Altered
State of Mind and Near Death Experience
I
do not want to use the medical terms like, illusions, hallucinations
and delusions in this discussion since readers are ordinary
guys/girls.
Awareness
(sanity), altered state of awareness and insanity are better terms.
In
near death syndrome, an altered state of awareness is common but most is
easily forgotten, if traumatic but remembered with colorful stories
if the experience (altered state of awareness) is pleasant.
In
between these two extremes of Domanassa and Somanassa feeling or
states many different states can be induced by drugs, alcohol,
anaesthesia and meditative experiences.
This
piece is to highlight the Acid Base imbalance that can be induced in meditative practice involuntarily.
Alcohol
and over 18 hour starvation (much less time in kids) can bring about
ketosis or disruption of acid state balance of the body and mind.
But
ketone is a metabolic substitute for glucose.
In
the brain the coconut oil with medium chain fatty acids can
supplement and augment ketone pathway better than alcohol.
So
do not fear eating Sambol and coconut milk curry if you have a long
work schedule without food.
By the way, even patient with Dementia
(there cognitive function) are benefited by a diet rich in coconut
oil.
So
I advice the coconut treatment to the corrupt politicians in the
parliament (all parties new and old are included).
This
treatment is with a strong Kithul Polla when they come for the next
round of elections, since their nuts are stronger than coconuts.
So
in addition to promoting Ceylon Tea give a push to the Coconut
Industry and ban Yappies who vandalize coconut states for property
development.
Now
simple withholding of breathing (this can happen in a wrongly guided
meditation) for few minutes causes carbon dioxide narcosis or
acidosis that can alter one’s cognition and awareness.
This
is not Jhana induced.
Hyperventilation
can produce, alkalosis the opposite of acidosis.
This
also can happen in meditation due to excitement of reaching a Jhana
state or simply due to agitation and anxiety.
The
bottom line is validating the effect of meditation should not be left
to checking the blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol.
They are
poor indicators of wellbeing.
The
best indicator is the Acid Base Status which anaesthetists test as a
routine in developed countries, since the damage they do to the brain
(post operative complications) is substantial.
In
that sense the altered states in NDE are directly related to
imbalance in acid base balance and not due to divine intervention and
often due to medical mishaps (that causes the patient to be
transferred to an Intensive Care Unit) which helps the doctors to
hide behind.
Our
brain is not adopted to high mountain climbing (causes mountain
sickness due to hypoxia) or deep sea diving (causes decompression
syndrome) so do not volunteer for space travel which the private
companies are offering for stupid but rich people.
Read
my article on (very old one) physiological effects in space in the wider web.
Postscript;
I do not advice meditation for diabetes patients and both low and high thyroxin levels can have mental symptoms.
