I got part way into Tucker's episode today and the guy mentioned Kabbalah. I had been curious about it, think I saw Charls Carrol mention it but never watched him long.
I figured it was some Jewish heresy like Christian gnosticism but GPT says its accepted in mainstream Orthodox Judaism but is only taught to like 10% of people? Is that right? It just sounds like the typical hidden knowledge type shit, but its very weird to hear that its accepted in mainline rabbinic Judaism. Anyone know about this?
Can you be more specific? Google is likely to feed me trash.
Yes I’ll be glad to. Sorry in advance for the length of this, lol (but I can also provide more if need be)
What introduced me to the topic was this podcast with Dr Jeffrey long. You can watch this or listen on any podcast app. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=na-9wu04l-o It’s about an hour. The host is a bit of a doofus but any interview with Jeffrey long should suffice. He’s done many.
His website nderf.org has many resources including research papers here https://www.nderf.org/NDERF/Research/Research_Overview_Right.htm
Other researchers are Bruce Greyson and Eben Alexander, the latter was a neurosurgeon and had an nde while suffering from severe meningitis of the brain (10mins, I tried to find a short video, he’s done many long form) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XUfT0HvIykA
Researchers that describe nde’s that can be proven as “veridical nde’s” . And by proven I mean they have some sort of corroborating info that’s provided. For example someone will be lying there dead (in the very least, almost dead, and unconscious) and perceive something that is going on around them. Where a specific item was put, an unusual conversation or action, people’s names that provided care, etc. for these at least you can find video of the people involved to corroborate the story.
Pam Reynolds’s is a famous example. here is a (6min) video about it. https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/comments/1k8q0mu/the_neardeath_experience_of_pam_reynolds/
But there are a ton of these with varying amounts of corroboration.
I don’t want to make this a complete wall of text but I think it can be helpful to hear some people’s stories in their own words. I like https://m.youtube.com/@TheOtherSideNDEYT/video
I bounced back and forth between believing and not believing as I read stuff from the pro and con side for a while and eventually decided that the pro won in my mind. Does that mean with 100% certainty that there’s an afterlife? No but in the very least our understanding of consciousness is not completely accurate.
Hope this helps
You went out of your way to gather your sources instead of disapraging me. I appreciate it. I owe those links a check.
It would be pretty hypocritical for me to disparage someone who probably holds similar beliefs to ones I used to hold. If 3 years ago you told me I would believe in god and simulation theory I would have laughed in your face. Surprisingly those two go together quite well.
If I may add a couple thoughts. Depending on the study, 10-15% of people who “die” and are revived or simply almost die by some trauma or disease, have nde’s of some sort which ends up being a shit ton of people who’ve had these experiences.
I’ve read or listened to 200-300 experiences by now. The experiences are different but some aspects recur frequently.
The most common aspects reported by a large portion of them are that the experiences are not only real but are more real than our earthly life. They see/feel/hear things that aren’t possible to describe.
People who meet a being or presence overwhelmingly say that the purpose of life is “love”. It’s a bit cryptic but best I can tell that means to just not be a dick basically and help others when you can.
Surprisingly a lot of atheists/agnostics meet who they perceive to be Jesus. I have thoughts on why that is but I’ve not read a single account where those people claim Jesus even mentioned the Bible or sin or anything like that. He usually mentions love and sometimes a specific purpose or mission a person has in life.
I appreciate your open mindedness. People are busy and don’t have time to do deep dives on everything. If you don’t look at all those resources it’s completely fine. Everyone is on their own path, keep your mind and your heart open especially when challenges or hardships come your way. Do a nice deed for someone, doesn’t matter how insignificant it might seem, a small act of kindness can have huge ripple effects.
My door for conversation is always open