NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES

(NDE)

What is NDE ?

As modern science has improved so dramatically in the fast few decades, and continues to do so at a phenomenal rate. It is hardly surprising that people who once would have gone beyond the point of being saved, are now capable of being resuscitated from near death situations

People are increasingly being 'brought back' from situations that only a few years ago would have proved fatal. Therefore it is no surprise to find an increasing number of accounts or reports of people's experiences of such close encounters with death.Experiences that goes beyond normal unconsciousness and often involves a sense of either leaving their body or being in some way consciously prepared for death

The Typical Near Death Experience

There are many differences and a varied and wide range of descriptions of NDE, but there seen to be several recurrent themes that the majority of people experience. Nearly all indicates that the experience felt very real and that they were aware that it was sufficiently different from a dream or a hallucinaion for them to be convinced that it was real.They say it was so 'vivid' an 'believable' that it was often 'more real than real'. They frequently report the lack of suitable words to describe the feelings and say that 'joy,bliss,love and peace' were just not good enough to convey what they had experienced

People who are seriously ill or injured are aware that they are in great pain and distress

They hear themselves being declared dead or identified as such.This seems to be an important trigger in many such experiences

They may hear a noise that is both unfamiliar and makes them feel uncomfortable

At the same moment they find themselves moving fairly rapidly down a tunnel of some sort

This tunnel either seems very dark or very light

They find themselves suddenly at the end of the tunnel and outside of their body

They can usually see their own body, often from above

They are aware of activity going on around their body, resuscitation attempts and medical staff

They frequently watch these proceedings with an air of disbelieve which is rapidly replaced with emotional detachment - they are aware that they dead and this realisation is usually accepted with calm resignation

They are often aware that they still have a 'body' but is is markedly different from the one they have just left

While they watch the activity going on around their dead body, they become aware that others have joined them - often 'spirit' forms of friends and family long dead themselves

These visitors are greeted with the same air of detachment The visitors often express or communicate in some way that they have been sent to help the recently deceased to 'cross over'

There is then the appearance or arrival in some way of a stranger entity often described as a 'Being of Light'

This Being in a mysteious way shows the deceased their entire life - an instant playback of every event, every second that they have lived

This seems to be done not in judgemental way, but merely to convince the deceased that they really are dead

The visitors and the 'Being of Light' are usually described as 'full of love' or 'warm and loving'

The experience is nearly always pleasant

The visitors will often encourage the deceased to begin to move away from their abandoned physical body

and at this point the deceased often encounters some sort of barrier or non-visual wall which prevents them

If the 'Being of Light' has not been present it will often appear at this point and communicate with the deceased and explain that they have TO GO BACK

The deceased will often resist and want to stay outside their physical body

There is often a message communicated that THEIR TIME HAS YET NOT COME or that there is something they must go back and do

A moment later they find themselves back in their physical body

Sometimes they are conscious and sometimes not. If not and they awake later, they remember the whole experience, clearly and will often try to tell friends and family, but be unable to find the words to express the feelings and experience that they had

Afterwards their view on 'Life after Death', may well be radically altered and often there is a sense of extra life, a sort of gift and of its being a bonus and not to be wasted

Different Stages of NDE

It is reported from people who had NDE - that for many there were different STAGES that they had reached

Some found themselves out of the body, but went back again before anyone else arrived

Others managed to get to the end of the 'Tunnel' before being whisked away

A few even managed to get beyond the barrier and found themselves in a beautiful landscape or caught a glimpse of another world

It seem that most who encountered NDE - has encountered it as a pleasant experience

However researchers suggest that anyone experiencing NDE as unpleasant or judgemental, either do not report it or forget it quite quickly, especially if the person concerned was aware that they had not lived a 'good' life

Different NDE Tunnels

The 'tunnel' seems to be seen by about half of the people experiencing a NDE

Half see it as a 'tunnel of darkness' - a void - a black vastness without shape or but a very peaceful nothingless

The 'tunnel of light' is usually described as golden and bright and there is often serene music playing

Types of NDE

There seem to be two quite different NDE's

And are not based on the person's religious life

beliefs, or inclinations

nor on social attitudes

preconceived notions about 'Life after Death'

or previous knowledge of similar accounts

1. Percieved NDE's (PNDE)

These are usually experienced by the seriously ill or those undergoing prearranged surgery, and frequently the elderly

A PNDE is often associated with the visitor and the journey to 'another world' as well as altered time perception and feelings of detachment.There is often another body to replace the physical body left behind. PNDE usually have a more conscious return to their physical body

2. Unexpected NDE's (UNDE)

These are usually experienced as the result of accidents, or by the victims of near fatal falls and drownings, electric shocks and car crashes

UNDE's are not usually associated with visitors or tunnels, but is connected with 'flashback' of one'e life.There are often feelings of 'peace or happiness and there is no subsequent body.UNDE's usually involves a sudden and unexpected return to the body

Lessons NDE Teaches

Changes in People who have experienced NDE's

1. some claims that they were less afraid of dying than before

2. some say that their belief in a 'life after death' had increased dramatically

3. some claim that they have learned a valuable lesson.The lesson is often associated with a profound new love for 'life' itself or 'other people'

4. some experience a new realization about what is important in their life - a new opening up of their horizons

5. a fundamental shift away from pursuing goals of material possessions

6. some often develop a new interest in helping others and of 'being of some use'

7. there is also evidence that NDE subsequently promotes better fundamental health and improve social relationships - subject feel more a part of humanity

8. after a glimpse of 'after-life' - there seems to be less worry of the 'trivia of life' that can weigh us down

info source:Astral Projecitons-Richard Craze