1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast DAM paranormal 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: podcast network. No, I'll get ready for another episode of 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Shades of the Afterlife with Sandra Champlain. 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: The thoughts and opinions expressed by the host are thoughts 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: and opinions only and do not necessarily reflect those of iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 2: Coast to Coast AM, employees of Premiere Networks, or their 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: sponsors and associates. You are encouraged to do the proper 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: amount of research yourself, depending on the subject matter and 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: your needs. 10 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 3: Hi. 11 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 4: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been 12 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 4: on a journey to prove the existence of life after death. 13 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 4: On each episode, we'll discuss the reasons we now know 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 4: that our loved ones have survived physical debt, and so 15 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 4: will we. Welcome to Shades of the after Life. It 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 4: was fourteen years ago this week that my dad died. 17 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 4: It was a tough time, to be sure, and if 18 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 4: this is okay with you, I'd like to dedicate this 19 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 4: episode to my dad, John Champlain, a heck of a 20 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 4: good guy. I had a conversation this past week with 21 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 4: someone who wants to write a book about soul contracts 22 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 4: coming to Earth and having everything happen the way it 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 4: does so that we can learn, so that our soul 24 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 4: can grow. I had a little bit of a problem 25 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 4: with this. On one hand, I do think it may 26 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 4: be comforting in tough times to say, well, maybe that 27 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 4: was a contract I made before I came here. But 28 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 4: on the other hand, there's some really awful stuff that 29 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 4: happens here on planet Earth, and to try to say 30 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 4: my soul planned it, well, I just don't buy into that. 31 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 4: Let me use a scenario talking about my dad. What 32 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 4: took him out of this life is cancer, and he 33 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 4: suffered terribly up until the end. It was not a 34 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 4: pretty picture, and I would never want any person to 35 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 4: pass that way. And I know maybe you have had 36 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 4: a loved one die from cancer. It's awful to watch. 37 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,119 Speaker 4: And I hold true to the feelings and the beliefs 38 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 4: that the soul can leave the body before the body dies. 39 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 4: I do hope that's the case when people are suffering. 40 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 4: After his death, there were breakups and relationships within family members, 41 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 4: and I hit an all time low as a human being. 42 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 4: It was the worst time of my life. Did I 43 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 4: have a soul contract with my dad? And my family members, 44 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 4: so that things went absolutely the way they did. Now, 45 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 4: in that moment, if you were to tell me that 46 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 4: this was a contract, I probably would have punched you 47 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 4: in the face because nothing I could imagine could be 48 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 4: so painful. Plus I hit a deep depression after that. 49 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 4: Now many years later, looking back, had things not gone 50 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 4: exactly the way they did, I wouldn't be here today 51 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 4: with you as host of shades of the afterlife. Had 52 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 4: I not gone out looking for evidence of the afterlife 53 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 4: and wanting to figure out why grief hurts so bad 54 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 4: and makes people act in crazy ways, I would have 55 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 4: never gone on to write my book We Don't Die, 56 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 4: and to exploring all the different reasons to believe in 57 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 4: the afterlife. I find it empowering now to say is 58 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 4: it possible that before coming to this earth there was 59 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 4: a plan in mind? And for me right now that 60 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 4: helps me. But for anyone going through a traumatic loss, 61 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 4: you don't need to buy into someone telling you there 62 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 4: was a soul contract, because honestly, bad things happen here 63 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: on earth. Can we learn out of every experience, yes, 64 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 4: Can we go on and make a difference with someone 65 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 4: else experiencing the same thing. Absolutely, we can. I don't 66 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 4: know if it was the movie Bruce Almighty or Evan Almighty, 67 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 4: but Morgan Freeman played God, and I remember in one 68 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 4: example him saying that coming to earth, God doesn't give 69 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 4: you courage, it gives you opportunities to be courageous. And 70 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 4: that really stuck with me that maybe before we came 71 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 4: to this life we wanted things like courage and compassion 72 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 4: and generosity, so we aren't given those things, were given 73 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 4: those opportunities. So if you were to ask if I 74 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 4: believed in soul contracts, I'd probably say no. More like 75 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 4: I believe we came here with different things we wanted 76 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 4: to get out of life, different values, and then we 77 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 4: had different opportunities to make them happen. But like my family, 78 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 4: it sure does help in the tough times because relationships 79 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 4: still are not healed, and it's much easier for me 80 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 4: to say, perhaps we made a deal in the before 81 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 4: life that we would help out mankind during this lifetime 82 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 4: and this was the way to do it. A great 83 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 4: friend once told me that relationships can be like circles. 84 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 4: They can come apart at the bottom but then be 85 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 4: joined back up at the top. Is it this life? 86 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 4: Is it the afterlife. I'm not sure, but that all 87 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 4: relationships have the opportunity to come back together. I often 88 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 4: say that I don't think there's one truth for all 89 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 4: mankind about life and the afterlife. So take what fits 90 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 4: for you and empowers you and use that in your life. 91 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 4: If you like the sound of a soul plan, there's 92 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:58,239 Speaker 4: a great book by Robert Schwartz called Your Soul's Plan, 93 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 4: Discovering the Real Meaning of the life you planned before 94 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 4: you were born, And in it you'll find some pretty 95 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 4: great stories of what people do and how they help 96 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 4: others based on some terrible things they've gone through. Now 97 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 4: back to my father. He was very religious. He went 98 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 4: to church every day, and meanwhile his daughter me was 99 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 4: studying the afterlife. So you know, I was afraid to 100 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 4: tell him because I've told some religious people before in 101 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 4: my past about studying life after death, and they wanted 102 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 4: to do interventions and they've prayed for me. But somewhere 103 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 4: within me, it was important to tell my dad my truth, 104 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 4: especially he was approaching the end of his life with cancer. 