Hello peeps.

First of all I did read the forum guidelines for this subforum. I do believe in OBE's and NDE's, however my ideas on them are slightly different from what the general public believes. Also, to me, spirituality and science can very well mix up to a certain degree. So I dont see any discussion in which some science is used to explain spiritual phenomena as nececarily an attack on spirituality. On the contrary, I would use a blend of both to try reach a better understanding of some very interesting issues. This said, I felt like this thread would fit into this subforum (but excuse me if mod's feel it doesnt).

A few years ago I wrote an article to start a discussion on the astralpulse.com forums, to see if I could possibly get people to start thinking on alternate explanations for OBE's. Alas, i was received rather hostile there, since my ideas went contrary to what the popular guru's (like Robert Bruce) claim to be true. In discussing the matter I did learn a lot though and I used that knowledge to change and refine my own ideas (although the central ideas did not change). As I am now hanging out on these forums here I thought perhaps some people might be interested in the article. For those who are, you can get it here:

http://dm07.net/OBE.doc

A small warning though; it's a rather long read. If you dislike articles of more than 2 pages don't even start on it ... Anyway, if anyone ever decides to read it, I am always open to a friendly discussion and an exchange of opinions.

-Xetrov.