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by Eben Alexander


  Monroe, Robert A., 158

  Moody, Raymond, Life After Life, 133–34, 135

  MRI (magnetic resonance image), 36

  mystical states, 158

  mystical worldview, 154

  NDE (near-death experience):

  author’s experience of, 9, 77–79, 89–92, 135, 141–44, 149, 161, 162–64, 170–71, 188

  believers of, 140

  and cardiac arrest, 133–34

  classic occurrences of, 77

  difficulty of conveying to others, 10, 72, 125, 135, 136, 144, 162

  earthly identity forgotten in, 162–64

  literature of, 78–79, 126–27, 131–32, 134, 162

  and memory, 139, 141, 185, 188

  moving toward the light in, 38–39

  neuroscientific hypotheses of, 141–44, 185–88

  openness to understanding of, 140–41, 146

  other people’s experiences of, 76–77, 131–32, 162, 168

  unbelievers of, 140, 141

  uniqueness of each experience of, 131, 162

  written account of, 127–28

  neocortex:

  electrical activity of, 159

  functional column of, 187

  and reboot phenomenon, 188

  shut down in coma, 8, 9, 133, 141–42, 144, 186, 188

  neurotransmitters, 142

  neutrons, 150

  N of 1, 89–92

  Om (God):

  all-knowing, 159–60

  communicating with, 48, 160–61

  connection to, 104, 148

  empathy of, 86

  as God, 47; see also God

  impersonal nature of, 85–86

  universal, 156–57

  On Life After Death (Kübler-Ross), 168

  openness, 140–41, 146, 156

  Orb, 47, 48, 102, 160

  out-of-body experiences, 153, 158, 159, 161

  parachute jumps, author’s experiences with, 2–6, 85

  particles, 150

  pathos, 157

  Pauli, Wolfgang, 154

  pineal gland, 142

  placebo effect, power of, 155

  Potter, Laura, 17–19, 21–22, 23

  prayer, 24, 94, 103, 108, 158, 161

  precognition, 153

  protons, 150

  psychokinesis, 153

  punctuation marks, 157

  quantum mechanics, 149–50, 154–56

  rainbow, appearance of, 105

  reality:

  in author’s coma experience, 9–10, 39, 78, 129–30, 185

  brain model of, 80, 138

  and consciousness, 150, 154

  fantasy vs., 41, 138

  as illusion, 80

  and quantum mechanics, 154

  ultra-reality, 78, 117, 185, 186, 187, 188

  of unconditional love, 71–72

  universe as part of, 49

  Realm of the Earthworm’s-Eye View:

  consciousness in, 30–31, 76

  leaving, 32, 70

  memories of, 131, 147

  primordial world of, 29–32, 69, 76, 78, 108, 117

  returning to, 68–70, 102, 108

  reboot phenomenon, 142–43, 188

  recognitions, 157

  reincarnation, 152–53

  Reintjes, Susan:

  and author’s return, 108

  and coma patients, 87–88, 101

  spiritual healing activities of, 87

  telepathic communication from, 88, 143

  Third Eye Open, 87

  relationships, 150–51

  religion, 147–48

  REM intrusion, 142

  remote viewing, 153

  REM sleep, 142

  Reticular Activating System, 159

  Ritchie, George, 133–34

  Romano, David M., “When Tomorrow Starts Without Me,” 165–68

  sailplane, author’s experience in, 1–2, 61

  Schrödinger, Erwin, 154

  science:

  and consciousness, 151–52, 171

  honesty and cleanness of, 36

  knowledge sought by, 86

  limitations of, 153

  neuroscientific hypotheses of NDEs, 141–44, 185–88

  reductionism of, 140, 171

  and spirituality, 72–73, 128, 130, 140

  and unconditional love, 71–72

  scientific method, 152–53

  self, experience of, 160

  separation anxiety, 76

  serotonin, 142, 186

  Singer, Isaac B., 80

  skepticism, 132, 153

  skydiving, author’s experiences of, 2–6, 61, 85, 116, 118–19

  soul:

  concept of, 36, 152–53

  healing of, 170

  leaving the body, 161

  space and time, locality in, 156

  Spinning Melody, 38–39, 70, 102

  spirit:

  concept of, 36, 84, 85, 132, 154

  human, 152

  spirituality, and science, 72–73, 128, 130, 140

  spiritual realm:

  knowledge of, 81–83, 158

  and profound mystery of conscious existence, 154

  Street, Gus, 1

  subatomic phenomena, 150, 156

  Sullivan, David, 26–27

  Sullivan, Jean Alexander (sister), 26–27, 53

  closeness of author and, 89–90

  at the hospital, 108

  Sullivan, Michael:

  conducting a church service, 147

  at the hospital, 26, 42, 93–94

  and onset of coma, 26, 27

  prayers of, 42, 94, 103

  Sullivan, Page, 93, 103

  supernatural beliefs, 35

  superstition, 140

  Surgical Neurology, 52

  Susanna (patient), 137–39, 144

  Tatter, Steve, 91

  telepathic communication, 88, 143, 153

  terminal lucidity, 146

  thalamus, 159, 187

  theory of everything (TOE), 150, 153–54

  Third Eye Open (Reintjes), 87

  time and space, locality in, 156

  trans-earthly voyagers, 133–34

  true thought, 84–85

  ultra-reality, 78, 117, 185, 186, 187, 188

  unconditional love, 71–72, 73, 83–84, 131, 148, 161, 170–71

  universe:

  on a different frequency, 156

  becoming, 160

  dark matter/energy in, 82, 155

  God’s presence in, 156–57

  higher dimensions of, 48–49

  interconnectedness in, 151

  love as center of, 48, 130, 170

  no beginning or end to, 156–57

  perfection of, 85

  punctuation marks in, 157

  purposeful nature of, 81

  space and time in, 156

  Vaughan, Henry, 48

  viewing, remote, 153

  Wade, Scott, 105–7, 108, 111, 112–13, 115

  statement by, 183–84

  Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, 50

  Webster, Ann (birth mother), 61–65, 66

  Webster, Betsy (biological sister), 66, 165, 168–69

  Webster, Bob (biological uncle), 65–66

  Webster, David (biological brother), 61

  Webster, Kathy (biological sister), 61, 66, 165, 168

  Webster, Richard (biological father), 61, 62, 63, 65–66

  “When Tomorrow Starts Without Me” (Romano), 165–68

  White, Sylvia, 26, 87, 97, 100, 105, 108, 111–12

  Wilson, Bill and Patty, 12

  Wizard of Oz, The (film), 72

  Endnote

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  Seventy percent is “dark energy,” that most mysterious force discovered by astronomers in the mid-1990s as they found incontrovertible proof based on Type Ia supernovas that for the last five billion years the universe has been falling up—that the expansion of all of space is accelerating. Another 26 percent is “dark matter,” the anomalous “excess” gr
avity revealed over the last few decades in the rotation of galaxies and galactic clusters. Explanations will be made, but the mysteries beyond will never end.

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