Many people think of life in three parts... you are born, you live, and you die. Thoughts of life after death vary among people, but those three elements are always present. However, there are those that take a "detour" so to speak. A significant number of people have come extremely close to crossing the plane between life and death without taking that final step. Some say they have come so close to it that they could see what was beyond this life, if only for a few moments. There is of course the debate of when death actually occurs. Medically, death has been classified into several different types over the years, and in some ways has made the question of when life ends even more confusing. Generally someone is "clinically dead" when the heart and lungs are no longer working, but there could still be resuscitation under certain circumstances. Many times it has been in these instances, before the resuscitation is successful, that people have spoken of seeing 'the other side'. These are what have been classically known as "near death experiences" or NDE's...read more...Monday 7 February 2011
Near Death Experiences NDE
Many people think of life in three parts... you are born, you live, and you die. Thoughts of life after death vary among people, but those three elements are always present. However, there are those that take a "detour" so to speak. A significant number of people have come extremely close to crossing the plane between life and death without taking that final step. Some say they have come so close to it that they could see what was beyond this life, if only for a few moments. There is of course the debate of when death actually occurs. Medically, death has been classified into several different types over the years, and in some ways has made the question of when life ends even more confusing. Generally someone is "clinically dead" when the heart and lungs are no longer working, but there could still be resuscitation under certain circumstances. Many times it has been in these instances, before the resuscitation is successful, that people have spoken of seeing 'the other side'. These are what have been classically known as "near death experiences" or NDE's...read more...