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A Poor Example Of Trance Mediumship

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Looking back in history, one can find authentic examples of mediums with remarkable trance mediumship abilities, which were extremely rare at that time and are even more elusive in modern-day trance mediumship. The evidence that came from them was remarkable and when one part of a story could not be verified, you could be sure the information would be confirmed much later after serious inquiry – bringing it full circle and completing the evidential pyramid.

The teachings espoused by the trance medium could only be described as far beyond the understanding of the human soul trudging through the material journey. The wisdom put forth would challenge the human spirit and cause one to reconsider what could be perceived as truth. The medium in the trance condition brought forth substantive evidence and teachings from the realms of spirit, challenging us to think deeper, sowing seeds of knowledge and wisdom that challenge the very way we see the material world.

The Trance Condition Then

When a medium was entranced by the joining of vibrations of spirits on the other side, there was no denying the quality of the entrancement. The level of the trance condition was deep enough that the mutual relationship between medium and spirit was undeniable. The spirit, under a mutually beneficial relationship of a divine order developed over many years, would learn how to work with the medium and get to know how to entrance and control the vessel as the medium was known. This relationship was tasked within the higher realms of spirit which also meant that not only does the medium require long term development but so, too, does the spirit who has been tasked to work with the medium for a particular need using the trance mediumship faculties.

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One such medium, who was probably the most tested medium of her time by the now known Society for Psychical Research (SPR), was a lady who was known as Gladys Osborne Leonard. Her spirit control ‘Feda’, had to go through long-term development as did Gladys. Their relationship developed over considerable time in order to maintain the high vibrational level that was needed to achieve the equally high level of spirit communication.

Sir Oliver Lodge

Evidential Mediumship

The level of evidence that came through the many sittings and demonstrations was incredible – far beyond what is experienced today. Evidence that not only completed a story and answered questions but also included lessons from the other side. Loved ones received evidence that was considered astounding and scientific individuals such as Sir Oliver Lodge even changed direction in their belief because of the remarkable evidence received. Rev. Charles Drayton Thomas had over 500 test sittings with Gladys under testing conditions and kept immaculate logs of each sitting.

Rev. Charles Drayton Thomas

Gladys was always very amiable and cooperated with many SPR scientists and though some had questions, the validity of her standard in mediumship was revered globally. The many tests that she took part in would be unquestionable today because there are few mediums that could even reach that level of skill.

There are many other examples of past pioneers whose developed abilities brought forth amazing spirit evidence including a unique aspect known as cross correspondences. This phenomenon was set to change what we know about spirit intelligence. Let’s look at that now.

Cross Correspondences

So what are the cross correspondences? This term was coined by the SPR in the early years of the organization and was the phenomenon of automatic writing and transcripts that was received independently through entranced mediums under the control of spirit intelligence. The remarkable aspect was that though some of the information received would seem innocuous to some, there was a connection between other writings, statements, and individuals that were not connected to each other in any way.

Furthermore, the information was received at the same time in different locations across vast differences without any real relationship between the mediums. This would suggest a level of intelligence and intellect coming from the spirit personalities controlling the medium or vessel.

The conclusion was that such ‘correspondences’ were being deliberately created by certain recently deceased loved ones to convince them of life after death. The way this phenomenon would be conducted without prior relationship would mean there would be no other plausible explanations other than life after death was real. The level of trance and spirit intelligence was beyond reproach – concluding only that spirit intelligence was able to bring real verifiable evidence of life after death on many levels and not just from one communicative source to another. Now, let’s look toward the modern-day.

Trance Now – The Egoistic Trance Condition Devoid Of Substance

What is accepted as deep trance in this modern-day, is devoid of any real level of spirit intelligence and certainly not any evidence that would stand up to the rigorous testing of the likes of “Lodge”, “Thomas” or “Myers”. One must contemplate that either the mediums are full of ego and feed on the adulation received, or that there is real ignorance as to what real trance mediumship is and the mechanics that would be accepted. Could there also be a negative aspect to it where the claimed entranced medium is ignorant and looking to fill their own material needs through misguiding others?

There is, of course, another side to the story in that perhaps those who claim they are deep trance mediums, really believe they are being entranced and giving spirit guidance. The reality, however, is very different because what people often consider and accept as trance has no real evidence at all; nor does it have any real substance to offer as there is often no real evidence of the other side to be had – instead we have fanciful subjective interpretations.

One only has to look at the type of evidence from past trance mediums such as Piper, Leonard, Barbanel, Flint, and many others. Often the words of wisdom that are given through a medium who claims deep entrancement, is merely interpreted wisdom from their own font of knowledge and studies. There is no real capacity for the same level of wisdom teachings from the times of Silver Birch. Many individuals can reach the various, measurable brain wave states and have demonstrated this fact many times, but inhabiting or possessing spirit intelligence is generally not evident- nor exemplified in that state.

Other Trance Mediumship Example States

Yogis, meditators, and other such individuals can also reach these states without possessing spirit intelligence. Whilst it is important to reach that state, it is only one tiny piece of a greater jigsaw puzzle. There are many other pieces that have to be found and placed in the picture. The relationship that has to be developed to reach the level of intelligence of a higher order takes time and development and when this intelligence is witnessed and experienced, there can be no question as to the validity of the spiritual intellect.

The Dangers Of Mediumship

There is also a dangerous aspect that one could give oneself over to all too easily- an obsessive condition involving lower-level intelligences. However, this topic will form a follow-up article that will dive deeper into this possibility.

There are wonderful mediums that give information which is inspirational in nature and at times make contact with loved ones in spirit but in reality, this can be considered as an act of mental mediumship. In reality, there are very, very few deep trance mediums that manage to display the kind of trance mediumship demonstrated by our real pioneers of the past. It is of course possible and probable that it can be developed, but for now, a great many experienced mediums or under-developed young mediums, are claiming deep trance mediumship with no real understanding nor displaying any real aspects of evidential mediumship such as we have seen in spiritualist history.

The problem lies in the types of teachings and examples that are being accepted by developing mediums or the general public. As an example, deep trance mediumship was recently witnessed by an online group where participants with any reliable knowledge and understanding of the deeper mechanics, could not accept at any level that spirit was entrancing the medium. Where then, do we go from here?

Looking Forward

There needs to be serious development and study into the trance condition and science of a balanced nature needs to work hand in hand with the mediums of today in order to replicate and perhaps go deeper into the tests we have seen from past para-psychological experimentation. Trance mediums of a high caliber are few and far between and the amount of drivel being revealed as trance mediumship with no substance is even confusing our new developing mediums of the day.

Science working hand in hand with those who have some real level of trance development should be able to be comparable and replicate the rigorous tests of the past and perhaps even break new ground.

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Healing the Energy of Your Home

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Our home environment is a direct reflection of our overall energetic state of being and by clearing and elevating the energy of our home environment, we are then able to support the health and well-being of ourselves, family members, flatmates and pets who co-exist there with us. There are many things that we can begin to do today to help clear and elevate the energy of our home environment that will make a wonderful difference to our health and happiness. Restoring energetic harmony to each room in the home will immediately begin to raise the quality of the energy within the whole home environment. As we spend many hours within the sanctuary of our home, we will greatly benefit from the higher vibrational energy that emanates and circulates there.

Security, Safety and Sanctuary

When we feel safe and secure within a harmonious environment, our home becomes our sanctuary where our energy and vitality can begin to expand and rejuvenate in the comfort of our ‘happy place.’ If we don’t feel safe and secure and live in a home environment that’s less that harmonious because the natural energy flow is affected by things like clutter, darker areas with no natural light or in need of general repair, and other areas that require greater care and attention, then the overall energy within the home environment lowers its vibrational resonance. This lower energy can directly influence and empathically affect each family member. In this sense, each person’s disposition affects the overall energy of the home environment, and the ‘home’s energy’ keeps their disposition and patterns of behavior locked into place due to the direct match of their vibrational frequencies. Like energy attracts like energy is another way to describe this.

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It’s therefore most beneficial to make supportive changes within the household that will bring greater energetic balance and harmony to the home environment. This will not only raise the vibrational frequency of the home; it will also help to raise the vibrational frequency of each person who lives there. Family members and pets who have a faster, lighter and clearer vibration, will instantly begin to make transformational changes that will bless and support all aspects of their life experience – health, joy, creativity, harmonious relationships with others, and greater levels of abundance as new opportunities present themselves.

House clearing/home healing is very similar to the Chinese art of Feng Shui, which has been around for more that 4,000 years. Feng Shui is based upon the flow of energy (chi) throughout the home environment, including the garden/land. The difference with energy clearing/home healing, is that energetic adjustments can be done via prayer and other easy space clearing techniques.

Illness and Emotional Stress

Illness resonates at specific vibrational frequencies (disease frequencies) that create energetic disturbances within our personal fields. Some of these disease frequencies are energetically mirrored into our home environment. Personal clearings, combined with a house clearing, offers a powerful approach that helps to transform disease frequencies and restore harmony and joy back to both our physical equilibrium and home environment.

Check out this partial list of some low vibrational aspects found within the home environment:

EMFs – non-beneficial electromagnetic fields that can interfere with our personal fields and over time can weaken our immune system.

Clutter – even a small amount of clutter can have a draining effect upon our body’s vital energy because clutter interferes with the flow of natural energy (chi) that moves throughout the home. Clutter that’s never used and just continuously sits in the home, leads to energetic stagnation and interferes with our soul’s creative expression. Lack of creative expression leads to issues with limitation and abundance.

Areas lacking natural light – basements or windows that are hidden, blocked, or sealed up, or windows with the curtains constantly closed.

Plumbing issues and leaks – water leaks represent our emotional health and our lymphatic system. It’s important to have any leaks or dripping taps repaired.

Electrical issues – electrical issues mirror problems with our nervous system and can also be a sign (not always) of earthbound spirits within the property.

Doors that don’t open – these represent areas of our life that we have some energetic resistance and limitations. Are we willing to stay in the same old limitations with the same situations repeating themselves, or are we willing to take charge of the situation and make any necessary changes that support us?

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The good news is that you are able to make beneficial changes within your home environment from today, simply by starting with de-cluttering. You will be amazed at the difference you will feel in body (vitality) and mind (clarity) by doing so. Making other repairs and bringing more light into the home will also help you to raise the vibration of the home environment. This, in turn, supports your vibrational frequency and when your frequency becomes faster than the frequency of ‘disease frequencies,’ you will begin to transform your health and wellbeing from inside out. Why? Because a higher vibration will always transform a lower one.

If you are sick, its common sense and important that you always seek the help of a licensed medical doctor, yet you can also begin to help yourself by understanding that everything is energy and all energy can be transformed. You may also decide to seek professional help from an energy expert and healer who works with house clearings/home healings, or even choose to learn more about them in order to do this creative work for yourself and others.

Typically, what you always want to do is bring more vibrant energy back into the home environment. You can do this through bringing in more natural sunlight and using other forms of lighting in any areas that are dark and stagnant. You can open windows daily to bring in fresh air. You can introduce some bright or lighter colors to the home (furnishings) and use some uplifting artwork to help clear and transform previous, lower vibrations.

You can also use the power of prayer to bless the home and to raise the levels of love within the home to the highest appropriate level that will support all of the people and pets that live there.

“I ask the highest forces of Divine Love and Light to please raise the levels of love within this home to the highest appropriate level to help support myself, my family and our pets, for our greatest and highest good and the greatest good of all concerned. Thank you. Amen. It is done!”

Joanne Brocas is a world-renowned healer, intuitive and #1 bestselling author of Angel Prayers. To find out more about Joanne’s home clearing/home healing treatments, online classes and courses, visit www.joannebrocas.com.

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A World in Chaos – Divine Law or Nefarious Intelligence?

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The world has been held in the grip of a pandemic that has affected every human being and life as we know it. We have become prisoners of humankind’s choices and the Law of Karma is now in operation. Mother nature has responded in accordance with divine law, not as retribution for our actions, but in response to the Laws of the universe.

Ask yourself, do you feel free? Are you tasting the freedom that we have fought so many wars for? Whilst teardrops fall and emotions build within, we watch as lives are lost and are told to keep our distance from one another. We look for someone to blame, but who or what? And what does this mean for us as sentient beings, what lessons are there to be had?

It is said that “there is a blessing in every darkness if only one can find it.” What has happened, without going into the realms of political statements, beliefs or new age theories, is that humankind, through ignorance of divine law, has sparked that law into operation based on humankind’s choices.

Divine Law is perfect in its operation. It exists so that we exist, for without divine law, the universe would be in chaos and we would not exist. The very breath we take for granted only animates us because of the divine power behind us, within us, and through us. We seem to forget the reality that we are only here because of divine law. However, the laws of the universe are vast and for every law, there is a cause and effect. For every cause, there is an equal and opposite effect. is perfect in its operation. It exists so that we exist, for without divine law, the universe would be in chaos and we would not exist. The very breath we take for granted only animates us because of the divine power behind us, within us, and through us. We seem to forget the reality that we are only here because of divine law. However, the laws of the universe are vast and for every law, there is a cause and effect. For every cause, there is an equal and opposite effect.

Some individuals live their life based on competition, ignorance, and the desire for power and control; is that divine? No! This could, of course, be fuelled by negative intelligence and that hypothesis will be discussed later. Nevertheless, we humans also go through many gauntlets and lessons until we awaken and whether or not this is through choice, destiny, or karmic law, the lessons bring us to the place we need to be for the purpose of growth.

The Law Of Karma

One particular law that we all face is the law of Karma, a Sanskrit word that primarily means action. It can be thought of in layman’s terms by understanding that what you give out, you get back, whether in thought, speech or deed. It is a perfect law in operation and all debts must be paid. An easier way to think of it is this:

What you think has its reaction

What you speak has its reaction

What you act has its reaction

What you perceive has its reaction

What you believe has its reaction

What you manifest is the result of all action

Each reaction can be either good or bad depending upon the action you have taken to cause the reaction. In scientific thought, it can be likened to Newton’s law of gravity.

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Negative Intelligence

So what happens if we upset that balance of divine law and karma? Let’s think of divine law as a railway track and Karma as the effect of the action. The railway track is in perfect alignment and upon that alignment, the train travels to its destination as intended in a safe and effective way. As the train travels on the rails, it is held safe and its force is in perfect alignment with divine law.

Let’s consider for a moment that a person makes a decision, whether by their own volition or influence, to pull the track lever and change the direction of that train. Instead of carrying on its intended journey, man intervenes by his own free will and changes it by pulling on a lever that was not meant to be touched. The destination of the train’s intended journey is changed by a person’s free will and no knowledge of where the train will be diverted to. By sending the train on a different path, Karma responds because that action was not meant for that train. Diverted onto a new path, the train now travels on an unfinished train line, heading for impending disaster based on a person’s choice.

