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ena: functioning of the mind/consciousness/spirit apart from the physical body.” This gives evidence for the transcendental model of Near Death Experiences and also a biological explanation, similar to examples of near death experiences in the media. Scientist Sam Parnia undertook a study which found that forty percent of cardiac arrest patients described themselves as having some kind of ‘awareness’ at the time they were pronounced clinically dead 9. This gives further evidence of brain activity during near death experiences and suggesting a coexisting relationship between the neurological cause and the spiritual happenings in these Near Death Experiences. 40% percent of cardiac arrest patients described themselves as having some kind of ‘awareness’ at the time they were pronounced clinically dead 13