One instant, I feel overwhelmingly smothered by the boulders and the next instant light as a feather and free. When out of my body my vision was sharpened, things were more detailed. Then, I think I had the thought, that's me down there and maybe I felt scared. I really don't know exactly the thought, but for some reason I popped back into my body as fast as I popped out of it. All of this happened very quickly, like in No Time.

My Mom came home about 30 minutes later. I don't remember feeling scared about the OBE and was really excited to tell her about my experience. She kinda blew it off as "hallucinations from a high temperature." Mom was the only person I told, I think. I don't remember for sure.

Then, later in my life I told quite a few people. I think the OBE had something to do with piquing my interest in NDE's, OBE's, STE's, mediumship, spirit guides, angels, and healing modalities. By the mid-80's I started reading Life After Life by Raymond Moody and Saved by the Light by Dannion Brinkley, and many, many others since then. I have been fascinated with experiencers and the ineffable experiences they have.

And for the past 5 years I have been wondering if I should submit the OBE to IANDS. I have been in a funk lately and remembered back to something Ken Ring said in his book, Lessons from the Light, "Just by reading or hearing about the NDE it can be transferred onto you and you too can experience the LOVE, Peace, and Joy they felt; it could change your life just as it has changed theirs." So, I went to the IANDS website, started searching for OBE's and NDE's for inspirational stories to hopefully shift my consciousness, and then I found the page to submit my experience. Voila!