| People who have undergone a near death experience | | | | Generally the above three do not occur together, but |
| often explain it in such detail that it is difficult to doubt | | | | rather just one happens exclusively. A near death |
| them. Whilst many people experience similar | | | | experience gives weight to the argument that there is |
| experiences, the fine details can differ dramatically. | | | | life after death and that our spirit or soul travels out of |
| There is however some very common themes when | | | | the physical body once we die. |
| it comes to the experiences, some which nearly all | | | | Studies have shown that people also experience a |
| people claim to have experienced. It is these common | | | | ringing or buzzing noise, a sense of peace and |
| themes of an NDE that gain the attention of people, as | | | | relaxation, a floating feeling and meeting dead people. |
| it seems impossible that so many people could | | | | Some people who have told about their NDE stated |
| experience the same or similar thing unless there truly | | | | that the experience was so wonderful that at the time |
| is truth in the fact that they travel to another plane | | | | they did not feel as if they wanted to return to their |
| during a NDE. | | | | physical body. Although rarely spoken of, a certain |
| The most common situations for people to experience | | | | percentage of people also experienced extremely |
| this state are during a cardiac arrest, heart attack, car | | | | frightening near death experiences rather than highly |
| accident, drowning or other emergency. Many people | | | | pleasant and peaceful ones. |
| are pronounced clinically dead but are brought back to | | | | People who have had induced NDE's are said to not |
| life. A high percentage of these people can still | | | | have experienced the same sensations and |
| remember occurrences during the time they were | | | | experiences as those who have undergone naturally |
| pronounced as dead. | | | | occurring near death experiences. |
| Some of the most common stories told after an NDE | | | | Near death experiences are certainly an exciting |
| include: | | | | concept and one which brings about a sense of calm |
| - Light at the end of the tunnel or some sort of bright | | | | to those who experience it. Most people no longer fear |
| light (inferred by many religious to be God). | | | | death as they have seen what is on the other side |
| - Review of life experiences | | | | and do not believe it is terrible. |
| - Out of body experience | | | | |