1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: You're listening to the I Heart Radio and Coast to 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Coast a and Paranormal podcast network, where we offer you 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: podcasts of the supernatural and the unexplained. Getting ready now 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: for Shades of the Afterlife with Sandra Champlain. Welcome to 5 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: our podcast. Please be aware of the thoughts and opinions 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: expressed by the host are their thoughts and opinions only 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: and do not reflect those of I Heart Media, I 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: Heart Radio, Coast to Coast AM, employees of Premier Networks, 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: or their sponsors and associates. We would like to encourage 10 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: you to do your own research and discover the subject 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: matter for yourself. Hi. I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty 12 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: five years, I've been on a journey to prove the 13 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: existence of life after death. On each episode will discuss 14 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: the reasons we now know that our loved ones have 15 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: survived physical death, and so will we. Welcome to Shades 16 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: of the Afterlife. Today we're celebrating a birthday. No, it's 17 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: not mine. Mine is April eighth. It is the birthday 18 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: of Shades of the Afterlife. This is episode one hundred 19 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: and five, which means Shades of the Afterlife turns two 20 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: years old. Today. Now, with kids, you think of the 21 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: terrible twos, But let's go into the terrific twos, shall we. 22 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but when I celebrate a birthday, 23 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: it's my special day. So I can pick the restaurant 24 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: I want to go to, or the food I want 25 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: to have, or if I want to go to a 26 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: movie or do nothing at all, just be with the 27 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: ones I love. When you have a birthday, you get 28 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: to pick. Because I gave birth to shades of the Afterlife. 29 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: Oh that sounds a little weird. I'm going to plan 30 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: this day. I woke up this morning with the general 31 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: anxiety that I feel every day being human. You may think, 32 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: because I have all these episodes and always put a 33 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: big smile on my face to deliver the good news 34 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: of the afterlife, that I live a perfect life. No 35 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: I don't. I am still human, and with being human 36 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: comes a whole bunch of challenges. As I know you 37 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: are aware. So in this episode, as a little birthday 38 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: treat for all of us, we're going to talk about 39 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: the afterlife. Yes, but I want to give more soul 40 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: in enriching guidance and tools so that we can all 41 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: live a powerful life and have some understanding about why 42 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: things go wrong and why we constantly deal with the 43 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: same problems. Wouldn't it be great to just have a 44 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: little relief today? So join me in the celebration, will you, 45 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: the celebration of Shades of the Afterlife. But I want 46 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: to do first is play something that I made. There 47 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 1: is a quote by Silver Birch called one Day after 48 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 1: Death and it comes to us from the Spiritual Truth 49 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: Foundation dot org, where you can find all kinds of 50 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: books from silver Birch, and this quote is very powerful 51 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: to me as to what happens after we die. Now, 52 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: if you haven't heard the episode about Silver Birch, the 53 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: story goes that there's a fellow named Maurice Barbonnel who 54 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: was actually the founder of the first spiritualist newspaper called 55 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: Psychic News, and for over fifty years he dedicated himself 56 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: to the spirit world and making sure humanity and knew 57 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: about the afterlife. But he always wasn't a believer. His 58 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: mother was religious, but his father was an atheist, so 59 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: he grew up with all these disagreements in the household 60 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: about religion and God. At one point he was part 61 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: of a literary club and someone was arguing whether there 62 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: was any truth in spirituality and talking to the dead. 63 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: He decided to investigate this. So back in the early thirtiesties, 64 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: people were sitting around in home circles and they would sing. 65 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: It would be dark, or just a little red light 66 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 1: on and out of the darkness. Very often the voice 67 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: of a spirit I loved one came through, or someone 68 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: acted as a trance medium speaking words from this unseen world. 69 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: When Maurice Barbanell attended, he all asleep, or so he thought. 70 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: He didn't fall asleep. He became a conduit for a 71 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: person named Silver Birch who once lived this earth, and 72 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: for over fifty years he brought through very powerful words 73 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: of inspiration about life and death and the afterlife. So 74 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: here is a recording in my voice with a little 75 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: background music of the words of Silver Birch. One day 76 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: after death, you will be the same individual as you 77 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: were one day before it, except that you will have 78 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: discarded your physical body. You will express yourself through your 79 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: etheric body, which is a replica of the physical one. 80 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: It does not, however, reproduce any of its imperfections. All 81 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: disease and infirmities will be left behind. The deaf will hear, 82 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: the dumb will speak, the blind will see, the cripple 83 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: will be a cripple no longer. You must try and 84 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: understand that life in the spirit world is not dreamy 85 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: or nebulous. It is full of activity. It is just 86 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: as real as the life each one of us lives here. 87 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: We are accustomed to think of the material world as 88 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: being real and solid, although actually this is not so, 89 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: as the science of physics proves, the things of the 90 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: mind or the spirit seem to us shadowy and vague. 