What does the afterlife look like? Is there life after death: evidence of the existence of the afterlife

Stories from patients who have experienced clinical death evoke mixed reactions in people. Some such cases inspire optimism and belief in the immortality of the soul. Others try to explain mystical visions rationally, reducing them to hallucinations. What actually happens to the human consciousness during the five minutes when resuscitators work magic on the body?

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Eyewitness stories

Not all scientists are convinced that after the death of the physical body our existence completely ceases. Increasingly, there are researchers who want to prove (perhaps primarily to themselves) that after bodily death, a person’s consciousness continues to live. The first serious research on this topic was carried out in the 70s of the 20th century by Raymond Moody, author of the book “Life after Death”. But even now the area of ​​near-death experiences is of considerable interest to scientists and physicians.

Renowned cardiologist Moritz Rawlings

The professor in his book “Beyond the Threshold of Death” raised questions about the work of consciousness at the moment of clinical death. As a renowned specialist in the field of cardiology, Rawlings has cataloged many stories from patients who have experienced temporary cardiac arrest.

Afterword by Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose)

One day, Moritz Rawlings, bringing a patient back to life, massaged his chest. The man regained consciousness for a moment and asked not to stop. The doctor was surprised, since cardiac massage is a rather painful procedure. It was clear that the patient was experiencing genuine fear. "I'm in hell!" - the man shouted and begged to continue the massage, fearing that his heart would stop and he would have to return to that terrible place.

The resuscitation ended in success, and the man told what horrors he had to see during cardiac arrest. The torment he experienced completely changed his worldview, and he decided to turn to religion. The patient never wanted to go to hell again and was ready to radically change his lifestyle.

This episode prompted the professor to start recording the stories of patients whom he had rescued from the clutches of death. According to Rawlings' observations, about 50% of the patients surveyed experienced clinical death in a beautiful corner of paradise, from where they did not want to return to the real world.

The experience of the other half is completely opposite. Their near-death images were associated with torment and pain. The space where the souls found themselves was inhabited by terrible creatures. These cruel creatures literally tormented sinners, forcing them to experience incredible suffering. After returning to life, such patients had one desire - to do everything possible to never go to hell again.

Stories from the Russian press

Newspapers have repeatedly addressed the topic of out-of-body experiences of people who have experienced clinical death. Among the many stories, one can note the case of Galina Lagoda, who was the victim of a car accident.

It was a miracle that the woman did not die on the spot. Doctors diagnosed numerous fractures and tissue rupture in the kidneys and lungs. The brain was injured, the heart stopped and the pressure dropped to zero.

According to Galina’s recollections, the emptiness of endless space first appeared before her eyes. After some time, she found herself standing on a platform filled with unearthly light. The woman saw a man in white robes that emitted a glow. Apparently, due to the bright light, the face of this creature was impossible to see.

The man asked what brought her here. To this Galina said that she was very tired and would like to rest. The man listened to the answer with understanding and allowed her to stay here for a while, and then told her to go back, since there was a lot of work awaiting her in the world of the living.

When Galina Lagoda returned to consciousness, she had an amazing gift. While examining her fractures, she suddenly asked the orthopedic doctor about his stomach. The doctor was taken aback by the question because he was really bothered by stomach pain.

Now Galina is a healer of people, because she can see diseases and bring healing. After returning from the other world, she calmly regards death and believes in the eternal existence of the soul.

Another incident occurred with reserve major Yuri Burkov. He himself does not like these memories, and journalists learned the story from his wife Lyudmila. Having fallen from a great height, Yuri seriously damaged his spine. He was taken to the hospital unconscious with a traumatic brain injury. In addition, Yuri's heart stopped and his body went into a coma.

The wife was acutely worried about these events. After getting stressed, she lost her keys. And when Yuri came to his senses, he asked Lyudmila if she had found them, after which he advised them to look under the stairs.

Yuri admitted to his wife that during the coma he flew in the form of a small cloud and could be next to her. He also talked about another world, where he met his deceased parents and brother. There he realized that people do not die, but simply live in a different form.

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Skeptics' opinion

There will always be people who do not accept such stories as an argument for the existence of an afterlife. All these pictures of heaven and hell, according to skeptics, are produced by a fading brain. And the specific content depends on the information given during life by religion, parents, and the media.

Utilitarian explanation

Consider the point of view of a person who does not believe in an afterlife. This is Russian resuscitator Nikolai Gubin. As a practicing doctor, Nikolai is firmly convinced that the patient’s visions during clinical death are nothing more than the consequences of toxic psychosis. Images associated with leaving the body, the view of a tunnel, are a kind of dream, a hallucination, which is caused by oxygen starvation of the visual part of the brain. The field of view narrows sharply, creating the impression of a limited space in the form of a tunnel.

Russian doctor Nikolai Gubin believes that all visions of people at the moment of clinical death are hallucinations of a fading brain.

Gubin also tried to explain why at the moment of dying a person’s whole life passes before his eyes. The resuscitator believes that memory of different periods is stored in different parts of the brain. First, cells with fresh memories fail, and at the very end - with memories of early childhood. The process of restoring memory cells occurs in the reverse order: first, the earlier memory is returned, and then the later one. This creates the illusion of a chronological film.

Another explanation

Psychologist Pyell Watson has his own theory about what people see when their body dies. He firmly believes that the end and beginning of life are interconnected. In a sense, death closes the circle of life, connecting with birth.

