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  • Near Death NDE OBE Real Case Proves Indian Death Ceremony

    Near Death NDE OBE Real Case Proves Indian Death Ceremony

    People are scared of Death.

    Nobody is an exception to this.

    I have remarked in an article that there are two reasons for this.

    One is the fear of Pain accompanying Death and another is,

    The uncertainty of what would happen after death.

    Would we suffer unbearable pain after Death as described in various legends and Religious Text?

    What would happen to us after Death?

    Are we reborn?

    In that case will we be a Human being?

    Will what is called as Sins haunt us?

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    Indian philosophy answers this on two levels.

    One is after death it is observed in Higher Philosophy,that one does not die as the Atman, the soul is eternal and is never affected by pain or births or deaths.

    Another view is that, as detailed in Garuda Purana , one is made to go through various punishments for sins and granted heaven for Righteous deeds.

    I tend to agree with the former explanation of soul not being touched death as death is only a transition, as Krishna puts it ,”As Human body goes through childhood, youth and old age,

    Kaumaaram Yavvanam Jara’ Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2.

    But one can never be sure for none is here to report these experiences.

    But there are medically recorded experiences of people who have touched the jaws of Death and there are people who have out-of-body experiences.

    The former is called Near Death Experience(NDE), the latter,out-of-body experience (OBE)

    I have posted a couple of articles on this.

    Enveloped in A Pool of Light, Near Death Experience.image.jpg Enveloped in A Pool of Light, Near Death Experience(NDE)

    Now there is case well documented where the NDE is explained vividly and he medical team has recorded it with instruments.

    In all these case, the philosophical view of Hinduism is reinforced.

    People have reported being enveloped in a sheet of white light which felt warm, they have been able to see what is taking place, though they could not perceive, see or hear it with their senses.

    The perception has become more acute.

    In some cases they have been able to see their ancestors.

    The ceremonies conducted by the Hindus state that after death, for twelve days the sukshma sarrera remains near the place of death, can perceive every thing and they leave only after Sabindikarana.on the twelfth day.

    And Indian thought says it is Light which is the expression of Life.

    The Santhi Mantra says TamasoMaa Jyotir Gamaya, Lead me from Darkness to Light.

    Curious to note here is that Living is called Darkness and moving out of the body is Light!

    Look at the explanation in the image below of Thirumoolar , A Siddha,in Thirumandiram is Tamil.

    Samkhyas and Vedic Thoughts differ only on minor points.

    Thirumoolar Explanation of Evolution of Universe.Image,Gif Thirumoolar Explanation of Evolution of Universe.

    Now read the report of verified  Near Death Experience.

    The report.

    Pam Reynolds reports NDE.Image.jpg Pam Reynolds who had a Near Death Experience.

    In 1991, Atlanta-based singer and songwriter Pam Reynolds felt extremely dizzy, lost her ability to speak, and had difficulty moving her body. A CAT scan showed that she had a giant artery aneurysm—a grossly swollen blood vessel in the wall of her basilar artery, close to the brain stem. If it burst, which could happen at any moment, it would kill her. But the standard surgery to drain and repair it might kill her too.

    With no other options, Pam turned to a last, desperate measure offered by neurosurgeon Robert Spetzler at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Spetzler was a specialist and pioneer in hypothermic cardiac arrest—a daring surgical procedure nicknamed “Operation Standstill.” Spetzler would bring Pam’s body down to a temperature so low that she was essentially dead. Her brain would not function, but it would be able to survive longer without oxygen at this temperature. The low temperature would also soften the swollen blood vessels, allowing them to be operated on with less risk of bursting. When the procedure was complete, the surgical team would bring her back to a normal temperature before irreversible damage set in.

    Essentially, Pam agreed to die in order to save her life—and in the process had what is perhaps the most famous case of independent corroboration of out of body experience (OBE) perceptions on record. This case is especially important because cardiologist Michael Sabom was able to obtain verification from medical personnel regarding crucial details of the surgical intervention that Pam reported. Here’s what happened.

    Pam was brought into the operating room at 7:15 a.m., she was given general anesthesia, and she quickly lost conscious awareness. At this point, Spetzler and his team of more than 20 physicians, nurses, and technicians went to work. They lubricated Pam’s eyes to prevent drying, and taped them shut. They attached EEG electrodes to monitor the electrical activity of her cerebral cortex. They inserted small, molded speakers into her ears and secured them with gauze and tape. The speakers would emit repeated 100-decibel clicks—approximately the noise produced by a speeding express train—eliminating outside sounds and measuring the activity of her brainstem.

