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Posted: 11/7/2008 4:13:08 AM | | Below is a link to a video of a woman who worked as a brain scientist giving a lecture on her experience of suffering a brain stroke in her left hemisphere. I found it a fascinating story and I think you will too. Would you consider that her consciousness took a step into an afterlife reality, or were her sensations (or lack of them) solely due to the shut down of certain bodily functions normally conducted by the left hemisphere. http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/304.html | |
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Posted: 11/7/2008 6:32:46 AM | This is an amazing video.
What an incredible opportunity for a scientist to study a (her) brain from the inside out.
As for your question, perhaps it is not an either or situation.
Could it be that this nirvana she experienced is in fact what we will all experience when our bodies and brains shut down for good ???
I found myself wondering, if perhaps the brain injured people who have always been looked at as 'trapped' within their bodies, are not as 'vegetative' as we think.
Food for thought. | |
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Posted: 5/27/2009 10:07:55 AM | It is my belief that she had a glimpse of the non-linear reality which some refer to as enlightenment.
I have never experienced a stroke, but have had a similar glimpse.
Fantastic video! | |
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Posted: 6/4/2009 9:35:22 PM | | I watched the video and I am very hestitant to place any enlightened value from her testimony. Obviously there are still some things that changed within her ability to function in her old 'normal' way. The way I look at is I find it reasonable to doubt a universal consciousness from this on the basis that it is a lady who had a stroke describing her experience during the stroke. It is common knowledge and one does not have to be a neurologist to know that under stressful circumstances the brain does funny things and enters something similar to dream like experiences in which reality becomes tops-turvy. Her continued experiences is probably nothing more than the consequences of the stroke which takes therapy many times to recover from. I find the whole eposide, from the audience to this thread, nothing more than desperate people hoping like hell that there is something more to our miserable existence than our own short and brutal individualistic life that is nothing more than a blip, a pebble of sand on a beach in which we after a short while will no longer be distinguishable from other things or even exist . They hope that our lives really are worth something and part of something larger and they are willing to base this belief on a testimony from a stroke victim describing her experience during the stroke.--Pathetic | |
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Posted: 6/4/2009 9:39:41 PM | gotta love TED videos. Not trolling or anything but I had the exact same experience on shrooms.
Just sayin. | |
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Posted: 6/4/2009 10:15:00 PM | Being present / in the moment (right brain), and quieting the chatter / monkey mind (left brain) is one of the benefits of practicing mindfulness / meditation / Zen.
No stroke required. | |
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Posted: 6/5/2009 1:56:43 AM | What I'm seeing here is the same reasons/rationale given to justify taking LSD during the '60s ... it'll expand your mind.
Her brain wasn't working properly, so she saw things differently. Occam's Razor, folks. | |
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