Near death experiences,what are your views on the
Near death experiences,storys of dying and then entering a tunnel of a light,seeing relatives,beuitifull gardens,these are just a few of the experiences. ndes only came about due to new medical procedures such as cpr this enabled surgeons to bring people back after the heart had stopped beating and brain activity had ceased. is it just an hallucination or is there realy another place we go after we die! I have read books trawled the internet for more information on the subject and theres a lot of cases of people saying they had these experiences and there is a lot of research done to work out how and why people have had them,its an interesting subject,what are your thoughts?
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We all want to live for ever and so we WANT to believe there will be something after death.
These anecdotes of near death experiences are sketchy. First of all, human memory (recollection) is spotty at best. What people claim they "remember" from a near death experience (or any waking experience ) could be what we refer to in life as "imagination".
Studies have shown the people embellish their memories of events and even make up details. If you want to believe in the after life then of course when you die you will experience something like that. The mind is a powerful thing that the greatest doctors and scientists still don't understand.
Secondly, in near death experiences the "experience" happens in the person's mind, not physically so what is that really? Did they really physically go to heaven (or whatever you choose to call it)...no, they are still lying in the hospital (or wherever they are dying). My point is that the "experience" may be nothing more than some hallucination that the brain experiences right before it dies. When you are struck on the back of the head you see bright light (or "stars" as they say)...that is a physiological reaction caused by a blow to the occipital lobe of the brain. Who is to say that when the brain begins to die that you don't experience something similar...bright lights, vivid imagery, sounds, etc.?
What are dreams? In dreams we see our relatives, beautiful images, etc. but we don't label those near-death experiences. We know they aren't real...it is our minds sorting through our memories and experiences. So why should these hallucinations people experience when near death be any different? I'll tell you why...because we want to believe in something after death (living forever) so badly that we give meaning where there is none.
Again, there is so little we understand about the human mind. Believing in life after death because of some "experience" someone had is the same as early man deciding that the sun revolved around the earth because he saw it move through the sky. Only when we began to learn more about space and the universe did we realize that was an illusion. These near-death experiences are like that...an illusion because we don't understand how the brain works yet.
My humble opinion...
I didn't say I don't believe in that.
I believe that under certain conditions and even willfully, people can leave their bodies. We are not only a physical body.
But that has nothing to do with life after death.
And I still believe those life after death experiences are due to the fact that people want to believe in it.
Why do no atheists ever claim these experiences?
and by the way ,i tell you don,t wait to see after death-any life,or salvation,but seek and find life now,that you never need to die.and so enter heaven without need of death.
While spiritual, I am not "brand" religious, so I think the associations made by some are not relevant.
Out of body is easy, and frequent under certain conditions of extreme stress or during times where much fear has been present, but it can also be achieved, simply by consciously "detaching".
Sometimes it happens when one believes oneself to be "asleep" but upon waking you discover that you have been a witness at an event which was happening while you were asleep. This may be anywhere in the world.
It doesn't happen often, but then in my case I have never "tried" to achieve it, it simply happens. Transference of self to be with a person is also possible. I cant explain HOW, there just seems to be a link, and I suspect the other person has to be someone who is or will become significant in your life.
Dont underestimate the power of the soul to seek or return to (for those who believe in reincarnation) its soul mate. That happens too.
The death bit did have light, however I was conscious not of heavenly angels or such, but of a "choice"..to stay ..with massive pain and difficulty, and fight...or to let go. How atttractive that "letting go" was under such circumstances of unimaginable pain...
but then I am a fighter...but that is just me.
I have personally experienced all of these phenomena, and none has been associated with any "religious" display. These events simply "exist".
This does not in any way discount any or all religious beliefs..it simply exists in its own right, and should not be underestimated.
There is much underlying this universe, and we only scratch the surface. I believe most people would be capable of such interaction with spiritual events, if they chose to free themselves from preconceived ideas of life handed to them by society or science, and simply became aware of what more there is around them and beyond them.