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Robert and Suzanne Mays — web site http://selfconsciousmind.com
Slides with cited references are available at http://selfconsciousmind.com/papers.html#aftereffects-slides
Presented at the IANDS 2011 Conference, Sept. 2-4, in Durham, NC
Abstract: We present a theory of consciousness that the human being consists of a non-material mind united with the brain. This theory is based on evidence of physical interactions in NDE, which shows (1) how the non-material mind can interact with neural structures in the cortex, (2) how the non-material mind can interact with physical processes during an NDE and (3) how specific NDE aftereffects can be explained, such as anomalous electromagnetic interactions, physiological sensitivities and paranormal abilities. We also address how the non-material mind, as the seat of consciousness of a person, resolves the “hard problem” of consciousness and how the mind is fundamentally “localized”, but also possesses “non-local” properties.
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So Robert Mays is a materialist struggling to explain the NDE from a materialist stand point? Those of us who have had the NDE experience know that the physical/material world is a subset of consciousness, not the other way around. This is the subset trying to explain the ALL, by reference only to the subset. It doesn't work.
Synthesized with the VR hypothesis as explained by Tom Campbell's Theory of Everything, I think, would be closer to truth.
I would also hope that the materialism inherent in this "pre-down-the-tunnel" NDE body is false to the extent that, say, governments can not develop technologies for the incarceration or destruction of what may be the "soul".