1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:01,280 Speaker 1: And you're here. 2 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 2: Thanks for choosing the iHeartRadio and Coast to Ghost Day 3 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: and Paranormal Podcast Network. Your quest for podcasts of the paranormal, supernatural, 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 2: and the unexplained ends here. We invite you to enjoy 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: all our shows we have on this network, and right now, 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 2: let's start with Chase of the Afterlife with Santra Champlain. 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 3: Welcome to our podcast. Please be aware the thoughts and 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 3: opinions expressed by the host are their thoughts and opinions 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 3: only and do not reflect those of iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, Coast 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 3: to Coast am employees of Premiere Networks, or their sponsors 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 3: and associates. We would like to encourage you to do 12 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 3: your own research and discover the subject matter for yourself. Hi, 13 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 3: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 3: on a journey to prove the existence of life after death. 15 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: On each episode, we'll discuss the reasons we now know 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 3: that our loved ones have survived physical debt, and so 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 3: will we. Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. When I 18 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 3: was a teenager, I remember getting into the car with 19 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 3: my dad when we were driving somewhere. Dad would always 20 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: turn on the radio to an easy listening station. You 21 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 3: know what I'm talking about. Some people call it elevator music. 22 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 3: To me, it was our favorite rock bands put to 23 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 3: this nice instrumental music. Oh we kids couldn't stand it 24 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 3: and never could understand how dad could enjoy it. Well, here, 25 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 3: I am fifty eight years old, and there are times 26 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 3: that my mind is so busy. I want something soft 27 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 3: and peaceful. No heavy listening, no heavy lifting. Why I 28 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 3: bring this up is because today I want to do 29 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 3: rather an easy listening kind of episode. Stories of near 30 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 3: death experiences, stories of people just before they pass, and 31 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 3: some stories of some silly things that happen at funerals. 32 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 3: I also want to talk to you about a school 33 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 3: which is referred to as the modern day Hogwarts. I'm 34 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 3: talking about the Arthur Finley College, which is a place 35 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 3: you can go to learn how to communicate with the dead. 36 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 3: Let's start with our first near death experience. This woman 37 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 3: is given a visit to the Afterlife after falling asleep. 38 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 3: She says, I was asleep comfortably and diagonally across my 39 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 3: king size bed. I was seventy years old, single. I 40 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 3: sleep alone and enjoy stretching lazily across the bed while 41 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: watching television until I fall asleep. On this night, I'm 42 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 3: sure I had been asleep long enough to pass through 43 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 3: the rem phase. Settling into a good night's rat, I 44 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,119 Speaker 3: suddenly felt my body convulse, first curling up and then 45 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 3: straightening out twice very rapidly. That caused me to become awake. 46 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: When I opened my eyes, I was up in the air, 47 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 3: above and slightly behind my head. I knew I was dead. 48 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 3: I looked down and saw the lifeless husk of my 49 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 3: former body splayed out on the bed. I was neither 50 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 3: shocked nor startled at this grotesque site. In fact, I 51 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: felt indifferent. I didn't care about it one way or another, 52 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 3: no joy or fear. I called myself it. I'd used it, 53 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: and it was over. Suddenly around me was a beautiful 54 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: pastoral scene. I was overcome with intense feelings of love, peace, forgiveness, 55 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 3: and acceptance. The very essence of the place was immediately 56 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: upon me with abundant welcoming and joy. Then I remembered this, 57 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 3: this is the place I was before I was born. 58 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: I was back home. I was dead, but I was 59 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 3: still very much alive. It was me, Charlene, the same 60 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 3: as I was a minute ago, not only alive but happy. 61 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 3: I felt great, and my vision was twenty twenty or better. 62 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 3: This is the best I could see for the first 63 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 3: time in years. I thought that I was still in 64 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: my room, but a scenario surrounded me. I saw everything there, 65 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 3: but my attention was immediately drawn to my right and 66 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 3: up in the air about ten feet I could see 67 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: a room with green walls. Inside the room, I heard 68 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 3: the familiar sound of men playing the game spades. They 69 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 3: were laughing and joking and having a great time. Something 70 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: seriously funny apparently happened, And although I can't recall hearing 71 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 3: their exact words, they were teasing and joking with each other. 72 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 3: I recognized the voices of my two long disci seized 73 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: uncles Nat short for Nathaniel and Dub short for w 74 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: the first letter of his name Wilman. When I was 75 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 3: a child, there existed no human beings funnier than that 76 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 3: of Uncle Nat and Uncle Dub. To be in their 77 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 3: presence was a guarantee that you'd be in stitches laughing 78 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 3: long after they'd left. They brought so much joy to 79 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 3: my childhood, and they brought joy to me. Now standing 80 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 3: next to the card table, and clearly part of the 81 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 3: group was another man. He looked similar to the photos 82 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 3: we've seen of Albert Einstein, but it wasn't Einstein. I 83 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 3: immediately remembered something though. This is the same man who 84 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 3: was present right before I was born. I remember him 85 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 3: being there. As my attention was turning to my left, 86 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 3: I saw in front of me a great and beautiful 87 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 3: meadow with trees and beautiful flowers. A little boy was 88 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 3: there going into the meadow. I couldn't see his face. 89 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 3: There were mountains in the far distance. Further to my 90 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 3: left was a tan colored wall with a thick black 91 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 3: zigzag line all the way across it. I understood without 92 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 3: being told, that if I crossed that line or passed 93 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 3: through it, there would be no coming back. But my 94 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 3: attention was still moving left, and I saw over my 95 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 3: left shoulder an amazing sight. Hundreds and hundreds of people 96 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 3: and more were coming far in the distance before what 97 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 3: I could see. They were just people shouting and cheering 98 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 3: with smiles. They were cheering at me. They were so 99 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 3: happy to see me. They were jumping and cheering, and 100 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 3: they all loved me. Oh my, they loved me so much. 101 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 3: Simultaneously because this all happened at the same time. I 102 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 3: remembered the most amazing part. I was home. I remembered 103 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 3: clearly that I was back back to where I belong. 