IANDS Sharing Groups Online (ISGO), a new IANDS service includes live-streaming events like this hosted by the South Bay IANDS Group featuring guest speaker, Dr. Jerry Gin, PhD, Director of the Foundation for Mind Being Research (FMBR). Dr. Gin's talk will cover finding veridical evidence for the Challenger Crew messages confirming consciousness continues after death of the physical body.
Evidence for Survival found through Messages from the Challenger Crew <= click on link to register for webinar.
Jerry Gin to speak at South Bay IANDS meeting, April 23, 2019 7:00 pm (PDT)
On January 28, 1986, 17 million Americans witnessed the launch and explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle and within 1 hour of the explosion, 85% of Americans had heard about the disaster. All 7 astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space, had died in this national tragedy. NASA and the media reported that no one survived the explosion. However, Jeanne Love, in Adrian, Michigan, channeled a hysterical Christa McAuliffe and learned the real story. In subsequent days and months, all 7 astronauts told their stories to both Jeanne and Regina Ochoa, Jeanne’s close friend. The astronaut stories, as they experienced their “life” after death, were documented in recordings which were transcribed for the next 2 years.
The main message the astronauts wanted to communicate to the world was: “life continues after death and that life is eternal”. The key question was how to accomplish this mission. Tom, Jeanne’s husband, a physicist, knew about the Foundation for Mind-Being Research (FMBR) and knew one of the physicists on the FMBR Board. Contact with FMBR was made. After 30 years, FMBR has finally honored the request of the Challenger astronauts to get their message out in a website ( https://challengercc.org/ ) - there is no death and life is eternal.
Actor and filmmaker Robert Neal Marshall and IANDS Group Leader Yvonne Sneeden have teamed up to produce a documentary, Back From the Light, on near-death experience aftereffects that will include perspectives from the NDEr, the NDEr's family and NDE researchers. Both Robert and Yvonne are NDErs. The viewpoint of the family members of NDErs has not been covered much in the NDE literature or film.
View the trailer for the movie. You can also make a contribution to help complete the film. More...
The latest IANDS Conference in Newport Beach, California was a fun and informative affair that attracted a lot of attention from the attendees and from the media! The intriguing nature of this conference caught the interest of the Epoch Times reporter Tara MacIsaac who covered the sessions in detail! The Epoch Times provided a complete section on the conference including 10 articles. Each article provides insight into the nature of Near Death Experiences and a wonderful review of the presentations.
Learn more about the conference and read each article by clicking the READ MORE link below.
The Epoch Times covered the 
IANDS Conference in Newport Beach, California in detail. These are a few of the most intriguing quotes recorded at the conference.
"...human life has purpose... And the purpose seems to be loving and learning." -Jan Holden, NDE Researcher
"When you meet a person, you are meeting a spirtual being clothed in a physical body..." -Robert Mays, NDE Researcher
"...eventually, continuity of life will be as simple as the seasons... spring, summer, winter, fall... life, death, afterlife, and rebirth." -Dr. Jim Kwako, M.D.
See all of the quotes and read more about the conference by clicking here.
In early April, representatives from IANDS joined the Rhine Research Center in a joint presentation discussing the nature of Near-Death Experiences. The discussions included a presentation by NDE researcher Robert Mays on the nature of NDEs and three remarkable presentations by NDE experiencers. The educational night provided a nice introduction to the NDE experience and fascinated the crowd with an in-depth descriptions of NDEs and the life-changing effects they had on the panel members.
Click here to view a video of this unique and important presentation on the Rhine 
website.
An article in the Austin American Statesman from September 1, 2014 describes the near-death experiences of Pat Johnson while he was kayaking on the Blanco River. Johnson was with a friend when the kayak tipped over and he was trapped underwater for a number of minutes. During this time Johnson had a near-death experience where he saw light streaming through a stained-glass window and he was surrounded by "multitudes of souls". He felt overwhelming love, forgiveness and peace.
When he was revived, Johnson searched for answers and found IANDS. His experience drew him to help others who had similar experiences, and he now leads the Central Texas Chapter of IANDS in Austin.
In mid-June, the Chou Ta-kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation sponsored an information and educational meeting to encourage Taiwanese people who have had Near-Death Experiences to come forward and share their experiences. Established in 2002, this center has encouraged the recognition and awareness of NDEs in Taiwan.
According to Lin Keng-hsin, a psychiatrist at the center, people who experience NDEs "began to love life and nature passionately, and suddenly adopted simple diets, respected the environment, took to helping people, advocated environmental protection and put a higher priority on their spiritual sides."
Click here to see the full article and to learn more about this new center in Taiwan.
Commentary by NDE researcher Robert Mays - revised August 21, 2013
Luke Dittrich, contributing editor at Esquire, wrote an article critical of Dr. Eben Alexander's book Proof of Heaven. Dittrich cited several malpractice lawsuits against Dr. Alexander, in some of which the allegation was that Alexander had altered medical records to cover his errors. Dittrich makes this his theme for critiquing the story of Alexander's NDE, that Alexander altered the facts of his story to make them more dramatic. In particular, Dittrich questioned the central premise of the book, that Alexander's experience was the result of a brain all but destroyed by meningitis. Alexander's hyper-real experience of the heavenly Gateway Realm with the beautiful girl on the butterfly wing and the knowledge he gained from The Core, were all hallucinations resulting from a medically induced coma. Alexander thereby stood to gain financially. But how careful was Luke Dittrich with the facts he presented? (PDF: Full article)
In 1962, Nancy Clark was in the midst of a difficult childbirth when she left her body and found herself in the presence of a soothing and calming light. Her near death experience was profound, but she did not find the words to speak about it until she read Raymond Moody's Life after Life in 1976. Nancy has since become a group leader for an IANDS group in Ohio.
This story and other stories of near death experiences are being featured in a week long segment on Cleveland's Fox 8 News. You can see stories of Nancy's NDE and Howard Storm's distressing NDE by watching Fox 8 or viewing the videos of the segments on the Fox 8 website. Archive of all stories.
Edgar Cayce's life was punctuated with remarkable experiences. He spent years fascinating the public and producing thousands of recorded cases of readings and healings. Cayce would enter an altered state and communicate with non-physical entities who spoke through him providing information and guidance. His talents and abilities are legendary, and now there is evidence that Cayce had an NDE while a child.
Neil Helm, Scholar in Residence at Atlantic University at the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach has found evidence in the archives that Edgar Cayce drown and was pronounced dead at the age of 5. He was revived but kept his experience a secret for many years. Helm writes about this experience and his exploration of the Cayce Vault in the April through June Issue of Venture Inward in the article Did Edgar Cayce have a Near Death Experience (pp. 44-46).