My boyfriend was in the hospital and the doc explained he would likely not make it. He and I were alone about half hour later and suddenly, he looked up and to the left and said "Dad? Is that you? What are you doing here?" ( His dad had died about four years previously). A few seconds later, he seized and passed. No one could convince me that his dad wasn't there, waiting to take him to Heaven.

I had a near death experience at age 5 when I almost drowned. It was the most beautiful experience I have ever had and it shaped my life. I became fascinated with the mystery of death and have been very spiritual my entire life, considering myself a seeker of truth. I spent 40 years as a hospice nurse where I often shared my near death experience with my patients and their families. I wrote a book entitled "The Miracle of Hospice" and at age 70 I continue to embrace the privilege of being alive at such a critical time on our planet. I have always had a strong sense of purpose in my life which I contribute to my near death experience. Loved the video but only half listened to Martin's lecture as I was preoccupied writing this. Excited to learn Raymond Moody has a new book. Cathy Truehart

I worked as a paramedic for 30+ years, retired now. Early in my career I had a patient who was having a heart attack. Suddenly he went into cardiac arrest in front of me and lost consciousness. I started emergency care and after several minutes was able to get his heart started. When we got to the hospital he started waking up. When I asked him what he remembered he described the exact medical procedures I was performing on him while unconscious. He said he was standing over me. Only time this happened in my career. I think about this event every day. Interesting to see many others have experienced similar events.

I had a near death experience eight years ago. While sitting in a dark dining room talking to my wife, who was laying in her bed about ten feet away, who incidentally was dying from severe PAD, I started getting the symptoms of a heart attack. I have had two previous heart attacks and knew the sensations. I checked my blood pressure and there was none. Slightly panicked, I stood up to tell my wife that I didn’t have a pulse. When I stood up, I just turned off. When I came to, I was lying flat on my back alongside of the dining room table. I had no clue as to what had just happened or where I was. All I could see was an extremely beautiful glow on the underside of the dining room table that consumed my attention. I was astonished on how incredible the intricacy of the woodgrain looked; it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life. (It was dark in the room, and I shouldn’t have been able to see anything under the table.) As my consciousness started to come back, I could faintly hear my wife in the background screaming my name while on the phone to 911. As I came to, I felt really good, better than I had ever felt before; I told my wife that I was okay and to cancel 911. I got up and sat back at the table, still completely overwhelmed with the beauty that I had seen under the table. It took several minutes for the incredible sensations of wellbeing to wear off and my consciousness to fully come back. We think my heart stopped, then the fall backwards landing flat on my back must have started my heart again. We talked about my amazing experience for some time that night. I don’t know what caused me to experience such an incredible hallucination and sensations of wellbeing. Possibly, some kind of brain chemistry was going on, but it was more vivid in that moment that anything that I have ever experience in normal life. Less than a year later, my wife of thirty-four years died in the ICU while I was holding her hand. I hope she experienced the sensations and wellbeing that I had; she was the love of my life…

When I was six my dad was working the roof of our 1 1/2-story ranch and left the ladder beside the house. I grabbed my toy tool belt and went up to join him. My dad in shock when I topped him on the shoulder, screamed and I rolled off the roof and hit the concrete patio below. *Lights Out* I woke up and stood up just to watch my Father race down the ladder in hysterics. I dust myself off, told him. "I'm all right." dusting myself off. Dad did not listen he ran right through me and picked up a lifeless rag doll. LONG story short. I followed my Father into the house. I was there as he cradled my lifeless body in his arms in hysterics. My brothers and sisters screaming on the phone for EMT's (in those days it took 15-20 minutes for them to arrive.) At one point, unable to comprehend as six year old. I sat down on the floor of the living room as everyone ran through me. My mom ran to the bathroom for cold compresses. I began to hysterical myself. NO ONE SAW OR HEARD ME RIGHT THERE! I was then I became aware of the Extremely beautiful white light behind me and left. And what I could only term as an "Angel" a Woman in a flowing tunic-like robe come up behind me and embrace me from behind. "It will be alright, little one." Just as she embraced me. In an INSTANT the six-year-old was gone and I had the intellect of an adult. .. "Am I dead?" I said meekly as I was enfolded in INFINITE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND PEACE in her arms. "Yes.." As both of us then watched the scene unfold. The twenty-minute wait.. The EMTs worked on me for another ten minutes.. During this, I had a "Life Review" not only my short life. But the Lives of EVERYONE in that room and how my death would affect them for the rest of their lives! I not only saw it. I EXPERIENCED every second of them, living with that memory for the rest of their lives. I was IN THEM. All I wanted to do was to stay with her in that UNIMAGINABLE, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND PEACE. But after seeing how the rest of those people would carry the memory of a six-year-old dying in their arms. I KNEW that staying was selfish of me. With tears in my eyes. "I have to go back." Not as a question but as a statement. She smiled.. "Yes you do." "Will I ever see you again?" "When its time. I'll be there for you." And I returned to my body. The process of which I can describe as being flipped out of a warm down bed on a winter's night and dropped in a Black ICE COLD Pond in which you have for dear life to struggle to get back to the surface. HELL.. I came to consciousness again in my body as paramedics were about to give me the paddles. I kicked one in the jaw and got up and ran to Mother for protection.. As everyone laughed. I was in the Hospital for 3 days for observation. But I returned home with the memory of the experience and intellect far a head of my age. Look, if you're going to be a Researcher on Near-Death Experiences. You better be a NDE experience yourself. This goes Beyond Science. We're NOT making this all up nor is brain fantasy during the process of dying. What I experienced was BEYOND Mortal Understanding. It affected my entire life.. 53-year-old Anthropology Degree Holder. DEEPLY Spiritual.

