Mission
"Bring together a local community that listens and shares the evidence for the universal nature of a loving consciousness that includes us all."
The "Benign Virus"
Dr. Kenneth Ring, a psychologist and IANDS founder, created this term to describe how "exposure to the subject" produces transformational effects similar to those experienced by near-death experiencers themselves.
Research-Backed Transformations
Nearly four decades of research show that learning about near-death and comparable experiences produces five positive changes:
- Reduced fear of death
- Decreased materialism; increased altruism regarding time and resources
- Enhanced compassion and love
- Greater sensitivity to behavioral consequences on others
- Increased spirituality; reduced dogmatic religious or atheistic thinking
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