Dr. Eben Alexander is a fifty eight-year old neurosurgeon of Harvard
University who lived a near-death experience (NDE) four years ago. It was caused
by an extremely rare illness that attacked the neocortex, an important part of the brain that controls thought and
emotion—and in essence makes us human. Dr. Alexander’s brain shut down
completely for seven days during which
he laid in a hospital bed in a deep coma. One day, out of the sudden, his eyes
popped open. This surprised his doctors who had weighed the possibility of stopping
the treatment. They explained Dr. Alexander’s
come back as a medical miracle.
Surprisingly,
the miracle was not just that Dr. Alexander had returned from a coma, it was
that while he was unconscious, and according to what he declared, his mind “travelled
beyond this world and had an encounter with an angelical being who guided him
into the deepest realm of super-physical existence where he met and spoke with
the Divine source of the universe itself.”
His
story has caused a big impact in the science world because, according to the
medical understanding of the brain and mind, he could have never had experienced
even a reduced state of consciousness during the coma. Alexander is a man of
science who would always explain that NDEs, despite feeling real to people who
have experienced them, are simply fantasies produced by brains after extreme
stress. But this incredible experience made him change his mind and question himself
if there is life after death.
Now
he thinks of death not as the end of personal existence but as a transition. He
also believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize than God
and the soul are real.
What do you think about Dr. Alexander’s experience and words about the existence of afterlife? Do you believe in life after death?
You can click here to watch and listen his testimony and learn about "Proof of Heaven," a book Dr. Alexander wrote inspired by his experience.
