bed . . . . So I took a running leap and started off in the air. I rose above the houses quickly and was shaky for a while; I remembered many flying dreams in which I have crashed. But I decided that if I controlled my mind, I would be all right. I flew higher and higher, and was touched by a little fear; I was afraid to fly too high. So I made effort to keep myself low enough for my own comfort. I could see the roofs of houses, the trees, and everything. When I first went up I realized I wasn't seeing physically, so I thought, "I should see." Then I saw everything okay. I saw my arms raised in front of me Superman-style. I started to climb too high for comfort and I became afraid of getting too far away from Earth. With that thought, I started getting lower and lower. I descended very quickly until I was forced to land. I landed okay in some street, on the slope of a hill. I thought, . . . Now I'll never get there!' The next thing I knew I was dreaming again (Peterson)." Unknowns create fears. One may fear the darkness because he or she does not know what is there. A physical pain may create fear because one does not know what it may imply. When these Unknowns become Knowns, the fears diminish and disappear and one is able to cope with whatever is confronted (Monroe 1). A controlled out-of-body experience is the most efficient means known to gather Knowns to create a different overview. First, and perhaps most important, among these Knowns is survival of physical death. If there is a better way than the OBE of knowing that this takes place--not just hoping, having faith, or believing, but knowing--it is unknown (Monroe 10). The OBEers return knowing that not only is there more than the physical bodies, but that, without equivocation, there is survival of physical death (Monroe 8).Most NDEs have the effect of changing completely the belief systems of the patients, providing a genuine different overview (Monroe 8). One teenager reported...
