Martha Beck

And this light came, and it was so exquisite.

Like, it was more beautiful than anything you could imagine.

And it expanded, and it touched me and filled my body with the most exquisite joy and...

love and illuminate like it was all that it's all that in a box of cookies it's everything people say it is and i came out of there out of the surgery out of the anesthesia and there was this janitor mopping the floor and i remember opening my eyes and going i love you so much and then the nurses came in i'm like i love you all so much

And I talked to the anesthesiologist and I was like, what is it?

Give me more.

And he said, no, that he was giving me the anesthesia.

And when the light touched me, I started to cry and my eyes were taped shut, but tears came down and the doctors thought I was conscious and I could feel the pain.

So they freaked out and the anesthesiologist was like, oh my God, she needs more meds.

And then he told me he turned to put more medication in the drip and

And a voice said, it's okay, she's crying because she's happy.

And he said, he told me in terror, he said,

I just did what it said.

Was I okay?

Did I do okay?

So I kind of told him what happened to me.

And he said, do you know how many times this has happened to me in 33 years of practice?

And I said, no.

He said, once.

And then he kissed me on the forehead and went away.