"This happened to me last night (January 12, 2010 - Gold Coast, Australia) and I have tried searching all over the net to try and get some rational about what I saw or why I saw it," says Nikki. "I woke at 2:00 a.m. to see what looked to be the traditional Grim Reaper! It stood in the doorway of my bedroom with its hooded head touching the top of the door frame...." But the Grim Reaper is just a fabrication, isn't it? Read the rest of Nikki's story.

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"Two days ago, my father passed away after a very long, painful, and slow cancer," reports Leszek. "Just before the moment that he died, I was at his bed in our home with my mother. We noticed that he stopped breathing, and that he kind of opened his eyes, much more clearly, gave one look at me, and one look at my mother. Just as we wanted to panic, his eyes -- very clearly, and with precise coardination -- rolled up to the top corner of the room behind me. They kept following something, until this something stopped in front of him, almost on top of him. His eyes, were clearly seeing something, and he looked very surprised or maybe even scared. In exactly the same moment, he seemed to feel something coming straight at him, and that is when he got a heart attack. Two seconds later he continued to look at this thing, much more peacefully now, and he got a second attack. After this, he started dying, and his eyes were closing fading away. Everything seemed very relaxed. About a week before his death, he was speaking about two or three of our dead family memebers, telling my mother that 'Tommorow they are going to work.'"

Thanks, Leszek. The deathbed vision phenomenon is quite fascinating and more common than you might think. We can't know with utmost certainty whether the dying are seeing passed loved ones coming for them, or if it is just an illusion. But there is some compelling anecdotal evidence for the former, which you can read about in these articles:

• Deathbed Visions
• Visions at the Hour of Death

Some interesting links I've found this week:
• The Anderson Institute - This site has some interesting information on the concept of time, time travel, religion and time, time control technologies and cutting-edge research.
• Dr. Kevin Nelson Skeptical of Near-Death Experience Accounts - An interesting discussion with Dr. Kevin Nelson, a University of Kentucky Researcher and near-death experience skeptic, who says the burden of proof is on experiencers to show their experiences are real. Read it or listen to it.
• 3 Ways to Develop Your Hidden Powers - If psychic abilities do exist in each person, the real question is: How can you unlock your hidden psychic ability? Here are three ways to enhance your psychic ability and unleash its maximum potential.
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