Zoua Nikki Thao - Week 1
Near death experiences have become sort of a "taboo" topic in American society today as we continue to look towards hard science and research for explanations about almost anything. Interestingly, the readings for this week seek to explain near death experiences with not only physics, but scientific mathematical theories as well. Contzen Pereira and Shahi Reddy sought to explain near death experiences using quantum physics, with the explanation of a cellsoul pathway. On the other hand, Arindam Paul, Liton Devnath and Rafiqul Islam explored near death experiences with mathematical perspectives. I found these readings to be intriguing as the authors used hard sciences to try and explain something so spiritual and often times described as unfathomable to many.
Near death experiences are not discussed about on a daily basis, especially not in academia. This brings me into the other reading for this week where Kieu Linh Valverde discussed her own near death experience during her strenuous tenure battle. This reading did not seek to explain why near death experiences occur or how they do, but simply just told of Valverde's experience as a woman of color in academe. For professor Valverde to be so raw, honest and vulnerable on her first day of this course, makes this course almost revolutionary as it is being taught in a top university by a woman of color. It still amazes me how Valverde's experience occurred due to the physical, emotional and spiritual toll that the oppressive forces of academia placed on her. I believe that near death experiences and the spirit realm should be discussed more without having people feel uncomfortable as it is an interesting topic that can include other aspects such as math and physics. One question that I have would be, is there room in the spirit realm discussion where "soft sciences" like sociology would fit in? If so, what would a sociological explanation comprise of?
Sources:
Near death experiences are not discussed about on a daily basis, especially not in academia. This brings me into the other reading for this week where Kieu Linh Valverde discussed her own near death experience during her strenuous tenure battle. This reading did not seek to explain why near death experiences occur or how they do, but simply just told of Valverde's experience as a woman of color in academe. For professor Valverde to be so raw, honest and vulnerable on her first day of this course, makes this course almost revolutionary as it is being taught in a top university by a woman of color. It still amazes me how Valverde's experience occurred due to the physical, emotional and spiritual toll that the oppressive forces of academia placed on her. I believe that near death experiences and the spirit realm should be discussed more without having people feel uncomfortable as it is an interesting topic that can include other aspects such as math and physics. One question that I have would be, is there room in the spirit realm discussion where "soft sciences" like sociology would fit in? If so, what would a sociological explanation comprise of?
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| This photo reminds me of a couple stories from the physics reading and professor Valverde's own near death experience. |
Sources:
Arindam Kumar Paul, Liton Devnath, and Md. Rafiqul Islam. An Approach to Prove the Existence of After Life by Analyzing Near Death Experience’s Data with Mathematical Logic.” 2016. Academic Research International. Vol 7(4)
Contzen Pereira and Shashi Kiran Reddy. “Near Death Cases Desegregating Non-Locality/Disembodiment via Quantum Mediated Consciousness: An Extended Version of the Cell-Soul Pathway.” 2016. Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research. Vol 7(11)
Randy. "Near Death Experiences." Near Death Experiences. N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 09 Apr. 2017.
Valverde, K. "Fiht the Tower: A Call to Action for Women of Color in Academia."
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