multiplicity_archives | Multiplicity and Out-of--Body Experience? (Reply)

I spent much of tonight reading about Near-death and out-of-body experiences, and I was curious as to people's thoughts on links between them and experiences of multiplicity :D.

During the one time where me and Tahl swapped, it was proceeded by a very distinct out-of-body experience, where I lost contact with the body, then fell mostly unconscious, waking into semi-consciousness when he called me or when he deliberately did things to attract my attention (listening to specific songs, talking about specific things). A lot of the descriptions of out-of-body or near-death experiences sound quite similar to some people's views and experiences in inner/other worlds, or the transition between people taking front. One account I read had a woman going into a field with a river, where she stayed with other people for what felt like a long period of time before being returned to the body. A friend of mine, who is plural, remembers watching the body undergoing surgery while the body was under full anesthetic and the main fronter was unconscious.

NDE is interesting also because it suggests that there is both the existance of subjective realities in people who aren't plural, as well as the notion of external or continuing conciousness that is active despite unconsciousness or even death. OBE is quite common, apparently attributable to stimulation of a particular part of the brain. Knowing how easily Tahl can fool around with brain chemistry and the body's nervous system, this in-and-of itself interests me. I have to wonder what a near-death experience would be like for a multiple group, or if some people who believed they were single found people through any of these experiences. It gave me food for thought.