Is there life after death? Here are the stories of eyewitnesses. Is there life after death?! Scientific evidence

The beginning of the twenty-first century - a study was published that was conducted by Peter Fenwick from the London Institute of Psychiatry and Sam Parin from Southampton Central Hospital. Researchers have obtained irrefutable evidence that human consciousness does not depend on brain activity and does not stop living when all processes in the brain have already stopped.

As part of the experiment, scientists studied medical histories and personally interviewed 63 cardiac patients who experienced clinical death. It turned out that 56 who returned from the other world did not remember anything. They lost consciousness and came to in the hospital room. But seven patients retained clear memories of their experiences. Four claimed that they were overcome by a feeling of calm and joy, the passage of time accelerated, the feeling of their body did not disappear, their mood improved, even became sublime. Then a bright light appeared, as evidence of a transition to another world. A little later, mythical creatures appeared that looked like angels or saints. The patients were in another world for some time, and then returned to our reality.

Let us note that these people were not pious at all. For example, three said they do not attend church at all. Therefore, it will not be possible to explain this kind of messages by religious fanaticism.

But what was sensational about the scientists’ research was something else entirely. Having carefully studied medical documentation patients, doctors rendered a verdict - the prevailing opinion about the cessation of brain function due to oxygen deficiency is erroneous. None of those who were able clinical death did not record a significant decrease in the content of life-giving gas in the tissues of the central nervous system.

Another hypothesis was also erroneous: that the vision could be caused by an irrational combination of medications used during resuscitation. Everything was done strictly according to the standard.

Sam Parina assures that he started the experiment as a skeptic, but now he is one hundred percent sure that “there is something here.” “The respondents experienced their incredible states at a time when the brain was no longer functioning and was therefore unable to reproduce any memories.”

According to the British scientist, human consciousness is not a function of the brain. And if this is so, explains Peter Fenwick, “consciousness is quite capable of continuing to exist after death physical body».

“When we conduct research on the brain,” wrote Sam Parina, “it is clear that brain cells in their structure are, in principle, no different from the rest of the body’s cells. They also produce protein and other chemical substances, but they are not capable of creating subjective thoughts and images, which we define as human consciousness. In the end, we need our brain only as a receiver-transformer. It works like a kind of “living TV”: first it perceives the waves entering it, and then converts them into images and sound, from which complete pictures are formed.”

Later, in December 2001, three scientists from the Rijenstate Hospital (Holland), under the leadership of Pim Van Lommel, conducted the largest study to date of people who experienced clinical death. The results were published in the article "Near-death experiences of survivors" after cardiac arrest: a targeted study of a specially recruited group in the Netherlands in the UK medical journal"Lancet". Dutch researchers came to similar conclusions as their British colleagues from Southampton.

Based on statistical data obtained over a decade, researchers have found that not everyone who has experienced clinical death experiences visions. Only 62 patients (18%) out of 344 who underwent 509 resuscitations retained clear memories of their near-death experience.”

During clinical death, more than half of the patients experienced positive emotions.
Awareness of the fact of one's own death was noted in 50% of cases.
In 32% there were meetings with deceased people.
33% of the dying reported passing through the tunnel.
Pictures of an alien landscape have been seen by almost as many reanimated ones.
The phenomenon of leaving the body (when a person looks at himself from the outside) was experienced by 24% of respondents.
A blinding flash of light was recorded by the same number of those brought back to life.
In 13% of cases, those resuscitated observed images of their lives flashing by in succession.
Less than 10% of respondents spoke about seeing the border between the world of the living and the dead.
None of the clinical death survivors reported frightening or unpleasant sensations.
Particularly impressive is the fact that people who were blind from birth spoke about visual impressions; they literally repeated the stories of sighted people verbatim.

It will be interesting to note that a little earlier Dr. Ring from America made attempts to find out the content of the dying visions of people blind from birth. He and his colleague Sharon Cooper recorded the testimonies of 18 blind people who, for some reason, found themselves in a state of “temporary death.”

According to the testimonies of those interviewed, dying visions were the only opportunity for them to understand what it means to “see.”

One of the resuscitated people, Vicky Yumipeg, survived “” in the hospital. Vicky looked from somewhere above at her body lying on the operating table, and at the team of doctors carrying out resuscitation measures. This is how she saw and understood for the first time what light is.

Martin Marsh, blind from birth, who experienced similar near-death visions, remembered most of all the variety of colors of the surrounding world. Martin is confident that his post-mortem experience helped him understand how sighted people see the world.

But let's return to the research of scientists from Holland. They set a goal to accurately determine when people have visions: during clinical death or during the period of brain function. Van Lammel and his colleagues claim that they have succeeded in doing this. The researchers’ conclusion is that visions are observed precisely during the “switching off” of the central nervous system. As a result, it was shown that consciousness exists independently of the functioning of the brain.

