Quantum Synchronicity
Physicist Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung (who experienced a profound NDE himself) developed the concept of synchronicity which is the theory is that hidden patterns in life can be expressed by seemingly coincidental events, and that these patterns represent communication with a conscious universal mind. Niels Bohr, the founding father of quantum physics, discovered that an interconnectedness exists between unrelated subatomic events and therefore, interconnectivity of life is real. When Jung first advanced his idea, most physicists did not take it seriously (although one eminent physicist of the time, Wolfgang Pauli, felt it was important enough to co-author a book with Jung on the subject entitled "The Interpretation and Nature of the Psyche." But now that the existence of non-local connections has been established, some physicists are giving Jung's idea another look. Physicist Paul Davies states, "These non-local quantum effects are indeed a form of synchronicity in the sense that they establish a connection - more precisely a correlation - between events for which any form of causal linkage is forbidden." This theory supports a reality which corresponds with the NDE.
Sources:
(a) "Jung's Synchronistic Interpretation of the Near-Death Experience: An Unnecessary Mystification", Journal of Near-Death Studies: Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 261–268.
http://tinyurl.com/hrgny (b) Wikipedia's Online Encyclopedia on Synchronicity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity (c) Crystalinks on Synchronicity
http://www.crystalinks.com/synchronicity.html Space and Time Interconnectivity
A European astrophysicist by the name of Metod Saniga used NDE research to develop a mathematical model of time that seems to offer solutions to problems that have vexed scholars since Einstein. In brief, Dr. Saniga takes seriously the testimony of NDErs when they describe being in a realm where "time stops", and where some of them "see the past, present, and future all at once." To this occurrence of what he calls "the Pure Present." Dr. Saniga used these "anomalous experiences" to show that a single mathematical model can account for both the conventional and the extraordinary ways that humans experience time."
Sources:
(a) Metod Saniga's articles on the structure of Space-Time
http://www.ta3.sk/~msaniga/pub/space-time.html (b) "Anybody Really Know What Time Is?", Wired News
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52703,00.html (c) The NDE and Time: Kevin Williams' Research Conclusions
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research13.html Time Travel
On March 6, 2002, ABC News reported: "Scientists Explain Why Time Travel Is Possible." NDE research findings include experiencers who travel through the tunnel and experience time travel.
Sources:
(a) "Only a Matter of Time: Scientists Explain Why Time Travel Is Possible", ABC News
http://neardeath.home.comcast.net/science/001_pages/14.htm (b) The NDE and Time: Kevin Williams' Research Conclusions
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research13.html Teleportation
On Feb. 9, 2004, Technology Review reported: "Electricity Teleportation Devised." Instantaneous travel is a feature which often appears in NDE testimony where thoughts are deeds.
Sources:
(a) "Electricity Teleportation Devised", Technology Research News
http://neardeath.home.comcast.net/science/001_pages/12.htm (b) "Air Force Report Calls For $7.5 Million to Study Psychic Teleportation", USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-11-05-teleportation_x.htm (c) Examples from near-death.com of teleportation within NDEs:
http://tinyurl.com/8oc46 and
http://tinyurl.com/bb2jb and
http://tinyurl.com/cz6zx and
http://tinyurl.com/dsvsz Non-Locality
On June 26, 1997, Swiss scientists found evidence that light particles known as photons are somehow linked over a distance of six miles. Scientists at the University of Geneva generated pairs of photons and sent them along two separate optic fibers, ending up six miles apart. These findings support the concept of non-locality found in NDEs.
Sources:
(a) "Light Particles Communicate Over Six Miles," Reuters News
http://neardeath.home.comcast.net/science/001_pages/32.html (b) "Consciousness, Causality, and Quantum Physics," Journal of Scientific Exploration, 11:1, pp. 69-78, Spring 1997
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dp5/jse.htm (c) "Autoscopic Evidence: Dr. Charles Tart's Out-of-Body Research"
http://www.near-death.com/tart.html (d) "Out-of-Body Experience and Autoscopy of Neurological Origin," Brain, Vol. 127, No. 2, 243-258, 2004
http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/127/2/243 Singularities
One aspect of the NDE which is very common is the experience of traveling through a tunnel and into a different dimension of reality. These experiences with the NDE tunnel may very well be wormholes or singularities as described in astrophysics.
