i think most people know this deep down. >> brian: what we did is 90 minutes ago we asked our audience to ask questions of you and the e-mail went crazy. here we go. you don't mind answering questions? >> no, it's great. >> brian: mary jo asked you, how do you know it wasn't a dream? >> well, a big advantage was that i had bacterial meningitis, lasting for a week, very severe. the whole part of my cortex, outer surface, which is what makes us human, all of our conscious experiences happens there. i should have had no experience whatsoever with my cortex wiped out with meningitis. yet i had this very rich experience. it could not have been a dream because dreams happen in the cortex. >> brian: you describe a situation where a woman that gives you -- >> spoiler alert. >> brian: you did not know who she was. you were adopted. you found out later that was a sister you had never met that passed on. >> yes. >> brian: that was like a saint on earth. that's where she came through.