There is new scientific evidence suggesting that life may in fact continue after death. The prevailing theory of consciousness has long been that the brain shuts down 20-30 seconds after the heart stops beating. Now a large scale study by doctors in the UK has revealed that in nearly 40% of cases where a patient was resuscitated after “clinical death” the patient can accurately recall details from their experience up to three minutes after death.
“The evidence thus far suggests that in the first few minutes after death, consciousness is not annihilated,” said Dr. Sam Parnia, the director of resuscitation research at SUNY-Stony Brook, who spearheaded the life after death study. “Whether it fades away afterwards, we do not know, but right after death, consciousness is not lost.”
Only 9% of those reporting after-death memories likened their experience to the traditional and comforting embrace from light or heaven, and only 20% reported feelings of peacefulness. Other revived patients described feeling a great anxiety and fear… almost like they were drowning in the darkness of deep water.