Chat It’s Fate — August 2017

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Beverley Gilmour, 52, Lytham St Annes, Lancs

I know I’ve died

thousands of times

True life: Final moments

S

taring down, I saw

myself lying in bed.

WhatÕs happening?

I panicked, floating

above my body.

It was 1987 and

I was 22.

I’d had two

similar experiences

before, assumed

they were dreams.

Only this time,

as I’d slept, I’d felt

my spirit catapulted

from my body.

Force

Then suddenly, a

force sucked me

back into my physical self.

I woke exhausted, heart

pounding, headache.

I’d never

been spiritual, but it

felt real.

Months later, it

happened again.

This time, my spirit

was guided up a spiral

staircase into

bright light.

The next

time, I met

my father.

‘Dad,’ I

cried, a feeling of

love coursing

through me.

‘Learn to do as

you’re told,’ Dad

said before I was

pulled back.

I’m crossing

over, I realised – my dad

had died in 1982.

Terror struck. Had I

somehow escaped death?

‘I think it’s my time to die,’

I sobbed to my friend, Susan.

‘No. You’re having an out-

of-body experience,’ she said.

Her words soothed me, but

about five times a year, my

heart would stop as I slept.

I’d be yanked from my body

into the spirit world.

Flat-lined

In 1989, I was rushed to

hospital after having an

episode while eight

months pregnant.

In A&E, I flat-lined.

Doctors jump-started my

heart, but I couldn’t feel the

baby moving.

‘We need to induce you,’

the specialist said.

Thankfully, Oliver

arrived safe and sound.

But after my second son,

Westley, in 1991, the episodes

became more frequent.

Medics were baffled.

I had brain scans for

tumours, endless tests.

Traumatised, I spent

hours researching, met

psychics and clairvoyants.

Eventually, I began to

meet people who’d had

similar experiences.

‘It’s such a relief,’

I gasped.

Spiritual experts

thought

I was

having near-

death experiences.

Traumatic

I realised I was actually

physically dying in

my sleep.

‘They’re actual death

experiences,’ I told a doctor.

During these ADEs I’d

have premonitions, visit loved

ones, chat to all sorts. Cary

Grant, Walt Disney.

Now, I have four a month.

It’s debilitating, traumatic.

I can be bed-ridden for days.

Oliver, 27, and Westley, 25,

care for me when I’m ill.

I’m on meds to regulate my

heartbeat, help me sleep. I’m

the only known British person

being treated for chronic ADEs.

Over 30 years, I’ve died

thousands of times.

But I’m blessed, I was

chosen to visit the Afterlife.

And I know it’s full of love.

I’d be

yanked from

my body

into

the spirit

Deat h

l Beverley

counsels

those

suffering

similar

experiences,

a terminal

illness, or

dealing with

grief. For

more info

or a free

consultation,

contact bevgilmour@

outlook.com

A Journey of Actual-Death

Experiences by Beverley

J. Gilmour is available to

order on Amazon.

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