Obviously, the universe can respond and divine law can intervene and bring back balance by further changing the path upon activation of a new lever, but for this example, the person’s choice has sent the train to its disastrous end. The intervention comes later, as we will see. Furthermore, one can also consider that the person could have been influenced by a negative, malevolent intelligence to pull on that lever and spark a spiraling disaster, demonstrating the influence of a weak will being overridden by the will of malevolence.

The picture that has been painted, hopefully in your clairvoyant vision, is that this may have been the same scenario with the global pandemic, and of course, divine law, which is perfect in operation and acts according to divine law, responding in harmony.

It is not without the realms of possibility that a nefarious, intelligent being caused the issue by using its negative influence to destroy that which is divine in nature, in complete opposition to the divine plan. However, part of that nefarious plan also gave rise to the greatest power in the universe that is the driving force of all that exists – Love – the power that transmutes darkness to light.

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Spirit Force Governance

One must consider that all of life and spirit exist under divine law and even a nefarious intelligence or being is still governed by that divine law. Contrary to widespread opinion, evil intelligence does not have a full capacity for unrestricted free will; divine law restricts that free will according to the divine will. If we consider the role or modus operandi of the demonic forces, you will become aware of the restrictions placed upon intelligence that is governed by divine law. A demon cannot kill of its own will under divine law, but it can influence to kill, therefore there is a restriction placed upon the will of the demon.

It is the same for us. Our free will is limited in accordance with divine law. We must always remember the law of cause and effect, even from a malevolent intelligence that is governed by divine law. As a consequence, Mother nature responds to that law in accordance with the will of the divine.

What we are witnessing in the world is divine law and karma in operation. Through the free will choice that has been made or influenced, we are seeing divine law play out before our very eyes. This is not humankind’s law and humankind has no power against it and it cannot be changed by humankind’s will. It is divine will and we only exist on this plane because of the divine will.

Divine law has brought us light and lessons which have ignited our divine inner power that may have been forgotten. Divine power lies within and we are now in the phase of remembering and reigniting our awareness of divine law.

Divine Lessons During And Post Pandemic

During this time of darkness, although we are witness to heinous events that have taken lives and sent us down that track of disaster, the deep spark of divinity has been ignited and dramatic healing of the world has been taking place because of divine law reacting in accordance with its source.

The power of love has also been ignited within us through divine influence – and people are coming to the awareness that there is, indeed, more. There is a governing law that is perfect in its operation and intervention. We can see, if we look deeper, that mother nature has begun to heal her world. From the reduction of polluted, negative energy, and impacts caused by humans through the need for power, mother nature springs life anew. The air has become fragrant with the flowers of life, the waters, once dark, respond with clarity and life; nature finds new places to roam and grow that once held her back. It is the coming of Eden.

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We Find The Divine

Families are coming together, estranged sisters, brothers, and friends are reaching out to each other, reconnected by love – the divine connection within us all. The power of love brings less division and more unity and we are bound by the unending power of love that exists within us all.

The intelligence that harshly influenced humanity is now losing ground as divine law responds and karma is paid. However, it is our choice to continue on this new path to healing and allow divinity to run its course in our lives and in our world. We can pay for what we have done in service to humanity and be influenced by the divine power that animates us. This is divine intervention influencing us by the witness of divine law in perfect operation. It is like a second chance to awaken to divinity.

Clearing The Karma

From the Karma that we have found ourselves in, we need to find a way out; a way to pay back the debt we owe by the choices made by humans. It can be done but takes awareness and action. Paramahansa Yogananda stated that we can clear our Karma by the awareness of our actions. This is clearly evident from his statement:

“The effects of your actions have much less power to hurt you when you do not allow the mind to give in to them. Remember that. You can also resist by counteracting the bad effects of past wrong actions with good effects set in motion by present right actions, thus preventing the creation of an environment favorable to the fruition of your bad karma.”

We now need to give of ourselves in unconditional service and take action to help pay back that karmic debt. We can then begin to pay it back and forward with our good deeds, therefore bringing divine harmony into alignment once more. However, it is our choice to continue on the path to renewal now that we have been awoken by divine law in operation.

The Future As We Know It

We are currently faced with a free will choice – to face our Karma and make the right decisions based on what is in accordance with divine will and harmony. Our leaders have no power over us when we accept the divine will and they have no power over the divine will to fulfill their own desires.

Our connection to love without condition is what will overcome the karmic actions of humankind that has gone against divine law. We have the choice to bear witness to the power that is often forgotten. It is time to remember, a time to turn to prayer from our souls and to continue on the train journey we began upon our inception into life.

“A prayer is useless without divine law and is merely words without power and divine action. One must be in harmony with spiritual law in order to make prayer the action that brings forth good karma in service.” – Jock Brocas

No matter how this pandemic was ignited or how it has affected us, we are all under the governance of divine law, and it is up to us to find the power of divine awareness within. Judgment, hatred, and unbalanced desires must be laid aside to allow the power of love, forgiveness, and compassion to work in harmony with divine law.

My Invitation to You the Reader!

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Often we get side tracked with the material world. Governed be perception and laws created by man, we are steeped in a spiral of desire and misjudge what we truly need or who we truly are. We turn to a higher power and look toward that power to give us what we think we deserve or owed. 🦉 However spirit is not remotely interested in material gain or furthering our desire for what we perceive we need or want. 🦉 Remember the great spirit will always give you what you need spiritually – not what you think you need. What you think you need is not what your soul needs not and the material needs of the human. You are spirit, think like spirit and love like spirit so you will only need what spirit gives and your soul will only yearn to grow. 🦉 ⠀ ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #dailyspiritualpractice #dailydoseoftruth #seekinggoddiligently #doseofgod #godskingdom #exposedtruth #topspiritualbooks #jw #truthseeker #bestspiritualbooks #spiritualscience #god #spiritual #spiritualseeking #spirituality #howtobehappy #dailydoseofwisdom #doseoftruth #secrettobehappy #spiritualhealing #spiritualpeople #seekinggod #spiritualawakening #truthexposed #keepseeking #doseofscripture #spiritualmindedness #truthseekers #spiritualgrowth #doseofwisdom

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Three Healing Steps to Greater Abundance

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To attract and create more abundance into your life, you need to know that it’s an inside job. By that I mean it’s a transformation of consciousness due to subtle, yet profound shifts in one’s own perceptions.

A shift in perception can make all the difference in how we see and interact with the world in which we live. When we take the time to gently observe the areas of our life where we are currently limited and feel totally stuck, where we struggle or come up against resistance, then we can use my simple three-step healing process towards allowing in greater abundance.

The transformative power of love is the force that brings healing change to our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and actions. When our daily thoughts are dominantly aligned to fear, lack and limitation, then the transformative power of love is missing.

This is how we unwittingly separate ourselves from love – our true nature, and in doing so we subconsciously feel guilt and shame. We unintentionally block our creative energy from flowing outwards without restriction. Our heart energy creates unnecessary energetic blocks which are typically manifested as energy walls of resistance that prevent us from attracting and creating a greater good.

Abundance is a free-flowing energy that has no resistance when in perfect harmony with the energies of love, generosity, gratitude, kindness, compassion and all of the high-vibe attributes of Spirit.

The truth is that most people block their flow of abundance, which is simply an abundance of all of the good that the Universe has for them, such as – improved health, increased wealth, balanced and loving relationships, and true heart-centered romantic love. Not to mention our work or social life that is aligned with passion and purpose.

Blocking the Flow

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People block their flow of abundance in many different ways. Here are three main ways, in no particular order:

First Block: Ongoing Resentment

Deep-seated hurts create trauma energies. Our trauma memories continue to stir up the energetic resonance of the pain we still carry if we aren’t willing to clear it and let it go.

Resentment of others involved in our pain, or just plain old resentment of others simply because they have something we want, but don’t have, will cause energetic disarray within our heart energy center and hinder our ability to attract and create more abundance.

Second Block: Self-loathing

The second way in which a person blocks or interferes with the natural flow of abundance into their life is self-loathing.

If a person judges themselves as being less than another and continuously compares themselves to others in a negative and judgmental way, where the other person is observed as being so much better than, will once more block a person’s heart energy flow and create energetic walls of resistance that block the flow of good.

Third Block: Selfishness

The third block or interference with the natural flow of abundance is selfishness. In other words, an attitude of what’s in it for me? How am I benefiting? How can you or the world help me without me needing to give anything back?

When the energy behind a person’s intentions is selfishly based, they unwittingly create shifts in their energetic vibration that matches their selfish intent. When a person has needy or greedy energy, with little thought to helping or blessing others, or in adding light to the world in some way through their own creative expression, they hinder the free flow energy of abundance into their life.

My Three-Step Healing Process

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Use the following simple yet the powerfully transformative three-step process to help clear your energy and create subtle shifts in consciousness, that over time, can lead to profound and even miraculous changes. Shifts that help to align you with the greater good of the Universe and to open your heart energy to give and receive love and abundance.

Step One: Observe any time you have a fearful or limiting thought. A fearful thought can easily become a negative word spoken and then turn into a non-beneficial behavior or action. Creation begins with your thoughts.

Simply notice yourself when you are stuck in a negative or fearful thought and do so from a point of non-judgment. You are not to criticize yourself for having this negative thought pattern.

Step Two: Understand that your real nature is Love. God is Love and anything other than Love is therefore not real. In this sense, fear, lack and limitation do not originate from the Divine Mind of God, or Source, or Creator. They originate from the fearful collective consciousness of mankind.

You have a free will choice to live in separation by turning away from love, or by choosing to return to love and the energy source of your true-self. This step simply asks you to understand that your real nature is Love and that Love didn’t create these thoughts. This contemplation is life-changing.

Step Three: Clear the negative thought by sending it to the Light of Ultimate Truth. Simply say the following: “I send this (state exact fearful thought) to the Light of Ultimate Truth to be transmuted into Love. I willingly choose to return to Love. I allow the energy of abundance to flow to me and through me.”

These subtle shifts in perceptions will begin to take energetic root in your consciousness for transformative changes to take place in your health and life experience. However, this path of spiritual growth requires you to be consistent.

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Golden Key to Transformation

You have been given an easy yet amazingly powerful three-step process to help you but being consistent is the golden key to real change.

It means that you take the time and the conscious effort (a few seconds) so that every time that you become aware of being stuck in low-vibe patterns, such as feeling resentful, being judgmental of self, others and the world, and being self-centered in any way – you simply realize and understand that this does not originate from Love and therefore isn’t true for you.

Remember that the energy behind these negative patterns blocks all the good that Love and the Universe have in store for you. It makes perfect sense to incorporate this three-step healing practice into your daily life.

Blessings & joy,

Joanne Brocas,

Healer. Intuitive and the #1 Bestselling Author of Angel Prayers. Visit Joanne’s website to find out more about her online healing classes, courses, and personal appointments.

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Healing the Energy of Our Homes

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Our home environment is a direct reflection of our overall energetic state of being and by clearing and elevating the energy of our home environment, we are then able to support the health and wellbeing of ourselves, family members, flatmates and pets who co-exist there with us. There are many things that we can begin to do today to help clear and elevate the energy of our home environment that will make a wonderful difference to our health and happiness. Restoring energetic harmony to each room in the home will immediately begin to raise the quality of the energy within the whole home environment. As we spend many hours within the sanctuary of our home, we will greatly benefit from the higher vibrational energy that emanates and circulates there.

Security, Safety, and Sanctuary

When we feel safe and secure within a harmonious environment, our home becomes our sanctuary where our energy and vitality can begin to expand and rejuvenate in the comfort of our ‘happy place.’ If we don’t feel safe and secure and live in a home environment that’s less that harmonious because the natural energy flow is affected by things like clutter, darker areas with no natural light or in need of general repair, and other areas that require greater care and attention, then the overall energy within the home environment lowers its vibrational resonance. This lower energy can directly influence and empathically affect each family member. In this sense, each person’s disposition affects the overall energy of the home environment, and the ‘home’s energy’ keeps their disposition and patterns of behavior locked into place due to the direct match of their vibrational frequencies. Like energy attracts like energy is another way to describe this.

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It’s therefore most beneficial to make supportive changes within the household that will bring greater energetic balance and harmony to the home environment. This will not only raise the vibrational frequency of the home; it will also help to raise the vibrational frequency of each person who lives there. Family members and pets who have a faster, lighter and clearer vibration, will instantly begin to make transformational changes that will bless and support all aspects of their life experience – health, joy, creativity, harmonious relationships with others, and greater levels of abundance as new opportunities present themselves.

House clearing/home healing is very similar to the Chinese art of Feng Shui, which has been around for more that 4,000 years. Feng Shui is based upon the flow of energy (chi) throughout the home environment, including the garden/land. The difference with energy clearing/home healing, is that energetic adjustments can be done via prayer and other easy space clearing techniques.

Illness and Emotional Stress

Illness resonates at specific vibrational frequencies (disease frequencies) that create energetic disturbances within our personal fields. Some of these disease frequencies are energetically mirrored into our home environment. Personal clearings, combined with a house clearing, offers a powerful approach that helps to transform disease frequencies and restore harmony and joy back to both our physical equilibrium and home environment.

Check out this partial list of some low vibrational aspects found within the home environment:

EMFs – non-beneficial electromagnetic fields that can interfere with our personal fields and over time can weaken our immune system.

Clutter – even a small amount of clutter can have a draining effect upon our body’s vital energy because clutter interferes with the flow of natural energy (chi) that moves throughout the home. Clutter that’s never used and just continuously sits in the home, leads to energetic stagnation and interferes with our soul’s creative expression. Lack of creative expression leads to issues with limitation and abundance.

Areas lacking natural light – basements or windows that are hidden, blocked, or sealed up, or windows with the curtains constantly closed.

Plumbing issues and leaks – water leaks represent our emotional health and our lymphatic system. It’s important to have any leaks or dripping taps repaired.

Electrical issues – electrical issues mirror problems with our nervous system and can also be a sign (not always) of earthbound spirits within the property.

Doors that don’t open – these represent areas of our life that we have some energetic resistance and limitations. Are we willing to stay in the same old limitations with the same situations repeating themselves, or are we willing to take charge of the situation and make any necessary changes that support us?

(Photo: Elden Miller)

The good news is that you are able to make beneficial changes within your home environment from today, simply by starting with de-cluttering. You will be amazed at the difference you will feel in body (vitality) and mind (clarity) by doing so. Making other repairs and bringing more light into the home will also help you to raise the vibration of the home environment. This, in turn, supports your vibrational frequency and when your frequency becomes faster than the frequency of ‘disease frequencies,’ you will begin to transform your health and wellbeing from inside out. Why? Because a higher vibration will always transform a lower one.

If you are sick, its common sense and important that you always seek the help of a licensed medical doctor, yet you can also begin to help yourself by understanding that everything is energy and all energy can be transformed. You may also decide to seek professional help from an energy expert and healer who works with house clearings/home healings, or even choose to learn more about them in order to do this creative work for yourself and others.

