Essays on Near-Death Experience

Summary

The article explains the concept of the sixth sense and reasons as to its existence. A number of reasons and explanations are given in attempts to shed light on the sixth sense phenomena. Ordinarily, the sixth sense is felt as a third person often having an effect on the person. In some cases, it stares at the person while in others it speaks to the person. This feeling often could be eternal and within or external. In general, people tend to associate the sixth feeling to spirits, luck, witchcraft and psychic powers, among others. It is assumed that the sixth ...

Question # 1

One of the major concepts of Confucianism is “Jen” and in Confucianism, Jen is what makes individual an individual. It is what gives self its humanity and dignity. In Confucianism, the concept of self is not an isolated one. In Confucians teaching, it is not possible to be an individual without the society and the concept of the self emerges only in the relation to others. Confucianism gives much more value to the whole society rather than individualism as it considers individuals to be a constituent of society instead of isolated objects. Confucianism propagates strong hierarchical order and persuades individuals to ...

Introduction

Is there a life after death? This is one of the questions that most people in the world have been asking themselves for years. The survival of consciousness after death is a very complex situation for most people in the world. This is the reason why it has been discussed by many philosophers as well as other people in the world. According to the researches that have been conducted by the scientist is that, they believe that the consciousness and the mind are connected in that the they functioning of how the brain works even after death (Stanislav Grof & Marjorie). The ...

Differences between Mind and Body

Our mind and body are the major constants in our lives. Philosophers and scientists have often raised questions on mind and body, the relation between the two. The starting point for any analysis would begin with a question - What is a mind and how does it differ from the body. Sure we all can view our bodies, but our mind remains hidden. Still, we can look at our brains but still not the mind as it is not capable of being inspected, in the same way, as a body is. A great deal of research has been done on the relation ...