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
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