Clinical death as a changed state of consciousness

Martin Kupka

Abstract

Clinical death is characteristic pledge breath and cardiac activities. Some way researches reflect, that the approximately 20 % individuals that the succeed resuscitated, returns back to life with story, experience changed state of consciousness (near death experience), which has as a rule influence on their survival. Thanks that experience, near they there is a change value spectra, interest in religion, spirituality, sink fear from deaths, those people live more guests present moment and their live happen globally meaningful. Generalities experiences has positive connotation. Latter researches from ninetieth years indeed showed, that the approximately 7 % of these is nightmare and hence unpleasant. Haven't yet been down trip of child. Basic phenomena phenomenon NDE are: burdensomeness as far as impossibility diagnosis experience, heard statement assertive death, sensation medical steps, feelings peace and calm – most often if you had been me described like unison, facility, welfare, sensation different sounds – take turns pleasant, but also unpleasant, whereas unpleasant dominate, way through a tunnel, leaving personal bodies – OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE, encounter earlier gamy friends, related, prodigy lights, Panoramic survey present life from a child after as much as present, limits or line of division, return, constraint in conveyance experience, influence experience on survival, new opinion on death.

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Keywords

clinical death, near death experience, changed state of consciousness

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