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When near-death experiences create fear of spiritual practice

During my overdose I experienced hell realms that felt more real than anything, and now I'm terrified that meditation or spiritual practice might take me back there.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Traumatic spiritual encounter generates avoidance of practices that might reconnect with transcendent states.

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