Cobina

On a Saturday night, I was suffering from a fever of 106F. I was prodded repeatedly in the lower abdominal area and simultaneously asked what drugs I have taken. An intern took my breath away each time he prodded me. At last, they gave my mom a prescription for some pills and said to have … Read more

Robert

Prior to getting ill, I was not being the best husband and father. I was smoking two packs a day and drinking way too much. I was not abusive to my family, but rather very disconnected. I was admitted into the hospital 12-08-14 with what I thought was a bad flu. They found that I … Read more

Norman

My first awareness was that I was in a different place. From my perspective looking from the left wall, it was a wide hallway with a steady stream of people moving largely along the other wall. There were quite a number of people, helping and reassuring people, who were in that line. I was angry. … Read more

Tracy

I was heavily depressed. I took a large dose of drugs, lay down and said the Lord’s Prayer. Next thing I recall was it being very black. Slowly the edges of the darkness were filling up with light. It was a very bright white light. At first, it was silent. Then I started to hear … Read more

Beth P.

Sometimes an experience can be so intense and so profound that it changes your entire life. My life-changing experience happened when I was ten years old. My family of five lived in a tri-level home at the end of a court in suburbia. I was a very shy child who was deathly afraid of the … Read more

Debbie

When she was about 25 years old, she had to have surgery to remove a brain tumor. While in surgery, she remembered lying in bed and suddenly seeing a bright light outside the window. In the yard were several cherubs dancing around a Maypole. She said all the cherubs looked just like me. While that … Read more

Diana

I was 8.5 months pregnant and suddenly developed toxemia poisoning. This was my 5th pregnancy, but only second birth. I had lost 3 other babies. I had a 5 year-old-son of my own and a 2-year-old that we had adopted as a baby when I kept miscarrying. I was rushed to a hospital emergency room … Read more

Bonnie

I was playing baseball with the neighbors in the backyard. I was at bat. A neighbor pitched the ball and it hit me directly in the forehead. I fell to the ground and instantly I discovered I was out of my body and up in the treetops. I was looking down at the neighbors’ mother … Read more

Renata

After being transported by ambulance to the hospital, the doctor left me sitting in the hallway for a long time. My husband was with me and wondered why it was taking them so long. I was taken to a room and they inserted a syringe and tubing. What was in them, I do not know, … Read more

Pedro

I was with my friends from taekwondo at the pool. We did a choreography for a video and dived into the water. I knew how to swim under the water, but not on the surface. After we were all in the pool, I tried to get out but couldn’t. And after a few seconds, I … Read more