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Near-death
Experiences:
Where Science points to
spirituality
The Mystery
How 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
The White Crow?
“If you wish to upset the law that all
crows are black, you mustn’t seek to
show that no crows are; it is enough to
prove one single crow to be white.”
- Harvard psychologist William James
NDEs – two aspects
Other-worldly perceptions:
scientifically unexaminable
This-worldly perceptions:
scientifically examinable
When the blind see
NDEs of the Blind: Mindsight -
Kenneth Ring and Sharon Cooper
The case of Vicki Umipeg
Operation standstill: Pam Reynolds
Giant basilar artery aneurysm
Body 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
Here you have the neurons in a depth of a sleepy state, of
a suspended animation, that makes it very hard to think
that it’s from active neural transmission.
I think it is the ultimate arrogance for anyone, whether
they’re a scientist, or anyone else, to say that something
can’t be. I accept Pamela’s account, although I have no
explanation of how it could have happened.
- Dr Spetzler
Explanation?
Hallucination?
Guesswork?
Semi-consciousness?
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 – Software
Soul – User
Soul Eye
Subtle Body
Gross Body
Normal Vision
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Area pervaded
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Soul
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Gross Body
No sight
No Activity at all
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Subtle
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Area pervaded
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Questions?
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Near Death Experiences - Jacksonville 2017 by Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

  • 2. The Mystery How 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
  • 3. The White Crow? “If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn’t seek to show that no crows are; it is enough to prove one single crow to be white.” - Harvard psychologist William James
  • 4. NDEs – two aspects Other-worldly perceptions: scientifically unexaminable This-worldly perceptions: scientifically examinable
  • 5. When the blind see NDEs of the Blind: Mindsight - Kenneth Ring and Sharon Cooper The case of Vicki Umipeg
  • 6. Operation standstill: Pam Reynolds Giant basilar artery aneurysm Body 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.
  • 7. Operation standstill Here you have the neurons in a depth of a sleepy state, of a suspended animation, that makes it very hard to think that it’s from active neural transmission. I think it is the ultimate arrogance for anyone, whether they’re a scientist, or anyone else, to say that something can’t be. I accept Pamela’s account, although I have no explanation of how it could have happened. - Dr Spetzler
  • 9. Expanding the frontiers of science Relativity and Quantum physics developed because scientists confronted the evidence that classical physical couldn’t explain
  • 10. The Gita’s tripartite model of the self Body – Hardware Mind – Software Soul – User
  • 11. Soul Eye Subtle Body Gross Body Normal Vision O u t s i d e W o r l d Subtle Eye Brain Area pervaded by consciousness
  • 12. Soul Subtle Body EyeBrain Gross Body No sight No Activity at all O u t s i d e W o r l d NDE Vision Subtle Eye Area pervaded by consciousness