Dissolving into Light (Ego Death) "I was no longer ‘me.’ My body had disappeared, my thoughts had vanished, and what remained was pure awareness—floating in an endless sea of golden light. There was no fear, no attachment, just a deep, knowing peace. It felt like I had returned to the source of everything. Time had no meaning; I could have been there for a moment or a thousand years. When I 'returned,' I was laughing and crying at the same time—overcome with the beauty of it all and the ridiculousness of ever taking life so seriously."