Life after death - the Near Death Experience

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Sun, 04 Sep 2011 9:07p.m.

It’s one of life’s biggest mysteries – what happens to us when we die?

Is there a possibility of life after death?

60 Minutes speaks to people who believe that they have died and come back to life.

They call this a Near Death Experience. Some experience a sensation of leaving their body and floating over it, able to see what is happening but being unable to communicate with the real world, others see their dead loved ones and most say they hurtle down a dark tunnel towards a light that seems to welcome them.

Some even encounter God. But one way or another, they all get sent back.

60 Minutes reporter, Rod Vaughan speaks to some of these New Zealanders who have encountered death and lived to tell the tale.

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06 Sep 2011 07:18p.m.

drew wrote:

This was a good story. These people help my and my fiances faith in Jesus and the lady at the end of the program saw him for herself. Thanks for the report :).

06 Sep 2011 12:18p.m.

taz wrote:

I had my own personal near death experience, where I was knocked out un-conciousely, in a car crash, in 1997. There were no searing bright lights or distant faint calls, flashes of life's past experiences before my eyes, but I was so close to death, that I was resusitated twice, in the Ambulance, on the way to Auckland Hospital. Has afffected my entire life since. And of course, I also beat Cancer in 2003, and early child hood sexual/physical abuse. So I sure as hell know all about near death experiences, and yes, even selfishly wished I had been taken away at times, butI'm still here! Waiting for the next ride!

05 Sep 2011 07:05a.m.

Charles Eggen wrote:

I'm with Vickie on this issue. I drowned when I was 11 and I experienced a complete blank from a time when I was struggling to when I came to on the shore. A couple of teenagers had seen my struggling and came to pull me to the shore. I don't know how long I was "out", but my guess would be 5-10 minutes. I had no dreams or hallucinations - only wrenching up water as I became alert again. We have much to learn about how the brain functions, especially under "death" stress. Perhaps a study could be undergone utilizing persons being executed, but I suppose some folks might consider that sort of thing inhuman. (sarcasm intended)