"She May have Entered Another Dimension."
Near Death Experiences and the Transposition of States.
The night before last I found a Substack post by a fellow named Anthony Freda, which caught my attention. He wrote:
“She was staring into the abyss, fists clenched and at her chest, stiff. After a few very long minutes, she appeared to come out of the seizure and started… laughing! I felt a wave of relief wash through me. Maybe this was all just a bad joke that I was not in on, I thought, in my delusion of reprieve. But this was not her style. At all. She looked oddly, but truly happy and at peace when she was laughing but was far away from me. So far, in fact, that it seemed she may have entered another dimension. A place without pain and fear. As suddenly as the laughter began, it ended. Back to our realm.”
I responded in comments:
[…] Interesting, terrifying story! One thing that really stood out was the laughter.
I wondered if your Beloved had 'reached the whiteness' which is a form of death we can have while still alive. You described it as a possible out-of-body experience, and that's exactly what it feels like, but when I had it I laughed too, really laughed. The world and universe and everything in it was suddenly hilarious, wonderful and one feels like a child, freed.
It'd be neat if she remembers if bright whiteness was involved..?”
Anthony Freda (Author) responded:
“She has no memory of the event. I'm so glad that you landed here somehow. There are no accidents. Would love to hear more about your experience.”
By order of suggestion, for Mr. Freda and His hopefully Fully Recovered Beloved, I wrote out the shortest version of inter-dimensional laughs from the far side of reality. My “event” took weeks to understand, but the whiteness stage was pure peace and joy.
About the fourth day of the Kundalini Trip* I rose out of the darkness. The best way to describe this feeling was knowing I was about to go to my death. It was important to be at peace with the idea, figure out what needed to happen and how, and make plans to that end. It was all perfectly acceptable; I went about the daily routine and apart from the adrenalin that dumped endlessly, it was confusing but fun, like being in love.
I hadn’t even realised I had been in darkness. It was the contrast from the darkness to the extraordinary light that could be called the whiteness — like the difference between an old-fashioned black & white film negative contrasted with its photo image.
I used to ask my mother (who was raised in a vicarage) what is above outer space? She would become frustrated that she couldn’t explain, but I’d always desired to know. So.
The whiteness, in my experience, is beyond outer space; instead of black space with silver stars and white galaxies, there is whiteness with colourful stars and galaxies.
I looked agog at the elegant simplicity and beauty of a limitless portion of universe and laughed like a child, yelling out ‘Hallowed!’ through the whiteness, knowing all of the consciousness within it would only hear the first part of the greeting — ‘Hallo..!’ which was hilarious — laughter spilled out, perspective continued to amplify…
So much more happened in the following weeks. Coming back to earth was required though; luckily the descent used a much gentler technique than the ascent demanded.
*Un-paywalled for a week or so.
I wish I'd accessed above outer space the first time without the aid of LSD but oh well, it is what it is. Years later it was through my dear one Tröma Nagmo. Thank you for sharing 😊
Wow! Thank you for sharing this transcendent experience.