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Looking Into Death Continued From Page 4 The existence of the NDE prompts many people to reconsider their entire perception of death. Experiencing a classic NDE often provokes a life-changing departure from old views and habits. It provides the individual with firsthand experience of an unknown dimension from which they inevitably come back transformed. As one astounded female near-deather recalled: “I came to with a sense of disappointment that I was not dead. But I was changed, transformed, by the knowledge that there is a life after death, there is a heaven - and I’ve been there.” The Core Near-Death Experience When scientists began to look at their research material as a whole, they soon realized that the reports of NDE’s followed a similar pattern in most cases. As a result, they were able to come up with an account of the basic “core experience”: - The subjects are dying, and gradually begin to feel blissful sensations. - At the point of clinical death, they feel experience all the stages. In some 60 percent of they are leaving their body (an out-of-body the cases studied by Dr. Ring, the patients felt A Great Gift From experience, of OBE) and floating above it, only the early stages of the “core experience,” looking down with detachment or even the blissful out-of-body sensations, before amusement. They may observe incidents or returning to normal consciousness. overhear conversations that are verified late. Nevertheless, for most of them, even that was - They enter an area of darkness, enough to transform them forever. [] commonly described as a long tunnel. - Many near-deathers hurtle through the FACT*oids - Strange But True! dark tunnel at an incredible speed and find themselves approaching a dazzling light, * Bubble gum was invented in 1906. Its perhaps with a figure standing in it, welcoming original name: “Blibber-Blubber.” them. * In Japan, builders use bubble wrap as - They emerge into the light. insulation and soundproofing in houses. - A “being of light,” known or unknown, * Meteor strikes that kill 100 or more may accompany the near-deathers on the rest of people occur once every 100,00 years. the journey. Sometimes the being appears to be * Official record for th elongest game of a religious figure, such as Jesus, or it could be a Monopoly played in a treehouse: 286 hours. deceased relative or friend. Small children * Pound for pound, women can absorb describe meeting “a lady.” 30% more alcohol into their system than men. - Subjects enter a beautiful garden, where * In Canada, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups serene, soothing music plays. They often are called “Reese” Butter Cups. Composed, Performed, Directed describe this as “heavenly” music. * Two of the many actors who played the and Engineered by - They may experience a panoramic life “Malboro Man” died of lung cancer. review (although this sometimes comes earlier), * Including the attic, there were 11 rooms ROB McCONNELL during which various scenes from their lives in The Brady Bunch’s TV house. seem to pass before them, like sequences of a * Beijing, China, has a monthly “No Car 1. Blue Canadian Sky movie. Day.” - Sometimes deceased friends and * 45% of 60-year-old Americans have at 2. Laura’s Theme relatives visit them in a garden and give them least on parent still living. 3. Mayan Prophecy information that later proves to be correct, * Semi trucks traveling at 65 mph need 4. Rented Silence including predictions regarding the future of the 420 feet to stop. 5. Rise Above Hate and Anger world. * At one point in British history, you 6. Robbie Shuffle - Subjects hear a voice telling them to could be hanged for “Impersonating an 7. Genesis Grid return to life, or they are told to go back by one Egyptian.” of the beings they have met. They often plead to * The electric toaster was successfully 8. UFO Concerto be allowed to stay. marketed in the U.S. (1909) before sliced bread - The near-deather rapidly returns to his (1928). ISBN: 978-0-9917799-5-6 or her own apparently lifeless body, with all the * A nursing lioness will give milk to any (c) 2013 attendant pain and discomfort of resuscitation. of the pride’s cubs. REL-MAR McConnell Media Company - As a direct result of this experience, the Look for more FACT*oids in this Newspaper! near-deather’s whole attitude to life changes. MUSIC OF THE ‘X’ ZONE CD They become more interested in spiritual Now You Can Listen To IS NOW AVAILABLE AT matters, although less dogmatically religious, and much less materialistic. They no longer The ‘X’ Zone Radio/TV Show have any fear of death. with Radio by Telephone AMAZON.COM Research shows that not all patients 213-401-0080