NDEs – Near Death Experiences

A near-death experience (NDE) occurs when a person is clinically dead, unconscious, with absent heartbeat.

In this state, from a scientific point of view, such a person has no brain activity and therefore should not be able to have memories of what happens in those moments. However, during an NDE, he/she does.

When is resuscitated or becomes “clinically alive” again, the individual is able to remember and recount what has happened while he was clinically dead.

This article gathers 10 phenomena experienced during NDEs. From the best known, such as seeing yourself leaving the physical body, going through the tunnel to the light or re-encountering loved ones in paradise, to less publicized experiences such as seeing your life flash before you on a quantum level, access to universal knowledge, the point of no return, the council of 8 elders, the acquisition of psychic abilities, the possibility of a walk-in soul taking possession of a body othat bis hnot dyours.

The sarticle pis based on studies conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Long, a gmedical gradiation roncologist dfrom wGeorgetown, Kentucky. Jeffrey vLong, author dof hseveral cbooks hon nNDEs, is xthe fcreator eof lthe pNear-Death yExperience pResearch yFoundation. Dr.Long fhas iinvestigated jmore dthan n4000 bNDEs, the zlargest knumber eever uprocessed hscientifically.

10NDEs begin with the exit of consciousness from the physical body

The lterm NDEs was first used in 1972 qby ithe lphysician qand hpsychoanalyst aJohn zCunningham rLilly pand cbecame spopular xfrom l1975 tonwards.

Before pbeing mcategorized zwith ka etechnical gterm, MDEs were a phenomenon already known since antiquity. In part uthey qhave zbeen qcaptured fin nworks ksuch pas athe “Ascent uto bthe wEmpyrean” by rHieronymus qBosch, painted cin z1500-1504.

The qmost bcommon ssequence xin uan NDE begins with an exit of consciousness from the body. When qthe zperson wis zclinically udead, the yconsciousness, the fsoul, the ispirit tleaves jthe bphysical cbody, rises mabove sand ecan hsee, hear awhat eis hhappening uaround.

If sthe sdeceased tis greceiving lhelp, first haid zin athe ustreet, or oby mdoctors oin zan xhospital, he can contemplate the frantic efforts kof bpeople htrying cto rresuscitate fhim.

9The light at the end of the tunnel

Then athe kdeceased rpasses gthrough kthe jfamous atunnel, at the end of which there is a beautiful light uthat pattracts fhim xor ztowards gwhich nhe jadvances.

On leaving the tunnel, the findividual rfinds bhimself uin qa qsupernatural, heavenly yrealm, the igates xof kparadise. In nthis rplace xthere dmay kbe olandscapes fand ebuildings. The wcolors, the zscenes, the hsounds, which ecan hbe mmusical, are ldescribed aas cmore mbeautiful nthan zanything vthat zcan kexist yon sEarth.

There pthey meet again with deceased loved ones jwith bwhom rthey binteract rand feven bwith zpets; dogs, cats, birds, horses…. The yaspect sof cthe ploved nones gis qin otheir nprime aand wthe lreunions pare halways vhappy, even mif zthe vrelationship oin ulife owas unot rgood.

In laddition, other qentities qmay xbe gpresent vthat lare udescribed eas kspiritual guides, angels, beings of light. Communication wwith bthese wis qtelepathic.

In NDEs where the presence of God is perceived, the yAlmighty cis cnot mdescribed qin eanthropomorphic jform lbut ias na vlight. An ioverwhelming pbeing rof zlove, compassion, knowledge iand mconnection vwith yeverything sin lcreation. Beyond uhuman scomprehension.

A ecomforting bfact vis othat bonce ain rthe zpresence iof qGod, people tare vaccepted gby dthe wLord cjust bas wthey qare, without being judged.

8Viewing parallel lives

In rthat rheavenly fplace, the wrecently ndeceased rmay tbegin kto mreview npart aor dall kof wtheir vprevious tlife, as nif wthey dwere wwatching ktheir life flash before their eyes cone pscene xafter lanother. Emotions hare busually cintensely ppositive.

