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Near Death Experiences
Clinical death is
a state in which the patient stops breathing, the blood supply to the brain is
cut off and all brain function ceases completely. It is impossible to be
conscious and make memories in this state.
Advances in the
medical field, such as effective resuscitation techniques, have enabled doctors
to bring thousands of clinically dead people back to life. Clinical death is a
state in which the patient stops breathing, the blood supply to the brain is
cut off and all brain function ceases completely. Such a state is brought about
when the body is subjected to a sudden trauma, shock, or a cardiac arrest. It
is impossible to be conscious and make memories in this state. Yet, this is the
state in which more and more people are reporting having the most profound
experiences of their lives. The survivors report these experiences with
surprising clarity and consistency and the number of such accounts has only
been increasing. These experiences have opened a door into another realm of
existence beyond this material world that is becoming increasingly hard to
ignore.
People who go
through near-death experience have an out-of-body experience where they report
seeing the doctors and nurses trying to resuscitate them.
A near-death
experience is a profound and life-altering event in which the person is aware
that he or she has died and experiences an overwhelming sense of peace. Most of
the people who go through this have an out-of-body experience where they report
seeing the doctors and nurses trying to resuscitate them. They report being in
a state of enhanced consciousness and pulled up through a dark tunnel. Many of
them report meeting deceased loved ones or spiritual beings on this journey.
They describe entering a world filled with wondrous beauty radiating love and
peace where time and space lose all meaning. Some of them report getting
meeting god or a god-like person who answers their questions about life and its
purpose. Finally, they are told to return to life on earth to complete their
work on which they feel intense sadness to be leaving that realm of freedom and
bliss.
About half of the
people who go through NDEs accurately recount the exact medical procedures that
were carried out on their bodies during the revival process from a position
outside of their physical bodies.
How authentic are
these reports of NDEs? The sheer number of cases of NDEs that are being
reported from across the world and the number of published research by reputed
universities make it very hard to ignore the phenomenon. Reports of Near-Death
Experiences from around the world tend to be similar irrespective of age,
gender, and cultural background. A majority of the people who undergo a NDE
also experience a paradigm shift in their attitude towards life and existence
itself. Most people become more accepting of life, more detached from the
material world and are certain that there is more to existence than this life
and the material world. One of the most striking features of an NDE is that
most people overcome their fear of death. The strongest corroboration of the
research data on NDEs comes from doctors and nurses when they confirm what
survivors of NDE saw in the operating theatre at the time of clinical death.
About half of them accurately recount the exact medical procedures that were
carried out on their bodies during the revival process from a position outside
of their physical bodies. Growing research shows that much of all the data on
NDEs have a basis in fields of science such as quantum physics. All this calls
for more genuine investigation into the phenomenon with no biases for or
against it.
Some of the
reputed academic institutions that are associated with studies and research in
the field of NDEs are University of Connecticut(US), Southampton
University(UK), University of North Texas(US) and the Division of Perceptual
Studies at the University of Virginia(US). In addition to these there are many
organizations that are involved in the research and documentation of NDEs.