105 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 4: One day, I had that courage and I said, Dad, 106 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you about something, and I 107 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,559 Speaker 4: shared with him my fear of dying, and so many 108 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 4: of the things that I had studied before he passed, 109 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 4: asked even going to a weekend workshop to learn mediumship, 110 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 4: and my dad looked at me, startled with those big 111 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 4: brown eyes, a little concerned, but he listened. And in 112 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 4: that moment, in my mind, I heard a man laughing, 113 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 4: and I said, Dad, I'd like to tell you what 114 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 4: I'm feeling right now. I'm getting a picture in my 115 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 4: mind of a yellow airplane, a piper cub with black lettering, 116 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 4: and I feel like there's a man laughing, belly laughing, 117 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 4: telling me to tell you that you were wrong, that 118 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 4: he did get to bring his toys with him. And 119 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 4: I repeated it for my dad and he just looked 120 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 4: at me and his eyes started to fill with tears. 121 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 4: My dad had a friend named Jim, and Jim had cancer. 122 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 4: My dad was a very close friend of his, and 123 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 4: they'd go out bike riding or for a meal and 124 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 4: they'd talk and Dad kept saying, Jim, you can beat 125 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 4: this cancer. You can beat it, because in heaven you 126 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 4: don't get to take your toys with you. Jim was 127 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 4: a pilot and guess what his airplane looked like. It 128 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 4: was a piper cub yellow with black lettering. In that moment, 129 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 4: my dad said, Sandra, tell me everything, and I proceeded 130 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 4: to tell him all the wonderful things that I had 131 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 4: learned up to that point, and he made me promise 132 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 4: that I would write a book and that I would 133 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 4: tell as many people as I could about the afterlife. 134 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 4: Although Dad did pass, I feel very confident he still 135 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 4: walks by my side, encouraging me. More mediums than not 136 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 4: have told me some specific things about my dad being 137 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 4: close by, and that makes me smile. When Jim said 138 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 4: we do get to bring our toys with us to 139 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 4: the afterlife, it got me thinking about what else do 140 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 4: we get to bring with us into the afterlife? And 141 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 4: so on this episode, I want to talk about food 142 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 4: in the afterlife. Yes, you heard me right. Food. If 143 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 4: you've been on any diet any point of your life, 144 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 4: you know it's a terrible feeling to be restricted and 145 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 4: to have somebody tell you you can't have that. But 146 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 4: what about when we cross over? So today we'll hear 147 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 4: some stories from mediums from a near death experiencer. You 148 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 4: may even be surprised to know that many cultures believe 149 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 4: in food in the afterlife, such as the ancient Egyptians 150 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 4: packing snacks along with those people they mummified. Have you 151 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 4: seen the movie Defending Your Life dated nineteen ninety one. 152 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 4: Albert Brooks created and wrote the movie and stars in 153 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 4: it along with Meryl Streep. It is my most favorite movie. 154 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 4: Within the movie, we learn that you can eat as 155 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 4: much as you want without gaining weight, and of course, 156 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 4: many scenes involve food. For me, I got put on 157 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 4: my first diet when I was a kid. My doctor 158 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 4: told my parents that if Sandra could grow a few 159 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 4: inches taller and stay the same weight, that would be 160 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 4: good for my health. Unfortunately, that started a fifty year 161 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 4: battle with food. Here's something you might be interested in. 162 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 4: Six weeks ago, my buddy here that I live with 163 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 4: my mom got very sick and we didn't realize it 164 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 4: was because of high blood sugar, also known as diabetes. 165 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 4: We watched a movie called Fat Fiction and learned just 166 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 4: by changing your diet, many people had reduced or stopped 167 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 4: medications for type two diabetes. In the past six weeks, 168 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 4: we have gone from honestly eating whatever we want to 169 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 4: the Mediterranean diet, high with good fats and proteins, lots 170 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 4: of fruits and vegetables and limited the grain products, so 171 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 4: no breads or sweets. And in six weeks, not only 172 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 4: have we both lost weight, but all of our cravings 173 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 4: are gone, our minds are at rest, we are never hungry. 174 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 4: She's reduced the medication she takes by half, and if 175 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 4: she keeps going as she is now, in another couple 176 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 4: of weeks, she may not need it at all. So 177 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 4: check out that movie Fat Fiction if you have had 178 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 4: any problem with losing weight or those constant cravings for food. 179 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 4: Food really can be magic and medicine. It is said 180 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 4: that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. And 181 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 4: look in the Bible there are many quotes about food 182 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 4: being in heaven. Did you hear the joke about the 183 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 4: couple that passed after years of eating healthy and exercising. 184 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 4: Saint Peter meets them at the Pearly Gates and shows 185 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 4: them the beautiful golf courses in the clubhouse with all 186 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 4: you can eat buffets, and their mouths are salivating. The 187 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 4: husband gives a stern look to his wife and says, 188 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 4: if it wasn't for you and those darn brand muffins, 189 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 4: we'd have been here ten years ago. What about you 190 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 4: when you transition. Are you looking forward to being in 191 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 4: your perfect body, the perfect health, the perfect age. What 192 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 4: would be on your buffet? Some people talk about last meals, 193 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 4: but let's talk about meals and eternity, So we'll be 194 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 4: right back with food in the afterlife. You're listening to 195 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 4: Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to 196 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,479 Speaker 4: Coast AM Paranormal podcast Network. 197 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 2: Don't go anywhere. There's more Shades of the afterlife coming 198 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:06,839 Speaker 2: right up. 199 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: Did you know that test that could save your life 200 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: from cancer are now available for little or no costs 201 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: thanks to the healthcare law called the Affordable Care Act. 202 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: Let this be the year you get screening tests that 203 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: can detect cancer early when it's most treatable. Don't let 204 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,719 Speaker 1: concerns get in the way. Talk to a doctor or 205 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: other medical professional to learn more about the best cancer 206 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: testing options for you. 207 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 5: The best afterlife information you can get. 208 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 4: Well, you're a long Shades of the Afterlife with Sander Champlain. 