Dear Friends, Valentine’s Day is the one holiday that is devoted to Love, plain and simple – to Cupid, and to romantic love expressed between human beings. Most of us have experienced this kind of love at least once in our lives, and hopefully much more than that. The most fortunate have actually found a […]
With every breath I take today, I vow to be awake; And every step I take, I vow to take with a grateful heart – So I may see with eyes of love into the hearts of all I meet, To ease their burden when I can And touch them with a smile of peace. […]
Today, Thursday November 16, 2017, marks the ninth anniversary of my return to the world after a seven-day coma due to bacterial meningitis – an illness that my doctors agreed most likely should have killed me. Their evidence that the human part of my brain, the neocortex, was too badly incapacitated for anything but the […]
We are thrilled today to announce the release of the book that picks right up where Proof of Heaven (2012) left off. As tempting as it was after awakening from coma to simply accept my extraordinary healing and current well-being as an inexplicable miracle, I couldn’t do that. Instead, I was driven to find an explanation […]
We seem to have had more than our fair share of natural disasters in these late summer months – more category 4 and 5 hurricanes hitting the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States than have ever been encountered, two powerful earthquakes stunning central and southwestern Mexico, record high temperatures with devastating forest fires […]
We live in fascinating times. The world at large, as well as the scientific community, are in the process of an unprecedented awakening that we see as an inherent part of human destiny over the last few millennia. This awakening is empowered by our very investigations into the nature of consciousness, and into the metaphysics […]
The most profound of human experiences cannot be put neatly into words – they are so extraordinary as to completely defy encapsulation within our very limited language. A total eclipse of the sun is the epitome of such ineffable natural events. To paraphrase Annie Dillard, “Comparing a partial with a complete solar eclipse is like […]
“Hate only causes more hate. My daughter would’ve said, ‘Why hate? What would that accomplish or do for anyone?’ Heather would not want people to hate.” – Mrs. Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017 Dear Friends, As many of you know, we live in Charlottesville, Virginia. […]
Ever since my coma due to severe gram-negative bacterial meningo-encephalitis in 2008, I have come to see that all physical, mental, and emotional healing benefits first and foremost from a basis in spiritual healing. By spiritual, I mean an awareness that we are purposefully and meaningfully connected with others, all of life, and the universe […]
Coming Soon! Living in a Mindful Universe As you may have heard or seen, I’ve written another book that I am looking forward to sharing with you all. On October 17, 2017, Rodale Books will publish my latest work, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Heart of Consciousness, which I’ve co-authored […]