I interview Dr. Marieta Pehlivanova, a researcher at the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies, where she studies near-death experiences and children's reported memories of past lives.
We discuss near-death experiences, consciousness, reincarnation, the possibility of life after death, and what science can tell us about the nature of reality. We also explore how these experiences transform our understanding of death, love, and what it means to be human.
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Dr. Marieta Pehlivanova is a Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She conducts academic research on near-death experiences and children’s purported past-life memories.
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-staff/marieta-pehlivanova/
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Following an inner calling
03:00 The science of near-death experiences
05:00 What happens during a near-death experience?
09:00 Lessons about love, life, and death
11:00 How scientists study near-death experiences
14:00 Who experiences NDEs?
15:00 Why near-death experiences change people's lives
19:00 Does consciousness survive death?
21:00 Out-of-body experiences and veridical perception
24:00 What happens when we die?
26:00 Shared death experiences and deathbed visions
28:00 How NDE research changes our understanding of death
30:00 The limits of science and the nature of reality
31:00 Children who remember past lives
33:00 Scientific evidence for past-life memories
36:00 Reincarnation and the mystery of consciousness
38:00 Why people hesitate to share extraordinary experiences
40:00 The future of consciousness research
42:00 Supporting people who have had near-death experiences
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EPISODE LINKS
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-staff/marieta-pehlivanova/
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