Clinical death is defined as "the cessation of heartbeat and respiration."

Yes.

But ...

Clinical death (cessation of heartbeat/breathing) is a reversible state, not final death, making it more accurate to view it as a critical, time-sensitive window before irreversible "biological death" occurs.

Tell me only the tales from beyond "biological death".

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We'll all know what's next someday.

#63 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY

Will we? I think that is THE question.

Maybe think of your person (not a "self" to be a bit more accurate) as a "flow" rather than an "individual". (This is tough for Americans I know!) You know that most of us only allow ourselves to be aware of the part of our consciousness that thinks it is in total control. You are not. Who is making your heart beat? Who is making you breath? Who is managing the trillion cells in your body? Who is telling which muscle to move when you walk? (Do not try this at home!) You are a committee and any belief of the self as an individual is an illusion. A wave rather than a point. When you die the "flow" or stream of consciousness that you think of as YOU transitions into something else. Like a stream or river that ends up ( back) in the ocean.

As you can see I love this subject.

You may still exist. But you do then you will exist in a "different way". Awareness is not a soul. It's an awareness. Will we still be aware of anything? Will we remember anything? That is still to be determined.

The Illusion of Self: According to scholar and professor Jay Garfield, letting go of the "self" as a rigid, permanent, or central entity is a key, albeit challenging, step toward a more ethical and healthier life, (And death).

If you are still interested..

Unless it is contained as consciousness within a quantum field ...

Are you proposing that the Quantum Field itself is conscious or has some place in it where our consciousness is contained intact?

If so you are entering the realm of the philosophical and not mainstream, proven science.

If we are being philosophical the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that consciousness might persist after death by shifting to parallel universes where a person (your consciousness or at least a part of it ) survives.

But even then. You won't the you that your current brain in this universe remembers.

Re 45

Haven't read the book. Sounds interesting.

My first thought having reviewed it.

Dr Morris was raised Christian (Mormon). No wonder he rejected that nonsense.

I also see that highly regarded specialists in that field disagree with his conclusions and had alternate (physiological) explanations.

When those raised as (tainted by) Christianity speak of the soul they have a particular belief in mind.

Overview

According to the Bible, the soul (Hebrew: nephesh, Greek: psych") is the entire living person"body, mind, emotions, and will"formed when God breathes life into dust, making humans living beings, not just immortal spirits. It's the seat of desires and consciousness, connecting the physical to the spiritual, and while it can cease to exist (the "soul who sins shall die"), Christians believe faith in Christ offers hope for eternal life through resurrection, reuniting soul and body.

Sorry. Not still buying it. We have misinterpreted our place in the universe for a long long time. Sometimes on purpose. To control us.

But if we speak differently of the soul such as a force or form of energy I can understand and possibly accommodate that as a possible theory.

But reuniting our "spiritual energy" with our actual bodies? Sorry. Not buying it. I don't care if the Egyptians did believe it to be true for 3000 years or not. I can clearly see how that has worked out for them.

All the evidence we have accumulated so far indicates that this universe does not work that way.

When we die it will not be possible to hold our identity as we know it. There will be nothing to contain it. If anything our life force goes back to the "source". Which may just be the underlying quantum field which is the foundation of everything. Apparently.

And btw. Those kids did not "die". Or they would not have been able to share their experiences with the living. Oh. And btw. We still cannot even define what Life is. So good luck explaining what happens after it.