It’s a weIrd world
Gone to heaven aN american neurosurgeon claims to have experienced the afterlife during a sevenday coma and is now dedicated to proving Heaven exists.
Dr Eben Alexander suffered a severe brain injury and says he saw a spiritual guide on a butterfly wing that led him through a wormhole.
He was placed in a coma due to an acute bacterial infection in 2008 — and was left fighting for his life.
Dr Alexander said medical reports show his mind was “in no shape to have any dream or hallucination” at the time of his encounter.
He described seeing dark images and when he tries to explain them to others, they assume it was “not a very pleasant place” — but he insists he was not afraid.
He had “no memory” of his life and then a “white light” pierced through the darkness, accompanied by a “perfect musical melody” which ushered him into the “Gateway Valley”.
On the other side of the wormhole, the doctor experienced a “perfect” world not far removed from the Garden of Eden itself.
Dr Alexander — who has since penned Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey — told The Sun: “It was kind of like Plato’s world of ideals. It was a world of perfection.”
The guide itself he described as a woman who did not speak, but had “sparkling” eyes and a warm smile, filling him with unadulterated love.
During his journey through the “inky blackness” he said there was a deity – maybe God – but he could not define the entity.
However, throughout the doctor’s journey he received the same message: “You have nothing to fear.”
His family was shocked at the changed man they found when he awoke.
During his miraculous recovery, Dr Alexander said his sister described him acting like a “little Buddha”, telling everyone “all is well” and looking deeply into their eyes
— something he doesn’t remember.
The whole experience re-introduced him to his faith, something he had lost years before.
After being adopted, he grew up Methodist, but questioned religion while studying at Harvard University as his scientific studies conflicted with it.
When he attempted to reconnect with his birth parents and was shunned, he became agnostic.
But just before his injury he reached out again and this time was accepted and met his biological family and hugged his parents for the first time.
He realised religion is about “unconditional love, complete inclusion of all” and if it doesn’t it should be discarded.
He said: “This is not just about what happens when you die, but this is most importantly about how you make every choice today in treating yourself and treating others.
“There is meaning in our lives, and the evidence from a neuroscientific viewpoint that our consciousness survives bodily death and that the binding force of love is the most important thing that connects us is overwhelming.” — mirror.co.uk not a Good niGht’s sleep! a woman was given a scare when she discovered her neighbour’s snake in her bed in the dead of night.
Tasha Lane, 23, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom, was asleep with her boyfriend Reece Parillon, 25, and their dog when she felt wriggling at around 4.15am under her duvet.
She initially thought it was her pooch Harley — but quickly realised it wasn’t soft fur touching her.
She opened her torch on her phone and peered under the covers — where she was met by the corn snakes eyes looking back at her. Terrified Tasha then leapt out of bed and started screaming — alerting the rest of the house. Partner Reece’s mum came rushing in, before calmly explaining that the orange reptile belonged to a local – and had been missing for months.
Tasha said: “I just leapt up and screamed. It was fully under the quilt. I shouted, ‘There is a snake! There is a snake!’. I thought, ‘Oh my God, it’s going to kill me’. Reece looked under the covers and then he leapt up too. I have never seen anyone jump so high.
“It was terrifying. Snakes weren’t even on my fear list, but they are right at the top now. It was just laying under the covers on Harley. The dog had been on one of my feet and the snake on the other. You just don’t think you have to worry about snakes here.”
Reece’s mum quickly let neighbour Jade Forester know, who popped round and gratefully scooped up the missing pet.
Jade, 37, said: “I don’t know how he managed to escape, but it had been nearly three months. We ripped my house apart looking for him — we took all the skirting board off downstairs — and after about three weeks we gave up.
“So it was a complete shock! My son was definitely happy we found him as he was devastated when we lost him.”
Tasha claims the reptile, a corn snake called 10K (corr) was three quarters of the width of her king-sized bed. — Mail Online.