I had a NDE 45 years ago. I was electrocuted. The dying part was terrifying, and I was in panic mode. But then, I came out of my body in a split second, and everything was calm and peaceful. I felt that I was some kind of energy, and I was pure mind. Then I saw my body and my first thought was: I think I'm dead. But I realized right away that my sense of awareness was still with me, I'm still me, I'm still here. Somehow, I'm still alive. I was thinking and perceiving like I normally do. Then I had a sense of being accepted just as I am. Then I sensed an unconditional love that was unlike anything I have ever experienced. My senses were far beyond the human senses. I knew instinctively who I was encountering. The Source, the Divine, God, or whatever someone chooses to call this. Not one iota of doubt in my mind. Everything became extremely sensory, and I was sensing everything instead of seeing or hearing. It seemed as if this stuff was going by me at the speed of light. I was perfectly relaxed, and I was completely at peace. The last thing I experienced before returning to my body was what I call the Oneness. Sort of like the oneness of the universe or the oneness of everything. Somehow, someway, I just knew that everything was one. I returned to my body right after this. I recovered, and I'm still here to relate my experience. I was left with more questions than answers. But some of the questions have been revealed over time. If I could describe the meaning of my NDE in a few sentences it would be: Don't worry. Everything will be alright. You will be alright. We aren't promised a rose garden in our Earthly lives, but my instinct tells me the overwhelming majority of us will be alright in the afterlife. There will be many new adventures to explore and many new horizons to see. So just relax and live your human lives as best as you can, and don't worry.

I interview Near Death Experiencers and have had two myself. Heaven is real.

We've come a long way in our willingness to be open about and share our NDE experiences. 50 yrs ago when my mom had an NDE, it was not something that was discussed for fear of ridicule or worse. I am grateful for all these brave souls that have come forward, we live in interesting times.

I've had an out of body and near death experiences. Allergic to anesthesia... full blown cardiac arrest at 34 years old. Changed my existence and its still difficult to be on this earthly plane. I have no fear and know that I have a greater sensitivity. Not religious but most definitely spiritual.

"you are loved there is nothing to fear" This is how they debrief you after you just undergone life

I had not had a near death experience, however I felt a strong force push me back . As I was in 10th grade the school bus would drop me off west bound on the right side of the road , the bus driver looked , gave me a nod it's was ok to cross, and I myself looked both ways, as I was about in the double yellow lines, a strong force like a huge hand pushed me back , & after that pressure of being pushed back , a truck went by me appeared to be a Chevy truck . Ever sense I felt Jesus's presence push me back , or one of my Guardian Angles , I was a believer in Christ instantly. Just writing my experience is giving me chills , but in a very good way .. I am loved , & also survived 2 horrible accidents . Thank you for this presentation, it was great listening to.

Before my grandad died he was having a conversation with someone in the room. He called him Uncle Jack. They asked questions and I guess he got answers. They talked often. When he died I found out my grandad had a Uncle jack that died over 40 years ago. My Granddad didn't know I was in the room. Gives me chills to this day.

I met a woman who.told me an amazing story! She was sick when she was a little girl & she had to get lots of surgeries & eventually lost her hearing. 1 day she had to do a heart or throat surgery or something - she was still a little girl maybe 7 or 10 - & she went into cardiac arrest. She said she had an out of body experience & not only could she see everything that was happening in the room but she could HEAR everything! Just amazing! Obviously she survived the surgery, & got her hearing back eventually too. She was an old lady when she told me the story.❤

I was pulseless for 15 minutes on the operating table. It happened 6 years ago and nobody can convince me that what I experienced was not real. All I can say is there is nothing to fear in death.

My mum was in hospital and a doctor accidentally gave her a morphine overdose. She went unconscious although I don't know if she was clinically dead but she said during those moments she floated above her body and could see and hear everything that was going on. She told a nurse later on what exactly was being said by everyone in the room and the nurse was shocked because she recalled it all correctly even though she was not conscious.

My son pass away 6 years ago he was 8 years old i know I will see him again Thank you❤❤

There was an elderly woman who told me she had an experience. She said the only word in the english language to even attempt to describe the feeling was “tranquility”.

I had a shared death experience. I was not the person dying yet I saw the light gradually come in. My father was standing in my backyard. A being made of light spoke to me telepathically and I back. I was pulled into a portion of a life review. All this in the fullness of the afternoon, in the fullness of the day. I was not asleep. I do not do drugs. I was not drinking. I don’t even know how it happened. I cannot explain it...but it was real. It happened and I have no doubt these NDEs are real.

I was there when my brother took his last breath. He kept looking around the room with the most peaceful look on his face. Nobody can tell me there weren't angels there to take him home.

When my Oma was dying in the hospital, she would look around the room and ask us "what are all these people doing here", and "who are those two girls in gowns that are covered in blood", "what is that person doing standing next to the clock" (the clock was on the wall and up very high). And the night before she passed, I swear as I walked out of the room and turned to wait for my mum walking behind me, I saw my Oma's soul sit up out of her body and she was smiling and looking through everything to something only she could see. The next morning, she passed away.

There's a case in which a blind person had an out-of-body experience when he died and was able to see everything in the room including his own body. This person was blind from birth. Of course, he continued to be blind after he was revived.

