Last week The NY Times had an Oped about Near-Death Experiences: N.D.E.s, Are ‘Near-Death Experiences’ Real ? by John Martin Fischer (Feb 13th, 2020).
“For instance, the religious figures may be different — a Christian would see Christian figures, a Buddhist would see Buddhist figures, Hindu gods and goddesses would appear in a Hindu’s N.D.E., and so forth…”
J. M. Fischer
For J.M. Fisher, the big question is: “Do N.D.E.s provide a proof of heaven? Or hell?”
J.M. fisher, who is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside concludes:
“Most N.D.E.s depict a journey toward an imagined guarded realm, but not a successful passage to it. Just as in the literature on living forever, such as the ancient “Epic of Gilgamesh” or myth of Tantalus or the quixotic search for the Fountain of Youth, we come ever so close, but in the end we don’t quite make it. In N.D.E.s we get right to the gates, but we don’t go through; we get right to the edge of the universe, but we stop there.”
I have never had a N.D.E. Here is what I think about them:
- Life after death is a stupid concept. However, the concept of mindful dying is valid, just as mindful living is.
- Possible explanation of what people describe as “the light” at the end of the tunnel [a vision shared among many N.D.E. subjects]: the quantification of life into energy.
3. I agree with the conclusion of many who say you relive your entire life in seconds or milliseconds., smashing the idea there is something as time.
4. The N.D.E.s are not life as we know it, but they are not death either, something Professor Fisher goes along with.
5. The Akashic Records may well be a valid thing. How do you access them: there’s no simple answer to give.
6. To answer the question, “What is Consciousness” we can start by asking: what is not consciousness ? Consciousness is not mind…
7. As Richard Kelley says in his interview, Is there a God is a rather moot point.
8. What’s the reason for being here ? “It’s just part of the drama. If we saw everything that we’re doing, we would know we’re not here.” – Richard Kelley
9. “While you were doing doing the dream, you had no idea it was a dream. Same thing here. It’s the other way around.” -RK
10. To find “peace” without going through a N.D.E. you can start by accepting that your life is a movie already produced, script and stuff, scene-by-scene, take-by-take. Watch it as the spectator in the theater seat. You will find yourself in the spectator seat sooner or later. Think about it: if you accept there is a God, isn’t God [already] the one watching your movie from his seat ? Probably got his Cola and popcorn, too…
God is the master puppeteer leading by the two strings:
good luck, and bad luck.
What can I say, that’s how you ride a chariot.
Gus, what gives…
Why don’t we do this litmus test for God.
1. Let’s say you [or science, someone else] could determine God does exist. Positive. Ask yourself, what, if anything changes in your life now that He exists. Probably nothing ! I say that simply because He existed even before you proved His existence.
2. Conversely, let’s say you have proven that God DOES NOT exist. Negative is the answer. We ask again, what, if anything changes with you and your life. Probably nothing. AGAIN !
With this simple logic, you can see the question has little relevance.