NDE TV Presents Brian, retired Yale college professor had an NDE 50 years ago that changed his life!
What Researchers Found
The Story
Brian Barry was a 30-year-old photography teacher at Yale University. He suffered a near-death experience after inhaling polyurethane fumes while sealing floors in a small house during rain. He drove home, collapsed unconscious in the doorway, and remained so for three days and nights. Doctors diagnosed a stroke from a brain lesion. During this time, a silver-haired man lifted Barry, filled him with unconditional love, and flew him to a mountaintop temple. There, the man opened the record of Barry's life, revealing its selfishness. The man said without judgment, 'This life is the rag, isn’t it?' Then he returned Barry down the mountain. Barry woke up yearning for that love. After the NDE, Barry began praying and meditating daily. He sought guidance from spiritual teachers like Paul Solomon and learned to invoke an inner teacher. He divorced, remarried after prayer, and shifted careers. He earned a graduate degree in school psychology, worked with troubled children using meditation and love, and later became a clairvoyant offering readings. He wrote a book to help others channel and heal.
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The account describes a profound spiritual vision during a three-day coma from a stroke, but contains no veridical perceptions of real-world events, people, or objects that could not be accessed through normal senses. Lacks any verification attempts, specific verifiable details, or timely reporting of such claims, limiting evidential strength.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
The account describes a profound spiritual vision during a three-day coma from a stroke, but contains no veridical perceptions of real-world events, people, or objects that could not be accessed through normal senses. Lacks any verification attempts, specific verifiable details, or timely reporting of such claims, limiting evidential strength.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.