I have talked with two people, who had totally different personalities and philosophies. Both had similar NDE’s. They both described being in the presence of our creator and the total love they felt. Neither one wanted to come back and both said they had no fear of death. And because of them, I dont either. I am now 76

I have had so many visitations in my dreams from loved ones, friends and family of my own and friends and family of friends of mine who have asked me to deliver certain messages and they always validate personal information that only their loved ones know. It has been quite interesting to say the least! Every single time it's amazing to see their reactions when I deliver the message. I am shown personal items or certain parts of homes from years ago that both parties would be privy to. And I'm shown what they look like in their younger years as well and when I describe their appearance and shown photos...even I get the chills when I see for myself that that is them! I have been shown and told many things on 'the other side" and I have been reunited with my Mom (who passed December 2nd, 2005 of bladder/brain cancer) and I had the most beautiful and loving experience that is almost impossible to describe with my Mom, Angels, and the most unconditional loving white light that I called God our Creator! The love that surrounded my spirit cannot be duplicated here on Earth or put into words. It's the most intense love you'll ever know. I did not want to come back each time I visit Heaven/Home/The other side! I have met an Aunt and Grandmother (both came to me and asked me to forgive my biological Father who was very abusive to me and my Mom and siblings. It was horrible to say the least, but it was shown that his true spirit is nothing like he is on Earth. Anyhow... there is so much more, but I cannot take up too much space and time. I hope I helped someone who is wondering if there truly is somewhere else after this life. The answer is a definite yes and it's beyond amazing and magnificent!!!!

That man with the missing dinchers, was Joe Holdaway, my father who had out outer body experience, when he had his first heart attack, back in the 80's . I'm telling you to hear him tell about it was something I will never forget. Because of his experience I'm not afraid to dye.

Thanks so much! I thought that it was only me who was feeling totally bored so early on in this 'talk'. I've finally discovered that if I see people reading from a prepared speech, then they should just upload the document and save me the agony of having to listen to someone who can't speak without boring the pants off me.

Fischer seems to finally state his thesis around 45:00 minutes - 58:00, and then takes questions (where I stopped, with a few skipped portions along the way). Essentially he argues that NDEs are real in the sense of the sincerity of the experiences recounted by the experiencers. He suggests the experiences in general do provide some insight into the dying process which can at least be comforting, in general, to those who might fear dying. He stops there and otherwise argues the evidence doesn't establish "supernaturalism" or some non-brain based explanation for the experiences. His is what he calls a "charitable interpretation" - a naturalistic one that acknowledges the experiences are real but nevertheless brain-based. He doesn't want to dismiss the experiences entirely and suggests there is value to them in giving people a sense of hope about what to expect during the dying process. This doesn't seem particularly new to me, but it fails in any event along with other materialistic explanations because it ignores a few basic features of NDEs that defy a brain-based explanation: the out-of-body experience in which subjects observe occurrences from vantage points outside their body, the "ultra-reality" of the experiences (i.e. how can a dying brain that shows no measurable brain activity, let alone normal measurable brain activity, produce experiences that are "more real" than ordinary experiences?), or shared NDE, among other things. While he seems to have studied the experiences in some detail, his approach is interesting only from a critical academic or philosophical perspective and doesn't shed much if any insight on the nature or meaning of the experiences themselves, which really comes best from the actual experiencers. So, if you're looking to understand what people experience during NDEs, one really needs to listen to a lot of accounts not only for the range of experiences but because some experiencers are more articulate than others in evaluating and describing what they experienced. Fischer's "new interpretation" might get him a published paper or be an interesting post-doctoral lecture, but that's about as far as it goes.

I am so happy to hear other speaking on this subject. I had an OBE in 1977. My sister instructed me to keep quiet; otherwise, I would be deemed mentally unstables. My OBE was similar to the man who lost his dentures; in that, I saw a white light then I started to float down the hospital hallway. I returned to the OR room and was looking down on my body, as the nurses used a defibrillators from a red crash cart to bring me back to life. I didn't know about crash carts; however, I described it to my sister, as plain as day (she worked in nursing). I told her that "the nurses, instead of having on scrubs as the OR nurses, they had on white nurse uniforms" (it is what the floor nurses wore back then). I tried to tell them I was ok but they kept working. When I returned to my body, there was a sharp pain. Then I feel asleep. My doctor, a week or so later, informed me that I had died.

I think the things that fascinate me, are how OBEs and NDEs both point to no longer being constrained by the physical body as far as the senses go. People blind from birth do not dream visually. If the physical eyes are destroyed or never developed, but those people have vision when out of body, then it is the physical eyes that are the only thing preventing sight. Also people in NDEs describe it as more colorful, more real than real life. Things are more crisp and less distorted, which points to the limitations of human eyes while in body. Our eyes can only perceive certain parts of the spectrum, but if we are no longer in body, they no longer have the limitations of the human eyes. There are several that also talk about not being constrained by vision in the normal 180 field of vision. Hearing is also something that seems more intense, music more beautiful, sounds more different than hearing inside and through the human body and ears, of being able to hear so much more, like our own vibrations. This would explain how it makes it hard for people to put into words how different it is, and how it is so much more real than our reality. I think this really points to our self literally leaving the physical body rather than this existing soley in our minds.

We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Death is nothing to fear.❤

This is a very informative video, I was deployed to Iraq and was wounded in a rocket attack on March of 2011, what he mentioned in the beginning is exactly what I have witnessed exactly what he mentioned

My mother died of Covid, the pain is almost unbearable for myself and my family. This video has indeed given me hope that she's ok,i have disabled Homeless mother of two adorable boys, struggling on my own and abandoned by their father. No body really cares have been praying and know God will definitely help me and answer to my prayers. I believe in God and I have faith that I will be help. I'm not shame of myself for what has happened and putting this on here because, I know God never forget his children and my helper will definitely locate me! Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏

my dad came to my daughter and myself the night he passed.. my puppy started barking so loud at a corner then I felt the most gentle touches on my shoulders. I ran to my daughters room she had her eyes closed was looking up to heaven with an angelic smile.. and nodding like yes i UNDERSTAND AND THEN SHE WENT PEACEFULLY BACK TO SLEEP!!

