what's reported in there (tunnel and all that) is just what can be expected as a report based upon neural activity during such a stage (Wolfgang)

Neural activity, in fact, may be causing me to experience the illusion that there is a Mudcat Cafe at all, and that you, Wolfgang, exist. (Little Hawk)

the slightest hint that sometimes (in extreme situations and for some people) a perception may not be based upon external input threatens his view of himself (Wolfgang)

I thought it would have been clear in the context of these posts, but I can spell it out: the slightest hint that sometimes (in extreme situations and for some people) a perception may not be based upon external input but on neural activity alone threatens his view of himself.

That Little Hawk believes in perception based on input from higher selves/god/the Cosmic/whathaveyou I take for granted. My only point is that reports taken by some as corroboration of life after death ideas or transcendence can be explained by the neural activity during certain states of the body.

Wolfgang