NDE Multimedia Resource Thread

What Happens After We Die? Dr. Jeffrey & Jody Long Share Decades of NDE Research

In this episode, Dani Foffa sits down at the IANDS 2025 Conference with the Founders of NDERF (the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation) Dr. Jeffrey and Jody Long. Dr. Jeffrey Long and Dr. Jody Long share groundbreaking insights from over 25 years of researching more than 4,000 near-death experiences (NDEs). They reveal how consistent, cross-cultural accounts point to a universal afterlife filled with light, love, and continuity of consciousness—independent of religion or belief. The Longs discuss how studying NDEs transforms one’s life, reduces fear of death, deepens compassion, and brings clarity to life purpose. They also explore the concept of being an “afterlifer”—someone who accepts the afterlife through scientific evidence rather than faith alone. For skeptics, they offer practical steps, key resources, and compelling evidential cases that challenge materialist assumptions. This conversation also dives into global spiritual transformation, NDE patterns, cultural interpretations, and why humanity may be shifting from a material worldview to a more spiritually aware society. In this episode they share how decades of research have shaped the way they see life, as well as answering questions about NDEs and some of the other insights they’ve gained along the way, so be sure to watch it until the end!

I wish I could get a clearer picture of what the afterlife consists of. I mean somehow all the talk of love, love, love makes me uneasy. In our current life we don't go around our partner (say) constantly losing her/him, a lot of life is about sharing activities with a partner, including all the memories. Abstract love is hard to comprehend.

The phrase "eternal bliss" makes me cringe - something like living with a psychedelic drug infusion!

Cyrus Kirkpatrick (who used to be a member on Skeptiko) has written two books on his discoveries obtained using out of body experiences.

Interestingly he presents a world in which people do things. Often they begin by continuing in a manner rather similar to how they did before, they live in houses, sleep, eat, enjoy sex - but none of those activities are necessary. They seem to provide some social glue. I haven't yet watched the video, but it is next on my list.

OK the video is a bit better than I expected. Judy Long gets to speak more later into the video, and she seems to be a bit more grounded.

I guess an NDE is a first glimpse of something very different. It may just feel loving, but there is clearly more to it than that.

David