COMMENTARY: MORE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE SHARING AFTERLIFE EXPERIENCESThe informal sanctions on professionals who speak out about the afterlife and the paranormal are very real in competitive scientific and academic institutions. The Journal of Scientific Exploration Etzel Cardena of Lund University, Sweden, describes the blatant attempts to suppress and censor parapsychology research and those who are doing it. Instances include raising false accusations, barring access to journals, suppressing papers and data, and ostracizing and persecuting scientists interested in the topic (read a pdf copy of the article). We have, on many occasions, been contacted by scientists who tell us that they feel that they can't say anything about their contacts with the afterlife until they retire.
But doctors and nurses who work close to birth and death on a daily basis may be more open-minded as a result of direct personal experience. Although we often hear about doctors being highly skeptical, in a survey of 1,044 doctors in the USA, 76 percent said they believe in God, 59 percent said they believe in some sort of afterlife, and 55 percent said their religious beliefs influence how they practice medicine. A book by Dr. Scott Kolbaba includes 'miraculous' experiences by 27 physicians (chosen from 200 experiences he gathered).
So, although there may still be pressure on medical practitioners to keep these experiences to themselves, it is encouraging to see that there are more and more doctors and nurses who are embracing research (especially in the areas of NDEs and end-of-life experiences) and speaking out about afterlife contact experiences.
EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR TALKS TO PATIENTS AFTER THEY DIE Dr. Todd Michael, author of The Evolution Angel,The Twelve Conditions of a Miracle, and The Hidden Parables encountered death frequently while working as a trauma physician. Realising that his patients might still be able to hear him after they died, he began to reach out to them after the ER machines had been turned off. In this talk, he explains how he also began communicating with an advanced being who explained why seemingly terrible things happen to good people.
HOW PROFESSOR BARRETT DISCOVERED DEATHBED VISIONS It was Professor Barrett's wife, Lady Florence Barrett, an obstetric surgeon, (pictured left) whose observations led to the serious study of "deathbed visions." She told her husband about Doris, a woman who had died at her hospital after having a baby. Just before Doris died, she sat up and become very excited about seeing a wonderful place and said that her father had come to take her there. Then she expressed surprise to see her sister with her father. It seems that the sister had died three weeks before, but Doris had not been told. This story was so interesting to Professor Barrett that he undertook a systematic study of death-bed visions.
DR. JEFF O'DRISCOLL - NORMALISING SHARED-DEATH EXPERIENCES IN MEDICAL PRACTICE Dr. Jeff has been sharing his profound afterlife experiences in videos, in his book "Not Yet", in speaking engagements and conference presentations. He feels that doctors will only share their experiences if they have safe spaces to do so and is excited about the potential of social media to create such safe spaces.
DR. IAN RUBENSTEIN MEDICAL MEDIUM
Ian Rubenstein M.D. is an English doctor who successfully combines medicine and mediumship at the local level as a primary care physician. His fascinating book Consulting Spirit is the true story of a general practitioner who was drawn into the world of spirit mediumship and started receiving messages from his patients' deceased relatives. His patients did not object. He says that the only time anyone complained was a woman who told the practice manager she was not happy because she "hadn't been given a message."
"THE SCIENCE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH" WITH PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MOREIRA-ALMEIDA
Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, is professor of psychiatry at the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) in Brazil. He is coauthor of the new book, "Science of Life After Death". Here he identifies the primary scientific objection to postmortem survival as physicalism, the metaphysical notion that nature is entirely based on matter. He points out that this common notion within academia is not a requirement of science. In fact, it has long been disputed within philosophy, going back to Plato, and is not accepted by many Brazilian psychiatrists and academics. He describes research with Brazilian medium, Chico Xavier. He also describes research on reincarnation and on near-death experiences.
FASCINATING EXPERIENCES WITH MATERIALISATION In this fascinating article from the Theosophical Society's 'Journal of Religion and Psychical Research' Volume 11, No 2, April 1988, Mr. John R. Crowley talks about his experiences in a seance with physical medium Rev. Warren Smith in New York in 1947. He claims that William James, the first educator to offer a psychology course in the USA, materialised and told the sitters that he was working with a group of 42 college students and their two professors who had died in a plane crash. "Now", he said, "Would you like to meet one of the students who, as you call it, 'died' in the plane crash, and has been a part of our experiment?" Naturally, we said "Yes!" and a young man materialized and stood next to him. We talked with him and were struck by his total normality...no evidence of trauma to heart or mind caused by his sudden death." Read full account (Under the heading I SEE ECTOPLASM FOR THE FIRST TIME)
FORMER COP DIES TWICE AND BECOMES A SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS CRUSADER
Robert Bare died twice on the same day and had two different Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). The first one took place shortly after boarding a plane in March, 2009, where he had a massive heart attack and was clinically deceased for approximately 45 minutes. His second NDE was after being taken to the hospital and clinically died once more, this time for approximately 10 minutes. Both NDEs were profiled in the TV show, “I Survived Beyond and Back.”
