Lucid Dying
The New Science Revolutionizing How We Understand Life and Death
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- $299.00
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- $299.00
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From internationally renowned expert in resuscitation and New York Times bestselling author Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, comes a groundbreaking look at what happens to us when we die, based on the largest-ever research study run on recalled experiences of death.
Today, for the first time in history, the scientific exploration of death and what happens when we die is real, active and ongoing. Contrary to popular perceptions, this subject is no longer the remit of philosophy, religion, or personal opinion. Truly remarkable scientific discoveries that will fundamentally affect everyone’s lives now and in the future are taking place, yet very few people are aware of them. Most people—including scientists and doctors—maintain strong beliefs about death and its experience. Those beliefs are rooted in traditional, and often cultural, notions of death. But what if all that we have come to believe about death is fundamentally wrong? What if the paradigm we have been operating within no longer exists? What if death is not the end we thought?
Lucid Dying is the first book to share that science. Presenting data derived from multiple groundbreaking studies, Dr. Parnia shows that the entity we refer to as consciousness—our Self—does not seem to become annihilated when we die. In fact, during death, our consciousness vastly expands and leads to a vivid experience that follows a very specific narrative arc.
These studies support that there really is a universal experience of death that is meaningful, transcendent, positive, and transformative—not hallucinatory, delusional, or illusory as previously imagined. In his latest book, Dr. Parnia weaves empirical research with gripping stories to show us the truth of how death is not the end we all thought and how anyone can harness the newfound wisdom to lead deeper, more intentional lives.
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"Our consciousness and selfhood is not annihilated when we cross over into death," according to this eyebrow-raising treatise. Highlighting recent studies that blur the boundary between life and death, Parnia (Erasing Death), the director of resuscitation research at NYU's School of Medicine, notes that one neuroscientist was able to restore function to pig brains up to 14 hours after death and that another researcher discovered bursts of electrical activity in human brains between 30 seconds and two minutes after the heart stops. Parnia claims to have uncovered evidence proving the reality of near-death experiences, describing how an AI program he commissioned found testimonies from those who had nearly died to be linguistically distinct from remembrances of dreams and hallucinations. Unfortunately, Parnia's failure to discuss how the program was designed or how it evaluated evidence will do little to appease skeptics. Though some of the studies intrigue, Parnia's most outrageous claims strain credulity. For instance, he suggests that the out-of-body experiences and "expansion of consciousness" reported by survivors of near-death experiences might result from the human brain's efforts to process higher dimensions. This is unlikely to change minds.
