Welcome, 
noble viewers, to
Science and Spirituality 
on Supreme Master 
Television for the first
in a three part series 
on near death experiences 
or NDEs. 
For many years 
NDEs were not 
seriously examined 
or openly discussed by 
the scientific community. 
Recently however, thanks 
to a growing number of 
scientific studies 
and research efforts, 
thousands of NDE accounts 
have been formally 
documented worldwide. 
For more than 10 years 
Dr. Jeffrey Long, 
a radiation oncologist 
from Louisiana, USA, 
has been at the forefront 
of this movement and 
has contributed immensely 
to the advancement 
of near death experience 
research. 
A near-death experience 
may be defined 
as two components—
being near-death, and 
having an experience. 
The near-death part 
means that the person is 
so physically compromised 
from some accident 
or illness that they’re 
generally unconscious 
and may even be 
clinically dead. 
They’re so physically 
compromised that if they 
don’t improve physically, 
they will suffer irreversible 
permanent death. 
And yet at that time, 
when they’re unconscious 
and should have 
no possibility of 
a remembered conscious 
event during that period, 
they do have 
the experience part of 
a near-death experience. 
Dr. Long’s 
comprehensive collection 
of surveys and evidence 
of near death experiences 
from across the globe 
is presented in 
a recently published book 
he co-authored entitled, 
Evidence of the Afterlife: 
The Science of 
Near-Death Experiences.
The non-profit 
Near Death Experience 
Research Foundation 
was founded by Dr. Long 
and his wife in 1998 
and serves as a platform 
for people from all walks 
of life to share their 
personal NDE stories 
with the public by 
submitting them online at 
the Foundation’s website. 
A 100-item questionnaire 
is used to screen 
all submissions 
to assure only those who
have truly undergone 
a near death experience 
have their story recorded
by the Foundation. 
The website contains 
the largest known database 
in the world of 
individual NDE accounts. 
Let us now learn more 
about near death experiences 
from Dr. Long.
How many people 
actually have 
a near-death experience? 
A Gallup Poll published 
in 1982 
estimated that perhaps 
as much as five percent 
of the population has had 
a near-death experience. 
Other studies indicate 
that of those people 
that have a close brush 
with death, 
about 10 to 20% will have 
a near-death experience.
Is that here in the U.S.A. 
or worldwide?
The concept 
of about five percent 
of the population having 
a near-death experience 
actually comes from 
several different surveys 
around the world - 
United States, Germany, 
and Australia specifically  
- and that’s felt to be 
approximately accurate. 
The concept 
that about 10 to 20% 
of people facing 
a life-threatening event 
will have 
a near-death experience 
comes from studies 
all around the world.
Reports of 
near death experiences 
often describe entering 
into a blissful state 
and seeing beautiful 
Heavenly realms. 
Nearly all of those 
who were previously
afraid to die 
no longer have such a fear 
after undergoing a NDE. 
No two near-death 
experiences are identical 
if you study 
large numbers of 
near-death experiences, 
and I have, 
I’ve studied over 1,300. 
I’ve seen 
what other researchers 
have seen and that is, 
that there are elements 
consistently observed in 
near-death experiences. 
A typical, detailed 
near-death experience 
would involve first 
what’s called 
the out-of-body experience. 
Consciousness separates 
from the body 
and goes above the body. 
They can often 
from that vantage point 
see below them their 
frantic resuscitation efforts. 
One of the most common 
elements seen during 
a near-death experience 
are profoundly 
positive emotions. 
People feel intense love, 
compassion, 
connectiveness, oneness. 
They really feel 
that even though 
they’re in a mystical, 
unearthly realm, 
that realm is truly home. 
In addition to that, 
very often 
in these unearthly realms, 
they may come to believe 
that they have, if you will, 
universal knowledge. 
They say, 
“Ah hah! I understand 
how the universe works, 
my role in it and, 
what’s going on.” – 
knowledge beyond anything 
we could possibly know 
here on Earth. 
Unfortunately, 
essentially always, 
they’re not allowed to retain 
any of that knowledge, 
but those are certainly 
some very interesting 
near-death experiences 
that do describe that. 
