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[hteas]

Naiad,
Which sounds scary, the swb or John Lilly's idea? Actually, both were. The swb was for obvious reasons (close call), and the brush with the high indifference was because that part of my brain really didn't care one way or the other whether I lived or died. It was just observing (a very unnerving experience).

Howard

[laminar]

I am working on a post but somehow lost a big chunk of it so I'll have to finish it later. It's been illuminating to write it. I think there will be a lot to discuss when I finish it.

Pete

[Gera]

Thank you very much for writing this...

-Gera

[naiad]

Originally Posted by hteas

Naiad,
Which sounds scary, the swb or John Lilly's idea? Actually, both were. The swb was for obvious reasons (close call), and the brush with the high indifference was because that part of my brain really didn't care one way or the other whether I lived or died. It was just observing (a very unnerving experience).

Howard

I meant both. It sounds like experiencing an altered state caused by hypoxia. Maybe like an 'out of body experience'?

[laminar]

Hi,

I've created a new thread called: http://forums.deeperblue.net/freediv...tml#post681652

Comments, questions, criticisms, alternative ideas, flames, free karma, gifts, private messages, offers of hospitality or your daughter's hand in marriage, your hand in marriage, etc... welcome!

Pete

[hteas]

Naiad,
I can't compare it to anything else I've experienced.
Living through the SWB (described briefly in a comment on amphibious's BO thread) was like dodging the bullet.
"Geez, I lived through that one".
The awareness of simply being under those conditions, was much more unsettling. It happened about 1995, and I've thought about it from time to time, but have seldom mentioned it to anyone, so I don't know whether anyone else has noticed it. Without having read Lilly's account of it in "Center of the Cyclone" I doubt if I would have ever thought about it again. All I can really say is that it was one of those rare moments where life simply was!
Anyone else ever experience it?
Howard