Proof of Heaven (Universe Insights)

I just finished reading a wonderful book called Proof of Heaven. It is the story of a neurosurgeon who went into a coma for 7 days.  He had a near-death experience, journeying beyond this world and traveling into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. Before he had this extraordinary experience, he was one of the highly-trained scientists who argued that these kinds of experiences are impossible.  Now he knows they are not only NOT impossible, but that God and the soul are truly real.

There were paragraphs of his story that touched me. They made so much sense, and went along so perfectly with what I believe already.  The fact that it came from a brilliant scientist who months earlier was a complete non-believer... well, that only cemented for me my faith in these principles.  I wanted to share those pieces here in my "To Live Deliberately" blog.

UNIVERSE INSIGHTS. p. 48.  "...there is not one universe but many -- in fact, more than I could conceive -- but that love lay at the center of them all.  Evil was present in all the other universes as well, but only in the tiniest trace amounts.  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."

First, I have always believed that "we are not alone" in space.  I believe there are countless planets with life on them...maybe not identical to us, but similar.  And maybe some are, indeed, just like us.

I also believe God gave us free will and the power to make choices for ourselves, to learn and grow and become better people.  God sees our potential, and what we can be.  He knows us so well, so intimately, because he is actually a part of all of us.  We are literally His spirit children.

The last part of that quote, that love is "dominant, and ...would ultimately be triumphant" is a great comfort to me.  Sometimes in this world it is easy to focus on negative or evil things.  The media shoves bad news in our faces constantly, and we might even think there is more evil than good in this world.  There is NOT!!!  There is so much good, being done all over the world.  The media thinks sensationalism is what people want to hear and see. Only negative drama.  But there is so much good being done every single day by good, solid people.  It far outweighs the bad, in the grand scheme. And we already know who will 'win' between good and evil.  Love will ultimately triumph.