Experience description:

This was the third time in my life that I have had this experience and each time the experience gets longer and more detailed.  I go to sleep.  Then, not sure how long after or when, I awaken floating in my bedroom toward a white light in the upper left hand corner of the top bookshelf, near the ceiling.  I get pulled through but it almost feels like I've gone through a door.  I enter a large room (very large), all white walls, a light that calming and peaceful all around me, really high ceilings, crystals, flowers and its beautiful.  Then as I float through the room I enter another room, also large, but with a white window frames and a view of mountains.  Then I float into another room with white windows and a view of the ocean.  It was like my home was getting larger and larger but I was floating.  Then I started to float into rooms of family members that I knew still alive.  I floated over my cousin Katie's room and saw her sleeping.  I couldn't talk though.  It was like I was watching her but she didn't know I was there.  Then I floated over my cousin Sue's bedroom and she was sitting at the edge of the bed worrying.  She does this thing with her hands when she worries and that's what she was doing. I remember thinking that she was worrying for nothing.  But then I floated into a room with a stairwell and my grandmother (who died 2 years ago) was at the bottom of the stairs walking into another room and she waved at me.  At that moment, I remember thinking "oh goodness.  I'm on the other side.  I can't be on the other side yet.  I have a 13 year old niece who will be angry with me if I go.  So, I started to think about how I could get back.  I started floating backwards.  But, it was a strange backwards.  I never actually turned around.  I just felt like I was being pulled.  And the next thing I remember is waking up and thinking I should have stayed there because it was an awesome feeling.

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?     No      

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? Yes    

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          No      

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           I felt like I was fully conscious and alert

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   It was and it wasn't.  I was floating which felt dreamy but I felt wide awake.

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Yes     I didn't feel like I had a body...just a mind.

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            Calm, peace, brightness, no worries at all, no questions and when I did question why I was there...when I saw my grandmother...it was like I was immediately pulled back into my body.

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?           No noises at all. No sounds at all.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION:  Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?            Uncertain      I thought it was strange that I could see the mountains and the beaches at the same time through 2 different bedroom windows.

Did you see a light?           Yes     But it wasn't like one light.  It was like a glow all around.

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes     My grandmother was there and she waved at me but no words were exchanged.

Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state? Uncertain     

I went into family member bedrooms while I was floating through this house.  

Did you notice how your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different?          Uncertain            I felt like I had no senses other than sight.  It was more a feeling than smell or noise.

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes    

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    Yes            That we are all one.  That everything is one.  That there are no material things to be worried about in this altered state.