Shimrod:

Read up on OBEs, NDEs, and the small handful of well-documented reincarnation tales that have some substantiating evidence. Read up on "mystic" experiences. The literature is not usually in the form of peer-reviewed scientific journals. Read Ingo Swann's reports. Examine reports from Raymond Moody. Read up on Kubler-Ross. Read the research reports of Ian Stephenson.

The "model" of life as essentially a spiritual being having a physical experience, rather than the other way around, has been the preferred model for hundreds of millions of people through centuries--Buddhists, Taoists, Shintoists, and many other lesser knows groups. This alone is not an argument for its rightness, but it means as a student of human thought you might want to familiarize yourself with that side of things.

You'll find lots of chaff, but you will also find a handful of serious wheat.

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