Here is something that happened to me yesterday that you may find interesting.

   On November 13 I became very constipated. I tried using an enema but it didn’t work. So I resorted to drinking magnesium citrate. After several hours nothing happened, so I gave myself another enema. After several minutes I passed some liquid number 2. I managed to get some relief but not all of it came out.

   I stayed up until 4:00 am trying to get the rest out but no success. After a few hours of sleep I got up for the day (November 14). I felt my intestines churning but nothing further came out.  Later that morning I was very drowsy so I attempted a nap. When I started to dose off I started experiencing a near death episode. I saw a light in front of me and realized that I shouldn’t go into it. Then I saw a light to the left of me and a light to the right. I felt those two lights arouse me back to fully awake. I felt under the impression that they were two light beings helping me stay awake. I fought to stay awake for awhile then got very drowsy again.

   I nodded off toward sleeping when once again the two lights helped me stay awake. It was then that I knew I couldn’t lapse into sleep so I consumed two 200 mg pills of caffeine. At 1:30 that afternoon I went to play tennis hoping that would help me stay awake. It helped a lot. Later that afternoon I promised my mother I would visit so I went to Brick Town. That night I became drowsy and felt I may die if I fell asleep so I took more caffeine pills. At 10:00 pm I told my mother I was too tired to stay longer so I went home. By 11:30 I felt it was alright to sleep so I went to bed.

   Today I woke up at 12:30 this afternoon. I went to the bathroom and had a large mission number 2. I feel fine now and will avoid using magnesium citrate ever again as I believe the prolonged exposure of it in my system is what almost killed me.

   during the possible near death episode, I felt peace and serenity and heard beautiful music in the distance. It's possible that due to the lack of sleep I was having a vivid dream, but it sure seemed authentic.

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   Oops. I meant to say 200 mg worth.

Hi Ralph,

You definitely overdosed.  You took too much of it in too short a time, where normally you have to wait 4-6 hours in between doses, one dose being only 50 mg.  Overdose can cause hallucinations, but that's not to say what you experienced wasn't a real spiritual experience.  The interpretation really needs to be up to you.   As far as a true NDE though,  I would classify a true NDE as actual physical death where it would be necessary to physically revive you. 

I'm a medical transcriptionist so my opinions stem from a medical perspective...only you can decide the true meaning of your experience.   I can say this though, I definitely think you were in some altered state of consciousness which doesn't mean that your experience wasn't real.  I just don't think you actually physically were in the process of dying.

Let me give you an example...after giving birth I had pre-eclampsia which can lead to coma and death.  Whether it was the medication they had me on or whether it was the severe medical condition itself, I was definitely in an extreme alterned state of consciousness.  Although I was technically medically fine, just dealing with the effects of the pre-eclampsia, I too thought I might be dying.  I was able to see auras for quite a long time, but couldn't get anyone to believe me.  It was one of the most marvelous experiences of my life, and I am so glad I had an opportunity to see "for real"...that's what I called it.  I was finally able to really see more real, more clearly than normal waking consciousness allows.  Of course, the docs and nurses told me I was "just hallucinating." 

Maybe drugs should not be taken too lightly... I have my own experiences with drugs, be them illegal ones of different kinds (e.g. LSD, Cannabis, Amphetamines, and some other chemical and natural illegal and potentially dangerous drugs, but in moderate frequencies and doses) in my younger years, or socially accepted drugs like alcohol (still using it daily in the evening and night, but in small to moderate doses), nicotine (given up on it at last in April 2011, because of health issues with disturbed blood circulation in brain), caffeine (mostly in the morning, sometimes during daytime too, but in moderate doses).
Your description of your intakes seems rather unusual to me, but that may be a cultural difference, I'm simply not used to it and don't know about others, maybe I close my eyes at it, or people generally do it but don't speak openly about such things.
My personal view is that drugs have impacts on the overall health of the bodily system and that the effects become more acute with higher age, while at younger age they can still be shrugged off.
I knew some people who died of drugs prematurely in young or medium age, some already in their thirties, others in their fourties. I'm 46 years old now and know that I still have many things to do, so have to be careful, I would like to smoke cigarettes but I must not do it because it threatens my life expectancy drastrically, and I like to drink more whiskey because I like it, but must restrain myself because of my stomach, and I think I have already burnt many many brain cells with LSD and need the remaining ones.
Maybe you might consider using less chemical aids to influence your energetic system...?