What happens when the brain flatlines - yet consciousness continues?

In this episode of Mind-Body Solution, Dr Tevin Naidu speaks with world-renowned cardiologist and pioneering near-death experience (NDE) researcher Dr Pim van Lommel. His groundbreaking Lancet study remains one of the most rigorously documented clinical investigations into NDEs - and its implications challenge our deepest assumptions about the mind, the brain, and the nature of reality.

We explore:
• The medical evidence for consciousness during cardiac arrest
• Why the brain cannot account for NDEs
• The transceiver/filter model of consciousness
• Out-of-body perceptions verified during resuscitation
• Why materialism may be scientifically untenable
• The long-term personality transformation following NDEs
• Implications for neuroscience, medicine, ethics, and the mind-body problem
• What dying actually feels like
• Why Pim now views death as “a transition, not an end”

This is one of the most comprehensive, medically grounded explorations of non-local consciousness available today. Whether you're a skeptic, scientist, philosopher, or simply curious, this conversation forces a radical re-examination of what consciousness is.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
01:00 – Consciousness & Near Death Experiences (NDEs)
05:06 – Findings from the landmark 2001 Lancet study
09:10 – Out-of-body experiences (OBEs) & verified accounts
10:42 – Consciousness beyond the brain: receiver model
19:25 – Memory, identity & self without the body
20:25 – Universal NDE elements & what they imply
29:08 – Critics, skeptics & scientific resistance
31:23 – Why consciousness cannot be measured
32:46 – Monism? Dual-aspect? Idealism? Pim’s stance
35:56 – Implications for medical ethics & end-of-life care
37:56 – Deathbed phenomena & after-death communication
42:08 – Telepathy, remote viewing & “non-local” psychology
45:24 – Quantum physics: analogy not explanation
48:28 – The next generation of researchers
50:06 – What death really is and isn’t
51:27 – Is there purpose to the universe?
54:42 – Psychedelics vs NDEs: crucial differences
58:00 – Where does Pim believe he will go after death?
1:01:20 – Final reflections

EPISODE LINKS:
- Pim’s Website: https://pimvanlommel.nl/en/
- 2001 Lancet Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(01)07100-8/abstract
- Consciousness Beyond Life: https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Beyond-Life-Near-Death-Experience/dp/0061777250

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