LF418 Alan Pearce – Coma and Near-Death Experience: The Beautiful, Disturbing and Dangerous World of the Unconscious

Alan Pearce discusses the book Coma and Near-Death Experience: The Beautiful, Disturbing, and Dangerous World of the Unconscious Listen to the full show on Legalise Freedom Dot Com. Every day around the world, thousands of people are placed in medically-induced comas. For some coma survivors, the experience is an utter blank. Others lay paralyzed, aware of everything around them but unable to move, speak, or even blink. Many experience alternate lives spanning decades, lives they grieve once awakened. Some encounter ultra-vivid nightmares, while others undergo a deep, spiritual oneness with the universe or say they have glimpsed the afterlife. Examining the experiences of those who have survived comas, the authors explore the mysterious levels of consciousness near-death experience unlocks. They demonstrate how a key element of the brain is switched off by coma-inducing sedatives, allowing the mind to break free from the body and experience a greater expansion of consciousness. Revealing the dangers of deep sedation and other intensive care procedures, the authors show how comas are unnecessary more often than not and that many coma survivors go on to suffer lasting cognitive and physical harm. Exploring proven alternatives to medically-induced coma, they share tried and tested protocols that are much safer. Showing how we can avoid the suffering caused by comas, this book reveals the wide variety of conscious states that can arise during comas, both positive and negative, and how accepting the reality of these experiences is crucial not only to the recovery of coma survivors but also to the field of consciousness studies. Bumper music: Cliff Martinez ‘Traffic OST’ Luke Howard ‘Shift’