104 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 3: There's a certain way you feel at home. It's not 105 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 3: the same feeling or awareness as here on earth. It's 106 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 3: a super awareness of a sort nearly impossible to describe. 107 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,239 Speaker 3: It's the best and most secure and loved feeling you'll 108 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 3: ever know, magnified and multiplied many many times over. The 109 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 3: love and joy are almost unbearable, but in a good way. 110 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: It's far far more intense than the deepest and most 111 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 3: profound feeling that I've ever known. It's a reality that 112 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 3: is jarring to its very existence, and you feel you 113 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 3: really belong there. Not only do you belong there, you're 114 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 3: part of it. And not only are you part of it, 115 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 3: you are it and it is you. At home, everyone 116 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 3: has lighthearted fun. There is no feeling of anyone having 117 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,559 Speaker 3: any problems and no drama. There are no issues. Joy, 118 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 3: good humor, and love are all in the air. There 119 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 3: are parts of my experience that I've forgotten, similar to 120 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 3: the way we forget our dreams. So my recollection of 121 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 3: this part is not as clear. I was somehow transported 122 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 3: to a place where I think I spoke to a 123 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 3: council of sorts. We talked about whether I would return 124 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 3: to Earth or not. I believe I requested to come back, 125 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 3: and I believe my request was lovingly granted. Suddenly I 126 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 3: was back in my body, simultaneously sitting up, coughing and belching. 127 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 3: Dying like that was a gentle thing and natural, like blinking. 128 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 3: I fully accepted that death is going to happen, and 129 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 3: now I have no fear of it. I am very 130 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 3: much looking forward to it now that I know for 131 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 3: a fact what awaits me. Here's a quick story from 132 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 3: an emergency room doctor. An old lady had had a 133 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 3: big heart attack and refused treatment, so he kept her 134 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 3: comfortable by giving her morphine and Benzo's for the shortness 135 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 3: of breath. While she was in the process of dying. 136 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 3: I was with her and her family, providing comfort. Her 137 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 3: daughter said to her, just let go, mom. The old 138 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 3: lady opened her eyes one last time, looked at her 139 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 3: daughter with a smirk on her face, and said, what 140 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 3: do you think I've been trying to do? She put 141 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 3: her head on the pillow and passed a short time later. 142 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 3: Here are a few last words from this grandmother, as 143 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 3: told by her granddaughter. I had to tell my grandmother 144 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 3: that dialysis would only give her another week or so 145 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 3: to live, and it was her choice to try or not. 146 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 3: She was in and out of consciousness at that point, 147 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 3: but she was in a clear state just for that moment. 148 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 3: She asked, will I die? And I said yes, Grandma. 149 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 3: She looked at me in the eye, smiled just a little, 150 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 3: and said, Dearie, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. 151 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 3: Grandma was always filled with encouragement. She then closed her eyes, 152 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 3: squeezed my hand, fell asleep, and passed a little while later. 153 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 3: Here's a funeral story. My great great grandmother was quite 154 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 3: a character all of her life. When she passed away, 155 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 3: the family gathered for the funeral and milled around sharing 156 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 3: stories in subdued voices about memories of her. Shortly before 157 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: everyone began to file into the room, the funeral director 158 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 3: came in. He was looking very frazzled and wringing his hands. 159 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 3: He apologized profusely and said the funeral couldn't start yet. 160 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 3: Her body wasn't there. Apparently the morgue sent her to 161 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 3: the wrong funeral parlor. In an entirely different city. The 162 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 3: hearse was on its way to pick her up, but well, 163 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 3: the funeral was going to be delayed. There was a 164 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 3: beat of silence, and then the entire family managed to 165 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 3: start laughing hysterically. My great grandma had always told the 166 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 3: family that she always runs late and would most likely 167 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 3: be late to her own funeral. She was about two 168 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 3: hours late, to be exact. This story is now family 169 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 3: legend of how my great great grandma was late to 170 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 3: her own funeral and a special family funeral with us 171 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 3: all laughing most of the time. Speaking of grandmothers, my 172 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 3: grandmother Betsy Champlain had a great sense of humor. She 173 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 3: always had to look her best. She was quite a 174 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 3: little flirt and died just short of her ninety first birthday. 175 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 3: Her favorite hat and she always had to have a 176 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 3: ball cap on said bad hair day. Yes, you guessed it. 177 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 3: Grammy wanted to be buried with her bad hair day hat. 178 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 3: Can you imagine the surprise as the mourners came to 179 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 3: look at her open casket only to find her lying 180 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 3: there with bad hair day. Grammy certainly had the last 181 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 3: laugh our last episode together. I remember telling you the 182 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 3: story of a friend of mine who had died, and 183 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 3: his father had died the following week, so they celebrated 184 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: the lives of both men at the same time. What 185 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 3: I didn't tell you is that Andy was a very 186 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 3: big man. During the funeral, a young person happened to 187 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 3: notice the two urns. They didn't realize that there were 188 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 3: two funerals happening at the same time. And in the 189 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 3: corner of the room you heard, was he so big, 190 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 3: Mama that they needed two containers? 