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Jeb Corliss Grinds the Crack: Insane Wingsuit Flyer Laughs at His Near Death Experience
Daedalus’s son Icarus famously flew too close to the sun. Ecstatic Jeb Corliss nearly flew too close to the rocks (which would have made him Dead-alus). Yes, this is real. He cuts it incredibly close. Then laughs.
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Tagged balls, carpe diem, daedalus, death, flight, jeb corliss, laugh, laughter, life, near death experience, wingsuits
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In Philadelphia, Opera Singers Interrupt a Marketplace
A bit of guerilla opera in Philadelphia: Hmm. Do you suppose that the inward experience of death might be like this? Perhaps you’ll be walking along one day when an epiphany of light and song will break in on your life, and … Continue reading
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Tagged consumerism, death, happiness, life, love, music, NDEs, near death experience, opera, song, the sacred, worry
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Does an Epiphany Await Each of Us?
This near death experience comes from a BBC documentary on the subject:
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Tagged death, eleusinian mysteries, epiphany, life, light, love, NDEs, near death experience, near-death experiences, the ground of being
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Confidence Fail: The Four Confidences and Atheism
It occurs to me that life turns on four confidences, three of which atheists and agnostics simply do not possess. If one wonders why so few people are atheists and agnostics, a big part of the puzzle may lie hidden here. … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, anxiety, atheism, confidence, fear, God, loneliness, love, NDEs, near death experience, public speaking, religion
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Pam Reynold’s Near Death Experience
I’ve long found this the most intriguing near death experience that I’ve ever come across. The clip here is from a BBC documentary titled The Day I Died:
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Tagged atheism, atheist, cancer, death, existentialism, God, hope, life, near death experience, pam reynolds, theism
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Sea World’s Dawn Brancheau was Drowned by a Killer Whale Yesterday. Maybe This is What Happened Next
In the afterlife (if there is such a thing, and I hope that there is) I picture a group of people sitting around an outdoor table beneath warm, late summer skies and talking about their mortal lives, including how each … Continue reading
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She was an Atheist. And Angry. Then She Found Herself Out of Her Body!
I like her intensity and articulateness. She seems to be a wise person and to know something:
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Tagged atheism, atheist, body, clarity, death, life, near death experience, religion, soul
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