COMMENTARY:
IS WEALTH A HINDRANCE TO GOING TO THE LEVEL OF THE LIGHT?
Spiritual laws apply to everyone, irrespective
of wealth, poverty, gender, race, or social status. What
determines our state in the afterlife is our habitual consciousness:
our desires, preoccupations, and motivations.
One of the biggest lessons in life is that we gain higher
vibrations (increase in spirituality) when we love and help
others. If a person gains wealth as a by-product of his/her
creativity and hard work, or if a super-rich person is ethical
and unselfishly uses his/her wealth to help others, he or
she would automatically be drawn to the higher levels on
crossing over.
However, many people find that the way they have been making
or preserving their wealth does affect their consciousness.
After a near-death experience, they say that they were not
able to experience themselves as loving and helping others
in their previous occupations. As a result, many make a
major career change to enable them to do so.
RESURECTED MILLIONAIRE DOESN'T CARE
ABOUT MONEY One example that
illustrates the change of priorities about wealth that often
follows a Near Death Experience is the Gordon Allen Story.
Gordon was a very successful businessman who says that he
"loved making money." When he came back to his
physical body after his NDE, he felt that his heart was
"on fire with love" and he could no longer continue
in his intense commercial business.
The segment about Gordon Allen is part of
a 2003 BBC documentary that featured the leading scientists
involved in NDE research. For many years the BBC refused
to re-play the documentary or make it available for sale,
and it was only in
December 2019 that IANDS announced it had been made
public. Watch the
full version of The Day I Died.
THE SENSATIONAL
WILLIAM STEAD In 1912, when
the Titanic was sinking, William
Thomas Stead is reported to have given his life-jacket
to someone else. A famous man during his lifetime, he was
a convinced Spiritualist and publisher of books about survival
after death. His books included Real Ghost Stories
(1891), a collection of reports of psychic experiences,
and Letters from Julia (1909), based on his own
automatic writing. Within a few days of his death, he communicated
through several mediums, and even materialised in front
of credible witnesses. Keith Parsons' fascinating video
about William Stead gives a wonderful portrait of this great
man. To see the entire collection of Keith Parsons' Spiritual
Evidence movies, go
to this link.
THE BLUE ISLAND
After
he drowned, William Stead was able to speak directly to
his daughter, Estelle, for 40 minutes through a direct voice
medium named Etta Wreidt. He also transmitted an account
of his initial life on the other side through automatic
writing to one of Estelle's friends. He called the reception
station where the victims of the Titanic sinking were taken
"The Blue Island." Whitecrow Books now has The
Blue Island, a fascinating account of experiences of
a new arrival in the afterlife, available in Kindle and
paperback versions.
Read more.
MEDIUM BRENT ATWATER TALKS ABOUT
DISCOVERING PET REINCARNATION Medical
intuitive and animal medium Brent
Atwater has researched animals in the afterlife, animal
life after death and pet reincarnation for almost 20 years.
Her TV show, books, podcasts, blog, and Pet
loss Facebook group are a popular animal life after
death resource.
EARTH SCHOOL - FOUR BOOKS EXPLAINING
WHO WE ARE IN ETERNITY Dr.
Craig Hogan, founder of the Afterlife
Research and Education Institute has a wonderful way
of explaining complex truths in easy to understand language.
HisYour
Eternal Self (2008) has been on our shelf of favourite
books for many years. This coming Sunday on our Zoom Global
Gathering he will be telling us about his newest project
- a series of 4 books about the meaning of life. The first
book called THE
EARTH SCHOOL, is an easy-to-read summary of the
contents of three other books which give detailed explanations
and evidence. Join us online on Sunday at 3 p.m. New York
Time; 9 p.m. London time; and Monday 7 a.m. Sydney time.
https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
CHRISTINE DUMINIAK ON AFTER DEATH
CONTACTS Christine Duminiak, Certified Grief
Recovery Specialist and author interviewed about her popular
book,
After-Death Communications:God's Gift of Love.
WHAT IS TRUMPET MEDIUMSHIP? IS IT
THE SAME AS DIRECT VOICE? If
you go to a physical mediumship meeting, you will probably
see a "seance trumpet", a
simple aluminum cone. The spirit team can construct
a voice box inside
the trumpet to amplify the spirit voices. The trumpet remains
connected to the medium with ectoplasm. The trumpet can
be moved around the circle and placed against a particular
sitter's ear for a private message. But the voices from
the trumpet are usually not as loud as when the voice box
is independent and able to be moved anywhere in the room
without a trumpet. If you are sitting with a physical medium
and a trumpet comes to you, you must be careful not to touch
it because it is connected to the medium, and if you brush
it aside, you could injure the medium.
JURGEN ZIEWE OUTLINES HIS JOURNEY
TO ACCESSING THE HIGHER SPHERES An autobiographical video
following the path of Enlightenment and the spiritual evolution
over a whole lifetime, leading to direct access of information
within the higher strata of consciousness. To get inspiration
and a more in-depth knowledge of the Astral worlds and the
adventures there, please refer to Jurgen's books,
his website,
and his video
channel.