"LOSING MY HUSBAND AND FINDING HIM AGAIN THROUGH A MEDIUM"A journalist describes in Elle Magazine her after-death contacts and an accurate telephone reading with a medium. She includes information about the Windbridge Institute (now Windbridge Research Center). Julie Beischel writes "I think it's an important step demonstrative of real change that, in this mainstream magazine, the editor didn't require the author to also talk to a denier who would inevitably discount her powerful after-death communication experiences as coincidence and/or the wishful thinking of a grieving widow". Read the article.
BARRY EATON'S PAST LIFE
Barry Eaton, a former ABC radio and TV presenter and newsreader, is an Australian medium, astrologer and the author of the best-selling book “Afterlife: Uncovering the Secrets of Life After Death.” He claims that in a past life he was a young WWI British soldier named Brian, who died in the Battle of the Somme, which took place in France in 1916. He says thanks to a past-life regression he relived the exact moment of Brian’s passing as well as his experience in the afterlife. Barry has written four books so far and is the head of the internet radio station “RadioOutThere.com”:
GORDON PHINN'S AFTERLIFE BOOKS Gordon Phinn is a practicing psychic and spiritual counselor, offering many services from his home in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto, Canada. He has spent many years exploring consciousness through out-of-body travel and the reams of occult and esoteric teachings that have come down to us from earlier civilizations. He has written a series of books on the afterlife, reincarnation, and the ascended Masters.
Eternal Life And How To Enjoy It", based on a series of lucid dreams, was issued in 2004 by Hampton Roads. This was followed in 2008 by 'More Adventures In Eternity" in which Gordon traces how he learned to communicate with spirits high and low, the human dead, nature spirits, aliens, angels, spirit guides, prophets, and his higher self. The third book in his afterlife trilogy "You are History: The Soul, The Higher Self, and our Share of Divinity" was released in 2015 (White Crow Books).
He has also written a novel set in the afterlife, "An American In Heaven" the essays, "Confronting Your Immortality", a channeled work, "Jesus And The Christ", a second book of essays, "Embracing Your Divinity" and a number of other works.
TIME CHANGES Check the times as they will change again when daylight saving ends in the UK and Europe on October 30, 2022 and a week later on Sunday, November 6, 2022 in the USA
NEXT WEEK - 29th OCTOBER - ON OUR ZOOM GLOBAL GATHERING
Saturday October 22nd 2022 / Sunday October 23rd Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Ana Castro.
Every Saturday. A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings.
Times:
Pacific and Phoenix time 1 p.m. Saturday
Mountain daylight time 2 p.m. Saturday
Central time 3 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Saturday
London 9 p.m. Saturday
Rome 10 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Sunday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday October 23rd 2022 / Monday October 24th Australia
Distant Healing Prayer SERVICE 12 noon EST - On the fourth Sunday of the Month we come together to both receive and send healing energy to others. We work with a guided meditation /visualization for breathing in the light and directing it through thought. This focused breathing is a combination of two wonderful techniques, one which Sheri learned from the British Spiritual Healer, Mr. Harry Edwards and the other from Baba Ram Dass. Both in Spirit now, they both gave much to this world. This group will meet in Sheri Perl's personal zoom meeting room: http://zoom.us/j/8700196553.
Times:
Pacific and Phoenix time 9 a.m. Sunday
Mountain daylight time 10 a.m. Sunday
Central time 11 a.m. Sunday
Eastern time 12 noon Sunday
London 5 p.m. Sunday
Rome 6 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 3 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 5 a.m. Monday Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Sheri Perl
Just click this link to join.
Sunday October 23rd 2022 / Monday October 24th Australia
Mediumship Development with Dr. Susan Barnes. Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday
Times:
Pacific Daylight Time 10 a.m. Sunday
Phoenix time 10 a.m. Sunday
Mountain Daylight Time 11 a.m. Sunday
Central Daylight Time 12 noon Sunday
Eastern Daylight Time (New York) 1 p.m. Sunday
London 6 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 4 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 6 a.m. Monday
Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Sunday October 23rd 2022 / Monday October 24th Australia
Global Gathering. Kim Parker is a shamanic practitioner, author and dream worker. She channels mystical poetry and uplifting spiritual messages. She has had a lifetime of extraordinary experiences and is the founder and facilitator of GOSH, an acronym for gatherings over strange happenings and Dream Circle. Kim will be talking about experiences with strange happenings and dreams, her books, and St. Stephen and his role in her life and in her work. Times:
Pacific Daylight Time 1 p.m. Sunday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) 2 p.m. Sunday
Central Daylight time 3 p.m. Sunday
Eastern Daylight time 4 p.m. Sunday
London 9 p.m. Sunday
Amsterdam 10 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday Check the time for your city
Co-ordinators: karynjarvie@ozemail.com.au and wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday October 24th 2022 /Tuesday October 25th Australia
Gatherings Over Strange Happenings (GOSH) When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesday 7 a.m. (Sydney). A small group that meets to share
and explore the meaning of strange experiences like missing time, seeing scenes from another time, interacting with a person who suddenly wasn't there, bi-location etc. If it's something you cannot share easily with others, bring it to this group to get validation and speculate on its cause. See short video about GOSH
Times:
Pacific Daylight Time 1 p.m. Monday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Monday
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) 2 p.m. Monday
Central Daylight Time 3 p.m. Monday
Eastern Daylight Time 4 p.m. Monday
London 9 p.m. Monday
Rome 10 p.m. Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday
Check the time in your city.
