{"id":948,"date":"2017-11-20T13:34:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pimvanlommel.nl\/?page_id=948"},"modified":"2017-11-22T09:49:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T08:49:14","slug":"nonlocal-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pimvanlommel.nl\/de\/pim-van-lommel\/nonlocal-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonlocal Consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Introduction<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner row_type=“row“ type=“full_width“ text_align=“left“ css_animation=““][vc_column_inner width=“1\/2″][vc_column_text]In February 2014, a group of internationally known scientists from a variety of scientific fields (biology, neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry) participated in a summit on post-materialist science. \u00a0Co-organized by Gary E. Schwartz, PhD and Mario Beauregard, PhD, of the University of Arizona, and Lisa Miller, PhD, of Columbia University, the summit was held at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona. The purpose was to discuss the impact of the prevailing mechanistic-materialist ideology within science and the emergence of a post-materialist paradigm for science, spirituality, and society. \u00a0The resulting Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science was published in Explore [2014; 10 (5): 272-274] and on the Open Sciences website, which also resulted from the summit (http:\/\/opensciences.org\/about\/manifesto-for-a-post-materialist-science<\/a>).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=“1\/2″][vc_single_image image=“266″ img_size=“large“ alignment=“center“ style=“vc_box_rounded“ qode_css_animation=““][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=“row“ type=“full_width“ text_align=“left“ css_animation=““][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]In September 2015, a second meeting was held in Tucson, called The Final Transition Conference. Organized by consciousness researcher Stephan A. Schwartz, the purpose of the meeting was to explore the questions: \u00a0What happens when we die, and what constitutes humane, decent care of the dying? The conference faculty was composed of therapists, clinicians, scholars, and researchers from the US and Europe, all of whom are involved in various ways in end-of-life care. \u00a0It became clear that an exclusively materialist view of consciousness \u2014 the notion that consciousness is produced by the brain and is annihilated with physical death \u2014 cannot account for the rich, variegated experiences that surround the dying brain and body, and that a post-materialist science is required. \u00a0A key feature of a post-materialist approach is that of nonlocal consciousness, in which consciousness is not considered to be localized or confined to specific points in space, such as the physical brain and body, nor to specific points in time, such as the present.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner row_type=“row“ type=“full_width“ text_align=“left“ css_animation=““][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The following\u00a0Declaration for Integrative, Evidence-Based, End-of-Life Care that Incorporates Nonlocal Consciousness<\/em>\u00a0emerged from The Final Transition Conference. It was drafted by Stephan A. Schwartz and Gary E. Schwartz (no familial relationship). \u00a0This Declaration represents a consensus view of the undersigned faculty of The Final Transition Conference and others.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner row_type=“row“ type=“full_width“ text_align=“left“ css_animation=““][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]This Declaration is an application and extension of the 2014 Manifesto for a Post-Material Science to the greatest issues anyone faces: \u00a0the origin, destiny, and nature of human consciousness, and how these considerations affect the care of humans at the end of life.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner row_type=“row“ type=“full_width“ text_align=“left“ css_animation=““][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Declaration for Integrative, Evidence-Based, End-of-Life Care<\/strong><\/div>\n
that Incorporates Nonlocal Consciousness<\/strong><\/div>\n

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1.<\/strong> \u00a0Twenty-first-century medicine and healthcare pride themselves on being evidence-based. \u00a0Whether the therapies are conventional, complementary, or integrative, in all instances the explicit philosophy guiding their use is their grounding in the best available scientific theories and outcome research. \u00a0This same philosophy ostensibly guides end-of-life care.<\/div>\n

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2.<\/strong> \u00a0And yet, the nature of consciousness has been largely explored only from the assumption that it is a poorly understood neurophysiological process entirely resident in the human organism. \u00a0Its inherent physicality has become an ironbound axiom. \u00a0However, a growing body of experimental and clinical research now challenges this assumption. \u00a0In disciplines as diverse as physics, biology, and neuroscience, research findings published in the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature collectively indicate the existence of a nonlocal aspect of consciousness that is not wholly dependent on the brain, is not limited to specific points in space and time, and does not cease to exist with physical death. \u00a0Although the consensus of the authors and co-signers of this Declaration is that the collective evidence points toward this conclusion, other consciousness scientists believe that the current evidence is not definitive enough to conclude this with certainty.<\/div>\n