Watson means that a person's birth is an experience of which he has little memory. However, this memory is stored in his subconscious and is activated at the moment of death. The tunnel that the dying person sees is the birth canal through which the fetus emerged from the mother's womb. The psychologist believes that this is a rather difficult experience for the baby’s psyche. Essentially, this is our first encounter with death.

The psychologist says that no one knows exactly how a newborn perceives the birth process. Perhaps these experiences are similar to different phases of dying. The tunnel, the light are just echoes. These impressions are simply resurrected in the consciousness of the dying person, of course, colored by personal experience and beliefs.

Interesting cases and evidence of eternal life

There are many stories that baffle modern scientists. Perhaps they cannot be considered unconditional evidence of an afterlife. However, it cannot be ignored either, because these cases are documented and require serious research.

Imperishable Buddhist monks

Doctors confirm the fact of death based on the cessation of respiratory function and heart function. They call this condition clinical death. It is believed that if the body is not resuscitated within five minutes, then irreversible changes occur in the brain and here medicine is powerless.

However, in the Buddhist tradition there is such a phenomenon. A highly spiritual monk can, entering a state of deep meditation, stop breathing and the work of the heart. Such monks retired to caves and there entered a special state in the lotus position. Legends claim that they can come back to life, but such cases are unknown to official science.

The body of Dasha-Dorzho Itigelov remained incorrupt after 75 years.

Nevertheless, in the East there are such incorruptible monks, whose withered bodies exist for decades without undergoing destruction processes. At the same time, their nails and hair grow, and their biofield power is higher than that of an ordinary living person. Such monks were found on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand, China, and Tibet.

In 1927, the Buryat lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov passed away. He gathered his disciples, assumed the lotus position and told them to recite a prayer for the dead. Going into nirvana, he promised that his body would remain intact after 75 years. All life processes stopped, after which the llama was buried in a cedar cube without changing its position.

After 75 years, the sarcophagus was brought to the surface and placed in the Ivolginsky datsan. As Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov predicted, his body remained incorrupt.

Forgotten tennis shoe

In one of the US hospitals there was a case with a young emigrant from South America named Maria.

During her exit from her body, Maria noticed someone had forgotten a tennis shoe.

During clinical death, the woman experienced leaving her physical body and flew a little along the hospital corridors. During her out-of-body journey, she noticed a tennis shoe lying on the stairs.

Upon returning to the real world, Maria asked the nurse to check if there was a lost shoe on those stairs. And it turned out that Maria’s story turned out to be true, although the patient had never been to that place.

Polka dot dress and broken cup

Another fantastic case occurred with a Russian woman who suffered cardiac arrest during surgery. Doctors managed to bring the patient back to life.

Later, the woman told the doctor what she experienced during clinical death. Coming out of her body, the woman saw herself on the operating table. The thought came into her head that she might die here, but she didn’t even have time to say goodbye to her family. This thought mobilized the patient to rush to her home.

There was her little daughter, her mother and a neighbor who came to visit and brought her daughter a polka dot dress. They sat and drank tea. Someone dropped and broke the cup. To this, the neighbor remarked that it was good luck.

Later, the doctor spoke with the patient's mother. And in fact, on the day of the operation, a neighbor came to visit, and she brought a polka dot dress. And then the cup also broke. As it turned out, fortunately, because the patient was on the mend.

Napoleon's signature

This story may be a legend. It seems too fantastic. This happened in France in 1821. Napoleon died in exile on the island of Saint Helena. The French throne was occupied by Louis XVIII.

The news of Bonaparte's death made the king think. That night he could not sleep. The candles dimly lit the bedroom. On the table lay the marriage contract of Marshal Auguste Marmont. Napoleon was supposed to sign the document, but the former emperor did not have time to do this due to military turmoil.

At exactly midnight the city clock struck and the bedroom door opened. Bonaparte himself stood on the threshold. He walked proudly across the room, sat down at the table and took the pen in his hand. From surprise, the new king fainted. And when he came to his senses in the morning, he was surprised to find Napoleon’s signature on the document. Experts confirmed the authenticity of the handwriting.

Return from another world

Based on the stories of returning patients, we can get an idea of ​​what happens at the moment of dying.

Researcher Raymond Moody systematized the experiences of people in the stage of clinical death. He was able to identify the following general points:

1. Stopping the physiological functions of the body. In this case, the patient even hears the doctor stating the fact that the heart and breathing are turned off.
2. Review your entire life.
3. Humming sounds that increase in volume.
4. Leaving the body, traveling through a long tunnel, at the end of which there is light.
5. Arriving at a place filled with radiant light.
6. Peace, extraordinary spiritual comfort.
7. Meeting with people who have passed away. As a rule, these are relatives or close friends.
8. Meeting with a being from whom light and love emanate. Perhaps this is a person's guardian angel.
9. A pronounced reluctance to return to your physical body.

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The secret of the dark and light worlds

Those who happened to visit the zone of Light returned to the real world in a state of goodness and peace. They are no longer bothered by the fear of death. Those who saw the Dark Worlds were amazed by the terrible pictures and for a long time could not forget the horror and pain they had to experience.

These cases suggest that religious beliefs about the afterlife coincide with the experiences of patients who have been beyond death. Above is paradise, or the Kingdom of Heaven. Hell, or the Underworld, awaits the soul below.

What is heaven like?

The famous American actress Sharon Stone was convinced from personal experience of the existence of heaven. She shared her experiences during the Oprah Winfrey TV show on May 27, 2004. After the magnetic resonance imaging procedure, Stone lost consciousness for several minutes. According to her, this condition resembled fainting.

