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               146  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (30): 143-173, Spring 2022

               and  common  features  and              1.  Perception and Awareness
               characteristics can be achieved         Perception and awareness as
               among  all  these  experiences.         a  common  element  are
               Perception  and  awareness,             present in all the features of
               Exodus  from  the  dimension            near-death experiences.
               of time and place.                        All of these characteristics
                  Feelings of existential unity,      indicate  the  perception  of  a
               encounter  with  the  truth  of        feeling  -positive  or  negative-
               deeds, observation of heaven           that is fully perceived by the

               and hell, indescribable pleasures,     NDE  experiencer.  Indeed,
               and  observation  of  light  and       every thing that is seen in the
               holy  existence  are  among            reports of near-death experiences
               these characteristics.                 are the experiencers attempts
                                                      to  describe  these  perceptions
               NDE from the Perspective               and awareness.

               of Transcendent Wisdom                    These  perceptions  belong
                Since near-death experiences          either    to    external    and
                take place in the realm of the        perceptible  things,  such  as
                purgatory  and  the  Imaginal         observing  the  body  and  the
                world,  all  the  features  that      environment, or to things that

                the experiencer have reported         are  not  normally  felt  and
                from  their  experience  are          observed,  such  as  observing
                consistent  with  the  structure      light  and  sacred  existence.
                and  features  of  the  Imaginal      Thus,  near-death  experience
                world. In the following, each         can  be  considered  a  set  of
                of  these  features  will  be         consciousnesses .

                introduced and explained.
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