The impact of 
personally experiencing 
a near-death experience 
is profound. 
People that have 
are generally changed 
and substantially changed, 
and the changes 
they go through 
last the rest of their life. 
What we’ve observed 
is that the people having 
a near-death experience, 
over time, they almost 
always believe that 
there’s life after death. 
Well of course they do. 
They believe they 
personally experienced it. 
They almost 
never fear death anymore 
because they have 
a strong awareness, 
even an understanding, 
about life after death. 
Other aftereffects 
may include 
decreased materialism. 
They have 
a much more interest 
in loving relationships 
with other people. 
These tend to be people 
that if they were in jobs 
where they had to 
compromise their 
moral principles, such as, 
sales jobs that at any cost 
(they must sell), they 
may find that after their 
near-death experience, 
that’s not a good match. 
And commonly 
near-death experiencers 
will change professions 
and go into 
the healing professions 
or professions in where 
they can manifest 
their newfound 
or increased ability 
and desire to 
interact lovingly with 
their fellow human beings.
After this brief pause, 
we will continue 
our intriguing interview 
with Dr. Jeffrey Long. 
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Welcome back to 
Science and Spirituality 
on Supreme Master 
Television, 
featuring an interview with 
a prominent researcher of 
near death experiences, 
Dr. Jeffery Long 
of the USA. 
Over a thousand 
near death experiencers, 
from all age groups, 
races, and 
religious backgrounds 
have documented 
their stories online at 
the Near Death Experience 
Research Foundation 
website. 
Regardless of the variations 
in demographic profiles 
of these individuals, 
Dr. Long has discerned 
nine common themes 
from these 
recorded experiences. 
He says 
that these similarities 
constitute nine lines 
of evidence that, 
taken together, 
are conclusive proof of 
the existence of an afterlife. 
As he points out, 
“No physiological 
or psychological 
explanation of NDEs
can account for 
what is observed in NDEs.”
Some of the remarkable 
commonalities 
between reported 
near death experiences 
include meeting 
deceased relatives, 
out-of-body experiences, 
and total consciousness 
while under 
general anesthesia. 
And also you spoke about 
the volume of 
the near-death experiences 
we’re talking about 
and the consistency 
of the stories.
Yes, a basic 
scientific principle is, 
that which is real 
is consistently observed. 
So you would expect 
if near-death experiences 
were real, 
you would consistently 
observe elements, 
not only among 
the over 1,300 I studied, 
but you would also 
expect that consistency 
of what goes on during 
near-death experiences 
from what all the other 
researchers are seeing 
in the thousands of other 
near-death experiences 
that have been reported. 
From extensive review 
of the scholarly literature 
and looking over 
what other researchers 
are seeing and having
studied near-death
experiences as I have,
what we’re observing 
in near-death experiences 
is consistently observed. 
And that consistency 
runs deep.
We see the same consistency
in the near-death
experience among
very small children. 
We see the same 
near-death experiences 
all around the world. 
It’s as if it doesn’t 
make any difference if 
you are a Hindu in India, 
a Muslim in Egypt, 
or a Christian 
in the United States, 
the similarity 
of the elements of 
near-death experience 
worldwide is striking.
Over the past 
five or 10 years 
there has been 
more and more scholarly 
research published, and 
that’s research published 
in some of the most 
prestigious scientific 
and medical journals 
in the world. 
And I think perhaps 
as a result of that research 
or perhaps scientists and 
physicians asking people 
that they know, 
if they personally 
perhaps have experienced 
a near-death experience, 
I think 
for a variety of reasons, 
today we’re having 
more open-mindedness 
among scientists 
and physicians 
about the reality of 
near-death experiences 
than we’ve ever seen before.
As an overview, 
about 45% of people 
have an out-of-body 
experience in the sense 
that they see ongoing 
earthly events at a time 
they’re unconscious 
or even clinically dead. 
That’s called 
the out-of-body experience 
component of 
the near-death experience 
and it’s typically 
the first element 
that’s observed.
As part of my study, 
I asked, “Did you 
experience a separation 
of consciousness 
from your body?” 
In response, 
75.4% of our near-death 
experiencers said “Yes.”
