The Science of an NDE

[Dale]

Here's a very interesting scholarly publication I stumbled across earlier today. It was written in 1968 by psychologist Dr. Charles T. Tart concerning a subject who reported frequent, and spontaneous, "out of body experiences," as they're commonly termed.

LINK (http://www.paradigm-sys.com/display/ctt_articles2.cfm?ID=31)

Please take a moment to read through this report published in the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.

The abstract:


A young woman who frequently had spontaneous out body experiences was studied in a sleep laboratory for four nights. She reported several partially out experiences and two full ones. While the physiological data are limited by dependence on her retrospective report in correlating physiological pattern with the experience, it seems as if her out experiences occurred in conjunction with a non-dreaming, non-awake brain wave stage characterized by predominant slowed alpha activity from her brain and no activation of the autonomic nervous system. Two incidents occurring in the laboratory provide suggestive evidence that the out of-the-body experiences had parapsychological concomitants.

Certainly an interesting read for scientific minds. I'm sure the vast majority of those visiting this forum are aware of a greater, spiritual reality. Though I need no scientific proof of such a truth, my rational mind enjoys reading of such experiments!

[Fred Steeves]

Hi Dale, sounds like you've been looking at this sort of thing for a while, so I have a question for you. Some months ago I went through a period of leaving the body during sleep lasting several weeks similar to your example. Haven't really seen any reason to share the experiences with anyone, except maybe you have come across what I though was the 'strange' part. When I merged back into the body and woke up immediately, I would be chilled to the bone. Have you heard of this happening?

Cheers,
Fred S.

[Dale]

Hello, and welcome to the forum!

I've gone through quite a good few reports of similar situations. Typically, the subject would become aware of being "outside" of the physical body, (usually directly above) become quite frightened, and finally, regain full consciousness within the body. This usually happens in the very early morning hours (3:00-6:00AM) during the last cycles of REM sleep. Most reports are accompanied by a loud, buzzing sound or vibration.

Personally, I had a series of such experiences as a child. I would be asleep on either my bed or the family room couch, when I'd realize I was just outside of my body. I'd have an odd feeling of lightness, and would often feel a strange vibration pulsating through me. After a few moments, I'd become very frightened and fall back into my body, regaining full waking consciousness. These spontaneous "out of body experiences" seem to follow the same protocol, though I am currently unable to determine their cause.

[Fred Steeves]

Dale, did that that vibration as you recall ever center where the base chakra is supposedly located? I remember vividly one time, after this had happened several times and I was getting used to it, I became somewhat conscious as the process was beginning and my semi-conscious attention was clearly focused on 'something' either vibrating, or activating in that area just as it was beginning. It's been rattling around the back of my mind that there may be some connection.

Cheers,
Fred

[RedeZra]

Dale, did that that vibration as you recall ever center where the base chakra is supposedly located?

there are probably more ways than one to separate oneself from the body


many years ago I was laying in bed before sleep when I started spinning like a whirlwind around about solar plexus

when the whirl went vertically I got tossed out of the body

the experience didn't last long cause I just wanted to get back in again


I can't recall if the spin was clockwise or counter clockwise... and no chill here

[Dale]

Dale, did that that vibration as you recall ever center where the base chakra is supposedly located?

The vibration seemed to encompass my entire body; it was hard to pin down to one location. In my experiences, this tends to happen right during the first moments; it could be a bit of a decoupling with the body.

[Fred Steeves]

It's funny, this is not the kind of thing that one would think they could get 'used to'. The first few times were freaky, to say the least, but any more it's like "Oh boy, here we go again!"

I'll post here if I come across any new info. on this.

Cheers,
Fred S.

[Dale]

A great place for fellow scientists, of any kind, to search for interesting information regarding scholarly publications of consciousness studies would be Dr. Charles Tart's online website. It features a good deal of peer-reviewed writings and much else.

LINK (http://www.paradigm-sys.com/index.cfm)