I want to thank everyone for their comments on my last post. I wish I could answer each one, but still unsure how everything works here.The main concern seems to be consciousness and whether it is local or non-local. Does the brain create consciousness or is consciousness a separate entity. In other word does the soul or spirit really exist.

Now near death experiences almost always begin with an out of body experience which if provable would show that brain and consciousness…

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Want to thank everyone for the kind wecome I have received, I truly appreciate it. Thought I would try to answer the question Adriana posited.

When I had my near death experience it was like I was plugged into the Universe and all its memories. I suddenly went from being the Janitor of the company with a Janitor's knowledge of how the company works to being the CEO with a CEO 's knowledge of the company. To say it was awesome is an understatement. All knowledge was available…

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Just feeling the waters. I use the name God a lot because if I use the names that best describe my feelings of a higher intelligence no one seems to understand. I would prefer to use the Oneness or All-That-Is. I don't really care what others believe in, or whether they are theists, deists, atheists, whatever. Yes, I have heard all the arguments from all the sides of this debate. I would just like to discuss the arguments in a civil, friendly atmosphere. I don't know if such a thing exists.…

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I feel strange posting on this blog because while I am not a believer in the Christian God I am not a true atheist either. I consider myself spiritual because of the near death experience I had over 20 years ago. I am sort of in the middle. When I post on religious message boards, they don't like me because I don't believe in their doctrine. I usually get called something with the word satan or devil in it. Then when I post on atheist blogs they believe I am delusional or at least misguided.… Continue