Dr. Bruce Greyson

And yet, that's who he was greeted by in his near-death experience.

Well, it's both. The things they are told are not often verifiable. They're often more general things. Sometimes they are fairly specific. You know, one fellow was told that the kid down the block from you has leukemia and his family doesn't know it yet. You need to alert them and get them to do some medical workup on him. And that was true. But those are unusual cases.

Well, it's both. The things they are told are not often verifiable. They're often more general things. Sometimes they are fairly specific. You know, one fellow was told that the kid down the block from you has leukemia and his family doesn't know it yet. You need to alert them and get them to do some medical workup on him. And that was true. But those are unusual cases.

Well, it's both. The things they are told are not often verifiable. They're often more general things. Sometimes they are fairly specific. You know, one fellow was told that the kid down the block from you has leukemia and his family doesn't know it yet. You need to alert them and get them to do some medical workup on him. And that was true. But those are unusual cases.

Most of the time they're told things that you can't really verify. They're subjective things. Sometimes it tells something specific, like you need to go back because your father's going to be in a very difficult situation. You need to help him through this, or you need to go back because you're going to have a child, and you have to raise that child.

Most of the time they're told things that you can't really verify. They're subjective things. Sometimes it tells something specific, like you need to go back because your father's going to be in a very difficult situation. You need to help him through this, or you need to go back because you're going to have a child, and you have to raise that child.

Most of the time they're told things that you can't really verify. They're subjective things. Sometimes it tells something specific, like you need to go back because your father's going to be in a very difficult situation. You need to help him through this, or you need to go back because you're going to have a child, and you have to raise that child.

And sometimes it tells just more general things, like the way you've been living your life is not very good. You need to change things around. And This happens to people who are in violent professions, such as police officers or military career, military people who, when they come back, find that they're no longer able to shoot even in self-defense and they have to change their careers.

And sometimes it tells just more general things, like the way you've been living your life is not very good. You need to change things around. And This happens to people who are in violent professions, such as police officers or military career, military people who, when they come back, find that they're no longer able to shoot even in self-defense and they have to change their careers.

And sometimes it tells just more general things, like the way you've been living your life is not very good. You need to change things around. And This happens to people who are in violent professions, such as police officers or military career, military people who, when they come back, find that they're no longer able to shoot even in self-defense and they have to change their careers.

And they often go into helping professions like medical care, clergy, social work, teaching. I've also seen this in people who are cutthroat businessmen who came back thinking, It makes no sense to get ahead at someone else's expense because we're all in this together. And when you hurt someone else, you're hurting yourself.

And they often go into helping professions like medical care, clergy, social work, teaching. I've also seen this in people who are cutthroat businessmen who came back thinking, It makes no sense to get ahead at someone else's expense because we're all in this together. And when you hurt someone else, you're hurting yourself.

And they often go into helping professions like medical care, clergy, social work, teaching. I've also seen this in people who are cutthroat businessmen who came back thinking, It makes no sense to get ahead at someone else's expense because we're all in this together. And when you hurt someone else, you're hurting yourself.

So, you know, they're basically told that the golden rule, which is part of every religion we have, is not just something we're supposed to follow. It's a law of the universe. When you hurt other people, you're hurting yourself too. We're all part of the same thing.

So, you know, they're basically told that the golden rule, which is part of every religion we have, is not just something we're supposed to follow. It's a law of the universe. When you hurt other people, you're hurting yourself too. We're all part of the same thing.

So, you know, they're basically told that the golden rule, which is part of every religion we have, is not just something we're supposed to follow. It's a law of the universe. When you hurt other people, you're hurting yourself too. We're all part of the same thing.

Right. And that's not true of hallucinations. People don't change their lives with hallucinations. But we hear a consistent set of after effects from near-death experiencers. And the most consistent thing we hear is that they're no longer afraid of death. Whether they were or not before, they're not afterwards.

Right. And that's not true of hallucinations. People don't change their lives with hallucinations. But we hear a consistent set of after effects from near-death experiencers. And the most consistent thing we hear is that they're no longer afraid of death. Whether they were or not before, they're not afterwards.

Right. And that's not true of hallucinations. People don't change their lives with hallucinations. But we hear a consistent set of after effects from near-death experiencers. And the most consistent thing we hear is that they're no longer afraid of death. Whether they were or not before, they're not afterwards.

And when I first heard that, back decades ago, I was a little concerned because as a psychiatrist working in the emergency room, I'd seen a lot of people who were considering suicide, but were deterred because they were afraid something bad would happen if they killed themselves. And here we're telling them, nothing bad will happen. Death is wonderful. Are we going to make people more suicidal?