Process Knowledge Through Physical Body

That’s not to say that I can get to this knowledge just like that. Because now that I’m back here in the earthly realm, I have to process it through my limited physical body and brain. But it’s there. I feel it, laid into my very being. For a person like me who had spent his whole life working hard to accumulate knowledge and understanding the old-fashioned way, the discovery of this more advanced level of learning was, alone, enough to give me food for thought for ages to come  .  .  .  -  Proof Of Heaven by Dr Eben Alexander III (Pg 49)

Proof Of Heaven Book By Eben Alexander

Review by Don Shetterly

This is one of those books that I am so glad I read.  Reading other near-death experiences is so helpful to me in understand what I have gone through.  It is difficult to piece all of this together and in my case, I don't remember as much as Dr. Eben Alexander has recalled.  Regardless, experiences such as what he has had or what I have gone through change your entire perspective on life.

One of the best things we have in the human body is our brain, but one of the most limiting factors of our consciousness and experience here on earth is our brain.  As Dr. Alexander stated on page 72, "We can only see what our brain's filter allows through."  While I am sure many people would most likely agree with his statement, we tend to fail when in fully opening ourselves up to the consciousness that exists.  It is an unknown world and because of the unknown, we sometimes fear it and cling to that which we have been taught to believe.

Like Dr. Alexander and other authors that I have read, I completely agree with him that the death of the body and the brain are not the end of what we know.  They are not the end of our consciousness.  It is only a point of moving beyond our experiences here on earth.  Whether you call it heaven or you have some other name for it, there is no way I can claim to think that life doesn't continue beyond the grave.