• Eben Alexander and the Proof of Heaven

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    Eben Alexander’s story is unique among the annals of near-death experiences. As a practicing neurosurgeon, Eben was trained within the “body as machine” paradigm of scientific materialism. In this paradigm, everything in the physical world, including the body, can be reduced to mindless particles obeying the impersonal laws of nature.  Life has no meaning or purpose, God is dead and heaven is a figment of the imagination. This thing we call consciousness – the awareness of being here – arises from brain neurons and is nothing special. 

    In 2008, Eben contacted a rare case of meningitis and entered a deep, week-long coma, bringing him close to death.  During this near-death experience he entered a “super-real,” heaven-like world that he vividly recounts in his best-selling book, Proof of Heaven.  This experience brought upon an abrupt change in his worldview, as he now understood that scientific materialism could not explain what he went through; instead, a united consciousness must underly the world, not mindless particles of materialism. 

    Listen in as Philip and Eben discuss this amazing near-death experience and what it means for reaching a better understanding of the world we live in. 

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Conversations Beyond Science and Religion with Philip Comella

Philip Comella is a lawyer, philosopher, and author of The Heaven at the End of Science: An Argument for a New Worldview of Hope. This book, which started as a college essay in 1974, is the culmination of thirty-five years of research on the big questions of existence. Blending philosophy, science, religion and the paranormal, the book argues that it is time to replace the materialistic model of modern science with a framework that better accounts for the full range of human experience. Mr. Comella is a frequent radio guest, writer, and speaker on the connection between science and religion. He lives with his wife and daughter in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

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  • Sacred Psychiatry

  • Life in a Finely Tuned Universe with Luke Barnes

  • Transcendental Judaism

  • Breaking Through the Limits of the Brain with Joseph Selbie

  • Amit Goswani and the Future of the Consciousness-First Movement

  • Radical Religion

  • The Reality of Miracles

  • Beyond a Materialist Worldview

  • Reconnecting to the Source

Conversations Beyond Science and Religion

Hosted by Philip Comella

Beyond science and religion, there is more to the story of life and the cosmos.
We’ll tackle the big questions of why we are here and where the world may be heading. From quantum physicists and cosmologists to parapsychologists, theologians,  and original thinkers,  we’ll  push the boundaries of current theories and ideas.  Challenging common beliefs and perceptions, host Philip Comella talks with experts and authors to find a new way of looking at the world that goes beyond the current viewpoints of science and religion.