Obiwan
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I agree completely.Yes, sorry, that is what I meant.
I agree completely.Yes, sorry, that is what I meant.
What is fearful to one person may be exhilarating to others. Perhaps negative NDE experiences are a matter of interpretation sometimes.
Here is what my husband said while dying.
“Where are the serrated knives with the brown handles?”
“The sun is going into the shadows”.
“Tomorrow is the first day”.
Here is what I said:
"Why are you sitting there with your head in your hands,
grunting and coughing,
when you could be sleeping well in your own bed? "
“I’m cranking myself up”, he replied.
What Is the Wisdom of Nonsense?
A new reality occurs for many students. Without proper words or language, it will show how current thinking skills are limited in perception of the hereafter. Using nonsense or meaningless words will open up new possibilities for understanding of the next realm. Applying the wisdom of nonsense philosophy taught in this course, it will result in pioneering approaches toward answering the unresolved questions of science, philosophy and religion. By the course’s end, students will arrive with Dr. Moody at a definitive, logical conclusion to the most important question of humankind: “Is there life after death?”
.I searched online to see if there were any other podcasts or presentations from Lisa and unfortunately I could only find one or two podcasts, so special thanks for this episode and bringing Lisa's work to our attention Alex! :)
Hurm, as usual I enjoy your expressions and thoughts you post. And think you were the "dirty curve-breaker" in creative writing class. I take it you have read some of Ray's work with passion.One thing repeated many times in the interview was an opinion on Raymond Moody which I share: that he has a deep and profound wisdom despite the fact that he plays with nonsense and has made a life's work of studying nonsense. He has a way of finding one's sacred cows and driving them off a cliff, but always repays you with something better.
The wise old sage archetype is always a capricious trickster: knowing perfectly how to walk the line between the serious and the silly - one moment drawing you in with elegantly simplistic metaphorical truths and aphorisms - the next moment breaking up the fearful seriousness with laughter. One moment building up intense suspense and interest, the next moment smashing your own sacred icons.
I think this sums up a mastery of consciousness and of the human experience: how to dance playfully on this line between order and chaos, sense and nonsense, seriously solid and magically metaphorical. Grasping tightly and letting go. Creating and destroying. Deeply caring and compassionate yet able to instantly let go of sorrow and become unapproachably aloof.
Hurm, as usual I enjoy your expressions and thoughts you post. And think you were the "dirty curve-breaker" in creative writing class. I take it you have read some of Ray's work with passion.
But, in my exposure in hearing Raymond Moody speak in person, my first impressions weren't quite as idealistic as yours. I thought his talk and presentment as pragmatic - as any scientist - should be. He seemed more of an innocent and his exposed his struggles as to how hard it is to get these ideas heard. Maybe it was the setting, but he came off much more "researcher" than writer.