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Neurosurgeon, has an NDE during a coma, personally confirms consciousness exists outside the brain!

 
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so, could he interact with his environment when in a coma?

if not then this is BS

because the exact definition of conscious is being able to interact with the environment!

your being led astray!
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Read the article linked to on Page 1.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


its all just conjecture, there is no logic in this. a bit of wishful thinking mixed in with the memories of someones hallucinations in a coma.
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You asked if he could interact with his environment and I directed you to his testimony where he claims that he could. That is all.
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so, could he interact with his environment when in a coma?

if not then this is BS

because the exact definition of conscious is being able to interact with the environment!

your being led astray!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


Read the article linked to on Page 1.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


its all just conjecture, there is no logic in this. a bit of wishful thinking mixed in with the memories of someones hallucinations in a coma.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


There is no logic to consciousness,it is the greatest mystery in the known universe.
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yes there is logic, for what exists is logic.

when we say 'consciousness', we are simply stating 'being able to interact with environment'

we use our bodies functions to interact with the environment

the definition of a coma is the absence of the ability to use the bodies functions.

this person while in a coma was 'UN-conscious'

now as far as our thinking goes, we are a feedback loop that stores and fetches information from our memories based on what we predict is going to occur next based on what happened in the past.
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so, could he interact with his environment when in a coma?

if not then this is BS

because the exact definition of conscious is being able to interact with the environment!

your being led astray!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


Read the article linked to on Page 1.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


its all just conjecture, there is no logic in this. a bit of wishful thinking mixed in with the memories of someones hallucinations in a coma.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


You asked if he could interact with his environment and I directed you to his testimony where he claims that he could. That is all.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


in a dream, can you interact with the dream environment?
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Re: Neurosurgeon, has an NDE during a coma, personally confirms consciousness exists outside the brain!
read the book of enoch ,


we are containers for souls , depending on our sins we are devided into different containers ...

from being light to dark , heaven to hell ....

i believe we are a power source for the gods . and yes our souls are awake and concious ...

read the book of enoch ... very interesting stuff

all the books are here ..

[link to ia700305.us.archive.org]
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Read the article linked to on Page 1.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


its all just conjecture, there is no logic in this. a bit of wishful thinking mixed in with the memories of someones hallucinations in a coma.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


There is no logic to consciousness,it is the greatest mystery in the known universe.
 Quoting: stormer


yes there is logic, for what exists is logic.

when we say 'consciousness', we are simply stating 'being able to interact with environment'

we use our bodies functions to interact with the environment

the definition of a coma is the absence of the ability to use the bodies functions.

this person while in a coma was 'UN-conscious'

now as far as our thinking goes, we are a feedback loop that stores and fetches information from our memories based on what we predict is going to occur next based on what happened in the past.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


for instance, take a sound in your memory that you can hear internally. ask yourself is this sound real? then realise its not even a sound, its the chemical cypher of the interaction of pressure with hairs in your ear!

in other words we are a chemical synthetic copy of the environment that shaped us.
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[link to www.thedailybeast.com]

All the chief arguments against near-death experiences suggest that these experiences are the results of minimal, transient, or partial malfunctioning of the cortex. My near-death experience, however, took place not while my cortex was malfunctioning, but while it was simply off. This is clear from the severity and duration of my meningitis, and from the global cortical involvement documented by CT scans and neurological examinations. According to current medical understanding of the brain and mind, there is absolutely no way that I could have experienced even a dim and limited consciousness during my time in the coma, much less the hyper-vivid and completely coherent odyssey I underwent.
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is'nt everything according to somebody? but the logic is that half of those somebodies are always wrong and the other half are always right.
“Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future...”
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Read the article linked to on Page 1.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


its all just conjecture, there is no logic in this. a bit of wishful thinking mixed in with the memories of someones hallucinations in a coma.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


You asked if he could interact with his environment and I directed you to his testimony where he claims that he could. That is all.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


in a dream, can you interact with the dream environment?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


I'm not trying to convince you of anything so I don't know why you're replying to my posts as if I am....
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Read the article linked to on Page 1.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


its all just conjecture, there is no logic in this. a bit of wishful thinking mixed in with the memories of someones hallucinations in a coma.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


You asked if he could interact with his environment and I directed you to his testimony where he claims that he could. That is all.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


in a dream, can you interact with the dream environment?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266


in dreams - did you saw YOU in the mirror there ?
(i was not able to find one instance, where it was visible for me! or where i was visible) = i have perhaps another form, unfamiliar to me, in that reality(ies)


you know we dont fight here for our oppinions
we just add our descriptions
that should bring the collective back together
nothing more


grouphug
moral reasoning takes about 250 miliseconds
we make errors in between
perception->relation->behaviour
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Re: Neurosurgeon, has an NDE during a coma, personally confirms consciousness exists outside the brain!
This is great, very interesting indeed... thanks for sharing OP!

The guy being interviewed does such a good job of articulating his experiences... it's compelling stuff really.

thumbsup

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Re: Neurosurgeon, has an NDE during a coma, personally confirms consciousness exists outside the brain!
of course it does, the brain is just a computer interface for the real you
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Which would mean when the computer/brain dies, the software dies too.
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No it wouldn't.

Think, dude!

Do cloud-based applications 'die' when you switch off your computer...?

