I went to bed for the night in San Francisco. I was about in my late 30's - early 40's.

I was tired and upset because a co-worker and my boss were becoming more hostile to me. I believe I just fell asleep when suddenly a bright white light flashed onto my forehead. It was intensely bright but soft light. The light grew bigger and I was enveloped in the light for a while, though I had no shadow.

Then the light became a tiny point of light and extremely far away. I was floating in dark space, in the expanse of the universe. I floated towards the light. As I came closer to the light, I became aware that I was no longer in the expanse of the universe, but in a tunnel.

At the end of the tunnel was the sparkling bright white light. As I was approaching the light, I saw two beings made of bright white light standing opposite each other at the entrance of the round portal. Their light was not their own but the reflection of the sparkling bright white light further inside the round portal. I knew they were angels; they were wearing sparkling bright white robes made of light, their wings were just as sparkling bright white light.

As I floated towards the entrance of the portal, I glanced to my left and saw a most vivid profile of the being made of light. His eyes were sparkling bright white light but devoid of any emotion. He was very familiar; I know I've seen him before, but I don't remember when or where.  Then I just knew that once I crossed past him, I could no longer return to my body. I wasn't scared much, just worried. I struggled and woke up. I went right back to sleep.

In the morning, I didn't remember the dream. But when I was at work, the memory of the bright white light inside the portal and beings made of sparkling bright white light flashed back into my mind several times throughout the day. The profile of the being made of bright white light flashed very vividly into my mind in particular. I didn't know what to make of it.

About a year or two later, while I was watching television, a program on Near-Death Experiences came on. I was stunned that the experiences of Near-Death are so alike with what I had experienced in my dream a year or so ago. I believe I had a Near-Death Experience, or did I?

I had a related experience when I was about three years old in the Philippines.  It was twilight, and for some reason I found myself at the entrance to the basement of our home. It was getting dark. As I entered the basement, I saw two luminous beings standing against the walls opposite each other. Their feet were above the ground. Their attire was luminous robes. Their eyes were fixed on each other. The being on my left was made of luminous soft blue light, while the being on my right was made of rich deep red light. I approached the blue being and looked up to see his face. His eyes were amazingly beautiful and soft, yet blazing blue. I knew it was Saint Peter. I can't remember what happened after that, but I still vividly remember the beings made of light, even now.

The similarities in these two experiences are that I saw beings made of light and came closer to the beings on my left.