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The traits of a classic NDE are as follows:
- A sense/awareness of being dead.[20][22]
- A sense of peace, well-being and painlessness. Positive emotions. A sense of removal from the world.[20][22][23]
- An out-of-body experience. A perception of one's body from an outside position. Sometimes observing doctors and nurses performing medical resuscitation efforts.[20][22][23][24]
- A "tunnel experience". A sense of moving up, or through, a passageway or staircase.[20][22][24]
- A rapid movement toward and/or sudden immersion in a powerful light. Communication with the light.[22][23]
- An intense feeling of unconditional love.[23]
- Encountering "Beings of Light", "Beings dressed in white", or similar. Also, the possibility of being reunited with deceased loved ones.[20][23][24]
- Receiving a life review.[20][22][23]
- Receiving a "life preview" in the cases of George Ritchie and Betty Eadie, which Ring calls an NDE "Flash Forward".[25]
- Receiving knowledge about one's life and the nature of the universe.[23]
- A decision by oneself or others to return to one's body, often accompanied by a reluctance to return.[20][23][24]
- Approaching a border.[22]
- The notice of unpleasant sound or noise (claimed by R. Moody).[9]
- Connection to the cultural beliefs held by the individual, which seem to dictate the phenomena experienced in the NDE and the later interpretation thereof (Holden, Janice Miner. Handbook of Near-Death Experiences. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publishing Data, 2009.).
- Hearing music. According to a study conducted by Dr. Joel Funk, Psychology professor at Plymouth State College in New Hampshire, close to fifty percent of people who have had a NDE remember hearing music.[26]
Anyone experienced any of these before?