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I posted this first to Derek Lin's 'Tea House' forum. I see a lot of thinking here at Dao Bums, that there is *NOTHING* after death, for the reasons stated below, I strongly DO NOT believe that. I'm NOT trying to say that anyone else here should believe in life after death because of my experience's, but just read the story with compassion, and please try to hear what I'm saying. I died for about 3 to 5 minutes back in 2002, during surgery (in the recovery room). There IS a life after death. 1. I did NOT see any tunnels with a bright radiant light at the end. 2. I did NOT see any sort of "God", Jesus, Buddha, Laozi, or otherwise. 3. I floated to the ceiling, maybe 6 or more feet up. 5. Every alarm in the place was going off, all at once. 6. The surgical crew completely freaked out. I had told one (several of them really) of them if they did not do a certain thing, that I would go "code blue" on them. They did not do what I said, and I "died". 7. There was complete peace where I was, in a silvery/grey kind of cloud looking down on all of this complete chaos. 8. I heard EVERYTHING that was going on and saw it all too. I was amazed that all of that medical school training went out the window during a real crisis, like this. lol I knew where each person was, and exactly what they said and did during said time of crisis. 9. I DO believe that there is Something bigger then we are, I call it Dao, some may call it "God", or The Great Spirit, or many other names. 10. I personally believe that we continue Living (capitol "L") after what we call "death". This is an *OPINION*. 11. I was gifted with something that is very hard to put into words. I'm more telepathic, more empathic, then I ever was before this life changing incident. I "feel" people's emotions a lot more, I'm able to Love more then I ever was before this incident. I'm a Seeker more then I ever was before this incident. Frankly, I have not really put these gifts to as much of a useful purpose, as I'd like to. Perhaps that's a kind of failure, perhaps not. I'm still processing this. Still learning. 12. After all of this, I read Dr. Raymond Moody's book 'Life After Life', and there was a gentleman in Dr. Moody's book, who had an almost identical experience to the one that I had, right down to the silvery grey cloud, and I was just completely blown away. I *think* that death is a kind of transition, but I firmly do not believe that it's "the end" of our human lives. I don't wish to offend anyone here by saying any of this, I just want to tell you what happened to me. The Peace of these several minutes of being "dead" was more profound then any kind of peace that I've ever experienced before. More peace then falling deeply in Love. More peace then the best physical/sexual Love Making that I've ever experienced. This also includes some tantric experiences that I've had in the past. I *THINK* that there is more beyond this, that I never got to, because I came back into my body. Which was like riding on a rubber band shot across a room. It was bizarre, literally. There is so much more that I could say, but I'll stop there. Thank you for listening, thank you for giving me a chance to share with you. Deep Peace, Differently Abled Daoist _________________