Hi John, http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060410/full/news060410-2.html
"Nelson doesn't rule out the possibility that other psychological or spiritual factors may also play a role. "I'm interested in how this experience is generated. That's as far as I take it," says Nelson. As to the ultimate meaning of these experiences, he will leave that question for others to answer." This succint report, by the way, describes a less rigorous experience than the one described in PLoS and is a bit less cautious in the final paragraph than the PLoS one. Who would have thunk? I don't like bets, by the way. I'd feel bed about losing money and I'd feel bad about taking your money. Believe it or not. Full disclosure: I had what could be considered a NDE once. Nothing supernatural about it, no lights, nothing flashing before my eyes. A friend of mine was giving me a ride home late at night and the car lost control on a tight curve. We had a frontal collision against a car on the opposite lane. Thankfully we wer both driving slow so the airbags saved everybody. I lost consciousness (maybe :) for 30 secs and woke to a strong smell of sulphur -- I imagine from the pyrotechnics that inflate the airbags. And a sore neck. The interesting part is the second before the collision. I was 100% sure I was going to die. I did not panik nor did I feel sadness or fear. I felt a calm realisation: "oh, so this is how I die". It was extremely peaceful and a bit psychedelic, in that everything felt like a big cosmic joke. Not a "haha funny" joke, but a joke nevertheless. This has no scientific value, of course. It was an interesting 1p experience that changed my outlook on death for the best. I now consider it a strongly positive experience in my life because I fear death less. I still fear suffering though. I hope my real death turns out to be something of that sort. Cheers, Telmo. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