During this period, she found herself in a space with soft white light. There she was met by people who were no longer alive: deceased relatives, friends, good acquaintances. The actress realized that these were kindred spirits who were glad to see her in that world.

Sharon Stone is absolutely sure that she was able to visit heaven for a short time, the feeling of love, happiness, grace and pure joy was so great.

An interesting experience is that of Betty Maltz, who, based on her experiences, wrote the book “I Saw Eternity.” The place where she ended up during her clinical death had fabulous beauty. There were magnificent green hills and wonderful trees and flowers growing there.

Betty found herself in an amazingly beautiful place.

The sun was not visible in the sky in that world, but the entire surrounding area was filled with shining divine light. Walking next to Betty was a tall young man dressed in loose white clothes. Betty realized that this was an angel. Then they approached a tall silver building from which beautiful melodious voices were heard. They repeated the word “Jesus.”

When the angel opened the gate, a bright light poured onto Betty, which is difficult to describe in words. And then the woman realized that this light, bringing love, is Jesus. Then Betty remembered her father, who prayed for her return. She turned back and walked down the hill, and soon woke up in her human body.

Journey to Hell - facts, stories, real cases

It is not always that leaving the body takes a person’s soul into the space of Divine light and love. Some describe their experiences quite negatively.

The abyss behind the white wall

Jennifer Perez was 15 years old when she visited hell. There was an endless wall of sterile white. The wall was very high and there was a door in it. Jennifer tried to open it, but was unsuccessful. Soon the girl saw another door, it was black, and the lock was open. But even the sight of this door caused inexplicable horror.

The angel Gabriel appeared nearby. He grabbed her wrist tightly and led her to the back door. Jennifer begged to let her go, tried to break free, but to no avail. Darkness awaited them outside the door. The girl began to fall rapidly.

Having survived the horror of the fall, she barely came to her senses. There was an unbearable heat here, which made me painfully thirsty. All around the devils were mocking human souls in every possible way. Jennifer turned to Gabriel with a prayer to give her water. The angel looked at her intently and suddenly announced that she was being given another chance. After these words, the girl’s soul returned to her body.

Hellish heat

Bill Wyss also describes hell as a real inferno, where the disembodied soul suffers from the heat. There is a feeling of wild weakness and complete powerlessness. According to Bill, it didn’t immediately dawn on him where his soul ended up. But when four terrible demons approached, everything became clear to the man. The air smelled of gray and burnt leather.

Many describe hell as a realm of burning fire.

The demons began to torment the man with their claws. It’s strange that no blood flowed from the wounds, but the pain was monstrous. Bill somehow understood how these monsters felt. They exuded hatred towards God and all God's creatures.

Bill also remembered that in hell he was tormented by unbearable thirst. However, there was no one to ask for water. Bill lost all hope of deliverance, but the nightmare suddenly stopped, and Bill woke up in a hospital room. But his stay in the hellish heat was vividly remembered by him.

fiery hell

Thomas Welch from Oregon was among the people who managed to return to this world after clinical death. He was an assistant engineer at a sawmill. While carrying out construction work, Thomas stumbled and fell from the walkway into the river, hitting his head and losing consciousness. While they were looking for him, Welch experienced a strange vision.

A boundless ocean of fire stretched out before him. The spectacle was impressive, a power emanating from it that inspired horror and amazement. There was no one in this burning element; Thomas himself stood on the shore, where many people had gathered. Among them, Welch recognized his school friend, who died of childhood cancer.

The crowd was in a state of stupor. They seemed to not understand why they were in this frightening place. Then it dawned on Thomas that he, along with the others, was placed in a special prison, from which it was impossible to leave, because fire was spreading all around.

Out of despair, Thomas Welch thought about his past life, wrong actions and mistakes. Unwittingly he turned to God with a prayer for salvation. And then he saw Jesus Christ walking by. Welch was embarrassed to ask for help, but Jesus seemed to sense it and turned around. It was this look that made Thomas wake up in his physical body. Sawmill workers stood nearby and rescued him from the river.

When the heart stops

Pastor Kenneth Hagin from Texas became a priest thanks to the experience of clinical death, which overtook him on April 21, 1933. He was under 16 years old at the time and suffered from congenital heart disease.

On this day, Kenneth's heart stopped and his soul fluttered out of his body. But her path did not lie towards heaven, but in the opposite direction. Kenneth was plunging into the abyss. There was pitch darkness all around. As he moved down, Kenneth began to feel a heat that apparently came from hell. Then he found himself on the road. A shapeless mass consisting of flames was approaching him. It was as if she was drawing her soul inside herself.

The heat covered Kenneth completely, and he found himself in some kind of pit. At this time, the teenager clearly heard the voice of God. Yes, the voice of the Creator himself sounded in hell! It spread throughout the entire space, shaking it like the wind shaking leaves. Kenneth focused on this sound, and suddenly a certain force tore him out of the darkness and began to lift him upward. Soon he woke up in his bed and saw his grandmother, who was very happy, because she no longer hoped to see him alive. After this, Kenneth decided to devote his life to serving God.

Conclusion

So, according to eyewitness accounts, after the death of a person, both heaven and the abyss of hell can await. You can believe it or not believe it. One conclusion definitely suggests itself - a person will have to answer for his actions. Even if hell and heaven do not exist, human memories exist. And it is better if, after a person passes away, a good memory of him remains.