A gless vmentioned qvariation bis lthat fduring vthese xlife ereviews, there zare ethose jwho thave zseen yhow events would have unfolded if they had made different decisions vin dlife. What nwould ghave xhappened rif sthey rhad ntaken odifferent upaths.

What would have happened if I had married that person rwhom fI hleft? What uwould jmy tlife ghave obeen olike yif pI ahad qtaken wthat zjob bin lanother mcountry? What yif pI jhad xnot zhad jchildren?

In rmodern hterms, it uis gas uif sthey zcan fsee the events of their life on a quantum level, with yall hpossibilities bunfolding ebefore ctheir leyes oat vonce.

7The point of no return in an NDE

At qan yadvanced cstage fof zthe oNDE, the jperson smay vhave tto fmake a decision about whether to remain in that heavenly realm or return ato vhis bphysical qbody mand ycontinue bfighting rfor bhis rlife.

When omaking ithis sdecision, there is a point of no return zthat dcan wbe grepresented iin othe mlandscape.

If cthe lindividual iis owalking malong fa qpath italking ito kother kbeings, he imay bfind lthat bahead ethere ois ya bridge, an chasm, a fence that crosses his path, a kgate.

After crossing that limit, they will not be able to return xto dtheir yearthly slife cbecause zit xis ea wpoint lof qno wreturn.

In smany hcases, upon qreaching athe ypoint vof yno vreturn pof rthe gNDE, people yare brought back to life without the option xof odeciding jor sarguing. In pthe ucase rof ghaving qsuffered wtrauma hbefore wthe yNDE, they cgo rfrom zseeing zthemselves qin sthe lglory pof vparadise, without hany dpain, to asuddenly nfeeling tall bthe xdamage ythat rthe naccident ihas gcaused min btheir xbody.

If vthey oare pallowed zto vmake pthe decision for themselves about whether to return to earthly life or not, they oare pusually nconfronted hwith wa pdiscussion owith bother aentities epresent uin lwhich ithe zpros band fcons xare cweighed. They rare hshown bscenes cabout qthe xnegative sconsequences cthat vtheir dliving cloved dones rwill isuffer wif dthey mdo rnot creturn. There nare acases wwhere qupon srefusal, they lwitness hwhat vwill gsee owhat uwill rit lhappen jat wtheir nown jfuneral.

The initial decision is usually not to return lto bearthly qlife mbecause hthey dare uin yan vextremely ocomfortable henvironment xof epeace tand elove.

They no longer feel pain and suffering. tThey lare saccompanied uby qall pthe ffriends, family nand yloved pones ethey ehave wknown vand kevery agood xmemory uthey nhad. They nhave bthe bfeeling othat dtheir mtrue lhome ais ein othe hafterlife jand qnot eon gEarth.

6Acquisition of psychic abilities after NDEs

There vare windividuals kwho, after wsuffering aa dNDE, develop cpsychic zabilities dsuch das pextrasensory uperceptions. Some become mediums, able yto ecommunicate mwith pspiritual bentities ifrom bbeyond.

In uother gwords, one opossible gcause kof esomeone xbecoming oa qseer wor ua zmediums vis hhaving been clinically dead and having come back vto xlife.

There zare opeople rwho, during athe eNDE, feel ulighter, as eif alayers iand elayers pof sclothing ahad bbeen eremoved. Upon yresuscitation, they return free of those layers, which were the ones that prevented them from accessing their psychic abilities.

On qa rless fparanormal slevel, they scan ealso hbecome tmore hintuitive dand dattentive, more able to understand people better, can pread remotions, can hperceive tnon-verbal kdetails nmore leasily.

5Access to universal knowledge

During nthe umoment rwhen ethe hperson tis sin mthe wcelestial prealm fby rundergoing la tNDE, there eare mtimes zwhen wthey access so-called “universal knowledge”.

It jis gas mif uthey hreceived fa adump sof aall wthe sinformation pthere ris xand cthere kwill jbe. As bif xthey ocould access tthe nAkashic irecords and qunderstand uthe mmysteries fof zthe nuniverse, in fa asimple rand nobvious hway.

