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    Thread: Reddit's latest NDE thread: claims of EEG being unreliable to detect activity
Post: Reddit's latest NDE thread: claims of EEG being un...

https://www.reddit.com/r/consciousness/comments/1cdhyo7/rethinking_death_exploring_the_intersection_of/ Sam Parnia is being referred to as a "woo peddler" People are remarking that NDEs are simp...
Posted by LotusFlower in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-27, 08:40 PM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
Post: RE: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)

Smaw Wrote: (2024-03-20, 09:02 AM) -- When I very first got into PSI related topics, NDEs whatever, I had horrible panic-disorders in regards to my mortality. A growing pain I guess that hits everyon...
Posted by LotusFlower in Spirituality , 2024-03-20, 08:49 PM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
Post: RE: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)

I'm freaked out of losing consciousness/loss of control. So I hope in death or if I have an NDE before then, that it's comforting and relaxing. I had hypoxia-induced visions one time when I lost consc...
Posted by LotusFlower in Spirituality , 2024-03-19, 07:08 PM
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    Thread: Idealism Discord server
Post: RE: Idealism Discord server

Okay so I've been recruiting for this server on Reddit, but eventually had to delete my account there. We had a recent wild experience in the server a month ago where we managed to get an atheist mate...
Posted by LotusFlower in Other Topics , 2024-02-04, 03:43 AM
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    Thread: Strange dream experience from this morning
Post: RE: Strange dream experience from this morning

Typoz Wrote: (2023-12-16, 01:48 PM) -- Dreams or also hypnagogic and hypnopompic experiences are always interesting, thanks for sharing. As someone who used to work for years with screens of green...
Posted by LotusFlower in Dreams , 2023-12-16, 09:27 PM
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    Thread: Strange dream experience from this morning
Post: Strange dream experience from this morning

Okay so this could be my subconscious playing tricks on me. For the record I've never seen the matrix (I'm a zoomer). I woke up this morning and after my dream but before I woke up, I saw scrolling li...
Posted by LotusFlower in Dreams , 2023-12-16, 06:07 AM
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    Thread: A new subreddit for non-physicalists: r/IrreducibleMind
Post: A new subreddit for non-physicalists: r/Irreducibl...

https://www.reddit.com/r/IrreducibleMind/ On the Idealism discord we were floating around ideas for a new subreddit for consciousness/philosophy of mind discussion, due to r/consciousness having a he...
Posted by LotusFlower in Other Topics , 2023-12-10, 01:12 AM
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    Thread: Science Of The Gaps Podcast Ep1: Jeffrey Long, MD on NDEs, Evidence for the Afterlife
Post: RE: Science Of The Gaps Podcast Ep1: Jeffrey Long,...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-11-25, 06:42 PM) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMCZMdW89PE -- Made possible by one of the members of the idealism discord server, pandaproducts. Great server!
Posted by LotusFlower in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2023-11-25, 09:39 PM
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    Thread: I forgot to introduce myself
Post: I forgot to introduce myself

Hello, I have been interested in philosophical questions since I was as young as I could remember. I am getting my bachelor's of science in child/adult development, and last year I finished my two ...
Posted by LotusFlower in Member Introductions , 2023-11-22, 03:18 AM
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    Thread: Near death experience - did he really mean that?
Post: RE: Near death experience - did he really mean tha...

Larry Wrote: (2023-11-21, 04:09 PM) -- In discussing these matters with my son in law who is an ardent athiest, he has stated to the effect of: I would love to believe that I would get to live foreve...
Posted by LotusFlower in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-11-22, 03:13 AM
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    Thread: Near death experience - did he really mean that?
Post: RE: Near death experience - did he really mean tha...

Kamarling Wrote: (2023-11-20, 08:39 PM) -- Another, more personal, fear among those who hope for annihilation is the fear of eternity. The thought that there is no end - that a billion years from now...
Posted by LotusFlower in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-11-20, 09:38 PM
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    Thread: Threshold: New book on terminal lucidity
Post: Threshold: New book on terminal lucidity

https://www.amazon.com/Threshold-Terminal-Lucidity-Border-Death-ebook/dp/B0BQGGL3Y8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=76D7G5URTT7K&keywords=threshold+terminal+lucidity&qid=1700417397&sprefix=threshold+terminal+l%2Caps%...
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    Thread: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia
Post: RE: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-11-19, 03:42 PM) -- Yeah I'm kinda done with Parnia to be honest, barring some amazing report coming through. I never liked the study design, seemed kinda clear it wa...
Posted by LotusFlower in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2023-11-19, 06:09 PM
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    Thread: NDE Multimedia Resource Thread
Post: RE: NDE Multimedia Resource Thread

nbtruthman Wrote: (2023-11-18, 12:37 AM) -- But this is just the medium grade heresy of considering consciousness as maybe not being a epiphenomenon of material interactions of nerve cells. To the fu...
Posted by LotusFlower in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2023-11-18, 01:39 AM
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    Thread: Why the afterlife to me isn't just evolutionary wishful thinking
Post: RE: Why the afterlife to me isn't just evolutionar...

https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2019/08/19/where-did-religion-first-come-from I also wanted to post this super interesting article on the origin of religions. It has a very agnostic hypoth...
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    Thread: The issue with the “Puddle Analogy”
Post: The issue with the “Puddle Analogy”

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.03381.pdf (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.03381.pdf) A frequent atheist/materialist argument I see against fine tuning is the “puddle analogy” where a sentient puddle believe...
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    Thread: Another strange dream
Post: RE: Another strange dream

Laird Wrote: (2023-11-12, 02:48 AM) -- That does seem on the face of it to be a synchronicity. Does he live nearby? What in general are the background odds of randomly running into him? Also, are ...
Posted by LotusFlower in Dreams , 2023-11-12, 05:35 AM
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    Thread: Another strange dream
Post: Another strange dream

Last night I was feeling sad over an old ex I miss. I was thinking about it before I fell asleep. There's been a guy lately who I suspect is interested in me. In last night's dream, a voice told me I ...
Posted by LotusFlower in Dreams , 2023-11-11, 07:10 PM
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    Thread: New Movie Investigates Near-Death Experiences
Post: RE: New Movie Investigates Near-Death Experiences

I think regardless of the religious agenda, I'm happy that this is being brought to mainstream audiences. And I'm also happy Christians can be an ally in the NDE research (including myself who's getti...
Posted by LotusFlower in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2023-11-10, 11:21 PM
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    Thread: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia
Post: RE: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia

https://awareofaware.co/2023/11/01/guardian-podcast-with-parnia/ New interview. Not to the dark side, actually this one showed the contrary.
Posted by LotusFlower in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2023-11-02, 11:46 PM
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