telling the story of, 144Monroe, Robert A., 158
Moody, Raymond, Life After Life, 133–34, 135
MRI (magnetic resonance image), 36
mystical states, 158
mystical worldview, 154
NDE (near-death experience):
author’s experience of, 9 , 77–79, 89–92, 135 , 141–44, 149 , 161 ,
162–64, 170–71, 188
believers of, 140
and cardiac arrest, 133–34
classic occurrences of, 77
difficulty of conveying to others, 10 , 72 , 125 , 135 , 136 , 144 , 162
earthly identity forgotten in, 162–64
literature of, 78–79, 126–27, 131–32, 134 , 162
and memory, 139 , 141 , 185 , 188
moving toward the light in, 38–39
neuroscientific hypotheses of, 141–44, 185–88
openness to understanding of, 140–41, 146
other people’s experiences of, 76–77, 131–32, 162 , 168
unbelievers of, 140 , 141
uniqueness of each experience of, 131 , 162
written account of, 127–28
neocortex:
electrical activity of, 159
functional column of, 187
and reboot phenomenon, 188
shut down in coma, 8 , 9 , 133 , 141–42, 144 , 186 , 188
neurotransmitters, 142
neutrons, 150
N of 1, 89–92