Proof of Heaven

            of  coma    patients,   33–34,   90 ,   105–7

            coping  with    diagnosis,  137–39

            hospital    vigil   of, 97–101

            messages    from,    37 ,    101 ,   137

            and one’s   identity,    34 ,   66–67

            other   (angels),   95–96

            reliance    on,  36

            as  source  of  stability,   34 ,    53

fantasies:
in author’s return to earth, 115–19, 135 , 185–86
grief-induced, 138
in ICU psychosis, 118
NDEs thought to be, 141
reality vs., 41 , 138
flying:
in author’s coma experience, 39–40
author’s dreams of, 1 , 159
in sailplanes, 1–2, 61
and skydiving, 2–6, 61 , 85 , 116 , 118–19
free will, 48 , 81 , 83–84

Gateway, 70
images in, 38 , 71 , 84 , 102 , 109
lessons learned in, 81
memories of, 68 , 131 , 147 , 151
ultra-reality of, 78 , 117 , 185
Girl on Butterfly Wing, 40–41
as author’s biological sister, 169
as guide/guardian angel, 47 , 68 , 102 , 104 , 163
message from, 41 , 71 , 109
Glasgow Coma Scale, 25
God:
all-knowing, 159–61