I, for one, would thoroughly enjoy reading about your coma experience Slip. Please post it somewhere and put up the link for us.
/e On Feb 16, 12:39 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Whether death is painful is a matter of individual concern and so I > can only relate to my own experience. Maybe a person who has > consorted with evil in life may have a more painful death than one who > has lived in more serene environs. This of course is just something > that we could only speculate. > I had documented my coma story as much as possible with many > intentions of posting but for some reason I've always been > apprehensive of doing so and never followed through with it. I can > say that for me there was really no pain but some degree of fear at > certain intervals with a definite awareness that I was somewhere else > the whole time. Much happened over the 2 weeks before I snapped out > of it. The story is very intense and perhaps soon I will put together > the gumption to share it. The whole of it still seems so strange and > at this point in time like another lifetime. > > On Feb 16, 11:26 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 16 Feb, 15:12, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We can't dismiss the possibility of out of body experience and the > > > occurrence of other phenomena in the death experience, based upon > > > death in the sleep mode. Coming from you Pat, I'm a bit dismayed as > > > you should have the wherewithal to explain it better than I. > > > Perhaps, if I had HAD a near-dying incident, I could; but I haven't. > > There was a time, in the car accident last year, where I thought, > > "this is it, I'm going to die", but I managed to avoid dying and, in > > the process, avoided any close, personal knowledge about what happens > > when one IS dying. Whilst I THOUGHT I was going to die, that > > assumption proved to be incorrect. I've heard many people say, "Oh, > > you'll know." But that's nothing more than speculation. Your coma > > experience is FAR more revealing than their speculation. Perhaps we > > WILL know. > > > >However, > > > I can relay a portion of my experience within a coma at which time I > > > did know I was dying, so even in the subconscious mind there is > > > "awareness" of death. Would you rather be awake watching yourself die > > > or be a floating apparition watching yourself sleep? > > > Is the death painful? That is, as long as the impending death is not > > painful, I'd rather be as aware as possible. If there's lots of pain, > > though, of course, I'd prefer to avoid it and if the 'floating method' > > becomes available to me under those circumstances, I suspect I'd take > > it. Like many things, life 'after', if there IS any, is probably as > > natural as any other and worrying about 'what will I do if X' is > > probably much akin to worrying about how one is going to breathe (or > > get energy from the environment) after they've been born. There's a > > perfectly natural solution available, and there's no need to worry > > about it. > > > >Aside from that > > > we can't be sure that a person who dies sleeping was actually in fact > > > sleeping by all outward appearances. One could be too weak to open > > > the eyes but be very well aware of the people standing around and the > > > impending cross over into the afterlife. > > > > On Feb 16, 6:39 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 16 Feb, 01:17, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > What you say is true. There is no assurances, but I'd still be > > > > > willing to bet my life on it being more comfortable or at the least > > > > > aware. That is my greatest desire to be cogently aware of what's > > > > > going on as it happens. I'd give up calm and peace for awareness. > > > > > Though I must say your fur coat in hunting season approach has it's > > > > > points. > > > > > You and me both, Gruff. I want to know when it's coming. The LAST > > > > thing I want to do is to die in my sleep: how will I know I'm dead? > > > > Especially if there IS and aftertime. Of course, if there isn't, then > > > > it won't matter; but I'd still prefer to know that the time is coming > > > > so I can acknowledge the end of my life. But, whatever happens, it > > > > will be that which is required to happen and my desires and > > > > preferences are, most likely, irrelevant. > > > > > > On Feb 15, 11:06 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Who is to say that your suicidal method will assure more comfort and > > > > > > exclude any and all instances of panic, including but not limited to > > > > > > subconscious awareness of self induced destruction leading to a > > > > > > struggle out of simple survival instinct, which may no longer be > > > > > > optional to the conscious mind after succumbing to the inducement. > > > > > > The body may react violently to fight off the inducement and appear > > > > > > as > > > > > > if in a state of turmoil or torment. We may imagine a drug induced > > > > > > demise to be passive but can not identify with the subconscious as > > > > > > what is exactly going on. This is a controversial subject > > > > > > concerning > > > > > > the use of lethal injection in criminal death penalty cases. > > > > > > Personally I would opt to wear a fur coat in a densely wooded area > > > > > > during hunting season and make loud grunting sounds.- Hide quoted > > > > > > text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