Typically, what you always want to do is bring more vibrant energy back into the home environment. You can do this through bringing in more natural sunlight and using other forms of lighting in any areas that are dark and stagnant. You can open windows daily to bring in fresh air. You can introduce some bright or lighter colors to the home (furnishings) and use some uplifting artwork to help clear and transform previous, lower vibrations.

You can also use the power of prayer to bless the home and to raise the levels of love within the home to the highest appropriate level that will support all of the people and pets that live there.

“I ask the highest forces of Divine Love and Light to please raise the levels of love within this home to the highest appropriate level to help support myself, my family and our pets, for our greatest and highest good and the greatest good of all concerned. Thank you. Amen. It is done!”

Joanne Brocas is a world-renowned healer, intuitive and #1 bestselling author of Angel Prayers. To find out more about Joanne’s home clearing/home healing treatments, online classes and courses, visit www.joannebrocas.com.

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Healing the Energy of Our Homes

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Our home environment is a direct reflection of our overall energetic state of being and by clearing and elevating the energy of our home environment, we are then able to support the health and wellbeing of ourselves, family members, flatmates and pets who co-exist there with us. There are many things that we can begin to do today to help clear and elevate the energy of our home environment that will make a wonderful difference to our health and happiness. Restoring energetic harmony to each room in the home will immediately begin to raise the quality of the energy within the whole home environment. As we spend many hours within the sanctuary of our home, we will greatly benefit from the higher vibrational energy that emanates and circulates there.

Security, Safety, and Sanctuary

When we feel safe and secure within a harmonious environment, our home becomes our sanctuary where our energy and vitality can begin to expand and rejuvenate in the comfort of our ‘happy place.’ If we don’t feel safe and secure and live in a home environment that’s less that harmonious because the natural energy flow is affected by things like clutter, darker areas with no natural light or in need of general repair, and other areas that require greater care and attention, then the overall energy within the home environment lowers its vibrational resonance. This lower energy can directly influence and empathically affect each family member. In this sense, each person’s disposition affects the overall energy of the home environment, and the ‘home’s energy’ keeps their disposition and patterns of behavior locked into place due to the direct match of their vibrational frequencies. Like energy attracts like energy is another way to describe this.

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It’s therefore most beneficial to make supportive changes within the household that will bring greater energetic balance and harmony to the home environment. This will not only raise the vibrational frequency of the home; it will also help to raise the vibrational frequency of each person who lives there. Family members and pets who have a faster, lighter and clearer vibration, will instantly begin to make transformational changes that will bless and support all aspects of their life experience – health, joy, creativity, harmonious relationships with others, and greater levels of abundance as new opportunities present themselves.

House clearing/home healing is very similar to the Chinese art of Feng Shui, which has been around for more that 4,000 years. Feng Shui is based upon the flow of energy (chi) throughout the home environment, including the garden/land. The difference with energy clearing/home healing, is that energetic adjustments can be done via prayer and other easy space clearing techniques.

Illness and Emotional Stress

Illness resonates at specific vibrational frequencies (disease frequencies) that create energetic disturbances within our personal fields. Some of these disease frequencies are energetically mirrored into our home environment. Personal clearings, combined with a house clearing, offers a powerful approach that helps to transform disease frequencies and restore harmony and joy back to both our physical equilibrium and home environment.

Check out a partial list of some low vibrational aspects found within the home environment:

EMFs – non-beneficial electromagnetic fields that can interfere with our personal fields and over time can weaken our immune system.

Clutter – even a small amount of clutter can have a draining effect upon our body’s vital energy because clutter interferes with the flow of natural energy (chi) that moves throughout the home. Clutter that’s never used and just continuously sits in the home, leads to energetic stagnation and interferes with our soul’s creative expression. Lack of creative expression leads to issues with limitation and abundance.

Areas lacking natural light – basements or windows that are hidden, blocked, or sealed up, or windows with the curtains constantly closed.

Plumbing issues and leaks – water leaks represent our emotional health and our lymphatic system. It’s important to have any leaks or dripping taps repaired.

Electrical issues – electrical issues mirror problems with our nervous system and can also be a sign (not always) of earthbound spirits within the property.

Doors that don’t open – these represent areas of our life that we have some energetic resistance and limitations. Are we willing to stay in the same old limitations with the same situations repeating themselves, or are we willing to take charge of the situation and make any necessary changes that support us?

(Photo: Elden Miller)

The good news is that you are able to make beneficial changes within your home environment from today, simply by starting with de-cluttering. You will be amazed at the difference you will feel in body (vitality) and mind (clarity) by doing so. Making other repairs and bringing more light into the home will also help you to raise the vibration of the home environment. This, in turn, supports your vibrational frequency and when your frequency becomes faster than the frequency of ‘disease frequencies,’ you will begin to transform your health and wellbeing from inside out. Why? Because a higher vibration will always transform a lower one.

If you are sick, its common sense and important that you always seek the help of a licensed medical doctor, yet you can also begin to help yourself by understanding that everything is energy and all energy can be transformed. You may also decide to seek professional help from an energy expert and healer who works with house clearings/home healings, or even choose to learn more about them in order to do this creative work for yourself and others.

Typically, what you always want to do is bring more vibrant energy back into the home environment. You can do this through bringing in more natural sunlight and using other forms of lighting in any areas that are dark and stagnant. You can open windows daily to bring in fresh air. You can introduce some bright or lighter colors to the home (furnishings) and use some uplifting artwork to help clear and transform previous, lower vibrations.

You can also use the power of prayer to bless the home and to raise the levels of love within the home to the highest appropriate level that will support all of the people and pets that live there.

“I ask the highest forces of Divine Love and Light to please raise the levels of love within this home to the highest appropriate level to help support myself, my family and our pets, for our greatest and highest good and the greatest good of all concerned. Thank you. Amen. It is done!”

Joanne Brocas is a world-renowned healer, intuitive and #1 bestselling author of Angel Prayers. To find out more about Joanne’s home clearing/home healing treatments, online classes and courses, visit www.joannebrocas.com.

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A Poor Example Of Trance Mediumship

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Looking back in history, one can find authentic examples of mediums with remarkable trance mediumship abilities, which were extremely rare at that time and are even more elusive in modern-day trance mediumship. The evidence that came from them was remarkable and when one part of a story could not be verified, you could be sure the information would be confirmed much later after serious inquiry – bringing it full circle and completing the evidential pyramid.

The teachings espoused by the trance medium could only be described as far beyond the understanding of the human soul trudging through the material journey. The wisdom put forth would challenge the human spirit and cause one to reconsider what could be perceived as truth. The medium in the trance condition brought forth substantive evidence and teachings from the realms of spirit, challenging us to think deeper, sowing seeds of knowledge and wisdom that challenge the very way we see the material world.

The Trance Condition Then

When a medium was entranced by the joining of vibrations of spirits on the other side, there was no denying the quality of the entrancement. The level of the trance condition was deep enough that the mutual relationship between medium and spirit was undeniable. The spirit, under a mutually beneficial relationship of a divine order developed over many years, would learn how to work with the medium and get to know how to entrance and control the vessel as the medium was known. This relationship was tasked within the higher realms of spirit which also meant that not only does the medium require long term development but so, too, does the spirit who has been tasked to work with the medium for a particular need using the trance mediumship faculties.

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One such medium, who was probably the most tested medium of her time by the now known Society for Psychical Research (SPR), was a lady who was known as Gladys Osborne Leonard. Her spirit control ‘Feda’, had to go through long-term development as did Gladys. Their relationship developed over considerable time in order to maintain the high vibrational level that was needed to achieve the equally high level of spirit communication.

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Evidential Mediumship

The level of evidence that came through the many sittings and demonstrations was incredible – far beyond what is experienced today. Evidence that not only completed a story and answered questions but also included lessons from the other side. Loved ones received evidence that was considered astounding and scientific individuals such as Sir Oliver Lodge even changed direction in their belief because of the remarkable evidence received. Rev. Charles Drayton Thomas had over 500 test sittings with Gladys under testing conditions and kept immaculate logs of each sitting.

Rev. Charles Drayton Thomas

Gladys was always very amiable and cooperated with many SPR scientists and though some had questions, the validity of her standard in mediumship was revered globally. The many tests that she took part in would be unquestionable today because there are few mediums that could even reach that level of skill.

There are many other examples of past pioneers whose developed abilities brought forth amazing spirit evidence including a unique aspect known as cross correspondences. This phenomenon was set to change what we know about spirit intelligence. Let’s look at that now.

Cross Correspondences

So what are the cross correspondences? This term was coined by the SPR in the early years of the organization and was the phenomenon of automatic writing and transcripts that was received independently through entranced mediums under the control of spirit intelligence. The remarkable aspect was that though some of the information received would seem innocuous to some, there was a connection between other writings, statements, and individuals that were not connected to each other in any way.

Furthermore, the information was received at the same time in different locations across vast differences without any real relationship between the mediums. This would suggest a level of intelligence and intellect coming from the spirit personalities controlling the medium or vessel.

The conclusion was that such ‘correspondences’ were being deliberately created by certain recently deceased loved ones to convince them of life after death. The way this phenomenon would be conducted without prior relationship would mean there would be no other plausible explanations other than life after death was real. The level of trance and spirit intelligence was beyond reproach – concluding only that spirit intelligence was able to bring real verifiable evidence of life after death on many levels and not just from one communicative source to another. Now, let’s look toward the modern-day.

Trance Now – The Egoistic Trance Condition Devoid Of Substance

What is accepted as deep trance in this modern-day, is devoid of any real level of spirit intelligence and certainly not any evidence that would stand up to the rigorous testing of the likes of “Lodge”, “Thomas” or “Myers”. One must contemplate that either the mediums are full of ego and feed on the adulation received, or that there is real ignorance as to what real trance mediumship is and the mechanics that would be accepted. Could there also be a negative aspect to it where the claimed entranced medium is ignorant and looking to fill their own material needs through misguiding others?

There is, of course, another side to the story in that perhaps those who claim they are deep trance mediums, really believe they are being entranced and giving spirit guidance. The reality, however, is very different because what people often consider and accept as trance has no real evidence at all; nor does it have any real substance to offer as there is often no real evidence of the other side to be had – instead we have fanciful subjective interpretations.

One only has to look at the type of evidence from past trance mediums such as Piper, Leonard, Barbanel, Flint, and many others. Often the words of wisdom that are given through a medium who claims deep entrancement, is merely interpreted wisdom from their own font of knowledge and studies. There is no real capacity for the same level of wisdom teachings from the times of Silver Birch. Many individuals can reach the various, measurable brain wave states and have demonstrated this fact many times, but inhabiting or possessing spirit intelligence is generally not evident- nor exemplified in that state.

Other Trance Mediumship Example States

Yogis, meditators, and other such individuals can also reach these states without possessing spirit intelligence. Whilst it is important to reach that state, it is only one tiny piece of a greater jigsaw puzzle. There are many other pieces that have to be found and placed in the picture. The relationship that has to be developed to reach the level of intelligence of a higher order takes time and development and when this intelligence is witnessed and experienced, there can be no question as to the validity of the spiritual intellect.

The Dangers Of Mediumship

There is also a dangerous aspect that one could give oneself over to all too easily- an obsessive condition involving lower-level intelligences. However, this topic will form a follow-up article that will dive deeper into this possibility.

There are wonderful mediums that give information which is inspirational in nature and at times make contact with loved ones in spirit but in reality, this can be considered as an act of mental mediumship. In reality, there are very, very few deep trance mediums that manage to display the kind of trance mediumship demonstrated by our real pioneers of the past. It is of course possible and probable that it can be developed, but for now, a great many experienced mediums or under-developed young mediums, are claiming deep trance mediumship with no real understanding nor displaying any real aspects of evidential mediumship such as we have seen in spiritualist history.

The problem lies in the types of teachings and examples that are being accepted by developing mediums or the general public. As an example, deep trance mediumship was recently witnessed by an online group where participants with any reliable knowledge and understanding of the deeper mechanics, could not accept at any level that spirit was entrancing the medium. Where then, do we go from here?

Looking Forward

There needs to be serious development and study into the trance condition and science of a balanced nature needs to work hand in hand with the mediums of today in order to replicate and perhaps go deeper into the tests we have seen from past para-psychological experimentation. Trance mediums of a high caliber are few and far between and the amount of drivel being revealed as trance mediumship with no substance is even confusing our new developing mediums of the day.

Science working hand in hand with those who have some real level of trance development should be able to be comparable and replicate the rigorous tests of the past and perhaps even break new ground.

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Acceptance Is The Key

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The state of the world is in turmoil and rather than jump into a new age fad of labeling this time as a great awakening, one has to look at the reality of how we have come to this moment in time and what we can do to move forward. The reality is, man has deceived man and tried to control the balance of human nature for his own gain. Now we see divine law and karma in operation. It is already in motion and people are suffering, and even though great lessons to be learned exist, many are suffering needlessly.

Darkness Awakes!

There is a great saying that in times of darkness there is always a blessing if one can find it. However, that is often easier said than done. No matter what we have come to expect or no matter how much knowledge one has amassed, the playing out of the action of that knowledge is often lost in nothing but theory without action.

At the time of writing this, I have lost count of the number of people who have reached out to me privately to express the upset, anguish, and anxiety they face on a daily basis. Anxiety at this time is at an all-time high and fear which brings forth that anxiety is eating away at many souls; then you have the added aspect of grief and its many faces, even without losing loved ones – we are all grieving the loss. We have lost parts of our identity and life as we perceived it. That loss can become the catalyst to inner turmoil and suffering.

A Call to Action

When this happened to the people of the world, I knew that people would need an outlet for their emotions and to express their grief and anxiety. I made an announcement in social media that I would be available on a private basis to help anyone who needed it, anyone who needed spiritual counsel, and the messages flooded in. Now, this was not for private sittings, nor to feed some need within myself and it cost nothing but time. It was to truly exemplify what Silver Birch meant when he said:

“The greatest gift you can give humanity is the gift of service.”

This was one small way that I could serve privately without pomp and circumstance.

As the messages came flooding in, one individual after another that needed comfort and spiritual counsel – poured out their souls, looking for some kind of direction and to understand – why? Now I am not a person that holds all the answers but I like to be led by the divine power within, and of course, allow the great spirit to lead those that needed words of comfort. One thing began to stand out to me; a pattern began to emerge with everyone, and an awareness of that pattern was all that was needed to navigate these turbulent waters. Most people had no real, true awareness and needed to understand themselves more at this time.

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It's all very AAFT

Anything in life starts with awareness, for without awareness we do not truly live, as we have no real capacity to know time in the present and the experience of the present moment. Without awareness, we are an empty dream without a story. We are a story without a book and a book with no audience. Awareness is indeed the key to change, for with awareness we have the choice to unlock that door. Awareness is actually a divine power often forgotten.