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This 225 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 3: was before I knew how grief interrupts people's perception and 226 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 3: brain pattern, and so there was a level ten of 227 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 3: stress in the relationships with me and my siblings. Dad 228 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 3: had been in the Air Force. Dad lived on an airport, 229 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 3: so as funeral took place in a church, followed by 230 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 3: going into one of these big airplane hangars to have 231 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 3: a celebration of life, followed by the burial. He was cremated. 232 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 3: When we got to the celebration of life, we knew 233 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 3: there was going to be an Air Force type flyover 234 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 3: with the missing man formation. So picture five airplanes flying 235 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 3: over and one takes off in another direction, signifying the 236 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 3: loss of one of the troops. Each of my siblings 237 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 3: got an opportunity to speak and share words about my father. 238 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 3: I was the last to go. I had my speech prepared, 239 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 3: and shortly after I began, we got the word that 240 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 3: the flyover was going to take place, so I never 241 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 3: got to share my words about my father. That flyover 242 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 3: and the missing man formation still gets me choked up. 243 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 3: But what happened next is how I remember my dad's 244 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 3: funeral day you see, his cremation earns were to be buried. 245 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 3: There was a grave digger holding the shovel. The priest 246 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 3: spoke words about my dad. The cremation earned got lowered 247 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 3: into the hole, and each one of us adult kids 248 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 3: took a shovel full of dirt and threw it into 249 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 3: the hole. My nieces and nephews got their opportunity to 250 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 3: do it, and the last to go was my four 251 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 3: year old nephew Jack. This little boy lifts up the 252 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 3: big shovel, does his very best to put some dirt 253 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 3: in the hole before the grave digger takes the shovel. 254 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 3: As the grave digger fills in the hole, little Jack 255 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 3: looks up with a frown on his face and was 256 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 3: so upset and says, why does he get to take 257 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 3: so many turns? I have to tell you, every single 258 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 3: one of us burst out into laughter. It turned a 259 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 3: really tough situation into one of joy. So when I 260 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 3: think of my dad's funeral, first thing that comes to 261 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 3: mind was the laughter. Here's another lighthearted story from a funeral. 262 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 3: This man Tom tells the story. He says, I'm the 263 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 3: author of this story about my grandfather, my nickname Peanut. 264 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 3: Grandpa passed peacefully in twenty twenty two. I was a 265 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 3: wreck for a long time, barely eating or sleeping. I 266 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 3: was really missing him. Before his service, I stood at 267 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 3: his urn and talked to him, telling him how much 268 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 3: I loved him and I missed him, but that I 269 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 3: understood it was time for him to go. I heard 270 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 3: someone come up behind me. I looked up and I 271 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 3: thought I saw Graham at the other end of the church. 272 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 3: Surely my eyes were playing tricks on me. Grief and 273 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 3: lack of sleep do crazy things. I wiped my eyes 274 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 3: and looked again, and he got closer. The man smiled 275 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 3: and held out his hand. I took it, and he 276 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 3: was real I was looking at my grandpa. The man said, hey, peanut, 277 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 3: it's okay. He hugged me, and I saw my dad 278 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 3: coming in. I must have looked panicked because Dad was 279 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 3: moving really fast. Dad said, hey, Tom, are you okay. 280 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 3: I looked at Dad in shock. Dad said, this is 281 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 3: my uncle, Grandpa's older brother. You haven't seen him since 282 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 3: you were a kid. Well. I came so close to 283 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 3: passing out that they had to guide me to a seat. 284 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 3: Grandpa and my great uncle could have been twins. My 285 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 3: dad laughed, hugged me, and assured me I was not hallucino. 286 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 3: My grandpa was a prankster, so I'm sure he would 287 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 3: have appreciated how funny this was. Here's more stories that 288 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 3: put the fun in funeral. This man says, my grandfather, 289 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 3: on his deathbed, arranged for his ashes to be presented 290 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 3: to my grandmother, contained in a box of cornflakes. This 291 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,479 Speaker 3: man says, before Pop died, he made sure that we 292 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 3: knew to play Tina Turner's Simply the Best at the 293 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 3: end of his funeral. Everyone laughed. It was great. Another 294 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 3: person says, my father had as his last wish the 295 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 3: entire funeral where fake red noses, including myself, my brother, 296 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 3: and all of my cousins who were the pallbearers, while 297 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 3: this song Always look on the Bright Side of Life 298 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 3: was played. I carried my dad in his cardboard coffin 299 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 3: to the her wearing this bright red clown's nose, and 300 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 3: afterward the six of us pallbearers smoked and remembered the 301 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 3: man as he was thumbing his nose at death. This 302 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 3: lady says, this actually happened to my family two weeks ago. 303 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 3: At my grandmother's funeral, we family members were in the 304 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 3: first few rows of the church at the funeral. During 305 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 3: the only hymn sung at the end, a woman who 306 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 3: was extremely tone deaf and very loud was singing directly 307 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 3: behind us. Now, my family is very close and we 308 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 3: often laugh a lot with each other. I was desperately 309 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 3: trying not to laugh, scared I would set everyone off. 310 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 3: I loved my grandmother dearly, and honestly was worried I 311 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 3: would break down during the song. But this lady was 312 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 3: so incredibly loud, off key, and off tempo. I couldn't 313 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 3: help but laugh. So I'm sitting towards the front laughing 314 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 3: silently with my shoulders shaking. My husband notices and puts 315 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 3: his arm around me and whispers, just pretend you're crying, 316 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 3: So I buried my face into his shoulder. I found 317 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 3: out later that we were all struggling not to crack up. 318 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 3: My mother, whose mother was the one who passed, was 319 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 