Coma and Near-Death Experience
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Coma and Near-Death Experience

The Beautiful, Disturbing, and Dangerous World of the Unconscious

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Coma and Near-Death Experience

The Beautiful, Disturbing, and Dangerous World of the Unconscious

About this book

• Examines the experiences of those who have survived comas• Demonstrates how a key element of the brain is switched off by coma-inducing sedatives, allowing the mind to break free from the body• Shares proven alternatives to medically-induced coma that are safer for treating critically ill patients and kinder for the patients and their familiesEvery day around the world, thousands of people are placed in medically-induced comas. For some coma survivors, the experience is an utter blank. Others lay paralyzed, aware of everything around them but unable to move, speak, or even blink. Many experience alternate lives spanning decades, lives they grieve once awakened. Some encounter ultra-vivid nightmares, while others undergo a deep, spiritual oneness with the universe or say they have glimpsed the afterlife.Examining the beautiful and disturbing experiences of those who have survived comas, Alan and Beverley Pearce explore the mysterious levels of consciousness this near-death experience unlocks. They demonstrate how a key element of the brain is switched off by coma-inducing sedatives, allowing the mind to break free from the body and experience a greater expansion of consciousness. Revealing the dangers of deep sedation and other intensive care procedures, the authors show how comas are unnecessary more often than not and that many coma survivors go on to suffer lasting cognitive and physical harm. Exploring proven alternatives to medically-induced coma, they share tried and tested protocols that are safer for critically ill patients and kinder for the patients and their families.Showing how we can avoid the suffering caused by comas, this book reveals the wide variety of conscious states that can arise during comas, both positive and negative, and how accepting the reality of these experiences is crucial not only to the recovery of coma survivors but also to the field of consciousness and near-death experience (NDE) studies.

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Information

Publisher
Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781644119228
Edition
0
Subtopic
Death in Sociology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright & Permission
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Contribution
  8. Introduction
  9. Part 1: A World More Vivid than Life Itself
  10. Part 2: Shining a Light on the Dimensions of Consciousness
  11. Part 3: The Reality of Life after Coma
  12. Afterword
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. Useful Links
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index
  18. About the Author
  19. Books of Related Interest
  20. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
  21. Backcover