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RESEARCH
Research by Elisabeth Kbler-Ross, George Ritchie, and Raymond Moody Jr. Moody's book "Life after Life", released in 1975, brought a lot of attention to the topic of NDEs This was soon followed by the establishment of the International Association for Near-death Studies, IANDS, in 1981.
PREVALENCE OF NDEs
According to the Gallup and Proctor survey in 1980-1981, of a representative sample of the American population, data showed that 15% had an NDE. Knoblauch in 2001 performed a more selective study in Germany and found that 4% of the sample population had experienced an NDE Perera et al., in 2005, conducted a telephone survey of a representative sample of the Australian population, as part of the Roy Morgan Catibus Survey, and concluded that 8.9% of the population had experienced an NDE. van Lommel et al. (2001), a cardiologist from Netherlands, studied a group of patients who had suffered cardiac arrests and who were successfully revived. They found that 62 patients (18%) had an NDE, of whom 41 (12%) described a core experience.
EFFECTS
Changes in personality and outlook on life A greater appreciation for life. Higher self-esteem, greater compassion for others. A heightened sense of purpose and self-understanding. Desire to learn. Elevated spirituality. Greater ecological sensitivity and planetary concern. A feeling of being more intuitive. Changes may also include increased physical sensitivity; diminished tolerance to light, alcohol, and drugs; a feeling that the brain has been "altered" to encompass more; and a feeling that one is now using the "whole brain" rather than just a small part
RELIGIOUS BELIVES
This body, that you are in has been alive forever. It comes from an unending stream of life, going back to the big bang and beyond.