Blacknight
Well-known member
Hey GB,
I get what you mean when you ask for evidence of the soul. That's rational & scientific and that's how it should be.
I think the best place to start is by reading near death experiences from people who have medically died and been resuscitated.
In the cases of many NDEs that I've read, the story is usually very similar. The person's viewpoint becomes disembodied and he sort of watches the room he's in from a ceiling corner. After that it's common to see a bright light and be drawn toward it and then get sucked up through a tunnel. Many times, the individual will see a retrospective of his life highlighting all the important events that transpired. (I have a feeling these are usually morally tinged & connected to emotion, like how important is that one time when you sifted through junk mail & tossed it in the trash?)
Then if the individual goes past that, he might get some sort of judgement & be led to some heavenly plain of existence.
Since these experiences are so similar, you might say it's very possible that the brain dies following a very route series of reactions leading to very similar remembered experiences with individual memories having individual effects.
I'd say that could be very likely. I seem to remember reading that memory retention also played a part in someone's likelihood for recollecting their NDE. Maybe it's the same reason some people remember their dreams much better than others.
One thing keeps me from leaning all the way over to the idea that we are biological entities that exist on a purely physical plane.
I've read many accounts of people watching & seeing things when their physical body is passed out or medically dead which they are then able to corroborate with doctors & others upon reawakening. Simple things like putting a wallet in a drawer in a different room. The sort of thing a person shouldn't know whether he's dead or not.
Everything hinges on the integrity of the near death testimonials.
I get what you mean when you ask for evidence of the soul. That's rational & scientific and that's how it should be.
I think the best place to start is by reading near death experiences from people who have medically died and been resuscitated.
In the cases of many NDEs that I've read, the story is usually very similar. The person's viewpoint becomes disembodied and he sort of watches the room he's in from a ceiling corner. After that it's common to see a bright light and be drawn toward it and then get sucked up through a tunnel. Many times, the individual will see a retrospective of his life highlighting all the important events that transpired. (I have a feeling these are usually morally tinged & connected to emotion, like how important is that one time when you sifted through junk mail & tossed it in the trash?)
Then if the individual goes past that, he might get some sort of judgement & be led to some heavenly plain of existence.
Since these experiences are so similar, you might say it's very possible that the brain dies following a very route series of reactions leading to very similar remembered experiences with individual memories having individual effects.
I'd say that could be very likely. I seem to remember reading that memory retention also played a part in someone's likelihood for recollecting their NDE. Maybe it's the same reason some people remember their dreams much better than others.
One thing keeps me from leaning all the way over to the idea that we are biological entities that exist on a purely physical plane.
I've read many accounts of people watching & seeing things when their physical body is passed out or medically dead which they are then able to corroborate with doctors & others upon reawakening. Simple things like putting a wallet in a drawer in a different room. The sort of thing a person shouldn't know whether he's dead or not.
Everything hinges on the integrity of the near death testimonials.