91 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: But to those who live on the other side, the 92 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: mental is the real and the physical is the shadow. This, 93 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: doubtless will be hard for you to grasp, but you 94 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: will find a perfect analogy. If you think of your dreams. 95 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: When you dream, all the things that you encounter are 96 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: real at the time of their happening. They only become 97 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: dreams when you wake up. If you never woke up, 98 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: and dreaming was the perpetual state of your existence, then 99 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: that state would become your reality. The spirit world is 100 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: round and about us. Some people see it and hear 101 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: it because they can tune into its vibrations. It is 102 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: not situated in some far off continent. It is part 103 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: of the universe, blending and intermingling with the physical world. 104 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: You must dismiss from your mind the old fashioned theological 105 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: idea that after death there is an undisturbed eternal sleep. 106 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: There may be at first a short time of rest 107 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: to enable the newly arrived spirit to adjust himself to 108 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: this new life. This usually takes a little time. Then 109 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: he meets those who have preceded him. Families are reunited, 110 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: old associations are reestablished, friendships are renewed. I know the 111 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: question you will ask is how will I be able 112 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: to recognize those who have gone before? This is not 113 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: a real difficulty. They will know you, having watched over 114 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: you and kept in constant touch with you. Then, because 115 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: the spirit world is a place where thought is the reality, 116 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: they will be able to show themselves to you as 117 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: you knew them. There is, however, one great factor always 118 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: operating in the spirit world, the unalterable law of attraction. 119 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: Only those of like spiritual qualities can meet on the 120 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: same plane in the new life. The husband and wife, 121 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: who are only held together on earth by a legal tie, 122 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: and between whom no real love existed, will not be 123 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: together in spirit life. Sometimes people are puzzled because they 124 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: learned that there are houses on the other side. You 125 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 1: must remember, though, these are not houses made of brick 126 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: and mortar, but constructed out of thought. This applies also 127 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: to the clothing that is worn. The instinct to clothe 128 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: oneself is deeply rooted and has become habitual. No one 129 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: would dream of walking through the streets unclothed. This habit 130 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: is part of our mental makeup. That is why it 131 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: persists on the other side, where mental states are the 132 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: reality Silver Birch through the mediumship of Maurice Barbanel. That 133 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: is one of my favorite passages. It really is letting 134 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: us know that there's nothing to be afraid of in 135 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: the afterlife. It's a land very much like we experience 136 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: here before we get there. Being human, we all know it. 137 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: There's pain and suffering being alive. And I want to 138 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: talk about in this episode what the purpose of life 139 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: is that I think, and how we can best navigate 140 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: it with some of the tools we have. Don't be afraid. 141 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: It is said that our souls can leave our bodies 142 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: before our physical passing in times of suffering and great fear. 143 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: In fact, when my dad passed, he suffered really bad 144 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: with cancer. It was terrible to watch. My faith is 145 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: that his soul left and he was reunited with his 146 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: loved ones before his body left this earth. Depending on 147 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: the situation, it maybe days, it may be moments, but 148 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: you will be greeted by a loved one. There'll be 149 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: no fear, and they will help you cross, and once 150 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: you get there, huge reunion, perhaps even a parade, depending 151 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: on how you lived your life, and everyone you knew 152 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: will be there, big hugs, even your pets. Now I 153 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,199 Speaker 1: know in that passage he said husbands and wives were 154 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: only together through a certificate. But we have the ability 155 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: to make amends if we'd like to, or thank the 156 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: people even if they have wronged us, if we wish, 157 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: because out of each negative situation, there's a possibility for 158 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: our soul to grow, and then in turn we get 159 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: to make a difference with another person. The land over 160 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: there is very much like we experience here. So depending 161 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: on your beliefs and the area in the world that 162 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: you live, it's going to be comfortable for you. It'll 163 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: feel like you're at home. It'll be like waking up 164 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: from the dream, except for this life here on earth 165 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: was the dream. I've got some good things in store 166 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: for you for this episode. When we come back from 167 