Please mark the number below each statement that best indicates how you felt before your near-death experience and then how you feel since your NDE (or since July 25, 2003).

1.  I would prefer complex to simple problems. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

2.  I like to have the responsibility of handling a situation that requires a lot of thinking. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

3.  Thinking is not my idea of fun. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

4.  I would rather do something that requires little thought than something that is sure to challenge my thinking abilities. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

5.  I try to anticipate and avoid situations where there is likely chance I will have to think in depth about something.  
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

6.  I find satisfaction in deliberating hard and for long hours. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

7.  I only think as hard as I have to. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

8.  I prefer to think about small, daily projects rather than long-term ones. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

9.   I like tasks that require little thought once I’ve learned them. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

10. The idea of relying on thought to make my way to the top appeals to me. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

11. I really enjoy a task that involves coming up with new solutions to problems. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

12. Learning new ways to think doesn’t excite me very much. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

13. I prefer my life to be filled with puzzles that I must solve. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

14. The notion of thinking abstractly is appealing to me. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

15. I would prefer a task that is intellectual, difficult, and important to one that is somewhat important but does not require much thought. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

16. I feel relief rather than satisfaction after completing a task that required a lot of mental effort. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

17. It’s enough for me that something gets the job done; I don’t care how or why it works. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

18. I usually end up deliberating about issues even when they do not affect me personally. 
 
   Before your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
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      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

This next section asks about meaningful coincidences.  Please read the following story as an example of meaningful coincidence. 

Kelly is a 28-year-old member of Alcoholics Anonymous. She was struggling with a great deal of anger and resentment focused on her father, an active alcoholic with whom she has been with from the age of 10. She described their relationship as one of emotional turmoil and “dysfunctional.” 
One day, as she was reading the text Alcoholics Anonymous, she came across a passage that described alcoholics as sick people, and how we would not treat a cancer patient or someone suffering from another serious medical illness with disdain and resentment. She suddenly had this “revelation” about her father and felt her anger and resentment melt into empathy and concern. She realized how he was suffering and ill from his alcoholism, just as she had been suffering from the same illness: “I felt like all those feelings that I carried around my dad were gone. I guess I see this now as God removing my resentments.” She suddenly “felt a sense of peace.”
As she pondered these new feelings and perceptions, her cell phone rang; it was her father calling. The two had been so alienated that she didn’t even think he knew her phone number. Surprisingly, he confessed to her how important she had been in his life, how sorry he was, how he cared about her and would do anything to help her. He wept as he spoke openly about their troubled relationship
Kelly later told the interviewer that the coincidence of her father calling just at the moment when her heart was opening up struck her as “amazing.” 

Now please rate the frequency that you have experienced the following conditions, both before your NDE and since your NDE, by selecting the appropriate answer.

1.  When I am in a hurry, I find a parking spot right where I need it.

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

2.  I am late to get somewhere and find the way surprisingly open so that I arrive just in time. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

3.  I think of calling someone, only to have that person unexpectedly call me. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

4.  When my phone rings, I know who is calling (without checking the cell phone screen or using personalized ring tones). 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

5.  I think about a song and then hear it on the radio

   Before your NDE: 
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  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

6.  I think of a question only to have it answered by external media (i.e., radio, TV, people) before I can ask it. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

7.  I think of an idea and hear or see it on radio, TV, or Internet.

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

8.  I think about someone and then that person unexpectedly drops by my house or office of passes me in the hall or street. 

   Before your NDE: 
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  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

9.  I run into a friend in an out-of-the-way place. 

   Before your NDE: 
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  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

10. I need something and the need is met without my having to do anything. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

11. In a desperate search for information, it amazingly shows up. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently
   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

12. The right amount of money shows up from an unexpected source just when I need it. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

13. A lost object comes back to me in an unexpected way. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

14. I experience a series of numerically-related coincidences (for example, buying something for $1.44 before taking flight #144 at 1:44 pm). 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

15. The same name or word has appeared several times in close proximity in different contexts. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

16. I advance in my work/career/education through being at the “right place-right time.” 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

17. I am introduced to people who unexpectedly further my work/career/education. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

18. A certain number regularly appears in my life. (If so, what number?   My SS# is all 2s and 5s BBM 552 in 77    )

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

19. Meaningful coincidence helps determine my educational path. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

20. I discover that I felt pains and/or anguish as someone I loved was dying in another place. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

21. I experience strong emotions or physical sensations that were simultaneously experienced at a distance by someone I love. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

22. After a loved one died, I have received some indication that this person was communicating with me. 
I awoke from a dead sleep to the sound of dress shoe steps on a hard wood floor, but my floor was shag carpet.
My grand father on my father's side at that exact time was on his death bed receiving his last rights. 
Like a index finger pressing on my left colar bone, I was touched, and heard "David". 
With in an hour of this he got better, and I got very very sick the next day.

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

23.  I have dreams and later find out that events in my dream actually happened around the same time that I had dreamt them. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

24. I have dreams that predict future events. 

   Before your NDE: 
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  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently
25. I have dreams that supply me with specific information about my personal life, career, or education. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

26. I have dreams about unknown persons whom I then subsequently met. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

27. A series of coincidences point me toward taking a particular action in my personal life, career, or education. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

28. In attempting to reach a goal, obstacle after obstacle prevented me from continuing on a path, which I later discovered was better for me. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

29. Meaningful coincidence validates my course of action. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

30. Meaningful coincidences change my life. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

31. I am in the right place at the right time to rescue somebody. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

32. A meaningful coincidence results in my avoiding an injury or an accident. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

33. Meaningful coincidences occur to me around the birth of a child. 
My step daughter found out she was pregnant on my birthday is 2003
Emily was born on my mother's birthday 4 Jan 2004. On my step daughter's birthday
27 Aug 2004, she found out she was pregnant again. Her due date was my birthday.

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

34. Meaningful coincidences occur to me around the death of a loved one. 
My great great great grand father died on my birthday.

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

35. Meaningful coincidences occur to me around a personal crisis. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

36. After experiencing meaningful coincidence, I analyze the meaning of my experience. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
  Never            Seldom        Occasionally       Often     Very frequently

37. I feel that meaningful coincidences point to a connection between my internal and external worlds. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

38. I believe that human minds are interconnected. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

39. I believe fate works through meaningful coincidences. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

40. I believe God speaks to us through meaningful coincidences. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

41. Meaningful coincidences help me grow spiritually. 

   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

42. I believe coincidences can be explained by the laws of probability or chance.
 
   Before your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

   Since your NDE: 
      1----------------2----------------3----------------4--------------5
      strongly disagree   disagree          not sure             agree    strongly agree

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