Life reviews in near-death experiences include real events that previously took place in the lives of those having the experience , even if the events were forgotten or happened before they were old enough to remember .
During an NDE , the people encountered are virtually always deceased and are usually relatives of the person having the experience ; sometimes they are even relatives who died before the NDEr was born . Were the NDE only a product of memory fragments , it would almost certainly include far more living people , including those with whom the NDEr had interacted more recently .
The near-death experiences of children , including very young children who are too young to have developed concepts of death , religion or near-death experiences , are essentially identical to those of older children and adults . This refutes the possibility that the content of NDEs is produced by preexisting beliefs or cultural conditioning .
Near-death experiences appear remarkably consistent around the world and across many different religions and cultures . NDEs from non-western countries are incredibly similar to those that occur in people in western countries .
It is common for people to experience major life changes after having near-death experiences . These aftereffects are often powerful , lasting and lifeenhancing , and the changes generally follow a consistent pattern . As the NDErs themselves almost always believe , near-death experiences are , in a word , real .
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Perfect Playbacks
Life reviews in near-death experiences include real events that previously took place in the lives of those having the experience , even if the events were forgotten or happened before they were old enough to remember .
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Family Reunions
During an NDE , the people encountered are virtually always deceased and are usually relatives of the person having the experience ; sometimes they are even relatives who died before the NDEr was born . Were the NDE only a product of memory fragments , it would almost certainly include far more living people , including those with whom the NDEr had interacted more recently .
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Children ’ s Experiences
The near-death experiences of children , including very young children who are too young to have developed concepts of death , religion or near-death experiences , are essentially identical to those of older children and adults . This refutes the possibility that the content of NDEs is produced by preexisting beliefs or cultural conditioning .
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Worldwide Consistency
Near-death experiences appear remarkably consistent around the world and across many different religions and cultures . NDEs from non-western countries are incredibly similar to those that occur in people in western countries .
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Aftereffects
It is common for people to experience major life changes after having near-death experiences . These aftereffects are often powerful , lasting and lifeenhancing , and the changes generally follow a consistent pattern . As the NDErs themselves almost always believe , near-death experiences are , in a word , real .