You are welcome to join us at any meeting!
Welcome! This group is intended to provide a safe, supportive and friendly environment for sharing and exploring near-death and similar experiences. We are open to the public.
Service Area
Dallas / Fort Worth Metro
Contact
Jan Holden: 972-315-0300
Or, use the contact form at the bottom of this page to contact this IANDS group.
Regular Meeting Times
*** October 14 (Via Zoom) Dr. Pascal Michael ***
As a researcher, Dr. Pascal Michael has explored the relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and what causes them, including damage to specific areas of the central nervous system related to Covid-19. This is not a reductionist approach, he explains, but an attempt to better understand consciousness itself. He notes that, “Thus far, no qualitative study has examined Covid-19-related NDEs, which may reveal distinctive relationships between altered neural functioning, life-threatening ICU contexts, medically induced coma, and visionary experience. They may also echo the collective crisis of the pandemic, paralleling NDEs' frequent messages and visions of other global threats. In this presentation, I will offer a thematic analysis of Covid-19 NDE accounts, identifying recurrent themes, exceptional content, circumstances, and aftereffects.” Dr. Michael will be with us live from his home in London via Zoom on Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00 pm (Central Time). Please join us to learn more about a researcher’s latest efforts to understand the causes of NDEs and the implications for consciousness science, neurophenomenology, and bereavement meaning-making.
*** November 11 (In Person) To Be Announced ***
Meeting Location
Flower Mound Community Activity Center
1200 Gerault Road, Flower Mound, Texas 75028
Enter through the main door and turn left.
We will be in one of the meeting rooms.
*** We ask you to consider making a "Love Offering" (no more than $10) - requested but not expected; please, only what you can afford - to cover the cost of renting the room. ***
Other Information
The DFW Friends of IANDS exists for people who’ve had near-death and/or related experiences or who have personal or professional interest in such experiences. The purpose of the group is to provide these people with a forum in which to discuss such experiences and their meaning and integration into subsequent life. Discussion takes place in an atmosphere of openness and interest/support without judgment, proselytizing, or advice-giving.
Our meeting content varies from month to month. Sometimes we have a structured program, such as a speaker or watching a relevant video followed by discussion. Other times, we “circle up” and discuss our own NDEs and related experiences and their ongoing meaning in our lives.