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Tuesday October 25th 2022 /Wednesday October 26th Australia
Spirit Art Medium Susan Barnes leads a group creating spirit art with messages.
No art experience required.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
Times:
Pacific Daylight Time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Daylight Time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Central Daylight Time 8 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Daylight Time (New York) 9 p.m. Tuesday
London 2 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 12 noon Wednesday
New Zealand 2 p.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Wednesday October 26th 2022/ Thursday October 27th Australia
Physical mediumship development group Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena. This is a long-term commitment.
Times:
Pacific and Arizona time 6 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain Daylight time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central Daylight time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Perth 9.a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 12 noon. Thursday
New Zealand 2 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Contact Rob Blackburn (rkblack@mtco.com) or Craig Hogan (r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org) before joining the group.
https://zoom.us/j/4381898190
THE HUMAN-ANIMAL CONNECTION WITH GRETCHEN BICKERT Last Sunday Gretchen Bickert led a sharing session on the animal-human connection at our Global Gathering last week. She talked about the connections she has had with animal companions and the ways she was able to support them in their health (Gretchen is experienced in alternative and palliative care for animals) and celebrate their lives. Then members of the audience joined in with their stories of animal connection and how one animal was particularly significant in each of their lives. Gretchen runs a similar sharing group on zoom on the 2nd Thursday of each month US time. Watch for the announcement in the Free Afterlife Zoom Groups list.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ENGLISH MEDIUM MAVIS PITTILLA Where: Arthur Findlay College
in the Sanctuary at the Stansted Hall, Burton End, Stansted CM24 8UD When: Saturday 29th October at 1pm until 3pm
Online: https://www.mavispittilla.com/memorial/ on the actual day and time.
Just open the link and scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see a box entitled Kalm Creative where the live memorial will be shown on
See time in your city.
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
Some uplifting clips of people and animals.
THE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS FOUNDATION The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is a small nonprofit that creates free resources to inspire kindness at home, school and work. They believe that all people can connect through kindness and that kindness can be taught. They follow a simple framework:> Empower -> Act -> Reflect -> Share. Their evidence-based Kindness in the Classroom® curriculum gives students the social and emotional skills needed to live more successful lives. Their workplace kindness calendar shows companies how easy it is to change workplace culture through simple kind gestures.
Check out the kindness quotes and the kindness videos.
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SOMETHING INSPIRATIONAL: THE EXQUISITE VOICE OF EVA CASSIDY Eva Cassidy's haunting voice turned her into a star - five years after her death from melanoma at age 33. While she was alive she never got further in life than temporary jobs and rented flats, a bus ride from the house where she grew up and where her statue stands. Yet now when people hear her singing they dissolve into tears at the delicacy of her phrasing and sweetness of her voice. Listen to her exquisite version of "Songbird".
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AFTERLIFE REPORT 
The informal sanctions on professionals who speak out about the afterlife and the paranormal are very real in competitive scientific and academic institutions. The Journal of Scientific Exploration Etzel Cardena of Lund University, Sweden, describes the blatant attempts to suppress and censor parapsychology research and those who are doing it. Instances include raising false accusations, barring access to journals, suppressing papers and data, and ostracizing and persecuting scientists interested in the topic (read a 
Florence Barrett, an obstetric surgeon, (pictured left) whose observations led to the serious study of "deathbed visions." She told her husband about Doris, a woman who had died at her hospital after having a baby. Just before Doris died, she sat up and become very excited about seeing a wonderful place and said that her father had come to take her there. Then she expressed surprise to see her sister with her father. It seems that the sister had died three weeks before, but Doris had not been told. This story was so interesting to Professor Barrett that he undertook a systematic study of death-bed visions.
an Rubenstein M.D. is an English doctor who successfully combines medicine and mediumship at the local level as a primary care physician. His fascinating book 
1947. He claims that 
describes in Elle Magazine her after-death contacts and an accurate telephone reading with a medium. She includes information about the 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Ana Castro.
12 noon EST - On the fourth Sunday of the Month we come together to both receive and send healing energy to others. We work with a guided meditation /visualization for breathing in the light and directing it through thought. This focused breathing is a combination of two wonderful techniques, one which Sheri learned from the British Spiritual Healer, 
Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Times:
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesday 7 a.m. (Sydney). A small group that meets to share
and explore the meaning of strange experiences like missing time, seeing scenes from another time, interacting with a person who suddenly wasn't there, bi-location etc. If it's something you cannot share easily with others, bring it to this group to get validation and speculate on its cause. See 
Medium Susan Barnes leads a group creating spirit art with messages. 
Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena. This is a long-term commitment.
Where: Arthur Findlay College
in the Sanctuary at the Stansted Hall, Burton End, Stansted CM24 8UD 
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