Weekend Seminar
The Near-Death Experience: Beyond the Myth
FIVE SESSIONS - each 1 -hour in length with breaks in-between, designed for a two-day weekend, or to begin on a Friday night and end with the final session on Sunday.
1. RECONSIDERING THE PHENOMENON: (Lecture, Overheads) Fact and fantasy setting the record straight. A new model, Saigon- features of genuine experiences. Four types sample cases. Pleasant and unpleasant episodes surprising examples. The typical pattern of physiological and psychological aftereffects, and how people generally respond. The near-death-like experience/transformations.
2. TELLING THE STORY: People in the audience are invited to tell their own story, or relay a story they know about another. Relatives and friends of experiencers are also urged to share what happened to them and what they witnessed as they dealt with the individual.
3. WHAT HAPPENS WITH CHILDREN: (Lecture, Overheads) Looking at childrens episodes through their eyes. The youngest hellish case yet found; childrens drawings, past/future siblings. Greeters and the three distinctive types of light. Aftereffects more impactual with kids: creative intuitives, genius, learning reversals, alcoholism, suicide, distancing from family/school. Historical figures implication.
4. A CHALLENGE TO THE AUDIENCE: (Q&A, Dialogue, Debate, Sharings) Open microphone to ask questions, talk about the downside. If time, will broach such topics as: depressions and confusion afterwards, the Need Factor and what that implies, the horror in China, the difference between psychotic breakdowns and spiritual breakthroughs, etc.
5. EMPATHIC EXPERIENCES/SHARINGS: (Guided Visualization, Stories) Using the pattern of near-death scenarios as a guided visualization to confront ones own issues about death, and as an empathic way to assist in the dying process. Step-by-step directions and suggestions. Stories from the edge.
Participants are invited to share photos, drawings, poetry, art work, that depict aspects of their experience.
1. RECONSIDERING THE PHENOMENON: (Lecture, Overheads) Fact and fantasy setting the record straight. A new model, Saigon- features of genuine experiences. Four types sample cases. Pleasant and unpleasant episodes surprising examples. The typical pattern of physiological and psychological aftereffects, and how people generally respond. The near-death-like experience/transformations.
2. TELLING THE STORY: People in the audience are invited to tell their own story, or relay a story they know about another. Relatives and friends of experiencers are also urged to share what happened to them and what they witnessed as they dealt with the individual.
3. WHAT HAPPENS WITH CHILDREN: (Lecture, Overheads) Looking at childrens episodes through their eyes. The youngest hellish case yet found; childrens drawings, past/future siblings. Greeters and the three distinctive types of light. Aftereffects more impactual with kids: creative intuitives, genius, learning reversals, alcoholism, suicide, distancing from family/school. Historical figures implication.
4. A CHALLENGE TO THE AUDIENCE: (Q&A, Dialogue, Debate, Sharings) Open microphone to ask questions, talk about the downside. If time, will broach such topics as: depressions and confusion afterwards, the Need Factor and what that implies, the horror in China, the difference between psychotic breakdowns and spiritual breakthroughs, etc.
5. EMPATHIC EXPERIENCES/SHARINGS: (Guided Visualization, Stories) Using the pattern of near-death scenarios as a guided visualization to confront ones own issues about death, and as an empathic way to assist in the dying process. Step-by-step directions and suggestions. Stories from the edge.
Participants are invited to share photos, drawings, poetry, art work, that depict aspects of their experience.
PARTICIPANTS Minimum 30, Maximum none
ROOM LAYOUT Chairs in Semi-circle, Carpet, Table Upfront, Black or White Board
AUDIO/VISUALS Overhead Projector, Screen, Lapel Microphone