 but rather a separate dichotomy that despite the brain not working, there is a higher mind. And dreams are kind of like that too. You're able to really get into a deepened brainwave state, which is usually the delta wave, and so your higher mind opens up to a greater reality. So that filter between life is a lot more open. And that's what happens with NDEs, where there's a very low to non-existent level of brainwave frequency, thus allowing your higher mind to open itself up