Near death experiences, how real are they?

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There have been many instances of near death experiences felt by many people. Most of the time they have seen a lighted tunnel and a religious figure. A christian sees either Christ or Virgin Mary, a Hindu sees a Hindu God or Goddess, a muslim does not see a figure because Allah's face is not defined, and so on. This is because since their childhood they visit their places of worship and the mind is conditioned accordingly and sees the figure they have been seeing. This is the reason a Christian will not see a Hindu God or a Hindu will not see Christ in their experience.

Answer 1

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I did a project that involved heavy NDE research. I think they are definantly real. One person, Howard Storm (look him up) asked the Angels he met why people of different backgrounds have different kinds of NDEs and the answer he got was that people are introduced to God according to their beliefs, but it is all the same God. For an analogy, God would speak to French guy in French, and an English guy in English, because he is God and introduces himself to you in the way you most feel comfortable with. As for the reality factor, people say that this reality feels less real than their NDE, kinda like how our dreams feel silly while we are awake. From what I understood, we can't really comprehend an NDE and God because our brains only function in this 3-D reality. An NDE is a whole different realm so don't try to figure them out, you will just get a brain cramp and get nowhere. Just know that God is there and leave it at that. We'll all meet him when the time comes. But God IS real. Also, many of the NDEs I researched, the patients knew that a family member would die soon, and they did, right on the dot. Two I read involved terminal cancers that were went into remission after the light told them they would be healed when they return. These stories didn't come from the bookseller NDEs either. These were just everyday people giving their accounts to their doctors and stuff. Also, people have them while their brainwaves have flatlined which makes me think there is a little more about these experiences that needs to be looked into.

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It needs thorough research to further investigate these so called NDE's.

Answer 2

When I was very young my grandfather beat me with a knotted plow line. Very painful. Not really near death, but I sure thought so.


Later in life, at an air show, my dad jumped from a airplane are parachuted to the tarmac. I darted from my mom's hand, across the runway, into the path of a landing plane, and was barely missed being run over. You could get that close in the 70s. Not anymore.

That is as close to death as I have ever been.

Answer 3

Nearly-dying experiences? People have them everyday, they just don't know it. We live in a world of freak-accidents, and "close calls".

Answer 4

your thoughts shape your reality, and our spiritual nature is our true reality. What you believe, and how you live on earth, shapes how your experience will unfold

i have read some experiences where the experiencer has seen the light (religious figure) contort into various forms such as Jesus, Buddha, Krisna and matrixes, mandalas etc. - this brings the realisation that God/Light/Ultimate Reality cares little about the religion you pursue in life, as they are all different paths to the same source

thats why belief is such a powerful thing. not only does it influence your mortal paradigm but also your spiritual. one thing is common throughout all experiences - the sense of peace and unconditional love that eminates from this figure, whatever image it may take.

Answer 5

Most say they see a light or them self laying there.

Answer 6

scientifically its in a small part of the brian that make the dying person "see" the lights.

Answer 7

they are debunk-able as it gets and they near death not death as you so astutely stated. people simply fool themselves that's why scam artists are as rich as politicians. Our instinctual desires make us gullible and tint our eyes in biases.
If not for my own self doubt I would still be the same fool today I was yesterday!

Answer 8

i read a long time ago that as the body closes into death the brain releases natural morphine, thus producing what people consider "religious experiences" or they see their life flash in front of them, and still others have reported seeing their body in the third person.

in one hospital i read that they put a digital scrolling message above hospital beds for the critically ill, they have reported to get many people claiming out of body experiences but know one has ever been able to recall the message. ill investigate the report and try to find a link.

Answer 9

in most cases people report seeing a higher being , a being of light
they will associate this being with someone from their belief system i.e Jesus/angels/etc
this does not mean that it was Jesus etc but that the person feels it must be them due to knowing them from their belief system

not every religion has a spirit world ... yet most NDEs report many of the same experiences
to qualify for a NDE it must tick off some common traits

Source(s):

http://www.near-death.com/experiences/ex…

Answer 10

This experience was accidentally reproduced when the subject was not in any danger of death. It occurred when Astronauts would be in a chamber that would spin them around at a high rate of speed.

Each person passed out and when they woke up they described what fit the "Near death experience" perfectly.

What it proves is that these images are completely generated by the human brain not anything supernatural! The images that a person sees is based on the religion that they were conditioned to believe as a child!
It could be that even someone that realizes the religions are crap could still see these images because the conditioning is still in part of the subconscious.

Answer 11

There is nothing called near death experience. Most people who have reported NDE, have lived a healthy life for years together, after recounting their experience. Hence they were NEVER "near" death in the first place.

To examine the authenticity of NDE, we have to compare it to Death Experience. But who can come back to the earth after having died ???

What is called NDE is nothing but the subtle body momentarily losing its attachment to the gross body - which gives the person very interesting unusual experience. Such experiences vary greatly from person to person.

There is nothing such as a Uniform "NDE" experience. But most of the NDE reported are nothing but figments of imagination. Yogis enjoy such experiences all the time........ but they do not divulge their experince to the public. Other experiences have no authenticity !!!!

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personal experience.