In the begging I started this unit with a lot of questions like what is death? How do we experience death? What about life after death; do we survive? These are just a few of the big questions I started this unit surrounding death with. In many ways these are the questions people have asked and pondered over for centuries.
Death in some opinions is the end of journey, for others its the beginning of a great. adventure. So the question becomes what is the level of consciousness after death.After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science has now been taking serious steps to explore this idea .
A Cardiologist Michael Sabom described a near-death experience of a patient of his a woman who was having an unusual surgical procedure . The unusual medical procedure consisted of making the woman experience hypothermic cardiac arrest, in order to insure that the aneurysm at the base of the brain would not rupture during her operation. Her body temperature was lowered to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, her heartbeat and breathing ceased, her brain waves flattened, and the blood was completely drained from her head.
A Cardiologist Michael Sabom described a near-death experience of a patient of his a woman who was having an unusual surgical procedure . The unusual medical procedure consisted of making the woman experience hypothermic cardiac arrest, in order to insure that the aneurysm at the base of the brain would not rupture during her operation. Her body temperature was lowered to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, her heartbeat and breathing ceased, her brain waves flattened, and the blood was completely drained from her head.
She had no cerebral electrical activity . Ordinarily at regular body temperature the brain cannot function without its oxygen supply for more than a few minutes. So by lowering the body and brain temperature to 60 degrees F, the woman was practically brain dead. The patient later reported that, apparently while under these “brain death” conditions, she had a near-death experience in which she was able to observe and hear details of objects and happenings in the operating room with accuracy.
Near-death experiences like this are some of the most common experiences. Experiences like these leave us with the question is their life after death.Life, in many ways, is a series of deaths. We are always moving from one experience to another. The point is: we are always moving, constantly dying but where always living. In this context death in many respects becomes a very natural part of life. We simply when we die move from one room into another, a passing of consciousness after .
I believe depending upon on which side of the doorway of life where entering we label this transition either birth or death. Death and birth in all respects are one in the same from the cradle to the grave. are basically the same process. Both involve passing of consciousness. The only difference is the direction of movement.
Near-death experiences like this are some of the most common experiences. Experiences like these leave us with the question is their life after death.Life, in many ways, is a series of deaths. We are always moving from one experience to another. The point is: we are always moving, constantly dying but where always living. In this context death in many respects becomes a very natural part of life. We simply when we die move from one room into another, a passing of consciousness after .
I believe depending upon on which side of the doorway of life where entering we label this transition either birth or death. Death and birth in all respects are one in the same from the cradle to the grave. are basically the same process. Both involve passing of consciousness. The only difference is the direction of movement.
Matt,
ReplyDeleteUpon reading your post i was posed with the conundrum, what do i view death as? I enjoyed your skepticism because i feel like it is the most refreshing thing to hear a person talk about, it leads to better conversation then from someone who has set beliefs and won't budge from their ideals. It works wonders on people's thought process to be presented with multiple outside sources of information. I think that the story of the women who experienced death and lived to talk about it is a story that people should hear more. I think that if you were able to come up with a story of an opposing view point then you would really be going there, but who doesn't have an interesting story from a near death experience that they had? Aside from a few grammatical and spelling errors, i think that you had a good flow of ideas, clean it up so we can all share in them with you. Good post brother man
Sam
Matt,
ReplyDeleteYour elevator speech was one of the view I enjoyed and defiantly lead me to reading your Blog. Throughout this whole Unit the question that was tattooed in my mind was; What is death? I enjoyed reading your post because it lead me to more questions and answered some I already had. The evidence you had was great such as the near death experience the woman experienced. Your post lacked a few things but overall was a great post similar to your elevator speech. Keep up the good work.
Matt,
ReplyDeleteYou have that deep voice that gets peoples attentions during your speeches, and the topics you talk about, are interesting, which is another plus. I think the transition from you in the beginning questioning life and death, and you having your own ideas of life and death is what really matters in this unit, using what you learned and now know to achieve your own ideas, is the best thing anyone can do. Because like most peoples views, especially traditional ones such as ones that are made from their religion, we all have our own interpretation on everything, so i like that you have you're own say. You're blog had a lot of good facts, that i didn't now about before, and you used own personal idea to define what you believe. Good job, and i'm interested in reading your next to come.
-Rigel.