Spirit Message of the Week
TIMOTHY
Pachelbel’s Canon in D is one of my favorite pieces of music. I used to sit and listen to it as a child in my grandmother’s kitchen. As we ate graham crackers and talked about our day, it played in the background. Somehow though as the years passed and my grandmother got too old to live alone, I saw her less and less.
Before she died, however, I took her hand, looked into her eyes, and told her as clearly as I could that my memories of her kitchen with the music and the crackers were the best part of my childhood. I saw in her eyes too that she felt that way as she patted my hand.
I wanted to tell you about this because someday when you die you’re going to go with that one person you cherish from the bottom of your heart. For me it meant I got to go with my grandmother. As soon as I came free from my body there she was, but this time with her hand out to me.
Tell people who have made a difference in your life how much those memories mean to you. It keeps you bonded between this life and the next, which means so much when it’s time to say goodbye…and then hello again!
Thanks for the gift of hearing me -
Timothy
8/09/09
STAN
Sometime ago I died from an aneurism. It was quick, I’ll say that much. But it sent me from my body so quickly I didn’t have a moment to think about not being in me anymore. Because of that, I had a longer adjustment period than many others which is why I want to advise people to begin feeling their inner self now. The truth is, learning to feel who you are without your body might only be in your imagination now, but eventually it will be real.
IDEA: Imagine what you might be doing right now if you could. Would you be fishing? How about cooking? Or gardening? When you see it in your mind’s eye, adjustments start to happen that can reverse the damage of physical paralysis as well as mental limitations, because the body’s desire to move - without the confinements of the mind - will lead. Free yourself. Get started now!
Thanks for hearing my idea -
Stan
8/02/09
Ella Claire
I grew up in the South where we had the cancerous oppression of racial bigotry. Though I knew it was wrong, I never felt it as a white woman. But when I died and came home - and realized all my dreams were possible but not if you were a person of color – I felt sadly awakened and ashamed. Of course it’s nothing compared to what negroes had to bear, but it’s a shame that still sits with me.
And so today I wish to honor those who fought for all our civil rights in streets across America, as well as those who fought in fields overseas to keep our great nation a place where all dreams of greatness would someday be realized.
Dream the dreams of fame, wealth, and even great love, but never give up the dream of freedom. That is what your spirit most wants as its calling to stay alive.
Ella Claire
7/26/09
TAD
A bad accident happened to me long ago, but now I’m fine. I just can’t seem to get my parents on your side to know that. What I want to have come through for those reading this is to try to hear your loved one who died if you want them back in your life.
Hearing your loved one on my side is really not hard at all: Be calm; look up (it relaxes your mind); and hold your breath. After a while a small voice in the background will pick up in volume. Soon a word or two will cross your mind that you know you didn’t think for yourself. When that happens, reach for that thread and say, “Tell me more!”
Stay grounded. It’s important. Remember to ask Christ to let you hear your loved one, and then be patient as they start to come through in easy, gentle ways.
It’s so good to be heard again!
Thank you so much,
Tad
7/19/09
ADELINE
I gave up doing things I really liked doing because work took up so much of my time, but the one thing that I never gave up was laughing. Good hard belly laughs! It was one of the best parts of my life, I can tell you now. No matter what came my way, I learned to make a bit of humor out of it which I know was maddening to some serious folks (who’d rather soak in their wine), but for me, a good laugh was just what the child in me needed to stay young.
I died a peaceful death at the ripe old age of 94, though I looked much younger people said. I now know it had everything to do with laughing when I could have been a grump. No thanks. Give me someone who is grumpy and I’ll give you someone who dies before their time. Give me a friend who loves to laugh and I’ll give you a friend who lives until a ripe old age and then just gently slips away. Like me!
Adeline
7/12/09
IRENE
If each day were numbered in our lives, I’d bet we’d be better human beings. But I guess it’s not God’s plan to let us in on the length of our lives, because when I died it seemed like just an ordinary day except that I didn’t make it over the jumping rope and came down hard. It was terribly painful for my family because I was only 8 years old.
If you knew how many days you had left you’d think twice about being petty or mean. When you die and you see how you spent your life, become the one in a million who decides ahead of time to treat each day like it’s your last…and then make it your best!
