Yes. NDE experiences are interpreted in a very different way probably due to the following.
Even though we highly value our dense physical bodies, bearing them is stressful in addition to giving rise to body aches, injuries, etc. Even breathing takes an effort even though we are used to it.
- When the mental body (gandhabba) separates from the physical body, it is said to provide great relief. Furthermore, one can move without effort, even traveling far just by thinking!
- That leads many “NDE experiencers” to believe that they had gone to the “afterlife” for a brief time. Since most people believe in going to heaven after death, they believe they experienced a bit of “heavenly existence.”
- Of course, we know that gandhabba is human, just without a physical body.