COMMENTARY: LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE We live in a death-denying society. Many in developed countries think that they are going to live for a thousand years – forgetting that we only live for just a few decades and that at any time we are just a heartbeat away from eternity.
One of the problems of modern life is that
we are conditioned to pursue material goals - a career or dream house or a comfortable retirement. There is nothing wrong with this in itself, but sometimes it is not in your soul's plan. Pursuing material goals single-mindedly may mean that you never get around to having the experiences that you came here for, or that there is no time left to foster the most important human qualities of love, kindness, cooperation and caring - even within families.
We are constantly told from the afterlife that our lifestyle in the afterlife will be a direct counterpart of our state of consciousness on Earth. We will find ourselves in the company of people of similar vibration to our real selves. The spiritual (not necessarily the religious) - those who treat others with kindness, empathy and compassion and go out of their way to help others in genuine need - are living their best lives.
Guaranteed, if you raise your consciousness you will find it reflected in your future environment both here and hereafter.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?
Professor Stafford Betty has published six books, The Afterlife Unveiled (2011), Heaven and Hell Unveiled (2014), and a novel The Imprisoned Splendor (2011). He also has a Whitecrow books blog, a Huffington Post blog, and has written dozens of articles and essays on a wide variety of subjects. Here he is interviewed by Jeffrey Mishlove. We have set the video to open at the mark where Stafford begins his explanation of what happens at the moment of death.
ON THIS WEEKEND - IANDS 2022 ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: NDEs and the MIND-BRAIN RELATIONSHIP
Online Friday-Sunday, Feb. 11-13,
11:00 am-4:30 p.m. EST (New York) time
8:00 am - 1.30 p.m. Pacific (Los Angeles)
3.00 a.m -
7.30 a.m. Eastern Australia Check starting time in your city Days 1 and 2 - Experts in near-death experiences (NDEs), psi phenomena, past-life memories, shared-death experiences, terminal lucidity, evidential mediumship, veridical after-death communication (ADC), neurological evidence, and philosophical considerations. Day 3 - Experiencers and practitioners: physician NDErs, an evidential medium, induced ADC therapists, and out-of-body/astral projection experiencers. See schedule and details.
DURING HER NDE SHE LEARNED THAT HER IMAGINARY FRIEND WAS REAL Mycailin had a near-death experience from an accident with a horse. She was taken out of her body and watched the accident from above. [This is something that is often reported by people who have NDEs.] She then learned that her childhood "imaginary friend" is real. Here's her website.
THE FASCINATING AFTERLIFE RESEARCH OF JAMES HEWAT McKENZIE After a personal encounter with a psychic medium, James Hewat McKenzie (1869-1929) took a year's leave from his practice as a psychologist and psychoanalyst in 1900. He spent the next 29 years studying mediumship and experimenting with some of the greatest physical and trance mediums of the early 20th century. He spent many years touring and lecturing in the United States, both seeking and studying mediums. In 1920 he founded the British College of Psychic Science as a center for information, advice, and guidance, where psychic mediums of good reputation could be consulted, and where scientific research into psychic phenomena could take place. His book has wonderful chapters on physical mediumship and a section that describes the afterlife in very similar terms to those used in Anthony Borgia's "Life in the World Unseen." Check out his book.
USING SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR AFTERLIFE RESEARCH Dr. Charles Tart argues that traditional science has unnecessarily limited itself and that it is possible to use scientific method to investigate spiritual subjects.
ALBERT BEST - BRILLIANT HEALER AND MEDIUM Albert Best was an Irish medium who moved to Scotland. He was the mentor to the famous Scottish psychic/medium, Gordon Smith. In addition to being a medium, he was also a spiritual healer. While he was serving overseas in WWII his wife and three children were killed in an air raid on Belfast. Later in life he claimed that he had been able to embrace his materialized wife and three children during a home circle with a materialization medium in Glasgow.
On his deathbed, he saw his wife and children in the room with him. Witnesses, including Gordon Smith, state that there were tears of joy in his eyes, and he told visitors: 'They've come, you will have to let me go'. He gave a last smile and slipped into a coma from which he never awoke. He passed into Spirit on Friday 12th April 1996. To read more about this amazing medium see "'Best' of Both worlds: A tribute to a Great Medium".
