Near Death Experiences?

Question

I need serious help.

I need to try and explain what a near death experience is deeper than just an experience you have where you could have died.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

After thinking about this for a couple of minutes, I guess I'd compare four similar experiences with four different outcomes.

Imagine you're out in the country on a dark night driving along a rural two-lane highway. In the distance you see the headlights of an oncoming vehicle.

Case 1. The vehicle approaches and you pass by each other. All systems are normal.

Case 2. As the vehicle closely approaches, it suddenly blows a tire and swerves into your lane right in front of you. You react with lightning speed; all your senses instantly jump into high gear; your heart is pounding; and you swerve to narrowly avoid the collision. Your car went into a ditch at the side of the road, but you are unhurt. It takes a while for your body to get back to normal. You realize you could easily have been killed.

Case 3. Same as Case 2, except that you couldn't avoid the collision; you sustain serious head injuries, and go into a coma. Fortunately, the other driver is a paramedic with a cell phone. He calls for an ambulance and administers first aid on the spot. You are rushed to a hospital where neurosurgeons relieve pressure on the brain. You have a near-death experience, including the "white light" and an out-of-body experience as you lay on the operating table.

Four days later you awaken from the coma, are told you're lucky to be alive, and are able to describe your near-death experience to doctors.

In this case, you were never quite dead, although you were close to it. Your brain never quite stopped functioning, even though it did sustain serious injury. Your "white light" experience was symptomatic of a period when your brain was trying to shut itself down. Your "out-of-body" experience was an example of a still-functioning brain.

Case 4. Same as Case 2, except that you could not avoid the collision, and in the crash, your head was violently severed from your body. Instead of being taken to the hospital, you were taken to the morgue. You were brain-dead and unable to recover. You were unable to report any near-death experiences because your death happened instantaneously in the crash.

The main point of these four cases is that each is governed by different conditions of brain activity or inactivity.

Answer 2

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