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Beautiful fields and forests, rivers and lakes filled with wonderful fish, gardens with wonderful fruits, there are no problems, only happiness and beauty - one of the ideas about life that continues after death on Earth. Many believers describe heaven in this way, into which a person goes without having done much evil during his earthly life. But is there life after death on our planet? Is there proof of life after death? These are quite interesting and deep questions for philosophical reasoning.

Scientific concepts

As is the case with other mystical and religious phenomena, scientists have been able to explain this issue. Also, many researchers consider scientific evidence of life after death, but they do not have a material basis. Only that later.

Life after death (the concept of “afterlife” is also often found) is people’s ideas from a religious and philosophical point of view about life that occurs after a person’s real existence on Earth. Almost all of these ideas are related to what is in the human body during his life.

Possible afterlife options:

• Life close to God. This is one of the forms of existence of the human soul. Many believers believe that God will resurrect the soul.
• Hell or heaven. The most common concept. This idea exists both in many religions of the world and among most people. After death, a person's soul will go to hell or heaven. The first place is intended for people who sinned during earthly life.

• A new image in a new body. Reincarnation is the scientific definition of human life in new incarnations on the planet. Bird, animal, plant and other forms into which the human soul can move after the death of the material body. Also, some religions provide for life in the human body.

Some religions present evidence of the existence of life after death in other forms, but the most common ones were given above.

Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

The tallest graceful pyramids took decades to build. The ancient Egyptians used technologies that have not yet been fully studied. There are a large number of assumptions about the construction technologies of the Egyptian pyramids, but, unfortunately, not a single scientific point of view has full evidence.

The ancient Egyptians had no evidence of the existence of the soul and life after death. They only believed in this possibility. Therefore, people built pyramids and provided the pharaoh with a wonderful existence in another world. By the way, the Egyptians believed that the afterlife reality was almost identical to the real world.

It should also be noted that, according to the Egyptians, a person in another world cannot move down or up the social ladder. For example, a pharaoh cannot become a simple man, and a simple worker cannot become a king in the kingdom of the dead.

The inhabitants of Egypt mummified the bodies of the dead, and the pharaohs, as mentioned earlier, were placed in huge pyramids. In a special room, subjects and relatives of the deceased ruler placed items that would be necessary for life and rule in

Life after death in Christianity

Ancient Egypt and the creation of the pyramids date back to ancient times, so the evidence of life after death of this ancient people only applies to the Egyptian hieroglyphs that were found on ancient buildings and pyramids as well. Only Christian ideas about this concept existed before and still exist today.

The Last Judgment is a judgment when a person’s soul appears on trial before God. It is God who can determine the future fate of the soul of the deceased - whether he will experience terrible torment and punishment on his deathbed or walk next to God in a beautiful paradise.

What factors influence God's decision?

Throughout his entire earthly life, every person commits actions - good and bad. It is worth saying right away that this is an opinion from a religious and philosophical point of view. It is these earthly actions that the judge looks at during the Last Judgment. We also must not forget about a person’s vital faith in God and in the power of prayers and the church.

As you can see, in Christianity there is also life after death. Proof of this fact exists in the Bible, the church and the opinions of many people who have dedicated their lives to serving the church and, of course, God.

Death in Islam

Islam is no exception in its adherence to the postulate of the existence of an afterlife. As in other religions, a person commits certain actions throughout his life, and how he dies and what kind of life awaits him will depend on them.

If a person committed bad deeds during his existence on Earth, then, of course, a certain punishment awaits him. The beginning of punishment for sins is painful death. Muslims believe that a sinful person will die in agony. Although a person with a pure and bright soul will leave this world with ease and without any problems.

The main proof of life after death is found in the Koran (the holy book of Muslims) and in the teachings of religious people. It is worth immediately noting that Allah (God in Islam) teaches not to be afraid of death, because a believer who does righteous deeds will be rewarded with eternal life.

If in the Christian religion the Lord himself is present at the Last Judgment, then in Islam the decision is made by two angels - Nakir and Munkar. They are interrogating someone who has passed away from earthly life. If a person did not believe and committed sins that he did not atone for during his earthly existence, then he will be punished. A believer is given heaven. If a believer has unexpiated sins behind him, then he will be punished, after which he will be able to go to a beautiful place called heaven. Atheists face terrible torment.

Buddhist and Hindu beliefs about death

In Hinduism, there is no creator who created life on Earth and to whom we need to pray and bow down. The Vedas are sacred texts that replace God. Translated into Russian, “Veda” means “wisdom” and “knowledge”.

The Vedas can also be seen as providing proof of life after death. In this case, the person (to be more precise, the soul) will die and move into new flesh. The spiritual lessons that a person must learn are the reason for constant reincarnation.

In Buddhism, heaven exists, but it does not have one level, as in other religions, but several. At each stage, so to speak, the soul receives the necessary knowledge, wisdom and other positive aspects and moves on.

In both of these religions, hell also exists, but compared to other religious ideas, it is not an eternal punishment for the human soul. There are a large number of myths about how the souls of the dead passed from hell to heaven and began their journey through certain levels.

Views from other world religions

In fact, every religion has its own ideas about the afterlife. At the moment, it is simply impossible to name the exact number of religions, so only the largest and most basic ones were considered above, but interesting evidence of life after death can also be found in them.

It is also worth paying attention to the fact that almost all religions have common features of death and life in heaven and hell.

Nothing disappears without a trace

Death, death, disappearance are not the end. This, if these words are appropriate, is rather the beginning of something, but not the end. As an example, we can take a plum pit, which was spat out by a person who ate the actual fruit (plum).