MEDICAL SCIENTIST DR. PETER FENWICK Co-author of several books including 'The Art Of Dying,' 'The Truth In The Light' and 'The Hidden Door', neuro-psychiatrist Dr. Peter Fenwick talks about his research into End-of-Life Experiences and deathbed phenomena including 1) premonitions 2) visits from deceased relatives 3) deathbed visions leading to changes in language.
FORGIVENESS IS NEEDED BY THOSE WHO HAVE DIED One of the main things our loved ones say when they communicate through a medium is that they want forgiveness. This is illustrated in the following extract from a new book by Laura Lynne Jackson, a medium certified by the Forever Family Foundation and the Windbridge Institute. Her book "The Light Between Us: Stories from Heaven. Lessons for the Living" contains many heartwarming stories. Read an except 'Forgiveness from the other side'.
MATIAS DE STEFANO: THE MAN WITH THE COSMIC MEMORY Matías De Stefano was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina, in 1987. He claims that from the moment of his birth he remembered everything he did before this incarnation and could understand how the Universe works. He says he has been reincarnated with a specific mission on Earth to help us find our purpose so that we can collectively break through to powerful new experiences and build a new world.
THE SUPER-PSI HYPOTHESIS Afterlife researchers have always been concerned to eliminate the possibility that a medium might be getting information from a living person, rather than from someone who has died. Many experiments have been done to show that telepathy from the living is not involved in good mediumship. Mediums have been shown to score poorly for telepathy. Sometimes 'drop-in communicators' come through who are unknown to the medium or the sitters. Mediumship readings differ with the skills of the communicating spirit and some spirit communicators accurately describe the location of hidden objects which no living person knows. Skeptics also try to claim that perhaps the medium is tuning into a 'cosmic data bank' where all the memories of the world are stored. This is the 'super-psi' hypothesis. Read this article which rebuts it. See Life in B Flat.
STORIES FROM THE OTHER SIDE Forever Family Foundation mediums Lynn LeClere and Laura Lynne Jackson talk of how they first became aware of their abilities.
FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
Thursday February 10th 2022 / Friday February 11th Australia
Practical Metaphysics - an exciting group on the 2nd and 4th week of the month for anyone interested in mediumship and more.
Times:
Pacific time 6 p.m. Thursday
Phoenix 7 p.m. Thursday
Chicago 8 p.m. Thursday
New York 9 p.m. Thursday
London 2 a.m. Friday
Brisbane 12 noon Friday
Sydney 1 p.m. Friday Check time in Your city
[ Note this material will be repeated at a better time for the UK and Europe on Sunday 13th February at London time 9 a.m. Sydney time 8 p.m.]
Future sessions will include: How to contact and evidence your guides; Astral Travelling 101; Remote viewing for beginners; Tools for Self Healing; Discernment in mental mediumship; Tools for Clearing your Energy; Live Q&A with their Guides.
For more information email zeta_events@hotmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928.
Saturday February 12th 2022 / Sunday February 13th Australia
Accessing the Altered States with Karen Frances McCarthy. Join certified medium and best-selling author Karen Frances McCarthy, M.A. C.S.N.U., for a morning of accessing and deepening your connection to spirit through altered states. This series of three gatherings will help you achieve and deepen your receptivity, and recognize your own energy and the energy of the guides and helpers working with you on your soul’s path. This practice provides an invaluable foundation for mediumship, healing mediumship, and psychic and intuitive development.
Sat Feb. 12,
Mar 12,
Apr. 9.
New York Time 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Check time in your city. Register in advance for this meeting.
Saturday February 12th 2022 / Sunday February 13th Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Anna Castro.
Every Saturday. A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec and Chico Xavier.
See videos of previous meetings. Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Saturday
Arizona 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 8 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 10 a.m. Sunday Check time in Your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday February 13th 2022
UK, OZ AND NZ SUBSCRIBERS - WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT Paul and Syann are making a special effort to run a second session of this very popular group at a time that suits UK/Europe and Australia. We need participants to keep it viable.
Practical Metaphysics - an exciting group on the 2nd and 4th week of the month for anyone interested in mediumship and more.
