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The Near-Death Experience Part 2

The Near-Death Experience Part 2

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Researchers have now documented thousands of personal accounts
from Near-Death Experiencers. Logic would suggest that it's
unlikely that all NDE stories are fabrications and that at least
some of these experiences are real and accurately described. And
if so, then examining the commonly experienced features of the
NDE seem to indicate that these defining perceptions are
universal, while remaining a uniquely relevant and personal
occurrence to the individual. Most NDE experiencers have
described sensations like being in a tunnel leading to a
brilliant light, floating away from our bodies, reuniting with
deceased friends and loved ones, of a peaceful and loving
communion with a higher power, while some have described a
hellish event. On the other hand, skeptics would argue that these
features are standard because the human brain is the same for
everyone. Some researchers have claimed to produce these
sensations by external stimuli, such as electric current, extreme
G-force, and psychoactive drugs, or conclude that these
perceptions are merely scenes of a final movie played by a dying
brain starved of oxygen. In the second part of our discussion of
the Near-Death Experience with Richard Hatem, we discuss the
points of this debate, and whether the skeptical viewpoint can
fully explain the phenomenon or if it falls short of an
explanation of the personal context of these experiences. At the
heart of this debate is the question of whether consciousness is
a product of the physical brain or if it can reside apart from
the body. If consciousness exists independently of the brain and
this could be scientifically proven, then the possibility of
living beyond our physical world – the reality of an Afterlife,
changes the debate and how we think about our own lives. Perhaps
this is something that can never be proven, something we are not
meant to know, but those that have gone through an NDE will tell
you that it has changed them, usually for the better. To them,
the NDE was a message, and whether a good or bad experience, it
was a message of hope or a reminder that redemption is possible,
and that a greater awareness awaits us. And what message could be
better at the close of an old year and the beginning of a new
one?

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