209 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 4: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. 210 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 4: It's always been my belief that our human body is 211 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 4: designed to really enjoy things with our senses, with our 212 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 4: smell and taste, and touch and hearing and vision. So 213 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 4: although things in the afterlife are going to be grand, 214 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 4: I think they're going to be different, still good, still special, 215 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 4: but different. Here's a quick story. My friend Steve, his 216 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 4: father died, but before he died, he was in a 217 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 4: coma for a long time, hooked up to all kinds 218 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 4: of tubes and contraptions. The week before he died, he 219 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 4: opened his eyes. He lifted himself up in the bed, 220 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 4: swung his legs around, and of course his adult children 221 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 4: were really worried, saying, Dad, you can't get up. And 222 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 4: he's looking into heaven. He's telling his children it's so 223 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 4: beautiful over there, and they said, Dad, what can you see? 224 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 4: And this man not only saw heaven and the beautiful colors, 225 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 4: he was naming people that were dead that he could see. 226 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 4: There were even people he saw over there who had 227 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 4: died when this man was in a coma, and he 228 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 4: was never told about. And they said, what else can 229 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 4: you see? 230 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 6: Dad? 231 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 4: And he said, I can hear Jesus, who's telling me 232 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 4: that I need to enjoy as much as I can 233 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 4: with my human body because I don't have long to 234 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 4: live here with you. So in the course of the 235 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 4: next week. He wanted to watch a football game with 236 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 4: his kids. He wanted a hot fudge Sunday cherry pie, 237 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 4: some of his favorite meals, and he did all of 238 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 4: that and it was the night of Christmas Eve. He 239 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 4: said good night to his children, he closed his eyes, 240 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 4: and he died peacefully with a smile on his face. 241 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 4: So I do think there's something special about owning a 242 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 4: human body and certain things that we can experience with 243 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 4: just that. Next medium, Matt Fraser's book is called We 244 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 4: Never Die Secrets of the Afterlife, and he says, so 245 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 4: many people have been asking me about heaven and it 246 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 4: seems like this question almost always comes up. Do spirits eat? 247 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 4: He says, this is actually a tricky one. There's not 248 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 4: a simple yes or no answer, but maybe this story 249 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 4: will help clarify. I once did a reading for a 250 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 4: family and their grandpa came through when he was alive. 251 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 4: His ritual was to sit in his favorite recliner chair 252 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 4: and eat cream, and that's exactly what he showed me. 253 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 4: The family was surprised. Wait, people eat in heaven. People 254 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 4: can eat, yes, but they don't have to. They often 255 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 4: come through doing the things they loved in life. So 256 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 4: it's not uncommon for me to see a chef cooking 257 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 4: in the kitchen or a father drinking a cup of coffee. 258 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,959 Speaker 4: It's important to know that just because food comes up 259 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 4: in a reading, it doesn't mean that souls are eating 260 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 4: three meals a day. They don't need food to survive. 261 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 4: They're dead, after all, but they still take place in 262 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 4: activities that represent their personalities and who they were in life. 263 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 4: Do I think that spirits might occasionally pour themselves a 264 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 4: glass of wine and enjoy it with other souls. I 265 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 4: think they do, but it's more of a symbolic thing 266 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 4: than an actual meal or drink. Food and drinks have 267 00:17:55,400 --> 00:18:00,040 Speaker 4: a whole different significance in heaven. Here's another story. The 268 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 4: family came to me whose father had passed. Before he died, 269 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 4: he was having a terrible time with food. He was 270 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 4: on a feeding tube and couldn't stand the fact that 271 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 4: he couldn't enjoy his favorite meals. He begged his family 272 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 4: for a steak or a hamburger or some ice cream. 273 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 4: They just couldn't give it to him, and he suffered 274 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 4: with those cravings for years until he passed away. When 275 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 4: he came through in a reading, he was surrounded by 276 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 4: food steak, mashed potatoes, hamburgers, and cheesecake, and he told 277 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 4: me he gained back all the weight he had lost 278 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 4: when he was ill. His family was so happy to 279 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 4: see him back to his old self and enjoying the 280 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 4: foods that he'd been denied when he was ill. When 281 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 4: a loved one passes away, they want you to remember 282 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 4: them happy. This reading was very healing for the family 283 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 4: and for the soul himself, because it replaced the image 284 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 4: which they had of him being thin, hungry, and frustrated, 285 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:10,719 Speaker 4: with the image of him now being happy, healthy in heaven, 286 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 4: surrounded by his favorite foods. Overall, spirits don't need the 287 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 4: same things we need to survive because survival isn't an 288 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 4: issue anymore. There are no hospitals or cemeteries in heaven. 289 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 4: If you see a family member jogging, showering, or eating 290 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 4: a burger in heaven, that's just a way for them 291 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 4: to come through to you. What you're seeing isn't really 292 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,719 Speaker 4: your loved one eating. The earthly activity they're showing you 293 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 4: is a link to their old self and the personality 294 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 4: they still have in heaven. This makes me think of 295 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 4: Casper the Friendly Ghost. I love that cartoon. When I 296 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 4: was a kid, and I remember when Casper's uncles were 297 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 4: sitting at the table eating and the food was going 298 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 4: right through them. They didn't need the food, but they 299 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 4: were still connected to the act of eating. That is 300 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 4: from Matt Fraser's book We Never Die, Secrets of the Afterlife. 301 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 4: In near death experiences and spiritually transformative experiences, people often 302 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 4: see their loved ones. They get visions of heaven and 303 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 4: come back with stories to tell and many insights about 304 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 4: the afterlife. Kat Kerr is the author of Revealing Heaven 305 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 4: and her word on food is that there is food 306 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 4: in heaven. Let's listen to her story. 