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: the break, we'll get into why do we even have 168 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: to come to Earth in the first place if the 169 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: afterlife is so great? But then let's talk about some 170 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: tools about living your best life ever. You're listening to 171 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: Shades of the Afterlife on the I Heart Radio and 172 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. Welcome back to 173 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: the second birthday celebration of Shades of the Afterlife. I'm 174 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: Sandra Champlain. There are some things I've done in my life, experiences, 175 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 1: purchases that are the very best of the best memories 176 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: that I have. One memory I have is before the 177 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: passing of my dad, being by his side for most 178 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: of the time for the last many months. Not only 179 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: did I get to spend time with this wonderful man, 180 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: but I got to see a side of myself that 181 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: I didn't even know existed, one that could be his 182 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: champion for having the best experience ever, no matter what 183 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: was coming our way. I became a tough girl, having 184 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: the tough conversations with family members, talking to doctors, being 185 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: an advocate for his health. That whole period about my 186 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: dad's death, as difficult as it was, I am proud 187 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: of myself for who I was in that experience and 188 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: how much I learned. Another thing that I'm grateful for 189 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: is getting laser eye surgery done. I'm a girl who 190 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: has had really bad vision ever since I was a 191 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: little kid, and back in two thousand and eight, my 192 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: eye doctor finally convinced me to have this surgery done. 193 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: And I remember when I got off the surgery table 194 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: and had to go over to the waiting room. I 195 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: could open my eyes for just a split second. Now, 196 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: the girl that could never see past my hand, I 197 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: could see clear across the room and see a clock 198 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: and read the clock on the wall, and I knew 199 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: in a moment that my life will never be the same. 200 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: After my eyes healed, I took myself to Disney World 201 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: and I saw colors and lights and the parade, and 202 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: it seemed like I was living in a whole new world. 203 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: I could even look at the moon, and instead of 204 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: seeing the bright white circle, I could make out the 205 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: different gray tones of colors on the moon. Another experience 206 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: I had was doing a workshop called the Landmark Forum. 207 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: A friend of mine who went from everyday guy to 208 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: ultra successful said this was the reason for his success, 209 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: and in a three day weekend a most extraordinary conversation 210 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: is held one about what it is to be human, 211 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: why we are the way we are, and we learn 212 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: that we don't have to live by the beliefs that 213 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: we've chosen for ourselves of the past, and we can 214 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: create any reality for ourselves in the future. Boy, was 215 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: that ever freeing. Obviously, another great thing in my life 216 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: is being on the adventure of the afterlife when some 217 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: of those key moments that I've talked about before hit 218 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: me through my medium experiences, through recording electronic voice phenomena, 219 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: through witnessing sheer miracles at Banning Retreat Center in the UK. 220 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: To me, it was like finding the cure for cancer. 221 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: Such good news, I've got to share it. And one 222 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: more thing that has been a blessing to me. Best 223 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: purchase besides the laser eye surgery is getting a three 224 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: D virtual reality headset called an Oculus that goes over 225 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: my eyes with two hand controls and it allows me 226 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: to see in virtual reality the entire world. I can 227 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: explore places that I've never been to before. But the 228 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: reason I love it so much is there is an 229 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: app called Supernatural that is health and fitness. And for 230 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 1: a girl who has had no desire to exercise my 231 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: entire life, I can say that I have not missed 232 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: a day in two hundred and fifty two days doing 233 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: the routines in the Supernatural, which consists of stretching, boxing, 234 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: and one that's called flow, which is these balloons come 235 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,880 Speaker 1: flying at you from three hundred and sixty degrees again 236 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 1: in three dimensions, and you get to smash them. There's 237 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: some meditations on there too. I am not paid affiliate, 238 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: but it's combined the power of a video game, music 239 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: and dance in a super cool three dimensional reality that 240 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: makes me want to exercise. Why I'm telling you this 241 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: is that headset for me. I'd like to compare to 242 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 1: the afterlife. All right, are you ready for this? I think, 243 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: and this is what I choose to adopt for living 244 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,959 Speaker 1: my life. That we are souls in the before life, 245 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: which is also the afterlife before we come to planet Earth. 246 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: It is a place that it's great all the time, beautiful, 247 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: Our favorite people are there. We can think of thought 248 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: and we can be in a beautiful location. We know 249 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 1: that we communicate with thought and in the silver Birch quote. 