Having bad an NDE after being hit head-on while on a motorcycle by an intoxicated driver, back in'76, suffering from multiple internal/external/orthopedic injuries, a closed head wound which left me in a 3-week coma, I can attest to the fact,
@Rose65.
I was 19 years old at the time, and bad never heard of an NDE, but in 1977, Arthur J Moody's book,
Life After Life came out. I had experienced events similar to those in the book but had chalked them up to being dreams during my unconsciousness.
Many books have been read and working in the medical field for over 40 years, I've found others who experienced similar circumstances.
I had (and have) pretty much accepted that this is what happens when we die, but then in the 1990's, I read Shurland Nuland's
How We Die which put a new spin on my perspective. Dr. Nuland, a professor of surgery at Harvard, and of the Jewish faith, believes the experience is a result of an exponential amount of the brain's neurotransmitters being released in an effort for the body to sustain life.
For example, that exponential release of neurotransmitters could result in extrasensory perception, as one who floats over their body at the moment of CLINICAL death and sees themsrlf and the circumstances of the situation.
Dr. Nuland's theory is interesting and plausible, but having "been there", I'm stuck in believing in an afterlife. However, as one person put it, "Experiencing an NDE is like visiting the neighborhood, but not moving there".
There's a lot of great resources out there, but here's a video I particularly liked, because the guy's so likeable:
