June 03, 2022

What Happens When We Die, or Nearly Die? Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) with Dr. Bruce Greyson #1

1 hour 30 minutes

💥 Dr. Bruce Greyson is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, and is Director of the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He's been studying Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) for over 50 years, and is one of the world's leading experts on their science, and significance.

Please scroll down ⏬ for links + timestamps.

🌌 Welcome to Unravelling the Universe. We explore topics related both directly and indirectly to two questions:

1. What happens after we die? (This week we're focused on this question!)

2. Are we alone in the Universe?

📺 Check out some of our videos on YouTube:

▶️Terry Virts (Astronaut on UFOs): https://youtu.be/GAFAVQRptxo

▶️Robert Waggoner (Lucid Dreams & More): https://youtu.be/oXlVtJ3e3rg

▶️Pascal Lee (Space & ET Life): https://youtu.be/FmeOmtxn0eE

▶️Robert Salas (Air Force UFO): https://youtu.be/FlkdaXJrCnY

🟢 Our links:

- All of our links: https://linktr.ee/unravellingtheuniverse

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnravellingU

🔵 Bruce's links:

- https://www.brucegreyson.com/

📚 Bruce's book, "After": https://www.brucegreyson.com/after-a-doctor-explores-what-near-death-experiences-reveal-about-life-and-beyond/

🟡 Other links:

- More info & links about NDEs: https://www.brucegreyson.com/resources/

- Bruce on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Greyson

- DOPS: http://uvadops.org/

- Surviving Death trailer: https://youtu.be/Cq5V9SgO1_A

- Leslie Kean's book, Surviving Death: https://www.lesliekean.com/surviving-death/

- Children with past life memories (episode dedicated to this SOON!): https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/

🔬 Some notable NDE cases:

- Pam Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Reynolds_case

- Anita Moorjani: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Moorjani

- Eben Alexander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Alexander_(author)

- Stephanie Arnold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Arnold_(author)

- George Rodonaia: https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1george_rodonaia_nde.html

⏱️ Timestamps (clickable in some apps):

[00:22] What are Near-Death Experiences?

[06:09] Bruce's background & first NDE case

[14:02] Veridical Out of Body Experiences (OBEs)

[20:17] How common are NDEs? Can they be explained by Science or Religion?

[27:28] Attempts to explain (away) NDEs

[31:42] Pam Reynolds and other strong cases

[40:12] Intermission Memories, Shared NDEs, Negative NDEs

[49:15] NDEs + (non-local?) Consciousness. Terminal Lucidity.

[53:42] Hardest element of NDEs to explain prosaically: encounters with the deceased?

[01:01:24] End of Life Experiences (Crisis Apparitions & Death-Bed Visions)

[01:13:51] Children with past life memories (reincarnation)

[01:21:01] @UVA Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS)

Thanks to Bruce Greyson for some of the photos used, and for having this conversation with me.

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