Consciousness beyond death, with Dr. Pim van Lommel

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Cardiologist Dr. Pim van Lommel became internationally known after his ground-breaking study on NDEs (Near Death Experiences) was published in the respected medical journal The Lancet, in 2001. The study was remarkable in that it was a prospective one: conditions were set and ready before patients underwent cardiac arrest. The results showed that merely physiological explanations for the NDEs were inadequate, thereby raising profound questions about the nature of consciousness and its relation to brain function. In this in-depth interview, Essentia Foundation's Natalia Vorontsova discusses the philosophical implications of these findings with Dr. van Lommel, at his house in the Netherlands.
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00:00 Intro
00:03:25 Involvement with NDE research
00:07:55 Perceptual change
00:09:45 Possible root causes
00:25:05 Explain unexplainable
00:28:58 A man who lost his dentures
00:34:08 What about science?
00:37:11 Consciousness and body
00:46:03 Science and subjective experience
00:49:37 Science and non-local consciousness
00:53:53 Paradigm shift
00:56:38 Personal impact
00:58:57 Personal insights

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[ElizabethOnTheLake]

I have stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. Interviews like this give me so much peace.

[bluesky-rbfn]

I really, really enjoyed this, my sister passed in 2012, I was lying on the couch! I suddenly felt the softest kiss on my cheek, a kiss but yet not like a quick touch/ kiss, melting not sure how to explain, then I heard the softest voice of my sister she diagnosed love ya sis!!! Tears flowed down my face I said out loud my sister is gone, the telephone will be ringing, within about 5 minutes it did!! I knew she came to me!! My sister, my friend, my confidant ❤❤❤ how I miss her! How blessed am I to have had that experience!!! Thank you!! Stop the hate it will never serve you !! Blessing to you all!!!

[E-Kat]

My friend's son had a sudden stroke at the age of 18 whilst at university.
On this day his mum for some strange reason had decided to go home during her lunch break and feed the cats!
When she entered her house, she saw her son slumped in the chair. She could tell herself that he had a stroke and was experiencing more .He came home long way from university and it wasn't a special occasion or anything like that!
He was flown to the best hospital, operated instantly and put into induced come, with the top of his scull cut off and kept in the freezer as he kept having strokes, one after another, almost!
Months had passed and he wasn't showing any signs of improvement at all. One day all the tests were indicating that he was brain dead, so he had a cerebral angiography and this confirmed it as well.
So, it was all agreed that her son is dead, and only the machines keep him going!!
Next morning, several doctors and nurses went to get with my friend and her husband and their family to the hospital chapel to pray for their son!
Then they went to his room and decided to pray a bit more, whist standing around his bed.
All of a sudden, a doctor had noticed my friend's son's little finger moved a little. They said it just some electrical impulses but the finger moved again and again and the hand moved a bit more!!
They were all very surprised but said it still could be some impulses only.
He started moving his other fingers, other hand as well .
It was decided to grant him more time and intensify his care. After some weeks ( I really don't remember how long this period took, so forgive me if I'm wrong here) and then he opened his eyes and cried out loud! His mum pressed the big alarm and every single doctor slid into the room, disbelieving what they were seeing.
I can't remember how much longer he was in hospital but he had to learn to talk and walk, and swallow thickened water and eat thickened dinner, till he was OK ed to swallow normal, but tiny bits of soup and mashed potatoes! But he did it!!
What a journey is had been!
He regained his memory completely and went back to university to study physics and later studied for another PhD.

Everything was pointing out that he was dead!He heard doctor's conversations in the room and when he knew they'll kill him, he mustered his power from somewhere and was able to move the little finger, which he couldn't even fill ! He did it with his brain, because he wanted to live more than anything.
The only thing reminding him of his horrible illness is a ridge on his forehead as the skull, kept in the freezer had shrunk.
Now, doctors can stop this from happening very easily. His wife doesn't mind it a bit, nor his children; they have a cool dad.

There's something more in us, which even the most sophisticated equipment cannot measure!

Often the family as a feeling that their child can hear them and doctors must listen to them, not to the clever machines.

Thank you again if you've made it to the end. 🥀

[scordelmartine]

So True !!❤ I was 29 and had à NDE a cardiac arrest . When I came back from à dark emty space in which I had no more body only my consciousness but no more pain or sorrow, I was back in my room and EVERYTHING around me was Divine, ❤❤❤❤Paradise was in my room !!!! Unbelievable devine LOVE ❤❤❤
Years later I bécane an Energy Healer and so many miraculous events happened n my life and they Still do !❤❤
Death dies not exist, DO not be afraid Nobody is ever lost !! GOD does exist ❤❤❤❤
Love to all from France ❤❤❤
Martine

[rustywantstowin]

My grandfather, Granddaddy Les, had a massive heart attack and he watched his entire quadruple bypass surgery from the ceiling above looking down on it. He was a very conservative man and did not believe or even think about anything of this sort. Just a simple, country man from Corinth, MS. After much hesitation of what others may think of him, he finally admitted it to my grandmother, then he told us, his family members, and Les described the entire surgery in detail. It is the unquestionable truth for certain. He had no other way of describing any of this except by exactly what he saw from directly above the operation.