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3.<\/strong> \u00a0Today, there are seven stabilized experimental protocols used in laboratories around the world, each of which requires the existence of nonlocal consciousness to be successful. \u00a0All seven protocols have independently produced six-sigma results, meaning that the odds against a chance explanation of the experimental finding are roughly a billion to one, or above a 99.999999 percentile of certainty.<\/div>\n

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4.<\/strong> \u00a0In addition, there are now five areas of consciousness science that are directly linked to the processes of death that also support the existence of a nonlocal, non-physiologically dependent consciousness. \u00a0This research includes (1) near-death experiences (NDEs); (2) after-death communications (ADC); (3) death-bed vision and physical phenomena at the time of death; (4) laboratory studies with research mediums; and (5) reincarnation research, particularly involving young children.<\/div>\n

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5.<\/strong> \u00a0We believe that the question, Can consciousness exist that is not physiologically based? has been answered in the affirmative, and that it is time to move on \u2014 time to incorporate these findings into clinical applications and public policy, and integrate them into evidence-based, end-of-life care.<\/div>\n

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6.<\/strong> \u00a0We believe that everyone involved in end-of-life care \u2014 patients, providers, loved ones, administrators, insurers, policy makers \u2014 should be educated in a non-sectarian, evidence-based manner concerning these findings, and how they can be integrated in the care of individuals at the end of physical life.<\/div>\n

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7.<\/strong> \u00a0Programs should be developed that prepare patients and their loved ones for the journey following death, based on the evidence provided in 4. This can have major effects in reducing the fear of death in both patients and their loved ones.<\/div>\n

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8.<\/strong> \u00a0The current practice of keeping severely ill patients alive, against all odds of meaningful recovery as judged by medical experts, needs to be rethought in light of this research. \u00a0Important factors in this decision also include a patient\u2019s Living Will, the quality of his or her final days, and the desires and wishes of loved ones when a patient is no longer conscious or responsive.<\/div>\n

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9.<\/strong> The new consciousness research points to the existence of an individual\u2019s immortal, nonlocal consciousness, a perspective affirmed by many philosophical and religious traditions for millennia. If consciousness pre-exists physical birth, and continues after corporeal death in a cycle whose dimensions we do not yet know, then liberty, respect, and justice require that an individual have autonomy over when to terminate their corporeal existence. We believe this process is best served when every aspect of end-of-life palliative care representing the integration of sciences and humanities is available to that individual.<\/div>\n

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10.<\/strong> \u00a0We emphasize that all of the above considerations have substantial economic implications for family members, health care providers, insurance companies, and societies.<\/div>\n

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11.<\/strong> \u00a0We see nonlocal consciousness as existing within the broader context of the emergence of Post-Materialist Science. \u00a0We recognize, however, that acknowledging non-physiologically based consciousness has the potential to evoke emotional responses that challenge deeply held beliefs in both mainstream science and religions. It will take a commitment of courage, compassion, and integrity to address the wealth of implications and opportunities afforded by integrating this post-materialist perspective with end-of-life care \u2014 more accurately, end-of-physical-life care. \u00a0Now is the time to advance this integration.<\/div>\n

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File name: Introduction and Declaration-4-GS, SAS, DR, LD. Fin<\/em><\/div>\n

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Stephan A. Schwartz<\/div>\n
Columnist, Explore<\/div>\n
Author, The 8 Laws of Change<\/div>\n

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Gary E. Schwartz, PhD<\/div>\n
Professor, University of Arizona<\/div>\n
Author, The Afterlife Experiments<\/div>\n

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Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, FAAN<\/div>\n
Co-Director, International Nurse Coach Association<\/div>\n
International Co-Director,<\/div>\n
Nightingale Initiative for Global Health<\/div>\n

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Peter Fenwick, MB BChir \u00a0FRCPsych<\/div>\n
Neuropsychiatrist Emeritus Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital<\/div>\n
Author, The Art of Dying<\/div>\n

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Larry Dossey, MD<\/div>\n
Executive Editor, Explore<\/div>\n
Author, One Mind<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pim Van Lommel, MD<\/div>\n
Cardiologist<\/div>\n
Author, Consciousness Beyond Life<\/div>\n

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Marilyn Schlitz, MA, PhD<\/div>\n
President Emeritus, Institute of Noetic Sciences<\/div>\n
Author, Death Makes Life Possible (book and film)<\/div>\n

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