Near-death Experiences:

Where Science points to spirituality

The MysteryHow can we be conscious when we are not conscious? Near-death Experiences (NDEs) are the extraordinary perceptions of physically unconscious people who were close to death

NDEs – two aspects

Other-worldly perceptions: scientifically unexaminable This-worldly perceptions: scientifically examinable

When the blind seeNDEs of the Blind: Mindsight - Kenneth Ring and Sharon Cooper The case of Vicki Umipeg

Operation standstill: Pam Reynolds

Giant basilar artery aneurysmBody temperature lowered to 60 F, Heartbeat and breathing stopped,Brain waves flattened, and Blood drained from her head. Special earpieces emitting 90 to 100 decibel clicks at a rate of 11 to 13 clicks per second.

Operation standstill “At that stage in the operation, nobody can observe, hear, in that state, And I find it inconceivable that your normal senses, such as hearing, let alone the fact that she had clicking modules in each ear, that there was any way to hear through normal auditory pathways. I don't have an explanation for it. I don't know how it's possible for it to happen, considering the physiological state she was in. At the same time, I have seen so many things that I can't explain, that I don't want to be so arrogant as to be able to say that there's no way it can happen.” - Dr. Spetzler

The Implication"What is clear is that something profound is happening. The mind - the thing that is 'you' - your 'soul' if you will - carries on after conventional science says it should have drifted into nothingness." - Dr Sam Parnia

Expanding the frontiers of science

Relativity and Quantum physics developed because scientists confronted the evidence that classical physical couldn’t explain

The Gita’s tripartite model of the self

Body – Hardware Mind – SoftwareSoul – User

Soul Eye

Subtle Body

Gross Body

Normal Vision

Outside Wor

ld

SubtleEye

Brain

Area pervaded by consciousness

Soul

Subtle Body

EyeBrain

Gross Body

No sight

No Activity at all

Outside Wor

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NDE Vision

SubtleEye

Area pervaded by consciousness

Vedic NDEBhagavatam – Ajamila storyLife itself is a near-death experience

Redefining progress & happiness Give your spiritual side its due Meditation minimizes inner friction & maximizes outer contribution

Redefining progress & happiness Materialism’s consequences: “We have guided missiles &

misguided men” A million suicides every year

The Ultimate Positive ThinkingYou are indestructible.Go beyond positive perception of reality to the perception of positive reality Eg Airlifted out of disaster zone

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