307 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 7: I can tell you this though, there is food in heaven, 308 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 7: and a lot of people get excited when I start 309 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 7: talking about this. No matter what you experienced with food 310 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 7: on this earth, there's no weight gain, no food allergies. 311 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 8: You never find any. 312 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 7: Gluten free stuff up there, no lactose intolerant people up there. 313 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 8: Everything you eat is totally absorbed into. 314 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 7: Your being because the food is made out of light. 315 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 7: And that might surprise you, but you know what, spirit 316 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 7: itself is made out of light. That's why God says, 317 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,439 Speaker 7: don't hide your light, let your light shine. We are 318 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 7: the light of this world. And I can tell you 319 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 7: even here on Earth, scientists are finding out that light 320 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 7: is almost a part of every substance that exists. It's 321 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 7: in sound, it's in colors, it's in many of the 322 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 7: things that are on this earth. So in Heaven it's 323 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 7: one of the main substances that things are built out of. 324 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 8: The clothing you wear is made out of light. 325 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 7: The food you eat, like I said before, it looks 326 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 7: like pizza, smells like pizza, and tastes like pizza. But 327 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 7: let me tell you've never had any pizza like they 328 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 7: have in Heaven. And I was taken to a pizza Rhea, 329 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 7: and let me tell you, the pizzas are the size 330 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 7: of the tables, and you and all your friends sit 331 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 7: around them, and they actually turn the table to get 332 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 7: their slice of pizza. And the funny thing was every 333 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 7: slice could be different from the other one, and they 334 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 7: all know exactly what you like. It's prepared the way 335 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 7: you like it. And how awesome is that. I've been 336 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 7: to a bakery in Heaven where the cinnamon roll are 337 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 7: the size of a dinner plate. I laugh about this 338 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 7: sometimes because you see aromas in Heaven. I tell people 339 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 7: in heaven, there's more than one dimension. Flowers look beautiful, 340 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 7: they smell beautiful, you can touch them, but they also 341 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 7: make music. But the food in heaven the aromas. You 342 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 7: literally can see the aromas. And if you ever try 343 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 7: to walk by one of those bakeries in heaven and 344 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 7: think you're going to escape not going inside, you are wrong. 345 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 7: That aroma will actually come and capture you and carry 346 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 7: you inside the bakeries. I've seen many different types of food, 347 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 7: and this is the best news of all, especially for women. 348 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 7: If you don't want to cook when you go home 349 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 7: to Heaven, you don't have to. You actually sit down 350 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,959 Speaker 7: at your table with all your friends, you say what 351 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 7: you want, it appears on the place in front of you. 352 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 7: Cook to perfection, you eat all you want. When you're done, 353 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 7: it totally disappears. There is nothing to clean up. I 354 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 7: really like that part of heaven. So don't think you're 355 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 7: going to go up there and have nothing to do 356 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 7: but sit on clouds and have angels drop grapes in 357 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 7: your mouth. There's a lot more to eat in heaven 358 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 7: than grapes. And one of the reasons that is is 359 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 7: because there are people who have gifts as chefs as 360 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 7: people who like to grow vegetables, people who like to 361 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 7: make things in the restaurant business, people who like to serve, 362 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 7: and so you. 363 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 8: Get to use your gifts when you go home to heaven. 364 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 7: I'm not talking about that thing you do for your 365 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 7: job on earth, because you know, down here on earth 366 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 7: you have to make a living in order to exist, 367 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 7: but in Heaven you exist to live. So yes, there's restaurants. 368 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 7: Yes there's bakeries because God allows them to use their 369 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 7: gifts when they get home to heaven. If you're an artist, 370 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 7: you get your mansion, you get a studio fully furnished, 371 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 7: and then he gives you a gallery. You show your 372 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 7: beautiful artwork and you give it away to people. 373 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 8: Isn't that awesome? 374 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 7: If you always wanted a horse, you probably have one hundred, 375 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 7: and everybody comes to your place to rise your amazing horses. 376 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 7: They're never going to get sick. You're never going to 377 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 7: have to clean them. Actually, you never have to clean yourself. 378 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 7: That's why they call it heaven. There are shops and 379 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 7: stores to get things because people have gifts that design fashions, 380 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 7: they make jewelry, So that's one of the ways Heaven operates. 381 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 7: If there's transportation, it runs on light or wind. And yes, 382 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 7: there's many forms of transportation in heaven. They have things 383 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 7: I call space buses where a lot of people can 384 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 7: ride on them. There's these things they called transport kiosk 385 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 7: where you literally step into beams of light and seconds later, 386 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 7: on the other side of heaven you step. 387 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 8: Out of one. 388 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 7: Roads of light are created because your desired to go somewhere. 389 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 8: They come pick you up and take you there. 390 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 7: Let me tell you, you are never going to be 391 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 7: bored living there. 392 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 4: That sounds good to me. Let's talk about the Egyptians. 393 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,479 Speaker 4: They mummified food. Of course, the Egyptians believed in the 394 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:47,199 Speaker 4: afterlife and that the soul continued to exist in the 395 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 4: afterlife and therefore required sustenance. They preserved various meats, including goat, beef, duck, 396 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 4: and poultry, to ensure souls did not go hungry in 397 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 4: the hereafter. The process of mummifying food was remarkably similar 398 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 4: to that used for human mummies. First, the food was 399 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 4: carefully cured with salt to remove moisture and prevent decay. 