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    There may be a scientific explanation for the vivid near-death experiences, such as seeing a shining light, that some people report after surviving a heart attack, US scientists said Monday.

    Apparently, the brain keeps on working for up to 30 seconds after blood flow stops, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

    University of Michigan scientists did their research on nine lab rats that were anesthetized and then subjected...read more here: Near-death experiences and brain activity

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    Not sure how that explains things but let the scientists have their say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McT View Post
    Not sure how that explains things but let the scientists have their say.
    Allow me to have a shot at explaining...

    You know when you're oxygen deprived & you see stars? Those stars are - as far as I can tell - not real. And oxygen deprivation & death aren't all that far apart. Voila - near death experience...except many lights rather than one in the distance. Add a bit of tunnel vision (again oxygen deprivation/co2 poisoning) and the light at the end of the *tunnel* thing sounds awfully familiar too.

    eh didn't read the article though - so the above is a thumbsuck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McT View Post
    Not sure how that explains things but let the scientists have their say.
    Quote Originally Posted by HavocXphere View Post
    Allow me to have a shot at explaining...

    You know when you're oxygen deprived & you see stars? Those stars are - as far as I can tell - not real. And oxygen deprivation & death aren't all that far apart. Voila - near death experience...except many lights rather than one in the distance. Add a bit of tunnel vision (again oxygen deprivation/co2 poisoning) and the light at the end of the *tunnel* thing sounds awfully familiar too.

    eh didn't read the article though - so the above is a thumbsuck.
    Still doesnt explain the people who have the NDE for 2 hours after they die seeing heaven/hell, then they get brought back to life by a miracle.

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    Religious fanatics are going to have a field day with that article .

    Science has proven a lot regarding life and death, which quite frankly I'm all for more info. I need to speak to them and ask them about my 2 experiences especially considering I didn't actually die, I'd just be intrigued as to how, why, what, etc... I wanna know what I saw and it's only something science will be able to tell me.
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    And out of body experiences?
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    Quote Originally Posted by czc View Post
    And out of body experiences?
    Well the first happened when I was 10 and got hit by a car while riding my bike and the second time when we were stuffing around at hostel, we did that hyper ventilation thing and I passed out but apparently I had a violent fit and then just lay there. I don't remember any of that stuff except for the stuff I regarded as pretty much dreaming.

    The first when I got hit by the car, I found myself walking through a sort of bullet train but couldn't find the people I was looking for to me I thought if I did that would have been my ticket off this planet.

    The second time, I found myself drifting through and around my school but all my mates were playing touch rugby during hostel sports as we always did and I was about 12m in the air.

    Both events felt like I had been gone for about an hour when in actual fact it was about 30sec - 1min. I've never forgotten what I experienced but it all felt like dreams, I'd love for someone like those scientists to explain what it was that I went through and how if I had proper head trauma both times. I mean surely my mind couldn't have been focusing on stupid dreams while under certain trauma.
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    Quote Originally Posted by czc View Post
    And out of body experiences?
    Some hospital placed signs in their Operating theaters in the ceiling so the can test those
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