BBElla: Aside from solipsism or any other mental experience, given the fact that there are so many differing accounts of these experiences (though many are uncannily similar) - if you were to go out on a limb for a moment and accept these differing experiences as reality, what do you think would be a good explanation that would fit all of these folks experiences? You do not have to use any known ideas in your answer - you can make up one like I did. > > Romansh: Cause and effect. > > We are all made up of the same substrate ... hence the similarities. > > We live in a chaotic universe and hence the arrangement of the substrate is different for each of us, and this accounts for the differences. - Agreed. Each of us is very individual, partially due to experiences.