Caverns Of Despair

Most individuals that I conversed with were only aware of what they were told or shown according to others’ perceptions. They were not aware of themselves and were merely following what it was that others perceived. The outcome, of course, was deeper entrenchment in the material realm and becoming further separated from the power of spirit or the divinity within.

The type of awareness that arose within themselves was the ego’s awareness and not that of the inner power of divinity within. Therefore, all the ugly emotions and aspects of past actions or grief from loss, all came to the surface. As a result, one begins to question truths and lay the blame squarely at the feet of divine power – while feelings of anger and abandonment surfaces.

Did You Pray

I asked one individual if they prayed for help, and they confirmed they did. I then asked if they considered that their request for help was answered, and they said no. I then asked if they felt abandoned and they said yes, by God. I then replied, if you think you are abandoned and your prayer has not been answered, then who am I at this time? The key to getting through turbulent times is to trust in the power of the divine. The answers will always come but without awareness, they are lost.

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Acceptance

When we do not accept things as they are, we cannot change them. It is with nonacceptance that we fight with a power external to oneself and we give our power away to material power. In accepting things as they are, we have the power to move forward and come from the inner power of divinity by placing faith in our divinity and understanding that acceptance means to just be at one with the one mind that is the source of all things and supply of all things. We accept and therefore we are. We become the power that is latent within.

Forgiveness

The other emotion or power (depending on how you see it) that many were missing was that of forgiveness. In this time of self isolation, all sorts of emotions such as guilt, fear and a disdain for oneself can come to the surface. In all but one conversation, the reality was that forgiveness was only a pattern of external action that had no real power for the self; it merely became glibly spoken words and thoughts with no pattern, to cause creation. The missing aspect is that none of them had forgiven themselves, for we experience everything in life as an inner experience. Nothing is experienced outside of oneself and so to forgive on an external plane holds no power.

When these individuals realized that all of their desired changes could happen with learning the true power of internal forgiveness, it all changed – at that moment. By learning to forgive from within, you choose acceptance, you choose non-suffering and in that respect, you release that which is holding you prisoner. All the external elements of forgiveness of others are already done because they did not exist in the timeline where suffering exists. You are now beginning to recognize the power of love within you.

Transformation

Transformation takes place when acceptance and forgiveness are brought into harmony, which, in turn, awakens one to the power of love without condition. No matter the changes to your circumstances, you find peace within the acceptance and forgiveness you exemplify. You then find that you are the power within the source and holding the power at that moment means that your external reality is merely what is created outside of you – and the power to change things lies within you. Every experience is within oneself and to become aware of the power within, allows you to bring harmony and peace to any situation you find yourself in.

You are the power, you have the power to accept and to change and to know love without condition.

To this day, I still respond to those in need and I use those same 4 steps to awaken change: AAFT – Awareness, Acceptance, Forgiveness, Transformation.

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Wonderful Evidence of Spirit at a Time of Need

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Introduction by Leo Bonomo

From time to time, we come across wonderful evidence of Spirit, most of which is familiar to us as mediums, psychics and those newly initiated to the great reality of life after death.

Mediums become accustomed to the fact that, “Yes, of course, this is real” and can, on occasion, miss the real and far-reaching impact, the total wonderment and huge effect this realization can have on a person’s life. In the sharing below, we experience the fantastic moment of the bliss that arrives when we KNOW that we do survive death and it comes with such impactful evidence that we cannot ever dispute it.

It is the wonderful gift of Spirit that takes away all fear, as in this case. The evidence cannot be contradicted, although sceptics have certainly tried in the past. If you have “an interest” but feel that you have not had proper evidence, then take heart. This story is a wonderful recounting of an incident that has many values. I, myself, have given evidence of a need to forgive someone who has passed. Sometimes, such terrible things have been done, that people are still unwilling to forgive.

Our need to fix things after we have passed

The evidence presented in the following story shows that when we pass over, we can see and understand the impact of our actions, their full repercussions, and how we are driven to try and fix them. In this case, the need for love and forgiveness was demonstrated (by the person in spirit) with good evidence.

This is, to my mind, as great a story as you would ever hear; a story of our times given the stress being experienced by corona virus. My thanks go out to the wonderful soul who has shared this very personal account of events that are often played out with a very different ending.

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Jane’s Story

Has anybody experienced anything similar to this?

In 2010, I experienced something that I’ll never understand; an experience I will never ever forget but also an experience that has taken away all of my previous fears and anxieties around death and dying.

Just a typical, normal night in 2010 and I took myself off to bed. Like any other night, I got comfy and started to read my book. After around 10 minutes, I noticed a dim orb-like light to my right. I remember not really taking that much interest in it and just carried on reading. After around an hour, I turned my lamp off and lay down.

It was only around 2 minutes after turning the light off that I noticed the dim light again. So I peeked over my duvet and to my astonishment, my dad was at the bottom of my bed! I couldn’t believe that I was actually seeing my dad and remember questioning myself, was I dreaming this? But nope. I was 100% seeing him. I really wasn’t too worried by his presence, but the strange thing was that he appeared to me with no waist or legs, just him from his belly up.

I could see every pore on his face. It was so surreal. A brightness glowed around him and he looked so very young; he held his hand out to me and even though his lips never moved, I knew he wanted me to take his hand. He never smiled once whilst he was with me and I never leant forward to take his hand either. I can’t explain why I didn’t but I felt so guilty and upset when he left that I hadn’t.

Mum said there was no way Dad was dead

Eventually, I managed to fall sleep and the first thing I did the next morning was call my mum who lived in France at the time. I told her about my experience of seeing dad standing at the bottom of my bed and at the same time, I told her that my dad must be dead! My mum told me that there was no way my dad would be dead, the reason being, my mum and dad had divorced when I was 11 years old. Poor mum found out he was having an affair with another woman and he was to stay with this other woman till the day he died.

Dad was never a good dad; mum said they married too young and that he worked all day and spend all night in the local pub. This upset mum, as he often came home in a state, never took any interest in family life at all, never gave her a penny and me and my sister were almost non-existent to him.

Mum said he wouldn’t have died because she had always kept in touch with a member of his family and each year they sent each other a Christmas card and would write the occasional letter to each other too. She told me, “If your dad was very poorly or had even died then I’d have been contacted.” She said she had always asked about my dad & was always told he was well.

I tried for years to be in his life

I tried for years to be in his life and thought that when he remarried, I’d be accepted more. The woman he married was Scottish and already had five girls from her previous marriage, so I thought I’d fit in fine. But I didn’t because dad’s new wife didn’t want me around for fear of dad returning to mum one day. Well, that’s what I believed the reason to be – fat chance of that ever happening. Dad’s new wife was an absolute bitch! I never received a birthday card, nor a Christmas card ever, so decided after years of trying, it was time to let go. I eventually gave up, but thought about him often, with a tear in my eye.

Anyway getting back to where I left off, after speaking with mum about my experience with dad, I thought she was more than likely going to be right, so I just brushed it off and tried to forget it had ever happened. I went to bed the next night but nothing out of the ordinary occurred, although I actually whispered to him in my mind as I so wanted him to appear to me again. I missed him and wished I’d taken hold of his hand.

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Was this evidence?

I had an invite to my sister’s for tea, so went along with my hubby but never mentioned anything about seeing dad. My sister's husband said he’d got something for me; turned out to be a brochure-like magazine relating to Scotland, not that I’d ever visited Scotland. I was a little intrigued as to why he’d be giving me this and when I asked why, he replied by saying, “I thought you’d be interested as it mentions a few historical places.” And he knew I loved history.

I remember opening up the magazine somewhere towards the middle and for some odd reason I felt a really strong connection to the island that appeared on that page. It was Cumbrae, on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. The feeling was so strong that I turned the mag around and told everyone to look at how beautiful it was. I even told them I felt a realy uncanny connection to the place & that I needed to go! They just laughed.

Five days later after his visitation, it got to night time again so I retired to bed. Again, nothing unusual, just the same. Got cosy and read my book. I must have been reading for near on an hour when I suddenly felt I wasn’t alone, but I never experienced a bright light. I looked around but couldn’t see anything unusual. I just had this feeling of being watched. Then I put my book down and turned off my lamp.

As I lay there for about 15 or so minutes, I felt the need to look towards the bottom of my bed and omg! Dad was stood their again. I immediately sat up. He looked exactly the same as five nights previous and he held his hand out to me again, only this time, I leant forward and held his hand. I looked on as his hand grasped mine, but felt nothing. I looked at him and he was smiling, then in seconds he was gone! My heart was absolutely broken. I cried myself to sleep but I knew for sure my dad was telling me he had died.

The last time I saw my dad was 1992

The next morning, I got back on the phone straight away to mum and told her that my dad was dead and that he’d visited me again. I couldn’t stop crying and she said, “Let me go, Jane, as I’m going to ring your Auntie Pat.” She was my dad’s adopted sister and the family member mum had always kept in touch with.

The last time I saw my dad was 1992, when I was 26 and married with two children. He never bothered with either of them, yet in 1991, whilst living around 30 miles away from dad, my youngest child became very poorly and was rushed to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool.

Me and my hubby stayed at the hospital and one morning on arriving at my daughter’s ward, I was astonished to see my dad sat by her bedside. He saw us approach and left in the other direction. I shouted over to him but he never turned around. I’d never done anything to this man. I just wanted to be loved by him and to be part of his life but it wasn’t to be.

You were right Jane, your dad passed away

The telephone rang and I knew it would be mum calling, so I quickly grabbed it. I immediately asked if she’d managed to contact Auntie Pat and her reply was, “You were right Jane, your dad passed away on 18th February 2007”.

So I had for sure received a visit from my dad not once, but twice! Mum also told me that she had strong words with Auntie Pat over the phone and told her how utterly disgusted and upset she was that she had not contacted her over his death back in 2007. She also asked how she could have written back in past letters stating that he was well, when all along he’d been dead for the last 3 years!

Mum said that for the entire time she ranted down the phone to Auntie Pat, there was just silence, until she told her to at least tell her where he was buried, so then at least her girls could go and pay their respects to their dad. “The thing is, Linda,” came the reply, “he’s not buried, he’s cremated. But his body isn’t close enough for the girls to visit as his wishes were to have his ashes scattered on the Island of Cumbrae, Ayrshire in Scotland.”

Omg! Omg ! The magazine, the connection I felt with this Island of Cumbrae; an island I never knew existed but felt such tremendous connection with because it was my dad’s final resting place. He found a way to contact me to let me know of his passing, something his wife should have done, and Auntie Pat. But they chose not too and I can not forgive them for that; even my mum cut ties with Auntie Pat because in her eyes, what she did was so unforgivable.

It’ll be like finding a needle in a haystack

Although he was never around for me he’s still my dad and always will be. I love him very much and I’m happy he came to let me know he had passed, as that proves to me his love and I know wholeheartedly that he’s sorry for the past because I just get that feeling. I’ve never seen him since that second visit but know he’s around very often.

This experience wasn’t a dream. This experience was real and has taken all the fear out of dying. I know there is more to come after this life because since my two visitations from my dad, I’ve had a few more experiences that didn’t involve seeing him.

I’ve also since been up to Scotland and took a short ferry ride over to the island with my hubby. That in itself was very odd as I had no idea where dad was resting. Auntie Pat had only told mum he was on the island. Once I’d driven off the ferry, I turned left, which took us down to the beach.

It was so very quiet, not a soul to be seen and my hubby said there was no way I’d find my dads resting place. He got out of the car to ask someone in a local shop if they had any idea where most of the resting places were to be found, but they didn’t. They just told my hubby, “It’ll be like finding a needle in a haystack.”

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The lone bagpiper

As we turned the car around to go the other way, a lone bagpiper came off the beach playing the bagpipes. It was so odd because nobody was around except for me and the hubby. We sat and listened as he played, and I just cried. Then we carried on and after travelling for around two miles, I abruptly said to my hubby, “STOP! He’s here.”

There were stone steps to my right and I felt he was at the top of those steps. My hubby said to me, “You’re mad, Jane”, but I got out and once I reached the top, there he was. I found him. The feeling was so overwhelming. There I was, finally with my dad and at peace with myself.

Leo Bonomo’s Response to Jane’s Story

This is a fantastic, beautiful story that mediums are very familiar with. Your Dad had given you clues to his passing at a time when you were open, and guided you to the very spot he was "laid to rest." Not only that, he has acknowledged that he had wronged you and wanted your forgiveness which you had given him. He was aware of your regret and persistent enough to come back and try again, giving you the encouragement you needed. I think it is a wonderful thing.

When we experience something like this, it is a forceful awakening to the ‘real life,’ that the personality survives death. Death is only of the body, the gross material we have created for our means, that is all. You have been blessed and your Dad has given you the greatest gift anyone could ever give.

Evidence that we are eternal

The realisation that we are eternal, the realisation that death is nothing to fear. That we do survive and that "we shall meet again" I am so very sure that this story will encourage so many others who may not yet have found that comfort you have and are experiencing. While you have shared this, I do not think you have realised the full impact it will have on others.

There is a reason you have shared beyond what you know with great evidence too. Thank you for sharing this light, love and experience for all to share. It is wonderfully touching.

Light, always,

Leo.

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Three Healing Steps to Greater Abundance

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To attract and create more abundance into your life, you need to know that it’s an inside job. By that I mean it’s a transformation of consciousness due to subtle, yet profound shifts in one’s own perceptions.

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A shift in perception can make all the difference in how we see and interact with the world in which we live. When we take the time to gently observe the areas of our life where we are currently limited and feel totally stuck, where we struggle or come up against resistance, then we can use my simple three-step healing process towards allowing in greater abundance.

The transformative power of love is the force that brings healing change to our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and actions. When our daily thoughts are dominantly aligned to fear, lack and limitation, then the transformative power of love is missing.

This is how we unwittingly separate ourselves from love – our true nature, and in doing so we subconsciously feel guilt and shame.

We unintentionally block our creative energy from flowing outwards without restriction. Our heart energy creates unnecessary energetic blocks which are typically manifested as energy walls of resistance that prevent us from attracting and creating a greater good.

Abundance is a free-flowing energy that has no resistance when in perfect harmony with the energies of love, generosity, gratitude, kindness, compassion and all of the high-vibe attributes of Spirit.

The truth is that most people block their flow of abundance, which is simply an abundance of all of the good that the Universe has for them, such as – improved health, increased wealth, balanced and loving relationships, and true heart-centered romantic love. Not to mention our work or social life that is aligned with passion and purpose.

People block their flow of abundance in many different ways. Here are three main ways, in no particular order:

First Block: Ongoing resentment

Deep-seated hurts create trauma energies. Our trauma memories continue to stir up the energetic resonance of the pain we still carry if we aren’t willing to clear it and let it go.

Resentment of others involved in our pain, or just plain old resentment of others simply because they have something we want, but don’t have, will cause energetic disarray within our heart energy center and hinder our ability to attract and create more abundance.

Second Block: Self-loathing

The second way in which a person blocks or interferes with the natural flow of abundance into their life is self-loathing.

