I am finishing a research paper on the Bardo Thodol or better known as the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
I've read and head a lot from Raymond Moody, as well as read about conjunctive experiences regarding death & psychedelic states.
The conclusion I have arrived to is that death is really rebirth. I have had a couple of NDE's that left me in awe, and have done DMT and high doses of psilocybin mushrooms that also reinforce the idea of rebirth, not total death.
And yes, it is very difficult to verbalize what one experiences. Words fall short, but the feeling and experience is there. It certainly relinquishes any anxiety about the future and topics surrounding death.
So, I'm no philosophical materialist, a trait I believe affects many Americans or Westerners today.
And due to the fact that there is no objective evidence does not relegate these experiences false.
Just as the Sun produces photons that are individually oriented to each individual person, so to are experiences such as these. (No one sees the same light particles, so it's as if the Sun or any light source, creates and reserves these photons for each individual).
I find that a lot of use may be gleaned from this material. Sure, there is orientalism, appropriation, and such, but that does not mean that that is not inherently something useful here.
I've never had an NDE, but I believe those people got a glimpse of the after life. A few people visited me after they passed away and when they went to the other side they were always surrounded by other family and friends that had passed over.
This not an NDE story, per se, but it's connected. I had an aunt who was quite psychic and one of the things that happened to her were visits from family members who died in the night. One woke her up and waved, her father in law tipped his hat, or in the case of her father just stood by the bed smiling. In all cases she reported their deaths before the news had been spread amongst the family. I think that qualifies as some kind of evidence of life after death.
A lady I know, who is on hospice, has been getting more and more visits lately from loved ones who have crossed over. As her body gets weaker, the visits become more frequent.
I was bowled over when she told me that my late husband has been visiting her. What! He has been coming in her dreams when I'm going through difficult times in my life. I used to get so angry with him for leaving me down here alone after he swore he'd never leave me, that he wasn't going anywhere. Well....guess he wasn't lying after all. He's still around. ?
When my father was in hospice he said his mother was visiting him from the corner of the room.
My mom saw her long dead siblings sitting in the corner of her hospital room, and even one of my departed pets walking around, when she was on heavy meds after a heart attack from which she recovered somewhat. But I don't recall her mentioning them during the last month she lived after her second and final attack.
This doctor wrote a book and an interesting video