Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife (23 page)

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