The Unexplainable Phenomenon of Jill Bolte Taylor’s Out-of-Body Experience
The main aim of this essay is to give the analysis of Jill Bolte Taylor’s experience through the religious prism. Jill Bolte Taylor is a scientist, who has had a stroke and during this stroke she had an out-of-body experience. After her recovery, she wrote a book “My Stroke of Insight”, in which she described her experience. In this book she also wrote that during her out-of-body experience she has seen the “holy light” coming down from heaven.
First of all, it should be said that human nature demands an explanation of each process occurring in this world. The science has the intention to give reasons for the processes, which take place in the religious world. In other words, the science wants to find an ally in religion. But sometimes it happens that the science and religion are divided by something that cannot be explained by any of them. For example, when Jill Bolte Taylor saw the “holy light” coming down from heaven, science could not give any explanation for this phenomenon.
It should be noted that religion also has its own way of looking at things that happen in the world. Religion sees these events from the point of view of faith. That is why, when something happens, which cannot be explained by science, religion often comes to the rescue. This is because faith does not require proof. Faith is based on trust. And trust does not need any evidence. Jill Bolte Taylor saw the “holy light” coming down from heaven with her own eyes. And she did not need any scientific proof for this event. She just believed that it was real.
In conclusion, it should be said that human nature demands explanation to each process and phenomena occurring in this world, the science has strong intention to give reasons and ground for the processes, which take place in religious world, however, such phenomena as Holly Light coming down from heaven during the period of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection cannot be fully explained, and science’s characteristic as “almighty” fades away.
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