Times:
London 9 a.m. Sunday
Perth 5 p.m. Sunday
Brisbane 7 p.m. Sunday
Sydney 8 p.m. Sunday Check time in Your city
Future sessions will include: How to contact and evidence your guides; Astral Travelling 101; Remote viewing for beginners; Tools for Self Healing; Discernment in mental mediumship; Tools for Clearing your Energy; Live Q&A with their Guides.
For more information email zeta_events@hotmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928.
Sunday February 13th 2022
Mediumship Development with Dr. Susan Barnes CSNU
Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday
Times:
Pacific time 10 a.m. Sunday
Mountain time 11 a.m. Sunday
Central time 12 noon Sunday
Eastern time (New York) 1 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 5 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 7 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 February 13th 2022 / Monday February 14th Australia
Global Gathering Guests Al and Jean Fike from the Divine Love Sanctuary. Their topic is “Inter-Planetary Communication” – Messages from Orion.
Times:
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
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
Sunday February 13th 2022 / Monday February 14th Australia
Spiritualism Today Every Sunday with Norma Turner, Ph.D. A presentation of some aspect of Spiritualism and spirituality followed by open discussion. If you have questions about Spiritualism or spirituality or religion, bring them here. Times:
Pacific time 3 p.m. Sunday
Mountain (Phoenix) 4 p.m. Sunday
Central (Illinois) 5 p.m. Sunday
Eastern (New York) 6 p.m. Sunday
Sydney Australia 10 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 12 noon Monday Check time in your city
Contact:njturner@earthlink.net
Norma’s Room: https://zoom.us/j/3499782616
Monday February 14th 2022 /Tuesday February 15th Australia
GOSH: Gatherings over Strange Happenings 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:
Los Angeles 12 noon Monday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Monday
Chicago 2 p.m. Monday
New York 3 p.m. Monday
London 8 p.m. Monday
Rome 9 p.m. Monday
Melbourne/Sydney 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday
Check time in your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Tuesday February 15th 2022 / Wednesday February 16th Australia
Army 4 Love Every Tuesday
People share what is happening in our world, how we are dealing with issues, holding each other’s hands, bringing in laughter and love. To bring in laughter each week one person shares a joke. This person then receives a few messages from a loved one they choose to connect with on the Other Side. Debra Martin always ends the gathering with a mini healing meditation.
EMAIL: Via a form on her website to avoid spam: https://www.goldenmiracles.com/contact.php Times:
Pacific time 3 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain time (Phoenix) 4 p.m. Tuesday
Central time 5 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern time 6 p.m. Tuesday
London 11 p.m. Tuesday
Rome 12 midnight Tuesday
Melbourne/Sydney 10 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand Noon Wednesday Check time in your city
Join Zoom Meeting @ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87968366796
Tuesday February 15th 2022 / Wednesday February 16th Australia
Q and A About mediumship
A series for mediums, researchers and people interested in learning how mediumship works. Held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, US time. We usually have questions and discussions with a guest medium or researcher and then those who wish to stay on have the opportunity to move into small groups to share experiences or to give and receive practice readings.
This week's Guest medium Christine Morgan CSNU
Pacific time 6.00 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain time (Phoenix) 7.00 p.m. Tuesday
Chicago time 8.00 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern time 9.00 p.m. Tuesday
Perth 10.00 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 3.00 p.m. Wednesday Coordinator: Wendy Zammit wendyzammit@gmail.com Check time in your city https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday 16th February 2022 /Thursday February 17th Australia
Automatic Writing and Mediumship Discussion
Share resources and discuss what participants are experiencing
1st and 3rd Wednesdays, Guest: Lisa Wong who specializes in Auricular medicine and will talk about your Inner Doctor and how it connects with your Superconscious (the spiritual part).
Times:
Pacific time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time (Phoenix) 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
Central time (Illinois) 7.30 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern time 8.30 p.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 12.30 p.m. Thursday
New Zealand 2.30 p.m.
Thursday Coordinator: Sheila Lowe sheila@sheilalowe.com Check time in your city https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday February 16th 2022 / Thursday February 17th 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.
