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SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY
Near Death Experiences: The Journey of the Soul
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Dying doesn't mean
you are finished,
dying is just a changing
of a new clothes
and it's an even better one.
We only have
problem and suffering
because we have
this physical body.
As long as we are free
from this shackle,
we will be so happy.
That's why
many people in
the near-death experience,
they come back here, they
don't want to come back.
They want
to stay in Heaven forever.
Respected viewers,
welcome to
this week’s edition of
Science and Spirituality,
where we will examine
near-death experiences
(NDEs), which can
illuminate the process
of dying and the world
beyond the physical
and thus eliminate
the fear of death.
As Sufi poet and
enlightened Master Rumi
stated, “Die happily and
look forward to taking up
a new and better form.
Like the sun, only when
you set in the west
can you rise in the east.”
So what exactly is
a near-death experience?
Let’s hear some answers
from radiation oncologist
and author
Dr. Jeffrey Long,
co-founder of
the US-based Near Death
Experience Research
Foundation and
the author of the book
“Evidence of the Afterlife.”
A near-death experience
may be defined
as two components—
being near-death, and
having an experience.
The near-death part
means that the person is
so physically compromised
from some accident
or illness that they’re
generally unconscious
and may even be
clinically dead.
They’re so physically
compromised that if they
don’t improve physically,
they will suffer irreversible,
permanent death.
And yet at that time,
when they’re unconscious
and should have
no possibility of
a remembered conscious
event during that period,
they do have
the experience part of
a near-death experience.
Do those who have
undergone an NDE
typically have
an incomplete or vivid
recollection of
what happened while
they were unconscious?
Mr. Rene Jorgensen,
an author and founder
of the Canada-based
non-profit organization
NDE Light, studies
the parallels between
near-death experiences
and the world of religion
and spirituality.
We all know
when we pass out,
when we come back
we are very confused.
We don't remember
the seconds
just before we passed out,
the brain is confused
because it doesn't have
enough blood flow.
When there is
not enough blood flow,
the brain is very confused.
It can't produce clear
and coherent experiences.
What you have with
the near-death experience
is it's a very clear
and coherent experience.
Psychologists have
analyzed the experience
saying there are no signs
of schizophrenia
or hallucination.
It's a very clear and
normal sane experience
that people remember
many years after.
And you will have people
who say,
“I had my experience
30 years ago but it's still
to me as clear as day,
as if it was yesterday”.
In recent decades
the medical community
has shown great interest
in near-death experiences,
which has led to
an increase in research
on the phenomenon.
First we know from
scientific experiments
set up in hospitals
that about one in five,
20% of people
who have cardiac arrest
are clinically dead
and then brought back
successfully,
they report having
a near-death experience.
It's something that we
can predict scientifically.
It does happen to people
and it happens quite often.
There have been
some estimates
that in the US alone,
at least 8 million people
have had this experience.
So it's a
very common experience.
If we look at what happens
when somebody is
clinically dead and
this goes to the theory of
it being a hallucination,
very few seconds after
the heart stops beating
after cardiac arrest,
the blood flow to the brain
stops completely;
that means without blood
flow to the brain,
the brain can simply
not function.
The brain needs blood
to produce
conscious experience.
The near-death experience
is a very lucid and real
and coherent experience
so you need blood flow
to be able to
produce this experience.
After eight to 10 seconds,
there is no longer
any blood flow.
The mind cannot,
when it's inactive,
produce a hallucination.
The testimonies given
by those who have had
NDEs reveal
the existence of certain
identifiable stages that
are universally observed
regardless of cultural
or religious background.
A basic
scientific principle is
that which is real
is consistently observed.
So you would expect
if near-death experiences
were real,
you would consistently
observe elements,
not only among
the over 1,300 I studied,
but you would also
expect that consistency
of what goes on during
near-death experiences
from what all the other
researchers are seeing
in the thousands of other
near-death experiences
that have been reported.
From extensive review
of the scholarly literature
and looking over
what other researchers
are seeing and having
studied near-death
experiences as I have,
what we’re observing
in near-death experiences
is consistently observed.
And that consistency
runs deep.
We see the same consistency
in the near-death
experience among
very small children.
