Can Science Explain the Phenomenon of Seeing Future Visions?

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Welcome, Muggle.

The word "vision" is so broad that it begs for some kind of taxonomic breakdown. Like life. Life forms are generally talked of as the "tree of life" though other configurations are now in the mix, the spiral for example. But as life is better understood by a classification system I believe that inner, private, subjective experiences benefits by this treatment. Sadly, becuse of religion's claims to ownership of these inner experiences, the student will spend most of his time investigating systems that offer explanations compatible with the students personal upbringing/life/biases, instead of choosing and proceeding to advanced work. Can't be helped as far as I know. The system must be compatible with the student.

Your readings should give some indication of the work being done in the classification of visions. Keep a journal by the bed. Document and test. Go for the Lottery. A win, with some verifiable evidence of intentional vision production and the techniques used, will go a long way to gaining respect from the objective sciences. Might destroy the Lottery but, hey, it's all in the name of science. Right?

 

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Objective evidence, for what it's worth, is being teased in front of us for the visions known as "out of body." http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/06/near-death-brain.html" .

I've seen nothing yet that relates the phenomena above to that of the recently measured http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19841/" .

Objective phenomenal descriptions are fine, but what is the subjective vision of that moment before death? There have been such descriptions from accident scenes and operating rooms. Can these subjective out of body experiences be replicated in the lab while being monitored by fMRI for analysis or like the first link by eeg tracings? Then could a training regimen be developed that would enable those with interest, a means to experience the vision of death without dying? Yes. Would this be a threat to religious ownership in the field of visions? A threat, surely. But if a healthy body and a reduction of stress are necessary, then clearing the conscience and establishing an encompassing system by which to interpret the visions would be a healthy thing. If the base system was one embracing UFO abductions, well, I'd have to balk. My mental blocks. A broad knowledge of a lot of systems is best. Knowledge preparation-wise, a "full belly" would be advantageous to prevent fanaticism to a single system.