tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post4605404876667040167..comments2024-03-11T08:31:04.022-04:00Comments on Bieganski the Blog: A Polish Near Death ExperienceD Goskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-63139229627275300622012-08-28T18:50:12.592-04:002012-08-28T18:50:12.592-04:00yes, it's endorphins to make it more pleasant....yes, it's endorphins to make it more pleasant. I am hoping the 72 virgins story is not apocryphal (though preferably they won't be nuns)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-782868080181025712012-08-28T14:05:49.577-04:002012-08-28T14:05:49.577-04:00I think also it may be a product of stress. The b...I think also it may be a product of stress. The brain is a truly amazing thing. In his "Into Thin Air", John Krakauer notes this of his exhausted hypoxic descent of Everest: "I was so far beyond ordinary exhaustion that I experienced a queer detachment from my body, as if were observing my descent from a few feet overhead. I imagined that I was dressed in a green cardigan and wing tips..." <br /><br />When I broke my leg I had to wait for hours in casualty - for triage reasons - there had been a big pile up on the motorway and obviously those injured came first - and they gave me gas and air to help cope with the pain. I can remember a feeling of floating away from my body. <br /><br />The experience above is lovely though - and makes me feel that the loss of the Paradise garden of Eden is perhaps encoded within us. We have never forgotten. And we long for the day we can return.Sue Knight's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597157298218651144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-5248496215262030212012-08-27T22:49:02.316-04:002012-08-27T22:49:02.316-04:00One theory of near-death experiences is that it is...One theory of near-death experiences is that it is an adaptation. The dying brain is programmed to make the process as pleasant as possible. Of course, if the person does not complete the dying process, he or she can come back and recount the experience. Mr. Jan Peczkishttp://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3Q04XXGGED746/ref=cm_cr_dp_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReviewnoreply@blogger.com