Think!
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of course it does, the brain is just a computer interface for the real you
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clappa
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YES!!!! It's the hardware for your software,just like the rest of your body! And everything is connected - material and immaterial part of ourselves!

clappa
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Re: Neurosurgeon, has an NDE during a coma, personally confirms consciousness exists outside the brain!
read the book of enoch ,


we are containers for souls , depending on our sins we are devided into different containers ...

from being light to dark , heaven to hell ....

i believe we are a power source for the gods . and yes our souls are awake and concious ...

read the book of enoch ... very interesting stuff

all the books are here ..

[link to ia700305.us.archive.org]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25157837


Of course we are containers!!!! That's what most people have to realise yet! WE ARE ETERNAL because we are SOULS AND NOT ONLY BODIES!!!!

Once humanity realises this,we will live in a different and peaceful world!
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Re: Neurosurgeon, has an NDE during a coma, personally confirms consciousness exists outside the brain!
when we say 'consciousness', we are simply stating 'being able to interact with environment'

we use our bodies functions to interact with the environment

the definition of a coma is the absence of the ability to use the bodies functions.

this person while in a coma was 'UN-conscious'

now as far as our thinking goes, we are a feedback loop that stores and fetches information from our memories based on what we predict is going to occur next based on what happened in the past.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25231266:


your definition of consciousness is incorrect thus your argument is flawed.

Consciousness is awareness of self, which is a lot broader than "interaction with environment."
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Just so you know, being an atheist and believing in an afterlife aren't mutually exclusive.

I'm not atheist I believe in the potential for a god-like being, whether this is a conscious being or just "everything in existence as one living entity". though I lean towards the latter.

I don't believe God magically "poofed!" the Earth in 7 days or some ****. I try not to criticize anyone who does though, since if their god really is all powerful, it's easy to understand why they'd believe what they do (a truly all-powerful god could make a 9,000 year old Earth and retroactively make things billions of years old. I'm not explaining myself very well here, but as an example would be DC's DCU comics history. In story the universe was remade. Technically, in-story it was only a few years old but had billions of years of history. Not a good explanation, and I'm just making myself sound stupid, but I've no idea how to properly explain what I mean. Maybe insert "time happens all at once" or something similar. Or time moves in all directions. Someone can probably explain what I mean better than me.

I do believe in an afterlife too. I try to ignore religion as a whole though, as they just feel like large brainwashing cults (no offense). They obviously (usually) have truths in them, but I say take the truths from them and walk on past the dungheaps. If you're using your religion for hate, you're doing it wrong.
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Living inside a hologram and being partially materialized holomorphs, is it that hard to believe the impersonal whole could 'project' a personified image of Self for those present to witness?
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Re: Neurosurgeon, has an NDE during a coma, personally confirms consciousness exists outside the brain!
To the people who are saying, 'he's only selling a book', why would he need to? Neurosurgeons make a lot of money... and this discussion will make him a pariah in plenty of circles, it could cause him to lose his license depending on the reaction.

Several years ago now, my father had a stroke; it continued bleeding and he went into a coma. He was put on 'comfort measures only' and slowly his body systems shut down. I was cleaning up after dinner about 20 miles away from his hospital room when I suddenly sensed a presence I knew was him in the room, immediately followed by a small force (having about the impact of a glass marble) hitting my right temple and entering my skull; it was undeniably my father's personality and he was 'saying' "Wheeeee!!!! This is FUN!!" The spirit or force or personality, whatever you want to call it, stayed with me as a secondary personality for many weeks after that, slowly fading over time. My brother called from the hospital a few minutes after this occurred to tell me that 'dad had just died'.

After deciding that I wasn't crazy, hallucinating, wishful-thinking or anything like it I knew that he had given me one hell of a goodbye present. And by the way, both he and I are atheists.

We survive physical death, no religion necessary.

As the Jesus character in Jesus Christ Superstar says,

"To Conquer Death, You Only Need To Die."
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NDE's mean NEAR death experience... which means you don't REALLY die!! Believe what the Bible says, that when we die, we sleep until one of two resurrections, NOT what a neuro-surgeon who's losing oxygen to his brain and didn't really die is saying, or seeing. Ask anyone, it's called hallucinations, NOT proof of what happens after death
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[link to signsofthetimevision.wordpress.com]
my nde
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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7513502


you know, this guy was on that show "I survived: Beyond and Back, and his testimony was completely different. i have been trying to find the vids and they have all been removed. something is rotten in denmark.

[link to nhne-pulse.org]
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NDE's mean NEAR death experience... which means you don't REALLY die!! Believe what the Bible says, that when we die, we sleep until one of two resurrections,
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1580547


What's the point of believing something that is obviously not true? Why is it so hard for a bible believer to believe that we continue to live on after our bodies die. Eternal life - eternal afterlife. That's in the bible isn't it?
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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7513502


you know, this guy was on that show "I survived: Beyond and Back, and his testimony was completely different. i have been trying to find the vids and they have all been removed. something is rotten in denmark.

[link to nhne-pulse.org]
 Quoting: Salt


here's the link from the original.
his new story is very very different.
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Re: Neurosurgeon, has an NDE during a coma, personally confirms consciousness exists outside the brain!
I have no doubt that these experiences occur, and that they are legit.

Although, something to consider is, all the experiences seem to take place within the context of the person's belief systems. For example, a Christian is more likely to see Jesus or God or someone they might identify as such. But would someone who was raised in a different religion, different environment, with different belief structures, see the same thing? Say someone who grew up in the Amazon jungle, with no concept of Christianity or Islam, or any religion for that matter, what would they see in their NDE? A Jaguar spirit? Something they revere?

This could easily explain whether this experience occurs in the brain or not, since if it is "external" to our brain, then the experience wouldn't adhere to our concepts.

Seems like something worth exploring, to me.





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