Ever since I first became interested in astral projection I’ve always wanted to know for sure. Was it all ultimately in my mind? Is it just an incredibly lucid dream?

Over the years I continue to see evidence which sways my opinion to one side or the other but this week I went looking for stories of people who experienced an OBE in a near death experience. This one I really wanted to share:

I almost died in hospital when I was 36 years old. I experienced what it feels like for the spirit to be outside the body. I had a gall bladder surgery for a gangrenous gall bladder which burst during surgery and which was full of stones this medical problem caused me incredible pain prior to the surgery aswell. The gall bladder was removed via a approx a 15 cm cut on abdomen. I woke up to excruciating pain. Felt like I had been knifed, no words can explain the horrific pain. I had no pain medicine in my system. I was screaming from the surgery room to the high care room. I pleaded for the nurses to call the doctors so I could receive medicine for the pain. It felt like I could not continue to live the pain was so intense. At this point I closed my eyes and I was standing next to my bed in the room. I could see the nurses working next to my bed. I called out to the nurses to tell them that I suddenly felt well however the nurses did not respond they continued as if I was not there or as if they did not hear me. I thought it was odd that they ignored me because I could hear my voice. I did not realise what had happened I thought I had climbed out of the bed however what I did not realise is that my body was still in the bed. I did not look at the head of the body. I looked across the bed and could see somebody was in the bed and covered by white sheets, the body in the bed was not important to me because I felt so alive. I proceeded to walk out of the room and into the passages of the hospital. I saw the daily activities in the hospital people in the building etc. I walked towards the front door of the hospital and could see sunlight outside the entrance. I realised I did not have a plan of where to go or what to do so I returned to my hospital room. As I entered the hospital room where my bed was, I was reconnected with my body and I opened my eyes and felt the pain of the body from the surgery. I was back in my body and could see the same nurses working next to my bed. I then realised something had happened when I had closed my eyes so I thought let me close my eyes and see what happens and immediately I was standing again on the right side next to my bed and realised I was having an outer body experience so I decided to open my eyes again and from then on I tried to keep my eyes open for the next few hours. I only allowed myself to blink. I did receive the pain medicine soon after the experience and I struggled for the next 2 months to recover. I never again had that experience. Been approx 9 years since the surgery and the experience. I have just turned 45 years on 14 October in 2018.

The outer body experience feels very real just like this life except time is compressed, walking a distance is quick and smooth, I did not experience the same effect which gravity and resistance has on the physical body when walking and I felt healthy. You can walk some where just by thinking it. Feels normal with entry into to the realm outside of the physical body however in hindsight and by the perspective of this world what happened seems super natural. I had no or very little feelings of anger , frustration , pain, sadness etc that is all from this physical world in the next life a person does not seem to have this type of feelings , when I had the experience outside of my body I was positive, calm , peaceful, felt feelings of love and kindness etc. seems to be who we are truly meant to be. During the experience I did not feel naked however I believed my spirit had the same shape and form as my physical body. My spirit looks similar to my actual physical body at least that is the impression I had. The experience of being spirit felt to me as being the perfect version of who I am.

In the days that followed I had a great appreciation for my body. I lost much of desires of this world. I experienced regret of things of my life in the past even though I have tried to be a good person. I also said a prayer and asked for a second chance to experience life. I realised that most of what we do in this life has little value in the next life. I developed a understanding that love and caring for people gives true happiness. Being kind , friendly, helpful etc. We might as well start living that life in this life because the negative feelings of this world I did not experience when my spirit left my body. Often I forget about this experience however when life slows down and I think about it I know if it was not for modern medicine I would have died and I actually am on borrowed time. One day my time will come again. This life is shorter than we realise, time is an illusion. In a short couple of decades I will depart this life into the next phase of existence. In eternity at some point during the resurrection I believe my spirit and my perfected physical body will be reunited .

All the best to you my fellow brothers and sisters in this journey of life. Prepare yourself by learning about love and practice the attributes of charity which is spoken about by Paul in the scriptures. Do your best to be an example of this. Our families and people in this world needs the leadership and example of good men and women.