ENDLESS CONSCIOUSNESS: A SCIENTIFIC VISION ON THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
Book ID/图书代码： 13406010B34585
English Summary/英文概要： In 2001 the Dutch cardiologist Pim van Lommel published in the reputable medical journal The Lancet about his study of dear-death experiences (nde’s) among 344 patients in the Netherlands who had suffered a cardiac arrest in hospital. 62 of these patients turned out to have had an nde. Van Lommel’s article was a worldwide hit.
From that moment the phenomenon of Near-Death Experience could no longer be ignored. It is an authentic experience, which cannot be reduced to fantasy, psychosis or a deficiency of oxygen; people are permanently changed by an nde. In Endless Consciousness Van Lommel explains step by step how people who are clinically dead can have such an impressive experience. He illustrates his argument with stories of people who have gone through an nde and with most of whom he is personally acquainted. In van Lommel’s opinion the current materialistic view of the relation between the brain and consciousness, as held by most physicians, philosophers and psychologists, is too restricted for a proper understanding of this phenomenon. There are good reasons to assume that our consciousness does no always coincide with the functioning of our brain: consciousness can also be experienced apart from the body.
The NDE is an authentic experience which cannot be attributed to imagination, psychosis or oxygen deprivation. After such an profound experience, patient’s personalities underwent a permanent change. In Van Lommel’s opinion, the current views on the relationship between the brain and consciousness held by most physicians, philosophers and psychologists is too narrow for a proper understanding of the NDE phenomenon. The author provides examples and ways that our consciousness does not always coincide with brain functions; that consciousness can even be experienced separate from the body.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人類的意識是否可脫離身體（大腦）自行存在及運作？！ 隨著醫療科技的發展，越來越多的人能從死亡狀態下被救醒並報告大量的瀕死體驗。不管體驗者來自哪一種文化，處於哪個時代，或信仰何種宗教，瀕死體驗的內容和對本人的影響都極為相似。但是，大多數瀕死體驗的研究是回顧性的，且只針對有此體驗的患者，往往科學家的調查與病人的實際經歷之間間隔五到十年，因此許多醫學因素不能精確測量。
針對這一情況，荷蘭知名的心臟科專家Pim.van.Lommel醫生 及其同事對在1988-1992年間被成功搶救的334位26-92歲的突發性心肌保塞患者進行了長達八年的追蹤式瀕死體驗研究，這些患者都曾一次或多次被宣佈臨床死亡，後經及時心臟施壓，人工呼吸及藥物治療重新恢復知覺。
其中62人報告經歷瀕死體驗，具體包括在不同程度上認識到自己已經死去，出現愉快的正面情緒，靈魂離體，穿過隧道，與一種光亮交流，觀察到各種奇異的色彩和天國景象，與去世的親友見面，回顧一生，以及洞悉生死界限等經歷。
通過嚴格的對比分析及統計檢驗，Lommel醫生發現瀕死體驗的有無與藥物作用及患者的心理因素無關。瀕死體驗的深度也與患者的病情無關。有趣的是，較年輕的人瀕死體驗多於較年老的人，60歲以下的人尤多。經歷瀕死體驗後，患者大都對生命的意義有了新的洞察，不再過份顧慮失去物質利益，也不再恐懼死亡。這種體驗也並未隨時間流逝。
在本書中作者除了將解說這看似不可思議卻又充滿醫學根據的神奇體驗外，也將敘述他所見證的真實瀕死事件。這項研究對許多心理學家、醫師甚至哲學家而言絕對會是一個不可避免的衝擊。(VL)
Awards/获奖情况：#1 bestseller in the Netherlands!
100.000 copies sold in every year since 2007! Rights sold:
German: Patmos Verlag; US: Harper Collins; French: Éditions Robert Laffont; Polish: Artvitae, Warschau.
About the Author/作者介绍： Pim van Lommel，1977至2003年間曾在荷蘭的Rijnstate Hospital擔任心臟科醫生。2001年時與同僚及學生在英國權威的醫學刊物「The Lancet」《柳葉刀》發表其研究瀕死體驗Near Death Experiences (NDEs)的結果，在學術界引起一陣轟動，從此他也成為此領域的指標性人物。
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