Humans are reportedly on the verge of "confirming the existence of ghosts" in a spooky breakthrough that could change life, and death, as we know it. Some scientists believe the discovery we all live on after death as spirits is plausible. Sam Parnia, an expert on near-death experiences , reckons we will soon find out the mystery of what happens after we die. His belief comes after studying those who who have had cardiac arrests and claim to have experienced “light at the end of the tunnel” moments. The expert believes our consciousness is not part of our proper brain and does not cease to exist when we die. The Daily Star reports he said: “I think in 50 or 100 years time we will have discovered the entity that is consciousness. It will be taken for granted that it wasn’t produced by the brain, and it doesn’t die when you die.” Book a city break this month from just £99 per person Our consciousness is not part of our proper brain and does not die when we die. ( Image: Getty Images) Parnia believes patients could have conscious awareness even after they are 'clinically dead' And other scientists say the same. Lance Becker has been a leader in resuscitation science for more than 30 years. In 2019, a
British woman named Audrey Schoeman who was caught in a snowstorm spent six hours in cardiac arrest before doctors brought her back to life with no apparent brain damage. Becker said: “I don’t think there’s ever been a more exciting time for the field, We’re discovering new drugs , we’re discovering new devices, and we’re discovering new things about the brain.” In the 2021
Netflix documentary called Surviving Death several prominent parapsychologists argued why they believed near death experiences showed consciousness exists independently of the brain. Bruce Greyson, an expert in near death studies, said: “When the heart stops, within 20 seconds or so, you get flatlining, which means no brain activity.” Jimo Borjigin, a professor of neurology at the University of Michigan, also reckons studies show more is happening in death than we fully realise. And in one study she found evidence of electrical activity in the brain after death. She said: “I believe what we found is only the tip of a vast iceberg. What’s still beneath the surface is a full account of how dying actually takes place. Because there’s something happening in there, in the brain, that makes no sense.” Other studies show more is happening in death than we fully realise. ( Image: Getty Images) According to surveys, one in 10 people claim to have had a near-death experience involving cardiac arrest, or a similar event. That’s roughly 800 million people worldwide who may have dipped a toe in the afterlife. The Mirror reported about a woman who was clinically dead for over fourteen minutes and says she saw a mountain range '30,000 times huger than Mount Everest' in the afterlife. Dr Lynda Cramer was on the way to her bathroom before she 'died' in the early hours of the morning on May 6, 2001. However, she claims her journey did not stop there and that she went to heaven during the time paramedics rushed to save her. Once resuscitated, she shared all that she had seen during an experience that felt five years long to her. Recalling what happened in an interview with NDE Diary on
YouTube, Dr Cramer claims she floated above paramedics working on her body, before she explored the afterlife, where she could take any form she chose.