Near Death Experiences - NDE's

Near Death Experiences - a path less travelled. Here follow a few locations for more insights:

http://www.near-death.com

http://pmhatwater.blogspot.com

http://www.seattleiands.org/HTM/NDEstories.htm

http://www.mceagle.com/blog/

http://www.lightworks.com/MonthlyAspectarian/1996/November/08-1196.html

http://www.deanradin.com/

http://www.kellybulkeley.com/

http://lightafterlife.com/

Near Death Experiences that have made it into the News:

Doctor offers reason for near-death experience: "As the body fails, consciousness "leaks out" of the body and becomes part of the "quantum void," he said. In that state, consciousness can exist "for a time."
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/14716.php

Dave Bennett's near-death experience: "I was in a dark void, but I felt a great peace. Then a light started to glow around me, and I saw several light beings ...
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2006/06/17/news/lake_life/lakelife01.t...

Video: Renee Pasarow speaks about her NDE: A talk about her near-death experience, Baha'i Faith Educational Series video tape, Reno, Nevada 1989.
http://tinyurl.com/evbxy

Video: Dr. George Ritchie NDE docudrama (6 min 46 sec): At the age of twenty, George Ritchie died in an army hospital. Nine minutes later, he returned to life.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3445312818256670700&q=nde

Video: Dr. Maurice Rawlings: To Hell and Back (1 hr 28 min 52 sec): This video hosted by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a noted cardiologist, investigates life after death and his experiences with patients that actually saw the Other Side.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4136610474021109864&q=nde

Another video: Dr. Maurice Rawlings on the NDE (1 hr 37 min 30 sec): Dr. Rawlings discusses the near-death experiences of his own patients brought back to life.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8149875636555097567&q=nde

Video: Bill Wiese describes his NDE: 23 Minutes in Hell (1 hr 36 min 51 sec): Bill was placed in hell not as a casual observer, but as someone who was not saved.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3557441432446312669&q=out-of-bod...

Video: Rev. Kenneth Hagin's NDE docudrama (3 min 35 sec): At the age of 15, Kenneth had a near-death experience which resulted from a malformed heart - a condition he was born with.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1517855145808055538&q=near-death

Video: Death as an out-of-body experiance in Plato's Phaedo: This video explores Phaedo's Death Yoga, recognizing death as an out-of-body experience, and unpacks the definition of True Philosophy and Phaedo's "Yoga of Death."
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7023408452399853451&q=out-of-bo...

Nearly comatose man's brain rewires itself in most dramatic recovery in US history: Doctors have their first proof that a man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years regained speech and movement because his brain spontaneously rewired itself by growing tiny new nerve connections to replace the ones sheared apart in a car crash.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/07/03/nearly-comatose-mans-bra_n_2431...

Learning about life from those facing death: "Life happens now and it can be lost in yesterday or misspent waiting for tomorrow," says Dr. William E. Hablitzel, author of "Dying Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me: Stories of Healing and Wisdom along Life's Journey."
http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2006/Jun/EEN449c1b5fa7fde.html

Quotes from Kevin Williams at the Yahoo Group's Near Death Experience:

"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men." -- Matthew Arnold

"The sheer volume of evidence for survival after death is so immense that to ignore it is like standing at the foot of Mount Everest and insisting
that you cannot see the mountain." - Colin Wilson

It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. "They all eat one another!" he cried, and called it evil. This process I examined, changed the verb, said, "They all feed one another," and called it good. -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

"Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else." - Marcus Aurelius

"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal." - Thomas Moore

"To appreciate heaven well, it is good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell." - Will Carleton
"And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." - Kahlil Gibran
"God conceals from men the happiness of death that they may endure life." - Lucan

"It is worth dying to find out what life is." - T.S. Eliot

"To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven." - Karen Sunde

"The best way to get to heaven is to take it with you." - Henry Drummond

"No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today." - Fra Giovanni

"Love is the law of God and the law is love. God is love and love is God." - Edgar Cayce

"Love is the way to eternal life." - Jesus (Luke 10:25-28, paraphrased)

"God is everywhere because nothing exists that is not a part of God. Life itself is God." - PMH Atwater

"Life is love is God. If you add anymore to this definition then you are not making it any better." - Chuck Griswold

"The most important thing in life is love." - Raymond Moody