250 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: We heard that we create with our thoughts. If we 251 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: want to live in a man and you want to 252 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: sit by the edge of a waterfall, we think it 253 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: we created. It's real. The problem with being in a 254 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: place of perfection is that when you have something so 255 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: good all of the time, it no longer occurs as special. 256 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: I may have told you before about my friend Travis, 257 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: who made millions of dollars with his construction business. He 258 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,400 Speaker 1: bought the best boats, the best cars, the biggest houses, 259 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: the best clothes, had the best everything. He was never 260 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: satisfied with what he had, so he continued to buy 261 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: bigger and bigger and more expensive. Unfortunately, none of that 262 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: made him happy. At one point he told me he 263 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 1: actually contemplated suicide because he could not find happiness no 264 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: matter how much he spent. It wasn't until he bought 265 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: a reasonable car, moved into a moderate house, got back 266 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 1: into working as opposed to just living off the money, 267 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: made his life about teaching people what he knew, and 268 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: after enough time doing that, he could feel happiness. I'd 269 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: like you to imagine what your favorite food is. That's right, 270 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: your favorite food. Do you like chocolate, French fries? Good 271 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: crusty French bread, cheese, pizza. Normally, when we eat those things, 272 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: we enjoy them because we haven't had them in a while, 273 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: and they give us that rush, that feel good sensation. 274 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: It's a treat. But what if you were forced to 275 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: eat that single food as your only food for the 276 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: rest of your life. In the beginning, you might think, yeah, pizza, 277 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: I love pizza. But after a few days, few weeks, 278 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: a few months, pizza will become very boring. So these 279 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: are just some examples of too much of a good thing. 280 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: It's not a good thing. So let's brainstorm the creation 281 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: of planet Earth. Imagine, as souls, we're living in a 282 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: great place with everything we could possibly want. The problem is, 283 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: after some time boring. So the Before Life After Life 284 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: Committee gets together and they said, let's design this place 285 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: called Earth that people will go and experience bad, which 286 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: will make them appreciate good and there will be so 287 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: much experience and growth for their soul. But here's the catch. 288 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: If we create this, we have to make it so 289 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: that they don't remember who they really are, or else 290 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 1: they won't get the full value of Earth. The committee 291 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 1: then puts that to the people of the Before Life 292 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: and everybody thinks that's a wonderful opportunity. So planet Earth 293 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: was created to be the best place to experience all 294 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 1: kinds of new things with get this, five senses, not 295 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: just using the power of thought to experience, but you 296 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: have eyes and a news and a mouth for taste, 297 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: and touch and sound. Everything can be experienced in a 298 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: whole new reality. If you compare my Oculus virtual reality 299 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 1: headset to Heaven, it would be like the difference between 300 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 1: wearing the virtual reality headset and experiencing a beach in 301 00:22:55,040 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: three dimension with the sound of the waves. And compare 302 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: or that too, going to Planet Earth and actually sitting 303 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: on a beach, feeling the sand under your toes, hearing 304 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 1: the sound of the ocean, and touching the water. Can 305 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: you see the difference. I know this idea comes from 306 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: my imagination, but many people believe that we chose to 307 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: come here, that there are billions of souls hoping for 308 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 1: an opportunity to come to Earth to experience life and 309 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: emotions and everything our five senses give us. Yet we're 310 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: here and can often be complaining because life is so hard. Right, 311 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: making the decision to come to Earth is similar to 312 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: us making a new year's resolution, whether we say we 313 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: are going to diet, we're going to lose weight, we're 314 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: going to exercise, or maybe this year I'm going to 315 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: run a marathon. The difference is most times we quit 316 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: on our resolutions. Those things sounded like a good idea, 317 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 1: but then when we got started they were too hard 318 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: and we quit. But here we are on planet Earth. 319 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: We've made this resolution to come to this place to 320 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: experience so many new things. But it's gotten hard, hasn't it, 321 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: And we've forgotten who we really are and how powerful 322 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:32,479 Speaker 1: we really are. Those beings in the Before Life slipped 323 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 1: a little fine print into this document that we signed 324 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: to come to planet Earth. In it, it says, you 325 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: will forget who you really are. There are circumstances out 326 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: of our control, like the health of the body, what 327 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: other people do, natural disasters, and we have no idea 328 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: the full ability of the mind. So if that all 329 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: sounds good and you want to go for a ride 330 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: on planet Earth, just sign here and follow me, and 331 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: remember you can never get hurt because you will return 332 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: to this