Sebastian Junger, author of the bestsellers Tribe and The Perfect Storm, has released a new book, In My Time of Dying. As a war correspondent who has visited numerous hot spots, he experienced a near-death experience while at home. Due to a ruptured aneurysm, he found himself in darkness, where he encountered his deceased father. His father invited Junger to join him. “It’s okay,” his father said. “There’s nothing to be scared of. I’ll take care of you.” Junger woke up in the hospital, and, as reported in the Toledo City Paper, the convinced atheist immersed himself in self-analysis and reflection on life after death.
Of note, several recent news stories have focused on near-death experiences. For example, the Mirror describes two stories at once. A man in a state of clinical death entered a bright light and found himself in his childhood home, where he saw his deceased grandmother. Like Junger, he reconsidered his life after this event. He remained an atheist but realized he had been a mean person and now tries to help people.
Another protagonist found herself in “nothing”: a place with no sound, no wind, no light, no weight. It was not cold, hot, or painful. And then there was a flash of light, the feeling of falling, and a view of her own body from the outside before she woke up in intensive care.
Near-death experiences are considered one of the phase states, along with lucid dreaming, out-of-body experiences, and so on. In one experiment conducted at REMspace, lucid dreamers intentionally initiated the classic near-death experience scenario of flying through a tunnel towards a light. Survivors of near-death experiences often describe similar stories simply because they have heard many such stories and subconsciously expect this particular development.
If you’ve had one, can you share your near-death experience?
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