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To: epicure who wrote (168251)	8/7/2011 11:47:03 PM
From: spiral3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543930

There is a spot in the brain that, when stimulated, gives people religious "experiences". I think a lot of people find that kind of stimulation a "calling". And that's fine, but I think it's biochemical. Not insanity, exactly. More like hallucination- which is your own body messing with your perceptions. There is probably a spot in the brain they could stimulate to produce the craving for ice cream. Does it mean your real life craving for ice cream is a biochemical hallucination. What about other feelings like love and hate, does being able to produce these effects mean that these feelings are not real, mere illusion, just your own body messing with your perceptions. How does stimulating the brain to produce phenomena mean any of the above. For ex stimulating the brain to feel love or hate is done for experimental purposes all the time. Does identifying the neural correlates of the experience and reproducing the effect mean that your real life experience of same is just an hallucination...what's the difference.

To: epicure who wrote (168251)	8/8/2011 8:56:59 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543930

I lost a friend two years ago who was big into Buddhism. She believed in and performed past life regressions. She had out of body experiences. She was not afraid of death and that was a good thing for her as she died suddenly. And she was not yet 70 years old. I often wonder if Sandi is in the form of another being, person or animal. I wish there were some way that those who are dead can come back. There is that guy who was popular who used to talk to deceased members of families..... Sandi believed in him. What is difficult for me is just like politics. To find the TRUTH and each person in one way or another thinks that hs or she has it. AND the funny farm thing is we will never know until it's our turn. In fact I have another friend who when her life's partner died asked Pat aloud one night, let me know you are around here ( in the house). The next day all her wires on her computer and equipment were pulled out of the wall. She swears to this day Pat did it. There might be a thread to share unusual experiences... of past life regressions, out of body experiences and beyond life experiences.....