NDE W/O DYING by Keevin Doster

This past September, I had a real eye-opening experience, one which put me in touch with an aspect of reality I had not known existed. I was having some body-work done when a memory triggered - I remembered "where" I came from before being born. The immediacy and the power of this contact left a strong imprint on my body's experience and memory - I had experienced it, I had been there, I knew what had happened - I could feel this in my body, clearly identifiable. Suspecting that this immediacy would fade over time and probably eventually escape me totally, I began a search through spiritual, religious, psychological and metaphysical literature to find more information that could help me keep it fresh. What I found was that everyone - masters, priests, scholars, experts, everyone - worte as if they stood at a distance and reported on something way over there which they thought or felt qualified to speak on. But their words - between the lines - lacked the immediacy of having actually experienced for themselves, directly, that which they talked about, leaving me greatly frustrated. What I finally found that came closest to my experience were reports on "near death experiences" (NDE) - people who had died and returned to life. Much of what they report fits right in with what I experienced - but I didn't die; with me, it was a memory. I had opened to the same realm without dying! What possibilities this suggests! And as I anticipated (based on earlier experiences along these lines), the fresh strong impression of the moment did gradually fade away, growing weaker and weaker in my memory, until it finally disappeared from sight. During this time, I failed to find a technique or method to keep the original experience fresh and immediate for me. While NDE reports resonate with me and what I experienced, what those who had NDE did afterwards was no help - generally, people used whatever belief systems they had beforehand as their points of reference to understand what had happened. In other words, if they were Christians, they saw God, or Jesus Christ, or angels - in Heaven; if they were atheists, they saw it in terms of existential reality and psychological archetypes. I'm probably somewhere between the two - I'm not concerned with validating existing beliefs - I just want to be ble to get back to that touchpoint I stumbled onto (or into). To that end, I have developed keys to unlock those doors I find blocking me. I still have some work to do before I'm fully merged and integrated with it, but I'm alot closer than I've ever been before. In my next article, I'll share with you my techniques and ideas. Email me at "keevind@cnw.com" to share with me your experiences and responses to this article. I look forward to hearing from you!