If a person judges themselves as being less than another and continuously compares themselves to others in a negative and judgmental way, where the other person is observed as being so much better than, will once more block a person’s heart energy flow and create energetic walls of resistance that block the flow of good.

Third Block: Selfishness

The third block or interference with the natural flow of abundance is selfishness. In other words, an attitude of what’s in it for me? How am I benefiting? How can you or the world help me without me needing to give anything back?

When the energy behind a person’s intentions is selfishly based, they unwittingly create shifts in their energetic vibration that matches their selfish intent. When a person has needy or greedy energy, with little thought to helping or blessing others, or in adding light to the world in some way through their own creative expression, they hinder the free flow energy of abundance into their life.

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My Three-Step Healing Process

Use the following simple yet the powerfully transformative three-step process to help clear your energy and create subtle shifts in consciousness, that over time, can lead to profound and even miraculous changes. Shifts that help to align you with the greater good of the Universe and to open your heart energy to give and receive love and abundance.

Step One: Observe any time you have a fearful or limiting thought. A fearful thought can easily become a negative word spoken and then turn into a non-beneficial behavior or action.

Creation begins with your thoughts.

Simply notice yourself when you are stuck in a negative or fearful thought and do so from a point of non-judgment. You are not to criticize yourself for having this negative thought pattern.

Step Two: Understand that your real nature is Love. God is Love and anything other than Love is therefore not real. In this sense, fear, lack and limitation do not originate from the Divine Mind of God, or Source, or Creator. They originate from the fearful collective consciousness of mankind.

You have a free will choice to live in separation by turning away from love, or by choosing to return to love and the energy source of your true-self. This step simply asks you to understand that your real nature is Love and that Love didn’t create these thoughts. This contemplation is life-changing.

Step Three: Clear the negative thought by sending it to the Light of Ultimate Truth. Simply say the following: “I send this (state exact fearful thought) to the Light of Ultimate Truth to be transmuted into Love. I willingly choose to return to Love. I allow the energy of abundance to flow to me and through me.”

These subtle shifts in perceptions will begin to take energetic root in your consciousness for transformative changes to take place in your health and life experience. However, this path of spiritual growth requires you to be consistent.

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Golden Key to Transformation

You have been given an easy yet amazingly powerful three-step process to help you but being consistent is the golden key to real change.

It means that you take the time and the conscious effort (a few seconds) so that every time that you become aware of being stuck in low-vibe patterns, such as feeling resentful, being judgmental of self, others and the world, and being self-centered in any way – you simply realize and understand that this does not originate from Love and therefore isn’t true for you.

Remember that the energy behind these negative patterns blocks all the good that Love and the Universe have in store for you. It makes perfect sense to incorporate this three-step healing practice into your daily life.

Blessings & joy,

Joanne Brocas,

Healer. Intuitive and the #1 Bestselling Author of Angel Prayers. Visit Joanne’s website to find out more about her online healing classes, courses, and personal appointments.

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I’m Right Here, Right Now

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Written By Analise Cross, Ph.D.

A telepathic afterworld visit from a horse named Tristan.

When the first therapy horse in my New Hampshire center for children in need died in his sleep at age 30 in 2001, I was on a pilgrimage in Arizona, in a lone cabin in a forest near Flagstaff.

I got the news when I called my daughter who was caretaking all our animals. I raced back to my cabin and did a self-Reiki session to process my piercing grief for the loss of this extraordinary horse.

Immediately I heard Tristan speak to me in my mind's eye: "Why are you crying when I haven't gone anywhere? I'm right here, right now."

Many years later, I was given a fuller understanding of Tristan’s reassurance. For I have been graced with an awareness of the afterlife, of how our loved ones who have passed are alive and well in the hereafter and are even able to connect with us. To my amazement, I began to experience this myself!

One by one, my beloved animal family who had crossed over after selfless service in our therapy center, have appeared in my mind’s eye for telepathic dialogue—horses, dogs, llamas, goats and a slew of smaller furry critters.

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A Good Life Makes for a Good Death

On June 16, 2018, it was Tristan’s turn, and my longing to hear from him was finally met. He filled me in on his experience in the afterlife since we had last connected right after his death.

Through my flowing tears, he spoke of his growth and joy there, and his finding that it is indeed a good life that makes for a good death. He revealed that his progress in the afterlife had its foundation in his five years of service with kids in need, in which he was transfigured from a rejected horse who had suffered terribly, to a glorious being who became our "one true thing."

What a mess he had been when he came to us, ailing on every level including chronic diarrhea that reflected the anger which had gathered in him over a long hard life. But with love and healing from every side, he soon rallied and began to shine. His bouts of diarrhea diminished and soon stopped, his body became plump and muscled, and his dull chestnut coat turned into glistening mahogany.

With his broad back and quiet, loving manner, he became the backbone of our therapy program. After he died, a story was published in his honor which the kids had titled, “His Spirit Roams in Our Hearts Forever.”

And now he has come to me to show me that his spirit is full of life and joy in the afterworld like the others who have crossed. I feel bottomless exultation for my experience of the wellbeing and unfolding of my loved ones, and of the seamlessness of our two worlds. I give thanks.

TOSP: What do you hope those grieving will receive from sharing your story?

An awareness that grief can be mitigated by after-death contact with loved ones.

Thank you to Analise Cross for sharing her story.

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Still Here – Our Near Death Experiences

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Spirited Adventures Authored by Fred and Liz Welling

Fred Welling was in his late 20s and living in Shirley, Southampton U.K. when his first wife Doreen, needed major surgery. Fred signed the papers authorising it, as the alternative was death.

Unfortunately, Doreen died on the operating table and for many decades, Fred felt as though he was responsible for her death because he signed the consent forms.

Even though Fred had been born into a spiritually aware family, during his grieving he demanded that “God prove and let him know if there really was life beyond death.”

He spoke to a Minister of the Methodist Church where he had been a young choir boy. He asked if the Minister KNEW that there was life beyond the physical but the response was: “Just believe. Have faith and just believe.” Naturally that did not satisfy Fred’s inquiring mind.

He visited a Spiritualist Church seeking answers. One afternoon, a medium on the platform was an old lady who was almost blind. She could not have seen Fred, who sat at the back of the church. But she singled him out and gave incredible details of the relationship between him and Doreen – information that was known only to Fred. She also emphasised that Doreen did not hold him responsible for her death. It was her time to leave the physical world.

Direct Proof of Life Beyond the Physical Realm

Fred remarried (another Doreen) who had a 4 year old daughter named Patricia, whom Fred adopted. Doreen and Fred were also blessed with a daughter, Barbara, and the family migrated to Australia in 1969.

They lived in Sydney, New South Wales before moving to a home in Hope Valley, Adelaide, South Australia. It was not long before he found a Spiritualist Church in the northern suburb of Elizabeth.

Some years later, the family had been enjoying a day at the beach. Whilst driving home, Fred started to feel dizzy and unwell. He opened the car door and was able to enter the house but the next thing he knew, he was lying on the kitchen floor.

Fred intended to go to bed but part way down the passage way, the floor came up to meet him. He had passed out and found himself in a tunnel. Two Beings of Light were at the end of the tunnel and informed Fred that it was “not his time" and that "he had to return.”

The love was so incredible and unconditional that Fred fell to his knees, pleading with them to stay but they insisted that his family still needed him in the physical world and he was sent back.

He awoke in the passageway, went to bed and slept for 12 hours – something he had never done before nor since.

The next day, Fred remembered his demand to God that he be given proof of life beyond the physical realm. In a dramatic way, God had answered his demand and Fred was very grateful that he was able to drive safely home before having the experience.

Liz Welling had a Near Death Experience (NDE) about 35 years ago and her experience was the well-known and hugely documented tunnel of white light that is mentioned by others when they recall their experiences.

As she floated along the tunnel, Liz telepathically heard the voices of her parents’ friends and then two Beings of Light, who clairaudiently said: “Your children are too young. You must go back.”

She awoke in intense pain. Her young children phoned a doctor who came to the home and injected her with pethidine.

When Liz Met Fred

Liz met Fred in 1987 when he and a friend came to the library. They inquired about the possibility of doing a display on crystals for his friend’s son who was completing a Duke of Edinburgh award.

Liz was chief librarian at that stage and the library had just been extended, so she was delighted to have an instant display that could tie in with the books that the library already had on crystals.

They did not go out until 1992 but Liz had seen Fred around Adelaide in various meditation groups.

She had just started giving talks in spiritualist churches and asked Fred if he would be the medium.  In this way they worked as a team and continue their wonderful work to this day. Fred and Liz married in October 1995 and the rest, as they say, is history.

Maleny hinterland, Queensland, Australia

Fly Like an Eagle

In July 2016, Fred and Liz attended a retreat led by Gay Robinson and Lyn Edwards at The White Eagle Lodge, Maleny, in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast hinterland. Maleny is situated on the southern edge of the Blackall Range with spectacular views across to the Sunshine Coast and Glass House Mountains.

Each day at the retreat there was an hour’s 'cellular meditation' starting at 8.00am, followed by breakfast, a talk and another one-hour meditation.

During the meditations, the eleven retreat participants (two men and nine women) were encouraged to enter the stillness – the silence. The format of the meditation was as follows:

~ A short piece of quiet music was played

~ The leader usually guided the meditators into a pool of healing and up a mountain to enter the higher realms of spirit – of consciousness – and then into the silence where it is possible to hear the word of God – known also as the creative word of life – the Word of the Divine Spirit

~ In the silence, it is possible to hear the celestial music of the spheres

~ The return to everyday awareness was via another piece of quiet music

Be Careful What You Wish For

During the retreat, Liz had three incredible experiences.

1. Wednesday 5 July 2016 – Meditation led by Gay

The format was a short track of quiet music, a guided journey to the higher realms of light, silence, quiet music and return to everyday awareness. There was no debriefing but we were instructed to return silently to our rooms and not to speak for an hour until lunch time.

Following Gay’s initial guidance, Liz saw wild flowers in her meditation, including daffodils, primroses and snow drops. For some reason, she found it hard to enter the Pool of Healing. The pool was pink with floating pink lotus flowers.

They were asked to look for elementals (nature spirits) and she saw a tiny round light which is the sylph or zephyr elemental of air. Struggling to follow the meditation, Liz decided to use the Eagle from her previous day’s meditation and followed the Eagle into the higher realms.

Then, a spinning vortex/tunnel of beautiful purple/pink amethyst energy formed. A spirit being manifested at the end of it and she heard an inner voice telepathically ask: “Do you want to come?” Very quiet, yet powerful and loving.

Instantly, she replied: “Not without Fred” and the Being of Light and the amethyst tunnel vanished.

Intense sharp pain immediately hit her upper transverse colon and she had to move away from the group to sit on some carpeted stairs. Liz writhed in agony until the meditation time finished.

The stabbing pain continued. She tried to use the Golden Light of The Christ Consciousness – the Golden One – for healing but still the pain intensified. Tears of pain streamed down her face.

At the end of the meditation and final music track, Liz tried to stand up to return to her room, but bent over double in pain. Gay realised something was wrong and asked what happened.

“I have to tell Fred first,” Liz replied. The three of them went back to the bedroom leaving the other nine members of the group wondering what had taken place.

Liz dissolved into more tears. She was upset because she had not mentioned to the Being of Light that her daughter Tanya may still need her as she was due for major surgery when they returned from Maleny. (Fred later told Liz that from his experience of an NDE, family is not even on your mind.)

Throughout the whole experience, everything had been so natural and matter of fact.

“Do you want to come?”

“Not without Fred.”

In retrospect, it was an opportunity to leave her physical body behind and make the transition to the next stage of life beyond physical death.

Her reply ‘Not without Fred’ was very interesting, as the previous day, Fred had shared with several of the women that “he had a contract with God that Liz and he would die at the same time.”

One of the women asked Liz what she thought about it. Liz merely shrugged and the woman responded, “You don’t seem to be a part of it.” Liz answered that “she was not sure if God had accepted Fred’s contract”.

Fred was quite relieved with Liz’s answer as he did not want to be left on his own if she died first, so it may be that Fred will die first or they will indeed go together. Who knows? Yet to be revealed.

"I am your Overlighting Angel"

2. Thursday 6 July 2016 – Meditation led by Lyn

They lay on the floor in the Temple rugged up in warm dynes, practicing a daily exercise known as 'Cellular Alchemy'. This is an hour-long process in which Golden Light is brought into every part of the body including all the cells, nerves, tissues, blood, veins, arteries and organs.

Part way through the practice, Liz felt a magenta/purple feathery presence above her and an inner voice – again telepathic – said: “I am your Overlighting Angel.”

Her response was simply: “Oh, are you?”

This Overlighting Angel felt very comforting and protective.

Retreat participants were not permitted to use telephones or the internet whilst on retreat but after this meditation, Liz was very naughty and sent a text message to a friend in the Clare Prophet Summit Lighthouse movement. She asked if he knew about the Overlighting Angel.

His reply was “No” but he Googled it and confirmed that it was a very protective energy. Still curious, Liz did some research once she returned home and found that the Devas or Overlighting Angels are part of Theosophy. They ”interface" with the human soul while in form and are responsible for the life vitality of the human form.

The Archangels are also referred to as the Overlighting Angels, since their function is to overlight or watch over and direct groups of angels, as well as all aspects of humanity.*

The four Archangels we are most familiar with are Gabriel, Michael, (deep blue colour) Raphael, and Uriel.**

Whatever name is given to these beautiful beings, it is obvious that Liz was very close to physical death.

3. Thursday 6 July 2016 – Meditation Gay led by Gay

The group was taken to The Lake of Peace and 'magically' crossed it in a small canoe with their Guide and Guardian Angel. They were instructed to climb the mountain to a plateau where they would meet souls they had known who were gathering to perform an ancient ritual to bring in the Dawn and gather rays from the Solar Logos – the Golden One – to bless earth and all humanity.

Liz met several family members and Fred’s previous mother-in-law.

Again, for the second time, a voice asked: “Do you want to come?”

No beautiful amethyst tunnel this time but the same calm voice asking: “Do you want to come?”

“No thank you.”

A second opportunity to exit the physical body and make the transition to the worlds of spirit. Again, all very natural and matter of fact.

Before lunch that day, Liz was looking at the trees that led down to the valley and they were all different – more vibrant and more alive. She was actually seeing the etheric part of the trees and leaves. It was like entering a fairy world.

Before these experiences, although cold, Liz had felt OK. But when she looked in the mirror, she commented to Fred that one of her eyes was only partly open and that both eyes looked full of pain.

When she had partly processed the experience, she shared it with the other retreat group members. They were very supportive and one of them commented: “What a pity you did not actually go over and then change your mind and come back and tell us about it.”

Liz replied that there was an inner knowing that if she had accepted the invitation to depart, there was no return ticket included. “Make or break.”

