Nice piece of writing Ann - I just read it too.
Try Dying to be Me by Anita Moorjani if you have a mind to - I loved it.
From: Ann
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 9:58 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Proof of Heaven - for Emily
Hey Emily, I have finished the book and I enjoyed it. I would characterize
'Proof of Heaven' as a big book within a little book. On one level it is a
little book, it is merely one man's experience of a place, a reality that he
believes was true. What he reveals about his experience is lovely in the
extreme; it is very personal and I would love most aspects of what he saw and
perceived to be true. The big part of the book for me is that it has
permanently instilled in me a vision and a hope for what could be waiting for
me after death.
I believe Eben to be a courageous man who, in the male-dominated medical
profession, has put himself forward for what he knows to be probable ridicule
in his peers' eyes. It is very evident from his writing that his NDE is the one
most substantial event in his life and because of what it has done for him
personally, on all levels, he feels it vital to communicate his 'findings'
while in his coma to the world. That is how positive and life altering his coma
experience was, let alone the very near to dying he came with a very rare
disease for someone his age.
Then there is, of course, the 'miracle' of complete recovery from virtual brain
death as more proof to him that he was 'chosen' to have this NDE and recovery
in order to spread a message of hope and happiness for people. Plus, being a
learned man in the area of the brain and its functioning, its physical makeup
and how disease or health manifests as well as knowledge gained through years
practicing and studying within in his profession, his opinions and scientific
evidence give more clout to dispel the notion his NDE was merely a vision or
brain-originating hallucination. He gives strong evidence for why it could not
be that but was the EXPERIENCE OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS unsullied by brain
function or memory or projection.
I also found that in his description of the various 'strata' of those worlds he
visited after falling into his deep coma that they resonated with some part of
me. The worm's eye view was something I felt I had some knowledge of as well as
the infinite bliss and love of the deeper places, the places even closer to
God. I felt in his descriptions a tickling of some deeper memory for me of some
truth there so I take his NDE very seriously.
Thanks for recommending the book, it was a worthwhile read and maybe as close
as we can come to a scientifically backed up explanation for what might
possibly exist, for some or for all, after dropping the body. No matter what,
it is a lovely idea or vision to hold in one's awareness while we still clamber
about this planet in the body we currently possess.
