Near-death Experiences (NDEs) involve extraordinary perceptions reported by people who were clinically dead or unconscious. NDEs have two aspects - other-worldly perceptions that are scientifically unexaminable, and this-worldly perceptions that are scientifically examinable. Cases like Pam Reynolds, who had an operation to repair an aneurysm where her body was cooled to 60 degrees Fahrenheit and her heartbeat and breathing were stopped, reported perceptions during this time that are difficult to explain by hallucination or semi-consciousness. Some scientists argue NDEs point to the possibility of consciousness existing separate from the physical brain and expanding the frontiers of science, as physics evolved by confronting evidence that couldn't be explained class

1. Near-death
Experiences:
Where Science points to
spirituality

2. 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

3. The White Crow?
“If you wish to upset the law that all
crows are black, you mustn’t seek to
show that no crows are; it is enough to
prove one single crow to be white.”
- Harvard psychologist William James

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

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

6. 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.

7. Operation standstill
Here you have the neurons in a depth of a sleepy state, of
a suspended animation, that makes it very hard to think
that it’s from active neural transmission.
I think it is the ultimate arrogance for anyone, whether
they’re a scientist, or anyone else, to say that something
can’t be. I accept Pamela’s account, although I have no
explanation of how it could have happened.
- Dr Spetzler

8. Explanation?
Hallucination?
Guesswork?
Semi-consciousness?

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

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

11. Soul Eye
Subtle Body
Gross Body
Normal Vision
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Subtle
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Brain
Area pervaded
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12. 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

13. Questions?
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