Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander, M.D.

Proof of Heaven is quite a title, but this is quite a story.  We've all heard tales of near death experiences, of tunnels radiating with bright light and close encounters with long-dead relatives, but this is another story all together mostly because of WHO experienced it.

Eben Alexander graduated from Duke University Medical School in 1980. He completed his residency and fellowships at Duke, Harvard and Massachusetts General, then spending 15 years on the faculty of Harvard Medical School specializing in neurosurgery.  He is one smart dude.  Along the way he married, had two sons and in 2006 moved back to Virginia.  Eben led a life that was devoted to scientific study and fact, leaving little room for the unseen or unexplainable, ie: God. Then, on November 10, 2008, Eben's brain was attacked by an extremely rare form of meningitis which was in itself unexplainable.  The part of his brain responsible for thought and emotion was completely shut down, and he was in a coma for 7 days.  His doctors were about to recommend taking him off life support when he suddenly woke up, again, defying any explanation.  That he was able to recover completely from this ordeal and return to neurosurgery was considered a medical miracle.  But that is not why you should read this book.  You should read Proof of Heaven because of what Eben experienced when he medically and scientifically should NOT have been able to experience ANYTHING.  And yet he did, and he is a changed man because of it.

I'm not going to give you anymore details, because I want you to read this book.  But I'll leave you with the first words that Dr. Alexander said when he woke from his coma, "Don't worry...all is well." One more quote from Albert Einstein: "There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as if everything is."