Proof of Heaven

CT (computerized tomography) scan, 23, 183

Cushing, Harvey, 51

Daly, Peggy, 97, 100, 108

dark energy/dark matter, 82, 155

death:

    and afterlife, 152–53

    author’s return from, 121, 136

    feigned by lower animals, 141, 185

    revised definitions of, 9, 134

Descartes, Rene, 149

disappointment, 102

DMT dump, 142, 186

dream confirmation, 137–39

Eccles, Sir John C., 140

E. coli bacteria, 19–21

    in bacterial meningitis, 23–24, 91–92, 144, 183

    brain attacked by, 20–21, 122, 144

    DNA swaps of, 20, 42–43

    as gram-negative bacteria, 42, 149

    in Israel, 43–44, 89

    reproduction of, 19–20

egg, analogy of, 160

Einstein, Albert, 1, 76, 147, 162

electrons, 150

emotions, spaciousness of, 102–3

endogenous glutamate blockade, 185

euphoria, 122, 124, 128

everything, theory of, 150, 153–54

evil, presence of, 48, 83

excitotoxicity, 185, 187

extrasensory perception (ESP), 153

faith, comfort and hope from, 35

family:

    as anchor to life, 36–37

    of coma patients, 33–34, 90, 105–7

    coping with diagnosis, 137–39

    hospital vigil of, 97–101

    messages from, 37, 101, 137

    and one’s identity, 34, 66–67

    other (angels), 95–96

    reliance on, 36

    as source of stability, 34, 53

fantasies:

    in author’s return to earth, 115–19, 135, 185–86

    grief-induced, 138

    in ICU psychosis, 118

    NDEs thought to be, 141

    reality vs., 41, 138

flying:

    in author’s coma experience, 39–40

    author’s dreams of, 1, 159

    in sailplanes, 1–2, 61

    and skydiving, 2–6, 61, 85, 116, 118–19

free will, 48, 81, 83–84

Gateway, 70

    images in, 38, 71, 84, 102, 109

    lessons learned in, 81

    memories of, 68, 131, 147, 151

    ultra-reality of, 78, 117, 185

Girl on Butterfly Wing, 40–41

    as author’s biological sister, 169

    as guide/guardian angel, 47, 68, 102, 104, 163

    message from, 41, 71, 109

Glasgow Coma Scale, 25

God:

    all-knowing, 159–61

    belief in, 34, 57–58, 67, 148

    caring and loving, 96, 146, 161, 171

    communicating with, 48, 161

    connection to, 76, 104, 148, 160–61

    dazzling darkness of, 48

    glory of, 157

    growing toward, 84

    impersonal nature of, 85–86

    learning lessons from, 192

    as Om, 47, 48, 86, 104, 148, 156–57, 159–61

    questions about, 153, 154

    separation from, 76, 154

    universal, 156–57

good and evil, 83

Gram’s stain, 23

Great Depression, 51–52

guardian angels, 95–96, 102, 131

Heaven:

    belief in, 34

    loss of, 102

    presence of, 104

    proof of, 135, 171

    questions about, 153, 154

Heisenberg, Werner, 149–50, 154

Hemi-Sync, 158–59

hen’s egg, analogy of, 160

Heyward, Robert, 100

human spirit, 152