Thread: What is the evidence that dreams are produced by the brain ?

Originally Posted by StephL

Well - that would be something wondrous and most fascinating and also exotic indeed!
Just why does nobody from beyond really communicate with us on a regular basis ..?

Yes, there is that nagging question isn't there?

That stark fact -- that there is no regular evidence (plenty of anecdotal, of course, as for instance most of the world both believes in ghosts and think they've seen one at least once) of communication with the "after-lifers" -- is indeed a troubling one for the "things only get better after death" crowd.

My own (albeit purely creative, evidence-free) response to this question has varied over the years, as I toy with new ideas. These days I tend toward the thought that "given" there is so much more to experience and explore in a life as an energy being, and that their new state is so different than their old physical state, after-lifers may simply have no interest in their former lives. Perhaps, also, our understanding of visceral things like family, love, devotion, loyalty, etc, might simply be quite different after death... things that matter now might not matter so much, later (cue the umbrage-laden "damn, that's cold, Sageous; I would never be that way, or even want to be that way!" responses...).

Here is something a tiny bit less selfish: Being eternal beings, the wait for their loved ones to join the after-lifers would amount to an eye-blink, so why go to the trouble of bothering the living while they're still alive?

There are lots of other possibilities as well; perhaps things as simple as the idea that these beings are always around us, and are indeed always visiting us, but, barring occasional bouts of paranormal activity, physical communication is impossible. Who knows? Maybe God simply does not allow it, because it messes up His long game ! But any explanation is of course little more than frivolous imaginings.

It could be anything. For now, the question of why we don't hear from them holds far more sway than its many, many answers... especially among scientists.