REBIRTH - A MYTH OR REALITY

There are thousands of stories about rebirth from around the world. Many people from different countries have studied the subject and told the world what they had encountered. There are countless number of books dealing with the subject. Past and post life of many well known personalities were presented by some researchers of reincarnation. However for unknown reasons modern science is reluctant to conduct studies about this subject. Instead of saying either an 'yes' or 'no' the science prefer to remain silent. It may look easier to say a 'no', but it is equally important that to say a 'no' too should have the same knowledge that of saying an 'yes'.

There are many reliable cases of people undergone clinical death and returned to life after a good interval. Many such people undergone the mystical experience revealed that they had passed through a long tunnel, seen some light, met with some known people etc. Maurice S. Rawlings, American Cardiologist, in his book 'Beyond the death's door' narrates a number of near death experience. Dr Jeffrey Long writes, near death experiences are reported by about 17% of those who nearly die. NDEs have been reported by children, adults, scientists, physicians, priests, ministers, among the religious and atheists, and from countries throughout the world.

 While no two NDE's are the same, there are characteristic features that are commonly observed in NDE's. These characteristics include a perception of seeing and hearing apart from the physical body, passing into or through a tunnel, encountering a mystical light, intense and generally positive emotions, a review of part or all of their prior life experiences, encountering the deceased loved ones, and a choice to return to their earthly life.

In 1998, a website called the Near Death Experience Foundation (NDERF, nderf.org) was established to conduct NDE research and to be a public service. The NDERF survey asked, "How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal, everyday consciousness and alertness?" Of 1,122 NDEs surveyed, 835 (74%) indicated they had "More consciousness and alertness than normal"; 229 (20.4%) experienced "Normal consciousness and alertness"; and only 58 (5.2%) had "Less consciousness and alertness than normal."

To be continued .............

KV George

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