400 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 4: This was a crucial step, as the Egyptians considered libations sacred. Next, 401 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 4: the item was coated with a layer of fat, resin 402 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 4: or beeswax, which safeguarded the food against environmental factors. Remember, 403 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 4: the modern refrigeration as we know it wouldn't be invented 404 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 4: for another several millennia. After preservation, these snacks were carefully 405 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 4: wrapped in bandages which held great divine significance connecting to 406 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 4: the idea of resurrection. The offerings were placed in royal 407 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 4: tombs and temples. This practice was part of burial rituals, 408 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 4: ensuring the deceased had access to plenty of sustenance in 409 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 4: the afterlife. In addition, the mummified foods served as a 410 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 4: gesture of gratitude for the food that had nourished them 411 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 4: throughout their earthly existence. Are you getting hungry? It's time 412 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 4: for a quick break. We'll be right back. 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I'm Sandras Champlain. 431 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,639 Speaker 4: Next we're going to hear some words from one of 432 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 4: my favorite people who lives in the afterlife. You've asked 433 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 4: for more of Eric, who comes through ants medium Scott Milligan, 434 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 4: and has for over twenty years almost every Friday, going 435 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 4: on five years now. We've had extraordinary conversations where you 436 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 4: can ask your questions to mister Eric before we hear 437 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 4: his words. Here's a joke for you. A skeleton walks 438 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 4: into a bar and says, give me a beer and 439 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 4: a mop. Okay, let's continue our episode about food in 440 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 4: the Afterlife with mister Eric, followed by a bit of 441 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 4: reading from the book They Serve Bagels in Heaven. 442 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 5: Hello, Eric, it's been a tough year. I lost my 443 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 5: son last year. I'm doing as well as I can. 444 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 6: Oh, my then, may I say this to you. I 445 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 6: understand how you wish to relay this, but no one 446 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 6: has ever lost You know your son lives strong within 447 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 6: all reality. Nothing is lost. If you are to have 448 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 6: a child within our world, be proud to know that 449 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 6: your child will never know war and never no pain. 450 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 6: Not how it was understand that for me, my friend, 451 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 6: Now I've be deeply rude. What is your inquiry? 452 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 5: Thank you very much for the words of comfort. My 453 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 5: daughter recently had a medium reading and the medium said 454 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 5: that they can't taste food on the other side, but 455 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 5: they can have a memory of food. And my son 456 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 5: was a serious foodie. 457 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 6: And I leave little. 458 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 5: Offerings of food and drink for my son and my father. 459 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 5: So my question is can you taste food in the afterlife? 460 00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 6: Well, my friend, what a wonderful question, and how wonderful 461 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 6: it is for you to still involve such a ritual. Now, 462 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 6: my friend, I have to say to you the medium 463 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 6: has to be right in this capacity, because one consumes 464 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 6: food to keep the physical body strong, but certain food 465 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 6: may not be as good taste and therefore may be rejected. 466 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 6: So within our reality we have no need for substance 467 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 6: of the physical body, but we can carry the memory. 468 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 6: If it was pleasing for one to have a banquet, 469 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 6: to have so many people brought together over a good supper, 470 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 6: then so be it. It is a memory and for 471 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 6: pleasing foot all. When you place your tokens out for 472 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 6: your dear boy, you are bringing into your awareness and 473 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 6: know that he still exists. For my friend, it is 474 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 6: healing for yourself, but enjoyment for us. What will be 475 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 6: more beneficial, my dear, even though you may not like 476 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 6: the taste, is to say this is for you and 477 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 6: to eat it yourself, because, my friend, it is the memory. 478 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 6: It is the experience that involves your son. I know, 479 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 6: my friend, many people place the devil's brew, and you 480 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 6: know what I mean by the devil's brew. Alcohol always 481 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 6: brings out the little devil in everyone. So when one passes, 482 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 6: they drink the devil's brew in memory and say this 483 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 6: fund is for you, and they share in the memory 484 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 6: of what it was like I myself was very fond 485 00:31:55,720 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 6: of chestnuts, especially at Christmas time when they are roasted. 486 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 6: It was mouth water into me then, and the memory 487 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 6: is still mouth water into me now. Now. If we 488 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 6: are able to come back in visitation in a certain 489 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 6: environment known as a seance, and become partially if not materialized, 490 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 6: we are able to take an object and keep it 491 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 6: within our consciousness. Or if we are to take the 492 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 6: bite of the apple, we are able to experience a texture, 493 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 6: We're able to experience the memory of the taste of it. 494 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 6: It is not then ingested by ourselves, it is then 495 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 6: ingested within the bloodstream of the media arm. So there 496 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 6: are times when we can eat under a physical seance, 497 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 6: and there are other times that we can only share 498 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 6: in memory. But what you are doing when you say 499 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 6: to your son and your husband this is for you. 500 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 6: You are telling them they are not forgotten. They are 501 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 6: still very much loved. So was your son an expert 502 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,959 Speaker 6: in cooking or did it rest upon your shoulders? 503 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 5: He was a very big cook, and he was an 504 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 5: organic gardener, so he made unusual dishes, like I had 505 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 5: the best cauliflower mashed potatoes. They were so delicious. He 506 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 5: was a very good cook. 507 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 6: Oh, then, my friend, when it is your time to 508 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 6: join them, let him make from his memory a wonderful 509 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 6: feast to say, mother, put your feet up and let 510 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 6: me care for you. And so, my dear I know 511 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 6: the words lost has been used. Change that, and your 512 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 6: son has migrated to our world, and he will have 513 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 6: the table set for your arrival. I was lost you 514 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:19,319 Speaker 6: now when I started to fail in health. My dear 515 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 6: wife was able to share her knowledge. But we had 516 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 6: other people who were able to look after us. We 517 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 6: were in the point of wealth where we employed others 518 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 6: to cook and to clean and to dress. And in 519 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 6: our world now I am the one that cleans the 520 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 6: shoes of others. I am the one that will take 521 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 6: the scraps from the table. Because my friend, I wanted 522 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 6: to have a new experience. My family have joined me 523 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 6: and is still distance. Family is still living in your world, 524 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,959 Speaker 6: and I will see them again physically when they come 525 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 6: to our side of life. I have not lost anyone. 