Great info maybe this thread needs to be moved to the spirituality/religion forum. bumpity bumpOOBEs and NDEs
OOBEs and NDEs belong together. People can go Out-Of-Body spontaneously, during anesthesia or during flying dreams. Some people practice "lucid dreaming" to induce an OOBE. Lucid dreaming is knowing that one is dreaming while in the dream. Once self-aware in the dream, the dream can be changed. And from that state, some people find it easy to slip into an Out-Of-Body state. The OOBer may first float up to the ceiling. He can then turn over and see his body asleep below. Physical objects are seen much as they normally appear. OOBErs have difficulty recognizing or remembering signs, such as numbers or words, just as in a dream state. This skill must reside in the brain. So words or numbers do not make a good research target for investigating OOBEs. Use a red shoe or similar small object.
In the OOB state, one can fly any place just by wishing it. Flying dreams sometimes become OOBEs.
A Near Death Experience begins much like an OOBE. Upon being pronounced dead, the subject may roam around in the "earth plane" for a time. Eventually, the Nearly Dead go through a void, tunnel, hole, vortex, climb some stairs or take a boat ride to a white light, experience a total recall of one's life, and meet dead relatives and friends. At some point the Nearly Dead are told they must go back, otherwise, they become the Completely Dead. They seldom want to go back.
An NDE may last seconds, minutes, hours, or even days, if we are to believe the account
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