Comments on: Wearing the God-Helmet for Out of Body Experiences and Alien Abductions http://dreaminglife.org/2007/07/28/wearing-the-god-helmet-for-out-of-body-experiences-and-alien-abductions/ a blog exploring lucid dreaming, entheogens, metaphysics, & the conscious experience Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:56:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Jose P. http://dreaminglife.org/2007/07/28/wearing-the-god-helmet-for-out-of-body-experiences-and-alien-abductions/#comment-3768 Jose P. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:24:34 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/07/28/wearing-the-god-helmet-for-out-of-body-experiences-and-alien-abductions/#comment-3768 I don't believe that this being proven true in the future would take away the significance of "paranormal experiences," if you will, but that these expereiences will actually be even MORE significant, although in different ways. To understand the intricacy with which our brain responds to outward stimuli or to stimuli within ourselves is fascinating. I think that if these magnets show that our brain can literally make us "hallucinate" (in the real term of the word, the ALL ENCOMPASSING hallucination that takes control of all of your senses and even your sense of "consciousness" - not the way that some people see hallucination as simply being something visual), then if this power of the brain can be shown, it will tell us more about the way we think. It will show us just how easily and how frequently we fool ourselves unwittingly. The mind is a powerful thing, and I think that the understanding of the TRUE power of our mind will revolutionize every aspect of humanity. And, hell, if the God Helmet isn't able to do that, we could still use it to trip out lmao. Great post as always man. I don’t believe that this being proven true in the future would take away the significance of “paranormal experiences,” if you will, but that these expereiences will actually be even MORE significant, although in different ways.
To understand the intricacy with which our brain responds to outward stimuli or to stimuli within ourselves is fascinating. I think that if these magnets show that our brain can literally make us “hallucinate” (in the real term of the word, the ALL ENCOMPASSING hallucination that takes control of all of your senses and even your sense of “consciousness” - not the way that some people see hallucination as simply being something visual), then if this power of the brain can be shown, it will tell us more about the way we think. It will show us just how easily and how frequently we fool ourselves unwittingly.
The mind is a powerful thing, and I think that the understanding of the TRUE power of our mind will revolutionize every aspect of humanity.
And, hell, if the God Helmet isn’t able to do that, we could still use it to trip out lmao.

Great post as always man.

]]> By: Ben http://dreaminglife.org/2007/07/28/wearing-the-god-helmet-for-out-of-body-experiences-and-alien-abductions/#comment-3771 Ben Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:45:31 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/07/28/wearing-the-god-helmet-for-out-of-body-experiences-and-alien-abductions/#comment-3771 More than verifying any idea like "are out of out body experiences real?" or "is telepathy possible", my ultimate interest is in understanding how we THINK, how we MODEL REALITY, and what it means to be CONSCIOUS and possess a sense of identity and awareness. (These questions are what fuels my interest in dreams & lucid dreaming more than anything else.) To that end, I find it fascinating that we can replicate "paranormal", mystical, etc experiences in a lab and study them from a neurological standpoint. The more we understand the mind, the better we can, as you say, "revolutionize every aspect of humanity." More than verifying any idea like “are out of out body experiences real?” or “is telepathy possible”, my ultimate interest is in understanding how we THINK, how we MODEL REALITY, and what it means to be CONSCIOUS and possess a sense of identity and awareness. (These questions are what fuels my interest in dreams & lucid dreaming more than anything else.)

To that end, I find it fascinating that we can replicate “paranormal”, mystical, etc experiences in a lab and study them from a neurological standpoint. The more we understand the mind, the better we can, as you say, “revolutionize every aspect of humanity.”

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