According to the Dalai Lama, Buddhist teachings inform us that people can attain low-level near-death awareness and "clear light" by sneezing. It is the Buddhists aim to pass through every transition with lucid awareness, the ultimate goal being to die lucidly. The same "clear light" experience occurs with yawning, falling asleep, and orgasm. Sneezing is sometimes referred to as the orgasm of the nose and it is quite a popular sexual fetish.

I am definitely going to have something to say about this on the clipiversity podcast tomorrow. I have always wondered why we say Bless You to people after they sneeze. Quite honestly, i've always felt a little weird about it...so this is great to know!

A sneeze is also one of the most violent reactions a body can have, it exists for a purpose...other than superstition. Lots of other historical info on sneezing here like:

"Why you close your eyes when you sneeze."

This clip was featured on our first video edition of the Clipmarks Clipiversity podcast.

Thanks for the great clip!

ericskiff

You are more than welcome

I would love to watch your Clipiversity but have no idea how to do that due to being on modem; things get broken down differently and become way to choppy.

So good luck with your new university and have fun

k9