i was sitting on the low water crossing in the country , myself and three friends, it had rained up river for about a week but it was clear where we where at the time my friends we fishing and i was just sitting and watching. there was a rushing sound coming from around the corner of the river but the trees were in the way and i could not see what the noise was. suddenly flood waters came rushing towards me and it felt just like i had been grabbed by the ankles and flipped off the bridge. the water current was so strong i could not swim against it and i was inside the large pipes that passed under the road that the water normally flowed through the only problem was the other end was clogged up with tree limbs and grass and i could not pass through so i was just stuck inside the drainage pipe with the flood waters, at first i was panicking trying to get out and then all of a sudden a peace and a calm just came over me and i remember that i felt like i laughed and all of a sudden it was like i was standing on top of the bridge looking through the road and i could see my body flopping around in the water i could not see my self on top of the road it was really like i was looking through my eyes at myself in the water and i remember saying to my self in my mind well this is it! i never thought that i would drown though, and i remember thinking to my self i am not afraid this is just it! and suddenly the pressure from the flood waters burst through the debris and it shot me out on the other side of the bridge and washed me up stream, my friend helped pull me out of the river.

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

Was the experience difficult to express in words?  No

At the time of the experience, was there an associated life threatening event?  Yes

      Describe:  near drowning

 What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?  i felt like i was totally conscious

Was the experience dream like in any way?  not really more surreal than dream like yet at the same time very real

Did you experience a separation of consciousness from your body?  Yes

Describe your appearance or form apart from your body:  as i was standing on top of the bridge looking at body through the road flopping in the water, i was very separate

What emotions did you feel during the experience?  a surprised calmness and realization that there was no fear almost a longing or excitement relief of some strange sort

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?  my own thoughts

 Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?  No

      Describe:  although i was in a pipe under water

 Did you see a light?  No

      Describe:  no but the body that i was looking at through the road (the one in the pipe) strangely seemed white

 Did you meet or see any other beings?  No

 Did you experience a review of past events in your life?  No

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

 Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?  Yes

      Describe:  the time in which i was separated was an suspended time it seems to me

 Did you have any sense of altered space or time?  Yes

      Describe:  suspended time

 Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?  Yes  
     Describe:  i just knew that there was nothing to fear i was safe

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?  Yes

      Describe:  the debris on the other end of the pipe, i truly believe if it had not given way i would have crossed over to another place, space or time i am not really sure what but it was there

Did you become aware of future events?  No

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

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?  Yes

      Describe:  i may have had the sensitivity to spirits and energies prior to this experience but blocked it somehow but after and until this day i crave touching, and or knowing anything on the other side  

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?  Yes      Describe:  everything changed

 Has the experience affected your relationships?  Daily life?  Religious practices etc.?  Career choices?  i am training myself to understand that there is so much more out there than we are aware of and that we are a part of it and we must love one another and accept what life gives us and try to be as one with the universe

 Have you shared this experience with others?  Yes
      Describe:  some think i am crazy, some think i made it up and others just listen and i guess wonder if it really is something out there

 What emotions did you experience following your experience?  from that moment on i feel separate from so many things it's like there is something in my soul of souls that has changed and i am different but i don't know the answer to the different ness

What was the best and worst part of your experience?  the best was the peace and the realization that there really is something more, the worst is the it seems that i am incapable of obtaining that peace here in the everyday world that pure acceptance and stillness and knowing i know i know something deep deep within but it seems as if it hidden behind a veil.

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?  it is as vivid today as it was the day it happened

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?  Yes
      Describe:  it's as if i don't quite fit here anymore

 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?  No

      Explain:  there really isn't enough words or the right words to put these feeling i felt during separation, but you use the best words that are here