3: trying to drown this lady out, which only caused the 320 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 3: woman to get even louder. To say the least, it 321 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 3: was a mess, but it was pretty darn funny. I 322 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 3: think my grandma would have found it very funny too. 323 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 3: Next I'd like to share with you some special stories 324 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 3: just before someone passes. These aren't funny, they're more heartwarming 325 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 3: knowing that loved ones are there to greet us. About 326 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 3: two minutes before my grandma passed, she had clarity. She 327 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 3: had suffered from severe dementia for years. She opened her eyes, 328 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 3: smiled and said, I found Jack. Jack was my grandpa, 329 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 3: who died eight years prior. She said. They were at 330 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 3: a ball with their friends and she said, I've got 331 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 3: to go. He asked me to dance. She closed her 332 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 3: eyes and passed away. Here's another story. My brother couldn't 333 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 3: really talk while he was dying, but the look in 334 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 3: his eyes before he passed will haunt me forever. Whatever 335 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 3: he saw, it awed him like a kid seeing Disneyland 336 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 3: for the very first time. I've never seen a person's 337 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 3: eyes go so wide with such a big smile on 338 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 3: their face. My guess, as he saw the whole universe 339 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 3: all at once. And another story, My grandparents passed three 340 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 3: days apart from each other. My grandmother was diagnosed with 341 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 3: lung cancer. Halfway through her treatment, she told us that 342 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 3: she felt like her whole life was fulfilled and she 343 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 3: was stopping treatment so she could pass peacefully. She was 344 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 3: on her deathbed for a long time, in and out 345 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 3: of consciousness, not communicating, often only eating some ice chips. 346 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 3: It tore my grandfather up. He was healthy and in 347 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 3: impeccable shape. He went to the gym every day until 348 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 3: he was ninety. One day, he was at the grocery 349 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 3: store and had a heart attack. He died within minutes. 350 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 3: A few days later, my dad and I were sitting 351 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 3: with my grandmother. My dad told her that my grandfather 352 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 3: was waiting for her whenever she was ready to go, 353 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 3: so she wouldn't have to go alone. My grandmother spoke 354 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 3: her first words in a week. He's right here with me. 355 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 3: I see him. My dad asked, what's he wearing. She giggled, 356 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 3: He's in my favorite gray suit. I think we're going out. 357 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 3: She passed that very same evening. This nurse says, I 358 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 3: heard my patient talking to herself, so I went in 359 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 3: to check on her. She said she was talking to 360 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 3: her deceased husband and asked, you don't see him, He's 361 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 3: sitting right there in the chair. That sent a chill 362 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 3: right down my spine. She passed a few minutes later. 363 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 3: And this story. When my sister was on her deathbed. 364 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 3: She would point and ask who the people were in 365 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 3: her room, but of course no one else was there. 366 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 3: I then see her having conversations with these invisible people. 367 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 3: I finally asked her what she was talking about and 368 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 3: with whom. She said she was talking to our grandfather, 369 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,360 Speaker 3: who died twenty years prior, and that he told her 370 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 3: he was there to help her cross over. She told 371 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 3: him she wasn't ready to go, and he told her 372 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 3: that it has to be her decision. When she's ready 373 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 3: to take his hand, he will guide her across. She 374 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 3: passed not long after, no doubt, hand in hand with 375 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 3: our grandfather. Another woman says, my great grandmother got sick 376 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 3: when she was about ninety four. She had a flu 377 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 3: and a really bad fever. I remember her crying and 378 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 3: yelling the name Fritz. I can see Fritz, she repeated. 379 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 3: Fritz was her older brother who had passed away when 380 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 3: he was five, almost a century beforehand. One more story. 381 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 3: I'm a hospice chaplain and worked in a hospital for 382 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 3: a time. There was a spiritual, non religious man I 383 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 3: had a good connection with. He requested that I come 384 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 3: into his room. When I did, he motioned for me 385 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 3: to crouch by his bed and spoke in a whisper. 386 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 3: Do you see my brother in the corner? I told 387 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 3: him I didn't, but I believed he was seeing him. 388 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 3: He was completely lucid and calmly explained that his brother 389 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 3: had been in the corner talking with him, hashing things 390 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 3: out and coming to forgiveness like they weren't able to 391 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 3: do before his brother died. He was worried the nurses 392 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 3: would think he was crazy and try to medicate him. 393 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 3: When I assured him I believed him and just wanted 394 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 3: to listen to what he had to say. He went on, 395 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 3: I see death too. She has my brother with her now. 396 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 3: She's in the room. She's dressed in all black, but 397 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 3: she ain't ugly. She's beautiful. He was totally at peace. 398 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 3: He died a few hours later. It's time for our break, 399 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 3: and we'll be back with a near death experience. 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This story 423 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 3: is from a man who had crashed on an airplane 424 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 3: where unfortunately a lot of people passed, yet he survived. 425 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 3: When he entered his experience, he said, I found myself 426 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 3: in kind of a gray place, not dark and not light. 427 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 3: There was a lot of commotion. People are everywhere, and 428 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 3: the acoustics are loud. On my left side, I view 429 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 3: people walking two by two and very calm way. One 430 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 3: is the person who crossed. The other seems to be 431 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 3: their guide. I sensed peace and love and that they 432 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 3: were okay. Guides kept coming up to meet people. Then 433 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 3: I started moving really fast past the people on the 434 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 3: left with their guides. I questioned, why am I moving 435 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 3: so fast and they are moving so slow. I found 436 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 3: myself going warp speed through this tunnel place. It was 437 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 3: bright and light, but I could see past this was 438 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 3: a dark blackness. I knew it was infinity out there. 