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You hear alot about them. Some sound great.. some sound just awful... some report nothingness. Do you believe people who had "clinical death" and report some sort of experience?
Interesting to note that it seems anyone who reports versions that sound like heaven or hell are always adults... toddlers unfortunate enough to die temporarily don't ever do that, they generally only talk about Santa Claus or something. @based_meme thoughts? Does religion influence a NDE?
Another interesting thought, what if during that state you actually weren't experiencing anything, and when you come back it's simply your brain trying to explain what happened in your mind?
There is also a more recent theory that points out the massive similarities in taking DMT and NDEs.
"Even fleeting bursts of electrical activity deep in the brain’s temporal lobe, even a few seconds worth, can evoke experiences of the paranormal and mystical. Last August, a team from Imperial College London reported that the psychedelic drug DMT mimics near-death experiences in the brain. Thirteen volunteers given intravenous DMT completed the Greyson scale — that standardized questionnaire that tries to quantify near-death experiences. They all scored above the threshold for an NDE. Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, the study’s supervisor, noted when the paper was released: “These findings are important as they remind us that NDEs occur because of significant changes in the way the brain is working, not because of something beyond the brain.”"
46% came back with stories. "From interviews with more than 100 survivors of cardiac arrest, 46 percent retained memories of their brush with death, centred around a number of common themes, including bright lights, family, and fear.
But even more intriguingly, two of the patients were able to recall events related to their resuscitation that happened after they had died, which, according to conventional views about consciousness beyond clinical death, shouldn't have been possible.
It sounds amazing, but it's worth noting that the phenomenon was only reported by 2 percent of patients, and Parnia himself even later admitted "the easiest explanation is that this is probably an illusion"."
Interesting to note that it seems anyone who reports versions that sound like heaven or hell are always adults... toddlers unfortunate enough to die temporarily don't ever do that, they generally only talk about Santa Claus or something. @based_meme thoughts? Does religion influence a NDE?
Another interesting thought, what if during that state you actually weren't experiencing anything, and when you come back it's simply your brain trying to explain what happened in your mind?
There is also a more recent theory that points out the massive similarities in taking DMT and NDEs.
"Even fleeting bursts of electrical activity deep in the brain’s temporal lobe, even a few seconds worth, can evoke experiences of the paranormal and mystical. Last August, a team from Imperial College London reported that the psychedelic drug DMT mimics near-death experiences in the brain. Thirteen volunteers given intravenous DMT completed the Greyson scale — that standardized questionnaire that tries to quantify near-death experiences. They all scored above the threshold for an NDE. Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, the study’s supervisor, noted when the paper was released: “These findings are important as they remind us that NDEs occur because of significant changes in the way the brain is working, not because of something beyond the brain.”"
46% came back with stories. "From interviews with more than 100 survivors of cardiac arrest, 46 percent retained memories of their brush with death, centred around a number of common themes, including bright lights, family, and fear.
But even more intriguingly, two of the patients were able to recall events related to their resuscitation that happened after they had died, which, according to conventional views about consciousness beyond clinical death, shouldn't have been possible.
It sounds amazing, but it's worth noting that the phenomenon was only reported by 2 percent of patients, and Parnia himself even later admitted "the easiest explanation is that this is probably an illusion"."
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