This bone falls, and it seems that its end has come. Only in reality can it grow, and a beautiful bush will be born, a beautiful plant that will bear fruit and delight others with its beauty and its existence. When this bush dies, for example, it will simply move from one state to another.

What is this example for? Moreover, the death of a person is also not his immediate end. This example can also be seen as evidence of life after death. Expectation and reality, however, can be very different.

Does the soul exist?

Throughout the entire time, we are talking about the existence of the human soul after death, but there was no question about the existence of the soul itself. Maybe she doesn't exist? Therefore, it is worth paying attention to this concept.

In this case, it is worth moving from religious reasoning to the whole world - earth, water, trees, space and everything else - consists of atoms, molecules. Only none of the elements has the ability to feel, reason and develop. If we talk about whether there is life after death, evidence can be taken based on this reasoning.

Of course, we can say that in the human body there are organs that are the causes of all feelings. We must also not forget about the human brain, because it is responsible for the mind and intelligence. In this case, a comparison can be made between a person and a computer. The latter is much smarter, but it is programmed for certain processes. Today, robots have begun to be actively created, but they do not have feelings, although they are made in human likeness. Based on the reasoning, we can talk about the existence of the human soul.

You can also cite the origin of thought as another proof of the above words. This part of human life has no scientific origin. You can study all kinds of sciences for years, decades and centuries and “sculpt” thoughts from all material means, but nothing will come of it. Thought has no material basis.

Scientists have proven that life after death exists

Speaking about the afterlife of a person, you should not pay attention only to reasoning in religion and philosophy, because, in addition to this, there are scientific research and, of course, the necessary results. Many scientists have puzzled and are puzzled to find out what happens to a person after his death.

The Vedas were mentioned above. These scriptures talk about from one body to another. This is exactly the question asked by Ian Stevenson, a famous psychiatrist. It is worth saying right away that his research in the field of reincarnation made a great contribution to the scientific understanding of life after death.

The scientist began to consider life after death, real evidence of which he could find throughout the planet. The psychiatrist was able to review more than 2,000 cases of reincarnation, after which certain conclusions were drawn. When a person is reborn in a different image, all physical defects also remain. If the deceased had certain scars, then they will also be present in the new body. There is necessary evidence for this fact.

During the study, the scientist used hypnosis. And during one session, the boy remembers his death - he was killed with an ax. This feature could be reflected in the new body - the boy who was examined by the scientist had a rough growth on the back of his head. After receiving the necessary information, the psychiatrist begins a search for a family where a person may have been murdered with an ax. And the result did not take long to arrive. Ian managed to find people in whose family, in the recent past, a man was hacked to death with an ax. The nature of the wound was similar to a child's growth.

This is not one example that may indicate that evidence of life after death has been found. Therefore, it is worth considering a few more cases during the research of a psychiatrist.

Another child had a defect on his fingers, as if they had been chopped off. Of course, the scientist became interested in this fact, and for good reason. The boy was able to tell Stevenson that he had lost his fingers during field work. After talking with the child, the search began for eyewitnesses who could explain this phenomenon. After some time, people were found who spoke about the death of a man during field work. This man died as a result of loss of blood. The fingers were chopped off with a thresher.

Considering these circumstances, we can talk about after death. Ian Stevenson was able to provide evidence. After the scientist’s published works, many people began to think about the real existence of the afterlife, which was described by a psychiatrist.

Clinical and real death

Everyone knows that severe injuries can lead to clinical death. In this case, the person’s heart stops, all life processes stop, but oxygen starvation of the organs does not yet cause irreversible consequences. During this process, the body is in a transitional stage between life and death. Clinical death lasts no more than 3-4 minutes (very rarely 5-6 minutes).

People who were able to survive such moments talk about the “tunnel”, about the “white light”. Based on these facts, scientists were able to discover new evidence of life after death. Scientists who studied this phenomenon made the necessary report. In their opinion, consciousness has always existed in the Universe; the death of the material body is not the end for the soul (consciousness).

Cryonics

This word means freezing the body of a person or animal so that in the future it will be possible to revive the deceased. In some cases, not the entire body is subjected to deep cooling, but only the head or brain.

Interesting fact: experiments on freezing animals were carried out back in the 17th century. Only about 300 years later did humanity think more seriously about this method of obtaining immortality.

It is possible that this process will be the answer to the question: “Does life exist after death?” Evidence may be presented in the future, because science does not stand still. But for now, cryonics remains a mystery with hope for development.

Life after death: the latest evidence

One of the latest evidence in this regard was the study of the American theoretical physicist Robert Lantz. Why one of the last? Because this discovery was made in the fall of 2013. What conclusion did the scientist make?

It is worth immediately noting that the scientist is a physicist, so these proofs are based on quantum physics.

From the very beginning, the scientist paid attention to color perception. He cited the blue sky as an example. We are all used to seeing the sky in this color, but in reality everything is different. Why does a person see red as red, green as green, and so on? According to Lantz, it’s all about the brain receptors that are responsible for color perception. If these receptors are affected, the sky can suddenly turn red or green.

Every person is accustomed, as the researcher says, to seeing a mixture of molecules and carbonates. The reason for this perception is our consciousness, but the reality may differ from the general understanding.

Robert Lantz believes that there are parallel universes where all events are synchronous, but at the same time different. Based on this, the death of a person is only a transition from one world to another. As proof, the researcher conducted Jung's experiment. For scientists, this method is proof that light is nothing more than a wave that can be measured.

