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Ray Yungen told us today that while he was flying back from a conference in Texas, he saw a couple “cowboys” sitting on the plane. One of them was reading doctor Eben Alexander’s book Proof of Heaven<\/em>. Upon exiting the plane, Ray decided he needed to speak with the man. He approached then greeted the man in the cowboy hat and handed him a copy of Ray’s DVD The New Face of Mystical Spirituality: The Invisible Denomination<\/em>. Ray told him that the DVD talked about the very things he was reading in Alexander’s book.<\/p>\n

After hearing this story, we decided we better repost this article Larry DeBruyn wrote last year on Eben Alexander’s “proof of Heaven.”<\/p>\n

by Pastor Larry DeBruyn<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cConversion\u201d of a Skeptic?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLet not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father\u2019s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.\u201d Jesus, John 14:1-4, KJV<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Recently, Newsweek<\/em> magazine flaunted a cover title HEAVEN IS REAL, with the subtitle, A Doctor\u2019s Experience of the Afterlife. [1] The experiencer of Heaven is Dr. Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon who has taught at, among other academic institutions, Harvard Medical School. In other words, he\u2019s familiar with the intricacies and workings of the human brain. As a scientist, Alexander confesses he did not believe in near-death (NDE) or out-of-the-body (OBE) experiences for he \u201cbelieved there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-the-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death,\u201d but when he experienced one, his worldview shifted. [2]<\/p>\n

Consciousness beyond Cortex<\/strong>
\nFour years ago, Dr. Alexander contracted a rare bacterial infection that penetrated his cerebrospinal fluid and began to eat away his brain, causing \u201cthe part of the brain that controls thought and emotion\u201d to shut down. [3] For seven days he lay comatose with his \u201chigher-order brain function totally offline.\u201d [4] Just as his attending physicians were weighing options of whether or not to continue treatment, Alexander relates that his \u201ceyes popped open\u201d and he returned to consciousness. During the days when he was physically brain dead, Dr. Alexander testifies that his \u201cconscious, [his] inner self\u2014was alive and well.\u201d He states:<\/p>\n

While the neurons of my cortex were stunned to complete inactivity by the bacteria that had attacked them, my brain-free consciousness journeyed to another, larger dimension of the universe: a dimension I\u2019d never dreamed existed and which the old, pre-coma me would have been more than happy to explain was a simple impossibility. [5]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To continue reading this article, click here. <\/a><\/p>\n

Update – December 27, 2012:<\/strong> A LT reader sent us this audio clip of an interview with Dr. Alexander, where he is talking about the use of centering prayer: (Click here to listen<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Letter to the Editor: Newsweek Cover Story on a New Age Perception of Heaven and God <\/a><\/p>\n

Follow Up Story on Newsweek Article about Heaven: Author of \u201cProof of Heaven\u201d Admits to Practicing Deep Meditation<\/a><\/p>\n

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