Perhaps Van Lammel considers the most surprising case recorded by one of his colleagues. The patient was taken to intensive care. Resuscitation measures were unsuccessful. The brain died, the encephalogram showed a straight line. It was decided to use intubation (insert a tube into the larynx and trachea for artificial ventilation and restore patency respiratory tract). The patient had a denture in his mouth. The doctor took it out and put it in the desk drawer. An hour and a half later, the patient’s heartbeat resumed and returned to normal. blood pressure. And a week later, when the same doctor entered the room, the resuscitated person told her, “You know where my prosthesis is! You pulled out my teeth and put them in the drawer of the table on wheels! Upon careful questioning, it turned out that the operated patient observed himself lying on top of the operating table. He described in detail the ward and the actions of the doctors during his death. The man was very afraid that the doctors would stop reviving him, and tried in every possible way to make them understand that he was alive...

Dutch scientists confirm their confidence that consciousness can exist separately from the brain by the purity of their experiments. To exclude the possibility of so-called false memories (cases when a person, having heard from others stories about visions during clinical death, suddenly “remembers” something that he himself did not experience), religious fanaticism and other similar cases, scientists carefully studied all the factors that capable of influencing victims' reports.

All respondents were mentally healthy. These were men and women aged from 26 to 92 years old, with different levels of education, believers and non-believers in God. Some have previously heard of “post-mortem experience”, others have not.

The general conclusions of the Dutch researchers are as follows:

Post-mortem visions in a person appear during the suspension of brain function.
They cannot be explained by a lack of oxygen in the cells of the central nervous system.
The depth of “near-death experiences” is greatly influenced by a person’s gender and age. Women generally experience stronger sensations than men.
Most of those resuscitated who had a deeper “post-mortem experience” died within a month after resuscitation.
The experience of dying of those born blind is no different from that of sighted people.

All of the above gives grounds to assert that at the moment scientists have come close to scientific justification immortality of the soul.

All we have to do is just a little to realize that death is only a transfer station on the border between two Worlds, and overcome fear before its inevitability.

The question arises: where does the soul go after the death of a person?

“If you died after living an unrighteous life, then you will not go to hell, but will forever be on the earthly plane during the worst periods of humanity. If your life was impeccable, then in this case you will find yourself on Earth, but in an age where there is no place for violence and cruelty.”

This is the opinion of the French psychotherapist Michel Lerier, author of the book “Eternity in past life" He was convinced of this through numerous interviews and hypnotic sessions with people who had been in a state of clinical death.

Beautiful fields and forests, rivers and lakes filled with wonderful fish, gardens with wonderful fruits, there are no problems, only happiness and beauty - one of the ideas about life that continues after death on Earth. Many believers describe heaven in this way, into which a person goes without having done much evil during his earthly life. But is there life after death on our planet? Is there proof of life after death? These are quite interesting and deep questions for philosophical reasoning.

Scientific concepts

As is the case with other mystical and religious phenomena, scientists have been able to explain this issue. Also, many researchers consider scientific evidence of life after death, but they do not have a material basis. Only that later.

Life after death (the concept of “afterlife” is also often found) is people’s ideas from a religious and philosophical point of view about life that occurs after a person’s real existence on Earth. Almost all of these ideas are related to what is in the human body during his life.

Possible afterlife options:

Life close to God. This is one of the forms of existence of the human soul. Many believers believe that God will resurrect the soul.
Hell or heaven. The most common concept. This idea exists both in many religions of the world and among most people. After death, a person's soul will go to hell or heaven. The first place is intended for people who sinned during earthly life.

A new image in a new body. Reincarnation is the scientific definition of human life in new incarnations on the planet. Bird, animal, plant and other forms into which the human soul can move after the death of the material body. Also, some religions provide for life in the human body.

Some religions present evidence of the existence of life after death in other forms, but the most common ones were given above.

Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

The tallest graceful pyramids took decades to build. The ancient Egyptians used technologies that have not yet been fully studied. Exists a large number of assumptions about construction technologies Egyptian pyramids, but, unfortunately, not a single one scientific point vision does not have full evidence.

The ancient Egyptians had no evidence of the existence of the soul and life after death. They only believed in this possibility. Therefore, people built pyramids and provided the pharaoh with a wonderful existence in another world. By the way, the Egyptians believed that the afterlife reality was almost identical to the real world.

It should also be noted that, according to the Egyptians, a person in another world cannot move down or up the social ladder. For example, a pharaoh cannot become a simple person, and a simple worker will not become a king in the kingdom of the dead.

The inhabitants of Egypt mummified the bodies of the dead, and the pharaohs, as mentioned earlier, were placed in huge pyramids. In a special room, subjects and relatives of the deceased ruler placed items that would be necessary for life and rule in

Life after death in Christianity

Ancient Egypt and the creation of the pyramids date back to ancient times, so the evidence of life after death of this ancient people only applies to the Egyptian hieroglyphs that were found on ancient buildings and pyramids as well. Only Christian ideas about this concept existed before and still exist today.

The Last Judgment is a judgment when a person’s soul appears on trial before God. It is God who can determine the future fate of the soul of the deceased - whether he will experience terrible torment and punishment on his deathbed or walk next to God in a beautiful paradise.

What factors influence God's decision?

Throughout his entire earthly life, every person commits actions - good and bad. It is worth saying right away that this is an opinion from a religious and philosophical point of view. It is these earthly actions that the judge looks at during the Last Judgment. We also must not forget about a person’s vital faith in God and in the power of prayers and the church.

