Davida Wilhelmsen

“My choosing which injuries to retain and my being blown up by a roadside bomb in the first place are assumed to be valuable, useful, and good from the perspective of my expanded awareness states. The experience isn’t a punishment for actions or thoughts that were bad or evil and isn’t bad luck or a mistake. My injuries are not reflections of some construct of original (or even mildly quirky) sin. From the expanded perspective of my Whole Self, the event and aftermath are experiences that I chose for various reasons with amusement and a sense of joy and excitement for this novel experience. That I’m not always as thrilled about the results from within the physical perspective as I was when I dreamed up this adventure often strikes me as amusing even within occasional frustration or discomfort. (In the meantime, getting blown up is a great source for jokes…)”
― Natalie Sudman, Application of Impossible Things - My Near Death Experience in Iraq