Near-Death and Transient-Death Experiences™: The Near-Death Experience (NDE) is an extraordinary experience, or psychological event, that is exceptional in nature. This experience may occur when an individual is in real, imminent and potentially life-threatening danger or when the person feels close to physical and psychological death. NDEs are associated both with themes or impressions that are now regarded as common features across these experiences, such as seeing a light or a being of light, as well as with the unique recollections and interpretations of an individual near-death experiencer (NDEr). The transient-death experience(TDE) is a specific type of NDE, namely one that occurs when the experiencer is at the point of clinical death. Those who have an experience of this nature (TDErs) are not ‘near-death’ at the time of their experience they are, for a time, temporarily dead. They experience a period of transient-death. During transient-death measurable brain activity ceases, breathing stops and death may be pronounced. Yet, for example, during this period TDErs remember the continued ability to see and hear, and some report both hearing and seeing the pronouncement of their own death.
Premonitions: This refers specifically to forewarnings of death in the future, not necessarily of oneself, and these premonitions are later proven to be accurate.
It is of significance that the different experiences described here overlap in some respects, with many of the accounts, although unique, carrying similar themes or features. Transpersonal experiences of this nature offer psychologically-based insights into the greater nature of humankind. These insights and communications may have a profound impact on the behaviour, mood and emotional state of those who experience them, and this aspect forms a significant and vital aspect of the Foundation’s research.
TELERF affords all who are willing to participate in its research an environment of absolute understanding, support and validation. Should you be willing to share an experience of this nature click here. The goal of the Transformative End-of-Life Experiences Research Foundation (TELERF) is to identify, describe, collate and analyse these transpersonal and transitional experiences associated with end-of-life. Through its work, TELERF aims to reassure those who are nearing the end of their life that death is perhaps not as it seems. It also aims to bring comfort to family members, loved ones and friends through the exploration of these psycho-spiritual experiences, through recognition of the often powerful and positive impact these experiences have on those who experience them, and through an analysis of what research of this nature suggests about the possible continuity of life and consciousness after death. Furthermore, the Foundation hopes that the research it undertakes may assist carers, hospice workers, medical professionals, family members and friends to become more open to, accepting of and comfortable with end-of-life experiences that are both exceptional and transpersonal in nature.
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