Near Death Experience - anybody ever have one?

I had a “near death experience” in the hopital once when I temporally died. It was the single most out-of-this-universe experience I’ve ever had. No gods, no devils, no white lights. I “saw” the impersonal aspect of life, the universe and everything. Words are completely inadequate to describe it. It’s like trying to describe what taking acid is like to someone who hasn’t. You can say, “the walls breathed, paisley patterns everywhere, see the universe in a plant leaf etc.” this was transcendent in nature. I became aware of the totality of everything.

I should also point out that I’ve taken all of the major hallucinogenics many, many times and I know them inside and out. What I experienced that night was not even in the same universe or dimension as drugs, meditation etc.

So I’m wondering if anyone else has had one and what your take on it was.

This thread duplicates one that we moved to IMHO. I’ll close this one. Here is the open thread: NDE, I had one, has anyone else? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board

jakesteele. Please adjust your herbs. You already started this thread in IMHO earlier today. Don’t do this again.

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