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    Mod+ The Soul - Discussion Thread

    I tend to approach this question from the perspective that our material universe likely exists as a subset of consciousness and is manifested by and within that consciousness. In this model, the explanation for the soul that I am convinced fits the best is that it is a distinctive, highly...
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    We Need Your Help -- NDE Skepticism

    Arouet, thanks! Looking forward to your thoughts.
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    We Need Your Help -- NDE Skepticism

    Arouet, apologies if my response caused any confusion. The request from the researcher was for the five or six "skeptical concerns about NDEs" that Skeptiko listeners felt most deserving of further discussion. I believe it is the researcher's intent to post a response here to the talking...
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    We Need Your Help -- NDE Skepticism

    Some wonderful feedback so far! Thanks to everyone who has posted for your thoughtful, insightful, and detailed responses. To summarize, posted below are the salient objections posted so far. Please continue to post the objections you feel are most relevant. Once it looks like we have made a...
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    Songs that you feel are "spiritual"

    Great thread! I am looking forward to exploring some of the suggestions here. This is an oldie but goodie. There is something I find almost shamanistic about its primal spiritual imagery: This one draws heavily on Sufi mysticism. It raises my goose-flesh every time I listen: Another from...
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    NDE Life Review and Eating Animals

    I agree with Roberta's comment. It is probably impossible to leave no suffering "footprint," but it is also my goal to reduce the amount of suffering I inflict through the choices I make. I took up a vegan lifestyle several years ago, even though I previously believed I was a lifelong...
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    We Need Your Help -- NDE Skepticism

    I did not realize we had so many posts here! Thanks, everyone, for your participation so far. I will post a summary of your respective comments shortly. Thanks, Jason
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    We Need Your Help -- NDE Skepticism

    Hello everyone! I am new to this forum but a longtime listener. Recently, I have been assisting Alex as a co-producer for the show, and I am looking forward to getting to participating in the forum and getting to know everyone who makes up the community here. Currently, I am working on...
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    ---Introduce yourself---

    Hello all! My name is Jason, and I am a long-time Skeptiko listener but very new to the forum. I live in sunny(?) Florida with my wife and four cats, all of whom I regularly drive nuts with my fascination for consciousness research, meditation, and various para-psychological studies...
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