What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond with Dr. Bruce Greyson

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker. We often think the mind is a creation of the brain or that the mind and the brain are one and the same. But when the brain is offline for a number of reasons, like illness or injury, the mind can sometimes still be very active. On today’s episode of The Dhru Purohit Podcast, we are re-sharing my interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson about this phenomenon in the context of near-death experiences, or NDEs. Dr. Greyson shares some of the most dramatic first-person accounts of near-death experiences from his book After. We discuss how NDEs reveal a lot about dying and what might come after, but they also reveal just as much about life and living, the value of compassion and our interconnectedness with one another, and what makes life meaningful and fulfilling. We also talk about how NDEs can help transform the fear of dying that pervades our culture. Dr. Greyson is a professor emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the UVA School of Medicine. He was a cofounder and president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies. His award-winning research led him to become a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and to be invited by the Dalai Lama to participate in a dialogue between Western scientists and Buddhist monks in India. His book, After, is the culmination of almost half a century of scientific research. In this episode, we dive into: -Dr. Greyson’s first experience with a patient who had a near-death experience (8:00) -A near-death experience story from Dr. Greyson’s book (18:57) -What near-death experiences tell us about the mind-body connection (22:34) -The parallels between psychedelic experiences and near-death experiences (32:03) -The misconceptions around near-death experiences (37:56) -How near-death experiences reduce the fear of death (42:05) -How to get the benefits of a near-death experience without actually having one (44:52) -The history of near-death experiences (49:58) -Reincarnation beliefs among near-death experiencers (52:20) -How near-death experiences change people’s lives (1:04:43) For more on Dr. Greyson, follow him on Instagram @BruceGreysonMD, Facebook @BruceGreysonMD, Twitter @BruceGreyson, and through his website, brucegreyson.com. Get his book, After, here. This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker. Right now, ButcherBox is offering new members a great deal. You’ll receive two ribeye steaks FREE in your first box. Sign up at ButcherBox.com/dhru. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you lose your fear of dying, you also lose your fear of living to the fullest,
0:04.8	because you're not afraid of taking risks and losing something because you're not afraid of
0:09.2	what comes next. And they say that once you have this new death experience, you realize that you're
0:14.1	not alone, you're part of something much greater than yourself, which means that the problems of
0:18.3	this bag of skin are not all that important. Hi everyone, Drupal out here. Today we're talking about
0:25.2	near-death experiences. Near-death experiences where people are on the verge of transitioning from
0:32.0	this life and going to somewhere else, whereas that we don't know, but we're talking with Dr.
0:38.6	Bruce Grayson about what near-death experiences reveal about this life and beyond. Dr. Bruce Grayson
0:47.6	is a fascinating individual. He's the professor of psychiatry and neuro-behavioral sciences
0:54.9	at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He served on the medical school faculty at the
1:01.2	University's of Michigan, Connecticut, and Virginia. He was a co-founder and president of the
1:06.3	International Association of Near-death Studies and the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies.
1:12.4	His award-winning research has led him to becoming a distinguished life fellow of the American
1:18.7	Psychiatric Association, and he's been invited by the Dalai Lama to participate in a dialogue
1:24.5	between Western scientists and Buddhist monks in India. His book, which we'll be talking about today
1:30.7	after, is the culmination of almost a half a century of scientific research. Today's podcast is a
1:38.0	re-aering of our interview with Dr. Bruce Grayson. If you missed it or if you heard it,
1:44.2	it's one of those episodes that is stuck with me. And one of our most popular episodes on YouTube,
1:50.0	if you're curious about the topic of near-death experiences. If you've known somebody who's had a
1:54.8	near-death experience, if you're curious about what comes after this life, that's why this episode
2:00.6	is so fascinating and worth a listen. You know, we've been running and re-aering some of our most
2:06.2	popular episodes over the last few weeks, while many people, including my team and myself,
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