During the turn of the century some scientists conducted experiments
hoping to discover the speed of light. Of course, it would be the same as
sound, only much faster. They weren't looking for anything more, anything 
strange.
 
But STRANGE CAME CALLING!
 
They discovered the speed of light had the same speed no matter what the 
reference.

Now anyone with an understanding of physics knew that was impossible.
And where was that damm ether they just knew had to permeate all space??
 
Speed of Light was a constant- no matter what reference? Shouldn't be, but was.
 
No ether, but light was a wave, every wave needed a medium to travel 
through, so ether had to exist..but DIDN'T. Another shouldn't be.
 
 
But there was an over-educated little Jewish patent clerk.
Poor student, low grades. Destined for failure. Why? Just ask any of his 
teachers. They would tell you just why he was just a patent clerk.
 
And he was smart enough to accept a weird universe with impossible laws.
Like the speed of light being a constant. Some of the others were too
busy trying to figure out what went wrong with the experiment. 
 
But he persisted and there went E=M * C-squared.
 
All because he accepted what others COULDN'T. 
 
 
Now today, it is the same today with another observation.
 
One which can't be repeated. One which has to be taken on faith.
 
But one, if it pans out will open another new door.
 
One other point before I forget. So like me these days.
 
The people who debunk NDEs, claiming to explain it away
with brain chemistry gone wild in a dying brain, neglecting NDErs
seem to come back when they are told to come back, neglect they
were not in a state of denial, but thought themselves dead, neglect
the state wasn't chaotic, but with crystal clarity, neglect the odds of
many people having the same exact experience, neglect that NDEs see only
only dead, not live people, and neglect they don't know what they
are talking about.
 
 
BUT HERE IS ONE THEY CAN"T EXPLAIN!
 
Rudy Rucker was a student studying mathematics at Rutgers in the 1970s. 
Set theory.
 
But let him tell it from his book, Infinity and the Mind.
 
It is no New Age book, its a book on set theory. But in it, he took time out
to explain his own experience with Godel.
 
He had the rare opportunity to meet and talk math with Godel.
That is like discussing physics with Einstein. Godel was a giant in 
mathematics.

It was a rare privilege. Godel was at the time living at Princeton University.
 
Well, let me get back to Rudy.
 
You see, when someone experiences a NDE, you can makes claims about their 
dying brain.
 
But what about a healthy young mathematician who experienced the white light, 
not when he was dying, but when someone else was dying.
 
This is your......damm light travels at the same speed no matter what,
but this time in dreams and that famous White Light.
Metaphysics, not physics. 
With the metaphysical realm deeper into reality.
No surprise.
 
Now if you accept it and try to explain it..ahhh...new insights 
 
 
Play a modern Einstein. 
But this time its a mental light you're trying to understand.
 
Rudy, "I dreamed I was at his bedside. There was a chessboard on the covers on 
front of him. Godel reached his hand out and knocked the board over, tipping
the men onto the floor. The chessboard expanded into an infinite mathematical
plane. And then that, too, vanished. There was a brief play of symbols, and
then emptiness-an emptiness flooded with even white light. The next day I
learned Kurt Godel was dead."
 
 
 
Well? PLAY EINSTEIN AND FIGURE IT OUT!
 
Can you figure out what Kurt Godel was telling Rudy Rucker about the nature of 
reality?