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. Iwanted to run to him, but I could not because therewas a border between us.I cannot describe theborder.It was like a wall that I could see through. border.It was like a wall that I could see through.Then I heard a dark voice that seemed to beeverywhere, asking, Who? They meant my identity.And then [came] the words: not yet. & Then I was obliged to turn back, which I did notwant, because I had such a good feeling there.AgainI was in the tunnel, coming back very fast, and at thesame time the pain in my body came back.I hadcried, No, no, when I was coming back toconsciousness.For many days afterward I had astrange feeling, [like,] where am I? And I missed myfather a lot, whom I had seen.WHY SEEING IS BELIEVINGThis NDEr, Anitta, had an experience that isrepresentative of those in the NDERF study whoencountered deceased relatives or friends during theirnear-death experience.Why should seeing deceased friends or relativesbe evidence of life after death? Because if NDEs wereonly a product of brain function, then one would expectthat beings encountered during the NDE would bethose most recently familiar to the NDEr.In otherwords, one would expect NDErs would most likely seepeople recalled from recent memory, such as theemergency personnel who helped them or the bankteller they had made a transaction with right beforebeing hit by a car.Instead, they see friends andrelatives who have died, in many cases people theyhaven t thought about in years or even decades.The percentage of deceased individuals seenduring NDEs, especially deceased blood relatives, isso high that I believe that encounters with deceased loved ones are not the random products of afrightened, confused, or dying brain but instead are astrong line of evidence for the reality of near-deathexperiences.A study that best illustrates this was conducted in2001 by Emily Williams Kelly, PhD, of the departmentof psychiatric medicine at the University of Virginia.1She compared 74 NDErs who had encounters with thedeceased during their NDE with 200 NDErs who didnot have awareness of deceased individuals.The Kelly study found that 95 percent of thedeceased individuals encountered were relatives,while only 5 percent were friends or acquaintances.Only 4 percent of the NDErs in the study met beingswho were alive at the time of the NDE.Other studieshave shown that in dreams or hallucinations, thebeings encountered are much more likely to be peoplewho are still living.As part of the NDERF study, I reviewed NDEs thatdescribed meeting individuals known to the NDErsfrom their earthly life.For this part of the study, Ireviewed the same group of 617 NDEs that wediscussed in chapters 4 and 7.This review excludedliving people seen by the NDErs only during out-of-body observations of earthly events, and familiarbeings seen only during life reviews.In our study group, 97 NDEs, or 16 percent,described meeting one or more beings familiar tothem from their earthly life.Of these 97 NDEs, 13 wereexcluded from further analysis because the beings whowere met were not described as being either alive ordeceased at the time of the NDEs.Most of theseexcluded NDEs described grandparents and, lesscommonly, parents.With this information, and from the context of the NDE narratives, it is likely that the greatmajority, and possibly all, of the beings encountered inthese 13 NDEs were deceased at the time of theNDEs.There were 84 NDEs where the beingsencountered were described as being either alive ordeceased at the time of the NDEs.Of these 84 NDEs,there were only 3 (4 percent) where the beingsencountered were definitely alive at the time of theNDEs.In all 3 of these NDEs, only one being known tothe NDErs from their earthly life was present.Two ofthese beings were their fathers, and one was a doctor.This remarkably low percentage of living beingsencountered during the NDE is consistent with thefindings of the Kelly study and is additional strongevidence for the reality of NDEs and the existence ofan afterlife.In the study group of 617 NDEs, there were 91NDEs that described meeting beings familiar to themfrom their earthly life that also indicated whether thesebeings were direct family relatives or friends.Of these91 NDEs, 74 (81 percent) encountered only relativesand 7 (8 percent) encountered both relatives andfriends.The finding of a preponderance of deceasedrelatives during NDEs is similar to what Kelly found inher study [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. Iwanted to run to him, but I could not because therewas a border between us.I cannot describe theborder.It was like a wall that I could see through. border.It was like a wall that I could see through.Then I heard a dark voice that seemed to beeverywhere, asking, Who? They meant my identity.And then [came] the words: not yet. & Then I was obliged to turn back, which I did notwant, because I had such a good feeling there.AgainI was in the tunnel, coming back very fast, and at thesame time the pain in my body came back.I hadcried, No, no, when I was coming back toconsciousness.For many days afterward I had astrange feeling, [like,] where am I? And I missed myfather a lot, whom I had seen.WHY SEEING IS BELIEVINGThis NDEr, Anitta, had an experience that isrepresentative of those in the NDERF study whoencountered deceased relatives or friends during theirnear-death experience.Why should seeing deceased friends or relativesbe evidence of life after death? Because if NDEs wereonly a product of brain function, then one would expectthat beings encountered during the NDE would bethose most recently familiar to the NDEr.In otherwords, one would expect NDErs would most likely seepeople recalled from recent memory, such as theemergency personnel who helped them or the bankteller they had made a transaction with right beforebeing hit by a car.Instead, they see friends andrelatives who have died, in many cases people theyhaven t thought about in years or even decades.The percentage of deceased individuals seenduring NDEs, especially deceased blood relatives, isso high that I believe that encounters with deceased loved ones are not the random products of afrightened, confused, or dying brain but instead are astrong line of evidence for the reality of near-deathexperiences.A study that best illustrates this was conducted in2001 by Emily Williams Kelly, PhD, of the departmentof psychiatric medicine at the University of Virginia.1She compared 74 NDErs who had encounters with thedeceased during their NDE with 200 NDErs who didnot have awareness of deceased individuals.The Kelly study found that 95 percent of thedeceased individuals encountered were relatives,while only 5 percent were friends or acquaintances.Only 4 percent of the NDErs in the study met beingswho were alive at the time of the NDE.Other studieshave shown that in dreams or hallucinations, thebeings encountered are much more likely to be peoplewho are still living.As part of the NDERF study, I reviewed NDEs thatdescribed meeting individuals known to the NDErsfrom their earthly life.For this part of the study, Ireviewed the same group of 617 NDEs that wediscussed in chapters 4 and 7.This review excludedliving people seen by the NDErs only during out-of-body observations of earthly events, and familiarbeings seen only during life reviews.In our study group, 97 NDEs, or 16 percent,described meeting one or more beings familiar tothem from their earthly life.Of these 97 NDEs, 13 wereexcluded from further analysis because the beings whowere met were not described as being either alive ordeceased at the time of the NDEs.Most of theseexcluded NDEs described grandparents and, lesscommonly, parents.With this information, and from the context of the NDE narratives, it is likely that the greatmajority, and possibly all, of the beings encountered inthese 13 NDEs were deceased at the time of theNDEs.There were 84 NDEs where the beingsencountered were described as being either alive ordeceased at the time of the NDEs.Of these 84 NDEs,there were only 3 (4 percent) where the beingsencountered were definitely alive at the time of theNDEs.In all 3 of these NDEs, only one being known tothe NDErs from their earthly life was present.Two ofthese beings were their fathers, and one was a doctor.This remarkably low percentage of living beingsencountered during the NDE is consistent with thefindings of the Kelly study and is additional strongevidence for the reality of NDEs and the existence ofan afterlife.In the study group of 617 NDEs, there were 91NDEs that described meeting beings familiar to themfrom their earthly life that also indicated whether thesebeings were direct family relatives or friends.Of these91 NDEs, 74 (81 percent) encountered only relativesand 7 (8 percent) encountered both relatives andfriends.The finding of a preponderance of deceasedrelatives during NDEs is similar to what Kelly found inher study [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]