439 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 3: As fast as I was moving, Suddenly I stopped. I 440 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 3: stood on what felt like the edge of a lake shore. 441 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 3: It wasn't a bright place. It was dim, and I 442 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 3: could hear the sound of water like a lake shore. 443 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 3: It was as if little laps of water were hitting 444 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 3: the shoreline, peaceful and rhythmic. I was alone, and it 445 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 3: was very quiet except for the sound of what seemed 446 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 3: like water. All of a sudden, I heard giggling and laughing. 447 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 3: I looked up and across this lake, I saw these 448 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 3: three spheres on my far left. They looked like big 449 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 3: cotton balls, but ethereal. They were so excited to see me. 450 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 3: I just knew it. I sensed it. Everything said was 451 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 3: all telepathic, as if they were energy thoughts coming across 452 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 3: to me. Communication was very fast. I didn't have to 453 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 3: wait or think about it. I just knew. Their laughter 454 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 3: and excitement felt so contagious. I started laughing too. I 455 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 3: just wanted to go over there with them. It was 456 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 3: so drawing. For example, when you're sitting at a restaurant 457 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 3: and the table near you is having such a good 458 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 3: time laughing hysterically, you want to find out what's so funny, 459 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 3: but you start laughing too. I started my way over 460 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 3: to the spheres. They meet at leastopped me and said, nope, 461 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 3: we'll come to you, And the next immediate second they 462 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 3: were there on my side. They just came to me, 463 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 3: all three. It felt like they melded into me, and 464 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 3: I realized how great communication is without words. That's the 465 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 3: last thing I remembered that happened. The next moment, I 466 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 3: am in the plane and I hear a voice say, 467 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 3: Oh my god, there is someone else in there. I 468 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 3: yelled my name to them. The plane crashed around eight 469 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 3: forty PM. From what I'm told, my rescue occurred around 470 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 3: one am. It was negative five degrees that night, with 471 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 3: snow blowing and a wind chill factor. I thank God 472 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 3: I'm alive, but there's nothing to fear and death. Here's 473 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 3: another short story. When I had my experience, I felt 474 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 3: my body dropped to the floor, yet I rose and 475 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 3: hovered from the ceiling. Looking down. I saw my sister 476 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 3: and mother place me on the bed, and I felt 477 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 3: a tug. I went upward and felt a slight wind 478 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 3: on my cheek. I was in a dimness and could 479 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 3: feel other spirits rising at different rates. Above there was 480 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 3: a light and I drew closer. I stopped right at 481 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 3: the edge of the light and slowly extended my hand 482 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 3: and stepped through. There was a green field and a 483 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 3: river flowing in the distance. Trees lined the banks, and 484 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 3: there was also a little dirt path. I noticed a 485 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 3: cobblestone wall that was maybe four feet high, and it 486 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 3: followed the dirt path off to the horizon. I suddenly 487 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 3: heard the laughter of children at play. They were out 488 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 3: of sight until they crested a small hill. Then I 489 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 3: saw them playing with a checkered ball. They each got 490 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 3: a turn to kick and run. They were laughing, and 491 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 3: all I wanted to do was to laugh and join them. 492 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 3: As I thought this, steps appeared at the wall. I 493 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 3: could easily climb up and over the wall. When I 494 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 3: got to the topmost step, I saw a person surrounded 495 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 3: by clouds, and its voice asked in my head, do 496 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 3: you know who these children are? At first I didn't 497 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 3: have a clue, but just by thinking of the question, 498 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 3: I knew the answer. In my head. I thought, yes, 499 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 3: these are all children who died young, that didn't make 500 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 3: it into life or died in childbirth. The voice was 501 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 3: kind but warned me if you step over to join 502 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 3: the children, you will not be able to go back. 503 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 3: I shrugged, thinking that the game and the laughter would 504 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 3: be enough for me. I really didn't care if I 505 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 3: couldn't go back. At that instant, the image of my 506 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 3: sister played on my mind's screen. My sister was kneeling 507 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 3: on the bed beside me, with tears streaming down her face. 508 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 3: She was praying, and I could hear her words begging 509 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 3: God to let me come back, to let me be 510 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 3: alive again. I didn't want her to cry. I didn't 511 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 3: want her to hurt so bad. The voice in my 512 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 3: head said, you have chosen well. In less than an instant, 513 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 3: I was pulled back into my body and sitting up 514 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 3: hugging my sister. I told her of her words and 515 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 3: that I could hear her prayer to God. She told 516 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 3: me that she had held a mirror to my nose 517 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 3: and there had been no vapor, no breath at all 518 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 3: in the past five minutes. I feel lucky to be alive, 519 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 3: but also lucky to have had that experience. Next, a 520 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 3: different type of story from hospice chaplain Terry. I worked 521 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:54,400 Speaker 3: with a wonderful administrative assistant named Martha who's in her sixties. 