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[Ruq]

Many 'near death' experiences are dismissed by skeptics who suppose that the common experiences people have ('white light', 'life review' etc) can be explained by chemical reactions happening in the brain. But, there are 'near death' experiences which are much more compelling and harder to dismiss. In the following video, a cardiac surgeon talks about a couple of his experiences he has witnessed. In the first one, the person who is pronounced dead regains consciousness and gives details about the operating room and events taking place in it which cannot be easily explained with say audio input he may have still been having at the time, for instance.




The surgeon says at the end that his collegues report similar instances also.

[Gypsy]

Do Muslims believe in the Near Death Experience? Sometimes I think Muslims do believe in NDE through dreams. Have you not heard of some people saying that they saw so-and-so in hell or paradise. Do you think dream is one of the ways you get to experience death?

[Ruq]

Hmm... You mean like astral projection? Leaving your body to travel somewhere else in the universe? I know many ppl do believe in that and believe they can do thst through meditation. If astral projection is a reality it might explain some near-death experiences also. I know some Buddhists believe that deep levels of meditation can give you unusual powers, like flying! But also, it isnt uncommon to hear of ppl with illnesses becoming healed through meditation. Its as if, once your mind gets out of the way your body goes into this purer, more powerful default state and heals itself... I went of track there, dreams! Maybe you can get glimpses of the 'other side'. Ive experienced dreams with family members who have passed on that seem to be giving me a message. Have you had any such experiences?

[Gypsy]

I think in some of the near death experience, your heart stopped beating for a while. While the doctor/nurses/paramedics are reviving you, you are in the condition of being technically dead. So, what happen to you at that time? This is one example of NDE.

I have read a couple of incidents of people who said they were hovering and witnessing the event-taking place in the room. The time either stopped completely or was moving very slowly. All the motions were amplified.

Once they are revived they can exactly tell you everything going in the room; who was doing what and who was saying what. Everything happening while they were “dead”.

[Ruq]

Yes, its fascinating. Some things could be explained through audible input; like for instance in the above vid where the patient said he saw the anesthetist run in, could of been produced by hearing the surgeon shout for the anesthetist and hearing the footsteps. But the detail of the post-it notes on the monitor is most interesting, as there was no audible cue for it. I was talking to my mum about it and she told me about a programme on tv she saw, where a woman was recounting her NDE in the operating theatre. The surgeon was there with her and she was giving her story and at one point she said how she saw the surgeon turn around and his protective coat thing had been tied weirdly at the back, the bottom lace tied to the one above and vice versa or something. The surgeon looked at her in shock, and recalled how he had struggled to untie it after the op because it had been tied like that by accident.