As you can see, in Christianity there is also life after death. Proof of this fact exists in the Bible, the church and the opinions of many people who have dedicated their lives to serving the church and, of course, God.

Death in Islam

Islam is no exception in its adherence to the postulate of the existence of an afterlife. As in other religions, a person commits certain actions throughout his life, and how he dies and what kind of life awaits him will depend on them.

If a person committed bad deeds during his existence on Earth, then, of course, a certain punishment awaits him. The beginning of punishment for sins is painful death. Muslims believe that a sinful person will die in agony. Although a person with a pure and bright soul will leave this world with ease and without any problems.

The main proof of life after death is in the Quran (the holy book of Muslims) and in the teachings religious people. It is worth immediately noting that Allah (God in Islam) teaches not to be afraid of death, because a believer who does righteous deeds will be rewarded with eternal life.

If in the Christian religion the Lord himself is present at the Last Judgment, then in Islam the decision is made by two angels - Nakir and Munkar. They are interrogating someone who has passed away from earthly life. If a person did not believe and committed sins that he did not atone for during his earthly existence, then he will be punished. A believer is given heaven. If a believer has unexpiated sins behind him, then he will be punished, after which he will be able to go to a beautiful place called heaven. Atheists face terrible torment.

Buddhist and Hindu beliefs about death

In Hinduism, there is no creator who created life on Earth and to whom we need to pray and bow down. The Vedas are sacred texts that replace God. Translated into Russian, “Veda” means “wisdom” and “knowledge”.

The Vedas can also be seen as providing proof of life after death. In this case, the person (to be more precise, the soul) will die and move into new flesh. The spiritual lessons that a person must learn are the reason for constant reincarnation.

In Buddhism, heaven exists, but it does not have one level, as in other religions, but several. At each stage, so to speak, the soul receives the necessary knowledge, wisdom and other positive sides and moves on.

In both of these religions, hell also exists, but compared to other religious ideas, it is not an eternal punishment for the human soul. There are a large number of myths about how the souls of the dead passed from hell to heaven and began their journey through certain levels.

Views from other world religions

In fact, every religion has its own ideas about the afterlife. On this moment It is simply impossible to name the exact number of religions, so only the largest and most basic ones were considered above, but even in them you can find interesting evidence of life after death.

It is also worth paying attention to the fact that almost all religions have common features death and life in heaven and hell.

Nothing disappears without a trace

Death, death, disappearance are not the end. This, if these words are appropriate, is rather the beginning of something, but not the end. As an example, we can take a plum pit, which was spat out by a person who ate the actual fruit (plum).

This bone falls, and it seems that its end has come. Only in reality can it grow, and a beautiful bush will be born, a beautiful plant that will bear fruit and delight others with its beauty and its existence. When this bush dies, for example, it will simply move from one state to another.

What is this example for? Moreover, the death of a person is also not his immediate end. This example can also be seen as evidence of life after death. Expectation and reality, however, can be very different.

Does the soul exist?

Throughout the entire time, we are talking about the existence of the human soul after death, but there was no question about the existence of the soul itself. Maybe she doesn't exist? Therefore, it is worth paying attention to this concept.

In this case, it is worth moving from religious reasoning to the whole world - earth, water, trees, space and everything else - consists of atoms, molecules. Only none of the elements has the ability to feel, reason and develop. If we talk about whether there is life after death, evidence can be taken based on this reasoning.

Of course, we can say that in the human body there are organs that are the causes of all feelings. We must also not forget about the human brain, because it is responsible for the mind and intelligence. In this case, a comparison can be made between a person and a computer. The latter is much smarter, but it is programmed to certain processes. Today, robots have begun to be actively created, but they do not have feelings, although they are made in human likeness. Based on the reasoning, we can talk about the existence of the human soul.

You can also cite the origin of thought as another proof of the above words. This part of human life has no scientific origin. You can study all kinds of sciences for years, decades and centuries and “sculpt” an idea from all material resources, but nothing will work. Thought has no material basis.

Scientists have proven that life after death exists

Speaking about the afterlife of a person, you should not pay attention only to reasoning in religion and philosophy, because, in addition to this, there are Scientific research and, of course, required results. Many scientists have puzzled and are puzzled to find out what happens to a person after his death.

The Vedas were mentioned above. These scriptures talk about from one body to another. This is exactly the question asked by Ian Stevenson, a famous psychiatrist. It is worth saying right away that his research in the field of reincarnation made a great contribution to the scientific understanding of life after death.

The scientist began to consider life after death, real evidence of which he could find throughout the planet. The psychiatrist was able to review more than 2,000 cases of reincarnation, after which certain conclusions were drawn. When a person is reborn in a different image, all physical defects also remain. If the deceased had certain scars, then they will also be present in the new body. There is necessary evidence for this fact.

During the study, the scientist used hypnosis. And during one session, the boy remembers his death - he was killed with an ax. This feature could be reflected in the new body - the boy who was examined by the scientist had a rough growth on the back of his head. After receiving the necessary information, the psychiatrist begins a search for a family where a person may have been murdered with an ax. And the result did not take long to arrive. Ian managed to find people in whose family, in the recent past, a man was hacked to death with an ax. The nature of the wound was similar to a child's growth.

