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Originally Posted by Open Mind (1) Let us assume oxygen deprivation causes tunnels (as in air pilot training due to anoxia) why do the tunnels stop during Near Death Experience then full field vision return for people to very vividly 'hallucinate' meeting dead relatives, scenery, beings of light or whatever. If the brain is heading towards inactivity due to oxygen deprivation, why do the tunnels suddenly stop and full field visual clarity beyond the capacity of normal dreams increase? Why should an oxygen deprived dying brain hallucinate more vividly than a normal healthy brain state? |
Do you feel comfortable assuming that the events actually occurred in the order that people remember them? I don't.
I'm willing to stipulate that NDEs may be some portal to another world, just as I'm willing to stipulate that a person lifting heavy objects to free a trapped child may be a portal to another world of immense strength. I'm sorry, I just can't get excited about drawing conclusions from aberrant brain activity.
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(4)Air pilots during oxygen deprivation (anoxia) see tunnels, but they do not report dying or vivid, coherent hallucinations. It is more confused, unpleasant and unclear. Therefore it is arguably more coherent to believe that the vividness is due to an external mind freeing itself from brain.
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Perhaps what you hallucinate depends on your prior thoughts about what is going to happen?
~~ Paul