What Dying Taught Me About Living

Tapping into the Infinite Mind

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“Sure, I’ll have more fries.”

Those were my last words before I died.

Red Robin. Bottomless fries. My wife. My kids—ages 4 and 5. My parents visiting from Ohio. A moment of joy. Then, darkness.

I slumped over my son. Blue. Lifeless. No warning. No pain. Just gone.

An off-duty firefighter started CPR. Mall cops rushed in with an AED. My heart hadn’t failed from blockage—it was electrical. A cardiac arrest. Not a heart attack. The lights flipped off. Instant.

⚡ What Happened Next

• I was clinically dead.

• I was revived.

• I came back changed.

The doctors called it idiopathic. No known cause. Just… gone. And then, back.

But what I saw—what I felt—was beyond medical explanation. It was expansive. Terrifying. Beautiful. Angry. Infinite.

🧭 What I Learned in Death

From that moment forward, I’ve been unpacking lessons. Here’s a taste of what I’ll explore in future posts and my upcoming book:

• The difference between cardiac arrest and heart attack American Heart Association

• The science of near-death experiences National Institutes of Health

• Neuroplasticity and trauma recovery Harvard Medical School

• The role of hypnosis in accessing subconscious healing APA Division 30

• The infinite mind: consciousness beyond the brain Scientific American

• How ritual and story reshape identity Greater Good Science Center

🔮 Tapping Into the Infinite Mind

After dying, I didn’t just wake up with gratitude. I woke up with questions. Big ones.

What is consciousness? Why did I feel everything? Why did I see nothing and everything at once?

That’s when I found hypnosis. Not stage tricks. Not woo. But a science-backed portal into the subconscious. A way to revisit the infinite. To rewire. To heal. To explore.

It’s now the foundation of my work at TranceWell.help. It’s how I help others tap into their own infinite minds.

🧩 What’s Next

This post is the first in a series. Each one will build toward a book that blends:

• Personal story

• Neuroscience

• Hypnosis

• Transformation

• Possibility

Follow me on Medium and TranceWell.help to stay updated.

🧘 Closing Reflection

The doctors still don’t know why I died. But I do know why I lived.

To share this. To explore this. To help others find their own infinite mind.

📚 Further Reading

• Near-Death Experience Research Foundation

• The Science of Hypnosis – Stanford

• The Brain’s Default Mode Network

• The Power of Storytelling in Healing

• Idiopathic Cardiac Arrest – Mayo Clinic