The Scientific Basis For NDEs, How Trauma Can Inform the Likelihood of Out of Body Experiences & What Near Death Experiences Reveal about Our Consciousness

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

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🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

What if death isn't the end but a doorway to something far greater? Dr. Bruce Greyson, M.D. (author of After, Chester Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, and co-founder of the International Association for Near-Death Studies) shares the near-death experience (NDE) that shattered his medical skepticism and launched decades of consciousness research. A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Greyson explores astonishing cases of tunnel visions, otherworldly reunions, and the powerful, peer-reviewed scientific evidence for life after death. Could it be that consciousness exists outside the brain? Discover why many say NDEs eliminate the fear of dying, trigger lifelong transformation, and may even unlock hidden psychic abilities. Plus: the surprising connection between trauma, psychedelics, and reincarnation science—and what it all reveals about what happens after we die.

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0:00.0	This idea has been around for centuries.
0:05.0	Hippocrates wrote about it 2,000 years ago.
0:07.0	He said, the brain is the interpreter of the mind.
0:10.0	The mind is not the brain.
0:12.0	People often talk about a barrier they have to pass between this world and the other world.
0:17.0	A gate or a door.
0:19.0	People in Japan often talk about crossing a river. They say things like,
0:24.5	it's as if I'm leaving my body. I feel like I'm sliding off the table. And they call all
0:29.2	these things out-of-body experiences. This consciousness can exist outside of our physical body.
0:37.2	If you look at evolution, our bodies developed to help us survive in the physical world.
0:42.3	You have all this stimulation coming at you from outside, and some of it's important to keep your help to survive, and some of it is not.
0:48.3	There are all sorts of electromagnetic wavelengths that we don't see as light because they're important to us.
0:54.4	We just see a small portion of it.
0:56.8	When you have a near-death experience or come close to death,
1:00.2	the brain's filtering function starts shutting down,
1:03.9	and you can experience all this mystical world.
1:13.6	Hi, I am I'm Bialik.
1:15.0	I'm Jonathan Cohen.
1:16.1	And welcome to our breakdown.
1:18.1	Today we're going to be breaking down...
1:19.9	The afterlife.
1:21.5	What does it mean to say that not only are your mind and brain different things, but that
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