This is not one example that may indicate that evidence of life after death has been found. Therefore, it is worth considering a few more cases during the research of a psychiatrist.

Another child had a defect on his fingers, as if they had been chopped off. Of course, the scientist became interested in this fact, and for good reason. The boy was able to tell Stevenson that he had lost his fingers during field work. After talking with the child, the search began for eyewitnesses who could explain this phenomenon. After some time, people were found who spoke about the death of a man during field work. This man died as a result of loss of blood. The fingers were chopped off with a thresher.

Considering these circumstances, we can talk about after death. Ian Stevenson was able to provide evidence. After the scientist’s published works, many people began to think about the real existence of the afterlife, which was described by a psychiatrist.

Clinical and real death

Everyone knows that severe injuries can lead to clinical death. In this case, the person’s heart stops, and everything stops. life processes, But oxygen starvation organs does not yet cause irreversible consequences. During this process, the body is in a transitional stage between life and death. Clinical death lasts no more than 3-4 minutes (very rarely 5-6 minutes).

People who were able to survive such moments talk about the “tunnel”, about the “white light”. Based on these facts, scientists were able to discover new evidence of life after death. Scientists who studied this phenomenon, made the necessary report. In their opinion, consciousness has always existed in the Universe; the death of the material body is not the end for the soul (consciousness).

Cryonics

This word means freezing the body of a person or animal so that in the future it will be possible to revive the deceased. In some cases, not the entire body is subjected to deep cooling, but only the head or brain.

Interesting fact: experiments on freezing animals were carried out back in the 17th century. Only about 300 years later did humanity think more seriously about this method obtaining immortality.

It is possible that this process will be the answer to the question: “Does life exist after death?” Evidence may be presented in the future, because science does not stand still. But for now, cryonics remains a mystery with hope for development.

Life after death: the latest evidence

One of the latest evidence in this regard was the study of the American theoretical physicist Robert Lantz. Why one of the last? Because this discovery was made in the fall of 2013. What conclusion did the scientist make?

It is worth immediately noting that the scientist is a physicist, so these proofs are based on quantum physics.

From the very beginning, the scientist paid attention to color perception. He cited the blue sky as an example. We are all used to seeing the sky in this color, but in reality everything is different. Why does a person see red as red, green as green, and so on? According to Lantz, it’s all about the brain receptors that are responsible for color perception. If these receptors are affected, the sky can suddenly turn red or green.

Every person is accustomed, as the researcher says, to seeing a mixture of molecules and carbonates. The reason for this perception is our consciousness, but the reality may differ from the general understanding.

Robert Lantz believes that there are parallel universes where all events are synchronous, but at the same time different. Based on this, the death of a person is only a transition from one world to another. As proof, the researcher conducted Jung's experiment. For scientists, this method is proof that light is nothing more than a wave that can be measured.

The essence of the experiment: Lanz passed light through two holes. When the beam passed through an obstacle, it was divided into two parts, but as soon as it was outside the holes, it merged again and became even brighter. In those places where the waves of light did not combine into one beam, they became dimmer.

As a result, Robert Lantz came to the conclusion that it is not the Universe that creates life, but quite the opposite. If life ends on Earth, then, as in the case of light, it continues to exist in another place.

Conclusion

It probably cannot be denied that there is life after death. Facts and evidence, of course, are not one hundred percent, but they exist. As can be seen from the above information, the afterlife exists not only in religion and philosophy, but also in scientific circles.

Living this time, each person can only imagine and think about what will happen to him after death, after the disappearance of his body on this planet. There are a large number of questions about this, many doubts, but no one living at the moment can find the answer he needs. Now we can only enjoy what we have, because life is the happiness of every person, every animal, we need to live it beautifully.

It is best not to think about the afterlife, because the question of the meaning of life is much more interesting and useful. Almost every person can answer this, but this is a completely different topic.

The other world is a very interesting topic that everyone thinks about at least once in their life. What happens to a person and his soul after death? Can he observe living people? These and many questions cannot but worry us. The most interesting thing is that there are many different theories about what happens to a person after death. Let's try to understand them and answer the questions that concern many people.

“Your body will die, but your soul will live forever”

Bishop Theophan the Recluse addressed these words in his letter to his dying sister. He, like other Orthodox priests, believed that only the body dies, but the soul lives forever. What is this connected with and how does religion explain it?

The Orthodox teaching about life after death is too large and voluminous, so we will consider only some of its aspects. First of all, in order to understand what happens to a person and his soul after death, it is necessary to find out what the purpose of all life on earth is. In the Epistle to the Hebrews, St. Apostle Paul mentions that every person must die someday, and after that there will be judgment. This is exactly what Jesus Christ did when he voluntarily surrendered to his enemies to die. Thus, he washed away the sins of many sinners and showed that the righteous, like him, would one day face resurrection. Orthodoxy believes that if life were not eternal, it would have no meaning. Then people would really live, not knowing why they would sooner or later die, there would be no point in doing good deeds. That is why the human soul is immortal. Jesus Christ opened the gates of the Heavenly Kingdom for Orthodox Christians and believers, and death is only the completion of preparation for a new life.

