“We Are More Than Our Bodies”—Top Doctors Share Near-Death Truths

Three renowned physicians dive deep into the science and spirituality of near-death experiences. Dr. Eben Alexander, a Harvard-trained neurosurgeon, recounts his 2008 week-long coma caused by bacterial meningitis, which left his neocortex non-functional—yet he experienced a vivid and life-changing spiritual journey. Emergency physician Dr. Jeff O'Driscoll shares chilling accounts of communicating with patients’ souls during death, including his own daughter after her passing. Dr. Jeffrey Long, a leading NDE researcher, presents overwhelming evidence gathered from over 4,000 documented cases. Together, they challenge the materialist view of consciousness and argue for a deeper, unified reality.

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This powerful discussion covers everything from blind people gaining sight during NDEs, to shared-death experiences where bystanders glimpse the afterlife. The doctors debunk common skeptical theories, citing cases of terminal lucidity and accurate out-of-body perceptions even during brain death and anesthesia. Dr. Alexander’s story, supported by peer-reviewed studies, reveals insights about consciousness that defy current scientific understanding. Their shared message: love is the ultimate force binding us all, and death is not the end.

Whether you're a skeptic or believer, this eye-opening event will challenge your views on consciousness, reality, and what lies beyond. Dive into extraordinary cases—some that science cannot explain. If you've ever questioned what happens when we die, this discussion offers some of the most compelling and compassionate answers you'll ever hear. Watch now and open your mind to the greatest mystery of all: what it truly means to be alive.

Dr. Eben Alexander is a renowned academic neurosurgeon who taught at Harvard Medical School and served at several prestigious hospitals during his decades-long medical career. Once a firm materialist, his worldview was radically transformed after he fell into a week-long coma from a severe case of bacterial meningitis in 2008. During that coma—despite medical scans showing his neocortex was non-functional—he experienced a vivid, transcendental near-death experience that challenged all he knew about consciousness. Dr. Alexander has since become a leading voice uniting science and spirituality, sharing his journey in the New York Times bestselling book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife.

Dr. Jeff O'Driscoll is an emergency physician who for over 25 years treated critically ill and dying patients—and, remarkably, often perceived their souls at the moment of death. His extraordinary sensitivity to the spiritual realm began in childhood following the tragic loss of his older brother and continued through experiences involving his own daughter after her death. Dr. O’Driscoll has shared his deeply personal encounters with the afterlife in his award-winning memoir Not Yet, and he now speaks internationally about shared-death and near-death experiences, bridging clinical medicine with spiritual insight.

Dr. Jeffrey Long is a practicing radiation oncologist and the founder of the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF.org), home to the world’s largest publicly available database of near-death experience accounts. For over 25 years, he has rigorously studied more than 4,000 cases of NDEs, applying scientific methodology to a topic often dismissed in traditional medicine. His groundbreaking work has been featured in major media and in his New York Times bestselling book Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences, where he presents compelling, data-driven support for the reality of consciousness beyond clinical death.