Middleman, I had a similar experience about 20 years ago, I was riding my motorcycle 35 mph down the street in front of the church of Scientology in downtown Clearwater. A car turned left in front of me, he said he didnt see me. I kept my bike upright and hit the car. At the time of impact I jumped up and landed on my feet about 25 feet down the road. Many Scientologist saw the accident and thought I was one of their leaders who reached clear and could fly. They told me I flew through the air and was set down on my feet. They took me into their headquarters after the accident. I was curious to see the inside of their headquarters, I dont know how many non scientologist get in there. Finnally I convinced them I had nothing to do with Scientology, I had not reached clear.
When my wife and I would go out to breakfast during the next year in downtown Clearwater several times Scientoligist came up to me and told my wife of my flying through the air as if I had magical powers.
At the time of the accident, I was going to an AA meeting and had reached a place of spiritual nirvana. I felt close to my higher power, who I called God. The cops and fireman told me whenever a bike gets wrecked like that the rider gets killed. I feel as some power lifted me up and set me down with a wooshing sound.
I was faced with my death, my options were to hit a telephone pole, which would have killed me, to put the bike down at 35 mph which would have scrapped my skin off and I most likely would have been killed hiting a car at 35 mph with my body. I jumped up at the point of impact. And I was told by 3 witnesses that I flew through the air like I knew magic and came down 25 feet down the road on my feet with out a scratch.
God, angels, spirits, atheism, I am still here and thats what happened and the story hasnt changed in 20 years.
I've told this story here before and have heard from the disbelivers, Thats ok. Be thankfull you havent had the experience. It kills more than it allows to ponder the meaning and significance of life and the universe.
If there is no God, if there are no angles or spirits. I hit a car broad side at 35 mph. And because I am in such good shape and such a great athelete which I was I jumped over the car and landed on my feet 25 feet down the road, the bike was totaled and I didnt have a scratch. Thats all true.
But I felt as if a force picked me up and set me down with a wooshing sound and thats what the witnesses told me and my wife.
Since my body realized this was a life and death situation when the car turned in front of me everything went into slow motion until I landed on my feet with a woosh. You can google the reality of near death experiences and slow motion. Thats the way it went for me real slow.
When I landed on my feet then everything went back to real time.
Today I battle with believing as an agnostic and atheist. When I reflect back to that incident my internal conflict is atheist 40 God 60, the bible 10 all out of 100.
I'd have to say if Evil Kenevil was riding my bike that day he would have had a few broken bones.
When I think of that experience, I think life is mysterious. It wasnt my time to die and something kept me alive.
I dont think I was kept alive to do anything great but I still have made an impact and effect on the big picture as everyone does and it wasnt my time to go then.
Or there is no mystery and I am great at jumping over cars off motorcycles at 35 mph. I wasted my life as a tool maker and detention officer. I should have been a stunt man.
