A NASA scientist has claimed she did not just die once, but three times, and saw the exact same thing each time.
Ingrid Honkala, 55, an oceanographer who has worked with NASA, said she had near-death experiences at the ages of two, 25 and 52.
While each incident unfolded differently, she said the outcome was identical: she entered a state of complete calm, with no fear, no sense of time, and a feeling of separating from her physical body.
Honkala described becoming ‘pure awareness,’ immersed in what she calls a vast, interconnected consciousness filled with light, clarity and peace.
She claimed this was not a fleeting hallucination, but a consistent experience she returned to every time she came close to death.
The scientist now believes these moments offered a glimpse into what lies beyond human life, challenging the idea that consciousness ends when the body shuts down.
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The highlighted paragraphs above describe a samadhi state, which the Buddha said is available to virtually all human beings. Samadhi, or the training for it, is the Eighth Path of the Noble Eightfold Path. To use Honkala’s words, the fourth and highest samadhi state in Buddhism is an experience which transforms human consciousness by ‘immersing‘ us in ‘a vast, interconnected consciousness filled with light, clarity and peace.’ ABN
@americanbuddhist.net This appears to be repeated endlessly. But it defies explanation … maybe?
Samadhi is an experience which explains itself