Hsieh had had an out-of-body-experience before, during a 1990 ovarian surgery, but this time she followed up on her experience by reading a variety of perspectives on the mysteries of life and death.
由於 1990 年她卵巢開刀時也曾發生「飄浮在天花板上俯視自己」的離體經驗，趙翠慧開始大量閱讀相關領域的書籍，想要探究宇宙間的生死奧秘。