The new science of death: 'There's something happening in the brain that makes no sense'

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4. I've gone thru this

I had a heart attack in January of this year. I'm 85. My heart stopped and i quit breathing. I was in the hospital at the time following a series of heart attacks; very painful, by the way. The docs called my wife at home and asked if they should try to revive me. I had no visions; heard no voices. No angels or ancestors appeared. A tiny light came on and I was lying at the bottom of a very deep hole. Then I became aware of someone holding my hand and telling me not to die. I woke up on a ventilator. For a while afterwards I had weird,symbolic death dreams but normalcy resumed gradually. It was pretty intense and it has changed the way I view things. In a sense it was a liberating experience. I realized I'm not afraid of death.