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<blockquote data-quote="wyldberi" data-source="post: 92921" data-attributes="member: 6095"><p>I've been through a number of "life threatening" experiences; can't say they were all near death experiences, as that implies a series of experiences that I can't say I remember having at the time. But amongst those, there were at least two or three that probably qualify as being of the near death type.</p><p></p><p>One was a drowning in a lake during a summer when I was growing up. There were two of us were canoeing; it tipped over. At the time I wasn't a strong swimmer; I struggled for a while, then I was going down and there was no going up. The other person who had spilled out the other side of the canoe somehow managed to grab hold of me and pulled me to the surface.</p><p></p><p>Another such experience took place during one of the car wrecks I've been in. I've had the dubious pleasure or honor of surviving four car wrecks that totaled the vehicle I was driving. In three, I had no passenger with me and two were caused by the other driver. The one wreck that was my fault occurred along a dark country road in the wee hours of the morning and involved no other vehicle or persons. The one involving a head on collision was a near death experience; I knew I was dead before the vehicles collided.</p><p></p><p>Instead, I walked away with strained and sore neck muscles; whiplash, I suppose. There was a bruise on the instep of my right foot where it slammed onto the brake pedal hard enough that the force bent the steel rod that connected the pedal to the brake assembly backward by about 45-degrees. There were also bruises on both of my forearms where I'd braced them against the steering wheel and managed to prevent my torso from being impaled on the steering column.</p><p></p><p>When I think about this, it still bugs me that in the split second before the two vehicles collided I managed to come up with the one thing I could do to protect my body from what was about to take place. Was it just instinct, or something else? I don't know.</p><p></p><p>Something stranger happened in my other wreck where I had one passenger with me. We were struck by three other cars. This was the only accident that caused significant, lasting injuries to my body. My passenger was not injured, and the incident involved no near death experience for me. The strangeness entered the scene just before the accident happened.</p><p></p><p>My previous experiences have understandably trained me to be very aware of the traffic around me and any movement that catches my eye while I'm driving.</p><p></p><p>On this evening, I crossed a bridge and topped a hill. In front of me on the down side of that hill, there was on-coming traffic and traffic in my lane that was stopped in front of me. When I'm driving and have to slow down or stop, I always check my rear view mirrors to see what's going on behind me.</p><p></p><p>The first car to strike mine topped the same hill and came up rapidly from behind and rear-ended mine. The collision shoved my car into the car stopped in front of me, then slammed into mine again. The Suburban following the car that had hit mine came over the hill, and the process repeated itself.</p><p></p><p>What was odd about that wreck was that just before being struck the first time, my eerie experience antenna was going off. That's the feeling you get that forces you to turn around because it feels like some unknown person or entity is watching you. In my case, I didn't look around; I didn't check my mirrors. I just sat there. Actually, I didn't just sit there. Something inside myself actively stopped me from responding to the situation out of habit.</p><p></p><p>My typical response to seeing a fast moving car speeding toward me while I'm stopped would be to jerk the steering wheel to the right and jam the gas pedal to the floor. I could have done that; I could have driven up over the curb and onto the sidewalk and probably avoided that accident. But that wasn't what I did. Instead, even though I wasn't watching, I let those cars coming from behind hit mine.</p><p></p><p>Things happen. At times, the things that happen are life-changing.</p><p></p><p>We like to think we're in control of our lives. When things happen that are out of our control, we have to come up with reasons to explain what happened so that we can go back to feeling like we're in control of our lives.</p><p></p><p>Angels, spiritual beings, telepathic connections? Perhaps. Unconscious or instinctual responses? Absolutely. Is there any way of knowing what's actually going on? Probably not. I tend to think of my being here is collecting experiences that happen, and my responses to those experiences, and that at some point that experience will be transferred or translated to some other reality. When that happens, "I" -- my consciousness -- may sense some sort of personal identification with the memory or the record of those experiences. That's as far as I think any of us can hope to get with figuring out what's going on. Anything more is a head game we play with ourselves. The games help us feel like we're in control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wyldberi, post: 92921, member: 6095"] I've been through a number of "life threatening" experiences; can't say they were all near death experiences, as that implies a series of experiences that I can't say I remember having at the time. But amongst those, there were at least two or three that probably qualify as being of the near death type. One was a drowning in a lake during a summer when I was growing up. There were two of us were canoeing; it tipped over. At the time I wasn't a strong swimmer; I struggled for a while, then I was going down and there was no going up. The other person who had spilled out the other side of the canoe somehow managed to grab hold of me and pulled me to the surface. Another such experience took place during one of the car wrecks I've been in. I've had the dubious pleasure or honor of surviving four car wrecks that totaled the vehicle I was driving. In three, I had no passenger with me and two were caused by the other driver. The one wreck that was my fault occurred along a dark country road in the wee hours of the morning and involved no other vehicle or persons. The one involving a head on collision was a near death experience; I knew I was dead before the vehicles collided. Instead, I walked away with strained and sore neck muscles; whiplash, I suppose. There was a bruise on the instep of my right foot where it slammed onto the brake pedal hard enough that the force bent the steel rod that connected the pedal to the brake assembly backward by about 45-degrees. There were also bruises on both of my forearms where I'd braced them against the steering wheel and managed to prevent my torso from being impaled on the steering column. When I think about this, it still bugs me that in the split second before the two vehicles collided I managed to come up with the one thing I could do to protect my body from what was about to take place. Was it just instinct, or something else? I don't know. Something stranger happened in my other wreck where I had one passenger with me. We were struck by three other cars. This was the only accident that caused significant, lasting injuries to my body. My passenger was not injured, and the incident involved no near death experience for me. The strangeness entered the scene just before the accident happened. My previous experiences have understandably trained me to be very aware of the traffic around me and any movement that catches my eye while I'm driving. On this evening, I crossed a bridge and topped a hill. In front of me on the down side of that hill, there was on-coming traffic and traffic in my lane that was stopped in front of me. When I'm driving and have to slow down or stop, I always check my rear view mirrors to see what's going on behind me. The first car to strike mine topped the same hill and came up rapidly from behind and rear-ended mine. The collision shoved my car into the car stopped in front of me, then slammed into mine again. The Suburban following the car that had hit mine came over the hill, and the process repeated itself. What was odd about that wreck was that just before being struck the first time, my eerie experience antenna was going off. That's the feeling you get that forces you to turn around because it feels like some unknown person or entity is watching you. In my case, I didn't look around; I didn't check my mirrors. I just sat there. Actually, I didn't just sit there. Something inside myself actively stopped me from responding to the situation out of habit. My typical response to seeing a fast moving car speeding toward me while I'm stopped would be to jerk the steering wheel to the right and jam the gas pedal to the floor. I could have done that; I could have driven up over the curb and onto the sidewalk and probably avoided that accident. But that wasn't what I did. Instead, even though I wasn't watching, I let those cars coming from behind hit mine. Things happen. At times, the things that happen are life-changing. We like to think we're in control of our lives. When things happen that are out of our control, we have to come up with reasons to explain what happened so that we can go back to feeling like we're in control of our lives. Angels, spiritual beings, telepathic connections? Perhaps. Unconscious or instinctual responses? Absolutely. Is there any way of knowing what's actually going on? Probably not. I tend to think of my being here is collecting experiences that happen, and my responses to those experiences, and that at some point that experience will be transferred or translated to some other reality. When that happens, "I" -- my consciousness -- may sense some sort of personal identification with the memory or the record of those experiences. That's as far as I think any of us can hope to get with figuring out what's going on. Anything more is a head game we play with ourselves. The games help us feel like we're in control. [/QUOTE]
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