We see the same
near-death experiences
all around the world.
It’s as if it doesn’t
make any difference if
you are a Hindu in India,
a Muslim in Egypt,
or a Christian
in the United States,
the similarity
of the elements of
near-death experience
worldwide is striking.
What are the consistent,
comparable and
identifiable stages of
a near-death experience?
A typical, detailed
near-death experience
would involve first
what’s called
the out-of-body experience.
Consciousness separates
from the body
and goes above the body.
They can often
from that vantage point
see below them their
frantic resuscitation efforts.
They may then
go through a tunnel.
At the end of the tunnel,
there’s very often
a mystical, bright light.
In that area, they may
also encounter
deceased loved ones,
not as a haunting
or frightening event
but as a joyous reunion.
They may have a life review
where they see parts
or all of their prior life.
They may be in unearthly,
beautiful realms
sometimes called
heavenly realms.
They may encounter
what’s called a barrier
which means,
like for example,
a stream across the path
they’re on or a bridge,
or something
which they can’t cross.
And then usually
at that point in time,
they’re involved
in a decision, and that
being a decision
about returning
to their earthly body.
Some of the most dramatic
near-death experiences
that I read involve
the point of consciousness
leaving far away
from the physical body.
They may travel outside
of the emergency room
where they’ve suffered,
for example,
a heart attack
and cardiac arrest.
They’re actually able to see
and hear ongoing events
far from their
physical body and
far from any possible
sensory awareness.
For example,
we’ve had people
have consciousness
and during this
out-of-body experience
part of their
near-death experience
go to the nursing station
where they were,
even though they are
in the operating room
with their heart stopped.
We’ve had people
in an operating theater
where they had
their heart stop and then
yet their consciousness
was in the cafeteria
of the hospital where they
were seeing and hearing
right at that point in time
what their family
was talking about
and that is absolutely
medically inexplicable.
After they have their
out-of-body experience,
even if they were
in an incredibly
painful situation that
caused them to nearly die,
immediately they’re
feeling no pain at all.
They may feel
a profound sense
of peace and connection.
In fact
the most common word,
what they feel
and what is described
in near-death experience
is “love.”
They feel love intensely,
compassionately.
They feel a connection or
unity of people that they see
and all other people.
Very dramatic,
incredibly intense,
positive emotions
described in
near-death experiences.
As Dr. Long just stated,
subjects often report that
during their
near-death experience
they felt a profound,
deep connection
with everyone.
A tenet that is common to
all the world’s religions
and spiritual traditions
is that all beings are one.
Scientific experiments
in the field of
quantum physics
have demonstrated
the fundamental unity
of the universe.
Everything is
interconnected.
That's what we learn in
religion and spirituality,
that everything is one
and we have
the same principle
in quantum mechanics.
Particles, even though
they are separate
in space,
are still interconnected.
There's this science of
quantum entanglement.
It's also called non-locality.
The way that quantum
entanglement works is
that in experiments
they take two particles apart
and scientists said these
particles communicate
but they don't communicate
at the speed of light,
these particles are
actually communicating
instantaneously,
which means
that they communicate
beyond time and space.
And there they've concluded
that these particles are
in fact interconnected.
That's why
it's called entanglement,
that all particles
in the universe
are not separated.
They might look like
separate physical entities,
but in reality,
they're still entangled,
they're still interconnected.
We are grateful,
Dr. Jeffrey Long
and Rene Jorgensen
for the introduction
to some of your findings
on near-death experiences.
May your work continue
to help give others
a greater understanding
of the after-life.
For more information
on today’s featured
experts, please visit
the following websites:
Dr. Jeffrey Long
www.NDERF.org
Dr. Long’s book
“Evidence of the Afterlife”
is available at
www.Amazon.com
Rene Jorgensen
www.ReneJorgensen.com
Books by Mr. Jorgensen
are available
at the same website
Thank you
for your presence
on this edition of
Science and Spirituality.
Coming up next is
Words of Wisdom,
after Noteworthy News.
May all beings experience
the unconditional,
everlasting loving
embrace of the Divine
as we all work toward
creating a more beautiful,
harmonious world.
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