526 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 6: I thank God that they have been part of my journey, 527 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 6: and no one will ever separate me from their love again. So, 528 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:31,439 Speaker 6: my friend, if that is pleasing for you, and if 529 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 6: it is your tradition, may I ask this of you. 530 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 6: If it costs you coin, then do not do it. 531 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,719 Speaker 6: But if my words are pleasing for you, will you 532 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,879 Speaker 6: have a chestnut for myself. 533 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,880 Speaker 5: I will have chestnuts and get fresh ones and I 534 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 5: will roast them for you. Thank you very much for 535 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:56,280 Speaker 5: the words of comfort. 536 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:00,359 Speaker 6: Then I have done my duty. I've been very rule 537 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:05,240 Speaker 6: to ask for something. But my find if it brings 538 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 6: you enjoyment, let me enjoy your love as well. Thank you, so, 539 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 6: my dear. If that is pleasing for you, as time 540 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 6: is against me, let us move along. 541 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 4: Thank you, Thank you, Linda. 542 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 6: This will be my last inquiry, my fin. 543 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 4: Okay, I would like to ask it just on behalf 544 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:30,240 Speaker 4: of several people who are just wondering. Is the unseen 545 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,320 Speaker 4: world that you live physical like our world is physical? 546 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,560 Speaker 6: Oh yes, my fin. Your world seems to be the 547 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 6: dream and mine is the reality. Of course, when I 548 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,440 Speaker 6: was alive, the shoe was on the other foot. My 549 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:51,880 Speaker 6: world of love light that awaited me was a Christian world, 550 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 6: the natuality. When I did move from your existence to 551 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 6: the world that awaits me, I wasn't disappointed, but I 552 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:07,279 Speaker 6: believed I did wrong. It was not how it was painted, 553 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,279 Speaker 6: it was not what it has shared. It was like 554 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 6: your world, but everyone seemed to like one another. Everyone 555 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:23,359 Speaker 6: knew one another. We did not have separation of language, 556 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:29,879 Speaker 6: we did not have the cruel imprisonment of time. Animals 557 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 6: spoke to me, Trees seemed to answer back, and I 558 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 6: realized that this is the reality. When I look at you, 559 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 6: I see what I perceived to be a specter, a phantom, 560 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 6: a ghost. You're not physically there. I can see you, 561 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,479 Speaker 6: but I can see through you, and I can see 562 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 6: the truth you. But you look at me, and you 563 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:09,440 Speaker 6: may not see me. You may hear or fill my presence, 564 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 6: and it makes us film like were world's apart. But 565 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:22,680 Speaker 6: your world is a distant memory. My world is the reality. 566 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:28,120 Speaker 6: Your world is the reality, and my world seems to 567 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:33,320 Speaker 6: be your fantasy. If that is true, let us meet 568 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:38,879 Speaker 6: in the realms of fantasy. Let us speak together in 569 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:43,640 Speaker 6: this moment. As I reflect upon the past, you speak 570 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 6: with the future. Not the future of your world, but 571 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:53,799 Speaker 6: the future of where you're going. I survive death, and 572 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:58,560 Speaker 6: so will you. You will move from your residence to 573 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:02,840 Speaker 6: our residence, and you will fill the best you have 574 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,800 Speaker 6: ever felt. And you will look back on your life, 575 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 6: and you will look at the title of death, and 576 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 6: you will say, what was all the fuss about. It 577 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 6: was living that was difficult, and you will survive, and 578 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,360 Speaker 6: you will thrive and you will be strong. 579 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,359 Speaker 4: I'd like to thank mister Eric for those kind and 580 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:32,680 Speaker 4: informative words. And to the mom whose son has migrated 581 00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 4: to the other side. She's a beautiful soul and her 582 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:40,759 Speaker 4: son has now come through many times during readings and 583 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 4: to herself. So let's take our break and then we'll 584 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,319 Speaker 4: come back and find out about bagels in Heaven. You're 585 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 4: listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and 586 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:56,120 Speaker 4: Coast to Coast AM Paranormal podcast network. 587 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,320 Speaker 1: Don't go anywhere, there's more Shades of the Afterlife coming 588 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:06,839 Speaker 1: right up. 589 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,680 Speaker 4: We are happy to announce that our Coast to Coast 590 00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 4: AM official YouTube channel has now reached over three hundred 591 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,960 Speaker 4: thousand subscribers. You can listen to the first hour of 592 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:30,279 Speaker 4: recent and past shows for free, so head on over 593 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,280 Speaker 4: to the Coast to coastam dot com website and hit 594 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,719 Speaker 4: the YouTube icon at the top of the page. This 595 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 4: is free show audio, so don't wait. Coast to coastam 596 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,680 Speaker 4: dot com is where you want to be. 597 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 9: Hey, everyone, it's the Wizard of Weird Joshua P. Warren, 598 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,760 Speaker 9: and you're listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 599 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:07,440 Speaker 9: AM Normal Podcast Network. 600 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:20,480 Speaker 4: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. Next, 601 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:24,880 Speaker 4: I'd like to introduce you to a woman named Irene Wineberg. 602 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:28,879 Speaker 4: She's a public speaker and host of a popular podcast 603 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:33,719 Speaker 4: called Grief and Rebirth Finding the Joy in Life. Her 604 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:38,759 Speaker 4: book is titled They Serve Bagels in Heaven. I recommend 605 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,960 Speaker 4: her book, her podcast. You can find her at Irenewineberg 606 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:46,120 Speaker 4: dot com. But in this segment, I just want to 607 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,000 Speaker 4: play a few minutes of her telling the beginning of 608 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,160 Speaker 4: her story, and then I'd like to read to you 609 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,600 Speaker 4: part of her book. So here's Irene. 610 00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:00,040 Speaker 3: I love sharing my story because I was such a 611 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,040 Speaker 3: So if there are people who are like, is this real? 612 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,440 Speaker 3: Does this really happen? Yeah, it's real, it happens. And 613 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,240 Speaker 3: I was the biggest non believer. 