Consequences of near-death experiences (NDEs)

In Consciousness Beyond Life Dutch cardiologist Pim Van Lommel reports that cardiac arrest survivors who remember a near-death experience (NDE) describe with wonder “nonlocal aspects of interconnectedness, such as memories from earliest childhood up until the crisis that caused the NDE and sometimes even visions of the future.” Also, the NDE “offers the chance of communication with the thoughts and feelings of people who were involved in past events or with the consciousness of deceased friends and relatives. This experience of consciousness can be coupled with a sense of unconditional love and acceptance while people can also have contact with a form of ultimate and universal knowledge and wisdom.”

Van Lommel compares the measurable life changes of cardiac arrest survivors who had a near-death experience with cardiac arrest survivors who did not remember such an experience. After eight years, van Lommel reports from his research: “people with an NDE scored significantly higher in the following areas: showing emotions, less interest in the opinion of others; accepting others; compassion for others, involvement in family; less appreciation of money and possessions; increase in the importance of nature and environment; less interest in a higher standard of living; appreciation of ordinary things; sense of social justice; inner meaning of life; decline in church attendance; increase interest in spirituality; less fear of death; less fear of dying; and increase in belief in life after death.”

Pim van Lommel, Consciousness Beyond Life, 247 and 67. See also Pim van Lommel, “The Mystery of Perception During NDE,” Jul. 5, 2013, 38 minutes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avyUsPgIuQ0.

Joyce Hawkes writes: “My near-death experience established a connection between me and something much, much bigger than myself. If it is a part of God, the source of Creation, the bond has never failed. I lost my fear of death, and with it, my fear of separation from the Source. I lost any notion that the Source is available to only the few who belong to a specific religion. The Healing Presence of the Source is for everyone.” The focus of her life shifted from cell research to cell healing: “the body can be experienced as a sacred temple of the spirit and an expression of consciousness. This knowledge is the first step toward a life of fullness and oneness of spirit and physical existence—a seamless connection from Soul to Cell.”

Joyce Whiteley Hawkes, Cell-Level Healing, 8-9. See also Joyce Hawkes, “Biophysicist discovers new life after death,” Nov. 15, 2013, 16 minutes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyaBeHeRK6M.