The essence of the experiment: Lanz passed light through two holes. When the beam passed through an obstacle, it was divided into two parts, but as soon as it was outside the holes, it merged again and became even brighter. In those places where the waves of light did not combine into one beam, they became dimmer.

As a result, Robert Lantz came to the conclusion that it is not the Universe that creates life, but quite the opposite. If life ends on Earth, then, as in the case of light, it continues to exist in another place.

Conclusion

It probably cannot be denied that there is life after death. Facts and evidence, of course, are not one hundred percent, but they exist. As can be seen from the above information, the afterlife exists not only in religion and philosophy, but also in scientific circles.

Living this time, each person can only imagine and think about what will happen to him after death, after the disappearance of his body on this planet. There are a large number of questions about this, many doubts, but no one living at the moment can find the answer he needs. Now we can only enjoy what we have, because life is the happiness of every person, every animal, we need to live it beautifully.

It is best not to think about the afterlife, because the question of the meaning of life is much more interesting and useful. Almost every person can answer this, but this is a completely different topic.

Imagine that right now you were given evidence of life after death, how your reality could change... Read and think. There is enough information for thought.

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Religion's point of view on the afterlife

Life after death... It sounds like an oxymoron, death is the end of life. Humanity has been haunted by the idea that the biological death of the body is not the end of human existence. What remains after the death of the camp, different peoples in different periods of history had their own views, which also had common features.

Representations of tribal peoples

We cannot say for sure what views our prehistoric ancestors held; anthropologists have collected a sufficient number of observations of modern tribes, whose way of life has changed since Neolithic times. It is worth drawing some conclusions. During the period of physical death, the soul of the deceased leaves the body and replenishes the host of ancestral spirits.

There were also spirits of animals, trees, and stones. Man was not fundamentally separated from the surrounding universe. There was no place for the eternal rest of the spirits - they continued to live in that harmony, observing the living, assisting them in their affairs and helping them with advice through shaman intermediaries.

The deceased ancestors provided assistance disinterestedly: the aborigines, ignorant of commodity-money relations, did not tolerate them in communicating with the world of spirits - the latter were content with respect.

Christianity

Thanks to the missionary activities of its adherents, it swept the universe. The denominations agreed that after death a person goes either to Hell, where a loving God will punish him forever, or to Heaven, where there is constant happiness and grace. Christianity is a separate topic; you can learn more about the afterlife.

Judaism

Judaism, from which Christianity “grew,” has no considerations about life after death, the facts are not presented, because no one returned back.

The Old Testament was interpreted by the Pharisees, that there is an afterlife and reward, and by the Sadducees, who were confident that everything ends with death. Quote from the Bible “...a living dog is better than a dead lion” Ek. 9.4. The book of Ecclesiastes was written by a Sadducee who did not believe in an afterlife.

Islam

Judaism is one of the Abrahamic religions. Whether there is life after death has been clearly defined - yes. Muslims go to Heaven, the rest go to Hell together. No appeals.

Hinduism

World religion on earth tells a lot about the afterlife. According to beliefs, after physical death, people go either to heavenly realms, where life is better and longer than on Earth, or to hellish planets, where everything is worse.

One thing is good: unlike Christianity, you can return to Earth from the hellish realms for exemplary behavior, and from the heavenly realms you can fall again if something goes wrong for you. There is no eternal sentence to hell.

Buddhism

Religion - from Hinduism. Buddhists believe that until you receive enlightenment on earth and merge with the Absolute, the series of births and deaths is endless and is called “”.

Life on earth is sheer suffering, man is overwhelmed by his endless desires, and failure to fulfill them makes him unhappy. Give up thirst and you are free. It's right.

Mummies of Eastern monks

“Living” 200-year-old mummy of a Tibetan monk from Ulaanbaatar

The phenomenon was discovered by scientists in southeast Asia, and today it is one of the proofs, indirectly, that a person still lives after turning off all functions of the camp.

The bodies of eastern monks were not buried, but mummified. Not like the pharaohs in Egypt, but in natural conditions, created thanks to moist air with above-zero temperatures. They still have hair and nails growing for some time. If in the corpse of an ordinary person this phenomenon is explained by the drying out of the shell and the visual lengthening of the nail plates, then in mummies they actually grow back.

The energy-information field, which is measured by a thermometer, thermal imager, UHF receiver and other modern devices, is three or four times greater in these mummies than in the average person. Scientists call this energy the noosphere, which allows mummies to remain intact and maintain contact with the earth's information field.

Scientific evidence of life after death

If religious fanatics or simply believers do not question what is written in the doctrine, modern people with critical thinking doubt the truth of the theories. When the hour of death approaches, a person is seized by a trembling fear of the unknown, and this stimulates curiosity and a desire to find out what awaits us beyond the boundaries of the material world.

Scientists have found that death is a phenomenon characterized by a number of obvious factors:

• lack of heartbeat;
• cessation of any mental processes in the brain;
• stopping bleeding and blood clotting;
• some time after death, the body begins to numb and decompose, and what remains of it is a light, empty and dry shell.

Duncan McDougall

An American researcher named Duncan McDougall carried out an experiment at the beginning of the 20th century where he found that the weight of the human body after death decreases by 21 grams. Calculations allowed him to conclude that the difference in mass - the weight of the soul leaves the body after death. The theory has been criticized, this is one of the works to find evidence for it.

Researchers have found that the soul has physical weight!

The idea of ​​what awaits us is surrounded by many myths and hoaxes that are created by charlatans posing as scientists. It is difficult to figure out what is fact or fiction; confident theories can be questioned due to lack of evidence.

