heard of such a thing...
I faced a mountain side...
I was about six years old, and my mom and I were at a small, local beach near our home...
I closed my eyes as my essence left my body...
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)...
I knew several days ahead of time that I was dying...
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 was in a dark area, like in a room...
I am an experienced emergency medicine physician...
