According to Collins English Dictionary an our of body experience is defined as “a vivid feeling of being detached from one's body, usually involving observing it and its environment from nearby” Many include visions of passed loved ones in their accounts of their experience. But what is the reason we have these experiences? some argue that it is merely the lack of oxygen reaching your brain and your body going into shock. Others argue that it is proof of a God and/or the afterlife. Many come out of these experiences “reborn” and very religious, if they weren’t already. This in not the case for everyone, myself included, but why is that, if it is a religious omen, as is claimed by many? Only about 10% of the population has had an Out of Body …show more content…
Many of these stories are posted on online forums such as the Out of Body Experience Research Foundation (OBERF). They have other websites dedicated to Near Death Experiences, Spontaneous OBE’s and supposed After Death Communication stories. On the website they claim to be “the perfect mix of science, community, spirituality, and organization”. But a question with these experiences that is known to reoccur is that of the nature of these experiences. Many believe they are deeply religious, and many of the accounts reported on the OBERF website are during prayer or meditation. Often these experiences relay tales of “feeling God” and for some, took place soon after a loved one passed away. One person who has had one of these experiences, who wished to remain anonymous when reached out to, stated “As [she] rose, that's when [she] felt [her] most alert and clear of a sense of God on the other side wanting to reach out and speak to [her] about something. No communication was ever said, it was like [she] just knew it, [she] suddenly begun to feel a very strong vacuum force from behind trying to pull me, and [she] wanted to go but [she] suddenly feared that [she] wouldn't be able to return to [her] body.” She also relayed this same story on OBERF.org and was not very keen on talking more in detail, as it “gives [her] a haunting feeling to this …show more content…
Dr. Melvin Morse, originally a complete skeptic, has conducted extensive research about children who have had NDEs. He believed the NDE was an artifact of culture and or religion only. “He was certain that this phenomenon would not show up in children too young to be influenced by culture and religion. He discovered to his complete surprise that these very young children, some still in the womb and some as young as 9 days old, had memories of these experiences remarkably similar to those of adults. As soon as they had enough language skills, their NDE was the first thing they wanted to tell their parents about.” Dr. Morse believes we all have a “God-spot” in our brain, which children can access easier than adults. According to Morse’s website, Spiritual Scientific, “[c]hildren who have experienced this all knowledge domain describe it as a "light that had a lot of good things in it" (age 5), or "I saw the sun and it had a happy face for me" (a 3 y/o),"you'll see, Dr. Morse, heaven is fun"(age 7), most intriguingly, "I went into a huge noodle when I died, well it must have been a tunnel because I don't think noodles have rainbows in them.(age 5).”Dr. Morse continues to discuss the nature of this phenomenon and believes we can “train” our brains to “facilitate our spiritual selves, just as a great musician must learn how to play a musical
When living in Tennessee, I was approached by a woman who seemed homeless at first glance. I shortly realized after she raved about my son’s and my auras that she was a New Age enthusiast, wearing a long broom skirt and flashing about twenty pieces of jewelry, including a mood ring. When she finally said, “Your son is like no other I have seen in a long time! He is an Indigo child!” I flinched out of curiosity because I had never heard this term before. At the time, my son, Cannon, was three-years-old. Then, when in California about a year later, another woman who looked similar, approached me in the middle of a parking lot. She said my son’s energy drew her closer to us, and she used the same term the other woman used: an Indigo child. I asked her to repeat herself because I wanted to make sure she said what I thought she said. Sure enough, my son had been called an Indigo child twice within one year.
Transitioning from the teen years to adulthood and two near death experiences has allowed me to establish a spiritual relationship with God. The first experience occurred when driving on a country roads with deep curbs don’t remember what happen but my car somehow flipped on one side in a ditch and
Why is this so important to us today, have you ever wondered if this experience had never existed, would modern spiritualism have existed? Would we as mediums still be hiding behind closed doors, frightened to speak of the knowledge of life after death? This has allowed us the openness serving the two worlds
Sudden deaths can cause a loved one to question their whole belief system as they try to come to terms with their loss.
The heart ended up as a divine seed, ready to be re-planted/re-used in the creation of another being. The human brain: is the home of the tonalli, the force of love and heat. This stayed on earth to be kept by your family as ashes in a box with a tuft of your hair, and was associated with the highest heavens of the cosmos. The human liver: being full of blood, is the home of the ihiyotl, courage, the soul and the engine of passions, but also the force of cold. This was dispersed after death in winds, spirits and illnesses, and was associated with the underworld. After death, every human being had a service, tasked by the gods, in the cosmic process. The departed did these services to help keep humanity alive.
Approximately three percent of the United States population says that they have had near death experiences, according to the Gallup polls. Near death experiences are often thought of as mystical phenomena, but research is now revealing scientific explanations for virtually all of their common features. Most people who have near death experiences have these three things in common: adrenaline rushes, a change in priorities, and time slowing down.
Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon who believed for many years that when people explained their near death experiences it was just the hard wiring of the brain. Of course ,though, he had refined medical training. It wasn't until Alexander had caught a rare disease which caused him to fall into a coma and had a near death experience himself. Alexander talks about his journey towards the afterlife in his book which leads to many questions to everyone as to whether it really happened or if it was all just a hallucination. The paper talks about how he recounts what happened during his experience
According to Kevin Nelson, a neuroscientist and the author of “The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain,” adults often have a sense of looking back over a life; young children, lacking that perspective, tend to report “castles and rainbows, often populated with pets, wizards, guardian angels, and like adults, they see relatives and religious figures, too.” It’s hard to convey to anyone who grew up without the idea of God just how fully the language, stories and “logic” of the Bible can dominate a young mind, even perhaps especially the mind of a toddler (Nelson, The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain”20-21.) There have been various accounts taken over the years regarding near death or life after death experiences. A known account of this situation is taken from Colton Burpo, in which a bestseller book published in 2010 and motion picture released in 2014 known as “Heaven is for Real” is based on. In 2003 three year-old Colton claimed to have visited Heaven during a near death experience where an emergency surgery was performed on him to save his life. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks about things that happened before his birth... things he could not possibly know. The next is the story of Dr. Eben Alexander, who is a proclaimed neurosurgeon and writer coming from a lineage of scholars and medical doctors. He
One time me and my family and friends were going ghost hunting at grave yards. We had went to a couple already nothing had happened that was scary at any of them yet so we were starting getting bored. So we decided to go to one more and there was something about it like something wanted us gone you could feel pressure on your chest nobody would even get out of the car so we left. About a week or so later one night we decided to go back and we went there and got out and everything and surprisingly it was just normal. So we went to another grave yard for a bit figuring it could only happen like that when its later the other grave yard had nothing it made us feel nothing so we came back hoping for something like week ago because it was
A couple quotes from people who said they felt nothing; “Overdosed on heroine, EMT’s said my heart stopped. Didn’t see anything, just like sleeping with no dreams.” and “Pure,perfect, uninterrupted sleep,no dreams.”. A quote from someone who felt like they could see what was happening while dead; , “I do remember a little bit of the ambulance ride, but not from my own body. It was seriously the strangest thing I have ever experienced. It could have been a dream, but I saw my own unconscious body completely flatlined in the ambulance. I remember the EMT who was in the ambulance with me (whom I did not see before I passed out)”. And here is a quote from someone who had an interaction; "I was standing somewhere. There was a fog all around me, and I saw my best friend (who at the time I'd been fighting with and he'd stopped talking to me) come out of the mist. He told me that I couldn't go yet, that I have to keep trying, and if I promised not to give up, he'd see me back on Earth. I wordlessly agreed, and I was instantly pushed (into?) my body.".
An article done by the University of Henan of China, Northwestern Feinberg of Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville of Louisville, Kentucky, discusses the neurophysiological activity in the dying brain in the experience of patients with cardiac arrest who were resuscitated. Reports show that 46% of the patients experience memories, 9% experience out-of-body experiences and dreams, and 2% of them recall seeing or hearing events during their resuscitation. Near-death experiences appear to occur when the cerebral function is absent or impaired, showing an unexpected increase in awareness, attention, and consciousness, with memories having more characteristics than real events and being similar to real memories regarding self-retaliation information and emotional information. It also affirms that no patients with brain death have returned to life, and their brain studies show decreased arousal but no perception or memory formation. This supports the idea that once the brain dies, so does the soul, and it enters eternal
Although, I’ve never had any near-death experience and don’t plan too; I still find it frightening. The author points out possible causes for “out-of-body experience” ranging from activity in the brain, REM sleep (rapid eye movement), oxygen deprivation, and influence of drugs. However, my question still lingers on the idea of how people actually see themselves being lifted off the table. Would the people who experienced such an event be able to recall every detail they viewed? The author expresses his thoughts on the matter and claims most people have a hard time remembering their dreams and mostly lie or exaggerate their visions. Furthermore, there is far more scientific evidence given by the author towards Moody’s near-death experience phrase than there is based on person’s experience. In addition, I also don’t seem to understand the concept of reincarnation. The author explains the lack of adult personality in babies as a flaw in the hypothesis of reincarnation. The way I see it, there are more people than there were back then, so how does that fit into the
Another experience that I had was more spiritual and emotional. On one of the last days of our trip, we went on a hike in the mountains. I think it was about 6 miles. After 2 miles of walking through the trees, we came out into a clearing. It was so beautiful. There were snow covered mountains that looked to be miles wide. In the valley, there was a small creek flowing like a blue snake. On one of the mountain, sides we saw a small herd of elk that were grazing on the green grass. Seeing all this was breathe
I recall tugging at my nether lands, and a swoop of hands into my womb. The doctors got the baby and she let out a cry that sounded triumphant. They showed me the baby and it seemed like they whisked her away too quickly. There is a fog around the edges of that memory. The doctors said that my baby was doing fine. My body started to shake and wouldn't stop. I was wheeled into recovery and then all was dark. I didn't bond with my baby until the next morning- seven hours later. She was beautiful but I felt very unfulfilled.
It was the first field trip of the year. We were going to a ropes course in the middle of the woods. All my friends were super excited to go and I kept pretending that I was excited too. In my brain I kept telling myself Oh my god, you’re gonna die. I imagined myself on the leap of faith, 60 feet of the ground quaking in my sneakers being too scared to jump. When we got to the course, I thought my legs would fall off because of my legs shaking like a vibrating phone. As we walked to the first course, it felt like my heart was in my head. I felt it beating over and over. Thump, thump, thump. My mind was swirling with thoughts as we stepped up to the first course. It was a huge log stuck in between two trees about 20 feet high. When the instructor told us we had to walk across it my heart almost stopped.