After | An In-Depth Interview with Bruce Greyson

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Dr Bruce Greyson is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. He is one of the world's leading scientists in the field of Near-Death Studies. He was a co-founder and President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) and Editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. His research over the past four decades has focused on near-death experiences, particularly their after-effects and implications. In this interview he talks about his experiences and the insights he gained from his work. He also talks about his book “After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond". Contents: 00:02:45 What triggered your interest in near-death experiences? 00:07:27 An overview about the last 40 years of research and work and the most important results 00:09:14 What profound effects have near-death experiences on people? 00:11:34 What are the cultural differences in NDEs between United States and Europe, or Asia or even early civilizations and cultures? 00:13:44 How difficult did you find it to overcome, the resistance or the lack of interest in the scientific fellow scientists, the medical world, or the public at large? 00:15:09 How difficult is it to get proof that observations of experiences, their perceptions, are actually accurate? 00:18:38 Putting up signs somewhere on the shelf so that the person in their out of body state could see the sign didn't go so well 00:20:37 About meeting diseased people who they couldn't have known that they had died 00:23:39 About the theories of how we explain near-death experiences 00:27:06 Is it true that some of the near-death experiences have happened during a state where it was fairly certain or sure that the brain couldn't have generated these experiences through normal means? 00:29:13 Dr. Eben Alexander's case 00:33:16 Is the mind or the consciousness – the soul – separate from the physical brain? 00:37:20 What can the research in near-death experience tell us about perhaps our hopes or questions whether we actually survive physical death? 00:38:56 Suicide and fear of death 00:40:10 Have we accumulated enough knowledge to conclude actually that consciousness does survive physical death? 00:42:36 What personal worldview have you derived at? Do you believe in life after death, or how do you see it? 00:43:20 What are the most important open questions in this field of near-death research? 00:46:07 What kind of challenges do near-death experiencers face? Credits: Interview: Jens Rohrbeck Editor: Werner Huemer ℗ Mediaservice Werner Huemer © 2021 Thanatos TV EN PLEASE JOIN OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC95WPHh1j9frBR7gyMOuBeQ/join PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WORK WITH YOUR DONATION: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=CNDY6LJZFU3GN