NDEs CROSS-CULTURALLY INVARIANT: Same core experience regardless of belief system
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2023 systematic review: 54 studies, 465 NDErs, no language restrictions. Core NDE features are identical across all cultures: out-of-body perception, tunnel/light, being of unconditional love, life review from all perspectives, deceased loved ones, timelessness, sense of "more real than real." If NDEs were hallucinations, they would vary by culture (Christians see Jesus, Hindus see Vishnu, atheists see nothing). But the CORE STRUCTURE is identical. The interpretation varies. The experience does not. This is what the filter model predicts: a universal physical process (filter removal), experienced and then interpreted through cultural frameworks.
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