Near death experiences are the incidents shared by the individuals who were either pronounced clinically dead /* obviously they survived and later on shared */ or were very close to death. Thousands of people from around the world have reported NDEs.
THE AMBIENCE
· Life flashed before eyes-a Life review
Survivors have claimed that the Time slowed down and the person’s entire life replayed in 3D holographic images /*of people and places close to them */ through their mind. They felt that they were being judged for all their deeds but also being enlightened to how their actions affected other people. Various emotions like happiness, satisfaction, elation, regret, guilt, love, serenity fetched them naturally absorbing heavenly peace – quite alluring, soothing and healing.
· An out of body experience
A Sight of the body from the top or the sky as if they left the body and were moving up continuously. Sometimes survivors observed doctors and nurses performing medical resuscitation efforts. And sometimes they saw their loved ones at distant places.
· The tunnel of light
They felt as if moving up, or passing through a passageway or staircase to the next world.
· Encountering "Beings of Light" or deceased
There witnessed telepathic conversations with the light or religious figures or with deceased relative or with their loved ones.
· They felt like going through a matrix that had no spatiotemporal boundaries. They felt as time ceased to exist, there was just that moment in time, no past no future.
SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION AND THEORIES
· Dying brain theory
All brains die in the same way and that is why all NDEs have essential core elements which are the same. They are the result of neurotransmitters in the brain shutting down which creates lovely illusions.
· Lack of oxygen theory
Cerebral anoxia produces a confusing dream-like state of delusions and hallucinations. But NDEs have also occurred in people without anoxia.
· Right Temporal Lobe theory
Instability and activity in the brain's right temporal lobe is responsible for religious experiences of deep meaningfulness, early memories, and out-of-body experiences.
· Cortical Disinhibition theory
The tunnel and the light is an optical illusion created by the effects of anoxia and drugs, creating cortical disinhibition, with the effect of random light spots radiating from the center of a dark internal visual field.
· Hallucination theory
It explains NDEs and similar imaginative visions of the afterlife as hallucinations, similar to the effects of psychedelic drugs or anesthesia. But in the state of unconsciousness, the brain cannot create images. Even if they did, the subject would not be able to remember them. Therefore theory isn’t convincing.
· While other theories like Denial of death theory, Endorphine theory and fear of death theory suggest that it is brains reaction to cope with trauma of death.
· There are other theories like Quantum physics that confirm reality of NDE’s.
EVIDENCES THAT SCIENCE ISN’T ABLE TO EXPLAIN
· Scientific evidences supporting reincarnation and existence of people after death in some form of energy.
· People see and hear verifiable events far from their bodies during a NDE
· Groups of people can share same NDE.
· NDEs are real events because they can be replicated in the laboratories.
· Ralph Duncan who died of leukemia and had a NDE. During his NDE, Jesus cured him and told him he no longer had leukemia. Duncan returned from death cancer-free.
· A blind and mute 67 year-old diabetic woman with severe heart problems was about to undergo open-heart surgery when a Being of Light appeared and healed her of all her congenital illnesses.
· Five days after abdominal surgery, an English patient had complications and died. During his NDE, a Being of Light healed him. The patient returned from death healed.
· Mellen-Thomas Benedict brought back a great deal of scientific information concerning biophotonics, cellular communication, quantum biology, and DNA research after his NDE. If you are spiritual a must read http://www.near-death.com/experiences/reincarnation04.html
· Olaf Swenson on the basis of the information gained from his NDE later went on to develop over 100 patents in molecular chemistry.
· NDEs support Einstein's theory of time travel ‘Theory of Relativity’ and theory of consciousness.
TO READ PERSONAL EXPERIENCES GO FOR: http://www.nderf.org/NDERF_NDEs.htm
I hope it wasn’t very exhausting .Thanks for your patience. Reviews welcomed :-)
SOURCE: some research papers and websites.
