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Active Speaking - Part C

Just like with Pam, Maria being in cardiac arrest meant that the flow of blood to the brain was interrupted.

Was the flow of blood to the brain interrupted? Yes, the flow of blood to the brain was interrupted.

This induces a state of deep coma, where people are expected to have no clear or lucid mental experiences.

Do people in deep coma have clear or lucid mental experiences? No, people in coma don’t have clear or lucid mental experiences.

Studies have shown, though, that 15% of cardiac arrest survivors have some sort of recollection of the experience.

Do some people have some memory of their experience? Yes, 15% of cardiac arrest survivors have some memory.

Many people who have never experienced an NDE are skeptical of their authenticity.

What about you? Are you skeptical?

NDEs have been recorded from people of all walks of life though.

Do NDE’s happen to all different types of people? Yes, they are recorded from people of all walks of life.

It happens to people regardless of their age, religion, gender or cultural beliefs. While NDEs happen to all sorts of people, their psychological profiles tend to become similar after the experience.

What becomes similar after people experience an NDE? Their psychological profiles become similar.

Their beliefs, values, and worldviews are comparable afterwards.

Do their hobbies become similar? No, their hobbies don’t become similar. What becomes similar? Their beliefs, values and worldviews become similar.

They tend to appreciate and enjoy life more richly.

What kind of changes happen to people who experience NDEs? They tend to appreciate and enjoy life more richly.

Pim van Lommel is an NDE researcher.

Who is Pim van Lommel? Pim van Lommel is an NDE researcher.

He says these life changes don’t usually happen after hallucinations or other imaginary experiences.

Do major life changes usually happen after hallucinations? No, major life changes don’t usually happen after hallucinations.

Life changes that happen after NDE experiences also become more apparent as time passes after the experience.

Do these life changes become more apparent or less apparent after time passes? These life changes become more apparent after time passes.

He believes this to mean that a transformation is taking place because of the NDE.

Does he believe that a transformation is happening because of a hallucination? No, he believes that a transformation is happening because of the NDE.

It is believed that what happens during an NDE gives a person the perspective to perceive reality differently. They no longer depend fully on the sense of the physical body.

What do they no longer depend fully on? They no longer depend fully on the sense of the physical body.

They become more reliant on the sense of what is being called “mindsight” - the ability to perceive reality through the mind’s instinct instead of through the physical world or body.

What is mindsight? Mindsight is the ability to perceive reality through the mind’s instinct instead of through the physical world or body.

This suggests that mind and consciousness are not the results of brain activity alone.

Does this suggest that consciousness is the result of brain activity alone? No, this suggests that consciousness is not the result of brain activity alone.

As the brain is inactive at the time of these experiences, the mind and consciousness is acting independently.

Is the brain active during these experiences? No, the brain is inactive during these experiences.

What do you think? Is there a difference between the mind and the brain? Can consciousness be separated from brain activity? Scientists hope to uncover more concrete answers to this highly philosophical question very soon.

What do scientists hope to uncover? Scientists hope to uncover more concrete answers to this highly philosophical question.