I've had an O.B.E. (In Fort Rucker, AL. 2002) and everything was like you explained, but I saw no tunnel. I just hovered over my body and looked around the pitch-black room and could still see, perfectly. I mentally marked a few objects on-top of a cabinet that I'd never looked on-top of. When I wanted to, I just thought about coming back into my body and then turned on my light and saw the objects on-top. Ever since, my intelligence and abilities grew, in many ways. Hope I see that lighted tunnel. I was only 20yrs and now I'm almost 38.

My husband passed away on 1-12-20. He was at End Stage COPD. He died of CO2 build up. What was most interesting was he had No difficulty breathing the 2 day’s before passing. CO2 build up was a Peaceful, Painless, Beautiful Death. He was calling out to his Mother the week before Passing. He also told me he was having dream’s within dream’s. I am still pondering what he could have meant by the dream’s. One thing more, when I got up and left the bedside there was a mist that followed at my side, there was a screen door in the front room where I went. I never saw the mist again.

I've not had an NDE but I have had telepathic experiences, one when my daughter had a serious accident and the other prior to the twin towers being hit. I have also experienced a profound rapid healing and these incidents do leave you with a certainty that there is so much beyond our conscious awareness.

Truly beautiful. It's so nice to know I am not alone, and that the world start waking up to the fact that we are a soul that happens to be a body and not a body that may or may not have a soul. Our soul's main purpose is to reach ascension while we are still alive while passing all of life's ups and downs trials.

I truly believe that you’ll get much more out of reading the comment section then listening to this guy go on and on!!!

By far and away the vast majority of those who experienced a positive NDE say that their fear of death completely disappeared.

His sarcastic tone of disbelief already tells me that he has NOOOO IDEA of what is in store when he eventually goes. He really can't discuss something he hasn't experienced. This guy has SOOO much to learn!

Having been in chronic pain for years, I am anxiously awaiting the day of hopefully no more suffering.

Why so many negative comments? Whether you ultimately agree with his interpretation or not, he still had a lot of wonderful things to say. In some way we can all draw some sort of hope and inspiration from NDE’s.

This video is AMAZING. I didn’t think it was possible to bore people so consistently and at such a profound level. My god...

Had a Grand Maul seizure when I was 17, my entire life flashed before my eyes like ND experiencers recollect. It was terrifying and calming at the same time. Changed my life forever. Heightened senses, deeper emotions, and a longing for justice without fear of Earthly consequences.

I had a dengue stage 3 and they said my heart monitor went flat. I didn't see light or anything or float over my body. But what I experienced vividly is that I was floating in the space and I was looking at earth. Crazy.

I am a doctor and I fully believe in existence after death. I am not religious and never have been. The accounts (assuming at least some of them are true) seem very convincing and in some cases are corroborated by other people involved (ex: the medical personnel involved in a resuscitation being told exactly what happened in a resuscitation). Science can explain a lot of things but this isn’t one of those things. Based on the available evidence, it seems very plausible to assume that there is a consciousness that exists after clinical death (at least for some period of time), but to say there is heaven, hell or god is difficult to prove (beyond simple faith or belief). I’ve never had an NDE and I hope I don’t have one before my time to go. I hope this helps someone!

I no longer need to look for another "sleep music" on youtube anymore this guy will do it in the first 5 secs 👌

Having had an NDE when I was 19 years old, I was elevated very high above my physical body to a height that was a hundred feet high, possibly even a thousand feet high or more. Looking down at myself and seeing how small I was compared to the larger things nearby (cars, trees, houses, etc) I had the impression that I was a very tiny part of this world. As tiny as a grain of sand as compared to a larger desert, yet still a very definite part of that desert. I recall observing then and realizing that I was just a tiny part of planet Earth which is merely a tiny part of the universe. Like an electron is to an atom, and an atom is when linked with other atoms to form a much larger object. As this was happening, I recall also realizing that I wasn’t alone. I wasn’t able to see anyone, but I knew someone was there and I had a very clear understanding that this being was telling me I was OK, I was going back to my body, and that everything would be fine. Then I was back in my body laying on my back looking up toward the sky and realizing that something special had just happened to me. I had no pain or fear, just a feeling of general peace and contentment. I had the impression that something was letting me know that I like all humans, was a child of God, that God loved me and was protecting me from my own stupidity and immaturity, like the stupidity which had caused me to injure myself to near death. I had the impression that an angel, although not visible, was near and would remain with me to help. Then I was fully in my body again in both mind and Spirt, and I had fully returned to my normal worldly state - physically, emotionally, and intellectually, my condition was as it had been before the revelation that had just occurred. I was in a normal state of awareness then, in a hospital being taken care of by medical staff. Although I had grown up being instructed as a Christian, I wasn’t a “practicing Christian” at that point “walking with God in my life” as I am today. This event was a defining moment in my life which I never forgot and I have never discussed with anyone. In fact this post is the only time I’ve revealed it anywhere. Many years later, when finally doing the calculus and coming to the conclusion that God is real and Jesus Christ IS my Lord and Savior, I realized that my NDE was a sign from above provided to help me know of God’s existence and to accept the gift of salvation through Jesus. Now it’s very easy to describe my experience as a dream, because indeed it was somewhat dreamlike, but when looking back and also considering other signs and revelations that have occurred during my life, I know it was very real. The rest of you, including the non-believer speaking in this video, will know the truth of God’s existence one day too. Please, for your sake, go to someplace quiet, meditate and pray. Continue doing this for days and days. Pick up a Bible and start reading the New Testament. Pray on what you’ve read asking God to reveal His truth to your heart. Blessings of His peace and grace to you all!!