522 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 3: One day, she told me that her daughter, Dorothy, had 523 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,800 Speaker 3: a troubled life. She'd been a difficult child and experienced 524 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 3: a tumultuous adolescence. Now, as an adult, Dorothy was divorced 525 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 3: and losing her battle with ovarian cancer. Because she was 526 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 3: no longer able to work, she had to give up 527 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 3: her apartment and move back in with her mother. Martha 528 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 3: welcomed her and even painted the bedroom a light blue, 529 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,439 Speaker 3: which was her daughter's favorite color. I'd visit them from 530 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 3: time to time, and although Dorothy wasn't a regular church goer, 531 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 3: she said she did believe in God. Dorothy's condition worsened 532 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 3: and her health rapidly deteriorated, to the point that she 533 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,560 Speaker 3: was confined to her bed. Not long after, her mother 534 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 3: noticed that she began looking up toward the corner of 535 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 3: her room and would stare at a particular area of 536 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 3: the wall. One day, when Dorothy was once again staring 537 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 3: at that spot, she blurted out, Oh, it's a door. 538 00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:00,359 Speaker 3: It's a lovely golden door. Her mother thought that her 539 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:06,359 Speaker 3: comment was especially unusual because Dorothy seemed so nonchalant about it, 540 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 3: as if golden doors appearing out of nowhere were commonplace. Curious, 541 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,360 Speaker 3: Martha asked, do you know why it's there? I'm not sure, 542 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 3: and it isn't open yet. Do you know what's on 543 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,279 Speaker 3: the other side? No, but I guess I'm going to 544 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 3: find out sooner or later, Dorothy replied. Toward the end 545 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 3: of her life, she'd mentioned seeing the golden door more often, 546 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 3: saying they're trying to push the door open. Who her 547 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 3: mother asked, I don't know, you said they Do you 548 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,800 Speaker 3: think there's more than one person at the door? Yes, 549 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 3: she said, I'm sure of it. The following day, which 550 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:49,240 Speaker 3: was Dorothy's last, I was visiting and we were talking 551 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,399 Speaker 3: about God. In the middle of the conversation, she looked 552 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 3: up toward the corner of the room and said, they've 553 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 3: pushed the door open. Martha had already told me about 554 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:03,319 Speaker 3: the Golden Door, so I asked, can I see them? 555 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 2: There? 556 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 3: They are? Dorothy explained, can't you see them? Oh, my goodness, 557 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,720 Speaker 3: it's getting so crowded in here. Martha and I didn't 558 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,360 Speaker 3: know what to make of her comment. The only people 559 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 3: in her room were the two of us and her 560 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 3: nurse from hospice. That was hardly a crowd. Why do 561 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:25,719 Speaker 3: they say it's so crowded, I asked, Dorothy. All of 562 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 3: these people keep coming through the door, and it's getting 563 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,279 Speaker 3: very packed in here, she said. Dorothy was slipping in 564 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 3: and out of consciousness, but every time she awoke, she 565 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,640 Speaker 3: pointed to the door and to everyone who was filling 566 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,319 Speaker 3: her room. She said, Mom, look how many there are 567 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 3: here for me. They're going to help me cross over. 568 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 3: Hours before her death, she spoke only of the door 569 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:57,240 Speaker 3: and the crowd surrounding her. She was so happy. Moments 570 00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:01,399 Speaker 3: before her death, her mother gently said, Dorothy, you can 571 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,400 Speaker 3: go with these folks if it's time. I placed my 572 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,799 Speaker 3: hand on the dying woman's hand and said, it's all 573 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,240 Speaker 3: right to go. I'll take care of your mom. Dorothy 574 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 3: died very peacefully with a smile, and her mother was 575 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 3: comforted by the fact that people were there for her. 576 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 3: Although at first Martha didn't believe that vision was real, 577 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:28,279 Speaker 3: as time went on, she realized that the door and 578 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:32,040 Speaker 3: the crowd were exactly what her daughter needed and that 579 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,960 Speaker 3: we all needed. I told Martha several stories about other 580 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,840 Speaker 3: patients who had died seeing a crowd of people, and 581 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 3: I assured her that the golden door was something heavenly. 582 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:50,399 Speaker 3: Hospice doctors, nurses and volunteers witnessed so many of these 583 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 3: passings with the crowded rooms with golden doors, with loved 584 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 3: ones coming to visit, and as a result, they have 585 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,759 Speaker 3: no fear of death. I try as much as I 586 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,880 Speaker 3: can to give you many of these stories over the 587 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 3: past four years of shades of the afterlife, so that 588 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 3: you know when your time comes and my time comes, 589 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:16,360 Speaker 3: that we are greeted in such a loving way. Imagine 590 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,359 Speaker 3: now that you're at the end of your life, you've 591 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 3: accomplished so much, you're a real old person, and you 592 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 3: feel like, hey, I've lived a good life. You're older, 593 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:31,400 Speaker 3: you're wiser, And just imagine that golden door in the corner. 594 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,719 Speaker 3: It gets brighter and brighter, and the door opens, and 595 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 3: there you see your loved ones, overjoyed that they are 596 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 3: seeing you. They rush to your bedside with big smiles. 597 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,040 Speaker 3: The cats, the dogs, maybe the horses are all there 598 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 3: to greet us, to take us home. That feeling of 599 00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:57,240 Speaker 3: love surrounds us, and that big smile on our face 600 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 3: makes us realize there's nothing to do fear and death, 601 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:05,160 Speaker 3: and there's nothing to fear in life. Let's go to 602 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 3: our next break and when we come back, I'll tell 603 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 3: you about the modern day Hogwarts and we'll do a 604 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,480 Speaker 3: virtual trip to the Arthur Finley College. You're listening to 605 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 3: Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to 606 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:35,200 Speaker 3: Coast am Paranormal podcast Network. The Internet is an extraordinary 607 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 3: resource that links our children to a world of information, experiences, 608 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 3: and ideas. It can also expose them to risk, teach 609 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 3: your children the basic safety rules of the virtual world. 610 00:40:50,280 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 3: Our children are everything, do everything for them. 611 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:10,719 Speaker 4: On the iHeartRadio and cost am Paranoral Podcast Network. Listen anytime, anyplace. 612 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,560 Speaker 6: Hey, it's the Wizard of Weird Joshua P. Warren. Don't 613 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,440 Speaker 6: forget to check out my show Strange Things each week 614 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,520 Speaker 6: as I bring you the world of the truly amazing 615 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,759 Speaker 6: and bizarre right here on the iHeartRadio and Coast to 616 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:35,800 Speaker 6: Coast am Paranormal Podcast Network. 617 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,480 Speaker 3: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. 