I think you're imposing your preconceptions of 'objective' reality onto what possible realities could exist in a non-physical dimension.
DMT is one drug that is quite possibly allowing our consciousness to actually shift to another dimension, similar to an NDE.
It actually takes a lot of complex brain activity to allow for human consciousness. This is why people can be considered brain dead when in a coma. There is simply no way that a completely flatlined brain 30 seconds into full cardiac arrest is creating the types of vivid lucid conscious experiences people are having.
When you combine the physiological evidence along with veridical perception of things in the operating theater, meetings with recently deceased relatives who the person wasn't even aware died, and the common features of NDEs going back to the 19th century before NDE was a term, something is going on that I don't think can be explained away by dying neurons.
At the end of the day I have read a ton of books in this area, and there is just way too much evidence that contradicts materialism for me to return to that perspective. If you want to cling to it that's fine by me, but I guarantee you'll be in for a shock when you CTB.
"I think you're imposing your preconceptions of 'objective' reality onto what possible realities could exist in a non-physical dimension."
No, I am just comparing NDE with dreams and when we treat NDE like dreams it makes a lot more sense because the way it behaves.
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DMT is one drug that is quite possibly allowing our consciousness to actually shift to another dimension, similar to an NDE."
Possible, but this is just a theory with no evidence.
"It actually takes a lot of complex brain activity to allow for human consciousness. This is why people can be considered brain dead when in a coma. There is simply no way that a completely flatlined brain 30 seconds into full cardiac arrest is creating the types of vivid lucid conscious experiences people are having."
As the studies says: the brain of the rats had brain activity far above normal states and so its perfectly possible to generate
consciousness.
Do you think there is more evidence that NDEs are astral travel than just lucid dreams?
I think quite the opposite.
Given studies that demonstrate that our brain is more active than ever in clinical deaths, in addition to the fact that NDEs resemble dreams and all of its effects can be easily reproduced with drugs. All of these imply that NDEs are not real, but just a product of the brain.
Just to make it clear at no time did I say that I don't believe in NDEs, but there is much more evidence that they are fake and that's why it's hard for me to convince myself otherwise
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meetings with recently deceased relatives who the person wasn't even aware died, and the common features of NDEs going back to the 19th century before NDE was a term"
this is the only event that I consider extraordinary and without scientific explanation.
However these NDEs are exceptions and people can easily lie about it to try to gain some notoriety.
There are no studies on these statements, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever of the veracity of these stories, except for some witnesses who also we cannot know if they are really speaking the truth.