"The Map of Heaven" by Eben Alexander

In 2013, I reviewed a couple of really powerful books focused on near death experiences (NDE). One of them was Proof of Heaven by a renown neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander. You can view my original post here. The Map of Heaven is Dr. Alexander's newest book. In it, he tries to further make sense of the near death experience he had in 2008. As an experienced neurosurgeon, he had never believed NDE accounts to be anything other than hallucinations. However, once he himself came face to face with a situation that modern medicine could not explain, his whole outlook on modern science and religion has undergone a tremendous change. In The Map of Heaven he provides numerous examples of other people's encounters with the world of spirit which often transform their entire outlook on life and our place in the universe. Ultimately, Dr. Alexander says we as conscious beings are concerned with three questions:

Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where are we going?

Modern science cannot answer these questions. One must reconnect with spiritual realms in order to start gaining a more profound understanding of reality. If you are interested in spirituality and seek an opinion of a scientist who also had a transformative spiritual experience, this book is a great place to start. I personally really enjoyed it. Even though it might not have presented anything new to me, it definitely cemented even further my deep faith in the Divine.