(January 28, 2016 at 8:55 pm)scoobysnack Wrote:(January 28, 2016 at 8:49 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: What part of his experience is something that 'could not have occurred within his brain' ?
There is the whole theory that DMT excretes from the pineal gland into the brain as the brain dies, and creates hallucinations, which I've read about. What NDEs and out of body experiences suggest is that consciousness can exist outside of the brain or body. Please read the story and let me know what you think. There are also veridical NDEs which I'll talk about later.
The case of out of body experiences is equivocal; there is nothing about OBEs that couldn't just as easily occur within the body. OBEs 'suggest' consciousness can exist outside the brain in the same way that dreams of flying suggest we can fly. The experience is not evidence that the experience is veridical.
Veridical NDEs are a different matter, and the number of them is so few that it's near impossible to conclude anything based on them. The case of Pam Reynolds can be debated at length, and that's about the best it gets.