Experience description:

My OBE occurred after graduating from college in '73 (it occurred in 1974). A friend came to visit. I started to feel funny while I was talking: Chest pain, thready pulse, clammy palms, cyanotic  nail beds, sweaty forehead, rapid pulse ...

The next thing I knew, I had ‘popped out’ of’ my body through the top of my head, and I was looking down at myself in the chair from above.  My friend ran around looking for blankets to warm me up while I watched. It was amazing. I had what can only be described as 360-degree vision in every direction along every radian. It was the ultimate univision. There were no angles I couldn't see simultaneously. But: I could not go beyond the ceiling. I looked at my body in the chair and just one ‘profound’ thought came to mind: “No more taxes." The experience lasted roughly fifteen minutes, and then I felt myself being drawn back into my body through the top of my head;  exactly the reverse of how I left it. As I re-entered, all of the pain returned and I was thinking, 'NO! I don't want to go back.' I was warm, comfortable, free of pain, and 'disembodied’. It was wonderful. Then, I was forced to re-enter this physical shell we wear during our time here.

In the years since that event, I’ve concluded I'm here because I still have some purpose. It may have to do with my daughters or their families - I don't know. We're never told why we're here. I believe that, once we've learned whatever we're supposed to learn while we’re here, we don't return. This event is the reason I no longer fear 'death' - it's only an illusion, albeit a fairly permanent illusion.

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?      No     

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words?          Yes    It's a 'You had to be there' kind of thing

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event? Uncertain     I'm still alive 50 years later, so 'life-threatening' doesn't seem to fit. I am, however, a cardiac patient

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?    completely conscious

            Was the experience dream like in any way?  no

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?   Yes    it was magical, and I did NOT want to return to my physical body

What emotions did you feel during the experience?          warmth, lack of pain, calm

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?         i heard no noise or sounds

LOCATION DESCRIPTION:  Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?         No     

Did you see a light?        No     

Did you meet or see any other beings?         No     

Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state?         No     

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No     

Did you notice how your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different? Yes    all non-physical senses were retained

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?  No     

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?         No     

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?           Yes    I could not move upward any further than the ceiling

Did you become aware of future events?      No     

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?          No     

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?         No     

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?     Yes    I understood that 'death' is only a Fig Newton of our emancipation

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?   n/a

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience? No     

Have you shared this experience with others?       Yes          the most common reaction is disbelief

What emotions did you experience following your experience? regret that I had to come back

What was the best and worst part of your experience?     (a) cessation of pain & (b) resumption of pain

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience? no

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?       No     

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?           Yes    what more can I add that hasn't already been addressed here?



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