A friend now!
Irene
7/05/09
ADAM
While average men and women think they know who they are, in truth they seldom know the fullness of who they really are. My wish in communicating wisdom is to express the need for people to take 5 mins. each day to be silent. While it’s a simple request, you’d be surprised how few take that time.
I know, because when I was on your side I had either the television on, the radio on, or I was on my cell phone. Mostly, my thoughts were wrapped around what was happening around me, not in me.
If you take 5 mins. a day to be silent, the voice inside you - which is your world of greatness - will be heard. Once you reach your truer inner self, you’ll never have to ask others their opinions if you should do this or that. You’ll know who you are and what’s important for you!
Adam
6/28/09
ALLIE
Hopefully I will be able to come through without difficulty. I remember how hard it was on your side to separate your own thoughts from those of others. Here goes:
When I wanted to know what my mom thought after she died, I used to imagine her sitting across from me having a cup of coffee. While it might have seemed silly to some, it started to open my senses to hearing her. Eventually, I did! I know that now because after I died she congratulated me on having such an easy time hearing her back then, even in times of emotional need.
Believe in sharing time with important loved ones who have crossed over. You’ll be amazed how fast that auditory bridge can be mended!
Lots of heartfelt love,
Allie
6/21/09
NATHANIEL
Here in the afterplane we allow ourselves the chance to go back to our homes and workplaces to revisit who we were, and see how we became the person we were prior to dying. That’s when I saw for myself how seldom my wife and I entertained after we got old, even though we entertained a lot when we were young.
For your sake as well as your family’s, let go of the idea of isolating yourself because you think you can no longer be the kind of host you once were. If it’s a tradition to go to grandma’s for Thanksgiving, don’t stop! Have everyone bring the fixins to her. Even if she’s 85 and frail, let her be the host.
Give that older person another reason to live. Create new memories to take the place of older ones that may not have been so golden.
Creating new memories still –
Nathaniel
6/14/09
CAROLINE
It’s a gift to be a parent. I know because when I was young and had my first child I felt that feeling of God inside of me for the first time. It felt like what I said and did was actually important, and so I felt important. Love is like that, you know. You begin to notice how love makes you WANT to be you!
But later when my daughter nearly died, I nearly died as well. I had completely associated my life with hers. Without her I felt worthless. In time we both got better, but I swore to God I would never take my life for granted again. Eventually I became a wonderful human being as well as a loving mother, which ended up being the best gift I could have ever given my daughter: I loved life because of who I was, not only because of who I loved.
Always here to be of help -
Caroline
6/07/09
BETH
Most people don’t even realize how many decisions they make each day out of fear, but it really adds up. Believe me. I used to gather all my decisions and weigh them out with pluses and minuses like a jury might, and then give into whatever the verdict may be.
Be free of fear. Tell yourself you will make every effort not to make another decision in your life out of fear. I promise you will soon become more and more aware of those opportunities God has put in front of you that are golden, and you will have to say yes because they will have your name written all over them in how wonderful it feels!
A friend for life,
Beth
5/31/09
BYRON
I enjoyed life when I was on your side. I liked dancing, especially. Many times my friends and I would go out for the evening just to meet-up with others and go dancing. Sometimes we danced until dawn and boy, we thought we were something special back then!
I made it across to tell you that if ever you’re stuck in traffic or in a long line at the supermarket, tell yourself a story where you come out the hero or the one who wins the lottery. Anything, so long as it has a great outcome for you.
It’s fun but most of all it gives your mind permission to go there in reality. Sometimes your mind isn’t so sure about what you really want, and needs your heart to teach it better and clearer ways to believe in it. This really works. Try it!
Few do it. See to it that YOU DO!
Byron
5/25/09
THOR
At last, I’ve gotten to come through! Here goes: After I died from an apparent heart attack I came through to this side realizing how much baggage I had carried around with me. I used to worry and worry about what others thought, so when rumors got started that I was ‘this’ or ‘that’ I took it personally.
Instead, I should have shaken it off as their need to hide behind my light. Why else would someone want to put you down if they weren’t in some way jealous?
