miller suggests that the brain acts as a receiver for the mind. he stATES, “THE MIND CONNECTS WITH THE BRAin while we are in our body, but isn’t dependent upon the brain for its existence.” I am in disagreement with his pespective that brain damage impacts the capacity to access the mind. Rather, i submit that damage to the brain’s neural networks impairs access of the immaterial mind to the compromised spatiotemporal neural codes which are interpreted by the mind, a lifelong learning process I have discussed in my books and selected blog posts. in nde’s the mind does not depend on the brain but has capacities beyond what we experience when we do have interaction with functioning neural pathways.