618 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 3: Imagine your boss comes to you and wants to give 619 00:41:55,160 --> 00:42:00,720 Speaker 3: you a gift, a ten day, all expenses paid trip 620 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:04,440 Speaker 3: to wherever you want to go, and they'll even pay 621 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 3: you for it so you don't lose any money from work. 622 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,040 Speaker 3: With these ten days, you start to think about a 623 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:15,600 Speaker 3: nice vacation or holiday. What comes first to my mind 624 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,200 Speaker 3: would be a tropical vacation with the sound of reggae 625 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:25,880 Speaker 3: filling the air, feeling the sand beneath my toes, palm 626 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:30,000 Speaker 3: trees swaying in the breeze, lying on a lounge chair 627 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:34,080 Speaker 3: with a Pina colada delivered to me as I overlook 628 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:39,040 Speaker 3: the pool or the ocean, but wait, these travels are nice, 629 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 3: but I want something a little more active. Shall I 630 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:46,400 Speaker 3: hike a mountain? Now that's too active? Shall I book 631 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,600 Speaker 3: a dude ranch in Arizona and horseback ride? 632 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:50,120 Speaker 2: No? 633 00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,640 Speaker 3: I fell off a horse once, and honestly, I'm not 634 00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:56,759 Speaker 3: ready to get back on. I think to myself. I 635 00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:00,040 Speaker 3: enjoy learning about the afterlife and talking to me I 636 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:04,080 Speaker 3: deceased loved ones. I wonder if there's a trip to 637 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:09,000 Speaker 3: learn about the afterlife. Your travel agent, me, Sandra Champlain, 638 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:13,400 Speaker 3: has the perfect place in mind for you. I myself 639 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:17,120 Speaker 3: have been there and give it five stars on trip Advisor. 640 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:22,880 Speaker 3: Where am I talking about? Well, the Arthur Finley College 641 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:28,880 Speaker 3: near Stansted, north of London in England. Ask any psychic 642 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,879 Speaker 3: or medium about the Arthur Finley College and immediately they 643 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:37,239 Speaker 3: giggle with excitement. You see, the Arthur Finley College is 644 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:42,560 Speaker 3: the world's foremost college for the advancement of psychic science 645 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 3: and communicating with the dead. It's no surprise that it 646 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:52,960 Speaker 3: is popularly referred to as the original Hogwarts. To mediums 647 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:57,360 Speaker 3: and spiritualists, the Arthur Finley College is a place you 648 00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,440 Speaker 3: must attend, but to the rest of the world it 649 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:06,160 Speaker 3: remains an institution clouded in mystery. However, the Arthur Finley 650 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,560 Speaker 3: College is a really great place to go and it's 651 00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:13,680 Speaker 3: open to all of us. I first heard of it 652 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:18,400 Speaker 3: back in twenty sixteen when my good friend Darla invited 653 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,480 Speaker 3: me to take a course there with her. It was 654 00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,880 Speaker 3: a beginner's class in mediumship, and she knew I was 655 00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:30,960 Speaker 3: actively interested in communicating with the Beyond all the research 656 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:36,359 Speaker 3: I did, I had myself scared that I truly was 657 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:41,400 Speaker 3: going to some mysteriously magical place like Hogwarts from the 658 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:46,000 Speaker 3: Harry Potter movies. But once I got there, I fell 659 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:51,240 Speaker 3: in love with the place. I highly recommend anyone interested 660 00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:55,560 Speaker 3: in the afterlife and how to communicate with your loved 661 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:59,680 Speaker 3: ones visit the Arthur Finley College and on either side 662 00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:03,600 Speaker 3: of it, plan a trip to London. That's what we did, 663 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:09,960 Speaker 3: taking in Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, hopping 664 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,160 Speaker 3: on and off a double decker bus, and of course 665 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:17,000 Speaker 3: enjoying some fish and chips and drink in a local pub. 666 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:22,440 Speaker 3: The Arthur Finley College offers facilities unequaled anywhere in the world. 667 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:27,640 Speaker 3: Your course, food and lodging are all included, and students 668 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:32,720 Speaker 3: can study anything from communicating with the dead to spiritualist 669 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:37,200 Speaker 3: philosophy and religious practice. You can learn healing and of 670 00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:44,319 Speaker 3: course unfold your natural, spiritual, psychic and mediumistic abilities. Many 671 00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:48,520 Speaker 3: people don't know that it was Winston Churchill who established 672 00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:52,239 Speaker 3: the Spiritualist church. He was a great believer in the 673 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:56,880 Speaker 3: afterlife and in psychic abilities. Many believe communicating with the 674 00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:01,440 Speaker 3: dead maybe dark or sinister, but it's not. Winston Churchill 675 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:09,799 Speaker 3: normalized contact with spirit. Therefore, Spiritualism first thrived in England 676 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:13,440 Speaker 3: and in the UK, and was established as a religion 677 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:18,880 Speaker 3: there and from there quickly spread throughout the world. Anyone 678 00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:22,759 Speaker 3: can attend the Arthur Finley College. There are classes for 679 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:27,520 Speaker 3: all levels of students, from beginners to highly advanced. Many 680 00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,680 Speaker 3: of the most famous mediums in the world got their 681 00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:34,200 Speaker 3: start there. The college is built on the grounds of 682 00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:38,800 Speaker 3: an old castle that dates over one thousand years old. 683 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:44,640 Speaker 3: The estate itself built in eighteen seventy one. It's mysterious, 684 00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:47,920 Speaker 3: it's old, it's magical, and to me it has the 685 00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:53,000 Speaker 3: most amazing feeling. It's decorated in the old Victorian style 686 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:57,160 Speaker 3: as well. If you're a longtime listener, you remember back 687 00:46:57,239 --> 00:47:01,400 Speaker 3: to episode three when I talk about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 688 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:06,400 Speaker 3: who created Sherlock Holmes, and how he found out about spiritualism. 689 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:11,799 Speaker 3: His friend Arthur Finley, had his own awakening to the 690 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:16,200 Speaker 3: reality of the afterlife, and I tell you his magical 691 00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:20,560 Speaker 3: story back on episode one hundred and thirty six. In 692 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:25,160 Speaker 3: Arthur Finley's will, he said, after the deaths of himself 693 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:30,480 Speaker 3: and his wife that this magnificent estate would be donated 694 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:35,160 Speaker 3: to the spiritualists and made into a college for the 695 00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:39,960 Speaker 3: advancement of psychic sciences. This college is more like a 696 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:44,640 Speaker 3: retreat center. There are fifty different tutors that come and 697 00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:47,640 Speaker 3: go depending on the week you are there, with a 698 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:51,719 Speaker 3: whole range of different courses. You can walk the grounds 699 00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:56,239 Speaker 3: and picnic under the beautiful tulip tree. There are horses 700 00:47:56,320 --> 00:48:00,279 Speaker 3: that you can pet just over the stone wall. There's 701 00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:04,800 Speaker 3: an old church adjacent to the college with a fascinating 702 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:09,279 Speaker 3: old cemetery. No matter what course you take, you can 703 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:13,440 Speaker 3: enjoy a morning meditation in the sanctuary. They have a 704 00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:19,120 Speaker 3: spiritualist service, including healing and a medium demonstration. The first 705 