Dr. Bruce Greyson

When children have the NDE, the parents are often very puzzled by it. And when parents have a near-death experience, the children often feel, well, you used to love me more than anyone else. Now you love all the kids in the neighborhood. What's going on here? So it's not always unicorns and rainbows after a near-death experience.

I can't say that. There are people who describe things in physical terms. But they'll say, you know, it's not like the physical things you have here. They may describe beautiful colors, beautiful sounds, but they'll say, it's not like any colors I've ever seen on earth. It's totally different from that.

I can't say that. There are people who describe things in physical terms. But they'll say, you know, it's not like the physical things you have here. They may describe beautiful colors, beautiful sounds, but they'll say, it's not like any colors I've ever seen on earth. It's totally different from that.

I can't say that. There are people who describe things in physical terms. But they'll say, you know, it's not like the physical things you have here. They may describe beautiful colors, beautiful sounds, but they'll say, it's not like any colors I've ever seen on earth. It's totally different from that.

And I'm not sure it makes sense to talk about a place for a spiritual realm, because space involves physical things. It's like saying, if the mind is not in the brain, where is it? Well, there's no where. There's no where if it's not a physical thing. You can't say it's in a certain place.

And I'm not sure it makes sense to talk about a place for a spiritual realm, because space involves physical things. It's like saying, if the mind is not in the brain, where is it? Well, there's no where. There's no where if it's not a physical thing. You can't say it's in a certain place.

And I'm not sure it makes sense to talk about a place for a spiritual realm, because space involves physical things. It's like saying, if the mind is not in the brain, where is it? Well, there's no where. There's no where if it's not a physical thing. You can't say it's in a certain place.

Yeah. Some people describe being in outer space. Some people describe being in a heaven-like realm. So there are various things. Most people describe just being in a beautiful nature scene. I should also say that what they're reporting to us, is what happened to them in the few seconds or minutes after their heart stopped.

Yeah. Some people describe being in outer space. Some people describe being in a heaven-like realm. So there are various things. Most people describe just being in a beautiful nature scene. I should also say that what they're reporting to us, is what happened to them in the few seconds or minutes after their heart stopped.

Yeah. Some people describe being in outer space. Some people describe being in a heaven-like realm. So there are various things. Most people describe just being in a beautiful nature scene. I should also say that what they're reporting to us, is what happened to them in the few seconds or minutes after their heart stopped.

So we're dealing with their reports of what happens in the initial stage of being dead. Is that the same as what happens to them 10 years later after they've been dead? I don't know. How do you know that kind of thing? Now, we do have reports of people who, in a near-death experience, encountered deceased loved ones who have been dead for 10, 20 years. And they report the same types of things.

So we're dealing with their reports of what happens in the initial stage of being dead. Is that the same as what happens to them 10 years later after they've been dead? I don't know. How do you know that kind of thing? Now, we do have reports of people who, in a near-death experience, encountered deceased loved ones who have been dead for 10, 20 years. And they report the same types of things.

So we're dealing with their reports of what happens in the initial stage of being dead. Is that the same as what happens to them 10 years later after they've been dead? I don't know. How do you know that kind of thing? Now, we do have reports of people who, in a near-death experience, encountered deceased loved ones who have been dead for 10, 20 years. And they report the same types of things.

So it may be that what near-death experiences tell us is not just the initial stage, but the ultimate stage. But we have no way of really verifying that.

So it may be that what near-death experiences tell us is not just the initial stage, but the ultimate stage. But we have no way of really verifying that.

So it may be that what near-death experiences tell us is not just the initial stage, but the ultimate stage. But we have no way of really verifying that.

Yeah, it's confusing. I don't understand it myself, but the brain... It's this, you know, three pounds of mass inside your head. And we know pretty much what it's composed of. We don't understand all how it works, but we're doing better and better at that. And the mind is that part of you that thinks and feels and makes decisions and so forth, perceives.

Yeah, it's confusing. I don't understand it myself, but the brain... It's this, you know, three pounds of mass inside your head. And we know pretty much what it's composed of. We don't understand all how it works, but we're doing better and better at that. And the mind is that part of you that thinks and feels and makes decisions and so forth, perceives.

Yeah, it's confusing. I don't understand it myself, but the brain... It's this, you know, three pounds of mass inside your head. And we know pretty much what it's composed of. We don't understand all how it works, but we're doing better and better at that. And the mind is that part of you that thinks and feels and makes decisions and so forth, perceives.

And, you know, I was taught in college and medical school that the same thing. The mind is just what the brain does. The way digestion is what the stomach does. but we know how the stomach digests food. We have no idea how the chemical and electrical changes in the brain can produce a thought or a feeling. We know what parts of the brain may be associated with different things.