“It was a timely experience, as I had been in so much pain at home before we left Adelaide. And in an outburst, I said: “I have had enough. I wish I were dead. I want it all to end.”

Moral of the story: Be careful what you wish for. It might just come true.

However, there is still a little more. When they returned home, Fred said:

“I was doing an hour-long meditation at a retreat in Maleny when I suddenly had a vision of a garden of flowers of many colours not seen on earth. I knew that if I entered this garden, I would not return to earth. I did not wish to leave my wife Elizabeth so I did not enter the garden.”

So Fred and Liz, at the time of submitting this article, are “Still Here”.

Liz, Fred & daughter Tanya

Reference Sources

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NDE Postscript

Roar of Death – Maleny 2001

It was the Sunday after 9/11 and Fred and Liz were attending a service at the White Eagle Lodge, Maleny Queensland. Ivan Cooke, the Grandson of Grace Cooke (who channeled White Eagle) was present and had just led a beautiful Opening Prayer.

Suddenly there was an almighty roar and Fred collapsed forward in his chair.

The next thing he remembers was sitting in the chair, which had been carried with him in it, to the kitchen. He was surrounded by several concerned women and a bucket of water that had been collected from his body.

People in The Temple were commenting that it was a “heart attack”.

Hoping that Fred could hear at some level, Liz assured them that his heart was strong and healthy, as it had been checked before they left Adelaide.

He was taken by ambulance to the Maleny Hospital where he was given a heart check and his records from Adelaide were sent to the hospital.

The Doctor diagnosed “dehydration” and explained that the almighty roar was the sound made by some people at the actual moment of death.

He said Fred had come as close to death as possible without actually dying.

The roar sound was very different from the death rattle Fred was familiar with from hospice work.

He commented that this time, there was no welcoming Tunnel or Beings of Light.

Liz & Fred Welling

Authored by Fred and Liz Welling, Adelaide, South Australia

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You Are A Miracle Worker

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You have the ability to create profound change in your life through a combination of spiritual tools such as daily prayer, healing affirmations, meditation, contemplation and metaphysical study. However, it’s important to know that transformation of consciousness for such radical shifts can take time. In this sense, you can limit and block yourself if you lack patience and tolerance in your desire and ability to shift those nuances, non-beneficial behaviors, and addictive patterns before breaking through the darkness and moving into the Light.

Through regular dedication to a daily spiritual practice and your own devotion and surrender to a Higher-Power, whether this divine source for you be known as God, the Light, the Creator, or even the Universe, will help you to build a great spiritual momentum towards real beneficial change.

When you take charge of your energy by becoming more self-aware and by paying attention to the subtle energetic shifts you experience through utilizing daily prayer power, and from the likes of regular meditation and visualization, these subtle energetic shifts begin to create profound miracles for you. A miracle is simply a shift in consciousness and a transformation of one type of energy into another. For example, transforming the non-beneficial energy of the feeling of fear into the beneficial energy of feeling safe and secure.

This energetic shift becomes a mini-miracle for you because when you shift your perspective from one of fear to feeling safe, then you also immediately help to rebalance your physiology and calm your nervous system. You are a miracle maker in the broadest spiritual sense as you are naturally imbued with creative power. It is your birthright and divine origin.

You also have the free will to transform what no longer serves you into something more appropriate. When you co-create with the Light through the act of spiritual surrender (prayer power), then you magnify your soul’s Light with a Source of Power that is greater than your own. You plug into the Creator and you Light-Up your health, life and the world around you.

Becoming a Mighty Miracle Maker

A miracle of the divine kind is the transformation of one kind of energy into another, such as when Jesus turned water into wine. You are capable of creating many miracles right now in the present moment, and whilst you may not be able to transform water into wine just yet, this phenomenal divine example is to show you that you really are unlimited in your potential for becoming a mighty miracle maker. You do so as you expand your spiritual consciousness and evolve your soul’s Light through spiritual growth to help you magnify your greater creative expression.

When you begin to perceive things differently and are able to let go of the emotional pain in your heart and soul, resentments that you carry, judgment and criticism of self and others, then you will naturally as well as intentionally start to shift old patterns, stories and limitations. You will begin to transform your consciousness from one of separation and fear into one of connection, compassion and unconditional love.

From this standpoint, life will begin to flow for you. Your health will become more vibrant and you will feel more peace and joy. Some things may shift quickly for you, while others may take more time. It really isn’t about speed and the quantity of shifts that you can experience. It’s more about the journey of spiritual growth, understanding and spiritual unfoldment.

Supernatural Potential Sits Dormant Within Us

Your daily spiritual practice and devotion to the Light enable you to expand your heart energy so that you can lead a miraculous life. So that you can make the most of your life by overcoming earthly struggles and gaining the spiritual muscles you need to support you through the tough times and manifest your heart's desires.

Spiritual freedom is the result of many miraculous shifts in consciousness leading us to unlimited spiritual growth. We all have remarkable supernatural potential that sits dormant within us, and spiritual growth takes us one step closer to unfolding this hidden potential.

Freedom comes from allowing the Light to lead us, and from aligning our soul’s Light within the Larger Light of the Whole. The truth being that the more spiritually awake we become, the more powerful the Light within us emerges. This power within is able to align with and withstand a stronger vibrational current from the Universal Light of Creator. We can then draw on this supernatural power current to create heaven on earth. To help aid others in their own miraculous shifts, to help direct Light to the suffering of the world, and to bless our beautiful planet.

Three Spiritual Steps to Conscious Miracle Making

When you find yourself needing a miracle of a shift in consciousness to help you transform your energy or the energy of a difficult situation that’s currently bothering you, then you can use the following three spiritual steps to help you become a conscious miracle maker.

Step One: Become Aware & Measure

Become aware of any limiting thought, action, or behavior you have without self-condemnation. Simply notice when you are out of alignment with the energies of unconditional love, peace or joy. These are the three ‘high-vibe’ energy frequencies to measure any of your thoughts, actions, and behaviors by. Ask yourself, are any of them in harmony with the high-vibe energies of unconditional love, peace, and joy. If not, then you have the power to transform them and to halt the negative effects from manifesting.

Step Two: Select Something

Select one low-vibe issue at a time that you’ve become consciously aware of. Let’s say it’s a self-critical thought such as ‘you hate your body.’ You may even come to realize that you think about this particular negative thought most of the time, which just locks in the low-vibe energies about your body and constantly triggers you. When you measure this, you obviously realize that it doesn’t measure up with the energies of unconditional love, peace, and joy (step one). The purpose of this measurement reference is to help you know that the limiting thought isn’t real. It’s simply false and is coming from the unhealed parts of you. Truth, however, is always in alignment with the energies of unconditional love, peace, and joy, which are aspects of the real divine you.

Shifting your perspective to the high-vibe truth energies can bring healing. Simply stated, if any of your thoughts, actions, and behaviors aren’t in harmony with the energies of unconditional love, peace, and joy, then you will know that they are false and not spiritually true for you. It is in this understanding of truth and of contemplating the real you, that you create miracle minded shifts in consciousness.

Step Three: Choose Anew

Choose a new thought, action or behavior that is in alignment with the energies of unconditional love, peace, and joy. In this example, the thought of ‘I hate my body,’ now can be transformed due to your understanding of truth (step two) into a more supportive thought, such as, ‘I love and accept myself.’ Whilst this may initially be weird for you to say after never thinking it previously, it is due to your current understanding of what is false and what is real – that the energy shift you’ve experienced will now help you to transform this new thought into being.

This is the time that you don’t give up on this practice, as the old low-vibe thought can present itself until the power of transformation has completely shifted. Remember that you need to get that momentum flowing towards to the high-vibe thoughts of truth, so you keep on using this three-step process to help you create long-lasting change. Continue to exchange any old negative thoughts with new ones you choose that are in harmony with truth.

Spiritual growth is easier than you think if you are willing to take the necessary steps to help yourself with some loving patience and compassion. You will expand your soul’s Light and your creative power in doing so and this is so worth the effort. You will bless your life and the lives of others in many ways by simply doing so!

Joanne Brocas is a world-renowned healer, intuitive and the number one bestselling author of Angel Prayers. Visit Joanne’s website to find out more about Joanne, and her online classes, courses, video prayers, books, and appointments. Joanne’s spiritual purpose is to help people align with the Light and to expand their unlimited creative potential so that they may heal in all their ways www.joannebrocas.com

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My Mother’s Grief – A Story of Hope

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This is a difficult, confronting and deeply emotional story about death that must be told. Rest assured it has a comforting ending and I hope it finds its way to anyone who is struggling to come to terms with their grief – particularly mothers of stillborn babies.

Once Upon A Time

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I grew up knowing that that my late mother Maja gave birth to a stillborn baby girl in the early 1960s. It wasn’t until the mid-1990s that she spoke at length about her traumatic, at times horrific, ordeal.

Maja emigrated to Australia from the ‘Iron Curtain’ Baltic State of Estonia in the late 1940s. She eventually settled in Adelaide, South Australia where met her Estonian husband Karl. After escaping from the Soviet terror and oppression that befell their homeland, falling in love must have felt like a fairy tale to end all fairy tales.

When they were ready to start a family, my mother miscarried before carrying her first child to full term. She recalled being heavily pregnant and feeling overdue. Doctors at Rose Park Hospital told her otherwise. Her intuition urged her to request that her baby be induced but her plea was ignored.

By the time my mother was what she believed to be at least ten days overdue, she knew that something was terribly wrong and demanded to be induced immediately. This time, the doctors didn’t argue. Tragically, her beautiful baby girl was stillborn.

Dealing With Death Very Badly

After the birth, my mother’s daughter was wrapped in a cloth and whisked away by a nurse. None of the staff knew what to say to her. Nor did her shocked, grieving husband.

She described how a group of doctors milled nervously near her bed, whispering in hushed tones. They all had worried looks on their faces and nobody could look at her, let alone talk to her.

Now deeply traumatized, my mother asked them to bring her baby back but nobody acknowledged her. She needed to hold her child, to say goodbye. Sadly, the hospital staff clearly had no knowledge of how to deal with death in a caring, compassionate manner. Fed up with being ignored and treated like a third-rate immigrant, she yelled at them to bring her baby back.

Thankfully, her baby daughter was returned and she held her close until she was ready to let her go.

Photo: Roman Kraft

A Glimmer of Hope

The final part of this story still haunts me. My father took my mother home from hospital and they never heard a single word about their daughter again. And they were deprived of the opportunity to give their child a funeral. Instead, stillborn babies were secretly buried by hospital authorities and the stillbirth incidents hushed up instead of investigated. As if the babies had never been born.

Just like my late father, I, too, had no words.

Struggling to process this shocking, infuriating story, I sat at my typewriter and thrashed it on my mother’s behalf. Then I called a friend who was a senior newspaper reporter and arranged to meet him.

Unable to speak, I handed him my typewritten pages. He looked over it, looked at me and didn’t utter a word. I left him with it and an article appeared a few days later about an unmarked mass grave in Adelaide’s West Terrace cemetery where stillborn babies had been secretly buried. Parents were given the opportunity to come forward and give their child a respectful farewell with a special memorial.

I showed my mother the story, relieved that she now had the chance to say her final goodbye. Sadly, reliving the grief of losing her baby proved too overwhelming and she shut herself down again. I respected her feelings and left it at that. It felt inappropriate to act on my mother’s behalf and I didn’t dare suggest it.

My Mother and the Shepherd

My mother died suddenly in September 2006. Her health had been failing on all levels and our relationship had become increasingly strained. I saw less and less of her over the years and eventually gave up trying to resolve things. In hindsight, our relationship fractured on the day my father suddenly died in 1980 and we slowly grew apart due to our unresolved grief.

On a happier note, my mother called me the day before she died and sounded unusually chirpy. Little did I know it would be the last words we would speak. Or so I thought.

The Postman Medium

My partner happened to be an evidential mental medium who never charged money for readings because he had a full time job and just wanted to be of service. He considered himself a lifelong apprentice to spirit – a humble ‘postman’ who simply delivered messages – word for word – from loved ones on the other side. His highly attuned gift of mediumship would bring me immense comfort and strength during the immediate aftermath of her death.

On the morning of my mother’s funeral, my partner rose earlier than usual. I hid under the covers, wishing that death and funerals would go away. He returned to the bedroom soon after, sobbing inconsolably. He said my mother was sitting in our lounge-room wearing her wedding dress and reading a passage from Lord Is My Shepherd. He also said she pointed to the verse that says, ‘I have no ills.’ Surprised that she had come to visit us soon after her passing, I felt a loving wave of relief sweep over me.

Interestingly, the stressful days leading up to her funeral, my brother, sister and I met the pastor at our mother’s house and he read Lord is My Shepherd to us. I chose not to mention the earlier incident with my mother to him because most religious teachings tend to discredit or frown upon the reality of mediumship and direct contact with the otherside.

My Mother & The Pastor’s Lap

During the pastor’s introduction at my mother's funeral service, my partner discreetly nudged me and pointed to an empty chair against the wall near the lectern. He whispered that my mother was sitting there listening and seemed quite pleased with the proceedings.

When the pastor sat down, he whispered, “Linda, the pastor just sat on your mum’s lap.” I started to laugh but swiftly composed myself. It was a funeral after all.

The lonely and challenging grieving process that followed the sudden death of my father in 1980 was a far cry from the experience that unfolded with my mother. She ‘moved in’ with us at our seaside home for several weeks after her funeral and many wondrous things occurred during her stay which made my grieving process so much easier.

Proof That My Mother Is ‘Alive And Well’

Three significant moments with my 'dearly departed' mother will stay with me forever. I hope that sharing them will give readers a sense of hope and comfort that I desperately sought, but never found, in the dark weeks and months that followed my father’s death.

The Sunday morning after the funeral, my partner and I sat outside drinking coffee, soaking up the peaceful spring energy. Out of the blue, he said, “Linda, your mum’s here. She needs to talk to you.”

Jolted out of my daydream, I prepared myself for what would become one of the most profoundly memorable experiences of my life.

Connections From The Otherside

For the next two hours, my partner relayed deeply personal, at times confronting questions and emotive anecdotes directly from my mother. I had never shared our old grievances with my partner because they didn’t seem relevant and proceeded to respond to my mother as though she was physically sitting at the table with us.

Immersed in an intense melting pot of truth, misconceptions, anger, honesty and love, my mother and I proceeded to resolve our many earthly differences through my partner’s highly attuned link to her vibration in spirit. We unearthed difficult, painful, at times infuriating issues that had been previously shrouded in toxic silence, creating an ever-widening rift until my mother’s death.

There is no need to share the nature of our grievances here – we all have them. My purpose is to demonstrate why there is no need to live with regret or guilt for the rest of your life when a loved one dies. Issues can be resolved after a loved one’s death with the assistance of an attuned, experienced, evidential medium. But the challenge often lies in finding an authentic medium able to facilitate such a sitting.

