A prisoner of palliative adults reveals a movement that people are dying when they are dead
drive towards the “beyond”?
In their final moments, some patients whisper familiar names, smile gently, or gaze at an invisible point with a tender expression. Many say they see a deceased loved one, a spirit figure, or feel a benevolent light.
Heartbreaking phrases like:
“They’re here.”
“I’m going home.”
“I’m seeing Mom.”
These testimonies, although subjective, give this gesture an almost mystical meaning.
A response from the brain… or a final impulse from the heart?
From a medical perspective, some suggest that these movements may be caused by involuntary neurological reactions . A drop in oxygen, chemical changes in the brain, or hallucinations could be the cause.
But what surprises the doctors is the gentleness of the gesture : it’s neither convulsions nor spasms. The movement is slow, fluid, almost deliberate. As if the body were accompanying the soul on its flight.
A symbol of letting go
