Re: Free speech absolutists weirdos

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024, JAB wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:13:00 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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You are close to my own opinion,

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Out-of-body experiences do happen, and if a person meditates, they
might be conscious within a "transcendent" experience, which is the
well spring of God centric thinking. A transcendent experience is not
the same as a dream.  When seeing others there, one can discern if
they are good/bad via their colors (their karma "credit rating":-)).
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Karma concept is based in Hinduism and Buddhism, and is about
behavior, "the relationship between a person's mental or physical
action and the consequences following that action."  One does not have
to be religious to have good/bad karma.
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Across Earth, different cultures have had people with  "transcendent"
experiences, and they attempt to explain it within their ideations.
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Scientific thinkers can't deal with this topic, since it can not be
sliced/diced in their laboratories.

I'm a physicalist, and I believe the external real world is all there is. I do also, however, believe that people subjectively experience what they experience and that these experiences affect people strongly in a (sometimes) positive way.
In terms of slicing and dicing, I guess the closest science can come is to pin point the area of the brain that lights up, and perhaps, artificially stimulate the same areas, in the hope of inducing such an experience.
Transpersonal psychology is looking into this as possible ways of therapy and healing people with mental illnesses.
Another fascinating area, that also runs into the slice n' dice problem, is near death experiences. As far as I can remember, once someone died while in a brain scanner, and the doctors could actually see activity in the area of the brain governing long term memory formation, indicating that seeing ones life passing before ones eyes during a near death experience, seems likely.
Can I repost your original post in alt.philosophy? There are some nice idealists, skeptics, transcendentalists & co who might appreciate your point of view as well!

When looking at older historical paintings relating to Indian Gods and
Goddesses, some of them with vibrant colors are depicting what has
been seen when having a "transcendent" experience.  On another note,
if a person sees someone with a golden halo around their head with
small stars emitted, that person has excellent Karma.  Hence, the
behavior association is based upon seeing others' body colors, and
knowing who they are.  I might add colors seen can be quite vivid.
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