|
 Dr.
Stanislav Grof, M.D., is a psychiatrist and one of the leading
researchers into non-ordinary states of consciousness. In Tom Harpur's
NDE documentary entitled
Life After Death, Grof
explains a theory of consciousness based on these non-ordinary states.
It assumes that consciousness may not even be localized in the skull at
all. The brain functions as a "reducing valve" which reduces the cosmic
energy and input that bombards our skull. Our conscious mind may be a
product of this reducing function of the brain. When the reducing
function is altered (through various triggers such as drugs, psychosis,
psychic ability, etc.) or even shut down completely (producing a NDE),
the cosmic energy and input that once made up our consciousness is then
free to expand. This expansion is what explains these various types of
mental visions. This theory allows for many appropriate triggers which
could alter this reducing function of the brain. From the large
collection of NDEs I have collected, I have found the following triggers
where are capable of doing just that. |