And I understand that 
the consciousness always 
goes above the body, 
that it’s up on the ceiling, 
usually looking down.
Virtually all the time. 
It’s quite rare to have 
the point of consciousness 
go below the level 
of the physical body; 
very, very uncommon 
to have the point 
of consciousness 
at the same level 
as the physical body. 
Virtually all the time 
that there’s an 
out-of-body experience, 
consciousness rises up 
above the body, maybe 
directly over the body 
or to some other area, 
sort of looking at the body 
from an angle. 
But in general, 
that’s how an out-of-body 
experience works.
Some of the most dramatic 
near-death experiences 
that I read involve 
the point of consciousness 
leaving far away 
from the physical body. 
They may travel outside 
of the emergency room 
where they’ve suffered, 
for example, 
a heart attack
and cardiac arrest. 
They’re actually able to see 
and hear ongoing events 
far from their 
physical body and
far from any possible 
sensory awareness. 
For example, 
we’ve had people 
have consciousness 
and during this 
out-of-body experience 
part of their 
near-death experience 
go to the nursing station 
where they were, 
even though they are 
in the operating room 
with their heart stopped. 
We’ve had people 
in an operating theater 
where they had 
their heart stop and then 
yet their consciousness 
was in the cafeteria 
of the hospital where they 
were seeing and hearing 
right at that point in time 
what their family 
was talking about 
and that is absolutely 
medically inexplicable.
An example of 
an out-of-body experience 
is, “I could feel my spirit 
actually leaving my body. 
I saw and heard 
the conversations 
between my husband 
and the doctors 
taking place 
outside my room 
about 40 feet away 
down a hallway. 
I was later able to 
verify this conversation 
to my shocked husband.”
After when they have their 
out-of-body experience, 
even if they were 
in an incredibly 
painful situation that 
caused them to nearly die, 
immediately they’re 
feeling no pain at all. 
They may feel 
a profound sense 
of peace and connection. 
In fact 
the most common word, 
what they feel 
and what is described 
in near-death experience 
is “love.” 
They feel love intensely, 
compassionately. 
They feel a connection or 
unity of people that they see 
and all other people. 
Very dramatic, 
incredibly intense, 
positive emotions 
described in 
near-death experiences.
Our sincere thanks 
Dr. Jeffrey Long for
speaking with us about 
your important research 
on near death experiences. 
Next Monday on 
Science and Spirituality, 
in part two 
of our three part series 
on NDEs, Dr. Long 
will further elaborate 
on the lines of evidence 
he considers proof beyond 
doubt of the afterlife, 
including blind people 
experiencing 
visual perceptions 
during their NDEs 
and small children giving 
near death experience 
details similar to adults.
For more details 
on Dr. Jeffrey Long, 
please visit 
Dr. Long’s book 
Evidence of the Afterlife 
is available at 
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caring viewers 
for your company 
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May we all look within 
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Imagine if all your life 
you had been deprived 
of one of your senses, 
and then experienced it 
for the first time…
Near-death experiences 
have been described 
in those totally blind 
from birth, 
they contain vision, 
not just fragments 
of vision or partial vision 
but dramatic, 
crystal clear vision. 
Discover more of 
the fascinating findings 
of Dr. Jeffrey Long, 
a physician who is 
on the forefront of 
near death experience 
research, in the second 
of a three part series 
on his work airing 
Monday, July 26, on 
Science and Spirituality.
Welcome, 
curious viewers, to
Science and Spirituality 
on Supreme Master 
Television 
for the second 
in a three part series 
on near death experiences 
or NDEs.
The non-profit 
Near Death Experience 
Research Foundation 
was founded
by Dr. Jeffrey Long, 
a radiation oncologist 
from Louisiana, USA  
and his wife in 1998 
and serves as a platform 
for people from all walks 
of life to share their 
personal NDE stories 
with the public by 
submitting them online at 
the Foundation’s website. 
Over a thousand 
near death experiencers, 
from all age groups, 
races, and 
religious backgrounds 
have documented 
their stories at the website. 
Dr. Long has discerned 
nine common themes 
from these 
recorded experiences. 
