SHARED DEATH CROSSING EXPERIENCE: Living with my Brother’s Spirit with Paul Lenz
What Researchers Found
The Story
Paula Lens, a 29-year-old woman in 1983, experienced an out-of-body event three days after her brother Don's sudden death in a car accident. While driving his truck to visit grandparents, she felt intense grief from the loss. During the drive, Paula saw 360 degrees around her and sensed Don as a pattern of light at her shoulder. He communicated telepathically that he was happy on another plane and it was his time to go. She left her body and entered infinity with him, feeling complete oneness with the universe. Waves of peace, all knowledge, and pure love washed over her; she knew she was home and did not want to return. When she tried to go further, Don pushed her back, saying it was not her time. She re-entered her body as the truck turned automatically. After the experience, Paula's consciousness changed; she lost fear of death and noticed ongoing signs from Don, like moved objects. She developed psychic abilities, read spiritual books extensively, and retired in 2016 to write her book 'Driving Into Infinity.' Now, she speaks to comfort grieving people, feeling more authentic and purposeful.
This account describes an out-of-body experience during driving with subjective sensations of 360-degree vision, contact with the deceased brother, and cosmic oneness, but lacks any specific, verifiable perceptions of the physical world. No attempts at verification or corroborated details are mentioned, limiting evidential value to personal testimony.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
This account describes an out-of-body experience during driving with subjective sensations of 360-degree vision, contact with the deceased brother, and cosmic oneness, but lacks any specific, verifiable perceptions of the physical world. No attempts at verification or corroborated details are mentioned, limiting evidential value to personal testimony.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.