The internet will have you believe that everyone is a highly attuned medium which is why discernment is vital when seeking out mediumship services. All the more reason to make our peace with loved ones while they are still with us.

Toward the end of what I can only describe as a crystal clear, three-way-conversation spanning two dimensions and a myriad of emotions, a peaceful calm descended upon us. My mother ended the ‘sitting’ by acknowledging my repeated attempts to pass her an olive branch and heal our differences while she was still alive, conceding that she was too stubborn to meet halfway and accept a truce.

In turn, I apologized for all the upset I caused her over the years and told her that I loved her more than ever. As her energy began to fade, I basked in a soothing energy of love, compassion, joy and gratitude for the profound healing both my mother and I experienced that day.

My partner was as blown away by the marathon sitting as I was and revealed that it was rare to maintain a consistently strong connection to a spirit energy for such a long period of time. My gratitude for his extraordinary gift and vast amount of energy involved in facilitating the vital meeting with my mother, was immeasurable.

Let There Be Light Of A Different Kind

The second significant event occurred when my partner excitedly called out to me from garden shed. When I poked my head inside, I saw him standing underneath a bright fluorescent light with a strange look on his face. When I asked him what was wrong, he pointed to the unplugged light plug swinging from the rafter. We both stood there looking at the light and laughing. I remained brightly lit for quite some time and just as I decided to grab my camera to capture evidence of this freak event, the light flickered out.

I had read that loved ones in spirit can manipulate electricity to gain our attention. Given that my late father was a wildly humorous, electrical engineer in his earthly life, the case of the mysterious, unplugged light made perfect sense.

Mother and Daughter Reunited

The third significant event unfolded early one evening when we were relaxing in the lounge room. My partner looked past me, focused on the nearby patio glass door.

“Linda,” he said. “Your mother is here. She’s holding hands with a beautiful young girl.”

I felt my spirit shift.

“That must be the daughter she lost in the sixties,’ I replied. “My sister.”

He described the little girl as angelic with shoulder length blonde hair and wearing a beautiful white dress. She was seven or eight years old.

“She is very shy,” he continued, “and your mother is gently coaxing her to move toward you. Here she comes now. She is standing in front of you and has just put her hand on your arm. She is saying hello to you.”

I said hello back to my little sister, in awe of the deeply moving moment. We spent some time together in silence and then they left. Knowing that my mother was reunited with the child she lost all those years ago, helped me release the grief that I carried for many years after my mother shared her traumatic story.

“Linda, There Is No Death”

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The healing power of spirit is something that needs to be experienced first hand to truly understand – with or without religious beliefs. I had believed in life after death for a couple of decades thanks to insights from my father who began visiting me in my dreams about nine years after his death.

I clearly recall him appearing in front of me in an ethereal environment and extending his hand. I physically felt his hand when I held it and said, “Dad, you’re not dead, are you?” To which he replied: “Linda, there is no death.”

Which brings me to what prompted me to write this story in the first place.

My day began with a random news report about Australian women giving birth to a stillborn baby every four hours, an abnormal rate that has not declined in two decades. I was immediately reminded of my mother’s experience.

Later that same day, a social media post by evidential medium, spirit interventionist and author Jock Brocas assured grieving parents that their child was ‘alive and well in the spirit world’ and that they will be reunited one day.

I interpreted both messages as signals to write this story about my mother’s loss. Having personally drawn great strength and hope from true stories about overcoming adversity, I hope my story provides some comfort for others who are struggling to come to terms with their grief.

Evidential Mediumship Is Our Greatest Antidote For Grief

In closing, I would like to add that my search for answers began when I was 17, on the day my father suddenly died – the day my impossible grief set in. If it wasn’t for that life-changing event and the tumultuous journey that followed, I wouldn’t be where I am today, or advocating that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel when you know where to look.

Experience has taught me that the secret to healing from grief and embracing life again lies in finding spiritually-minded professional support to help you confront, emerge and heal rather than be hindered by hopelessness or shut down with long-term life-numbing drugs.

An experienced, evidential medium with counseling skills, or a counsellor that collaborates with a trusted medium to help clients navigate through the emotionally tumultuous journey that follows the death of a loved one, is a safe and effective place to start.

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This is a difficult, confronting and deeply emotional story about death that must be told. Rest assured it has a comforting ending and I hope it finds its way to anyone who is struggling to come to terms with their grief – particularly mothers of stillborn babies.

Once Upon A Time

Photo Credit: Jonny Lindner

I grew up knowing that that my late mother Maja gave birth to a stillborn baby girl in the early 1960s. It wasn’t until the mid-1990s that she spoke at length about her traumatic, at times horrific, ordeal.

Maja emigrated to Australia from the ‘Iron Curtain’ Baltic State of Estonia in the late 1940s. She eventually settled in Adelaide, South Australia where met her Estonian husband Karl. After escaping from the Soviet terror and oppression that befell their homeland, falling in love must have felt like a fairy tale to end all fairy tales.

When they were ready to start a family, my mother miscarried before carrying her first child to full term. She recalled being heavily pregnant and feeling overdue. Doctors at Rose Park Hospital told her otherwise. Her intuition urged her to request that her baby be induced but her plea was ignored.

By the time my mother was what she believed to be at least ten days overdue, she knew that something was terribly wrong and demanded to be induced immediately. This time, the doctors didn’t argue. Tragically, her beautiful baby girl was stillborn.

Dealing With Death Very Badly

After the birth, my mother’s daughter was wrapped in a cloth and whisked away by a nurse. None of the staff knew what to say to her. Nor did her shocked, grieving husband.

She described how a group of doctors milled nervously near her bed, whispering in hushed tones. They all had worried looks on their faces and nobody could look at her, let alone talk to her.

Now deeply traumatised, my mother asked them to bring her baby back but nobody acknowledged her. She needed to hold her child, to say goodbye. Sadly, the hospital staff clearly had no knowledge of how to deal with death in a caring, compassionate manner. Fed up with being ignored and treated like a third-rate immigrant, she yelled at them to bring her baby back.

Thankfully, her baby daughter was returned and she held her close until she was ready to let her go.

Photo: Roman Kraft

A Glimmer of Hope

The final part of this story still haunts me. My father took my mother home from hospital and they never heard a single word about their daughter again. And they were deprived of the opportunity to give their child a funeral. Instead, stillborn babies were secretly buried by hospital authorities and the stillbirth incidents hushed up instead of investigated. As if the babies had never been born.

Just like my late father, I, too, had no words.

Struggling to process this shocking, infuriating story, I sat at my typewriter and thrashed it on my mother’s behalf. Then I called a friend who was a senior newspaper reporter and arranged to meet him.

Unable to speak, I handed him my typewritten pages. He looked over it, looked at me and didn’t utter a word. I left him with it and an article appeared a few days later about an unmarked mass grave in Adelaide’s West Terrace cemetery where stillborn babies had been secretly buried. Parents were given the opportunity to come forward and give their child a respectful farewell with a special memorial.

I showed my mother the story, relieved that she now had the chance to say her final goodbye. Sadly, reliving the grief of losing her baby proved too overwhelming and she shut herself down again. I respected her feelings and left it at that. It felt inappropriate to act on my mother’s behalf and I didn’t dare suggest it.

My Mother and the Shepherd

My mother died suddenly in September 2006. Her health had been failing on all levels and our relationship had become increasingly strained. I saw less and less of her over the years and eventually gave up trying to resolve things. In hindsight, our relationship fractured on the day my father suddenly died in 1980 and we slowly grew apart due to our unresolved grief.

On a happier note, my mother called me the day before she died and sounded unusually chirpy. Little did I know it would be the last words we would speak. Or so I thought.

My partner happened to be an evidential mental medium who never charged money for readings because he had a full time job and just wanted to be of service. He considered himself a lifelong apprentice to spirit – a humble ‘postman’ who simply delivered messages – word for word – from loved ones on the other side. His highly attuned gift of mediumship would bring me immense comfort and strength during the immediate aftermath of her death.

On the morning of my mother’s funeral, my partner rose earlier than usual. I hid under the covers, wishing that death and funerals would go away. He returned to the bedroom soon after, sobbing inconsolably. He said my mother was sitting in our lounge-room wearing her wedding dress and reading a passage from Lord Is My Shepherd. He also said she pointed to the verse that says, ‘I have no ills.’ Surprised that she had come to visit us soon after her passing, I felt a loving wave of relief sweep over me.

Interestingly, the stressful days leading up to her funeral, my brother, sister and I met the pastor at our mother’s house and he read Lord is My Shepherd to us. I chose not to mention the earlier incident with my mother to him because most religious teachings tend to discredit or frown upon the reality of mediumship and direct contact with the otherside.

My Mother & The Pastor’s Lap

During the pastor’s introduction at my mother's funeral service, my partner discreetly nudged me and pointed to an empty chair against the wall near the lectern. He whispered that my mother was sitting there listening and seemed quite pleased with the proceedings.

When the pastor sat down, he whispered, “Linda, the pastor just sat on your mum’s lap.” I started to laugh but swiftly composed myself. It was a funeral after all.

The lonely and challenging grieving process that followed the sudden death of my father in 1980 was a far cry from the experience that unfolded with my mother. She ‘moved in’ with us at our seaside home for several weeks after her funeral and many wondrous things occurred during her stay which made my grieving process so much easier.

Proof That My Mother Is ‘Alive And Well’

Three significant moments with my 'dearly departed' mother will stay with me forever. I hope that sharing them will give readers a sense of hope and comfort that I desperately sought, but never found, in the dark weeks and months that followed my father’s death.

The Sunday morning after the funeral, my partner and I sat outside drinking coffee, soaking up the peaceful spring energy. Out of the blue, he said, “Linda, your mum’s here. She needs to talk to you.”

Jolted out of my daydream, I prepared myself for what would become one of the most profoundly memorable experiences of my life.

For the next two hours, my partner relayed deeply personal, at times confronting questions and emotive anecdotes directly from my mother. I had never shared our old grievances with my partner because they didn’t seem relevant and proceeded to respond to my mother as though she was physically sitting at the table with us.

Immersed in an intense melting pot of truth, misconceptions, anger, honesty and love, my mother and I proceeded to resolve our many earthly differences through my partner’s highly attuned link to her vibration in spirit. We unearthed difficult, painful, at times infuriating issues that had been previously shrouded in toxic silence, creating an ever-widening rift until my mother’s death.

There is no need to share the nature of our grievances here – we all have them. My purpose is to demonstrate why there is no need to live with regret or guilt for the rest of your life when a loved one dies. Issues can be resolved after a loved one’s death with the assistance of an attuned, experienced, evidential medium. But the challenge often lies in finding an authentic medium able to facilitate such a sitting.

The internet will have you believe that everyone is a highly attuned medium which is why discernment is vital when seeking out mediumship services. All the more reason to make our peace with loved ones while they are still with us.

Toward the end of what I can only describe as a crystal clear, three-way-conversation spanning two dimensions and a myriad of emotions, a peaceful calm descended upon us. My mother ended the ‘sitting’ by acknowledging my repeated attempts to pass her an olive branch and heal our differences while she was still alive, conceding that she was too stubborn to meet halfway and accept a truce.

In turn, I apologised for all the upset I caused her over the years and told her that I loved her more than ever. As her energy began to fade, I basked in a soothing energy of love, compassion, joy and gratitude for the profound healing both my mother and I experienced that day.

My partner was as blown away by the marathon sitting as I was and revealed that it was rare to maintain a consistently strong connection to a spirit energy for such a long period of time. My gratitude for his extraordinary gift and vast amount of energy involved in facilitating the vital meeting with my mother, was immeasurable.

Let There Be Light Of A Different Kind

The second significant event occurred when my partner excitedly called out to me from garden shed. When I poked my head inside, I saw him standing underneath a bright fluorescent light with a strange look on his face. When I asked him what was wrong, he pointed to the unplugged light plug swinging from the rafter. We both stood there looking at the light and laughing. I remained brightly lit for quite some time and just as I decided to grab my camera to capture evidence of this freak event, the light flickered out.

I had read that loved ones in spirit can manipulate electricity to gain our attention. Given that my late father was a wildly humorous, electrical engineer in his earthly life, the case of the mysterious, unplugged light made perfect sense.

Mother and Daughter Reunited

The third significant event unfolded early one evening when we were relaxing in the lounge room. My partner looked past me, focused on the nearby patio glass door.

“Linda,” he said. “Your mother is here. She’s holding hands with a beautiful young girl.”

I felt my spirit shift.

“That must be the daughter she lost in the sixties,’ I replied. “My sister.”

He described the little girl as angelic with shoulder length blonde hair and wearing a beautiful white dress. She was seven or eight years old.

“She is very shy,” he continued, “and your mother is gently coaxing her to move toward you. Here she comes now. She is standing in front of you and has just put her hand on your arm. She is saying hello to you.”

I said hello back to my little sister, in awe of the deeply moving moment. We spent some time together in silence and then they left. Knowing that my mother was reunited with the child she lost all those years ago, helped me release the grief that I carried for many years after my mother shared her traumatic story.

“Linda, There Is No Death”

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The healing power of spirit is something that needs to be experienced first hand to truly understand – with or without religious beliefs. I had believed in life after death for a couple of decades thanks to insights from my father who began visiting me in my dreams about nine years after his death.

I clearly recall him appearing in front of me in an ethereal environment and extending his hand. I physically felt his hand when I held it and said, “Dad, you’re not dead, are you?” To which he replied: “Linda, there is no death.”

Which brings me to what prompted me to write this story in the first place.

My day began with a random news report about Australian women giving birth to a stillborn baby every four hours, an abnormal rate that has not declined in two decades. I was immediately reminded of my mother’s experience.

Later that same day, a social media post by evidential medium, spirit interventionist and author Jock Brocas assured grieving parents that their child was ‘alive and well in the spirit world’ and that they will be reunited one day.

I interpreted both messages as signals to write this story about my mother’s loss. Having personally drawn great strength and hope from true stories about overcoming adversity, I hope my story provides some comfort for others who are struggling to come to terms with their grief.

Evidential Mediumship Is Our Greatest Antidote For Grief

In closing, I would like to add that my search for answers began when I was 17, on the day my father suddenly died – the day my impossible grief set in. If it wasn’t for that life-changing event and the tumultuous journey that followed, I wouldn’t be where I am today, or advocating that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel when you know where to look.

Experience has taught me that the secret to healing from grief and embracing life again lies in finding spiritually-minded professional support to help you confront, emerge and heal rather than be hindered by hopelessness or shut down with long-term life-numbing drugs.

An experienced, evidential medium with counselling skills, or a counsellor that collaborates with a trusted medium to help clients navigate through the emotionally tumultuous journey that follows the death of a loved one, is a safe and effective place to start.

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The Online Pitfalls Of Mediumship and Circle Development

There’s a mass upsurgence in the uptake of social media in the spiritual community, and just as the business community can’t do without social media interaction, there’s something quite sinister in undertone: from skeptics setting up mediums and unprofessional, substandard mediumship being touted as professional, to online development circles as the way forward in developing good mediums.

