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Near-death experience
A near-death experience (NDE) is a personal experience associated with death or impending death. Such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light.[1]
Definition
Ring (1980) classified NDE's on a 5 stage continuum:
- feelings of peace and contentment;
- a sense of detachment from the body;
- entering a transitional world of darkness (rapid movements through tunnels: 'the tunnel experience');
- emerging into bright light; and
- 'entering the light'.
Substance-induced near-death experience
- "compared to regular forms of meditation, the meditation-induced NDE led to a five-fold increase in mystical experiences and a four-fold increase in feelings of non-attachment,” Van Gordon explained."
Meditation-induced near-death experience (MI-NDE)
External links
- Near-death experience (Wikipedia)
- Music for Ayahuasca-Assisted Near-Death Experience Therapy (MAANDET) by David Hedlund
- Study of advanced Buddhist meditators suggests inducing near-death experiences can be learned and perfected
- Near-Death Experiences and DMT
References
- ↑ Sleutjes, A; Moreira-Almeida, A; Greyson, B (2014). "Almost 40 years investigating near-death experiences: an overview of mainstream scientific journals". J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 202: 833–6. doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000000205. PMID 25357254.