Scientists continue their search and introduce people to new research and experiments.

Ian Stevenson

Canadian-American biochemist and psychiatrist, author of the work “Twenty Cases of Alleged Reincarnation,” Ian Stevenson conducted an experiment: he analyzed the stories of more than 2 thousand people who claimed to store memories from past lives.

The biochemist expressed the theory that a person simultaneously exists on two levels of existence - gross or physical, earthly, and subtle, that is, spiritual, immaterial. Leaving a body that is worn out and unsuitable for further existence, the soul goes in search of a new one. The end result of this journey is the birth of a person on Earth.

Ian Stevenson

Researchers have found that every life lived leaves imprints in the form of moles, scars discovered after the birth of a child, physical and mental deformations. The theory is reminiscent of the Buddhist one: when dying, the soul is reincarnated in another body, with already accumulated experience.

The psychiatrist worked with the subconscious of people: in the group they studied there were children who were born with defects. Putting his charges into a trance state, he tried to get any information proving that the soul living in this body had found refuge before. One of the boys, in a state of hypnosis, told Stevenson that he had been hacked to death with an ax and dictated the approximate address of his past family. Arriving at the indicated place, the scientist found people, one of the members of whose house was actually killed with an ax to the head. The wound was reflected on the new body in the form of a growth on the back of the head.

The materials of Professor Stevenson's work give many reasons to believe that the fact of reincarnation has indeed been scientifically proven, that the feeling of “déjà vu” is a memory from a past life, given to us by the subconscious.

Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky

K. E. Tsiolkovsky

The first attempt by Russian researchers to determine such a component of human life as the soul was the research of the famous scientist K. E. Tsiolkovsky.

According to the theory, there cannot be absolute death in the universe by definition, and clots of energy called the soul consist of indivisible atoms endlessly wandering throughout the vast Universe.

Clinical death

Many consider the fact of clinical death to be modern evidence of life after death - a condition experienced by people, often on the operating table. This topic was popularized in the 70s of the 20th century by Dr. Raymond Moody, who published a book called “Life after Death.”

The descriptions of most of the respondents agree:

• about 31% felt flying through the tunnel;
• 29% - saw a starry landscape;
• 24% observed their own body in an unconscious state, lying on the couch, described the real actions of doctors at this moment;
• 23% of patients were attracted by the alluring bright light;
• 13% of people during clinical death watched episodes from life like a movie;
• another 8% saw the border between two worlds - the dead and the living, and some - their own deceased relatives.

Among the respondents were people who were blind from birth. And the testimony is similar to the stories of sighted people. Skeptics explain the visions as oxygen deprivation of the brain and fantasy.

There is no death - life is also in full swing in the next world. This is evidenced by numerous messages from the afterlife - the voices of the dead are received on the radio, on computers and even on mobile phones. This is hard to believe, but it is a fact. The author of these lines was also rather a skeptic - until he witnessed such contact with the afterlife in St. Petersburg.

We wrote about this in three June issues of the newspaper “Life” this year, 2009. And calls came from all over the country, responses on the Internet. Readers argue, doubt, are surprised, give thanks - the topic of contacts with the afterlife touched a nerve in everyone. Many people ask for the address of scientists who are engaged in such experiments. That's why we returned to this topic. Here is the website address of the Russian Association of Instrumental Transcommunication (RAITK) - a public organization that studies the phenomenon of electronic voices: http://www.rait.airclima.ru/association.htm

Through this site you can contact the head of RAITC, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Artem Mikheev and his colleagues. But I want to warn everyone - the research is still at the experimental stage. Keep in mind that RAITC is not a company providing occult services; its members are engaged in science.

And one more important tip. Do not rush to try to make contact with another world on your own using modern technologies; this is still the lot of few scientists. Believe me, the load on a psyche unprepared for such contacts is very great! Maybe it’s enough for you to go to church, light a candle and pray for the repose of your friends and relatives who have passed on to another world? Take comfort in the fact that the soul is immortal. And separation from people dear to you who have gone to another world is only temporary.

Revelations

The first targeted contact - that is, a connection with a specific person who has gone to another world - was a radio bridge established by the Svitnev family from St. Petersburg.

Their son Dmitry was killed in a car accident, but his parents found a way to hear their dear voice again. Candidate of Technical Sciences Vadim Svitnev and his colleagues from RAITC, using specially designed instruments and a computer, established communication with another world. And it was Mitya who responded to the questions of his father and mother! The son they buried answered from the other world: “We are all alive with the Lord!”

This amazing two-way contact continues for more than a year. Parents record all negotiations electronically - more than three thousand files of answers to their questions. The information that comes from the other world is amazing - much goes against our traditional ideas about the afterlife.

At the request of the readers of “Life”, I asked the questions you were interested in to Natasha and Vadim Svitnev, Mitya’s parents. Here are their answers.

– By what exact phrases, facts, intonations do you identify your interlocutor from the Other World?

Answer: Don't you recognize your child's voice from billions of others? Any voice has intonations and shades that are unique to it. Our Mitya has a characteristic, recognizable voice - very soft, penetrating into the very heart. When we showed the recordings with Mitya’s voice to his friends, they asked when they were made, being absolutely sure that this was done before the tragic event that interrupted Mitya’s life. We communicate with a very large number of people from the other side. In conversations they introduce themselves to us by name. Among Mitya’s friends there are Fedor, Sergei, Stas, Sasha, and Andrei was once mentioned. And friends on the other side sometimes call Mitya himself by his “nickname” on the Internet, which he chose for himself a long time ago - MNTR, a mirror image of the name Mitya. Vadim and his colleagues welcomed him to the contact. For example, one of Vadim’s managers who switched to the “other side” got in touch with congratulations: “Vadyusha, I congratulate you on Fleet Day!” And to the question: “Who am I talking to?” came the answer: “Yes, I am Gruzdev.” Moreover, except for this man, no one ever called Vadim “Vadyusha.” And sometimes they address Natasha by her maiden name, Titlyanova, jokingly calling her Titlyashkina, Titlyandiya.

