Near-death
Experiences:
Where Science points to
spirituality

The Mystery
How can we be conscious when we are not
conscious?
Near-death Experiences (NDEs) are
the extraordinary perceptions of
physically unconscious people who
were close to death

NDEs – two aspects
Other-worldly perceptions:
scientifically unexaminable
This-worldly perceptions:
scientifically examinable

When the blind see
NDEs of the Blind: Mindsight -
Kenneth Ring and Sharon Cooper
The case of Vicki Umipeg

Operation standstill: Pam Reynolds
Giant basilar artery aneurysm
Body temperature lowered to 60 F,
Heartbeat and breathing stopped,
Brain waves flattened, and
Blood drained from her head.
Special earpieces emitting 90 to 100 decibel
clicks at a rate of 11 to 13 clicks per second.

Operation standstill
“At that stage in the operation, nobody can observe, hear,
in that state, And I find it inconceivable that your normal
senses, such as hearing, let alone the fact that she had
clicking modules in each ear, that there was any way to
hear through normal auditory pathways. I don't have an
explanation for it. I don't know how it's possible for it to
happen, considering the physiological state she was in. At
the same time, I have seen so many things that I can't
explain, that I don't want to be so arrogant as to be able to
say that there's no way it can happen.” - Dr. Spetzler

The Implication
"What is clear is that something
profound is happening. The mind -
the thing that is 'you' - your 'soul' if
you will - carries on after
conventional science says it should
have drifted into nothingness."
- Dr Sam Parnia

Expanding the frontiers of science
Relativity and Quantum physics
developed because scientists
confronted the evidence that
classical physical couldn’t explain

The Gita’s tripartite model of the self
Body – Hardware
Mind – Software
Soul – User

Soul Eye
Subtle Body
Gross Body
Normal Vision
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Subtle
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Brain
Area pervaded
by consciousness

Soul
Subtle Body
EyeBrain
Gross Body
No sight
No Activity at all
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NDE Vision
Subtle
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Area pervaded
by consciousness

Vedic NDE
Bhagavatam – Ajamila story
Life itself is a near-death
experience

Redefining progress & happiness
Give your spiritual side its due
Meditation minimizes inner
friction & maximizes outer
contribution

Redefining progress & happiness
Materialism’s consequences:
 “We have guided missiles &
misguided men”
 A million suicides every year

The Ultimate Positive Thinking
You are indestructible.
Go beyond positive perception
of reality to the perception of
positive reality
Eg Airlifted out of disaster zone

Questions?
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