One night years ago I decided to sleep on the couch close to the TV. A while after I fell asleep, the TV, which was turned off, suddenly made a loud static noise. When that happened, I sat up quick and yelled 'grandpa', one second after that the phone rang. My mother answered the phone and looked at me and sadly said 'Your grandpa just died '. I knew he was sending me a sign. My grandpa and I were really close and that night has stayed with me my whole life. The timing of it all, I know he's in heaven and the sign he sent me has given me a great calmness and faith!

I had an nde at the end of 2001. It was brief and real. I enjoy hearing other’s experiences. I hadn’t heard of nde’s at the time I had mine. It took me by surprise.

I have not had an NDE. When my dad passed he came to me in a vision to tell me he was leaving. He was escorted by a being of light, warmth, peace. The phone rang at the end of the vision.There is much more but I want to be brief. Dad died in 1998. In 2018 my mom told me when he passed he suddenly sat up, reached out his arm and called out my name. We were 800 miles apart.

Why don't they document a lot more people in hospice, or the elderly that start seeing the people around them that no one else can see. I'm actually surprised he didn't talk about this.

I had a nde a year ago this month June. I could see my presents was ripped out of my body. I think pineal gland was activated because I could see everything so clearly. I was in complete darkness but not afraid. I thought about where I was and I asked myself if I was dead. I had such a wonderful feeling of total peace. After what seemed like a couple of minutes I started to see the brightest white mist bodys coming out of the black and they stayed about 5 feet away from me. Directly behind me was a being who said to me do you know who I am? I said not sure are you Yeshua? without answering me in a voice I knew it was. I asked what was happening in this place and an angel told me I was being purified and it would be just a little while longer. I noticed about 8 feet in front of me a door and the brightest white light was coming through around the framed edges. I asked if I could go through that door. I was asked if that was what I wanted to do. Part of me wanted to but I asked if I was supposed to be here, did I do what I was supposed to do before I went in. I was told no. I asked if I could go back and the figure behind me put in my head that I need to help people with problems understanding who we are and help heal their hearts with love and compassion. I remember I thought ok and the next time I opened my eyes I was awake and aware I was in a hospital. My daughter and son in law were there and kind of surprised I was alive. They had been told to say their goodbyes and were just waiting and spending the last remaining time with me. I felt fine. I had stopped breathing at my home over a week before this day. I was very sick with parainfluenza and a deadly UTI and I had septis. I told my daughter I wanted to go home. She said that hospice would be set up and then I would be moved home. I told the kids and my doctors I didn't need the breathing machine I was on bypap and removed it. I told them that I wanted to walk out of there in three days without oxygen or other care, that I was going home and could take care of my self no need for hospice. Everyone was shocked by my immediate change from being unconscious to just sitting up and Removing the machine that had been breathing for me and was like I had never been lifeless and passed away. My doctor told my family it was nothing short of a miracle. 3 days later I was released and have been just fine since that day I set up and told them I was fine.

It is like someone who has never visited Paris, tries to convince us that he knows more about Paris than others who have been there.

My late father had two near death experiences and both times he had the classic examples. What was different was the fact that he never came into contact with his dearly loved wilfe. Thus confused him for a while. Untill he realized that had he meet my mother in heaven he would not have returned back to his body. Something his dead loved ones begged him to do. He was an unbeliever untill these near death happenins. He died recently a very happy man knowing his childhood sweetheart is waiting for him

I had a NDE in 1989 . I wasn’t raised in an overly religious family, never read the bible. My experience was a bright white light and a feeling of moving towards the light . A female spoke to me and said it’s not your time yet . I was hit by a car and dragged underneath the vehicle, I was later told they lost me in the ambulance. I received many visits from priest’s, nuns and religious people trying to study my experience. Something I do remember is the feeling I wanted to stay , the feeling of love and disappointment upon waking in emergency.

My NDE was different from anything I’ve ever heard or read. I overdosed and did go through a tunnel and then was floating through space toward a beautiful light that was so colorful, it looked like a spinning tetrahedron within another within another to infinity with each being a different brilliant color. …once I got close to it I was suddenly enveloped by it and it felt like I was plugged into it. I was imparted knowledge of everything and felt extreme happiness. I kept thinking Yes Yes Yes I was jubilant.and then a voice said you’re not supposed to be here. I felt like it was my voice and then I suddenly was sucked back into my body. I did not experience traveling back it was very quick. I know I was out of my body for about 10 minutes according to the people I was with they were trying to revive me. So that’s it, that was my experience. It was really quite amazing but I didn’t see Jesus or any of my relatives that had passed. It was like a snuck on through a back door …

🙋‍♀️, I love that you were given a grant for all your hard work. Your study seems to have proven that we learn nothing without having the actual *experience*. See you on the other side 😉.

I had a and a when I was 3.5 years old. It was and is the realists thing ever 2 happen experience. I'm 47 years old now and I still think about everything I experience that day every day. And everyones going there and will love it!

