Study into near-death experiences

[Psan]

Quoted from ,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7621608.stm
today .....

Doctors at 25 UK and US hospitals will study 1,500 survivors to see if people with no heartbeat or brain activity can have "out of body" experiences.

[samsara]

Yeah I just read about it myself. It doesn't sound too scientific or a serious study into the subject, the story also implicated that if the results are negative then obes are nothing but hallucinations??

[bjb1234]

It sounds to me like they are putting cards with pictures of shapes on them in placed in hospital rooms where patients may have a near death experience and float up and see there body etc... and hopefully see the shapes...


Apparently theres plenty of other evidence for NDEs already, i found a site on google which listed loads of studies etc..

In reality this experiment whether successful or not can achieve only one thing... and that is to tell us if we can view the physical world in "real time" without any distortion when "out of body".  This may be possible it may not be...  I am guessing the non physical dimensions of reality do not operate by the same laws of physics which the physical universe operate by.

Even if they do get any results, this is going to take 3 years...  And no doubt if quite a few people do see the shapes, then the group wont be able to say "theres no chance of surviving death".  It would be a good recent well publicized study which will give some indication that consciousness does survive death of the physical body.  Imagine the consequences for the mainstream scientific community...  I doubt they would even tell the truth about the results.  And even if they did other mainstream scientists would dismiss it.

Overall the experiment is not original and is largely pointless.  In my opinion we do survive death.  But im not sure about been able to view the physical world in "real time" from the non physical, but i am open minded towards the possibility.  I think at the time of death what happens is what our subconscious or maybe our "higher self" expects to happen...  So a devout christian might see jesus etc.. etc...

It doesnt matter anyway, in 3 years time i doubt the results will even get published, no doubt the world will be at war by then if you look at the oil crisis and everything else.  Just focus on educating yourself about survival and getting fit and healthy... oh and happy!  The future for the world is not looking good... and no i am not a fear mongerer

[Greytraveller]

At first glance this looked as if it Might be a serious scientific study.

Yet on second thought.....their premise goes .... if a person has an NDE and goes out of body in an emergency room Then that person should be able to see a number placed where nobody at floor level could see it.
However, if a person does have an NDE and does go OBE in the ER then one of the ABSOLUTE LEAST thoughts on that person's mind would be..."Oh yes, the scientific NDE/OBE study and...let's see If I can read a number on top of a cabinet, then memorize that number and repeat that number back to the doctors, that is IF I don't die and somehow manage to survive all this."
PAH-LEASE!!!

Actually this is all BS. As anyone even remotely knowledgable about NDEs knows conducting a scientific study is the LAST thing a person undergoing a NDE will think about (no pun intended).
NDEs are profoundly emotional and life transforming experiences. Anyone experiencing a NDE WILL NOT be interested in looking for hidden numbered cards and validating a (half serious) "Scientific"study.

Grey