meditation-induced-near-death_gordon-william-van-et-al.md

title	authors	external_url	source_url	drive_links	course	status	tags	year	month	journal	volume	number	pages	publisher	openalexid
Meditation-Induced Near-Death Experiences: a 3-Year Longitudinal Study	William Van Gordon Edo Shonin Thomas J. Dunn David Sheffield Javier García Campayo and others	https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12671-018-0922-3.pdf	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-0922-3	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s1gM0Jd8ydItMnvq27B3DIvvIAo5veuX/view?usp=drivesdk	iddhi	featured	death samadhi	2018	mar	Mindfulness	9	6	1794--1806	Springer Science+Business Media	W2790261613

The present study recruited 12 advanced Buddhist meditators and compared their meditation-induced near-death experiences (MI-NDEs) against two other meditation practices in the same participant group. Changes in the content and profundity of the MI-NDE were assessed longitudinally over a 3-year period. Findings demonstrated that compared to the control conditions, the MI-NDE prompted significantly greater increases in profundity, mysticism and non-attachment. Furthermore, participants demonstrated significant increases in NDE profundity across the 3-year study period.

Findings from an embedded qualitative analysis demonstrated that participants (i) were consciously aware of experiencing near-death experiences (NDEs), (ii) retained volitional control over the content and duration of NDEs and (iii) elicited a rich array of non-worldly encounters and spiritual experiences. In addition to providing corroborating evidence in terms of the content of a “regular” (i.e. non-meditation-induced) NDE, novel NDE features identified in the present study indicate that there exist unexplored and/or poorly understood dimensions to NDEs.