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My near death experience happened April 8, 2000. I was 14 years old
I was taking a break from work, working from an apartment, on an August morning (August 1, 2011) in Rapid City, SD, walking outside in the sunshine having a smoke. As I was walking back to my apartment, in the middle of the parking lot, I felt my chest flutter
I don't know how it works but a very deep metaphor would be the movie Beetlejuice:
The following is my Near Death Experience (NDE) account. An NDE is when you die, go to the 'other-side', then
This is an abridged version of my account. The full account can be found in the book "Awakenings from the Light."
Since the day was just about perfect
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