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dualitybites (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:43 PM Original message |
Did anyone hear about this psychologist who had a near-death experience |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Do you mean this guy? |
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dualitybites (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. No, this wasn't a Christian...he was an atheist before! Think he was Russian... |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Ah CTC, |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Interesting Theory Is That NDEs Are Really The Brain Sending An SOS |
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dualitybites (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That's silly...people can sometimes tell you exactly what you where doing while they were astral |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
45. The burden of proof is on the one who's making the positive claim |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Except for him! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Well, yeah--he's self evident. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. there have been verified NDE experiences.. as a Buddhist i believe in no soul, there is something |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Surely that anger isn't for me, is it angry Buddhist? |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. not anger in any way.. it just circular dogma.. its boring and un interesting.. and they will not |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Well, now you're sort of making sense |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. no you.. I live in the Bible Bang'n SOUTH..had to take off the "Free Tibet" bumper sticker cause i |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. the story of the 3 jars... 1 jar is cracked, nothing stays in. The Second jar is Poisoned, anything |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I use Tupperware |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. yuo deserve tupperware.. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. You must be the angriest Buddhist ever to tread the eightfold path |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. ...whats wrong with Tupperware... are you paranoid. even your avatar is angry/aggressive or really |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Uh, the avatar is a Mega Bloks figure. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. not pop psychology.. Sanskrit humor.. a Buddha story, i was a double major Zoology/psychology |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. "not metaphysical" depends upon your definition of Metaphysics. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK....please read below |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Lighten Up - Did All Not Read The Word Theory! |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. theory implies an unexplained truth.. what you have is actually an Apriori "opinion" evolution is a... |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:37 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Theories By Definition Are Opinions - Intelligent Opinions, But Still Opinions |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. but they have been unintellectually and dogmatically invalidated |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Says Who? - I've Seen No Invalidation Of Any Theories In This Thread |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. There is some truth to the fact |
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dualitybites (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Well, that was my theory: that since he was an atheist, he thought that death would bring him |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. that's a pretty good |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I like that up to "But since it was just a preview . . . " |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. ...he was a "Psychologist" for pity sakes.! his mind was so confused he could not see what really |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. No one is ever really "gone". |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Energy is neither created nor destroyed. n/t |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Maybe not, but if you grind someone up into a smooth paste, they're effectively gone |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I've experienced 3 NDE's in August of 1998, August 7 1998 to be exact. |
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arKansasJHawk (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. That is certainly ... |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. ArkansansHawk... |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. There is an on-going experiment to test that |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. CyborgJIm, I ACTUALLY did see things in the theatre I should NOT |
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arKansasJHawk (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Again ... |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. ArkansasHawk, how is it possible to make the leap that seem to be making based |
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arKansasJHawk (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I'm not making a leap ... |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Actually, if you will reread THOROUGHLY what I wrote... |
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arKansasJHawk (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Well ... |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Interesting. Funnily enough, I can vouch for the fact that my memory |
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arKansasJHawk (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Round and round ... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. well, if we create our own reality, I'm destined for "doggie heaven" |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. I too, am fascinated with NDE's. |
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dualitybites (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The person I spoke of is a friend of my partner's and he didn't believe in God either |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Does seeing Elvis count for anything?? Just askin'. n/t |
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dualitybites (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Hey, if you worship Elvis, then go for it...Not my idea of transcendence, but whatever |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. High tide.... nothing but high tide.... no Elvis worshipper here... |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. I totally believe that |
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dualitybites (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The only thing is that it totally freaks me out...I am so rooted here |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. That's the funnest part! |
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dualitybites (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Gosh, you are really inspiring me here! |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Ya, it is easier when you are practiced in meditation & prayer of some sort. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. i enjoyed your post, i have been a life long SEEKer, now Tibetan Buddhist, i'd like to share.. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. You're probably looking for Howard Storm |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. So one time, |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. One time at band camp I stuck |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
42. Don't really buy into the whole NDE thing. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
49. I don't see how an experience of a 'dark void' would show anything one way or the other |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
50. been my experience most psychologists belong in hell.. Xingism is Fucked up, Islam is Really fucked |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. FYI The OP has left the building for a long dirt nap. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. wil he be back to tell us about it...? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. . |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. no, didn't hear this 1 |
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