A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument. The brain works some crazy magic, but if it's your experience; who am I to say shit. I think it's probably custom made from your beliefs but still, real to that person.

I don’t say anything it’s none of my business.

I have never met anyone who says they have experienced this. To everyone else I would say that the brain (aka god) works in mysterious ways. That seems to work for jebus people.

Near death isn't death and hallucinations aren't to be taken seriously.

i think the people who make those claims are not lying; they're not correct, but they're not lying. dreams and hallucinations can be quite compelling.

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According to those who study such phenomena, it is the random firing of neurons as the brain dies. I tend to believe this explanation, personally. There's a lot of science, and many decades of knowledge backing it.

My late wife had many near death experiences before her brain tumour finally won, and she said it was just pleasant and peaceful with memories of loved ones including her cats who had passed, but also some people who were still around.
She/we believe it is just the delusions of a brain under those conditions.

If you hit two people hard in the back of the head, they will both claim to see stars, this does not mean they are astronauts, simply that they have had the same experience and experienced the same result.

Like wise when people come close to dying they see a tunnel of light and have a feeling of levitation, their brain calms them to face the inevitable before shut down.
Almost dying produces the so called near death experience, it is nothing supernatural, it is a natural reaction to a natural situation.

It;s electrical activity in the brain, thats what I've heard from the experts , scientists,theres also books
I've read about the two sides of the brain, they communicate with each other, like when people say that they are communicating with a god, interesting stuff.

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I have had 2 such experiences and never saw/felt any such thing, not even close.
Nor did I "return" with a burning desire to "help humankind" by raking in the big bucks on the lecture/book tour showboat!

I say they're full of shit.
No one can see places that do not exist.

They're nothing but hallucinations.

One simple word, BULLSHIT.

The brain can do some funny shit as it's dying. That's what I think.

It's all in their minds. If you're atheist you'll never have that experience.

That there's a scientific explanation for that. Please refer to this website: [scientificamerican.com]

I read Proof of Heaven by Dr. Eben Alexander but I wasn't convinced.

Their brain trying to make sense of the event, a coping mechanism. Much like sleep paralysis.

I think the brain is not completely understood and as a result folks do try to translate something unknown into familiar images or reasonable scenarios. The brain is electrical impulses and firing synapses. If bits and pieces are not getting required nutrients during shut down (near death/oxygen deficiency), there is a still a need to reason out the experience. (Go toward the light... Trauma centers are VERY bright. ?)

Dead men tell no tales.

I've always attributed the phenomenon to a brain that is shutting down, as in wishful thinking.

And so why did any of them return to here and now?

Please be aware of the word NEAR.

I have a friend who had a near death experience (heart attack). His description of the experience: "totally blank nothing, there's just nothing out there". Confirms my belief that this is all there is and when you're dead, your dead.

I know a guy who was dead for 5 minutes.he described it as a calm glowing warmth that made him feel completely at peace.

I'm not a shrink or have any credentials but I think that may occur as your Brain shuts down that may occur because being near the threshold of death and then you recover and you do not actually die. We won't know what happens till we really pass on and no coming back.