[travis]

What a great interview! I am a MD from Norway, and was a dogmatic materialist. Thanx to your own Bernardo K and also Rupert Spira, it led med to deepdive into ND for the last 2 years, also love Donald Hoffmans science on same topic. All make sense now.

[elenak]

I had an accident and had lost lots of blood. The doctors repaired the wound and the Nurse put me on a drip.
All through that experience, drifting in and out of consciousness, i felt warms and happiness. My logical brain was wondering why i don't feel scared or traumatized. I felt detached from reality and my life and wasn't bothered whether i live o die. I was just happy to float in that moment.
And yes, when my son had suddenly died at 4 o clock in the morning in another country, i woke up and couldn't understand why. But somehow i also had a unexplained feeling of happiness. Obviously not being aware of the tragedy.
And he did come to me in a dream few times. Clearly remember on the 40 th day after death, he was alive and sitting with me and my husband at the table, being cheerful and loving and saying again and again that he will be visiting us all the time- we were moving to another country at that time.
When i do feel sad of losing him, the thought of joining him one day feels very comforting.

[greenthumb]

When I was in my early twenties, I’m mid fifties now, I laid down on my bed for a quick rest, not to sleep but just to refresh myself for a minute. I had a lot to do so I sat up in bed and swung my legs off to stand up, I stood and noticed the most glorious golden sunlight was coming in from the window behind me and was moved to go look out the window as I went around the end of the bed towards the window I saw that my body was in fact still laying on my bed, it startled me and upon feeling fear I was instantly back in my body. Afterward I was so disappointed in myself for being afraid, it was the most beautiful, almost loving light, I wish I could’ve just went along with it and explored the experience. Many, many other things happen that I can’t explain but I think it may be related to having died at three years old due to a big chunk of cement falling on my head, I don’t remember an NDE but it’s sort of like I’ve always had a toe on the other side of the veil so to speak. Peace.

[NOTFOUND-dqho]

I came across this video before taking a nap and I thought I will just open it for background noise to sleep. But I ended up being completely wide awake 😂 Exciting to hear every minute of the clip

[Daniel-Tiger]

The night my father died he came to me in a dream and was young and healthy he wanted to show me that he was ok and all he could do was wave at me.

[cristinahutchins]

Thank you for the interview. I read his book, Consciousness Beyond Life, about nine years ago. It was lovely to "meet" the man behind the research. Such a lovely human being 🙏

[enricofossa]

What an incredible man!! What an emotion!! I have seen and read everything about Dr. Van Lommel, but this interview marks the end of the old science and all its blind supporters, still stuck in the Middle Ages!!
Long live you great Pim.

[lenBrill]

This is the calmest, most relaxing interview I have seen.

[vitalisopel]

I had a friend whom we grew up together who died mysteriously after months in hospital, I was far away from him, nearly a thousand miles but he came to me in a dream, refused to shake hands with me saying he’s dead and I’m alive we can’t touch each other’s hands.He told clearly what caused his death contrary to what people were saying, I was shading tears telling him just to let me hold his hands but he refused he started moving backwards as I was following him to a very thick forest then he stopped and told me that he has to go now and in that forest there were people talking, laughing, babies crying, children singing and playing, that was the land of the dead, he then weirdly jumped deep into the forest and that was it.From that day my fear of death just faded, it’s not even there, death is merely a transition, you’re joining another world altogether

[silhogewerf]

I died for 12 minutes 3 years ago. I’m Dutch and I listening/reading a lot of this man and I can confirm every word he says

[quakequake]

Why is this video not having more views? Because the people in charge don't want you to know your true nature! If everyone knew that we are all connected as one consciousness, they could never again be enslaved and manipulated! This video needs to go viral because it's the most important discovery of the century! This is exactly what the great saints, rishis, yogis, monks, priests of the past have been saying. These great masters could through leave their bodies at will. Even today thousands of people are astral projecting out of their bodies. I pray a new awakening is upon us so we can end these wars and the feeling of separation. We are neither these bodies nor our thoughts, the closest word that can be described as our true nature would probably be unconditional love or consciousness.

[ggamer]

I’m early down this rabbit hole. I had a moment during meditation that is almost identical to the near death experiences described here. Im a scientist and wasn’t spiritual but what I felt was so deep and real I can’t explain it but I now know with so much certainty that consciousness is connected and infinite/timeless. Since then, I’ve listened to Alan watts and Dr Roger Penrose on consciousness along with reading stalking the wild pendulum. There seems to be a lot of people that have had similar experiences, I find it fascinating to learn about but also frustrating to see the close mindedness of ‘science’ towards this subject.

[albertperks]

I've watched a number of interviews with Dr Pim van Lommel over the years he always has this ability to add extra context/data so I always feel I've learnt something new.

[semrabahcivan]

Thank you so much for understanding us DR. Pim van Lommel, I remember every minute of my NDE even after 22 years, so difficult to forget about death and go on on this side. Power of White Light still on me that I received on the other side.

[dottyg]

Loved this interview, I have thought for sometime now that our soul does not die when the body dies… my 102 yr old mam has just died a few days ago and it does helps me knowing that she is still around just on another realm