He says that these 
similarities constitute 
nine lines of evidence 
that, taken together, 
are conclusive proof 
for the existence 
of an afterlife. 
Dr. Long will now 
expand on one of 
these lines of evidence –
heightened senses, meaning
supernormal vision.  
What’s amazing about many 
near-death experiences 
is that they can see things 
during their 
near-death experience 
even if the object is far, 
far from their physical body 
or from where they are 
during their 
near-death experience. 
And in fact, many 
near-death experiences 
describe what’s referred 
to as “360 degree vision.” 
You see, 
those of us that live 
our normal earthly life, 
we have, if you will, 
a pie-shaped visual field 
because our eyes are back 
in the skull and 
because of their location 
in the eye socket, 
we can only see so far 
peripherally.
Yes. 
And you’ve described 
near-death experiences 
occurring in people 
who are actually blind 
from birth.
I think one of
the most evidential 
near-death experiences 
that I’ve ever heard 
occurs in those that are 
totally blind from birth. 
For those people born 
totally blind from birth, 
vision is an abstraction. 
You cannot explain vision 
to somebody born 
totally blind in terms of 
the remaining four senses. 
I’ve tried; it’s impossible. 
And yet, 
near-death experiences 
have been described 
in those totally blind 
from birth 
that contain vision, not 
just fragments of vision 
or partial vision 
but dramatic, 
crystal clear vision. 
It may include 
360 degree vision, 
and it is absolutely vision 
that immediately 
the near-death experiencer 
recognizes as being 
a completely unique sense 
that they have never had 
in their life.
I know in your book 
you described 
an experience of a person 
who was blind, 
who for the first time in 
her near-death experience 
saw her wedding rings. 
She knew that 
they were hers because of 
the particular floral design 
that was on them. 
In one dramatic 
near-death experience 
account from a lady who 
was born totally blind, 
for the first time in her life 
she saw her body down 
on the gurney 
in the emergency room, 
unconscious as a result 
of the auto accident 
she was in. 
She immediately was 
horrified and shocked 
because she’d never 
had vision before. 
It was so unfamiliar. 
After she calmed down 
a little bit, 
she was aware of seeing 
a body down below 
on the gurney but 
she didn’t know who it was, 
and it was only after 
she became aware 
through her newfound 
sense of vision, 
by correlating 
what she was seeing 
with knowing 
that she had long hair 
and knowing 
what the ring felt like, 
she was able to correlate 
the feel of the floral design 
on the ring with 
her first time in her life 
ability to see it.
That’s astounding. 
Also, what about sound? 
Is sound enhanced as well? 
I noticed 
that a lot of people 
actually talk about 
a very beautiful silence.
There are a number of 
near-death experiences 
in which silence occurs 
and it’s not 
a frightening silence, 
it’s sort of a warm, loving, 
embracing, peaceful, 
if you will, 
type of a silence.
And yet at other times, 
hearing can be far more, 
if you will, acute than 
we experience here in 
our earthly, everyday life. 
In other words, 
it becomes possible, 
especially in more detailed 
near-death experiences 
and especially 
in unearthly realms 
where they may be able 
to hear, if you will, sound 
that’s occurring far, 
far away from them, 
far outside of 
any possible physical, 
sensory awareness.
We asked Dr. Long about 
another of the nine lines 
of evidence he has noted, 
that of the life review.
It's interesting 
that a life review happens 
in some percentage of 
near death experiences. 
And when a life review 
happens, they may see 
either portions 
of their prior life 
or all of their prior life. 
This is often described 
as like scenes in a movie 
or they’ll have scenes 
that they can visually see 
that are apart from them, 
seemingly even flashing 
in their brain. 
But what’s fascinating 
are the so-called 
panoramic life reviews 
where they see 
all of their prior life. 
And in fact, as part of these 
panoramic life reviews, 
they may not only see 
every single action 
of their prior life, but 
they may become aware 
of what the other person 
felt like 
that they see themselves 
interacting with. 
During the few minutes 
they were unconscious 
or clinically dead, 
their consciousness is 
so accelerated that 
they are able to review 
their entire prior life.
 
I think it's very important 
for people to know 
that during 
a near-death experience, 
when they have 
a life review,
there's no sense 
of external judgment. 
