Im curious as to if anyone here has ever had a near-death experience. I have had one years ago, and i thought i would share it.

This happened years ago when i was 20. This was my second and final suicide attempt and apparently I just about succeeded. I was at a seedy bar at 3 am in the morning, and a lot of drug use of various types was going on around me. At this time a thing called scarfing was en vogue. It involved the use of ether in a scarf and inhaling. I dont want to go into the details of what i did, but basically i overdid it purposely and knocked myself out cold, the last thing i remember was my eyes rolling back as fell out of the bar stool.

The next thing was blackness.. and then a change. at first i saw nothing.. I only felt... and what i felt was warmth, peace... a deep sense of serenity and belonging.. Then I realized i was enveloped in a bright but soft white light. There was nothing else there that i could see. The best way i can describe this to others is that it was a womb filled with light. It seemed like i was there for eternity.. Time did not exist and i was at ease. The he/she spoke to me in a very quiet voice and only said one simple thing.

I have always accepted you, why can you not accept yourself?

I awoke with someone screaming over me.. i had a huge headache. i had fallen face first out of the stool according to the account and really bruised up my face and had turned blue. They thought i was a goner.

This caused a lot of conflict with my relationship with God. I cursed him/her first. I said how dare you show me that and send me back here.. Over time i came to terms with it and i attribute the experience to my ability to have faith now whereas before it was difficult. I was at a point in my life that i needed faith to be able to survive and thats what i got.

It can be easily argued that what i experienced was a mere hallucination caused by lack of oxygen to the brain or that it was in fact a divine encounter. Either way doesnt matter to me , the message was profound and life changing