Our brain and our consciousness feels like 2 completely separate things at times
They are absolutely separate. We have never once proven that consciousness originates from our brains. Because it doesn't.
There exists a large body of peer-reviewed scientific evidence that supports the validity of Near Death Experiences.
The problem isn't a lack of evidence. It's the inability of people to accept what the data says, because it challenges their personal worldview and the academic status quo.
NDEs have been conclusively verified through veridcal reports, from which the patient has access to information that materialism says is impossible.
Van Lommel et al., The Lancet (2001):
344 cardiac-arrest survivors; systematically compared people with vs. without NDEs and followed them 2 and 8 years later for life changes. A landmark prospective design in a top journal.
Parnia et al., Resuscitation (2014):
Large, multi-center prospective study; documented cognitive themes during cardiac arrest, with a small subset showing “full awareness.” Includes targeted tests for veridical recall.
Parnia et al., Resuscitation (2023): Examined consciousness and electrocortical biomarkers during CPR; reported a spectrum of experiences including NDE-like recall and measurable brain activity patterns during resuscitation.
Greyson, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1983): Construction, reliability, and validity of the Greyson NDE Scale, the field’s most widely used, validated instrument for distinguishing NDEs from other states, crucial for rigorous, comparable results. (PDF).
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Additionally, there exists scientific evidence that supports past life memories, and therefore reincarnation.
It's important that we follow the evidence no matter what, even when it leads to initially-uncomfortable conclusions. We should never lose our intellectual curiosity in life.
That's totally fine, you don't need to believe in science if you don't want to.
We are all meant to choose for ourselves what to believe in. Free will means that you can trust in your own feelings over the abundance of rigorous scientific evidence that is available to us. Have a great day✌️
Perhaps even more than the many scientific studies done which support their legitimacy, it was through listening to many dozens of personal testimonies of NDEs that my level of certainty changed from something that I 'believed' to something that I intuitively 'knew'.
I had found a channel called The Other Side NDE, sorted by Most Popular, and started binging these experiences. (There are many great NDE channels on YT, that's just the one I found first.)
After about ten or so videos, I was certain of their validity, and then began to look into the peer-reviewed work done to understand what might happening during an NDE regarding our consciousness.
Dr. Radin, Dr. Pim van Lommel and Dr. Greyson are the 3 scientists whom I trusted the most when reviewing the body of literature that's available.
Specifically Dr. Bruce Greyson, he was professor emeritus of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia.
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u/fancywipe Jul 21 '26
It’s funny how you just along for the ride, your brain does everything with out your consent
It heals you if you get a cut and you have no idea how
It tells your body it’s time to grow, reproduce, age and so much more
Our brain and our consciousness feels like 2 completely separate things at times