Some people claim to have seen a long dark tunnel with a bright
light, often accompanied by the indistinct figures of dead
relatives or friends, during times of stress or near-death
experiences.
I think I have finally discovered the answer to this great mystery.
It is in my opinion that what these people have experienced is the
trauma of biological birth that has resided in the dark,
near-forgotten depths of their subconscious mind, only to be set
free and relived again in times of stress or trouble. The dark
passage that people claim to be moving through may be in fact the
birth canal that links the womb to the outside world, and the
figures of dead relatives or friends are actually the first people
we see when we are born, or when we first open our eyes, while that
bright light at the end of the tunnel can be said to be the
entrance to the real world when we are born.
The birth process is very rarely remembered, only to surface from
our subconscious during times like this or just moments before our
deaths. It is only then that the boundaries are lifted and the
restrictions vanish, allowing the darkest portions of the human
psyche to emerge freely, and with it comes the memory of the
process of biological birth.
