I went home that day feeling quiet drained, and as I went into the apartment, for some reason I went straight to the bedroom, and laid directly back on the bed.  As soon as I laid down, my eyes were closed and I could feel something pulling me through my chest.  I could see the room, and felt myself being pulled from my body and was free floating in the room.  I thought, well this is a strange dream, then I caught myself to say if I believe this is a dream and am this aware something else is going on. I could see the apt. but it was darker and all gray.  I noticed I was floating and could move at a very high speed.  I would kick up and go straight through the roof, and then kick down and come right back.  I would fly around the apartment and have to hold on to sinks and doors, just to stop I was moving so fast, most everything was a blur when I was moving.  I was in the kitchen, and was holding on to the sink, and did another kick up, and went into another kitchen.  I saw what looked like beer bottles on the sink, and got them one by one and emptied them in the sink and threw them away.  then I went back down and flew around more.  I was in total Awe as to how PEACEFUL I felt and Happy I was...  Not a care in the world, just flying and free of any worries or anyone.   

I don't know how long this lasted, but at some point I thought I heard rain.  Immediately my mind went to my car, and the question of did I roll the windows up in my car?  I began floating and asking myself, (How do I wake up?)  I could not seem to wake up, and I didn't know how to get back to my body.  Then I remember beating my right leg on the bed.  I just started beating my leg on the bed harder and harder, and soon I felt like I was being laid back gently back into my body.  When I was into the body, my eyes opened and I was in severe pain throughout my whole body.  Felt as though a million needles were sticking me all over my body...  this lasted for several minutes as I sit up on the side of the bed.  When it finally stopped, I went to the bathroom - which was divided with the sink in one room with the mirror and tub and toilet in another.  I sat on the toilet as though I had to use it but didn't, and as I was sitting there slightly confused and fuzzy, my cat came running through the sink part of the bathroom into the other part of the bathroom and literally slid to a screeching halt and bowed her back, with hair standing straight on end, and hissed like crazy, looking right at me, then she turned and tore off through the house and hid.  I thought, that cat is nuts!  When I left the toilet and went to the sink to wash my hands, I looked up in the mirror and was dumbfounded.  It was not me.  well it was but my whole head was distorted, and there was a VERY BRIGHT white light shining from it.  Very freakish looking.  It seemed to stay that way several more minutes then slowly came back to look like me without the light. 

I know from this experience that I was out of my body and that there is life after life.  The real life...  This is just a  temporary state.   

there are only 2 other people who know this story as back in that time, people would have thought I was a crack pot to tell it I believe, so I only told 2 people and have just thought about it for years, and wondered how and why it happened.   

Also, approximately 3 years ago, around 2010 I had another experience while sitting in the car in the garage at work waiting on someone that was joining me for lunch.  I sat quietly with my eyes closed, and suddenly I was climbing a huge white staircase almost straight up.  I again felt very happy and at peace, and was going up and up and I could see a door at the top, and the closer I got the fast I went, which is unlike me, since I have bad knees and stairs are not my friends - at least in this life.  As I was getting very close to the door, I heard the door from the elevator lobby slam, and it immediately brought me back and the stairs were gone, and I looked and my friend was coming toward the car.    I often wander what would have happened if I had made it to the door and went in...

At the time of your experience was there an associated life-threatening event?   Uncertain  

Was the experience difficult to express in words?....Yes....because if was REAL... and so vivid and it would literally take a Book to explain every nuance in detail...

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?....More consciousness and alertness than normal    I was constantly totally alert both times.  It was as thought I was asleep, but I was totally conscious of everything....I was totally conscious of everything, all my surroundings, and my self and was totally aware of a overwhelming sense of peace and joy.  Much more connected then usually when my mind goes from place to place all the time.

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience.    My vision during the experience was different, as everything was monotone grayish colored it seems, as opposed to now when multiple colors.  But my attention to detail even with this color  change was profound

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience.    other than the rain, in the first experience and the door in the second, I don't recall hearing anything at all.  Literally total quiet and peace.

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?    No  

What emotions did you feel during the experience?....sheer unconditional happiness, love and PEACE...  

Did you pass into or through a tunnel?....No....

Did you see an unearthly light?....Yes....in the second experience Yes, there was a bight light around the door at the top of the stairs, in the first experience, I saw the bright white light, after I had returned to my body, around my head area

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice?....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....1st experience, I seemed to be in my own apartment and around about there 

2nd, it was definitely a different unfamiliar unearthly place.

Did time seem to speed up or slow down?....Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual....extremely faster

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything?....No....

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?....No....

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

Did scenes from the future come to you?....No....

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

Discuss any changes that might have occurred in your life after your experience:....Large 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    

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience?....Uncertain     I do seem to be able to read people's emotions better...  I know when they are hurting and trying to hide it

Have you ever shared this experience with others?   Yes   it was the next day, I shared with a friend who took me to see who she said was a medium and was told the gentleman who died that day was trying to take over my body was the reason behind the experience.  Not sure I believed that, but I do know it happened just not sure why

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 definitely real    never had a question it was real.  I was totally conscious during the whole thing.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience at the current time:....Experience was definitely real....

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?....Yes....I try to share the love and joy and peace I felt with other.  I totally do not always make it happen, but I do try harder now

Have your religious beliefs/spiritual practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?....Yes    before, I had no religious beliefs

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience?....Yes    the climb up the staircase...

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?    Yes    I believe so, this is so hard to explain in the realm of what people believe and what they will or will not accept.     ....