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Yoga fanatic drowned trying to achieve ‘enlightenment’ through near-death experience
Daily Mail Online ^
| October 30, 2013
| Lizzie Parry
Posted on 10/30/2013 10:42:42 AM PDT by Teotwawki
An extreme yoga fanatic drowned in a quarry after an experiment to achieve enlightenment through a 'near-death experience' went tragically wrong, an inquest has heard. Spiritualist Luke Monrose believed that by pushing his body to its limits and catching hypothermia he could 'unlock the secrets of the afterlife'. [snip] But his risky experiment went tragically wrong and a coroner today ruled Mr Monrose 'died as a consequence of a near-death experience which resulted in physical death'.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: enlightenment; napl; yoga
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To: Teotwawki
Ms Monrose told the hearing: 'I told him he should get out more, get a girlfriend and go to the pub and get drunk but he wasn’t interested.
Get a girlfriend.
Get drunk.
Or drown.
Tough choices...
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:04:52 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
To: Teotwawki
'died as a consequence of a near-death experience
Would that be considered an oxymoron?
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:06:34 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Make sure you have removed the kleenex from your pockets before doing laundry)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:08:46 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Red Badger
Did he float? If he did, he was successful After about eight hours, probably... barring the presence of large, toothy fish.
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:09:41 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
To: a fool in paradise
Enlightment.
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:12:04 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Teotwawki
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:18:59 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: ScottinVA
He was in a quarry so I don’t think there would have been many large toothy fishies.............
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:20:09 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: Hot Tabasco
No, he was just a plain moron...............
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:20:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: Billthedrill
“Brick, where did you get a hand grenade?”
I. Don’t. Know...
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:21:23 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Revolting cat!
Sometimes, one’s purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:22:25 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Teotwawki
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:33:46 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Teotwawki
Bought a burrito from the “gut wagon” at the job site.....Now THAT was a near death experience!!
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:43:02 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: a fool in paradise
aj YES the CLASSIC Obama Pose.....
there are a BUNCH of Similarly Postured Geniuses In Washington
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:45:56 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/)
To: Teotwawki
Dear Yoga Fanatic: "Flatliners" was a MOVIE.
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:55:32 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
At least he didn't weigh the same as a duck.
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posted on
10/30/2013 11:55:52 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/30/2013 12:35:26 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Wasn't prohibition the "Law of the land?" Wasn't "the earth is flat" proven science? Charlatans!)
To: PowderMonkey
He’s probably pinin’ for the fjords.
To: glock rocks; Slings and Arrows
To: Teotwawki
Too near.....
Well, it cleans out the gene pool.
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posted on
10/30/2013 12:48:52 PM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
To: Teotwawki
So is this officially considered a suicide?
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