Russell 2:

Near Death Experiences (NDEs) are a fascinating area, they can be induced artificially chemically or by GLoading the body when there is no danger of death so being near death is optional in them and what is seen by the experiences comes form their own minds, Hindu’s commonly see Hindu gods, Christians see Christian figures, sceptics have even been know to see famous historical sceptics. One reasonably common thread is meeting your dead relatives except in children when the people they meet are generally living friends as most don’t know any dead people. There’s no clear evidence here that NDEs are anything but the misfiring of an anoxic brain I would suggest though again I stand to be corrected. That being said I fully believe that these are real experiences, that many at least of these people really experienced what they claim to have I just suspect that it comes from within their own misfiring mind with no external source.

Jeanie: How about folks claiming they've seen their unborn children appear to them....and then when they are born they look just like the ones who they saw?? I've heard of lots of people having those experiences. No one could or can prove they've had such an experience...except in these cases unless they'd written it down or had some proof, somehow, it had happened before it was later proven. Another example: My husband has dreams he goes down in a plane wreck, for instance. (Different situation, but same principle). He has had these dreams at least 10 times since I've been married to him...probably more. He tells me of the nightmare when he awakens. Its very graphic, he smells the gas, completely "has" the experience. Then - and it has happened every time, we later hear (within a day or so) that a plane wreck has occurred! He also recently kept smelling a burning smell in his pillow. It happened a few nights. For some reason he went downstairs one night smelling burning and a lamp that had been left on was smelling like it was about to erupt. He unplugged it and once he got rid of the lamp, the burning smell in his pillow disappeared. He felt he had been warned for our protection. He has PERSONALLY had experiences with spirits which were very real and palpable - one of those experiences (actually a few) having to do with my grandmother who he barely knew. When he described it, it sounded like my grandmother's personality! Things he did not know! My husband is not *quite* as "churchy" as I would like. He is a rocker....not the classic religious type. (Not that there is a real type). But he is also very sweet and sensitive....puts a lot of feeling into his playing. He's comparable to Jeff Beck or Satriani. (Guitarist). The point is - I've witnessed HIS experiences as he related them to me. I had confirmations of the same only in different ways at the same times of what he also experienced. He was actually even possessed once, but a spirit along with a girl friend at the same time. Could he have been tripping?? I suppose its possible! : ) (At that time period). But he had psychic tendencies. We have actually been in each others dreams before. We have what I call a literal spiritual connection. In fact, I felt like I'd known him before when we met. I was exactly what he'd imagined meeting (a small town innocent) and oddly enough, though i grew up in a small podunk town, had always felt like I was going to be associated in some way with someone connected to fame. In saying that I'm not bragging. I was scared of him when we first met and he told me he'd been flown out to audition for KISS the year before we'd met. (Then found out he'd played on Wildflower..) Could sound like malarky, but I have met David Foster - had dinner at his house in Malibu. We saw him in 97, 2000 during the rehearsal for the Dem. convention, and then he was here in 2006 for the "Pure Fashion" show here in Atlanta. (Have met others, so its not B.S.). My favorite song is "Hymn for the Dudes" by Mott the Hoople. (Cross over shame, like the wise dove, who cares not for fame, just for shy love....,etc.) Great song. Just some examples....