that you do not have to
have a hypoxic (oxygen
starved) brain and be
close to death to have
an NDE for example,
“you could be jogging
or meditating”. Many
scientists disagree with
him, for example Janice
Holden who quotes in
‘The Handbook Of Near
Death
Experiences’,
“many NDEs occur
under conditions in
which brain function is
severely compromised4
” suggesting a neardeath state occurs only
when brain function is
damaged, this opposes Dr Morse’s idea of
no brain damage being
needed to have a near
death experience. Many
scientists agree that
near death experiences
are a product of neurological stress to the
brain and the derangement of electrical signals in the brain immediately following cardiac arrest, however just
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