In other words, 
there’s often
other beings with them, 
but they don't feel judged 
by the other beings. 
If there's any judgment 
or decisions 
or understandings, 
anything like that 
to be made 
about their prior life, 
it is simply from 
the near-death experiencer, 
and nobody else. 
Following 
this brief message, 
Dr. Long will explain 
why the concepts 
of time and space 
are different to one 
undergoing 
a near death experience. 
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Welcome back to 
Science and Spirituality 
on Supreme Master 
Television. 
Dr. Jeffrey Long of the 
Near Death Experience 
Research Foundation 
is sharing the accounts 
of people 
who have undergone 
near-death experiences, 
with a focus on elements 
that he has found common 
to the over one thousand 
individual reports 
of this phenomenon 
he has studied. 
Almost uniformly, 
near-death experiencers 
will say time did not exist 
in these unearthly realms. 
Space seems to be 
very, very different from 
what we know on Earth. 
In near-death experiences, 
they may move 
tremendous distances 
in what an earthly time 
would be seconds. 
It's as if time and space 
are completely different 
in these unearthly realms. 
It's interesting in many 
near-death experiences 
they will say 
that everything seems 
to be happening at once. 
So it's as if not only 
is there no time 
but your time seems 
to be so compressed 
or so nonexistent 
that a multitude of events, 
for example they can see 
their entire life, which 
may have been decades 
in the making, 
in literally minutes.
A good example 
of alteration 
of time and space during 
a near-death experience:
“It seemed as though 
I experienced so much in 
such a small length of time 
where my soul 
had traveled 
yet knew nothing of time 
as we know of time 
passing here on Earth.”
You mentioned that 
everything is happening 
at the same time, the past, 
the present, the future, 
is all happening 
at the same time. 
What I consider 
one of the really 
fascinating things that 
I have discovered with 
near-death experiencers 
and actually many
other people observed, 
observed this too, 
is that there seems 
to be some things 
that we’re seeing 
in near-death experiences 
such as the complete 
absence of time. 
There seems to be other
physical dimensions 
going on. 
There seems to be concepts 
that we're just starting 
to learn about in physics, 
such as quantum physics, 
such as the ability 
of physical matter 
to bi-locate 
or physical matter that's 
geographically apart 
from each other, where 
there's one interaction 
on one part of the matter 
that which is, if you will, 
entangled with, 
it will have the same or 
similar interaction even if 
it's geographically apart. 
All the past and present 
enlightened Masters 
have spoken about 
heavenly kingdoms and 
beautiful worlds beyond 
our physical dimension. 
Have any of those who 
have undergone an NDE 
seen these places? 
Dr. Long now shares 
from his book, 
Evidence of the Afterlife, 
one person’s account of 
traveling to another world.
“The landscape was 
beautiful, blue skies, 
rolling hills, flowers. 
All was full of light 
as if lit from within itself 
and emanating light, 
not reflecting it.”
“There was such beauty 
beyond expression. 
There was also 
a bright city 
or something like a city 
in the distance. 
The colors and structures 
of everything were 
beautiful, awesome.”
“All around me, 
I could see and feel 
a beautiful peace 
and tranquility 
with love and peace. 
As far as the eye could see 
to my left, was a beautiful 
landscape of tulips, 
of every color imaginable, 
to my right was 
a wall of a beautiful blue 
that matched the sky.”
There is such consistency 
in these descriptions 
of these unearthly realms. 
I mean the landscapes 
that are beautiful 
beyond anything 
they could even imagine 
here on Earth. 
There may be the colors, 
the light, harmony, peace 
and beauty 
that is just unimaginable 
and seemingly 
even indescribable 
with earthly words 
when they returned. 
There’s no doubt about it 
from the point of view 
of people that have had 
a near-death experience 
and traveled to 
these wondrous realms, 
there is a heaven because 
they've experienced it.
I am convinced 
in my research of 
near-death experience 
that we are finite people 
interacting with 
the infinite when we have 
a near-death experience. 
So it's no surprise 
that there will be 
some variability 
in how these wondrous 
heavenly places 
are described. 
