There is no proof that consciousness lies in the brain. The reason one may believe that consciousness lies in the brain is because of the connection between consciousness and the mind. But it's important to distinguish that the mind is not the brain.
Neuroscientists are often called as expert witnesses during crime trials to prove that a person was criminally insane at the time of a murder. Using advanced technology, they show that changes in certain parts of the brain result in the person's abnormal mental capability. That may be true, but the brain was not the cause. The cause is the Self, and the effect is manifested in the brain. All that is unseen, at the ethereal level, manifests itself into the denser, physical matter. As they say, everything originates as a thought. But can you see a thought? No. But you can see the manifestation of a thought in brain scans, in beliefs, and in action.
Yesterday I was watching Oprah's show on a woman who was being severely abused emotionally and physically by her husband. Watching the video tape of her abuse was horrifying. As I was watching, I realized that the discord which was present in her life and in the family is because of an aberration from what is Right. When I say what is Right I mean respect, kindness, love. Things are right in the universe - there are no rifts or gaps in time. There is only the ever present "now." Natural law is not going on and off like a light switch. So why would an aberration of law be permitted at the microscopic level but not the macroscopic level? There is a reason, and I believe one of these reasons proves the presence of the afterlife.
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