Experience | Near-death

It happened during a routine afternoon—what Joan Didion called the "ordinary instant" . Elias was simply crossing the street when a sudden screech of tires signaled the end of his "first" life. The Life Review and the Light

: Suddenly, Elias was no longer behind his eyes. He watched from a spherical, 360-degree vantage point as his physical form lay on the asphalt, surrounded by the "black and white" contrast of blood against pavement. Near-Death Experience

The following story explores a Near-Death Experience (NDE), incorporating common elements reported by survivors, such as a , the presence of light , and the feeling of a "void" or "nothingness" before resuscitation. The Unremarkable Instant It happened during a routine afternoon—what Joan Didion