614 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:11,400 Speaker 6: I had a. 615 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 3: Sister in law who was very spiritual. At the time 616 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,319 Speaker 3: of this accident, my husband and I weren't talking to her. 617 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,800 Speaker 3: We thought she was crazy. That was before I became 618 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,600 Speaker 3: more enlightened and spiritual and gave up judgment and gave 619 00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,239 Speaker 3: up all that kind of thing. But we thought she 620 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:29,400 Speaker 3: was cuckoo. And then I had this unbelievable experience and 621 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:33,200 Speaker 3: who could I talk to? It was her, And today 622 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:38,560 Speaker 3: we are besties. We've shared this journey together. So I'll 623 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,080 Speaker 3: start from the beginnings. I was not a believer in 624 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,400 Speaker 3: any of this. My husband and I we were traditional 625 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:47,440 Speaker 3: Jewish people. So there's a tradition that you visit a gravesite, 626 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,640 Speaker 3: you put a stone on the grave, you say some peers. 627 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 3: I didn't know if anyone heard me or what was 628 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,960 Speaker 3: going on. I followed my tradition, and one day I 629 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,960 Speaker 3: was standing at my kitchen sink washing a. 630 00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,759 Speaker 10: Dish, which I guess you could think of as being 631 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,040 Speaker 10: sort of meditative, and all of a sudden a thought 632 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,880 Speaker 10: came into my head that wasn't my thought, and it said, 633 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:08,080 Speaker 10: Saul has to go. 634 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:12,719 Speaker 3: Many lessons will be learned from his death. And I 635 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:14,960 Speaker 3: looked around him and I said, what am I thinking? 636 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:18,000 Speaker 3: What is this? And I brought my husband a glass 637 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,560 Speaker 3: of water. He was watching a football game on TV. 638 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,239 Speaker 3: I kissed the top of his head and put it 639 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:27,040 Speaker 3: out of my mind. But you never forget something like that. 640 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:30,120 Speaker 3: Two months later, we were coming home from a ski 641 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,400 Speaker 3: weekend and the car suddenly went into a huge swerve 642 00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,719 Speaker 3: and I looked over and my husband, Saul, was sound 643 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,879 Speaker 3: asleep at the wheel, and I called out to him. 644 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,359 Speaker 3: He woke up and he saw what was happening, and 645 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,680 Speaker 3: he went to pull the car out of the swerve. 646 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,600 Speaker 3: We were going seventy two miles an hour, and when 647 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,280 Speaker 3: he went to pull the car out of the swerve, 648 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:55,200 Speaker 3: instead of writing itself, the car started to rise up 649 00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:58,319 Speaker 3: into the air for the first of fourth lips. And 650 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,879 Speaker 3: as we rose the first time, everything was landing very 651 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:05,000 Speaker 3: hard on the right side. So as a consequence, I 652 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,759 Speaker 3: was conscious through everything, but all my injuries I had 653 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,000 Speaker 3: forced operations were all on my right side because every 654 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,680 Speaker 3: time the car hit something got hurt. But as we 655 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:18,240 Speaker 3: lift it off the first time and landed and bound 656 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,440 Speaker 3: so hard that we looked it off a second time, 657 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,720 Speaker 3: a third time, and a fourth time. The second time, 658 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,719 Speaker 3: another message came into my head and it said, he's 659 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 3: not going to make it. You are now I'm flipping 660 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:34,680 Speaker 3: up in the air and I get this message, and 661 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,760 Speaker 3: for that period of time and that flip I left 662 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:38,360 Speaker 3: my body. 663 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,719 Speaker 4: It became very, very black around me, but. 664 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:47,200 Speaker 3: I was conscious in everything. I'm told that. I accompanied 665 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:51,600 Speaker 3: my husband to the portal, and they gave me this 666 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,480 Speaker 3: assignment that we had planned that if certain things didn't 667 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:58,600 Speaker 3: work out in this lifetime we're soul mates many times over, 668 00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,400 Speaker 3: that we would work together. From each side of the veil. 669 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,240 Speaker 3: I looked over at Saul, I said, Solly, are you okay? 670 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,400 Speaker 3: And I saw what I had been told had happened. 671 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,759 Speaker 3: I was next to the shelf of my husband. His 672 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:17,560 Speaker 3: entire beautiful spirit was gone. And before grieving set in 673 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:19,600 Speaker 3: or anything like that, I got in that. 674 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,840 Speaker 4: Moment, Oh my god, we go on. 675 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,440 Speaker 3: I had gotten the messages. There is so much more, 676 00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,480 Speaker 3: and I felt like he must be with me right now. 677 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:33,239 Speaker 3: I see helicopter land and these EMTs jump out of 678 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:37,239 Speaker 3: the helicopter and they're rolling my car because we were 679 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,160 Speaker 3: off the side of the road and we held up 680 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,960 Speaker 3: traffic on that throughway for two and a half hours. 681 00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:46,040 Speaker 3: And they righted the car and one of them put 682 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:49,920 Speaker 3: his hands through my shattered window. I'll never forget it, 683 00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,680 Speaker 3: and did my seatbelt, turned me around, start pulling me 684 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,520 Speaker 3: by my shoulders through the window of my car. And 685 00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:59,000 Speaker 3: at that moment, I get a message in a male 686 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,040 Speaker 3: voice that boom into my head and it says, be 687 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:06,719 Speaker 3: loving and kind to everyone, like a directive. As they 688 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,960 Speaker 3: laid me on the side of the road. When they 689 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,600 Speaker 3: took me from the helicopter into the trauma center, the 690 00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,680 Speaker 3: surgeon comes over to me and he says to me, 691 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,120 Speaker 3: I have to tell you that your husband's gone. And 692 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,839 Speaker 3: I felt like Saul was right there, and I said, doc, 693 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:26,759 Speaker 3: I am the luckiest woman in the world that I 694 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:28,400 Speaker 3: had this man in my life. 695 00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,920 Speaker 4: I'm going to stop Irene right there because I want 696 00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:35,520 Speaker 4: to do some reading from her book. Poor Irene had 697 00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:39,840 Speaker 4: a torn artery, had to have blood transfusions and more 698 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,800 Speaker 4: after this accident, but she went on to continue having 699 00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:50,440 Speaker 4: these spiritually transformative experiences. Yes, she did turn to her 700 00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:53,279 Speaker 4: sister in law, who they at one time thought was 701 00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,800 Speaker 4: crazy for believing in all these things, and she visited 702 00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:03,560 Speaker 4: several mediums and received so much precise evidence that no 703 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:06,839 Speaker 4: one else could possibly know. So she knew in her 704 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:12,919 Speaker 4: heart that her husband saw lived on. Irene Weinberg's book 705 00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:17,160 Speaker 4: is titled They Serve Bagels in Heaven. One couple's story 706 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:24,000 Speaker 4: of love, eternity and the cosmic importance of everyday life. Now, 707 00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:28,680 Speaker 4: one of the mediums she visited was able to channel 708 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:35,480 Speaker 4: Saul and bring through his words from him in the afterlife, 709 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:39,600 Speaker 4: again giving evidence that no one else could possibly know. 710 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:43,560 Speaker 4: So I'd like to read this part of him arriving 711 00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:47,399 Speaker 4: in heaven and the part about the bagels. I think 712 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:50,920 