NDE's have changed my life. I have heard over 75% of spiritual awakenings are triggered by one simply listening to, watching, and/or reading about someone else's near death experience and this is what happened to me. I have researched thousands of them and could answer all of these questions with a breeze. He is incorrect in saying most people experiencing an NDE are religious prior to their NDE and come back even more religious as it is usually the exact opposite. I have heard more stories of people leaving the church after their NDE than the other way around. Many are even told during their NDE from either their "guide" or another being that we got religion wrong and have twisted and misinterpreted the teachings. They are told of the dogmas and judgements associated with how the church interprets what was meant to be more of a personal spiritual process. How the teachings were more about the spark of god within each of us and the importance of oneness as opposed to worshipping any one figure outside of ourselves. Many NDE experiencers who were very religious before-hand, come back more spiritual than religious. Also, it should be mentioned how 9 out of 10 who have an NDE come back with spiritual "gifts" such as dreaming about events prior to them happening (precognition), being able to heal others using simply their intention to do so (energy healers), being able to see shadow beings, orbs, and other paranormal entities (as if the veil is slightly lifted for them), and other forms of psychic phenomenon. Everyone should look into the FREE Foundation’s (led by former US astronaut, Dr. Edgar Mitchell) study on this if interested. Super interesting stuff. Losing the fear of death is life changing!

My wife had an NDE post gall bladder removal. She said it was dark, but, she could 'see'. The feeling was of an amazing calmness. No one came to her and the next thing that happened was her doctors voice yelling, you have to breath, you have to breath. She took a breath and it was all over.

I experienced something that seemed to link loosely to the “near death experience”in that the process appeared to open a new process of neurological pathways which, in particular, led to a sense of connection to all life and mankind. This was a class on creativity which involved picking up a natural object with which one strongly identified, keeping this in one’s waking and sleeping daily experience close by, making notes of the object and impressions and sensations connected to it, even going so far as to develop art, performance art, film, etc. brought to mind through your relationship to this object. In going through this process I began to understand that the object represented me and things about me which I liked and hated. Eventually I had the distinct sense of being connected to everything and this seemed supernatural in that it felt like a profound sense of being connected to the universe and therefore outside of the limits of time and boundaries. It was one of the most magical experiences I have ever had.

He hasn't had an NDE. He's like a food critic who has read the menu without tasting any of the dishes.

When I had one, the things that I thought of first, was that leaving the body was like I had just emerged from being stuck in a block of clay. I was unaware of how much pain I was actually in while in the body, but had become used to it. At the same moment, the reality of there being no time was surprising and comfortable, together. Could we with ink the ocean fill And were the skies of parchment made Were every stalk on earth a quill And every man a scribe by trade To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry Nor could the scroll contain the whole Though stretched from sky to sky

My Mom had a near death experience when she was in her early 20s (as non religious Jew) and two friends (both Christians from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), one was in 20s and heart stopped other was friend in late 50s and all three had different experiences. There is another side to this. To sense the pain and death of others from a distance with no way to know, like in Star Wars when feel a disturbance in the force when people died. I had felt the death of my Dad, when miles away, as well as a church leader, an older man at church, and two car accidents of people I knew. They survived.

Having had 2 near death experiences it has nothing to do with anything one can explain by science! Just accept these experiences as an insight of what happens after death. Wonderful experiences removing all fear of death

Yes because we are all heart ♥️ centered. We are embodiments of love ❤️

Mr. Fisher seems to take a delicate approach to avoid outright dismissal of the phenomenon, and then equates it to likely effects of brain generated drug influences. What doesn't get resolved is, at a minimum, two things I can think of right off the bat. The first is that the NDE experience often includes "someone" telling the NDE'er to "go back" often followed by protestation and then a sudden return to consciousness where they feel groggy or in pain etc. after having just been in bliss. How could the effects of your brain drugs slam to a full stop? How can a drugged state produce a narrative ("go back") that appears over and over? How are the narrative threads of an NDE experience the result of a chemical cocktail when user of something like Ayahuasca have a massively larger range of narrative experiences but the NDE experience operates in a very narrow narrative? The second thing that never seems to happen during an NDE is that it fades out at the end with no narrative about a return to the body. In the case where someone was clinically dead for over 20 minutes, body temperature reduced, in a surgical setting with no measurable brain activity, How is it possible that this internal supply of drugs never runs out? The NDE doesn't end with a fade out no matter how long the brain activity has been suspended. The drug supply seems inexhaustible compared to something like adrenalin which serves an evolutionary function. From a strictly scientific perspective an NDE serves no evolutionary benefit so why is it utter bliss infused with information when it could just as easily be pain, a simple humming noise, flashing lights, gasping desperation, etc.? Here is a bonus issue I take with his explanations: Some NDEs occur during an accident or heart attack, others occur under heavy anesthesia. The NDE stories are totally similar but if its brain chemical induced, why don't the experiences differ between the one group who has no anesthesia and the other that is sedated into unconsciousness? How do these brain chemicals completely override the anesthesia?

*I was pronounced DOA (Dead On Arrival) at a medical center in 1973... No further attempt was made to resuscitate me... More than half an hour passed, and then my Heart started to beat again.... During that half hour, I rediscovered the DIFFERENCE, between the human body, and "LIFE The Real Self", The LIGHT of MAN.... I found this universe including the human body, is just a 'STORY', displayed as a 'Holographic Simulation', in a Display register, of "The Processing System of LIFE" !*

I’m glad I read some of the comments, so I didn’t waste my time. I had an NDE more than 30 years ago, and Dr Alexander’s book resonated very much with me, I saw my body below me, I saw my bones disintegrate to dust and I travelled to a place beyond this reality, a place that words cannot describe. And when I came back, I KNEW that I had been to true reality, and I knew that this reality wasn’t “home”. I had no thought of my family or longing for home when I was there, but when I came back I had a huge longing to get back there. This fool thinks he’s clever. He’s not. Parroting the words of others very unconvincingly, and showing his limited knowledge, but still thinking his information is important enough to create a video just shows how big his head is and nothing else

I died at age 4 from illness. Went down the tunnel of light, met being, "you have a choice...go back or stay" he was in robe, brilliant light too! I return so as not to make my family sad.

