A light at the end of the Tortilla...

I have 2 comments I'd like to make

relating to NDE's and the sociology
theory from last week's lecture.

"It's our faith, our own neurology
that attaches the meaning/object

we see at the end of the tunnel, be
it a tortilla, Kelly Slater, a bike...etc."

What about people who see something other than what they expected?

A few years ago I had an in depth conversation

with someone who'd died and come back. He'd been

steeped in a particular faith since
childhood, and what he saw after his spirit left

his body wasn't even close to what he'd believed he

would see. This became the reason he
left his formative faith- his NDE had left him bitter.

So there mustbe a better explanation

of why people see what they do- because if the
sociology theory were correct,

wouldn't it be applicable to all cases?

Could it be that the human brain

goes through a series of shut-downs
as we, on the brink of death,

start to slip from this mortal
existence? Maybe the tortilla

at the end of the tunnel is just the
first step- a mental picture.

And those who report a spiritual
leaving of the body are taking the next step

in that process, leaving
the true end result of what happens after death

yet to be fully realized by those of us

who are still here.