to ask if any of you has had a near death - or spiritual - experience?

[suburbanslob]

I'm going through a bit of a funny patch at the moment in that I'm worrying a lot about death. Completely morbid I know. I wish I wasn't but I'm quite a skeptic and would love to hear experiences from non crack-pot types.

My mum has fallen into a diabetic coma twice. We were told to prepare for the worst by the doctors both times. When she did eventually wake up my mum says she doesn't remember anything at all - not even a consiousness of there being nothing there or going on iykwim? In my mind if that is what dying is like then it's not as bad as there being nothing and you knowing it, but I think I would rather there be "something". To think that I will never again see the people I have lost is a horrible thought. Plus my mind then starts spinning with the "But where do all your thoughts go?" "How did we begin" "What's the point of life" questions and I get a bit depressed so I try not to think about it that much.

Thanks for all your replies. I am desperate to believe there is 'something' as for me there being 'nothing' is just too awful to comprehend.

I slipped on a tiled floor and knocked myself out. I felt incredibly calm. scenes from my life did flash before my eyes. I found myself laying in a field with my then ex (now current again) partner. I said "I just want to stay here forever" he said something now "no not yet but soon". I then heard my then DH (now ex) calling my name and I came round.

Also one of my good friends died in from a Diabetic coma. He used to come back and talk to me in my dreams tell me he was keeping an eye on me (and his girlfriend) and how he didn't like my DH. This would be so strange except that he came back when I was pregnant (both times) and told me (correctly) the sex of the baby. He wasn't quite ready to go on at that time but he I think he's gone now.

It may sound weird and I definately don't believe in any kind of god or religion) but I do believe some people who are ready to pass on are at rest straight away (my grandad was) but other people who aren't quite ready stay on a watch over people (like my dear friend and my other grandad)

now I sound like a real crackpot!!! Funnily enough I don't tend to tell anyone about these type of things.