What is the soul

The human soul continues to live after death. She is the spiritual beginning of man. A mention of this can be found in Genesis (chapter 2), and it sounds approximately as follows: “God created man from the dust of the earth and blew the breath of life into his face. Now man has become a living soul.” Holy Scripture “tells” us that man is two-part. If the body can die, then the soul lives forever. She is a living entity, endowed with the ability to think, remember, feel. In other words, a person’s soul continues to live after death. She understands everything, feels and - most importantly - remembers.

Spiritual Vision

In order to make sure that the soul is really capable of feeling and understanding, you only need to remember cases when a person’s body died for some time, and the soul saw and understood everything. Similar stories can be read in a variety of sources, for example, K. Ikskul in his book “Incredible for many, but a true incident” describes what happens after death to a person and his soul. Everything that is written in the book is personal experience the author, who fell ill with a serious illness and experienced clinical death. Almost everything that can be read on this topic in various sources is very similar to each other.

People who have experienced clinical death describe it as a white, enveloping fog. Below you can see the body of the man himself, next to him are his relatives and doctors. It is interesting that the soul, separated from the body, can move in space and understands everything. Some argue that after the body ceases to show any signs of life, the soul passes through long tunnel, at the end of which a bright light burns White color. Then, usually over a period of time, the soul returns to the body and the heart begins to beat. What if a person dies? What then happens to him? What does the human soul do after death?

Meeting others like yourself

After the soul is separated from the body, it can see spirits, both good and bad. The interesting thing is that, as a rule, she is attracted to her own kind, and if during life any of the forces had an influence on her, then after death she will be attached to it. This period of time when the soul chooses its “company” is called the Private Court. It is then that it becomes completely clear whether this person’s life was in vain. If he fulfilled all the commandments, was kind and generous, then, undoubtedly, next to him there will be the same souls - kind and pure. The opposite situation is characterized by a society of fallen spirits. They will face eternal torment and suffering in hell.

First few days

It is interesting what happens after death to a person’s soul in the first few days, because this period is for it a time of freedom and enjoyment. It is in the first three days that the soul can move freely on earth. As a rule, she is near her relatives at this time. She even tries to talk to them, but it is difficult, because a person is not able to see and hear spirits. In rare cases, when the connection between people and the deceased is very strong, they feel the presence soul mate nearby, but they can’t explain it. For this reason, the burial of a Christian takes place exactly 3 days after death. In addition, it is this period that the soul needs in order to realize where it is now. It’s not easy for her, she may not have had time to say goodbye to anyone or say anything to anyone. Most often, a person is not ready for death, and he needs these three days to understand the essence of what is happening and say goodbye.

However, there are exceptions to every rule. For example, K. Ikskul began his journey to another world on the first day, because the Lord told him so. Most of the saints and martyrs were ready for death, and in order to move to another world, it took them only a few hours, because this was their main goal. Each case is completely different, and information comes only from those people who have experienced the “post-mortem experience” themselves. If we are not talking about clinical death, then everything can be completely different. Proof that in the first three days a person’s soul is on earth is also the fact that it is during this period of time that relatives and friends of the deceased feel their presence nearby.

Next stage

The next stage of transition to the afterlife is very difficult and dangerous. On the third or fourth day, trials await the soul - ordeal. There are about twenty of them, and all of them must be overcome so that the soul can continue its path. Ordeals are entire pandemoniums of evil spirits. They block the way and accuse her of sins. The Bible also talks about these trials. Mother of Jesus - Most Pure and Venerable Mary, - having learned about her imminent death from Archangel Gabriel, she asked her son to save her from demons and ordeals. In response to her requests, Jesus said that after death he would take her by the hand to Heaven. And so it happened. This action can be seen on the icon “Assumption of the Virgin Mary”. On the third day, it is customary to pray fervently for the soul of the deceased, in this way you can help it pass all the tests.

What happens a month after death

After the soul has gone through the ordeal, it worships God and goes on a journey again. This time, hellish abysses and heavenly abodes await her. She watches how sinners suffer and how the righteous rejoice, but she does not yet have her own place. On the fortieth day, the soul is assigned a place where it, like everyone else, will await the Supreme Court. There is also information that only until the ninth day does the soul see the heavenly abodes and observe righteous souls who live in happiness and joy. The rest of the time (about a month) she has to watch the torment of sinners in hell. At this time, the soul cries, mourns and humbly awaits its fate. On the fortieth day, the soul is assigned a place where it will await the resurrection of all the dead.

Who goes where and

Of course, only the Lord God is omnipresent and knows exactly where the soul ends up after the death of a person. Sinners go to hell and spend time there waiting for even greater torment that will come after the Supreme Court. Sometimes such souls can come to friends and relatives in dreams, asking for help. You can help in such a situation by praying for a sinful soul and asking the Almighty for forgiveness of its sins. There are cases when sincere prayer for a deceased person really helped him move into better world. For example, in the 3rd century, the martyr Perpetua saw that the fate of her brother was like a filled pond that was located too high for him to reach. Days and nights she prayed for his soul and over time she saw him touch a pond and be transported to a bright, clean place. From the above, it becomes clear that the brother was pardoned and sent from hell to heaven. The righteous, thanks to the fact that they did not live their lives in vain, go to heaven and look forward to the Day of Judgment.

