Near Death Experience #3

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S2 ep. 6 Near Death Experience #3

There's a growing body of evidence on near death experience, which shows its more common than once thought. Is this unusual phenomenon evidence of the afterlife, and ultimately the Soul? In this five-part series we look at the evidence and history of NDEs.
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REFERENCES:

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife - Eben Alexander

QUOTES:

“…the science to which I’ve devoted so much of my life—doesn’t contradict what I learned up there. But far, far too many people believe it does, because certain members of the scientific community, who are pledged to the materialist worldview, have insisted again and again that science and spirituality cannot coexist.” - Eben Alexander, in his book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.” – Epicurus

"As a psychiatrist, this is the most fascinating aspect to me because I make my living trying to help people change their lives. That's very difficult to do. But here's this experience that in a few seconds, can totally transform someone's attitudes, values, beliefs and behavior. They typically make people more spiritual if I can use that word. They make them more compassionate, more caring, more altruistic, and they become much less interested in physical things—in material goods, in power, prestige, fame, competition.” – Dr Bruce Greyson

“I've seen career military people or policemen who could not tolerate the idea of hurting someone after their near-death experience change careers. I've seen cut-throat businessman who decided that competition was silly after a near-death experience change careers. And they typically go into helping professions." – Dr. Bruce Grayson

“This does not go away with time. I've talked to people in their 90s, who had the experience as teenagers, and they say it's like it happened yesterday—that they've never been able to go back to their old life.” – Dr. Bruce Grayson

“…when you lose your fear of death, you also lose your fear of life. Because you're not afraid of losing everything, you're not afraid of taking chances and living life to the fullest. And it makes life much more meaningful, and much more fulfilling.” – Dr. Bruce Grayson

"I basically used to have a very conventional, scientific and reductive materialist view that consciousness was created by the brain, and that only the physical world exists," -Dr Eben Alexander

"And what my coma journey showed me... is that consciousness is something that is fundamental in the universe and does not originate in the brain.” -Dr Eben Alexander

"What I experienced was the most extraordinary, memorable, detailed, and ultra-real experience of my entire life.” -Dr Eben Alexander

"In fact, the world we live in, this material world, is more kind of cloudy and dreamlike than what I saw on the other side. That world is sharp, crisp and alive - and very real." -Dr Eben Alexander

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