The brain functions by electrical and chemical actions. There are many chemicals that affect the brain or are made by the brain. The pineal gland influences both melatonin and pinoline. This gland produces a potent psychedelic drug called dimethyltripamine or DMT. It seems that DMT in humans, create sentience according to an article in wondergressive.com.This narcotic is one of the most potent psychedelic substance we know of. The drug is illegal almost everywhere but it can be produced in your own pineal gland and is the substance that causes dreams. This potent drug is released by the pineal gland when the brain is shutting down. DMT is available as an illegal substance and is usually smoked. Users experience a stretching of time so that a few minutes can seem to be an eternity. They also experience religious incarnations which are compatible with the believes that they already hold. The pineal gland releases massive amounts of DMT when the brain has nearly stopped functioning, creating the hallucinations that are often recalled as Near Death Experiences (NDEs). The conclusion is that NDEs are a chemical reaction which creates hallucinations even after the other brain functions have diminished to the point that our current instruments cannot measure and the brain is considered to have died. If the patient does recover, they have obviously not died nor gone to heaven, and come back to tell us about their experiences they are recalling their hallucinations.
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