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Experience description:

I was up early morning meditating in my room before heading over to the yoga studio where I was taking an advanced teacher training course.  During my meditation I began thinking about my Mom, I felt her presence with me like a warm hug. I realized that even though I felt her presence strongly all the time since her passing I would never again feel one of her physical hugs, her soft skin, her natural scent of 'Mom".  That thought brought a wave of grief and I was overcome with emotions of loss and began to sob very heavily.   I spoke out loud to her as if she was right there and could hear me. I told her how much I loved her and how I missed her physical presence in my life.  I cried for about 5 minutes then pulled myself together so I could finish getting ready to get to class.

When I got to the studio I was still sniffling and feeling weepy about my Mother.  As I was about to place my coat on the closest hook, the one I had been using for numerous days prior to that morning, I followed a sudden urge to go to the other end of the coat rack and use the hook on the far end.  As I was placing my coat onto that hook I noticed a white canvas bag hanging on the hook directly next to it and in the center of the bag, in large print, were 3 letters:  MOM.

I smiled and began to cry some more.  I knew she had been with me earlier and was aware of my need for her comfort.  So she managed a very creative way to reach out and touch me.

 Was this experience difficult to express in words?     No

 Did you ONLY sense an awareness of presence of the deceased without actually seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling them?      Yes

 Did you hear the deceased or hear something associated with the deceased?          No

 Did you feel a touch or experience any physical contact from the deceased?         No

 Did you see the deceased?       No

 Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased? No

 How long did the experience last?      30 minutes

 Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?       Beginning was sudden and the ending was gradual.

 Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?          Uncertain

 I may have felt her happiness and amusement in the way we had connected though this experience although I cannot be certain.

 Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?  No

 How do you currently view the reality of your experience?          Experience was definitely real

           Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:   The timing and sequence of events do not seem possible as coincidental.

           Was the experience dream like in any way?  No

 Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience? Yes

 I was more convinced than before that my Mother, and other loved ones, continue to be aware of my life and are there for me if I sincerely call to them.  They are also my guardian angels.

 What was the best and worst part of your experience?          Worst part was feeling the grief prior to the experience.  Best part was the joy and delight of how Mom showed up for me that morning in response to my emotional needs.

 Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience? Yes                Describe:     I never hesitate to reach out to my Mom and other deceased loved ones via thought and spoken word.

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?      Yes    Convinced there is life after death.

 Death Compacts are when two or more living people promise among themselves that whoever dies first will try to contact the other(s).  Have you ever made such a compact?    No

 Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?          Lingering sadness yet enormous joy and love towards my Mom.

 Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          Yes

 There were numerous other students also entering the studio at the time I was hanging up my coat.  When I began crying a few of them came over to comfort me and I showed them the bag I saw that made me realize my Mom was leaving me a physical message.

 Did you have any sense of altered space or time?  No

 Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?         No

 Did you become aware of future events?      No

 Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?      No

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?   No

 Did you meet or see any other beings other than the deceased?   No

 Did you see a light?        No

 Did any part of your experience seem to occur in a place other than the location described above?     No

 Have you shared this experience with others?     Yes    Most people were moved by my experience and I felt they believed as I do....that it was an ADC

 Have you shared this experience formally or informally with any other researcher or web site?         No

 Were there any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?          No

 Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?       No 

Did you ever in your life have a near-death experience, out of body experience or other spiritual event? Yes 

When I was 23 YO while fishing in Baja Mexico I was stung by something, perhaps a scorpion, in the small fishing boat I was in.  The pain increased to the point where I left my body and circled above myself in the boat for some time.  I experienced no fear...just curiosity and delight as I enjoyed the view from above the ocean.  I wondered if I was dead or going to die although I still was filled with only a sense of enjoyment of the experience I was having.  After some minutes I began to think of my Mom and how devastated she would be if I did not return to my body....soon after I did come back to my body.  I did not tell anyone about this experience for many years.  It did change me forever though, as I realized that there is more than one realm of existence.

 Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?           Yes