Fifteen years ago today, I awoke from a weeklong coma due to severe bacterial meningitis from which I was not expected to survive. The medical details of the case, objectively reported by three physicians not involved in my care but fascinated by my recovery, showed my brain was in no shape to produce any dream or hallucination, yet I witnessed the most profound, detailed and transformative experience of my life. Those memories are as sharp today as if the whole thing had happened this morning. The other mystery the case report addressed was the fact of my not only surviving, but thriving, after this severe life-threatening illness when most prior such cases went on to die. I remain most grateful to my family & friends, doctors and nurses, and especially to God for gifting me with such a life-affirming experience, and my ability to return to this world and share it.
In sharing my story, the world has gifted me with thousands who have reached out over the last 15 years to share their personal stories. This deluge of interrelated reports of spiritual encounters has greatly strengthened and affirmed my own knowing of these richer and deeper truths of our shared existence. One such encounter occurred just this morning, when a friend invited me to meet her father, a 93 year old who lost his beloved wife of 43 years in February, 2023. After such a long and loving partnership, his loss at first was almost unbearable. My friend gave him my 2012 book Proof of Heaven, and he had come down from three states away to personally thank me for “saving his life.”
As often happens in these encounters, I found that he was indeed helping me. He shared beautiful stories of how when he was most distressed about her loss, that he felt her physically jump into his lap, even though that feeling was not accompanied by her physical body, but a profound awareness of her playfulness and ongoing existence. Another time, she kissed him on the lips in very real fashion, even though no physical body was there doing the kissing. A third profound physical sensation was of her holding his hand at a moment he really needed it. He radiated love and mirth, all around his sharing of these beautiful stories of ongoing connection with his beloved. The ongoing experiences with our loved ones who have left the physical plane can be most comforting and reassuring of the eternity of our souls’ connections, and of our own deeply loved souls traversing this world – we are never alone.
Given such comforting realizations, it is hard to ignore all of the turmoil and conflict in our modern world. In spite of these contradictions in life, I am optimistic about our future. That optimism is based on my understanding of the scientific data supporting the reality of our interconnected souls and the fact of these myriad spiritual experiences. As a whole, they inform us that we are all in this together, and that the binding force of love has infinite power to heal. My journey has also involved over a decade of meditative practice using Sacred Acoustics binaural beat brainwave entrainment, thanks to my life partner of the last 12 years, Karen Newell (co-founder of sacredacoustics.com). Karen has been a rich source of spiritual wisdom, much of which is revealed in her contributions to the book we wrote together in 2017, Living in a Mindful Universe. My gratitude to her cannot be overstated.
The problems of our world are largely due to the false sense of separation inherent in our predominant materialist belief system. The deeper wisdom of the quantum-informed science of consciousness bolstered by so many personal human experiences proving our interconnections that transcend bodily death – that is where I find solace and comfort. The evidence leads in one direction – towards a comforting truth that we are spiritual beings in a spiritual universe as part of one consciousness.
I am grateful to all of my fellow souls sharing in this liberating realization. Blessings to you all, and prayers for peace to all souls sharing this earth!
With Love, and gratitude,
Eben
Dear Dr. Alexander,
You have had a wonderful journey into spriritual realm which helps me a lots when I am reading your book Proof of Heaven. I am currently practice meditation at home and I would like to ask where I can get Sacred Acoustic so I may get into mindfulness state. Thanks!
You may find Sacred Acoustics recordings on the website https://www.sacredacoustics.com
Eben and Karen,
Being guided to you two and many more people, books, courses etc.. has truly made a huge difference in my life. I know that I was being prepared for the loss of our precious daughter. She crossed over one week ago today. Thank God that he uses people like you and Karen, to give us hope while we are still in our human body and the knowing that we are never separate from Source and that we are all connected by Love and will return to Love. Blessing’s to you and your family and thank you for your continued messages to help us reach our souls plan here on earth. Love, Pam Downey
Dr. Alexander,
You wrote–
The problems of our world are largely due to the false sense of separation inherent in our predominant materialist belief system. The deeper wisdom of the quantum-informed science of consciousness bolstered by so many personal human experiences proving our interconnections that transcend bodily death – that is where I find solace and comfort. The evidence leads in one direction – towards a comforting truth that we are spiritual beings in a spiritual universe as part of one consciousness.
LOVE IT, WELL PUT!
Dear Eben,
thank you for this blog entry. I have experienced many supernatural moments of connection with the other side in my life through signs or coincendences given to me here on Planet Earth, and have written about them in two books. But, even so, when I am emotionally fraught, my belief and knowing fails me at times. I can never read enough of your writing to bolster my knowing, over and over again. so thank you from the bottom of my heart for this blog entry.
With infinite gratitude,
Karen Williams
My gratitude to you, Eben (and Karen) for the wonderful work you do. Your love and inspiration bring me strength, comfort, optimism, courage and perspective. I love your books and Sacred Acoustic. God bless you 2❤️🙏
Dear Eben and Karen,
Thank you for continuing to show up and share the stories. I truly believe love will Trump overall…My own story of tremendous loss (my 2 children and a Grandson) could not have been survivable with a prior NDE and my knowing where they now were…In fact, my youngest son, Micheal showed up in a spiritual form shortly after his passing and told me to find the blue butterfly…which I did the next day while getting a Starbucks drink and seeing a big table of books…Proof of Heaven… thank you again for continuing your journey..yes, we’re all connected 🦋💕
Thanks Eben. I remember your story well and have enjoyed your books. Now more than ever our world needs the reassurance that this material finite world is not all there is.
Dr. Alexander, thank you for sharing this. I’m 75, and I’ve always believed in the afterlife, with many affirming experiences. When my dear husband of 54 years passed away last year, that was one of my greatest comforts. Then I discovered your books, and read them all! I believe that they were brought to my attention to affirm my beliefs that he is still with me (along with our rescued cat who passed away the same day my husband did). Your books have been of enormous comfort to me, and I am so grateful to you. There is no doubt in my mind that our spirits are just temporarily in our bodies, and we will all be together in peace and love and joy again. Thank you for your contributions to this field.
With deepest gratitude,
Kathy Neuman
Are you doing any research on dream cycles and when our subconscious presents us with vivid dreaming? My most dramatic stories occur one hour before I wake up. When I look at the clock and roll over, I have played out detailed story lines. many times I believe they are guided by the Holy Spirit and not my own busied subconscious. Thank you for sharing your scientific knowledge and connecting it to the mysterious spiritual aspects of our mind.
I have owned and read ALL of your books! I have also gifted several friends PROOF OF HEAVEN. You are my HERO! jeffry