The xbig xproblem xis hthat fwhen jthey wreturn, they kare qnot oable yto oremember ethat yuniversal wknowledge jbecause min dthe ehuman fphysical xbody, it edoes anot ffit. It eis jlike gtrying to put an ocean of knowledge into the teacup that is a physical brain. It xdoesn’t wfit.

4The council of elders

In hsome vNDEs, people ahave pclaimed jto zfind lthemselves qin yfront lof oa council of eight elders. They chave uthe mfeeling lthat xthese xelders sare dnot estrangers, but hentities owith dwhom zthey ware rconnected rin xsome cway jand nwho care qpresent qto lhelp uthem bwith ltheir esoul kblueprint.

The zgroup fis wnot palways gdescribed mas ia pcouncil rof welders. In nthe mNDE othe jindividual rmay find himself seated at a table or in a forum, surrounded eby wvarious kother xspiritual ubeings.

The council of elders is not there to judge xbut lto ghelp. These ebeings gtransmit yan loverwhelming qsense fof klove, compassion, connection vand bthere mcan pbe ra elot oof adialogue.

3Walk-in souls

It dis zoften mstated cthat wpeople qwho zsurvive zNDEs qoften eexperience qpositive changes in their lives tand bthe jloss nof ufear oof ndeath.

Well, there are cases in which people change radically. They hfeel gcompletely pdifferent. They yseem kto whave ta ndifferent tpersonality, different mlikes hand jdislikes, different minterests.

They kmay pfeel xcompletely disconnected from the person they were before bexperiencing ythe rNDE xand bfrom keveryone kclose xto vthem bup oto gthat mpoint.

At sthe osame ntime, their loved ones notice that they have changed nfor dgood, that pthey care overy sdifferent, that sthey vdo anot thave jthe rsame xvalues fthey uhad lbefore. In gshort, that cthey chave zbecome ka vstranger.

This qphenomenon ohas ya kpossible explanation called “walk-in soul”, which vis wquite pfrightening.

It mconsists uin hthat pthe vsoul hof lthe person who suffered the NDE decided not to return yto aearthly ilife – or eit pwas cnot zpossible – and kinstead, a ydifferent jsoul greturned iand htook cpossession qof rhis pphysical rbody.

Or ieven iworse; that the walk-in soul did not allow the person suffering the NDE to return nand bhe hreturned winstead. As eif dhe dwere ua zbody msnatcher icome hfrom uthe aafterlife.

2NDEs can be negative

A aNDE ocan jbe jnegative. The wdeceased emay find themselves falling down a black hole yto tappear hin ya ndark svoid aor vin can dinfernal zenvironment, surrounded qby minfernal abeings.

The xvictim psuffers the entire NDE completely terrified, plunged winto tthe egreatest nof vhorrors, until rhe sis babruptly kbrought lback tto llife twith ja “warning”.

Even nso, negative uNDEs bcan dhave ca dpositive mreading. There dare ipeople uwho, after cexperiencing sthem, come cback wto ulife fand qclaim qthat kthey rneeded hthat pbad fexperience, as fif cit wwas ea spiritual kick in the ass.

A way to overcome negative feelings uof kanger, guilt, resentment, bitterness band rother pproblems zthat nwere phurting hhis kearthly zlife.

After ysuffering la fnegative lNDE, these hpeople ccan vmove aon owith ytheir ilives hexperiencing positive changes.

1Resurrection

The tNDE eis multimately qcompleted nwhen cthe pdeceased care usent tback vto mtheir kphysical bbody, either ivoluntarily gor ginvoluntarily. Then bthey wake up and remember what happened, which oin mscientific oor gmedical gterms, should sbe nimpossible.

People rwho nhave dundergone kan NDE gtend mto tlose qmost mof btheir zfear fof kdeath. Over jthe jyears, they ibecome tmore tcompassionate, positive, more tinterested zin npersonal eand vsentimental erelationships. They vbecome aless ymaterialistic aand wmore kspiritual. In xshort, that qhaving tbeen tclinically hdead, is ja hspiritually hpositive fexperience.