After decades as a physician and teacher at Harvard Medical School and elsewhere, neurosurgeon Eben Alexander thought he knew how the brain, mind and consciousness worked. That is, until he experienced a transcendental journey during a 7-day coma in 2008 due to severe bacterial meningitis that should have killed him. What he learned turned his worldview upside down and he now realizes we are conscious in spite of our brain. Author of Proof of Heaven and The Map of Heaven, his latest book, Living in a Mindful Universe, co-authored with Karen Newell, demonstrates how science and spirituality are converging based on his collaborations with other scientists in the study of the nature of consciousness.

Karen Newell has spent a lifetime seeking wisdom through esoteric teachings and firsthand experience exploring realms of consciousness, including developing skills such as meditation, lucid dreaming, telepathy, remote viewing, self-hypnosis, astral travel, and various forms of energy healing. Ultimately, she learned to align with her higher nature and its connection to the loving force of the universe through heart awareness. She empowers others by demonstrating how to connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and enhance intuition. She is co-founder of Sacred Acoustics, an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation.