Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon doctor, claims to have experienced the afterlife

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/09/doctor-experienced-afterlife-says-was-like-platos-world-ideals/

GreekReporter.comLife - ByJames Ssengendo July 9, 2023

Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon doctor who claims to have experienced the afterlife during a seven-day coma, says the experience was like Plato’s world of ideals.

In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander went into a coma after catching an acute bacterial infection . 

He described seeing a beautiful spiritual guide on a butterfly wing that took him to  a land of “beautiful very lush forests and meadows ... crystal blue pools ...absolutely spectacular.”

The neurosurgeon referred to the theory of Plato, the Greek philosopher who asserted that the physical world is not really the ‘real’ world. On the contrary, ultimate reality exists beyond our physical world.

In his words, “It was kind of like Plato’s world of ideals,” adding “It was a world of perfection.”

 ... Alexander claimed in his book that there was a deity known by many as God, but the entity could not be defined.

He wrote, “Allah, Vishnu, Jehovah, Yahweh—the names get in the way, and the conflicting details of orthodox religions obscure the reality of such an infinitely loving and creative source.”

The doctor  now perceives religion as something that should unite all people and firmly believes that, if it doesn’t, it should be “discarded.”