Questions surrounding when we die is one of the greatest mysteries to humankind. While there is no evidence that states there is a life after death, many people claim to have anecdotal evidence. One such person is a man named Randall, who had a brush with death following a heart attack.
Randall briefly died, and while he did, he claims he can remember transitioning into the supposed afterlife.
The man became aware of all things universal, and believes he was given with temporary intense knowledge while he was being saved by paramedics.
Randall wrote on the Near Death Experience Research Foundation: “I became aware of ‘everything’, such as my position on the table and the movement of the Earth.
“It wasn’t quite like I was dissolving, but rather like I was disconnecting or becoming unsynchronised with the universe.
“I was calmly aware of everyone around me and what they were doing. I know I was not connected to my body.
“I was on my way to somewhere else, but there are no words to describe it.
“I just know I was on my way to the next realm. I was not frightened but very accepting of it because this was just a transition.”
Whether there is an afterlife is a mystery, but some scientists believe they are closer to unravelling the mysteries of near death experiences.
Researchers from the University of Michigan clinically induced cardiac arrest in rats while simultaneously monitoring their brain activity.
They were stunned to discover brain activity surged in the final 30 seconds of their life.
Jimo Borjigin, PhD, associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology and associate professor of neurology, said: “This study, performed in animals, is the first dealing with what happens to the neurophysiological state of the dying brain.
“We reasoned that if near-death experience stems from brain activity, neural correlates of consciousness should be identifiable in humans or animals even after the cessation of cerebral blood flow.”
Essentially, if the brain is more active, one might have vivid visions, leading them to believe they had seen the afterlife.
Dr Borjigin added: “The prediction that we would find some signs of conscious activity in the brain during cardiac arrest was confirmed with the data.”
