Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

by Eben Alexander

Again, from my present perspective, I would suggest that you couldn’t look at anything in that world at all, for the word at itself implies a separation that did not exist there.

Evil was necessary because without it free will was impossible, and without free will there could be no growth—no forward movement, no chance for us to become what God longed for us to be. Horrible and all-powerful as evil sometimes seemed to be in a world like ours, in the larger picture love was overwhelmingly dominant, and it would ultimately be triumphant.

We must believe in free will. We have no choice. —ISAAC B. SINGER (1902–1991)

None of us are ever unloved. Each and every one of us is deeply known and cared for by a Creator who cherishes us beyond any ability we have to comprehend. That knowledge must no longer remain a secret.

But though it never began and will never end, the universe does have punctuation marks, the purpose of which is to bring beings into existence and allow them to participate in this glorious world.

The Big Bang that created our universe was one of these creative “punctuation marks.”

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.