Speaker 4: my soul left even before my body died. The pain 713 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:54,040 Speaker 4: of living had become such a burden. In the sudden 714 00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:58,920 Speaker 4: moment filled me with profound relief. The last earthly recollection 715 00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:04,200 Speaker 4: is driving and then this immense loosening and lightning for 716 00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:09,040 Speaker 4: an instant anyway, then Irene called out my name, pulling 717 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,600 Speaker 4: me far enough back into my body so I could 718 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:16,239 Speaker 4: handle this accident in a way that made sure she 719 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:20,279 Speaker 4: lived through it. That was my final gut instinct to 720 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,640 Speaker 4: steer the car so the accident would be the least 721 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:27,120 Speaker 4: destructive to her, and to make sure no one else 722 00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:30,839 Speaker 4: would be harmed. I also knew in every fiber of 723 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:34,560 Speaker 4: my being this absolutely would be the last time I 724 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:38,279 Speaker 4: would hear her call my name. After the accident, I 725 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,839 Speaker 4: left my body and I was outside the car. From 726 00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:45,640 Speaker 4: where I stood, I could see my body slumped over 727 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:49,360 Speaker 4: the steering wheel. Even though I knew something awful had happened. 728 00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:53,680 Speaker 4: All I could focus on was Irene. Was she all right? 729 00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,280 Speaker 4: Was she going to live? As I looked around for help, 730 00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:01,240 Speaker 4: I began to realize that while I was seeing, hearing, 731 00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:05,439 Speaker 4: and thinking, I had no body. But there wasn't time 732 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:10,120 Speaker 4: to process this wacky thought, because Irene was in mortal danger. 733 00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:13,719 Speaker 4: If I had any faculties left at all, I was 734 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:17,560 Speaker 4: going to use them to help her. Despite my concern, 735 00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:21,279 Speaker 4: it dawned on me that my wife, the car, and 736 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:26,040 Speaker 4: the bare winter trees weren't all I could see. Surrounding 737 00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:30,560 Speaker 4: Irene was a brilliant emerald and blue light that extended 738 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,200 Speaker 4: to the growing number of people who had stopped to help. 739 00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:37,600 Speaker 4: It permeated each and every one of them with a 740 00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:41,480 Speaker 4: magnificent purple light. More than the beauty and wonder of 741 00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:45,480 Speaker 4: this light was that it held within it angels, honest 742 00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:50,000 Speaker 4: to God, angels. In that instant, I understood they were 743 00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:53,560 Speaker 4: there to protect us, all of us, Before they helped 744 00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:58,520 Speaker 4: me cross over. My knowing, somehow came through the intensity 745 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:01,440 Speaker 4: of the radiance in which which they held me. The 746 00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:06,120 Speaker 4: warmth and strength of that radiance reassured me, helping me 747 00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:10,239 Speaker 4: accept the fact that my life force. My bodyless soul 748 00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:15,160 Speaker 4: was now safely cocooned in love and light. My angels 749 00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:18,640 Speaker 4: steadied me as they showed me in a devastating flash, 750 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,240 Speaker 4: all of the hours and days, months and even years 751 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:26,640 Speaker 4: that lay ahead for Irene without me. I saw how 752 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:29,920 Speaker 4: she would eventually blossom into a new life, and in 753 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:33,000 Speaker 4: the end I would be there to greet her in heaven. 754 00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:36,359 Speaker 4: With this image before me, I could see why our 755 00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:39,719 Speaker 4: love would never die, that the cord would keep us 756 00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:43,840 Speaker 4: connected even all the way from Earth to heaven. My 757 00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:47,040 Speaker 4: mother was waiting for me with open arms. I hadn't 758 00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,799 Speaker 4: seen her since she had died when I was sixteen, 759 00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:52,520 Speaker 4: and I had missed her every day of my life. 760 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:57,120 Speaker 4: Now Here she stood for me to hug and hold again. 761 00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:00,600 Speaker 4: I imagine it took all of the concentration and she 762 00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:05,600 Speaker 4: could muster to shape her soul fibers back into her 763 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:10,560 Speaker 4: old physical being. My wonderful, loving mom even managed to 764 00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:14,880 Speaker 4: manifest her favorite house stress and hairdo just for me. 765 00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:19,160 Speaker 4: She helped me in a soul embrace, a communion really 766 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:23,000 Speaker 4: of our conscious senses of each other's being. I have 767 00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:28,480 Speaker 4: never had such a warm, accepting welcome, not anywhere her 768 00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:32,080 Speaker 4: warmth and kindness steadied me, preparing me to meet my 769 00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:36,640 Speaker 4: angels and stand before my loving source. After we hugged 770 00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:40,840 Speaker 4: for what felt like forever, my angels led us to 771 00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:46,560 Speaker 4: a deli where we had coffee and bagels. Imagine what 772 00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:51,240 Speaker 4: a shock that was to realize I had traveled god 773 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:55,000 Speaker 4: knows how far from the only life I could remember, 774 00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:59,240 Speaker 4: to discover that, even up in heaven, I could still 775 00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:03,279 Speaker 4: get a cup of coffee and a bagel. Yes, the 776 00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:06,560 Speaker 4: memory of all the times I'd shared food with my 777 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:10,480 Speaker 4: mother steadied me further. I began to feel enough like 778 00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:14,640 Speaker 4: my old self to start laughing with her and teasing 779 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:18,040 Speaker 4: her all the ways I used to. She had always 780 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:21,680 Speaker 4: been so serious, so worried about my father, and that 781 00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:25,520 Speaker 4: teasing had always been a way for us to comfort 782 00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:29,080 Speaker 4: each other. I felt deeply grateful for her as I 783 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:33,719 Speaker 4: began to face this new passage in my life. I'll 784 00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,720 Speaker 4: stop right there. But that's from the book. They serve 785 00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:43,200 Speaker 4: bagels in Heaven. It is very heartfelt, touching, even funny, 786 00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:48,399 Speaker 4: these stories between Irene and Saul. I think we might 787 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:52,560 Speaker 4: be in agreement that there is food in the afterlife 788 00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:55,680 Speaker 4: and a lot of other pleasures. But while we're here 789 00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:58,920 Speaker 4: on Earth. Let's all do our best to be present 790 00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:03,000 Speaker 4: in the moment, enjoy each one of our five senses 791 00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:07,200 Speaker 4: the best we can with our physical body. Don't forget 792 00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:11,160 Speaker 4: to come visit me atweedotdie dot com. Join me for 793 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:15,640 Speaker 4: one of our free Sunday gatherings with medium demonstration included. 794 00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:20,400 Speaker 4: I'm Sandra Champlain. Thank you so much for listening to 795 00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,920 Speaker 4: Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to 796 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:28,520 Speaker 4: Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 797 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,680 Speaker 1: And if you like this episode of Shades of the Afterlife, 798 00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:40,120 Speaker 1: wait until you hear the next one. Thank you for 799 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:43,480 Speaker 1: listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal 800 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:44,680 Speaker 1: Podcast Network.