Near Death Experiences

             Near-Death Experiences
             Then the doctor walked away and I became aware of another presence nearby.
             Suddenly I wasn’t lying on the bed but found myself in someone’s arms. I looked
             up and saw a man with a beautiful white beard looking at me. His beard fascinated
             me. It seemed to sparkle with a bright light, a light that came from within the
             beard. I giggled and ran my hands through the beard and twirled it on my fingers.
             I felt perfectly calm and happy with him. He gently rocked me, cradling me in his
             arms, and although I didn’t know who he was, I never wanted to leave him (Eadie
             This quote, from Betty J Eadie’s book about her near-death experiences, Embraced by the
             Light, is just a typical recollection of one’s near-death experience. “Polls taken in the last two
             decades indicate that anywhere from eight million to fifteen million Americans have had a near-
             death experience. These people recall experiencing a vivid personal journey or have a vague
             sensation that ‘something happened’ when they were on the brink of death” (Hayes 54), and,
             “...studies suggest that between a tenth and a third of people who have had a cardiac arrest had an
             NDE” (Fenwick 30). “In addition, conservative epidemiological studies indicate that
             approximately 1% of the population (significantly more than 2 million people in the United States)
             has had an NDE” (Groth-Marnat 112). Due to medical advances in the last twenty years, many
             people who once would have died, can now be brought back, resulting in a much greater chance
             for near-death experiences. Patients report having been on “the other side” before being brought
             back to life, and in many cases, the patients are saddened to be back alive. In some rare cases,
             however, patie...

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