I had an NDE. I remember still pain from my kids and grandson crying. That is what really surprised me. I was pure energy and learning how to move. No body and all. Pure consciousness. Lots more because I tried to remember every second. They gave me one request and that was it. I wanted education and enlightenment. Docs pronounced me dead 3x the IV was in my neck because my veins collapsed

The most important lesson is love - in life and ideath - 💜

Can you imagine listening to this guy whilst driving!

To each his own... I choose to believe in God and life after death. ❤

I died once, no angels, no demons no heaven or hell. I just woke up in another world and I had no recollection of this world. It reminded me of my oldest memory here. I kinda knew what was going on and the beings around me were familiar.

when my elder sister Marie died suddenly in 1992 i was deeply saddened and frustrated as she had a life of suffering and humiliation and rejection and i had always hoped some day to provide her with a better life. I felt i had lost my chance to help her someday when i was rich and settled. a short time after..,a week? i saw her in a dream .. so very happy .. she came and told me not to feel bad as she knew i did what i could but that she had to go.. behind her was a like tour bus and she was going somewhere with her friends and had to get on the bus.. this was 30 years ago and the memory can still bring tears to my eyes. She wasn’t a gentle soul. i hope to see her again .

Estimated 20 Million Near Death Experiencers by Last President of International Association of Near Death Experiences around 2017 and this guy who never had an NDE reports on NDEs ! This guy never researched Anita Moorjani- most medically studied NDEr who wrote book “Dying To Be Me” A+++ Read 👍

I had a NDE in November of 2012. Cardiac arrest. Prior to this acute onset of health issues, my symptoms were some of what you'd expect and others, surely NOT. I had paranormal abilities for which I wrote off as a latent 'gift' as my paternal grandmother was gifted. This was my main symptom associated with increased anxiety and worrisome state of mind chronically. Fatigue beyond understanding. 3 nurses in the family, including self, and i was completely unnoted. There was more pre status. For sake of writing a long post, let me share with you now what i seen, lived, breathed, while dead in the hospital. There were 2 brilliant angels. They don't walk, they glide with grace so impressive, you're just in awe. They had blondest of blond pure hair, elderly, but not old, small stature, and eyes bluest of blue. All colors not of this world but recognizable. Their garments were animated, like sun reflects off water. their robes seemed to have this 'live' effect. The robes were white but this 'animation' was a marbled sheen of light colors, baby pinks, blues, purple. They communicated without speaking, I did as well, They told me this was the language used in heaven. No need to keep us seperated as we all were on same level, and could all communicate telepathically. I wasn't in heaven, per se, I was in the cusp, if you will. it was a beautiful place. my 2 angels were responsible for me successfully completing memory tasks. These were not easy, and were very long. when i would mess up, I would hve to start over again and fell into a sleep state. i remember being given the choice if i wanted to stay or go back. I didn't want to leave but i wanted to go back to my family more. There were other tasks, events but i woke up in ICU, lol. I do not worry despite i ask God, "shouldn't i get concerned or take action?" LOL. He took all of it, washedit away, it is the bottom, root cause of my heart attacks. and for years, over a decade. i dont ever get "worried" ever. i am more relaxed state of everything and choose ppl more carefully as to who ill have in my life. I love them all and very much so. I am kind, but have no time for arrogance, disrespect or things of that nature. Before, i would confront, get frustrated and end up feeling more disgusted while no outcome to my satisfaction was met . thank you so much. many things you mentioned identified with me.

My brain through stress when dealing with an abusive attempting murdering man, running a music venue, and being a mum to two babies. This gave me utter stress and my brain saw the world differently. Then I got a council housexand stopped working and financial ruin gave me stress where I saw the passion of christ being played out while a priest was blessing the host. As a Cathokic I would not dare mention those But through Buddhist reading I learned about this. I've also seen Christ telling me to go heal the sick. People say I have healing hands. If you look closely my lines are crosses. So maybe there's a truth out there. I attended a healing class and was able to heal the others there. Bhuddistvteach great things about Jesus. Its great reading for a Catholic.

Many years ago I was living in Las Vegas and was doing a deep clean on my dad's house and I was trying to clean the white vaneshon blinds in a small bathroom in the bath tub with bleach and all kinds of different chemicals and I walked out of the bathroom in the hallway and totally lost my breath I could not breathe and I will never forget that I saw myself leaning against the wall. It was an out of body experience I was 6 or 7 feet above looking down at myself and seconds later I caught my breath. And later that night I had horrible stomach pains and asked my dad to take me to the hospital and ended up on life support for 5 days.

I've had a near death experience over 20 years ago that blew my 3rd eye wide open...it was scary until i figured out how to use my new found psychic and healing abilities. It's been hard to be on the earthly plane and I struggled with depression and deep grief of staying here on earth. That all shifted when I began teaching people how to access spiritual information and life review without leaving in a traumatic way. I learned that my pain and suffering was a result of 'stuck' energy blocks and it's transformational when you learn to do it.

This guys in for a BIG shock. We exist after death

I had something in high school right after my grandfather died. He was on a staircase with light behind him, beckoning me to come up the stairs. I started walking up the steps and he told me I was too young and that I had to go back. That has stuck with me all these years mostly because I can't figure out if it was just a dream or if it really happened. I was mad at him for not taking me with him though.

"DEATH" is the release of a spirit of pure thought energy, drifting aimlessly in an endless sea of infinite space in absolute contentment, awaiting a rebirth. Written after my NDE. Joe

I personally had a nde and did also had the one. I did describe what was down a hallway that I couldn't possibly see. It was the first thing I described to my physician and he confirmed the hall way and piece of equipment I described. He said he had several people in the ICU have such experiences.

