It's an interesting theory, and i appreciate the angle you are coming from.
Certainly there are interesting things happening in science, especially quantum physics, that imply that consciousness has an impact on the observed.
However (and unfortunatly it's a big however)
you say:
We are still having our five senses out of body, but the the information that is processed by you are not very different whether you are in this reality frame or another.
Say for example you are right and that the information processed is the same, only unfiltered. Why then, if consciousness is the foundation of reality, why did bodies, species, eyes, noses, ears etc. evolve?
If consciousness can exist without these things, if in fact the sense of smell exists in some astral information plane... then why would a nose evolve?
Why have a body?
Normally the argument is: Because we have to live on the physical plane, but the astral plane is seperate. But if like you say, the information is the same... then why bother?
Also, there are other elements... if say your body is colour blind.. will your astral body be colour blind?
If not, then why would the brain filter out information it could have access to via the astral? why would it favour a limited view over a comprehensive view?
Why be born blind? if you don't need to be?
Where does the brain come into the picture?
Why does there need to be a brain?
Also, if the foundation of reality is consciousness... does that mean all things are aware? is a rock, an orange, a slice of orange, an orange pip have awareness?
Why then did life evolve?
Whats the point in evolution and sentient animals if the foundation of reality is consciousness?
Why bother?
If it's already there, if it is the foundation of all things, then creating individual centers of consciousness becomes meaningless.
Also when is an astral body born?
Does it grow in an astral womb?
Does it exist before birth and enter a body? If so, whats with the population explosion? (the population of india and china today, is the same as the entire world population in 1950 for example)
I don't see the astral body as a good explanation for things like near death experiences. In fact, I think it creates more contradictions and impossible questions. Impossible questions like: at which point does individual awareness begin? this life? a previous life? is it eternal?
I think far more likely, than actually leaving the body, the answer would be:
That the body, under extreme pain, stress or both, has a mechanism to protect awareness and identity. In such situations, when the body is in agony, the brain will release some potent chemicals... (these could be similar to) morphene, DMT etc.
The feeling of detachment, the "other world" is the brains fail safe mechanism, helping detach the psychology of the individual from extreme trauma. In doing so, if the subject survives, they survive with less psychological trauma than if they had experienced moment by moment conscious awareness of extreme agony and stress.
This makes sense from an evolutionary standpoint, because it means that individual can go about its daily life again, relativley free from mental scars (especially if they already have physical scars) and increase thier chances to reproduce.
Lets also not forget that a good deal of NDEs occur in surgical situations, where the patient is already anaesthetised. A very common drug in these situations is Ketamine...
Anyone who has ever tried ketamine will know that it gives very vivid, convincing experiences of bodily detachment, lights at the end of tunnels, feelings of bliss and peace etc. etc. etc.
Remember ketamine is a very very common drug to be used in these kind of situations.
So one way or another the brain is drugged...
Either naturally with endogenous brain chemicals like morphene and DMT
or with surgical anaestheic chemical such as Ketamine.
All of which are known to create similar experiences when administered to healthy individuals.
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