Experience description:

It was Lunar New Year Eve, and my family got together to play Mahjong till past midnight. This has been our traditional ritual to spend the last day of the year. Unfortunately, I contracted a severe cold with high fever and felt extremely ill , so I went to bed around nine o'clock.

While I was half asleep and half awake, I felt myself leaving the body, and watching it sleep in bed. The me who left the body can float around like the cartoon character Peter Pan.

I was weightless and danced like a ballerina who stands on tiptoes spinning around on top of the bed rail fence at the end of the bed.

At the time I was in a good mood without noticing the fever. I thought I was dreaming, but meanwhile I felt everything was normal. Although my body felt sort of strange, there are no specific words to describe it. There was one special phenomenon which is that while I am floating I can see through the ceiling floor. I saw four of my family members play Mahjong in the living room, and the direction was accurate while I was watching them from up high.

At the time of your experience was there an associated life-threatening event? No


Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? It felt like dreaming, very surreal.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Less consciousness and alertness than normal. Very surreal.

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I did not see the ceiling but I was able to see through it.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Nope, I did not have an impression about any sound.

Did you see or hear any earthly events that were occurring during a time that your consciousness / awareness was apart from your physical / earthly body? Yes, My family was indeed in the family room playing Mahjong.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Very exciting, cheerful, and felt comfortable.

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you become aware of past events in your life during your experience? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Yes, I was looking down from above into our family room, but I did not see the upstairs of my apartment which is on the 7th floor.

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness suggesting that there either is (or is not) continued existence after earthly life ("life after death")? No

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that God or a supreme being either does (or does not) exist? No

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that you either did (or did not) exist prior to this lifetime? Yes, I have had many lucid dreams in my life and some of the information was way beyond my knowledge, additionally I did not care about what type of information in my dreams. I am not sure if this experience is what you need because it was just a dream; however I defined it as my past life and I am still studying it now.

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that a mystical universal connection or unity/oneness either does (or does not) exist? No

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding earthly life's meaning or purpose? No

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding earthly life's difficulties, challenges, or hardships? No

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding love? No

During your experience, did you encounter any other specific information / awareness that you have not shared in other questions that is relevant to living our earthly lives? No

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge or purpose? No

What occurred during your experience included: Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. I only felt my sprite out of my body.

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. It was very profound, I did not recall other things that occurred at that age. I must admit that I was not sure which year it happened yet I only remember I was an elementary student, but I remember clearly it was New Year's Eve.

Discuss any changes that might have occurred in your life after your experience: No obvious changes; however I only believed souls can leave the body, it was separable.

My experience directly resulted in: Slight changes in my life

Did you have any changes in your values or beliefs after the experience that occurred as a result of the experience? Yes, Initially, I was not sure about the "soul theory", but I believed it afterward.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Uncertain, When I was five or six years old, I once saw a moving black shadow appear in my home. After this experience, I occasionally encountered some supernatural phenomena; such as I saw shadows passing by or watched visions during "sleep
paralysis" when I was at middle school, high school, and college.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? For all the time, I was not sure if it was my hallucination or it really existed until I was at my boyfriend's house
when I experienced sleep paralysis and saw that I was in a brand new room. I saw a man standing behind me in front of a big minor. I told my boyfriend about it after I woke up. He was stunned. He said what I described where the mirror was that actually had a big mirror there before. It was his deceased grandfather's room which was empty due to no one using this room. It's
probably because he sneaked me into this room and this made his grandfather was upset.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes, I don't remember if
I had told my friends about it, but I did share it with my family. They thought it was a dream. It was not until recently I am sure that it was an out of body experience, then I started to talk about it with my friends. They were astonished; and also this had changed their perspective about the existence of the souls.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened: Experience was probably real. Probably I was dreaming, I wasn't sure about it.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience at the current time: Experience was definitely real. I heard of some near-death experiences when I grew up on top of it, I also learned from the verifiable actual NDE experiences; then, I believed it was real.

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?
No

Have your religious beliefs/spiritual practices changed specifically as a result of your experience? No

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

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

What could a national organization with an interest in near death experience (NDE) do that would be of interest to you? Should set up a NDE-related study department and let the people who are interested in it join the research and surveys.


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