People often report seeing God, angels, or deceased loved ones in their dying moments, suggesting that in the process of dying, we move back and forth across the boundary between life and death before gradually sinking down into the nether world. The severe accidents, suicide attempts, heart stoppages and other intense events that trigger NDEs, on the other hand, fling people into this other world.
彌留時的異象屬於超越世界的延伸經驗，彌留者經常看到上帝、天使、或死去的親人，表示人們在死亡過程中來回進出生死兩界，並逐漸轉換沉入另一個世界；而瀕死經驗是由於激烈的意外事故、自殺意圖或心跳驟停，而突然「衝入」那個領域。