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A second after my last thought I was standing in a vast cave/tunnel - it seemed to turn in on itself - the best I can describe it is to have you imagine that you are a speck or the tip of a pin standing inside one of those cat toys that the ball spins aroun...
I had experienced some transformative experiences prior to this, one on mescaline as a therapy tool and one in high school which popped up quite unexpectedly while musing about a photo of a galaxy...
First of all, excuse me for the mistakes in the writing, I am Brazilian and my native language is Portuguese...
At that night, June 12 1985 I was lying on my left side waiting to fall a sleep and a question came to my mind: “Will I continue like this the rest of my life, most of the time every year I do manual labor, and to be honest it is drudgery...
I was in open-heart surgery...
As a Christian at the time, I took the bible and faith very seriously...
15 years old...
شربت 4 حبات دواء مسكن و قوي بعدها ذهبت للنوم ثو حدث ما حدث I took 4 sedative tablets, then I went to sleep and the experience happened Conditions around the time of the experience: Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function or brain function) ...
Prior to NDE: I started smoking cannabis from age 15 recreationally, by time I was 17 I began noticing that it had strange effects on my mind and body...
When I was 13 I had a horrible dream...
My ex-husband threatened me with death over the phone and in person...