Everyone is a skeptic until it happens to them.

My teleportation experience is what led me to search the Internet for other people who have had strange experiences that are unexplainable which led me to nde’s‘s… Both my aunt and my sister died and their consciousness was floating above their body and they could tell all the doctors and nurses what they were doing. Many people have had out of body experiences, some have had teleportation experiences like myself, some have been abducted by other beings and others have had experiences when they died experienced another place and then came back to this place. No one knows what this is. I’ve listen to over 1000 NDE interviews and stories and to me it seems as though this is a simulation… and it seems as though there is a Loving Presence that put us here for our benefit. And I have had a very hard life- painful beyond belief- and I can still say that Love is real and this is for our benefit. Watch out, and take care

My wife’s uncle started seeing dead family members about a month before he died, and when she told me about it I said “ they’re here to guide him, it won’t be long” And it wasn’t . My sister started seeing “ Pete” , her childhood dog ( she was 50) . It was very real to her, I even waved my hand through where he was laying and she would look away.

My partner has had 2 NDEs. She's now a psychic medium. For me, the best evidence for NDEs is rising out of the body and looking back at it, then being able to recount conversations and events in that location, then to go into another location and recount events there too! Eben Alexander didn't have that part in his experience, he went straight into another realm when he went into a coma from his bacterial meningitis. I've heard of blind people seeing and deaf people hearing - very intriguing! How about people who come back with extra skills and knowledge? How about shared death experiences (SDEs) and how about all the strange things that happen around us when a loved one dies!!! All coincidences? Scientists need to prove everything and rightly so, but they can still only detect 4% of the universe so let's wish them luck with NDEs!!!

I'm going to have an NDE watching this.

My son was hit by a truck, was put in coma but they woke him next day only he didnt actually wake till the 5th day. During the time he was in coma neurologist didnt know why he wasnt reacting but knew he wasn't in his body. When he woke he told me of where hed been...heaven. when i was 13 i had a NDE and i went to the other side for a blink of an eye or two.. brightest white feeling of absolute ultimate love nonelike existson earth... I was told i wasnt supposed to be there yet. Then sent back to my body. Prior to that as a child i could astral project nightly at will. I did an experiment eith a friend knocking on her window while she wasin her room with her sister. Next day i told them the time i knocked who was there what they wore what they said .... They confirmed all id said. I had interacted from my astral self with the physical world... All of this is real. My son saw the same place id seen as a child.

Wayne Phillip Sheppard woke up from a near death experience to be an incredible prolific artist. He never had any talent for art in his pre existence. he sometimes paints for days at a time, not able to sleep. BTW, he also has stage 4 cancer. He has channeled some of the great musical talents like Bowie and Marly, and has painted them. Quite simply, his talent is divine.

"Man does not live by the intellect alone..." the mind can only believe or not believe, but the heart Knows... & it is threatening to the "ruling class" for us to know, because "You shall KNOW the Truth and the Truth will make you free." a hint of heaven makes one thirsty for something more real than this world - makes us want that special something that endures forever. "Abandon the quest to be perfect. Take up the quest to experience perfection." - Prem Rawat ."

Come on John Martin Fischer, you can do better than droning on so much. Put some fire in your presentation. I practically fell asleep only just after 2 minutes. If this is how you present all your lectures, all your students will have a cure for insomnia right there!

There’s so much that I enjoyed about this lecture. Perhaps mostly the open-mindedness and truly authentic way of examining NDEs. Personally, I believe these are previews of reality and that consciousness separate from brain activity is real. That said, this lecture is incredibly refreshing. The ability to view and discuss several different portions of an NDE from MD+ perspective as well as how cultural differences may change how an NDE is viewed and how even potential personal biases may have an effect on understanding exactly what the experience was. The goal seemed to be a real interest in understanding from both an expanded view as well as a micro view. And it’s delightful to be left with several possibilities (pro and con) because it’s not a science (yet) and may never achieve that “ranking.” It’s so much more.

A mother lost her child and had an amazing near-death-experience together with her child! That's in an interview with host Pegi Robinson from NDE TV, who presents Alba Monn!

If there was ever anything this close to a "Near Death Lecture" on KZfaq, I have yet to experience it. About 3/4 of the way thru this presentation I saw a red light and I began floating towards it. It was the lecture hall's emergency exit sign. I found myself hovering over the students as I floated to a more interesting lecture. Seriously, when this guy was wasn't reading directly from his notes he was masking anything that might be considered a personal opinion or stance with a neverending volly of qualifiers.....and he got a grant to "study" this ? Hummmm.

Im glad I believe and don't have to depend on him to bring me comfort...

I am a pancreatic cancer survivor for 6 year's now I have been in remission and living a good life. Don't automatically think that just because you have this deadly form of cancer that it's all over for you. I myself was VERY lucky to have it found while still in first stage because I had a Pancreatitis attack after being a heavy drinker and they caught it . I was lucky because if they had not, I most likely would not be here. It was sort of a double edged sword for me because I was giving myself pancreatitis almost every month from my addiction to alcohol, I am sober now and have no desire to even smell alcohol. They had me on a chemo drug called F5U and it almost killed me, then they switched to Gemzar and it did the trick along with targeted radiation . I lost all of my hair with the F5U but not with the Gemzar which IMO is a miracle drug.

My father looked into the corner of his hospital room and said I’m not ready to go yet…he passed 2 days later. That whole time I felt a heavy presence in the room, once he passed the room was light again.