    At 8:40 a.m., the tray of surgical instruments was uncovered, and Robert Spetzler began cutting through Pam’s skull with a special surgical saw that produced a noise similar to a dental drill. At this moment, Pam later said, she felt herself “pop” out of her body and hover above it, watching as doctors worked on her body.

    Although she no longer had use of her eyes and ears, she described her observations in terms of her senses and perceptions. “I thought the way they had my head shaved was very peculiar,” she said. “I expected them to take all of the hair, but they did not.” She also described the Midas Rex bone saw (“The saw thing that I hated the sound of looked like an electric toothbrush and it had a dent in it … ”) and the dental-drill sound it made with considerable accuracy.

    Meanwhile, Spetzler was removing the outermost membrane of Pamela’s brain, cutting it open with scissors. At about the same time, a female cardiac surgeon was attempting to locate the femoral artery in Pam’s right groin. Remarkably, Pam later claimed to remember a female voice saying, “We have a problem. Her arteries are too small.” And then a male voice: “Try the other side.” Medical records confirm this conversation, yet Pam could not have heard them.

    The cardiac surgeon was right—Pam’s blood vessels were indeed too small to accept the abundant blood flow requested by the cardiopulmonary bypass machine, so at 10:50 a.m., a tube was inserted into Pam’s left femoral artery and connected to the cardiopulmonary bypass machine. The warm blood circulated from the artery into the cylinders of the bypass machine, where it was cooled down before being returned to her body. Her body temperature began to fall, and at 11:05 a.m. Pam’s heart stopped. Her EEG brain waves flattened into total silence. A few minutes later, her brain stem became totally unresponsive, and her body temperature fell to a sepulchral 60 degrees Fahrenheit. At 11:25 a.m., the team tilted up the head of the operating table, turned off the bypass machine, and drained the blood from her body. Pamela Reynolds was clinically dead.

    At this point, Pam’s out-of-body adventure transformed into a near-death experience (NDE): She recalls floating out of the operating room and traveling down a tunnel with a light. She saw deceased relatives and friends, including her long-dead grandmother, waiting at the end of this tunnel. She entered the presence of a brilliant, wonderfully warm and loving light, and sensed that her soul was part of God and that everything in existence was created from the light (the breathing of God). But this extraordinary experience ended abruptly, as Reynolds’s deceased uncle led her back to her body—a feeling she described as “plunging into a pool of ice.”

    Meanwhile, in the operating room, the surgery had come to an end. When all the blood had drained from Pam’s brain, the aneurysm simply collapsed and Spetzler clipped it off. Soon, the bypass machine was turned on and warm blood was pumped back into her body. As her body temperature started to increase, her brainsteam began to respond to the clicking speakers in her ears and the EEG recorded electrical activity in the cortex. The bypass machine was turned off at 12:32 p.m. Pam’s life had been restored, and she was taken to the recovery room in stable condition at 2:10 p.m.

    Citation.

    Near Death Experience

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  • Is Death Painful? Symptoms Process Of Death

    Man is afraid of Death for two reasons.

    ECG At Death.
    ECG At Death.

    That it is painful.

    Another is that one might enter uncharted territory after Death.

    As to the latter, legends abound in all religions

    From the Swarg and Narag to Dante’s Hell.

    There is rebirth and there is no Rebirth but Eternal Peace.

    The Self does not die but the body does.

    Hinduism states , in Mythology, that one does undergo the states of Hell and Heaven , depending on his deeds.

    At the same time, it states, there is no death no Sin , neither Sacred Actions from the stand point of the Absolute.

    These are all abstract.

    People do not worry too much about these when they envision death.

    But what people do worry and are scared about t is the pain that might accompany the onset of Death.

    Hindu systems, say that, for natural Death, the bodily functions shut down gradually , one by one.

    At an advanced age, say after 80, ears go off first,followed by the sense of smell.

    Food intake becomes reduced gradually, more urination, eyes become filmed and totally sightless.

    Breathing becomes shallow, one gasps,eyes become transfixed, chest heaves, hands and feet thrash themselves.

    The Adams Apple raises, the last breath whoosh out.

    On the other hand let us see what Science has to say on this.

