RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism
November 21, 2011 at 6:09 am
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2011 at 6:10 am by Welsh cake.)
I was in a lot of abdominal pain once and my consultant had to put under investigation to determine what the problem was. Eventually I underwent a gastroenteroscopy and endoscopy procedure.
I was administrated sedatives to minimise the discomfort, and then I experienced, nothing. It was like a medically induced coma, except sedation is not supposed to do that, the patient is usually in a semi-conscious state.
I lost all consciousness, there wasn't even darkness. I was nothing. I didn't exist. Only when I regained my senses did I comprehend it was greater than any "religious NDE". For the first time in months I felt no pain. I was not aware of the procedure I was undergoing or instructions that were supposed to be given to me. Time and space were meaningless. Reality was nonsense. The shackles of identity, the binding ties of responsibility, and chains of existence had been removed.
It was bliss.
I was administrated sedatives to minimise the discomfort, and then I experienced, nothing. It was like a medically induced coma, except sedation is not supposed to do that, the patient is usually in a semi-conscious state.
I lost all consciousness, there wasn't even darkness. I was nothing. I didn't exist. Only when I regained my senses did I comprehend it was greater than any "religious NDE". For the first time in months I felt no pain. I was not aware of the procedure I was undergoing or instructions that were supposed to be given to me. Time and space were meaningless. Reality was nonsense. The shackles of identity, the binding ties of responsibility, and chains of existence had been removed.
It was bliss.
