NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Dr. Alan Ross Hugenot has spent decades contemplating the conundrums of physics, along with the enigma of human consciousness.
Hugenot holds a doctorate of science in mechanical engineering, and has had a successful career in marine engineering, serving on committees that write the ship-building standards for the United States. He studied physics and mechanical engineering at the Oregon Institute of Technology.
“I did things using Newtonian physics to create ships,” he said, “but the whole time, I knew better. There’s this whole other world that our five senses don’t register.” He gave a talk on the science of the afterlife at the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) 2014 Conference in Newport Beach, Calif., on Aug. 29.
Exploring the scientific theories related to this other world, Hugenot has wondered whether the consciousness of living human beings as well as the “souls” of the dead reside in dark matter or dark energy. He has pondered the implications of the power our consciousness seems to have over physical reality.
Hugenot told of a near-death experience in the 1970s during which he experienced part of this other world. He found it “more real than this place.”
Who is living in the real world? The longtime deceased relative or you looking at his picture on the wall?
If there is a sense of self-awareness and consciousness than both the deceased are "living" in the "real" world. Which world is more "real" or "better" is impossible to tell without having experienced both. If death in the material realm allows us to transform into a "higher" mode of existence then we are better off after death. If death transforms us into a lower plane then we are left lamenting the loss of life and are worse off. Either way we will die and discover the truth of the matter for ourselves.
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