reeferaddict69 said:

smoke some salvia and DMT bro you can experience the spirit world for yourself

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If my sense of selfhood can't survive 5 grams of mushrooms, how could it possibly survive the termination of all biological function?

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nice1 said:

Do you believe in life after death?

I used to think that dead was dead, no afterlife but I started researching NDE's and I really believe that death is not the end now.

Sure some people think NDEs are just the result of chemicals released in a  dying brain but the fact is people have been brain dead and brought back and when they awake they impart knowledge of events that happened while they were brain dead.  One woman reported the exact medical procedures and instruments used and what the doctors talked about while operating on her.  She said she was there in spirit form watching.

I started to think that the brain is just a receiver of conscious energy and not the creator of consciousness.

I also have other reasons to believe death is not an end because of dead relatives spirits visiting to say goodbye but I don't want to get into that here.

Not sure if this is the correct forum for this but I figure people here are generally more open minded.

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nice1 said:

Well the theory is that the brain is the receiver of consciousness not the creator.  Like a radio.

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The clincher for me was my grandad died and visited both my mum and his wife in spirit form and imparted knowledge of the future.  The only reason I can assume is to prove that he was still there in some form.

The only other reasonable explanation is that they saw the future and manifested it as my grandad giving them the message.    To me seems less likely than just taking it at face value.

Its not the first time its happened, visitation after death is common.

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jivJaN said:

I think that, even though it might seem arrogant or perhaps even elitist ,  those of us who have died while alive , will be alive when we are dead.

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Silversoul said:

I think there are a lot of interesting anomalies around NDE's worth investigating.  However, my experiences with psychedelics have actually made me more and more skeptical of any sort of personal afterlife.  There may be some form in which consciousness persists after death, but I doubt it's in the form of any kind of individual soul in which one's personality survives intact.  If my sense of selfhood can't survive 5 grams of mushrooms, how could it possibly survive the termination of all biological function?

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Did this apparition of your grandfather stay and hang out, or did he disappear after giving that message?  I assume it was the latter, which would not make sense if there was this enduring substance that was your grandfather's essence.

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