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Originally posted by Wonderer77
I greatly enjoy reading experiences and theories related to events of this sort, whether they be called 'Time Slips,' 'Dimensional Slips,' 'Alternate Universe Phenomenon,' etc.
I did apparently miss the 'confirmed' part of this story as mentioned in the title. I rather expect 'confirmed' to mean validated in some way from an outside source, something having to do - if not with proof - with strong evidence and not merely a personal decision of truth. I would have enjoyed reading it without the declaration of confirmation in the title. Its usage, in my opinion, seeks to improperly legitimize the experience; however, it only serves to detract from this particular story.
Originally posted by coquine
When the plane came to a stop, he said, "Mom, I think we died." And we began to explore the possibility that perhaps, we don't ever experience dying! Perhaps our consciousness just steps out before a trauma and moves to an alternate universe or reality, so similar to the one we were in, we don't know what happened.
This is a notion I have, for some time now, found intriguing. The biggest problems I have with the general, overall concept is that it doesn't easily allow for either extreme aging or long-term illness. Your plane experience is one thing, but it becomes a bit more difficult to explain when one has to rationalize being 173 or so years old. Still, I'm sure there are explanations which could rationally explain such things - I just haven't quite figured them out yet.
Thanks for sharing.
Originally posted by coquine
This is a totally wierd idea, but I thought about it when I read your account, as well as the other poster, who talked of a similar event, in which they were heading for a potential accident when the "slip" happened?
Me and my family have had such events happen twice, one in which we lost two hours, one which was approx. 10 minutes. In the second one, we were on a plane, that started to have trouble coming onto landing. Everyone was panicking. Then "bloop" it was quiet and we were landing normally. My son and I (he was 17 at the time) looked at each other and asked each other if we dreamed what just happened? What DID just happen? When did the problems smooth out and everyone calm down? We didn't see the transition, either of us.
When the plane came to a stop, he said, "Mom, I think we died." And we began to explore the possibility that perhaps, we don't ever experience dying! Perhaps our consciousness just steps out before a trauma and moves to an alternate universe or reality, so similar to the one we were in, we don't know what happened. Even in an alternate reality, everyone we know could have "dopplegangers" that we continue our relations with - even if one version of them is crying for our loss in another!
The other time it happened, we drove into a sudden wall of fog, so it could have been possible we hit another car or something.
I'm not saying I believe this to be true, I don't have any beliefs, but the hypothesis has always intrigued me since then! How many times could I have died and not know it??
Originally posted by XR500Final2
Those are some amazing stories. Clearly their are dimensional distortion occuring - people slipping into alternative realities.
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
I wonder if we get a set number of "lives" or unlimited "continues"?
Originally posted by nessie2uk
reply to post by TheLoneGunmen
Ahh. "Two countries separated by a common language".....throughout this whole thread I have fixated on the significance of the white blazer that the women were wearing. To me that is a smart suit jacket.......I wondered why the OP described it racing away but assumed that the jacket was what he was focused upon!
I feel a wee bit stupid....
Anyway, fascinating thread, really interested in everyone's stories.
Originally posted by JohnnyAnonymous
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
I wonder if we get a set number of "lives" or unlimited "continues"?
That's always been an open-ended question for me to ponder.. If so then I've got to be pretty close to my quota..
I've pretty much passed up a number of Lucky Cats and their Nine Lives..
Originally posted by Odin2305
What happened to the consciousness of the person in the other body or the other you an answer cannot be that the consciousness was combined because you end up with alternate memories of another version of your life, ..