Think of it, 
you're interacting with 
some small portions 
of that which is infinite, 
even beyond 
our imagination on Earth. 
And so there’s no doubt 
that that small slice 
of incredible beauty 
and wonder 
is what they experience 
and share with us after 
they return from their 
near-death experience.
One of the most 
remarkable revelations 
of Dr. Long’s research is 
the near-death experiences 
of children, including 
those considered 
too young to possess 
an understanding 
of the concepts of death, 
religion, or an afterlife, 
who report similar 
visions and feelings 
during their NDEs as those 
much older than them.
During an interview with 
a television news program, 
Dr. Long stated: 
“My research 
involved experiences 
of young children 
age 5 and under, and 
I found the content of their 
near-death experiences 
is absolutely identical 
to older children 
and adults.”
To close today’s program, 
we would like to convey 
our sincere appreciation 
to you, Dr. Jeffrey Long, 
for discussing 
your fascinating research 
on near death experiences, 
an endeavor that is 
uniting the worlds of 
science and spirituality. 
For more details 
on Dr. Jeffrey Long, 
please visit 
Dr. Long’s book 
Evidence of the Afterlife 
is available at 
Next Monday on 
Science and Spirituality,  
the last and final part
of our series will feature 
further insights 
from Dr. Jeffrey Long 
on the lines of evidence 
that have led him 
to the conclusion 
that an afterlife exists.
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Welcome, 
splendid viewers, to
Science and Spirituality 
on Supreme Master 
Television 
for the third 
of a three part series 
on near death experiences 
or NDEs featuring 
a leading expert in the field, 
Dr. Jeffrey Long.
The non-profit 
Near Death Experience 
Research Foundation 
was founded by Dr. Long, 
a radiation oncologist 
from Louisiana, USA  
and his wife in 1998 
and serves as a platform 
for people from all walks 
of life to share their 
personal NDE stories 
with the public by 
submitting them online at 
the Foundation’s website. 
Over a thousand 
near death experiencers, 
from all age groups, 
races, and 
religious backgrounds 
have documented 
their stories at the website. 
Dr. Long has discerned 
nine common themes 
from these 
recorded experiences. 
He says that these 
similarities constitute 
nine lines of evidence 
that, taken together, 
are conclusive proof 
for the existence 
of an afterlife. 
It is astounding to me 
the wisdom 
and knowledge that 
near-death experiencers 
sometimes are aware of. 
It's as if all of a sudden, 
in the unearthly realms, 
they have a sense of knowing
how the universe works, 
how it all fits together. 
Unfortunately, 
when they returned 
to Earth, they often, 
in fact typically find it 
very difficult to articulate 
their knowledge. 
A good example of that is 
one near-death 
experiencer who said 
that the universe 
of knowledge
that he had during 
his near-death experience 
when he returned 
to his earthly body was like 
trying to hold an ocean 
of unearthly knowledge 
in a tea cup 
of his earthly brain. 
So as result of that, when 
they're again interacting 
with something infinite 
and having that 
type of infinite wisdom, 
it's just simply 
not reasonable to think 
that those of us 
in finite earthly existence 
are going to be able to 
remember and assimilate 
and understand all of 
that infinite knowledge.
A commonly reported 
feeling among 
near death experiencers 
is a desire to not return 
to the body after 
stepping into the afterlife.  
Dr. Long has documented 
the different reasons 
people have cited 
for returning 
to the physical realm. 
When there's a discussion 
about returning 
into their earthly body, 
the near-death experiencer 
generally doesn't want 
any part of going back 
to the earthly body. 
They feel that 
intense peace, connection, 
love, and harmony. 
They feel they are 
a part of that unearthly 
heavenly realm and 
they want to stay there. 
The most common reason 
that they ultimately decide 
if you will, 
to choose to return 
to their earthly body
is number one: being 
in loving relationships, 
especially 
family relationships 
seemed to be very, very 
important in terms of 
what they need to learn. 
Important lessons about 
love and relationships 
are one of 
the major reasons that 
people ultimately choose 
to come to Earth. 
Another important reason 
is that they return to 
their earthly body because 
they have lessons to learn. 
