More and more modern researchers and scientists are beginning to be convinced that the existence of our consciousness does not stop when the brain is "turned off", as well as when the heart rate stops, for example, in a state of "clinical death." One such modern researcher is an American neurosurgeon with 25 years of experience, Professor Eben Alexander, who taught at Harvard Medical School.
E. Alexander is a renowned researcher of advanced treatment methods, in particular stereotactic radiosurgery. He also took an active part in the development and use of magnetic resonance imaging, which is one of the modern methods of studying brain tumors and various disorders of its vascular system. He is also the author of over one hundred and fifty articles for major medical journals.
And this is what he writes about his unusual experience in a state of coma and the conclusions he made from it: “… On November 10, 2008, when I was fifty-four, luck seemed to change me. As a result of a very rare disease, I spent seven whole days All this time my neocortex - the new cortex, that is, the upper layer of the cerebral hemispheres, which, in essence, makes us human - was turned off, did not work, practically did not exist.
When a person's brain turns off, it also ceases to exist. In my specialty, I had to hear many stories of people who had an unusual experience, usually after cardiac arrest: they allegedly ended up in some mysterious and beautiful place, talked with deceased relatives and even saw the Lord God himself.
All these stories, of course, were very interesting, but, in my opinion, they were fantasy, pure fiction. What causes these "otherworldly" experiences that people who have experienced clinical death talk about? I did not say anything, but deep down I was sure that they were connected with some kind of disturbance in the work of the brain. All our experiences and ideas originate in consciousness. If the brain is paralyzed, disabled, you cannot be conscious.
Because the brain is a mechanism that primarily produces consciousness. The destruction of this mechanism means the death of consciousness. With this incredibly complex and mysterious functioning of the brain, it's just like two and two. Unplug the power cord and the TV will stop working. And the show ends, no matter how you like it. Something like that I would say before my own brain went out.
When I was in a coma, my brain wasn't working properly - it wasn't working at all. I now think that it was a completely non-functioning brain that led to the depth and intensity of the near-death experience (ACS) I had during my coma.
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Most of the stories about ACS come from people who have experienced temporary cardiac arrest. In these cases, the neocortex also turns off for a while, but does not undergo irreversible damage - if, no later than four minutes later, the supply of oxygenated blood to the brain is restored using cardiopulmonary resuscitation or due to spontaneous restoration of cardiac activity.
But in my case, the neocortex showed no signs of life! I was confronted with the reality of a world of consciousness that existed completely independently of my dormant brain.
Personal experience of clinical death was a real explosion for me, a shock. As a neurosurgeon with a long history of scientific and practical work, I was better than others able not only to correctly assess the reality of what I experienced, but also to draw appropriate conclusions.
These findings are incredibly important. My experience has shown me that the death of the organism and the brain does not mean the death of consciousness, that human life continues even after the burial of his material body. But most importantly, it continues under the gaze of God, who loves all of us and cares about each of us and about the world, where the universe itself and everything in it ultimately goes.
The world where I found myself was real - so real that, compared to this world, the life we lead here and now is completely ghostly. However, this does not mean that I do not value my present life. On the contrary, I value her even more than before. Because now I understand its true meaning."
Thus, based on the conclusions of the scientist, the modern scientific paradigm, to put it mildly, is erroneous. Our consciousness is not a product of the brain, but on the contrary, the brain during our existence in the physical body is a temporary container of our consciousness. But it may well exist without a brain and even a physical body.
Moreover, the brain itself is essentially a kind of "filter" that limits our perception of rality. That is why when we turn off the work of the left hemisphere of the brain (turn off the mental dialogue), the quality of our perception of reality significantly improves. Many parapsychological phenomena and amazing abilities are associated with just such altered states of consciousness.
