{"id":12968,"date":"2011-01-18T14:45:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T20:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/?p=12968"},"modified":"2011-01-18T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T20:36:44","slug":"near-death-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/18\/near-death-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Near Death Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

From Patheos, a clip of a piece on a near-death experience by Marcia Morrissey<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Trying to comfort Sally, I related my own near-death story.\u00a0 When I was 20 years old, I was in a diabetic coma.\u00a0 I had an experience that\u2014even though I have faced my mortality a few times since\u2014has never been repeated.\u00a0 While in the coma I had no knowledge of what was going on around me in the ER, but was very much aware of what was happening\u00a0to me<\/em>; my mind was extremely clear, and I knew that I was dying.<\/p>\n

I felt as if I was floating in a bright, very comforting light, and I could hear a type of musical sound\u2014not like anything I have ever heard here on earth before.\u00a0 I felt a \u201cpeace\u201d descend upon me that I had never experienced, before or since. The word \u201cpeace\u201d is inadequate; it doesn\u2019t even come close to describing what I felt\u2014the \u201cpeace that passes all understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

With calm reasoning, I made a sort of mental list\u2014the pros and cons of whether to go on, or to go back.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t hear any voices, or see anyone during this experience, but I \u201cfelt\u201d the presence of God\u2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those of you who know Phyllis Tickle may know she had a similar experience and her response is the same: she\u2019s never feared death since. She tells her story in The Shaping of a Life: A Spiritual Landscape<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Has anyone studied this? Any stories to tell?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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