Re:The Science of Near-Death Experiences
by hashberry on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @12:49PM
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I've read all of Robert Monroe's books on out-of-body experiences and I'm convinced OBEs are a dream-type state. Especially his later books when he discuses his conversations with other beings and trying to ignore sexual urges (erections are common in REM sleep).
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Re:The Science of Near-Death Experiences
by origin-unknown on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @03:28PM
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Have you ever had an out of body experience?
I would probably dismiss it all as a dream state too, if not for the experiences I had - including really impossible stuff, like seeing future events.
You can certainly have conversations with other beings there, although I don't think there's a good way to discern the nature of those beings. They are intelligent anyway.
Some people view sexual energy as a fundamental power that can be used for a variety of spiritual purposes, so they suggest that it be sublimated or transmuted.
Maybe these things seem weird - and they are weird - but neither proves that the world experienced while "out of body" is fabricated by the brain, assuming that's what you meant by dream-type state of course.