| Technically speaking, an out of body experience | | | | they see things from a different perspective is |
| happens any time you see the world from a | | | | because their soul leaves the body during the time |
| perspective other than through your own eyes. | | | | that the body is medically dead. When the heart is |
| Often people report seeming to be above | | | | restarted the soul is drawn back into the body. |
| themselves, looking down on their own body and any | | | | Those that are more scientifically minded see out of |
| activity that is happening around them. Sometimes | | | | body experiences as hallucinations. They argue that |
| people report being somewhere other than where | | | | when the heart stops the brain is deprived of |
| they are and seeing through another's eyes. Why | | | | oxygen. They claim that this lack of oxygen causes |
| does this happen? Just what is an out of body | | | | the synapses in the brain cells to misfire causing the |
| experience? | | | | brain to create images that aren't really there. |
| Out of body experiences often happen when a body | | | | Whatever the real reason for an out of body |
| is clinically dead. When the heart stops beating, a | | | | experience, those that have had them say that it |
| person is considered medically dead. If the heart is | | | | changed their lives. Perhaps it does not much matter |
| restarted then the body lives again. Many people | | | | why they happen. Maybe what is important is the |
| report out of body experiences during the time their | | | | fact that they are proof that there are still many |
| heart has not beating. | | | | unanswered questions in our world. That there are |
| For those people that have religious tendencies, | | | | things out there that can still inspire wonder and awe. |
| these out of body experiences are seen as proof of | | | | Maybe that is really the answer to the question, |
| the human soul. They believe that they reason that | | | | "what is an out of body experience". |