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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 6