In other words, 
they realize that there are 
important things that 
they need to learn during 
their earthly existence, 
there are 
important lessons
that apparently can only 
be learned here on Earth 
in an earthly existence. 
That is so important that 
they are willing to leave 
the beauty and wonder 
of a heavenly realm 
to return to Earth.
A lot of times 
you hear they're told 
''It's not your time yet, 
you have to go back.” 
That's 
a very common phrase. 
Many near-death 
experiences
will have the phrase 
''It's not your time.'' 
There seems to be 
an implication 
in that statement 
that there's a time 
when you're ready to 
return to the earthly realm 
or unearthly realm 
or that heavenly realm 
permanently. 
There's a time 
when the earthly life 
really should end. 
What seems to be important 
is that you have finished 
learning the lessons 
that you need to learn 
during your earthly life. 
In fact, 
near-death experiencers 
will often say being 
in that earthly existence 
is actually a gift, 
it's actually 
a part of their overall 
spiritual development 
that they've had 
that opportunity 
to come down to Earth 
and to live 
their existence here. 
Despite the large 
and growing body 
of scientific evidence 
for the reality of 
near death experiences, 
some have suggested 
alternative explanations 
for people’s accounts 
such as that they are 
mere hallucinations. 
Dr. Long now addresses 
one of these 
alternative theories.
Skeptics, 
they're trying to explain 
the near-death experience 
by the lack of oxygen 
to the brain. 
Can you describe 
what happens when 
we have a lack of oxygen 
and how that is 
different from 
a near-death experience?
One of my favorite 
skeptical explanations, 
if you will, 
of near-death experience 
is hypoxia which means 
decreased oxygen 
in the blood. 
But many of us in our life 
have had hypoxia: 
we may become 
severely short of breath, 
we may be 
experiencing suffocation 
for a whole variety 
of reasons. 
Well, when you're hypoxic 
- it has been 
very scientifically studied 
and determined -  
you slowly have 
decreased consciousness 
and the more hypoxic 
you get, the more 
toward unconsciousness 
you become. 
Finally, 
when you've been hypoxic 
or you have a low enough 
blood oxygen level 
you're actually 
completely unconscious. 
Hypoxia and its associated 
progression toward 
complete unconsciousness 
is actually 
a very strong explanation 
for the inexplicability 
of near-death experiences 
in the sense that they are 
occurring in the face 
of a life-threatening event 
often with severe hypoxia 
at a time 
they should be associated
with unconsciousness. 
And yet, 
the near-death experience, 
they are not unconscious, 
they are having 
these highly lucid, vivid, 
ordered experiences. 
We’ll have more 
from our interview 
with the knowledgeable 
Dr. Long 
in just a few moments. 
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According to 
Dr. Jeffrey Long’s book 
Evidence of the Afterlife: 
The Science of 
Near-Death Experiences, 
those that have undergone 
a near death experience 
report remarkably 
similar aspects 
of their experience 
regardless of 
their age group, 
religious background 
or culture.  
One of the lines of evidence 
Dr. Long has advanced 
as proof of the afterlife 
is what he calls lucid 
or crystal-clear 
consciousness.
This is defined as alertness 
when one is considered 
clinically dead 
and is a state that is 
not able to be explained 
by medical science.
Can we elaborate on 
''lucid consciousness''?
The great majority 
of people that have 
a near-death experience, 
even though 
every physical test 
and clinical observation 
indicates that 
they are unconscious 
or clinically dead, 
at that time they are having 
a highly lucid experience. 
In fact, one of my studies' 
survey questions asked 
what was your level 
of consciousness 
and alertness 
at the time of your 
near-death experience? 
About 76% of 
near-death experiencers 
said that their level 
of consciousness 
and alertness 
was actually higher than 
that of their earthly 
everyday life, and that's 
medically inexplicable. 
I mean, clinically, 
if you go to any dictionary 
on Earth, 
unconscious means 
“no consciousness.” 
That means no ability 
to have a conscience, 
remembrance 
during that time 
that you're unconscious. 
And yet, consistently, 
essentially every 
near-death experience 
at the time that
they are unconscious, 
that's when 
the near death experience 
is occurring. 
