Exploring Near-Death Experiences

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This chapter investigates near-death experiences, highlighting firsthand accounts that reveal profound insights into empathy and personal growth. A poignant story illustrates how a young woman's encounter with death allows her to relive significant moments while feeling the emotions of those she impacted, including a pet. The discussion also intertwines science and spirituality, suggesting that consciousness may expand at death and exploring its implications for how we understand life and morality.

Most of us have no idea what will happen when we die. But some do—people who actually started the process of dying and then came back with remarkable stories—like meeting dead relatives. Science is not only extending the lives of patients who’ve been declared clinically dead; it’s also beginning to tell us what happens in near-death experiences.

Original Air Date: September 21, 2024

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Sebastian Junger reckons with the possibility of an afterlife — How science is revolutionizing our ideas about life and death

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Sebastian Junger, Sam Parnia

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