Psience Quest

(2018-08-24, 03:06 PM)Stan Woolley Wrote: [ -> ]Seriously? It’s from 2011, I doubt that anyone gives a damn about it being published on an obscure forum that hardly anybody reads. In the big picture? Is this unfair?
I think that’s a bit extreme. Does Fate itself have permission to write about the incident?

Hi Steve,

Like I wrote to tim, if anybody, including you, wants to make a case for our existing guidelines to be changed, then you're welcome to do that in the appropriate place.

(2018-08-24, 03:06 PM)Stan Woolley Wrote: [ -> ]Seriously? It’s from 2011, I doubt that anyone gives a damn about it being published on an obscure forum that hardly anybody reads. In the big picture? Is this unfair?
I think that’s a bit extreme. Does Fate itself have permission to write about the incident?

Thanks, Stan. I agree with you. I don't think it's even remotely likely that Fate magazine would be bothered; that's why I posted it. Even if it did come to their attention, all they would do is ask admin to take it down. To be fair to Laird/Doug though, "rules is rules,"  so no hard feelings from me.  

I suppose I'm a bit like the phantom NDE content poster. I stick it up hoping they (the site police) won't notice...and they're on me removing my "graffiti" quicker than you can say "paranormal".  Damn, foiled again !   

(2018-08-24, 03:43 PM)tim Wrote: [ -> ]Okay, Laird but I don't see much point in leaving this up > So I've deleted it.

Tim, I politely reached out to FATE Magazine via the contact form on their website and they very generously granted us permission to leave your post up, simply asking that we give them credit, link to their website, and note when the article appeared - all of which we've now done in your post, which I've now restored after minor edits which  accomplish those things.

Reaching out like this was a very easy thing to do and on top of that it feels good to get such a warm reply from such a friendly and sympathetic publisher. (Hint hint!)

(2018-08-27, 01:31 PM)Laird Wrote: [ -> ]Tim, I politely reached out to FATE Magazine via the contact form on their website and they very generously granted us permission to leave your post up, simply asking that we give them credit, link to their website, and note when the article appeared - all of which we've now done in your post, which I've now restored after minor edits which  accomplish those things.

Reaching out like this was a very easy thing to do and on top of that it feels good to get such a warm reply from such a friendly and sympathetic publisher. (Hint hint!)

That's very good of them, Laird. Thanks for that. I did credit them for it and note when the article appeared but didn't link to their website, which I should have done. 

We're not going to agree on this but I still think the way you've truncated a lot of my posts has been a little over the top (not in every case of course) safety wise. Maybe you see it more 'ethically wise' because as I've said before, if someone did have a problem they would surely just ask you to take it down and that would be that. 

Personally, I don't think I want to do the work (to see if something is worth posting) and then get knocked back asking for permission to stick it up  (such as  happened with the German woman when they asked for 200 Euros). But I understand entirely why you want to be meticulous about this.

A very informative interview Parnia gave to Tulsa public radio back in 2013. Nothing new obviously, but it's not one I've heard previously and it's definitely worth a listen because of the concise questioning from the host and the clarity of Parnia's answers, particularly with his detailing of the science and state of play with regard to near death experiences and what they may mean.  

http://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/sci...-and-death Go to 19.47 if you are not interested in the science of resuscitation. 

*Recommended for Steve 001

This study by Melodie Olson RN PHD, from thirty years ago, deals with an issue which is not relevant now but nevertheless, it is a little snapshot of historical NDE research including the brief but quite interesting descriptions of the patient's NDE's at the end.

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/675...9166/m1/5/

[To eliminate confusion after moving this post to the commentary thread: Typoz was responding to this post of tim's in the original thread --Laird]

Some of the text seems a bit jumbled.

This part:

Quote:The first is the out-of-body pattern, in bright light, then into a beautiful space. They feel as if their consciousness is moving through a void, then a which people lose consciousness and then feel as if their consciousness has separated from the physical body so that they can actually look down on themselves and the resuscitation procedure at a time that they are physically unconscious.

In my opinion might better read like this:

Quote:The first is the out-of-body pattern, in which people lose consciousness and then feel as if their consciousness has separated from the physical body so that they can actually look down on themselves and the resuscitation procedure at a time that they are physically unconscious.

And also this part (again, in my opinion) seems like a separate sub-heading of the type used between paragraphs in journalism:

Quote:'They feel as if their consciousness is moving through a void, then a bright light, then into a beautiful space’

Keep up the good work Tim. I've gleaned quite a lot of useful tidbits and commonalities from all these stories that I'm trying to test in my own work. Pretty sure I can develop a more useful method thanks to you.

(2018-10-07, 11:43 PM)Mediochre Wrote: [ -> ]Keep up the good work Tim. I've gleaned quite a lot of useful tidbits and commonalities from all these stories that I'm trying to test in my own work. Pretty sure I can develop a more useful method thanks to you.

You are very kind, thank you !

I liked this part:

(2018-10-07, 07:42 PM)tim Wrote: [ -> ]I said, "I’ve got all this guilt over the time wasted." 

He said, "Like this?" 

And I was so overwhelmed with guilt I thought I would die. And he waved his hand and all the guilt was replaced by a feeling of such joy. He said,

"You can do this yourself."

It sounds - metaphorically - like alchemy, turning base metals into gold, except in this case it is turning oppressive emotions into something much lighter.

I've struggled with enough of these matters myself, but nowadays I'm more saddened to see others, often my friends, burdened by dark emotions they carry, for years - simply because they don't know either that they can, or how to transmute them. Some things are very simple, but knowing that it is possible is perhaps the most difficult message to communicate.