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Near Death Experience
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Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Yeah, a couple. One time I came inches away from getting hit by a speeding bus while biking in the city. And I've had at least a few close calls with catastrophic accidents while driving in my car.
outhouse
Atheistically
countless times
so much so im on borrowed time.
maybe you should explain what your really looking for in a near death experience
JustWondering2
Just the facts Ma'am
Yes I have had one.
About 7 years ago I almost OD'd on sleeping pills...etc. I had some very strange visions/thoughts/illiousions what ever you want to call them.
I felt very peaceful and at ease (for the first time in a long time) and as though I was floating. But no bright lights as I've heard some folks talk about. I remember talking to someone, angel/demon who knows, I took him to be an angel anyway. I asked why was I in heaven since i didn't take the Bible literally. His answer was "you speak of the words of man and not those of God".........
About 7 years ago I almost OD'd on sleeping pills...etc. I had some very strange visions/thoughts/illiousions what ever you want to call them.
I felt very peaceful and at ease (for the first time in a long time) and as though I was floating. But no bright lights as I've heard some folks talk about. I remember talking to someone, angel/demon who knows, I took him to be an angel anyway. I asked why was I in heaven since i didn't take the Bible literally. His answer was "you speak of the words of man and not those of God".........
I haven't but my husband has and he told me about it in detail how he was floating away from his body.
jarofthoughts
Empirical Curmudgeon
I almost died about 18 months ago and I was in a coma for about a week.
Never got that whole floating body experience, but I did hallucinate for a couple of days after I came out of the coma.
The mind is very good at conjuring up illusions.
ellenjanuary
Well-Known Member
Depending on the source, either 65% of the brain's processing power, or 65% of the 15% of the brain we use; is utilized for the blink reflex. Meaning that the entire scope of visual reality is simulated for the instant that you blink. Meaning that we have evolved with one skill set above all others - the ability to make stuff up. 
In the trauma of ending, this reflex is stimulated to extremes. The only NDE I consider to have meaning is the subject's own; not in itself, but in what is learned from the experience. I have approached the threshold numerous times since 2001, but nothing has ever needed to be added to my final line - beyond the threshold of eternity is beauty for all.
In the trauma of ending, this reflex is stimulated to extremes. The only NDE I consider to have meaning is the subject's own; not in itself, but in what is learned from the experience. I have approached the threshold numerous times since 2001, but nothing has ever needed to be added to my final line - beyond the threshold of eternity is beauty for all.
outhouse
Atheistically
drowned twice before 5 and lived.
while unconcious when I was 5 I still remember being under the water in the pool and seeing clearly.
you could see the light in the pool I still remember the chrome ring around the light, the ripples on the waters surface and the tile work plus the steps going into the pool and the hand rail. It was all crystal clear. I woke up choking on the deck as they were pumping water out and I had instant pain as I woke upchoking. In the water was so peacefull.
They made me swim again and I was petrified, when I did stick my face back in the water I opened my eyes and the chlorine burned and everything was blurry.
never did see my body.
i also cant say it wasnt anything more then a dream while being unconcious
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
I survived by almost getting hit by a car.
I was stupid to try to stick a clothes hanger in an empty lightbulb thing (zap).
But I never got damaged by these things, not enough to lose consciousness or float over the body.
If you mean just OBE's than I can say I do every night, in a way, when I meditate I forget of my body, recognize my surroundings, and my senses seem to leave my body but the sight is controlled by the sound and I do not feel then or taste... I've gone to my door, that's as far as I've gotten, but even that's rare.
OBE's are easy to get for anybody, they are real but not spiritual TBH.
outhouse
Atheistically
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
Not sure, could vary on the person I suppose. (For what they think) But definitely not being aware of yourself, but aware of other things.
For what they feel... I'm not sure, I never talked to someone with my experience, there are many types of OBE's out there, all are usually different. For me I felt shocked, excited, nervous, shy, all those things... But I read a thing that the member Storm recommended me (it was good) that had a guy that seemed to have had the same experience, except he felt ego-death and that's what I'm trying to achieve.
