Proof of Heaven by Dr Eben Alexander

[CatholicSooner]

I don’t expect to find incense, familiar hymns, or similar Christian things in heaven, because those are cultural in large part. But neither do I expect to hear that one can do nothing wrong. That kind of does away with the 10 Commandments, among other objections.

Is it possible that he was told you can do no wrong in the sense that in Heaven, you can do no wrong?

 

[Vonsalza]

The post you replied to was made 4 and a quarter years ago.

 

[AgnosticBoy]

Has anyone seen this book: Proof of Heaven?
"Dr. Alexander, a renowned neurosurgeon, was felled by e coli meningitis. 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, Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back.

Alexander’s recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, 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.

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 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. Reading it will change your life."

Anyone read this? I glanced through it, and am concerned with his statement that he was told, “you can do nothing wrong.” That’s a little hard to believe.
Yet his story is convincing.

I haven’t read Dr. Eben Alexander’s book, but he’s spoken many times about it, even at Churches. Videos can be found all over YouTube. I believe that near-death experiences provide evidence for the mind being able to function during times of brain impairment. The NDEs may just be hallucinations of a dying brain but hallucinations count as mental experiences, even if they’re not real outside of the mind.

 

[CatholicSooner]

The post you replied to was made 4 and a quarter years ago.

 

[Aloysium]

It’s fitting that a thread about near death experiences should be brought back from internet oblivion.

Just picked up the book, wondering how anyone can remember about what happened while comatose from a severely diseased brain. I’m not sure I share the author’s explanation of what he experienced, but he seems authentically describing scenes he witnessed.

Barely into it, I thought I’d share some thoughts about this wonderful world we inhabit. Reading about the complexities of the human mind-brain, hearing about foreign universes, different modes of knowing and being, makes one aware of the beauty and subtleties of daily life, the holiness of each person we encounter as we scurry past each other on crowded streets and silent elevators.