Teachings of Pythagoras

As mentioned earlier, there are a huge number of theories and myths regarding the afterlife. For many centuries, scientists and clergy studied the question: how to find out where a person ended up after death, looked for answers, argued, looked for facts and evidence. One of these theories was the teaching of Pythagoras about the transmigration of souls, the so-called reincarnation. Scientists such as Plato and Socrates shared the same opinion. A huge amount of information about reincarnation can be found in such a mystical movement as Kabbalah. Its essence is that the soul has a specific goal, or a lesson that it must go through and learn. If during life the person in whom this soul lives does not cope with this task, it is reborn.

What happens to the body after death? It dies and it is impossible to resurrect it, but the soul is looking for itself new life. Another interesting thing about this theory is that, as a rule, all people who are related in a family are not connected by chance. More specifically, the same souls are constantly looking for each other and finding each other. For example, in a past life, your mother could have been your daughter or even your spouse. Since the soul has no gender, it can have both feminine, and male, it all depends on what body she ends up in.

There is an opinion that our friends and soul mates are also kindred spirits who are karmically connected to us. There is one more nuance: for example, a son and father constantly have conflicts, no one wants to give in, until last days two loved ones are literally at war with each other. Most likely, in the next life, fate will bring these souls together again, as brother and sister or as husband and wife. This will continue until they both find a compromise.

Pythagorean square

Supporters of the Pythagorean theory are most often interested not in what happens to the body after death, but in what incarnation their soul lives and who they were in a past life. In order to find out these facts, a Pythagorean square was drawn up. Let's try to understand it with an example. Let's say you were born on December 3, 1991. You need to write down the received numbers on a line and carry out some manipulations with them.

It is necessary to add up all the numbers and get the main one: 3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 1 = 26 - this will be the first number.
Next, you need to add the previous result: 2 + 6 = 8. This will be the second number.
In order to get the third, from the first it is necessary to subtract the double first digit of the date of birth (in our case, 03, we do not take zero, we subtract three times 2): 26 - 3 x 2 = 20.
The last number is obtained by adding the digits of the third working number: 2+0 = 2.

Now let’s write down the date of birth and the results obtained:

In order to find out what incarnation the soul lives in, it is necessary to count all the numbers except zeros. In our case, the soul of a person born on December 3, 1991 lives through the 12th incarnation. By composing a Pythagorean square from these numbers, you can find out what characteristics it has.

Some facts

Many, of course, are interested in the question: is there life after death? All world religions are trying to answer it, but there is still no clear answer. Instead, in some sources you can find some Interesting Facts regarding this topic. Of course, it cannot be said that the statements that will be given below are dogma. These are most likely just some interesting thoughts on this topic.

What is death

It is difficult to answer the question of whether there is life after death without finding out the main signs of this process. In medicine, this concept refers to stopping breathing and heartbeat. But we should not forget that these are signs of the death of the human body. On the other hand, there is information that the mummified body of the monk-priest continues to show all signs of life: soft fabrics they press, the joints bend, a fragrance emanates from it. Some mummified bodies even grow nails and hair, which perhaps confirms the fact that certain biological processes do occur in the deceased body.

What happens a year after death? ordinary person? Of course, the body decomposes.

Finally

Taking into account all of the above, we can say that the body is just one of the shells of a person. In addition to it, there is also a soul - an eternal substance. Almost all world religions agree that after the death of the body, the human soul still lives, some believe that it is reborn in another person, and others believe that it lives in Heaven, but, one way or another, it continues to exist . All thoughts, feelings, emotions are the spiritual sphere of a person, which lives despite physical death. Thus, it can be considered that life after death exists, but it is no longer interconnected with the physical body.

The human soul and its life after the death of the body...
Is there life after death? Is there new life after earthly life?
To get closer to answering these questions, we need to turn to the question of what consciousness is. By answering this question, science leads us to the realization that there is a human soul.
But what is the other world like, is there really heaven and hell? What determines the fate of the soul after death?

Khasminsky Mikhail Igorevich, crisis psychologist.

Every person who has faced the death of a loved one asks the question: is there life after life? Nowadays, this issue is of particular relevance. If several centuries ago the answer to this question was obvious to everyone, now, after a period of atheism, its solution is more difficult. We cannot simply believe hundreds of generations of our ancestors, who, through personal experience, century after century, were convinced of the presence of a human immortal soul. We want to have facts. Moreover, the facts are scientific.

A unique experiment is currently taking place in England: doctors are recording testimonies of patients who have experienced clinical death. Our interlocutor is the head of the research team, Dr. Sam Parnia.

Gnezdilov Andrey Vladimirovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences.

Death is not the end. This is just a change in states of consciousness. I have been working with dying people for 20 years. 10 years in an oncology clinic, then in a hospice. And many times I had the opportunity to verify that consciousness does not disappear after death. That the difference between body and spirit is very clear. That there is a completely different world that operates according to other laws, superphysical, beyond the limits of our understanding.

