New member here, I have been interested in this topic since I discovered it. The main question I have which prompted me to make the account (mostly directed towards the site owners or anyone who has studied many cases) - Where we see patterns in NDE stories repeat with common threads across mulitple...

Thanks for the replies and links, looking forward to doing some reading into this over the next little while. Just to clarify on my reasoning a little: I suppose the parts I'm having trouble reconciling for now is when it comes to things like co-creation, consciousness and the like - what is created...

Re: feelings, I would go a step further and say I have experienced some animals that seem to have a distinct personality above just instinctual actions (as many pet owners would agree with). But the counter-argument being that personality can be heavily influenced by the pet's owner to begin with (n...

Hi sorry for posting more than one topic so soon after joining (I promise this won't become a spree)! Just curious - amongst people who take the drug DMT, there is a lot of shared experience; I liken it to the NDE reports as around the same level of consistency (i.e. easily enough of the same report...

Thanks again for the responses! The text shared by Giulia is very beautiful. The plant world is fascinating and mysterious (including mycology). I feel there's a lot we still don't know especially when it comes to the capacity to communicate. For example the largest living organism on earth is a myc...

Exactly this! The link you posted describes it very nicely (still recommend anyone interested going out of their way to hear audio of Terrance Mckenna speak on this as he really has an enthralling presentation style and unique way of speaking). Not sure I would be brave enough to experiment with thi...

Yes, definitely on the extreme end on things one might try in a lifetime and I would like to echo that the discussion here is in no way a recommendation from me either! That being said, it's fascinating that the results are so repeatable - 94% of people (again from different cultures and times) desc...