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Could a combination lock prove that it's possible to talk to the dead ?

By T.K. Randall
January 4, 2025 · Comment icon 46 comments
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Can we communicate with the dead ? Image Credit: Pixabay / FalcoZen
The late researcher Dr Ian Stevenson once came up with a novel way of proving that we could speak to the dead.
Dr Stevenson, who died back in 2007, was a distinguished psychiatrist who was known for founding the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine - a department that was (and still is) dedicated to the investigation of reincarnation, life after death and other such topics.

During his time there, he and his colleagues documented 2,500 cases of children who seemed to recall details of their past lives and conducted extensive research into each one in order to find evidence to corroborate those memories.

But it was an experiment set up by Dr Stevenson in an attempt to prove that communication with the dead was possible that remains the most unique and notable thing about his work at the department.

Known as the 'Combination Lock Test for Survival', this unassuming object is essentially little more than a standard 6-digit combination lock that has remained unopened for decades.
Dr Stevenson reasoned that if he could transmit the combination code for the lock to someone after he was dead, it would prove not only that our spirit continues to endure after death, but that it was also possible to communicate with those who have already passed on.

Sadly, despite his death in 2007, nobody has yet been able to open to lock.

Today, the department continues its research into the possibilities of life after death and in doing so, honors the work of the man who started it all more than 40 years ago.

Whether anyone will ever learn the code to his combination lock, however, remains to be seen.

Source: dnyuz.com | Comments (46)




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Comment icon #37 Posted by joc 3 days ago
That my friend is what you BELIEVE. Belief is a state of 'not knowing'.  Knowledge is this: How Long Can the Brain Go Without Oxygen? A Timeline Between 30-180 seconds of oxygen deprivation, you may lose consciousness. At the one-minute mark, brain cells begin dying. At three minutes, neurons suffer more extensive damage, and lasting brain damage becomes more likely. At five minutes, death becomes imminent. At 10 minutes, even if the brain remains alive, a coma and lasting brain damage are almost inevitable. At 15 minutes, survival becomes nearly impossible. Those are the facts. That's wha... [More]
Comment icon #38 Posted by Guyver 3 days ago
Sure.  I’ll give you that Joc.  But you also said that we can’t prove love, and we must believe that our spouses love us.  So, that shows that you have an extreme position on things.  Which is fine…and yours may be the best way of looking at things through that extreme lens….but remember there are exceptions to every rule…or so it would seem, and often times we can be mistaken about things which we think are true and proven. And then there is personal experience.  I don’t know how that cannot be considered truth, if a person is in their right mind.  
Comment icon #39 Posted by Guyver 3 days ago
An example of what I mean by the above is ghosts.  The topic of this thread.  I don’t think a ghost can open a combination lock…because a lot people can’t open a combination lock in life, even if they have the combination.  But, if one could…through say…one of these voice boxes you see people using on tv?  Then that would be proof of intelligence after death.  That is…if they could speak the combination to you.  Personally, I don’t believe that tv stuff, because it is most likely fake.  But, what if a person encountered a ghost for real, as many of these people claim to ha... [More]
Comment icon #40 Posted by joc 3 days ago
You kind of wandered off the playing field into the weeds. Most of belief is pure 'personal experience'.  Personal experience is made up totally from memory. It is factually proven that memory is falllible. Don't misunderstand what I am saying.  I have never said that things we believe are not true. What I have said is that things we believe, such as spousal love, are not provable.  Therefore we cannot know...we can only believe.  But belief only means that what we are believing to be the truth has not been proven to be the truth.  It doesn't mean what we believe is not true. All I'm real... [More]
Comment icon #41 Posted by joc 3 days ago
No Joc would not.  You cannot superimpose your fears and beliefs on me. I don't have any. Try again.
Comment icon #42 Posted by Guyver 3 days ago
So, let’s just say a ghost walked through your kitchen, opened the cupboard doors, then tapped you on the shoulder, or patted you on the top of the head or the back, you would not believe that was real?  How would you explain such a thing?
Comment icon #43 Posted by joc 3 days ago
That's called me fantasizing about what I would do in a fantasy. I don't play such mind games Guyv. I am a both feet fully planted on terra firma kind of guy.  I work very hard at NOT allowing fantasy videos to play in my head.
Comment icon #44 Posted by Guyver 3 days ago
Ok.  
Comment icon #45 Posted by Guyver 3 days ago
Well, I know two good people personally who do claim to have encountered poltergeist activity, and they are not the kind of people whose word should be rejected.  Additionally, I myself have had an experience with a being of some type that was like an invisible person with potentially great strength.  I know that is real, it was not a fantasy, and I’ve had to live most of my life having no idea what the eff that was and how it could be explained, or what to think about it.  For about thirty years I believed it was an angel.  That’s how my mind explained it to myself.  Now, I am willin... [More]
Comment icon #46 Posted by joc 3 days ago
Thanks.  That's all...an admission of not knowing.  That doesn't at all mean the experience didn't happen.  It did.  I don't deny people their experiences.  Whatever happened to you happened to you.   I was on a beer run once. (Long time ago).  My boss told me to go get some beer. So I did.  I actually fell asleep on the way.  I woke up literally, just in the nick of time, to avoid a head-on collision.  I wondered a lot why I woke up at all! Was it my Guardian Angel?  Suffice to say, I woke up.  I don't know why. I'm just glad I did.


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