Proof of Heaven Deluxe Edition With DVD: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the AfterlifeThe 2 million–copy bestseller—now with lessons that will help you lead a more meaningful life and an exclusive DVD featuring commentary from Eben Alexander, M.D. Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Dr. Alexander knew that NDEs feel real but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then, Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human—shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Dr. Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back. Dr. Alexander’s recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Dr. Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. Dr. Alexander’s story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. Today Dr. Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition. This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. This is even truer of this new edition, in which Dr. Alexander expands upon the lessons he learned from his experience, adding new insights and guidance for a world more in need of them than ever. Reading this book will change your life. |
Contents
The Pain I I | 11 |
The Hospital | 15 |
Out ofNowhere | 23 |
Eben IV | 24 |
Underworld | 29 |
An Anchor to Life 3 3 | 33 |
The Spinning Melody and the Gateway 3 8 | 38 |
Israel | 42 |
The Rainbow I05 22 Six Faces | 108 |
Final Night First Morning I I I | 111 |
The Return I | 115 |
Not There Yet I 20 | 120 |
Spreading the News I 24 | 124 |
Homecoming I 26 | 126 |
The UltraReal | 129 |
A Common Experience I3 I | 131 |
The Core | 45 |
What Counts | 50 |
An End to the Downward Spiral | 59 |
The Core | 68 |
Wednesday | 74 |
A Special Kind ofNDE | 76 |
The Gift of Forgetting | 83 |
The Well | 87 |
N of 1 | 89 |
To Forget and to Remember 9 5 | 95 |
Nowhere to Hide | 97 |
The Closing | 102 |
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