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I am puzzeled by the connection between meditation, DMT, both being very calming ways of inducing OOBE, compared to trauma induced OOBE, being stress and anything but calming. So, why are OOBE produced by the two extremes of emotion? Good question. I've had OOBEs in both situations. And I know peop...

OK...do the meditation side of things. Astral Projection...... Is there anything to this, or is it a hokey way to trigger a weird hallucination that causes issues with those who claim OOBEs? Triggering your own OOBE is nothing like a hallucination, and I've never heard of anyone having issues after...

There are accounts of people being dead (like no blood moving AT ALL) for long periods of time (as in waking up in the morgue) who have extreme NDE and OOBE events, and they end up with increased I/Q, etc. This is one of the reason (among MANY) I think something way more profound is going on then s...

What I like to do when someone mentions chiasmus... this is from an English Poetry collection, first published in 1744: Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock. Hickory, dickory, dock. The bird flew up the clock. The clock ...

You asked also whether I received any new abilities from the NDE. I definitely did, but did not perceive that for years. My IQ did seem broader, I would not say I became smarter, but I became aware of far more elements of earth life, and I became much more resilient. Wish that were true for everyon...

OK...I want to throw something else out there. Lets talk about this DMT thing. People are saying this drug lets you leave your body, or somehow plugs you into other dimensions. I don't know anything really about it--and I am NOT planning on going on a drug binge to find out!--but I wanna know what ...

None of the NDEs that I mentioned were ever reported anywhere. The ones who experienced them are all kind of personal about them and very careful not to tell anyone who might mock them. I felt very honored that they were willing to tell me, which is kind of why I hesitate to share them even somewhe...

Can you share some information about the concept of "time" in that place? EIN...can you tell some of the specifics of your NDE please. Where were you at the time, what was happening in your body that triggered it, when did this happen, what was the "transition" experience for you....etc? Can you fi...

Skepticism has value, but its value as far as I'm concerned is helping to establish truth. One of the places where skepticism crosses a line is the ad hominem attack. I've got another post out there talking about that. Its a favorite (at least it seems that way to me) approach of the typical TBM pe...

Those are some amazing NDE accounts alas! Have they been posted online to nderf.org ? They really like accounts with evidence like that. If you really really want such experiences, I understand they can be created by going into a trance, and then you can learn to take up astral projection. So, take ...

Some of the latest stuff in physics is still this multi-dimensional concept. I've heard some of the currently renowned physicists (and what is renowned today will be old news tomorrow--that is for sure) explain there are 11 dimensions. One said that higher dimensions are unstable, and when you get ...

EIN....(I've asked you a lot of questions, but I have one more)... What is your take on this placebo effect and it coloring or even dictating NDE experience perception? One of the criticisms I've read about NDE and especially OOBE is the mixture of "religious" experiences: you have christians meeti...

The placebo effect is real, but very small statistical power. So I'm not sure its a great example of a paranormal phenomenon. The reason a placebo is useful in a trial is the fact that it's not actually effective. Actually, the reason they run trials with a placebo is that the placebo effect can he...

My family of origin is like a counterexample to those five points. I was the oldest, male, and up to the age of 18 only recall four or five positive interactions with my dad, maybe one or two things we did together. But countless authoritarian rants. My dad was military, often deployed, which strain...

EIN... You use the phrase "Choose a life". Can you talk more about this?,...and what is your opinion on two people choosing mutually exclusive options, like both wanting the same life where it can't be shared? Choosing a life is something I actually remember doing. This memory became clear after my...

With reincarnation, many believers think that being female is a higher level than being male, because in most human cultures the men have more power and an easier life, therefore the more experienced spirits are reborn as women. Because being a woman is harder and requires more willingness to give ...

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Any opinion on where we are, or what we are between states of incarnation? The most literal answer is that relative to our origin, we aren't ever anywhere, in fact everything in the entire universe is an illusion. Like a computer simulation. When we leave this life, we simply travel from one level ...

BTW what is meant in the temple when they say that the man and woman are symbolic? Does it mean that Tim and Sally from down the street are symbolically representing a real Adam and Eve, or does it mean the characters of Adam and Eve are symbols for humankind in general? Brigham Young said, "You be...