Near Death Experiences

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Years ago, one of the first things I got into researching was near death accounts of peoples experiences from the 'afterlife'...

Always found it fascinating- I appreciate there's an argument which says these people weren't really dead, and that their experience was akin to a hallucination mediated by the release of dmt etc., but then when you look at cases involving those who have maintained strong religious beliefs throughout their life, only to experience something completely at odds with their expectations... Well, it's interesting.

You hear about people simply seeing what they expect to see- so if you're a Christian, it's anticipated that you'd see Jesus; if you're an atheist, maybe you're going to see deceased family members to 'guide you to the light'...

I find the subject fascinating and wanted to share some videos and discuss this with you.

 

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One of the biggest and most telling experiences I believe came from this guy.


Neurosurgeon Dr Eben Alexander was convinced out-of-body experiences were hallucinations — until he went into a coma himself and had what he now believes was a glimpse of heaven.

In this second extract from his book The Map Of Heaven, Dr Alexander, who has taught at Harvard Medical School, reveals many others have also seen what he described.

A near-death experience will change your life in more ways than one. It means you have survived a serious illness or a major accident, for one thing, and that alone is one of the most significant events imaginable.

But the aftermath, as you adjust to your radical new perspective, can be even more significant. For me, it was as if my old world was dead and I had been reborn into a new one.

Coping with that is hard: how do you replace your old vision of the universe with a new one, without unravelling into chaos?
How do you take that step from one world to another one, without slipping and falling between the two?

Read more: Neurosurgeon Dr Eben Alexander reveals stories of others who say they've 'seen heaven' while in a coma | Daily Mail Online

 

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When you die you KNOW you're dead: Scientists discover the mind still works after the body shows no sign of life and reveal people have heard their own death announced by medics

• A person's consciousness continues to work after the body has died, study finds
• Someone has died may even hear their own death being announced by medics
• Researchers say people's recollections have been verified by medical staff
• Time of death is called when heart stops beating, cutting off blood to brain
• Cerebral cortex flatlines and within 2-20 seconds no brainwaves are detected
• This sparks the death of brain cells but this can take hours after
• Findings echo plot line of new Hollywood re-make of cult horror Flatliners

When you die you KNOW you're dead: The mind still works | Daily Mail Online