What Happens to the Soul After We Die and is There Life After Death
What happens to the soul after we die and is there life after death? Eyewitnesses describe their “near-death experiences” as extremely positive. Since ancient times, different civilizations and people have told their mythical stories about the afterlife and the reincarnation of the soul. The Egyptians, the Incas, the Sumerians, the Romans, the Aztecs, the Hellenes, the Indians, and many others believed in it and that death is not the true end of our lives. In the modern European world, this topic has been a taboo for a long time. Not much is explained about death, and even less about its mysterious possible continuation. However, this is changing. As medicine advances, many patients die (their heart stops or they stop breathing for some reason), but through modern technology and medical equipment, they are resuscitated and often brought back to life.
During this process, many go through the so-called NDE – “Near-Death Experience”. In addition to clinical death, it can also be provoked at times when we are “near death” (for example, in an accident, fall from a height or in other incidents), as well as at times when death is expected to occur. Most people are disturbed by what they experience in the gap between life, death and life again. They are often afraid or ashamed to talk about their near-death experiences, so they are not thought of being crazy or being laughed at. Medicine officially declares near-death experiences as hallucinations, mental pathologies, self-scanning of the brain as a survival technique, fantasies, manifestations of the imagination.Over time, more and more patients began to share their strange visions with doctors, medical staff, psychologists, psychiatrists, and even the media. Thus, NDEs gain popularity and become available to more people. Contrary to clinicians, many researchers are intrigued by the unusual, even supernatural accounts of their patients who have experienced NDE. They begin to study them in depth and build theories and hypotheses about their appearance and essence.
The first to officially examine the NDE phenomenon and allow himself to speak publicly about it was Raymond Moody in the book – Life After Life, which became an instant bestseller. It was first published in 1975.In the book, the author describes over 100 cases of people who fell into “clinical death” and subsequently returned to life. Their testimonies completely overturned the recent understanding of life and death and life after it. Moody first coined the term Near-Death Experience and quickly became a world-renowned author and mentor in the field. His examples and writings inspired many future researchers of the mystical phenomenon.It is important to note that most NDEs are positive. Patients describe them as pleasant experiences. But there are also those that are frightening and bring unpleasant sensations.
What do people see in near-death experiences?