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,920 Speaker 3: day you arrive, you take your seat in the dining room, 706 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:25,840 Speaker 3: and throughout your time you share stories with your tablemates 707 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:29,600 Speaker 3: and meet some best friends for life. You see, there's 708 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,879 Speaker 3: very few people in the real world that you can 709 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:37,279 Speaker 3: be open about your interest in the afterlife. Here at 710 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:41,839 Speaker 3: the Arthur Finley College, everyone is interested. There's a library 711 00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:46,680 Speaker 3: where you can research the history of spiritualism and see 712 00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:51,160 Speaker 3: some incredible old photos and artifacts. You can walk the 713 00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:57,600 Speaker 3: halls where incredible spiritualists from time gone by have walked, 714 00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:03,400 Speaker 3: like Gordon Higginson and Navis Attila, Albert Best, Coral Polge, 715 00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:08,440 Speaker 3: Glenn Edwards and so many more. And if you're interested 716 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,840 Speaker 3: in another kind of spirit yes, they have a full 717 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:16,400 Speaker 3: bar and it's wonderful to enjoy a little cocktail at 718 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:21,120 Speaker 3: night and tell stories to fellow students. My experience to 719 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:24,840 Speaker 3: the Arthur Finley College started with a little bit of 720 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:28,120 Speaker 3: excitement and a lot of nerves, not knowing what I 721 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,960 Speaker 3: was getting myself into. But in a very short time, 722 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,760 Speaker 3: I was opened up to how my psychic sense works, 723 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:43,839 Speaker 3: doing psychic readings and medium readings, trance healing, capturing spirit photographs, 724 00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:49,719 Speaker 3: electronic voice phenomena. I've been there five times already and 725 00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,440 Speaker 3: I look forward to the next time when I can return. 726 00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:56,280 Speaker 3: I know you're interested in the afterlife. As you're listening 727 00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,480 Speaker 3: to this podcast, but if you have some time in 728 00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:03,040 Speaker 3: your life, give yourself the gift and take a trip 729 00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:06,799 Speaker 3: and a course at the Arthur Finley College. You can 730 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:10,600 Speaker 3: find out more about this favorite place of mind at 731 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:16,360 Speaker 3: Arthurfindleycollege dot org. I'm proud to say that we offer 732 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:20,239 Speaker 3: medium classes online in case you can't get to the 733 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:25,360 Speaker 3: Arthur Finley College. And my tutor friends teaching these courses 734 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:29,080 Speaker 3: all have received some training there. I'm talking about the 735 00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:33,960 Speaker 3: incredible Kerrie McLeod, Philip Dikes and Scott Milligan. And of 736 00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:39,080 Speaker 3: course we also have our spiritualist service online. We call 737 00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:42,920 Speaker 3: it our Free Sunday Gathering so you can be empowered 738 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:46,160 Speaker 3: and maybe even get a message from a loved one. 739 00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:51,239 Speaker 3: My website is we Don't Die dot com. During our 740 00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:55,440 Speaker 3: easy Listening episode today, we heard a variety of different 741 00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,200 Speaker 3: kinds of stories, and I know that you may have 742 00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:01,360 Speaker 3: your own story. Have you had a sign from a 743 00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:03,840 Speaker 3: loved one? Have you been with a loved one who's 744 00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:07,240 Speaker 3: passed and they saw a golden door or saw loved 745 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:11,040 Speaker 3: ones just before they passed. Has someone in your life 746 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:14,239 Speaker 3: had a near death experience? Have you been to a 747 00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:18,879 Speaker 3: funeral that something really funny has happened, enlightened the mood. 748 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,200 Speaker 3: I want to hear your stories. One of the tabs 749 00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,880 Speaker 3: that we don't Die dot com is my Facebook group. 750 00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:29,960 Speaker 3: Please join us and share your experiences. It helps others 751 00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:34,319 Speaker 3: believe and sharing is really good for the soul. I'd 752 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,839 Speaker 3: like to share a little bit more humor with you. 753 00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:41,760 Speaker 3: Putting the fun in funerals. This man says, my uncle 754 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:45,040 Speaker 3: was a real jokester. When he suddenly passed, we were 755 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:48,360 Speaker 3: all so heartbroken, but he was such a happy guy 756 00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:51,480 Speaker 3: that we wanted to celebrate him and not have a 757 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:56,280 Speaker 3: dreary funeral. So everyone wore Hawaiian shirts instead of black, 758 00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:59,759 Speaker 3: because that is what he wore every single day of 759 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:02,839 Speaker 3: his life life. At the funeral, we went to the 760 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:06,160 Speaker 3: ocean to scatter his ashes at one of his favorite 761 00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:10,160 Speaker 3: fishing spots. Right when we went to release them, the 762 00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:14,560 Speaker 3: wind changed direction and suddenly the whole crowd of us 763 00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:18,080 Speaker 3: were hit in the face with his ashes. We went 764 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:23,440 Speaker 3: from sobbing to hysterically laughing. And this is just the 765 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:27,520 Speaker 3: kind of thing that would make my uncle laugh. Here's 766 00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:31,360 Speaker 3: another story. My grandma passed away in her late nineties. 767 00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:36,040 Speaker 3: She was active until the end and very fashionable. My aunt, 768 00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:39,680 Speaker 3: who was in her seventies and not very fashionable, decided 769 00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:44,480 Speaker 3: to buy Grandma all new clothes and undergarments because Grandma 770 00:52:44,719 --> 00:52:47,280 Speaker 3: would be upset if she didn't have a new outfit 771 00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:51,120 Speaker 3: for the occasion. So we all got to the wake 772 00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:56,000 Speaker 3: and people were peering into Grandma's casket with a look 773 00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:01,160 Speaker 3: of surprise on their faces. Apparently my aunt had purchased 774 00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:07,560 Speaker 3: my tiny little grandma a very well padded wonderbra. And 775 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:12,000 Speaker 3: the last story. At my grandfather's funeral, in the middle 776 00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:17,080 Speaker 3: of my uncle's eulogy, my four year old cousin ripped 777 00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:22,200 Speaker 3: the loudest fart I have ever heard, which was greatly 778 00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:28,880 Speaker 3: amplified by the wooden pews, and said, Oh, the whole 779 00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:33,600 Speaker 3: church broke out in laughter. Your mission, my friend, should 780 00:53:33,719 --> 00:53:37,600 Speaker 3: you choose to accept it, is look at the lighter 781 00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:44,200 Speaker 3: side of life and the afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. Thank 782 00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:48,160 Speaker 3: you so much for listening to Shades of the Afterlife 783 00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:54,360 Speaker 3: on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 784 00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:03,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 785 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,319 Speaker 2: A and Paranormal Podcast Network. Make sure and check out 786 00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:09,600 Speaker 2: all our shows on the iHeartRadio app or by going 787 00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:16,480 Speaker 2: to iHeartRadio dot com