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“For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
Not pulling your leg.
originally posted by: Charlyboy
a reply to: skunkape23
Did it really? if you are not pulling my leg would you describe it, one of my experiences was with an insect like being, but it was more like glass or light than physical...
originally posted by: skunkape23
I find it easier to digest mentally if I call it the 'Other World.'
It does seem to be a real space.
Hard to make sense of on a 'rational' level sometimes.
"Rege Bene Shwa Machu Bene."
A giant praying mantis told me this was a universal friendly greeting.
Keep on digging. There is the very real possibility, based on my own experience, that there is no answer. That is the answer to the riddle. There is no answer.
originally posted by: Charlyboy
a reply to: schuyler
Being a scientist and working with some high level folk who I rather stupidly shared my experiences with I can testify to the immediate rejection of these phenomena and the subsequent mockery that follows. When I sat down with someone who was a little more open minded (and for my part one of the better minds I was graced to work with) he explained to me that accepting something like this would not only destroy his reality but it would also evaporate his entire belief system. I asked him how he would cope if he saw something like I was describing and he said he wouldn't cope. So perhaps that is why science won't touch it??
Thoughts on non-physical experiences please
We're playing on the same turf.
originally posted by: olaru12
a reply to: Charlyboy
Thoughts on non-physical experiences please
I read a book by Chris OBrian called "Enter the Valley." I lived close to the San Luis valley, so I decided to investigate and get a little flyfishing in at the same time. When I stopped for gas in Alamosa, I knew that something had gone dreadfully wrong.
The experience that followed vacillated between a quasi religious vibe, mind control, time distortion, paranormal surrealism and insanity. Now everytime I head up there for a little Rand R...high strangeness of one type or another happens. btw...fishing on the upper Rio Grande is fantastic and it's beautiful country.
I don't know what the underlying phenomenon is related to but it's attractive and frightening at the same time.