I passed out three different times from temporary heart stoppages before I got my pacemaker, and I remember dreaming twice. Since I am not religious, my dreams weren’t similar to reported “near-death experiences,” (“Near death events take arresting turn,” SN: 8/16/03, p. 109: Near-death events take arresting turn) but it doesn’t surprise me that a religious person who thought she were dying would dream of going to heaven.
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