– How does a person feel in the Other World – in the first seconds, days, weeks, months?

Answer: As we are told on the contacts, there is no interruption on that side. The gap exists only on our side. The transition is absolutely painless.

– What does what is happening on Earth look like from there?

Answer: From the other world, this question is answered like this: “Your life is a huge anthill. You constantly hurt yourself. On Earth you are in a dream."

– Is it possible to predict certain events from the Other World?

Answer: Events distant in time from the present moment are seen less clearly from the other world than nearby ones. There were many predictive or anticipatory messages, such as a warning about a gang attack on a neighbor's boy three months before the incident.

– What needs do humans retain in the Other World? For example, physiological - breathe, eat, drink, sleep?

Answer: As for needs, everything is very simple: “I am completely alive. Mitya is the same.” “It’s a stressful time for us, we’ve barely slept for three months.”

Once Mitya said during a communication session: “Now, mom, listen carefully,” and I heard him sigh. He breathed carefully loudly so that I could hear his breathing. These were real, ordinary sighs of a living person. They tell us that they never have time to eat - they have a lot of work.

Native

– To what extent are family contacts maintained there?

Answer: Mitya often tells me about my mother - her grandmother, that she is there, and my mother, like my father, were also present at the contacts several times. Moreover, when I began to really miss my mother, Mitya invited her, and since she was Ukrainian by origin, she spoke to me in pure Ukrainian. Vadim also talked with his mother. Of course, family ties remain.

– How do they live and where do they live – are there cities, villages?

Answer: Mitya told us that he lives in the village and even explained how to find him. And one of our best contacts heard his address when they called him: “Lesnaya Street, northern house.”

– Is the date of departure of each of us predetermined or not?

Answer: There is no talk of a departure date during our contacts. We are constantly reminded that we are immortal: “You are eternal in our eyes.”

– Were there any clues from the other world in everyday things?

Answer: Once Vadim was told by a contact that he had 36 rubles in his pocket. Vadim checked and was surprised to see that it was exactly 36 rubles.

Egor, our youngest son, was repairing a bicycle and could not determine the malfunction, and Vadim was conducting a communication session at that time. Suddenly Vadim turns to Yegor and says: “Mitya said that your axle is damaged.” The diagnosis was confirmed.

– Are there animals in the afterlife?

Answer: There was also such a case: the guys from the other side brought a dog to the communication session. We heard and recorded her barking.

I wonder what it takes to prove the existence of life after life? Comparison: What do I need to prove that you exist? Ideally, to see you and communicate with you. What if we are separated by many kilometers and it is impossible to see directly? You can find other ways to find out about you, for example, chat with you via the Internet, which is what we are doing now. How to understand that you are not a bot? Here we will have to apply some analytical methods and ask you non-standard questions. Etc.

How did scientists know about the existence of dark matter? After all, it’s basically impossible to see or touch it? By calculating the speed at which galaxies are moving away, comparing it with the observed speed. The result is a contradiction: there is more gravity in the universe than originally expected. Where did she come from? Its source was called dark matter. Those. The methods are very indirect. And, at the same time, no one questions the conclusions of physicists.

So it is here: a lot of people have had the experience of post-mortem visions and experiences. And not all of them are explainable from the point of view of hallucinations. I myself had the opportunity to communicate several times with people who were “there”. There is more evidence than evidence for the existence of dark matter.

And for the most skeptical skeptic, I will cite Pascal’s famous wager. One of the greatest scientists in the entire history of science, who discovered the laws without which modern physics is unthinkable.

PASCAL'S Wager

In conclusion, I will quote Pascal’s famous wager. We all studied the laws of the great scientist Pascal at school. Blaise Pascal, a Frenchman, is truly an outstanding man, ahead of the science of his time by a couple of centuries! He lived in the seventeenth century, in the era preceding the so-called Great French Revolution (late eighteenth century), when godless ideas were already corrupting the high society and, imperceptibly, were preparing his sentence to the guillotine.

As a believer, he boldly defended religious ideas that were ridiculed and very unpopular at that time. Pascal's famous bet has been preserved: his dispute with unbelieving scientists. He argued something like this: You believe that there is no God and there is no Eternal Life, but I believe that there is God and there is Eternal Life! Let's argue?.. Argued? Now imagine yourself in the first second after death. If I was right, I get everything, I get Eternal Life, and you lose everything. Even if you turn out to be right, you will not have any advantages over me, because everything will go into absolute oblivion! Thus, my faith gives me hope for Eternal Life, but yours deprives you of everything! Pascal was a smart man!

Belief in the existence of an immortal soul gives us our greatest hope. After all, this is the hope of gaining immortality. Even if the probability of receiving an infinite prize were negligible, then in this case we are infinitely winning: any finite number multiplied by infinity is equal to infinity. What does atheism give a person? I believe in absolute zero! As one poet said: only meat in the pit. Everything that is born will die, everything that has been built will be destroyed, and the universe will collapse back to the point of singularity.