    The Process of Dying:

    The dying process usually begins well before death actually occurs.

    Death is a personal journey that each individual approaches in their own unique way. Nothing is concrete, nothing is set in stone. There are many paths one can take on this journey but all lead to the same destination.

    As one comes close to death, a process begins; a journey from the known life of this world to the unknown of what lies ahead. As that process begins, a person starts on a mental path of discovery, comprehending that death will indeed occur and believing in their own mortality. The journey ultimately leads to the physical departure from the body…

    The Journey Begins: One to Three Months Prior to Death

    As one begins to accept their mortality and realizes that death is approaching, they may begin to withdraw from their surroundings. They are beginning the process of separating from the world and those in it. They may decline visits from friends, neighbors, and even family members. When they do accept visitors, they may be difficult to interact withand care for. They are beginning to contemplate their life and revisit old memories. They may be evaluating how they lived their life and sorting through any regrets. They may also undertake the five tasks of dying.

    The dying person may experience reduced appetite and weight loss as the body begins to slow down. The body doesn’t need the energy from food that it once did. The dying person may be sleeping more now and not engaging in activities they once enjoyed. They no longer need the nourishment from food they once did. The body does a wonderful thing during this time as altered body chemistry produces a mild sense of euphoria. They are neither hungry nor thirsty and are not suffering in any way by not eating. It is an expected part of the journey they have begun.

    One to Two Weeks Prior to Death

    Mental Changes

    This is the time during the journey that one begins to sleep most of the time. Disorientation is common and altered senses of perception can be expected. One may experience delusions, such as fearing hidden enemies or feeling invincible.

    “Death is one section of life span though momentary. Birth, having somewhat variable period depending on the type and complication of birth. Then, we have the period of growth, youth period and then aging into old personality before the final momentary death. From conception to that final momentary death stage, I do not really think, whether any of the processes to attain those stages, is painful to the person.

    At conception neither egg or sperm must be feeling pain since, there is no brain or nervous system. While at birth the mother does feel pain but I do think the infant must be feeling it. During growth of bones or size of the body, youth stage or aging, it is felt none of the processes are pain giving. From this I conclude, even the final jolt of death also must not be a pain giving. Meaning just before any type of death, one must be getting unconcious and thus death may not pain giving process !!!..

    One of the things that has been found to occur during death is the release of Dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. I think death would become quite “trippy”.

    pain rakes fro  few moments before death…

    “Death is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a particular living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death includebiological aging (senescence), predation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, murder and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury.[1] Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death. The death of an organism also results in a permanent absence of consciousness(wiki)

    Death is not always painful. Some people die without any pain at all. But others have a lot of pain. Up to 35% of patients describe their pain in the last week of life as severe or intolerable. Again, this does not need to happen, and it breaks my heart to write those words. (Below I’ll share some tips on making sure your pain is treated adequately.)

    The amount of pain you experience can vary depending upon your diagnosis. With cancer, up to 90% of people experience pain at some point in their journey, and half of people dying from cancer have severe pain. Sadly only half of these people receive reliable pain control.

    Why is Pain Undertreated?

    First of all, it’s important to say over and over again that pain can and should be treated well at the end of life. According to the World Health Organization, patients have a right to have their pain treated. So why do some people still die in pain? Some of the reasons include:

    • Fear of addiction – People who are dying, family members, and health care professionals alike often carry a concern about addiction. But this should not be a concern at the end of life.
    • Lack of communication – Physicians need to realize you are having pain in order to recommend treatment.
    • Fear of tolerance – Some people are afraid that if they use medications now, they will fail to work later “when they really need them.” This isn’t true and if tolerance develops, a stronger medication or a different medication may be used.
    • Lack of training – Some physicians have had inadequate training on how to manage pain at the end of life.
    • Desire to be a “good” patient – Some people hesitate to ask for pain medications for fear that they will be a “bad” patient and fear bothering their doctor. Remember, physicians are being paid to manage pain.
    • Fear that medications will hasten death – Studies have found that treating end of life pain with narcotics and even palliative sedation does not shorten life…

    Well, one does not really know, as we have no testimony on this.

    Whatever it is, it is inevitable and let’s be practical about( as though other options are available!)

    Sources:

    http://www.volconvo.com/forums/philosophy-religion/19201-death-painful.html

    http://lungcancer.about.com/od/endoflifeissues/a/Is-Death-Painful.htm

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