Serious answers only please...that's why I've put this question in the Philosophy section. You folks are thoughtful, here. I have had one such experience and it's "purpose" I believe, was to open my mind to the possibilty of the body having a consciousness that "lives" outside of the body.Otherwise, I'm of a very skeptical nature and prob would not have "opened" my mind to the other side.
2007-03-24 07:34:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It depends on what you mean by "experience". If you mean the personal perception of such an experience (death or out-of-body), then you can find many people who believe that they have had such an experience.
But if you mean an objective, measurable, verifiable phenomenon, then the answer is a flat no. One problem is the definition of death: if someone survives, even though they were once pronounced clinically dead, then they obviously were not really dead. Death means no return, by definition.
In ALL history there has NEVER been a verifiable life after death, or a verifiable out-of-body phenomenon.
Scientists have studied these claims in some depth, and have consistently come up with no evidence to corroborate the claims, and no ability to observe or record such phenomenon as they happen. The closest they have come is to show that an oxygen-deprived brain and eyes can cause a kind of euphoria and "tunnel of light" perception, which is exactly what most "near-death" experiences are described as.
It's good to try to learn from our experiences, but it's a mistake to assume that our experiences have some kind of "purpose" -- this would require the existence of some kind of separate intelligence acting upon you.
I sincerely hope that is helpful to you.
2007-03-24 09:37:03 · answer #1 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your point of veiw i had numerous dreams about being lost and unable to find myself. I started to will myself back and would allways wake up directly after that. If that is out of body then i been there and done that often. I'ts ok to be skeptical I fell that noone likes to be wrong about something. Maybe you should focus on what you learned and not the tool that did the teaching. Reality is always over rated and sometimes difficult to define.
2007-03-24 14:48:40 · answer #2 · answered by jawbertsc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a near death experience (NDE). What occurred seemed very real, but I'm skeptic enough to question it as possibly the action of a dying or oxygen starved brain.
2007-03-24 14:50:23 · answer #3 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've never had one of the moments you speak of but i have experienced something similar, a few times things i've dreamt of have come true and i'll know something bad is going to happen b/c i'll feel it in my "gut" never fails. we for the most part have no idea of the things around us...
google-global conciousness and what happened on 9/11 w/ the princeton eggs
2007-03-24 14:44:47 · answer #4 · answered by scauma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i have in fact
back in 2004 i was alsleep when all of sudden
i was out of my body & went around the world for 10 min
awesome
2007-03-24 14:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by shrek m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And it is actually possible to pass through all fear. The only things I had left, briefly, was curiousity and joy.
2007-03-24 14:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I was high I thought I did, but was it the drugs or was it real?
2007-03-25 04:05:38 · answer #7 · answered by BANANA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