Recently got turned on to some of the great work being done by the Bigelow foundation research into the best evidence for an afterlife, and for smart, scientific and skeptical folks with a bit of an open mind to a radically new world view, it’s quite a collection of super persuasive essays from very smart scientifically oriented folks.
Big fan of Sharon Hewitt Rawlette Ph.D.and her writing on the survival of consciousness on the Psychology Today blog – really highly recommend her thoughts (amongst many others who are tackling the tough questions with rigor, and an investigative attitude)
Second, there is the fact that the overwhelming majority of those who’ve had an NDE become convinced of the existence of an afterlife, regardless of their previous skepticism on the topic. Before their NDEs, the percentage of people who believed in life after death ranged from 22 to 38 percent, depending on the study. After their NDEs, 76 to 100 percent of these same people believe in life after death (van Lommel, 2010, p. 55). Statistics collected by NDE researcher Jeffrey Long show that the “deeper” the NDE (according to the Greyson Scale), the greater the percentage of those who come away certain of the existence of the afterlife. Among those with the deepest experiences (25-32 on the Greyson Scale), 100 percent came away agreeing with the statement, “An afterlife definitely exists” (Amberts, 2022, p. 120).
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