I had this particular revelation too late for me, but it’s not too late for you. Never allow others to take you away from knowing that if you’re good enough for God, you’re good enough for them!
If memory serves, we’re all a bit insecure so I hope this changes things for the better.
- Thor
A friend from Norway
5/17/09
NOREEN
Thank you for letting me come through to let all those reading this know that they are very, very welcome to try to hear us because we want to be of help. Be patient! Eventually you will feel our presence because you will feel guided and assisted. This is important to many of us.
FRIENDLY ADVICE: Allow others to be leaders, even at those times when perhaps you know more than they do. It’s a gift to them and even to you, because the lesson may be that it’s harder to be a follower with grace, than a leader with admiration and attention.
Fun to be of assistance,
- Noreen
5/10/09
TOM
Of course it’s a dilemma to know what is most important given the opportunity to share ones wisdom from the afterlife, but for me I’d have to say it’s about sharing ones riches.
I don’t mean sharing money, exactly. That’s easy. I mean when you know you have the gift to do something special but play it down or even hide it. While that’s humility, it’s also negligence in the sense of not sharing what’s important.
Model for others what gifts you have so they can aspire to emulate you and even succeed in areas where they thought they had no talent or even interest.
I died tripping over something in my basement. While it was a quick way to go, it made for a lot of work for others since I hadn’t really prepared for my passing. Oh well, it was a gift to come through and I appreciate it a lot.
Tom
P.S. I’m a citizen of the United State of America. I hated being torn down by others in foreign countries for my beliefs that in America all things are possible, but I know it’s true. I know it from the bottom of my heart and send my country my deepest gratitude.
5/2/09
JOSEPH
My goal today is to let your readers understand the nature of their minds. It’s fine that we believe what we are told as children, while we are children, but it’s every bit as important to know that we are capable of so much more.
Prepare yourself to do great things by constantly telling yourself that you are capable of anything you put your mind to. For without your own agreement that you are capable, your strengths and determination can wane with the passing years. Remember, “I’m capable of anything I put my mind to!”
A person of talent and hope,
Joseph
4/26/09
JULIAN
I’m coming through today because I am grateful for the chance to say how often I’ve wanted to tell more people that when they have the chance in life to travel, do it! It not only carries their spirit to those places and those people, it provides a good opportunity for those people and places to make a mark on your heart that we really are all one people.
It’s a joy to say hello, but now I’m off to let more people on your side feel my influence that it’s good to say yes to broadening your horizons. I died while on vacation, which is just fine with me. I had a smile on my face AND in my heart!
Julian
4/19/09
ERIN
If you know someone who has been a joy in your life, I promise that should they die before you, they will still come around if you want them to remain in your life.
As you lie down to sleep and stillness overcomes you, they will appear beside you. Together you will rise and reunite just as before their death, which is a gift to each of you from God. When the morning light returns and you come back into your body, deep inside you’ll know you are never far apart which is why God had you meet in life in the first place.
Believe in this, specifically this Easter. It’s only possible through Christ’s light body which we each have inside. Christ died so we could have life ever-after, and that’s the body I wear today, my Christ light body.
Thank you for hearing me, and believing in those of us around to help.
Beside you as a friend,
Erin
4/12/09 - Easter Sunday
SEBASTIAN
Let’s just say that the first thing that comes to mind for me in offering advice is how often I wished for something but never really made a plan for it. It’s a tough world of choices when you have no plan, because then every decision is equal. But when you have a plan, none of the options is agreeable unless it fits into your plan.
I died not going to my ancestors’ homeland. It meant a lot to me to go, but I never set up a savings account or even bought travel guides. What I now know is that those material things would have made a big difference in manifesting both the time and the money for getting me there. Really! So don’t leave things to chance. Make plans!
Sebastian
4/05/09
ALLEN
I’ve got a million things to say, but as far as advice to the living, I want only to offer this: leave nothing left unsaid that you wish you would have said. Nothing. Nothing is too silly or too unimportant to say, because when you’re gone it’ll be too hard on your emotions.
So listen to what your heart wants, and then give yourself my permission - if that’s what it takes - to say it, already!
Allen
3/29/09