This brings up another issue. Out of body experiences. Now, apparently there are techniques to do this, one can train oneself to project outside of thier body. Even scientific tests have been carried out, and it was found that oobe can be induced via electricity to certain parts of the brain. The phenomena seems to exist, im not entirely convinced as a strong skeptic, but i do not doubt the possibilty. When one is in his 'astral' body, you can explore freely independant of their physical body. Now if the 'silver chord' connecting these two bodies is severed, whats to say you couldnt live permanently out of body?
The oobe seems to be a reflex, usually connected to a life threatening event, like a car crash for eg. Evolutionarily, we have evolved to stay alive at all costs, there is nothing to say this couldnt be an evolutionary mechanism which 'cheats death'. Though there are a few holes in the theory, surely not everyone becomes a ghost after they die, but it *is* possibly possible.
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The oobe seems to be a reflex, usually connected to a life threatening event, like a car crash for eg. Evolutionarily, we have evolved to stay alive at all costs, there is nothing to say this couldnt be an evolutionary mechanism which 'cheats death'. Though there are a few holes in the theory, surely not everyone becomes a ghost after they die, but it *is* possibly possible.