Proof of Heaven：A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

ASCIENTIST’SCASEFORTHEAFTERLIFENear-deathexperiences,orNDEs,arecontroversial.Thousandsofpeoplehavehadthem,butmanyinthescientificcommunityhavearguedthattheyareimpossible.Dr.EbenAlexanderwasoneofthosepeople.Ahighlytrainedneurosurgeonwhohadoperatedonthousandsofbrainsinthecourseofhiscareer,Alexanderknewthatwhatpeopleoffaithcallthe“soul”isreallyaproductofbrainchemistry.NDEs,hewouldhavebeenthefirsttoexplain,mightfeelrealtothepeoplehavingthem,butintruththeyaresimplyfantasiesproducedbybrainsunderextremestress.ThencamethedaywhenDr.Alexander’sownbrainwasattackedbyanextremelyrareillness.Thepartofthebrainthatcontrolsthoughtandemotion—andinessencemakesushuman—shutdowncompletely.ForsevendaysAlexanderlayinahospitalbedinadeepcoma.Then,ashisdoctorsweighedthepossibilityofstoppingtreatment,Alexander’seyespoppedopen.Hehadcomeback.Alexander’srecoveryisbyallaccountsamedicalmiracle.Buttherealmiracleofhisstorylieselsewhere.Whilehisbodylayincoma,Alexanderjourneyedbeyondthisworldandencounteredanangelicbeingwhoguidedhimintothedeepestrealmsofsuper-physicalexistence.Therehemet,andspokewith,theDivinesourceoftheuniverseitself.Thisstorysoundslikethewildandwonderfulimaginingsofaskilledfantasywriter.Butitisnotfantasy.BeforeAlexanderunderwenthisjourney,hecouldnotreconcilehisknowledgeofneurosciencewithanybeliefinheaven,God,orthesoul.Thatdifficultywithbeliefcreatedanemptyspacethatnoprofessionaltriumphcoulderase.TodayheisadoctorwhobelievesthattruehealthcanbeachievedonlywhenwerealizethatGodandthesoularerealandthatdeathisnottheendofpersonalexistencebutonlyatransition.Thisstorywouldberemarkablenomatterwhoithappenedto.ThatithappenedtoDr.Alexandermakesitrevolutionary.Noscientistorpersonoffaithwillbeabletoignoreit.Readingitwillchangeyourlife.