The evidence of common sense undoubtedly assures us that human existence does not end with earthly existence, and that in addition real life there is an afterlife. We will consider the evidence with which science affirms the immortality of the soul and convinces us that the soul, being a being completely distinct from matter, cannot be destroyed by what destroys a material being.

Efremov Vladimir Grigorievich, scientist.

On March 12, at the house of my sister, Natalya Grigorievna, I had a coughing attack. I felt like I was suffocating. My lungs didn’t listen to me, I tried to take a breath - but couldn’t! The body became weak, the heart stopped. The last air left the lungs with wheezing and foam. The thought flashed through my mind that this was the last second of my life.

Osipov Alexey Ilyich, professor of theology.

There is something in common that unites the searches of people of all times and views. It is an insurmountable psychological difficulty to believe that there is no life after death. Man is not an animal! There is life after death! And this is not just an assumption or an unfounded belief. There are a huge number of facts that indicate that, it turns out, the life of an individual continues beyond the threshold of earthly existence. We find amazing evidence wherever literary sources remain. And for all of them at least one fact was undeniable: the soul lives on after death. Personality is indestructible!

Korotkov Konstantin Georgievich, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

Treatises of ancient civilizations were written about the immortality of the soul, about its exit from an immobilized dead body, myths and canonical religious teachings, but we would like to receive evidence using the methods of the exact sciences. It seems that St. Petersburg scientist Konstantin Korotkov managed to achieve this. If his experimental data and the hypothesis built on their basis about the output subtle body from the deceased physical will be confirmed by the research of other scientists, religion and science will finally agree that human life does not end with the last exhalation.

Leo Tolstoy, writer.

Death is a superstition that affects people who have never thought about the true meaning of life. Man is immortal. But in order to believe in immortality and understand what it is, you need to find in your life what is immortal in it. Reflections of the great Russian writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy on life after life.

Moody Raymond, psychologist, philosopher.

Even inveterate skeptics and atheists will not be able to say about this book that everything said here is fiction, because this is a book written by a scientist, doctor, researcher. About thirty years ago, Life After Life fundamentally changed our understanding of what death is. Dr. Moody's research has spread all over the world and has greatly helped shape modern understanding of what a person experiences after death.

Leo Tolstoy, writer.

The fear of death is only the consciousness of the unresolved contradiction of life. Life does not end after the destruction of the physical body. Carnal demise is just another change in our existence, which has always been, is and will be. There is no death!

Archpriest Grigory Dyachenko.

The most important argument against materialism is this. We see that physiology provides many facts indicating that there is a constant connection between physical phenomena and between mental phenomena; we can say that there is not a single mental act that is not accompanied by some physiological ones; from here the materialists drew the conclusion that mental phenomena depend on physical ones. But such an interpretation could only be given if mental phenomena were consequences of physical processes, i.e. if between the two there existed the same causal relationship as between two phenomena of physical nature, one of which is a consequence of the other. In fact, this is completely false...

Voino-Yasenetsky Valentin Feliksovich, professor of medicine.

The very structure of the brain proves that its function is to transform someone else's irritation into a well-chosen reaction. Afferent nerve fibers, bringing sensory irritation, end in the cells of the sensory zone of the cerebral cortex, and they are connected by other fibers to the cells of the motor zone, to which the irritation is transmitted. With countless such connections, the brain has the ability to endlessly modify reactions in response to external stimulation, and acts as a kind of switchboard.

Rogozin Pavel.

None of the representatives of genuine science ever doubted the presence of a “soul”. The dispute among scientists arose not about whether man has a soul, but about what should be meant by this term. The question of whether there is a spiritual principle in man, what is our consciousness, our spirit, soul, what are the relationships between matter, consciousness and spirit - has always been the main question of every worldview. Different approaches to this question have led people to different conclusions and conclusions...

Unknown author.

The atom proves the eternity of life. Strictly speaking, human body dies every ten years. Each cell of the body after birth is repeatedly restored, disappears and is replaced by a new one in a strict sequence, depending on what type of cell it is (muscle, connective tissue, organs, nervous, etc.). But although the cells that originally made up our face, bones or blood deteriorate over a period of hours, days or years, our ever-renewing body retains the presence of consciousness.

Based on the book "Evidence of the Existence of Life After Death", comp. Fomin A.V..

Every person sooner or later asks himself the question: what will happen after physical death? Will everything end with the last breath or will the soul exist beyond the threshold of life? And now, following the abolition of party supervision over the process of cognition, scientific information began to appear proving that man has an immortal consciousness. Thus, our contemporaries, obsessed with the “fundamental question of philosophy,” seem to have a real chance to complete their earthly journey without the fear of non-existence.

Kalinovsky Peter, doctor.

This book is devoted to the most important question for a person - the question of death. We are talking about the facts of the continued existence of the personality, the human “I” after the death of our physical body. These facts include, first of all, testimonies of people who experienced clinical death, who were in “ other world” and returned “back” either spontaneously or, in most cases, after resuscitation.