Times:
Pacific time 6 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Thursday
New Zealand 3 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
LONELINESS AND THE ILLUSION OF CONNECTION
Thich Nhat Hanh talks about loneliness being a problem of our time and says that technology only gives us the illusion of being connected with others. He says that loneliness can be ended by coming home to ourselves and finding self-acceptance of ourselves as we are, before establishing a connection with others.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS OUR CHILDREN Karen Finnemore writes: "The Universal Spiritual Brother&Sisterhood (USB) highlights the importance of those with some knowledge of spiritual Truth to give their children an insight of the enduring values and truths that give purpose and meaning to existence.
'They should impart what they know of a God of Love and Justice, and not perpetuate the misconception of a god of revenge and caprice. We would then have a generation better equipped and prepared to live as all people should live: in peace, in dignity, in brother-and-sisterhood, with love and respect and understanding for all beings, and with each of us aware of our responsibility to ourselves and our fellow humans'.
The teachings from the USB have been compiled into the book Spiritual Light".
BE A RAINBOW IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S CLOUD
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
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HIGHLY INSPIRED MUSIC
Many people consider Karen Capenter one of the best female vocalists of last century. She normally sang as a contralto, but she had the rare ability to transition from that more typical female register to a much lower range—something she called her “basement.” Her voice gave us 16 easy-listening hits in a little over five years in the early 70's. So keep your energy and vibration high and sing along to this old favourite - Richard and Karen Carpenter's "Top of the World".
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AFTERLIFE REPORT 
We live in a death-denying society. Many in developed countries think that they are going to live for a thousand years – forgetting that we only live for just a few decades and that at any time we are just a heartbeat away from eternity. 
with a psychic medium, James Hewat McKenzie (1869-1929) took a year's leave from his practice as a psychologist and psychoanalyst in 1900. He spent the next 29 years studying mediumship and experimenting with some of the greatest physical and trance mediums of the early 20th century. He spent many years touring and lecturing in the United States, both seeking and studying mediums. In 1920 he founded the 
Scotland. He was the mentor to the famous Scottish psychic/medium, Gordon Smith. In addition to being a medium, he was also a spiritual healer. While he was serving overseas in WWII his wife and three children were killed in an air raid on Belfast. Later in life he claimed that he had been able to embrace his materialized wife and three children during a home circle with a materialization medium in Glasgow. 
Co-author of several books including '
One of the main things our loved ones say when they communicate through a medium is that they want forgiveness. This is illustrated in the following extract from a new book by Laura Lynne Jackson, a medium certified by the Forever Family Foundation and the Windbridge Institute. Her book 
researchers have always been concerned to eliminate the possibility that a medium might be getting information from a living person, rather than from someone who has died. Many experiments have been done to show that telepathy from the living is not involved in good mediumship. Mediums have been shown to score poorly for telepathy. Sometimes 'drop-in communicators' come through who are unknown to the medium or the sitters. Mediumship readings differ with the skills of the communicating spirit and some spirit communicators accurately describe the location of hidden objects which no living person knows. Skeptics also try to claim that perhaps the medium is tuning into a 'cosmic data bank' where all the memories of the world are stored. This is the 'super-psi' hypothesis. Read this article which rebuts it. See 
and 4th week of the month for anyone interested in mediumship and more. 
Join certified medium and best-selling author Karen Frances McCarthy, M.A. C.S.N.U., for a morning of accessing and deepening your connection to spirit through altered states. This series of three gatherings will help you achieve and deepen your receptivity, and recognize your own energy and the energy of the guides and helpers working with you on your soul’s path. This practice provides an invaluable foundation for mediumship, healing mediumship, and psychic and intuitive development. 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Anna Castro.
Mediumship Development with Dr. Susan Barnes CSNU
Global Gathering Guests Al and Jean Fike from the 
A presentation of some aspect of Spiritualism and spirituality followed by open discussion. If you have questions about Spiritualism or spirituality or religion, bring them here.
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesday 7 a.m. (Sydney). 
Tuesday
This week's Guest medium Christine Morgan CSNU
Automatic Writing and Mediumship Discussion
Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan.
'They should impart what they know of a God of Love and Justice, and not perpetuate the misconception of a god of revenge and caprice. We would then have a generation better equipped and prepared to live as all people should live: in peace, in dignity, in brother-and-sisterhood, with love and respect and understanding for all beings, and with each of us aware of our responsibility to ourselves and our fellow humans'.
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