Sebastian Junger
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I didn't know I was dying, but I had this like this instinct of like a wounded animal.
Like if I go into the pit, the infinitely dark pit, I'm not coming out.
Like I just sensed like don't go in there because you're not coming back.
And I started to panic because I felt myself getting drawn in.
And then my father, my dead father, appeared above me and to my left.
Now, there's a whole body of inquiry of NDEs, near-death experiences, and I didn't know anything about this stuff, right?
I didn't know anything about it.
It didn't interest me.
I'm not culturally prepped for anything like that.
I didn't see angels.
Like, I'm justβI'm a zero in that regard, right?
There's my dead father above me, right?
He'd been dead eight years.
But I was not happy to see him, right?