“Your body will die, but your soul will live forever”

What is the soul

Spiritual Vision

In order to make sure that the soul is really capable of feeling and understanding, you only need to remember cases when a person’s body died for some time, and the soul saw and understood everything. Similar stories can be read in a variety of sources, for example, K. Ikskul in his book “Incredible for many, but a true incident” describes what happens after death to a person and his soul. Everything that is written in the book is the personal experience of the author, who fell ill with a serious illness and experienced clinical death. Almost everything that can be read on this topic in various sources is very similar to each other.

People who have experienced clinical death describe it as a white, enveloping fog. Below you can see the body of the man himself, next to him are his relatives and doctors. It is interesting that the soul, separated from the body, can move in space and understands everything. Some say that after the body ceases to show any signs of life, the soul passes through a long tunnel, at the end of which there is a bright white light. Then, usually over a period of time, the soul returns to the body and the heart begins to beat. What if a person dies? What then happens to him? What does the human soul do after death?

Meeting others like yourself

First few days

It is interesting what happens after death to a person’s soul in the first few days, because this period is for it a time of freedom and enjoyment. It is in the first three days that the soul can move freely on earth. As a rule, she is near her relatives at this time. She even tries to talk to them, but it is difficult, because a person is not able to see and hear spirits. In rare cases, when the connection between people and the dead is very strong, they feel the presence of a soul mate nearby, but cannot explain it. For this reason, the burial of a Christian takes place exactly 3 days after death. In addition, it is this period that the soul needs in order to realize where it is now. It’s not easy for her, she may not have had time to say goodbye to anyone or say anything to anyone. Most often, a person is not ready for death, and he needs these three days to understand the essence of what is happening and say goodbye.

Next stage

The next stage of transition to the afterlife is very difficult and dangerous. On the third or fourth day, trials await the soul - ordeal. There are about twenty of them, and all of them must be overcome so that the soul can continue its path. Ordeals are entire pandemoniums of evil spirits. They block the way and accuse her of sins. The Bible also talks about these trials. The mother of Jesus, the Most Pure and Reverend Mary, having learned about her imminent death from Archangel Gabriel, asked her son to deliver her from demons and ordeals. In response to her requests, Jesus said that after death he would take her by the hand to Heaven. And so it happened. This action can be seen on the icon “Assumption of the Virgin Mary”. On the third day, it is customary to pray fervently for the soul of the deceased, in this way you can help it pass all the tests.

What happens a month after death

Who goes where and

Of course, only the Lord God is omnipresent and knows exactly where the soul ends up after the death of a person. Sinners go to hell and spend time there waiting for even greater torment that will come after the Supreme Court. Sometimes such souls can come to friends and relatives in dreams, asking for help. You can help in such a situation by praying for a sinful soul and asking the Almighty for forgiveness of its sins. There are cases when sincere prayer for a deceased person really helped him move to a better world. For example, in the 3rd century, the martyr Perpetua saw that the fate of her brother was like a filled pond that was located too high for him to reach. Days and nights she prayed for his soul and over time she saw him touch a pond and be transported to a bright, clean place. From the above, it becomes clear that the brother was pardoned and sent from hell to heaven. The righteous, thanks to the fact that they did not live their lives in vain, go to heaven and look forward to the Day of Judgment.

Teachings of Pythagoras

What happens to the body after death? It dies and it is impossible to resurrect it, but the soul is looking for a new life. Another interesting thing about this theory is that, as a rule, all people who are related in a family are not connected by chance. More specifically, the same souls are constantly looking for each other and finding each other. For example, in a past life, your mother could have been your daughter or even your spouse. Since the soul has no gender, it can have both a feminine and masculine principle, it all depends on what body it ends up in.

There is an opinion that our friends and soul mates are also kindred spirits who are karmically connected to us. There is one more nuance: for example, the son and father constantly have conflicts, no one wants to give in, until the last days two relatives are literally at war with each other. Most likely, in the next life, fate will bring these souls together again, as brother and sister or as husband and wife. This will continue until they both find a compromise.

Pythagorean square

It is necessary to add up all the numbers and get the main one: 3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 1 = 26 - this will be the first number.
Next, you need to add the previous result: 2 + 6 = 8. This will be the second number.
In order to get the third, from the first it is necessary to subtract the double first digit of the date of birth (in our case, 03, we do not take zero, we subtract three times 2): 26 - 3 x 2 = 20.
The last number is obtained by adding the digits of the third working number: 2+0 = 2.

Now let’s write down the date of birth and the results obtained:

Some facts

Many, of course, are interested in the question: is there life after death? All world religions are trying to answer it, but there is still no clear answer. Instead, in some sources you can find some interesting facts regarding this topic. Of course, it cannot be said that the statements that will be given below are dogma. These are most likely just some interesting thoughts on this topic.

What is death

It is difficult to answer the question of whether there is life after death without finding out the main signs of this process. In medicine, this concept refers to stopping breathing and heartbeat. But we should not forget that these are signs of the death of the human body. On the other hand, there is information that the mummified body of the monk-priest continues to show all signs of life: soft tissues are pressed, joints are bent, and a fragrance emanates from it. Some mummified bodies even grow nails and hair, which perhaps confirms the fact that certain biological processes do occur in the deceased body.

What happens a year after the death of an ordinary person? Of course, the body decomposes.