I could now feel the experience the body had while I was separate from it. It had been terrified and angry, scared and afraid. I had not experienced any of that yet now I was being forced to feel the state the flesh felt even though I wasn't there with it when it happened. I never saw through the body's eyes I could only feel what it was feeling about what had happened to it. I was also aware that nobody there had seen my self come out of me and I could not say anything to them about it. It seemed that while in the body it had priority and control of all my actions while in it. It had a strong survival instinct and was not aware of the fact that it is really ok to die. I then was aware that it doesn't hurt the self to separate but it hurts the body very badly . The self can experience the body while in it but the body cannot experience the self it is completely unaware of it's existence.

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

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? No

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

drowning

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           100%

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   NO! it was more real than me typing this

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

Exactly like my flesh body in appearance including moles and scars

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?           voices and thoughts of those around me

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

Did you see a light?           Uncertain

no light in particular just a brightness or illumination of everything like I had been in a dim light all my life and some one turned on the light. Like after a movie when all the lights come on in the theater

Did you meet or see any other beings?           No

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

there is no death as we know it

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Yes

I heard the discussion about someone helping me and and argument occurred between them. some wanted to give me time to learn to swim and others were scared and demanded I be rescued

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?           No

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

We all live in a multidimensional world yet while in the flesh we cannot see with our real eyes and can only see the here and now

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    Yes

life is not what we are taught or think life is always, has been and always will be

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No

Did you become aware of future events?       No

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?       Uncertain

I wasn,t privy to the decision of my return but I was angry about it. I suppose given the choice I would have said no so I wasn't given a choice

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

I can feel if people are negative or positive (good or bad) without even seeing them

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   Yes

less uptight than others are about life, I know there is more to know than we have been taught and am more dedicated to finding out and very strong and stable around dying people and there loved ones

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?       When one finds out who they really are and what life is really all about it changes everything about you. I am dedicated in relationships, my daily life is always trying to make the most of what I have been given. Religious practices are just traditions to me true religion is to live and give life to the  fullest in honesty any purity

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?         Yes

I changed from shy and submissive to very dominate

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes

people are intimidated by me anyway it is one of those situations where you have to be there to believe it, yet I told my father the night before he had a stroke and when he came to in the hospital he was unable to speak yet became very insistent that I remain with him until he died and kept shaking his head yes, yes

What emotions did you experience following your experience?  angry I was back in this terrible place of hurt and grief

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      the best was being there and the worst was coming back

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?        This was the second supernatural experience of three I have had yet it is the only one that can qualify as near death even though it was not the most profound of the three

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         Yes

years later I was visited and reminded of the event and was let known that why I was not allowed to die was about to come to fruit in my life

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?               Uncertain

to fully understand the fullness of the experience I would have to explain other events that occurred before this one and that is another questionnaire all together

Please offer any suggestions you may have to improve this questionnaire.    more background questions about environment and family status