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Skarekrow If you don't mind me asking, why are you so interested in near death experiences? You talked before about non-normative experiences you had when younger, but if I'm not mistaken you've never had an NDE. Though you post a lot on other spiritual and scientific topics , NDE is probably the most common.
So my non-normal childhood experiences probably were what got me interested in the paranormal…I remember always checking out the Time Life series of books about ESP, or ghosts, etc, etc, from the library even in the 2nd grade. I think because I knew that there was something else going on besides what we are told is going on.
To sum up the experiences without going into the whole story (the whole stories are around the forum somewhere…lol) but I will if you are curious.
Had toys moving by themselves in the box under the bed, directly under my head…ran from room screaming…parents and brother witnessed it.
Dad grabbed his billy club one night because my Parents were watching TV when they heard a deep moan/growl (too deep for us two kids to make) loudly from the bedroom where we were sleeping…Dad searched, found nothing…checked outside too.
Toys on dresser, moving by themselves…red light on R2D2 turn to look at me and stops….I run from the room screaming once again. (once again everyone witnessed it)
I used to have dreams that I was out of body in my house as a child…there was an electrical buzzing, frightening noise that would alert me something bad was coming, so I would run back to my bed and would often wake up swinging…it wasn’t until a few years of this and I was able to instantly wake myself…then we moved to a new house and I didn’t have any issue for a while.
About age 22-23 was with my fiancé at the time and we were housesitting for her parents, went to bed in her old bedroom….the hanging rack with 20-30 empty hangers on it was sitting in front of the sliding door of the closet…just about to fall asleep…”WHAM” something hit the hangers and the hanger banged into the closet door…some fell…I was closest to the door and the hangers and the light, so I flipped it on…nothing…she hand’t thrown anything (I thought maybe she threw a pillow or something that’s how hard it was) I tried to do anything I could think of to recreate the amount of force and there is no way…I even checked for earthquakes - none.
Few years ago…had a dream that a witch was trying to get into my room and kill me…I sat up in bed in my sleep and screamed at her to "get the fuck out!”, as I said this the clock on my dresser (It was a mantle clock…so it was pretty damn steady) flew about four feet off the dresser in my direction but did not make the bed.
When I stopped taking all the narcotic medication that the Doctors has me on and was detoxing…Sensiko (whom I live with) told me our bedroom door slammed twice, and there was knocking on the wall all night.
So personally, I am pretty convinced that there are other possibilities out there that science has basically dismissed out of their preconceived notions instead of looking at the evidence.
The NDE is interesting to me, because although it seems to be very subjective, there are also many, many correlations between them, and even across cultures.
There are scientists out there who believe that consciousness IS the very fabric of reality…that corresponds with what NDErs tell us.
I’m also intrigued by the idea that what they see is “hyper-real” is is more real than this reality…people report looking at this reality as just so much fluff.
This life is a dream in comparison. And all this is taking place, at a time when there is no electrical activity in the brain…most NDErs were clinically dead.
So now we have a percentage of people…which stretches all the way back to Plato and the lot…who have all reported very similar patterns.
Leaving the body…observing the self…seeing their loved ones…sometimes relatives, other times a being of light or angel, a tunnel faster than light and out of time, being outside of the universe, having a life review where you not only see how your actions affected people but you get to FEEL how they felt. This is why the Golden Rule seems to be the underlying truth…treat others as you would be treated - because we are all interconnected…it seems this life review is nonjudgmental in nature (unlike what the evangelical christians will tell you) and seems to be done so you come to an understanding of how you had an impact on others.
Then they usually meet a higher being…a being of light…Jesus…God…a higher self…and the light….the light is all loving - UNCONDITIONAL.
Let me say that again for all those who feel people go to Hell ----UNCONDITIONAL LOVE and acceptance - HOME.
Every single one says they were home.
I find that fascinating.
I’m sure not all have told the truth…there are always those who are out for monetary gain…but many of these folk have made drastic life changes….given away fortunes, lost marriages, friends, credibility, etc, etc.
So those are probably my motivating reasons.
