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

A scientist’s case for the afterlife… 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, 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, 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.

Biographies & Memoirs

Eben Alexander III

Arts & Literature

Simon&Schuster

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Proof Of Heaven

Eben Alexander, III. M.D.

"Minha experiência mostrou que a morte não é o fim da consciência e que a existência humana continua no além-túmulo. E, mais importante ainda, ela se perpetua sob o olhar de um Deus que nos ama e que se importa com cada um de nós." Cético, defensor da lógica científica e neurocirurgião há mais de 25 anos, o Dr. Eben Alexander viu sua vida virar do avesso quando passou por uma experiência que ele mesmo considerava impossível. Vítima de uma meningite bacteriana grave, ficou em coma por sete dias. Enquanto os médicos tentavam controlar a doença, algo extraordinário aconteceu. Eben embarcou numa jornada por um mundo completamente estranho. Sem consciência da própria identidade, foi mergulhando cada vez mais fundo nessa realidade difusa, onde conheceu seres celestiais e fez descobertas transformadoras sobre a existência da vida após a morte e a profunda relação que todos nós temos com Deus. Quando os médicos já pensavam em suspender seu tratamento, o inesperado aconteceu: seus olhos se abriram. Ele estava de volta. Mas nunca mais seria o mesmo. Aquela experiência o levou a questionar tudo em que acreditava até então. Afinal, como neurocirurgião, ele sabia que o que vivenciou não poderia ter sido uma mera fantasia produzida por seu cérebro, que estava praticamente destruído.

Uma Prova do Ceu - Proof Of Heaven (Em Portugues do Brasil)

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

Proof Of Heaven

Uma Prova do Ceu - Proof Of Heaven (Em Portugues do Brasil)