VOICES ACROSS THE VEIL
Would you like to go to an online demonstration of mediumship
where you are guaranteed to be chosen for a reading with
a tested evidential medium? Voices Across The Veil is a
project created by Michelle
Szabo and Dr.
Dennis Grega (creators of Afterlife
Data) to allow more people to experience after-death
communications with experienced, reliable mediums at a reasonable
cost. They set up and monitor small group online sessions.
People are asked a short series of questions before and
after each session. Cost of the session is around $40. There
are sessions scheduled for March 9th and March 16th. Read
more...
PERSONAL MEMORIES OF CHICO XAVIER
Luis Sergio Marotta and Livia Marotta have
been involved in teaching the philosophy of Spiritism from
their home in Belo Horizonte, in Brazil, for many years.
Here they share their personal experiences with Chico Xavier.
THIS WEEK'S AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS
Saturday 22nd February 2020
Love After Life: Rebuilding a happy, fulfilling
relationship with our **ROMANTIC** soul-mates / twin-flames
who have crossed over.
Dates of meetings: Every Saturday (US TIME)
Must be a member of the FB group Love After Life
Coordinators: Mary Beth Spann Mank mbspann@aol.com &
William J. Murray wjmurray@design249.com
Sunday 23rd February 2020
Mediumship Developmentwith Dr. Susan Barnes.
Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending
with spirit. Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th - Sunday 23rd
February Times: 2.00 p.m. New York time Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU
susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Global Gathering This week our guests will be Craig
Hogan Ph.D. who wil be speaking about his new books in the
Earth School series.
Los Angeles 12 noon Sunday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Chicago 2 p.m. Sunday
New York 3 p.m. Sunday
London 8 p.m. Sunday
Rome 9.p.m. Sunday
Capetown 10.p.m. Sunday
Sydney 7.a.m. Monday https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Tuesday 25th February 2020
6-week course
6-7 pm EST
Deepen Your Conversation with Your Loved Ones who have Died
Each hour will consist of specific content based on Rudolf
Steiner's teachings and Lynn Stull's personal experience
as well as questions and specific needs of participants.
Express your interest or obtain more information.
Lynn Stull, lynn@easinggrief.com, lynn@lynnstull.com
or Mary Beth Slivka, marybeth@evaluator.com
Wednesday 26th February 2020 Physical mediumship
development group
with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan
8 p.m. Central time; 9 p.m. New York; 6 p.m. Pacific Time; The group is now admitting
new members.
Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes;
the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing
phenomena in their own homes. https://zoom.us/j/4381898190
DOING WHAT YOU LOVE Some
people are fortunate enough to be able to work out what
they love doing, and choose a way of life that gives them
spiritual fulfillment. Dr. John Kitchin found that his health
was being affected by continuing in a job he hated, so he
quit his medical career and his million-dollar lifestyle.
He traded his mansion for a one room apartment and discovered
that slow motion skating was a form of meditation that put
him "in the zone" - a state of heightened focus
and blissful immersion.
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT TUCSON
APRIL
WHAT: The Science of Consciousness (TSC) 2020 WHEN: April 13 - 18, 2020 WHERE: Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson,
Arizona WHO: ~700 scientists, philosophers, educators,
academicians, students, meditators, artists, interested
public, and seekers from 50 countries ...and You! WHY: TSC is the world’s largest
and longest-running interdisciplinary conference addressing
fundamental questions regarding consciousness, the brain,
reality, and existence. Included in your registration:
Pre-Plenary Workshops, Welcome Reception, Plenary Sessions,
Concurrent Sessions, Posters, Demos, Wellness, Light receptions,
Poetry Slam, Closing End of Consciousness Party
HOW: Learn more and register at http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/
1) "Thank you, Victor and Wendy! There wasn't
one thing in this entire report that I skipped over. Everything
was so fascinating! A real gift this, and every, week!
With gratitude." Lisa
2 ) "There are so many interesting
stories Victor, and so much we can learn from. You really
put subjects worth researching and learning about. Thank
you for your efforts. Always great to read the Friday
Afterlife Report." Marion Dampier-Jeans
3 ) "Hi Victor and Wendy, thanks for your Newsletter:
the Love Changes Everything song with Michael
Ball and Il Divo is fabulous thank you! The link below
is to an atmospheric song - The
Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison - which for
me reflects the imprints of other lives stored within
the windmills of one’s mind. Our earthly incarnations,
though seemingly encapsulated by constructs of space and
time, play out not in a linear fashion, but round …
… like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within
a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel …
Keep up the good work. Thanks." Alex
HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC Alex's email
reminded me that Windmills of Your Mind
is an old favourite,
so I looked for a version that took my breath away. I found
it in the acapella introduction by Barbara Streisand. As
a former professional musician, I can say that she is exceptional
- absolutely pitch-perfect with masterful control. The slower
pace gives you more time to focus on the haunting lyrics.
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