So yes, I suppose it is different for everybody.
St Giordano Bruno
Well-Known Member
If you are speaking of going into cardiac arrest for a few minutes and in the mean time I have a sensation of going down a tunnel with a light at the end, then the answer is "no"
If you are speaking of going into cardiac arrest and I feel my spirit float out of my body and I observe from overhead the hospital crew resuscitating me, the answer is also "no"
If you are speaking of going into cardiac arrest and I meet up with my dead folks and they persuade me to go back, the answer is once again no
If you are speaking of going into cardiac arrest and I feel my spirit float out of my body and I observe from overhead the hospital crew resuscitating me, the answer is also "no"
If you are speaking of going into cardiac arrest and I meet up with my dead folks and they persuade me to go back, the answer is once again no
Otherright
Otherright
Depending on the source, either 65% of the brain's processing power, or 65% of the 15% of the brain we use; is utilized for the blink reflex. Meaning that the entire scope of visual reality is simulated for the instant that you blink. Meaning that we have evolved with one skill set above all others - the ability to make stuff up.
In the trauma of ending, this reflex is stimulated to extremes. The only NDE I consider to have meaning is the subject's own; not in itself, but in what is learned from the experience. I have approached the threshold numerous times since 2001, but nothing has ever needed to be added to my final line - beyond the threshold of eternity is beauty for all.
We don't use 15% of our brain, we use all of it.
The blink reflex (or corneal reflex) is an involuntary blink, that's it. The globus pallidus of the basal ganglia contains the blinking center that controls blinking, and It does not require 65% of our brain's power to do it.
Rhizomatic
Vaguely (Post)Postmodern
I suppose I almost drowned once when I was kayaking, but I haven't had any kind of profound NDE. I used to have crazy-intense, random OBEs back when I was younger (and before I had tried any drugs of any kind), though.
ellenjanuary
Well-Known Member
Forgive my lack of precision. Not the reflex itself, but the simulations run by the mind so that the body need not fear the approach of tigers for that split second when the whole world is dark. There's real science involved; but as my internet is now limited to Dunkin' Donuts, I'm less of the real scientist.
Otherright
Otherright
Forgive my lack of precision. Not the reflex itself, but the simulations run by the mind so that the body need not fear the approach of tigers for that split second when the whole world is dark. There's real science involved; but as my internet is now limited to Dunkin' Donuts, I'm less of the real scientist.
OK.
Dunkin' Donuts, huh? We own your retail coffee.
Vendetta
"Oscar the grouch"
Depending on the source, either 65% of the brain's processing power, or 65% of the 15% of the brain we use; is utilized for the blink reflex. Meaning that the entire scope of visual reality is simulated for the instant that you blink. Meaning that we have evolved with one skill set above all others - the ability to make stuff up.
In the trauma of ending, this reflex is stimulated to extremes. The only NDE I consider to have meaning is the subject's own; not in itself, but in what is learned from the experience. I have approached the threshold numerous times since 2001, but nothing has ever needed to be added to my final line - beyond the threshold of eternity is beauty for all.
I wish people stop saying we use 10-15% of the brain stuff...We use 100% of the brain. If we used 15% we might as well be close to being a veggie.....
EDIT: Just read your response after this. You corrected yourself
Vendetta
"Oscar the grouch"
Skeptics will say the process of floating in the air is neuronal death. However I sam curious as to how upon when a person is floating how do they look down upon themselves and decribe with complete accuracy what the hell is going on?
For example someone who is in cardiac arrest and needs to be "De Fibbed" how do they described exactly what is going on if their is no heart rhythm and are essentially not conscious?
For example someone who is in cardiac arrest and needs to be "De Fibbed" how do they described exactly what is going on if their is no heart rhythm and are essentially not conscious?