And there's no possible 
medical explanation for it. 
One of our 
survey questions asked 
near-death experiencers 
if their experience was 
dream-like in any way. 
The question was 
deliberately worded 
for them to give 
an affirmative “yes” 
response if there was 
any part of their 
near-death experience 
that was in any way 
like a dream. 
Essentially, uniformly, 
the response 
to that question 
was not just ''no'', 
but ''absolutely no.'' 
Near-death experiencers 
responded over and over 
and over that there was 
absolutely no connection 
between the experience 
of dreams and their 
near-death experience. 
The near-death experience 
is not fragmented, 
it's very clear, 
it's not blurred, 
not confused.
Virtually all other types 
of pathological conditions 
of human consciousness
- that is dreams, 
maybe hallucinations, 
maybe even 
psychotic episodes – 
typically, in other types 
of altered consciousness, 
the flow of the experience 
is fragmentary. 
That can happen 
in other types of 
pathological altered 
consciousness as well, 
but you essentially 
never see that experience. 
The experience elements 
don't skip around. 
They are very logical 
and they are ordered 
in which they occur 
and very flowing 
with no skipping around. 
There's continuity from 
a natural progression 
from one element 
to the other typically seen 
in near-death experiences. 
Near-death experience 
has nothing to do 
with dreams whatsoever.
Another factor 
that was considered is 
since 1975, 
more and more people 
have become aware of 
near-death experiences 
because there have been 
books published 
and because of TV shows. 
One of the studies I did 
was to compare 
near-death experiences 
before 1975. 
Now that's an important
year because
that was the year 
that the book 
''Life After Life'' 
by Dr. Raymond Moody 
was published, and 
that was the first book 
that described 
near-death experience. 
Before 1975, we knew 
essentially nothing about 
near-death experience. 
In fact, the term 
wasn't even invented. 
But as part of my study, 
I looked at 
near-death experiences 
that occurred 
prior to 1975 
and compared them
to near-death experiences 
that occurred after 1975 
and compared the elements 
of the experience. 
They were essentially, 
absolutely identical 
between the two groups. 
So that tells me, 
as a scientist, 
that it doesn't 
make any difference 
''when'' your near death 
experience occurred, 
if you'd even heard about 
near-death experience 
at all. 
A near-death experience 
seemed to be constant 
whether or not 
there's any possibility 
that you'd have even heard 
of near-death experience. 
There seems to be 
no suggestion whatsoever 
from my research, 
from that study, 
that if you've heard of 
a near-death experience 
that that will alter what 
you share about your 
near-death experience 
at all. 
Also you mentioned 
in the book that about 
66% of people who had 
a near-death experience 
have never even heard of 
a near-death experience 
before that.
Yes, that's true, 
surprisingly. 
We had a surprisingly 
high percentage of my 
near-death experiencers 
surveyed, about two thirds 
indicated that 
at the time of their 
near-death experience 
they didn't even know 
what a near-death 
experience was, they'd 
never heard about it. 
And yet, they have typical 
near-death experiences 
just like all other people 
even those 
who have heard about 
near-death experience. 
So once again, 
further strong evidence 
that it makes no difference 
whether you've heard of 
a near-death experience 
or not heard about 
a near-death experience, 
that is not going 
to change the elements 
of what occurs in 
a near-death experience 
at all.
Dr Jeffrey Long 
is not only convinced 
that there is an afterlife, 
he is also sure that death 
is a transition to another 
wonderful new beginning. 
He shares with everyone 
a beautiful message: 
“My absolute understanding 
that there is an afterlife 
for all of us - 
and a wonderful afterlife.” 
And: “The bottom line is 
what's on the other side 
is home.” 
Our deep thanks 
Dr. Jeffrey Long 
for your insightful work 
that is showing the world 
through the lenses 
of science that death is 
not the end of the road, 
but the start of 
a new journey for those 
who cross to the other side. 
We wish 
the Near Death Experience 
Research Foundation 
the very best 
in its future work 
in this fascinating area 
that blends science 
and spirituality.
For more details 
on Dr. Jeffrey Long, 
please visit 
Dr. Long’s book 
Evidence of the Afterlife 
is available at 
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