Sources:
(a) "Escape From The Universe," by Michio Kaku, Prospect Magazine
http://prospectmagazine.co.uk/article_details.php.6701.html (b) "The Out-of-Body Experience As Dimensional Translocation," by Jim Dekorne, New Dawn Magazine
http://tinyurl.com/8a3wy (c) The NDE and the Tunnel: Kevin Williams' Research Conclusions
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research16.html Subjectivity
Similarities can be found between elements of NDEs and in quantum field concept of subjectivity. They suggest that all events are related and influence each other instantaneously and in reciprocity, and only subjectivity remains.
Sources:
(a) Neppe, VM (1983). The relevance of the temporal lobe to anomalous subjective experience, In: White RA, Broughton, RS, eds. Research in Parapsychology 1983. Metuchen, NJ.: Scarecrow Press; 1984: 7-10
(b) Alvarado, C.S. (2000). Out-of-body experiences. In E. Cardeña, S.J. Lynn, and S. Krippner, eds., Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
(c) Swiel DJ, Neppe, VM. The incidence of subjective anomalous experience in naive subjects. PJSA. 1986; 7 (1): 34-53.
Holographic Theory
Near-death life reviews pose a challenge to current memory research in terms of the sheer amount of instantaneous and empathetic information recall. Advances in quantum physics, bio-mechanics, holographic information theory, and consciousness studies support for the first time a fully realizable quantum bio-mechanical basis for near-death life reviews. We introduce the unifying paradigm of the quantum hologram as a non-local carrier of information. We further investigate the interrelated phenomena of non-local communications, and the electromagnetic zero-point field (ZPF). Recent confirmation of the ZPF lends credibility to vast memory storage capabilities outside the physical body. Microtubules are considered to be key components in non-local, quantum processes critical to human consciousness. Discovery of the liquid crystalline nature of the human body provides further support for our model. Microtubules, DNA and the entire brain are described as communicating non-locally with virtually unlimited memory storage capacity.
Sources:
(a) “A Quantum Bio-Mechanical Basis for Near-Death Life Reviews”, Journal of Near-Death Studies, Spring 2003, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 169-189
http://tinyurl.com/zauag (b) The NDE and the Life Review: Kevin Williams' Research Conclusions
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research24.html (c) The NDE and Knowledge: Kevin Williams' Research Conclusions
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research27.html Other Scientific Articles Supporting a Correlation Between NDEs and Physics
(a) Edge, H. (1987). The use of physics in answering metaphysical questions. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(2), 122-126.
http://tinyurl.com/frd5o (b) Slawinski, J. (1987). Electromagnetic radiation and the afterlife. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(2), 79-94.
http://tinyurl.com/frd5o (c) Greyson, B. (1989). Can science explain the near-death experience? Journal of Near-Death Studies, 8(2), 77-92.
http://tinyurl.com/hssrg (d) Arnette, J. K. (1995). The theory of essence. II. An electromagnetic-quantum mechanical model of interactionism. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 14(2), 77-99.
http://tinyurl.com/j22n6 (e) Kazanis, D. (1995). The physical basis of subtle bodies and near-death experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 14(2), 101-116.
http://tinyurl.com/j22n6 (f ) Greene, F. G. (1999). A projective geometry for separation experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 17(3), 151-191.
http://tinyurl.com/qkubt (g) Crumbaugh, J. C. (1999). A contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to near-death studies. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 18(1), 5-11.
http://tinyurl.com/ow6vn (h) Paulson, D. S. (1999). The near-death experience: An integration of cultural, spiritual, and physical perspectives. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 18(1), 13-25.
http://tinyurl.com/ow6vn (i ) Audain, L. (1999). Near-death experiences and the theory of the extraneuronal hyperspace. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 18(2), 103-115.
http://tinyurl.com/nsux3 (j ) Lundahl, C. R., & Gibson, A. S. (2000). Near-death studies and modern physics. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 18(3), 143-179.
http://tinyurl.com/oso8x "Although each of us obviously inhabits a separate physical body, the laboratory data from a hundred years of parapsychology research strongly indicate that there is no separation in consciousness." - Russell Targ, physicist co-founder of Stanford Research Institute's investigation into psychic abilities
T. 'Lee' Baumann
http://www.near-death.com/quantum.html 
Subject: How the new physics explains consciousness 
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