Online courses are a plenty, with 'certifications' given out upon completion of an online course. Business is good. There are groups sprouting everywhere and it’s not long before you see the same personalities and experts, all with opinions on how, why and where.

You have to wonder who is winning and who is losing, and if there any real benefit to working online in the modern world. Is spiritualism changing for the good or in the move to the modern world, losing face? Do we need to go back to the old school to develop the best we can? After all, in spirit, there’s no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Well at least I don’t think so. Read on Macduff!!

Reality Check

The reality is that social media and online profiles or interaction is a double edged sword. On one hand it serves as a very good method of disseminating information and achieving what is known in the business world as brand recognition and authority. It has created new levels of business but has also given birth to a sinister monster.

Rather like the bible, which has a great basis for life and living, it too has been changed to suit the politics of the day, and like the bible, there is nothing but perception and opinion. It stands to reason that a balance must exist. For every yin there has to be a yang and for every black there is a white. You see, we live in a world of opposites, each with its perfect law that creates a unique balancing act that can either tip one way or another.

There are of course good intentions and bad intentions and I believe that sums up the social media world with its lack of emotion and powerful method of information dissemination, which also can be full of disinformation and damaging influence.

Where Is The Divinity In Mediumship

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Where has the divinity in mediumship gone or are we too late to this party?

Most people really forget the reality behind mediumship and of course spirit. A church is now just a show and no one wants to hear great philosophy from wonderful teachers.

We have come to rely upon a more social culture to fuel our lives. The basic fundamentals of spiritual growth and development are often forgotten, hidden by agenda and a race to be at the top of the mountain in all endeavors. In a world where everything is NOW combined with a lack of patience, we want physical phenomena in circles – not in a matter of years, but in the time it takes to brew a pot of tea. Does this all sound jaded? Perhaps a little, and for good cause. One only has to look behind the curtain to see what is hidden.

If you want to witness bad mediumship, which can damage the grieving by the careless choice of a single word, then just go online and see the new level of Social Media for Social Mediums. It’s no wonder our wonderful centers and churches are suffering. No one wants to go anymore. I mean, why would you when there are so many desperate individuals online trying to tout their craft and cloak it as spiritualism and mediumship? Pull up a chair or walk and talk in seconds, get online and in the spirit. But what about the issue of development? Well, that’s now online too.

You certainly don’t comprehensively learn the mechanics of mediumship and the importance of discernment online.

Let’s Come Full Circle

So now we come to the mediumship development circle. At one time it was in the home or church circle – a closed development circle filled with love and the feeling of spirit. Circle members enter with excitement and anticipation of what great spirit has to share with us this week. Your teacher or circle leader creates a testing environment, guiding the students by what he or she feels and knowing if spirit is actually connecting or if the student is blocking themselves. Where mediums not only develop their connection, but grow in spirit and in the time of spirit.

Instead, one can now simply sit on a chair or lounge in a bed and connect with others throughout the world – claiming space in an online development circle where professional mediumship is taught. It's NESCAFE gold blend at its finest and voila, the next thing, there are groups of grieving people seeking guidance who are being pandered to by those who simply got a few things right – not knowing if it was simply psychic influence or really a divine loving connection. The grieving lose out in the long run by disinformation and bad, underdeveloped mediumship.

Benefits of Traditional Circles

Consequently, experiencing a real circle or development group in person, one has the added advantage of feeling real spirit within that circle – harnessed by the power of those who sit in love and harmony. The teacher is able to guide and support the developing medium by being able to feel those subtle nuances and vibrational changes through their own development experience and can certainly discern the level of comfort, fear or judgement.

In taking the realm of spirit to the online world, we place between us technology which has no discernment, and where the teacher can’t identify how the harmony and people in the group are working or what problems exist. We give our power to technology and forget the power of internalized spirit and development of the spiritual gifts in harmony with that which the great spirit gave you. When it comes your time to cross, you won’t be going there and announcing your arrival by a Facebook message or sending out messages in the hope Archangel Michael or your spirit guru will see how awesome you are.

“In the silence of service comes the greatest gift of the spirit that makes the soul shine!” JB

The circle is where we develop. In our daily lives, we monitor our thoughts and take awareness and action in thought and deed. Then when we get back into the development of the circle or the small group that meets in harmony under spirit guidance, the immediate change and development of the soul is clearly measured. The teacher can guide and help the student to understand the language of the soul as it should be.

Some Are Meant To Be Mediums – Some Not

I remember talking to a colleague, let’s call her K. We could both identify how some people who think they have connection, are not within the spirit vibration and merely on the material vibration where the psychic flow seems acceptable. This, of course, causes a false sense of security and does not follow when really helping someone who may be suffering loss. It’s all about the medium and not the connection.

Human needs are complex, but at the root of things is the need to be appreciated and needed and that can become unbalanced. It’s all about numbers and speed. As K would say, some are meant to be mediums and some not. I would have to agree, for it is more damaging to let an untrained individual loose with a gun.

The teacher or leader in a circle with enough experience is able to identify real talent and ability and nurture that individual into a great ambassador for spirit.

It does not matter how technologically advanced we get – real mediumship is born by spiritual development and harnessing the power of spirit within, not from an app, camera or online development group.

If you want to use the excuse that there is no one around to start a circle or to sit, then you have not looked hard enough because there is always a way and it may take a little sacrifice. Another colleague has a home circle while other members travel vast distances just to feel the power of spirit up close and personal. That is where I believe mediumship should grow, up close and personal and learning to feel the real power of spirit in that environment.

Yes technology plays a role in learning, in perhaps serving, but as I believe, not in development. That should always be old school and developing from within.

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From The Wilderness To Scole Swansong – Pt 1

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A compelling series about how direct guidance from Spirit created The Spiritual Science Foundation in Spain.

By Robin P Foy

November 1998. The month when our world fell apart!

That is exactly how it felt when the unique, pioneering 'Scole Experiment' ended quite suddenly and unexpectedly after 5 years of the most amazing Physical Mediumship phenomena that we had ever witnessed in our 25 years of intimate and sustained involvement in this field.

Can you imagine exactly what it feels like to lose your entire family; suddenly, and without prior warning? That is exactly what losing our wonderful Spirit Team felt like!

Coming Soon: The Scole Movie

The 'Scole Experiment' has since become quite famous for its pioneering role – and the role of our beloved Spirit Team – in introducing a new way of producing physical phenomena to mainstream Psychic Research. So much so, that a big-screen Scole Movie is planned about our historic project, based on the book The Scole Experiment by authors Grant and Jane Solomon.

The mind-blowing, often unique phenomena that we witnessed over more than 1,000 hours of sitting during the experimental Scole years was produced by using only a mix of 3 different types of energy dubbed 'Creative Energy' by our Spirit Team. This method has since been named and recognized as Energy-Based phenomena, as opposed to the more traditional Ectoplasm-based phenomena that was practiced widely over the previous 150 years of Physical Mediumship. Energy-based phenomena is now becoming increasingly popular with groups who set out to develop physical mediumship and its stunning objective results.

In the 'stunned' months immediately following the final sittings of the 'Scole Experiment', all four of us Scole Group members presented public seminars for interested people and researchers which set out the hard work and achievements of our Scole Spirit Team.

From the video footage taken during the live sessions at Scole, Alan Bennett edited together a superb compilation of some of our phenomena, together with animated images of ET beings that visited us during the Experiment – leaving pictures of themselves behind for us to see. There were also a number of pictures of the Spirit World itself – including animated trees and fields, plus pyramids similar to those in ancient Egypt. None of these videos and still images had previously been released to the public.

It was during the first of these seminars that we met the authors Grant and Jane Solomon, who had never sat with us – but were still so taken by the Scole results. Their enthusiasm compelled them to write a book about us entitled 'The Scole Experiment', which became a bestseller. It was Grant and Jane who coined the phrase 'The Scole Experiment' and the title has since stuck.

Such was the interest in the 'Scole Experiment' that in the two years following its demise, many different people and groups from all over the world arrived on our Scole doorstep uninvited, expecting to interview us and be entertained. Despite a large number of rubberneckers, however, many really were serious experimenters and researchers themselves.

We also received numerous offers from several either amateur or quasi professional film makers and documentary makers to take part in their proposed films and documentaries. No payment was ever offered for our services or cooperation in their projects. Most simply wanted to make a name for themselves by getting involved in reporting the special and unique Scole results from their own angle.

'The Afterlife Investigations'

We turned the majority of these potential documentary projects down on the spot as few seemed genuine and none offered our own editorial freedom. However, we decided to jointly cooperate in the making of Tim Coleman and Dan Drasin's Documentary 'The Afterlife Investigations' about Scole.

This film was completed by Tim Coleman and has since proved to be a major informational documentary, showcasing amazing evidence of the afterlife which we gathered during our five-year experiment.

The Afterlife Investigations has been seen by millions of people over the years, and played an instrumental role in changing the views of many people who were previously committed skeptics!

I was asked to take part in radio and TV interviews, which I happily did (without any payment). There were also invitations for me to lecture on Scole in Columbus, Ohio, in the USA (which I did on two separate occasions), and another in Budapest, Hungary, which I also did. I appeared at a number of psychic seminars by invitation. There were articles in the 'Sunday Times Supplement'; the EDP (Eastern Daily Press) magazine; plus a special Japanese magazine that reported our Scole results and published some of our photos received during sittings via the 'psychic photography department' of our Spirit Team.

Uninvited Guests of a Different Kind

One of the very first uninvited visitors after our Experiments had finished, was a dentist from Israel – Doctor Adrian Klein – who has since become a very good friend. On another occasion, a party of eight people arrived one afternoon from Italy. This party included Marcello Bacci (the famous Direct Radio Voice medium) and his wife Marina, together with their friends Emanuel Toriello; Alex Zampieri, with Italian Lawyer Amerigo Festa and their three wives.

Whilst enjoying a drink with this group at the Scole Inn, and in full light, I witnessed the unexpected arrival of a few apported glass trinkets – one of which actually arrived in my own pocket without any of the Italian group touching me!

This meeting resulted in our being invited to Marcello Bacci's laboratory at Grosseto in Italy (three times in all) to experience Bacci's impressive Direct Radio Voice phenomena.

As a result of this invitation, and after our initial visit to Italy, two of the party who had visited us at Scole – Emanuel and Alex – became good friends. They worked in the UK for a so that they could join us in starting a new group at Scole, some 18 months after our original Experiment finished in 1998.

Just The Two Of Us

After a few months with our two new sitters, it was obvious that the new group was not going to be successful – but the experience did reawaken our passion for sitting. Although the circle with the Italians did not work out, we went back to the drawing board and started sitting all over again – just Sandra and I.

First of all, we simply sat together on a weekly basis. Very little happened during these sittings until we invited our daughter and grandson to join us. On the few occasions we sat with them in the cellar at Scole, we noticed some reoccurring phenomena.

For example, a ping-pong ball 'scooted around' rapidly in a Pyrex bowl on our central table each time they joined us. This got our attention! Although our daughter and grandson were unable to sit with us regularly in the experiments, these early results did give us the motivation to continue.

Then we started to look for other circle members to join us on a regular basis. Up until 2006, we tried all sorts of different combinations of sitters in our new group. Once again, though, most of these produced very little in the way of results. We also started to have private readings with a number of professional mediums to see if we could get any clues from Spirit as to what they wanted us to do.

Finally, at a local spiritual centre near Diss, we came across an evidential deep trance medium called Les Driver. Both of us had short sittings with him and Les was able to put us in touch with some of the Spirit Team we had known at Scole in an evidential way.

This led us to believe that Spirit still had a job for us to do – and that the timing had to be right for us to once again develop some excellent phenomena. It also caused us to visit Les a second time (around 2002) for a private sitting in his home at Worksop in Nottinghamshire.

More accurate revelations came from this joint sitting and it became obvious that we did need to once again start sitting seriously, and that there was already a Spirit Team in place to monitor our efforts and help with the new centre development.

Les had himself given a large part of this private sitting in deep trance and soon afterwards, was able to work as an electrician close to Scole and combine that with a weekly sitting with the two of us. This continued for several months. Although we got lots of encouragement from Spirit via Les's deep trance, the eagerly sought phenomena just did not happen again at that time, and Sandra and I went back to simply sitting together for a while.

DelaWarr Camera Experiments

Shortly afterwards, we were contacted by Peter Moscow – the then President of the American Psychotronics Association and one of the founders of the Electronic Medicine Association in the UK. Peter had a holistic healing clinic in St Louis, Kentucky and was extremely knowledgeable in the field of radionics, and especially electronic radionic gadgets that he used, many of which were to his own specification. Peter was also a member of the Delawarr Society of Radionics.

Seeing that we had enjoyed such good physical mediumship and phenomena during the 'Scole Experiment', Peter was anxious to discover if we were able to get any positive results with his DelaWarr Camera. As far as we knew, there were only two original DelaWarr Cameras left in existence.

It was a very large piece of equipment that did not, in any way, resemble an actual camera. It worked on 'radionic' psychic principles, some of which go hand-in-hand with physical phenomena.

The De La Warrs made many radionics experiments with the De La Warr Radionic Camera in particular. A few amazing experiments the De La Warrs carried out included one in which they produced a photograph of a three-month-old fetus from the blood sample of a pregnant woman, with the lady being over 50 miles away at the time.

Another example involved taking a picture of a patient’s brain from a blood sample, which showed a tumour. An autopsy after the patient’s death showed a tumour in the exact place on the brain that was depicted in the photograph.

In 1950, George De La Warr took a photograph using a drop of his own blood and a drop of his wife Marjorie's blood while holding the thought in his mind of their wedding day in 1929. The photo they received showed two human-like figures standing side by side, although not clearly identifiable as George and Marjorie.

From 2003 to 2006, and between our weekly sittings for the development of physical phenomena, we started to experiment with the De La Warr Camera that Peter had lent us. Surprisingly, although our sessions with the camera were a bit hit and miss, we did start to get some very good psychic pictures and photographic images when we used the camera, so there was definite development taking place.

Our results, however, were never up to the standard of the photographs obtained when the De La Warrs were using and experimenting with their camera. The camera was returned to a scientific researcher designated by Peter before we left Scole.

We considered the possibility of retiring abroad, but could not agree on which country would suit us best. So, for a few years, we travelled to France, Cyprus and Majorca to seriously look at suitable retirement properties. France came out as favorite initially, but we thought that such a move might involve us in too much red tape, and dropped the idea for a while.

It was in early 2004 that Sandra began to receive crystal clear clairvoyant and clairaudient messages again. Whilst she sat quietly during her night-shift job in a Diss electronics factory, she kept getting a recurring message which constantly told her to 'move to Spain'.

In Part 2, Robin and Sandra Foy embark on the unknown road to Spain.

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