Knowing that I am a human being is on one end of the spectrum. There are a dozen lines of evidence that support it. Knowing that I am the second coming of Christ* is on the other end. There are no lines of evidence except my own thoughts.
You appear to claim that there is no spectrum.
Actually, if we are to grant a spectrum, then you are indeed on one end of the spectrum, and NDErs on the other. But the hilarity is that they are on the better end, because their experience was way,
WAY more real that ordinary waking life. And the only reason you trust in this reality being real is because that's what your experience tells you.
This is where your complete lack of ability to reason philosophically shows itself. The "dozen lines of evidence that support" that you are a human being are really just thoughts within the human experience itself. They are memories, arising in the present in the experience you are having right now. All the studies you've read, all the coherency you've seen in this human experience, they are just that, experiences in your own thoughts. The experiences of this human life are nothing compared to the NDE experience, however. The fact that Harvard neurosurgeons, casual and avowed atheists will tell you the exact same thing over and over again, should make you pause and think why that might be the case.
The hyper-reality of the NDE world outshines any belief in the exclusivity of this world once you have it, and the data is extremely clear on that point. That alone is rock-solid philosophical proof that it's real. People tell you that again, and again, and again, and again, and yet you never seem to understand it. Once you enter that light, thinking that this life is real in comparison will seem like a complete joke, as it has been for everyone before you and will be for you as well.
If I am to accept that your drug-induced vision is of something real, then I must also accept that her insanity-induced vision is real.
I don't know who you're referring to or why.
* I did not pick this at random.
It doesn't matter why you picked that term. In fact, NDErs
ARE the second, third, and millionth coming of Christ in every meaningful sense of the term. If Jesus actually existed (and I'm open to either possibility), then I would argue that he said the things he did because he had a pretty deep NDE at some point in his life and was shown the same things that modern deep NDErs are saying. Actually, the entirety of Jesus' message comes across as the equivalent of gossip compared to the PhD dissertations of modern deep NDErs. Where you can try to puzzle Jesus' message out in a way to make a coherent picture, some modern NDErs will just lay it all out - the nature of reality and the meaning of life in extreme detail.
“You have a sense of inner light in your brain.”
This is Ayahuasca indeed. It can be analogously said that the amount MAOI you take is the depth of the cave you explore in your own psyche, and the amount of DMT is the amount of light you bring with you to see where you're going in that cave. But with enough DMT in your system, you will see your life so insanely clearly for what it is. Highly recommended :)
Mushrooms would be where I would say is a good place to start.
I haven't tried mushrooms, but I still disagree. I think Ayahuasca is the best place to start, for
these reasons. Mushrooms can be a confusing experience as the head-space can be hard on a fragile psyche, whereas Ayahuasca has a clear head-space and there's a "safety net" - if it gets too intense too quickly, you can force-puke it out and you'll be fine in ~20 minutes, at least on lower dosages.
And I agree with you guys on the insanity of these industries. But it's all about the money, as it is for most people in this world at this time.