place with all of us. We will be there, 333 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: watching and sharing you on and we will give you 334 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 1: one tool to keep in touch with us. So let's 335 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 1: go to the break. We'll find out what that tool 336 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: is and give you some more tools for your toolbox 337 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: on this adventure called Life. You're listening to Shades of 338 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: the Afterlife on the I Heart Radio and Coast to 339 00:25:38,560 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. Welcome back to Shades of 340 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 1: the Afterlife, second Birthday edition. I'm Sander Champlain and I'm 341 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: so grateful you're here. What do you think about my 342 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: game called life? What do you think about us being 343 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: souls choosing to come to this place called Earth where 344 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: there is so much rich experience. There's other people, there's growth, 345 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 1: there's adventure. It all sounds good, doesn't it. But once 346 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: we got here, we've forgotten who we really are. It 347 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: occurs to us as very difficult. So what is this 348 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: tool that is the key to the kingdom. Actually, it's 349 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: something very easy to say and very difficult to do. 350 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: It is living in the present moment. Now, let me 351 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: explain the way our human beings are designed is to 352 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 1: not live in the present moment. We can put the 353 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: game aside for just a moment. This has actually been proven. 354 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: Our brain has been designed to keep us alive. Now, 355 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 1: back in the day when there might be a lion 356 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: hunting you. It's really important to know your surroundings, be 357 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: ready for anything, be in that constant state of being alert, 358 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: just in case a lion pounces on you for dinner. However, 359 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 1: in this day and age, that's not the problem for 360 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: most people. Yet our minds keep us living in a 361 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: state of anxiety. I mentioned that at the beginning, and 362 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: I'm wondering if you feel that too when you wake 363 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: up in the morning. Are you all of a sudden 364 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: blasted with all the things you have to do that 365 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: day and all the worries? And how am I going 366 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: to get through it all? You know, as kids, everything 367 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: was magical. Kids live in the present moment. Kids can 368 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 1: also very often have memories of the before life and 369 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: see people in the afterlife. Did you know that? But 370 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: as adults we are too busy focusing on the future. 371 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: Kids don't want to take a nap, they don't want 372 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: to go to bed at night. We adults would love 373 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 1: a nap during the day, wouldn't we, And can't wait 374 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 1: till the day is over and we can go to bed. 375 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: We live in this constant state of anxiety. Another thing 376 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: that the mind automatically does is it thinks our present 377 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: moment is rather boring. But what it does it sifts 378 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: through our day and it creates like a highlights playlist 379 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: for us to revisit later. Our mind likes to think 380 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: about past events. It's just the way we're designed. It 381 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: does not care if these highlights are good or bad. 382 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: If you see a beautiful rainbow during the day and 383 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 1: also get into a massive argument with someone you care about, 384 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: chances are the massive argument will replay in your mind 385 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: over and over instead of the beautiful rainbow. Remember the 386 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: Committee and the Before Life said they really don't know 387 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: how this mind operates and what it can do. We 388 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: all suffer with this passenger in our mind, that inner 389 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: voice that NonStop talks to us, mostly worried about the 390 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: future or be rating us about something in the past, 391 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: never good enough, never tall enough, never thin enough, never 392 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: smart enough, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. We can, however, make the 393 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: present moment a tool for us to use, because not 394 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: only can we override the mind thinking about the past 395 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: and the future, but being in the present moment we 396 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: actually tap into that divine nature that we have. There 397 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: are moments and I'm sure you've experienced them too. Perhaps 398 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: if you're in the bathtub or in the shower and 399 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: a great idea seems to come out of nowhere because 400 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: you were present. Sometimes you might be with a loved 401 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: one or a friend enjoying just some quiet time, and 402 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: out of the blue, you both say the same thing 403 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: at the exact same time. In that present moment. You're 404 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: tied into the same psychic channel. When you look at 405 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: the great evidential and trance mediums of the past and present, 406 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: how do they do it? They get in the present 407 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: moment and still their mind as quiet as it can be, 408 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: being a channel for the unseen world to use to 409 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: put thoughts and images and feelings and words in. Have 410 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: you ever gone to bed at night with a question 411 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: on your mind, not knowing how to resolve it, and 412 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: then in the morning you wake up and there's the answer. 413 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: While you're sleeping, you are dreaming, yes, but your mind 414 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: is in that present moment. Just knowing we have the 415 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: present moment in our toolbox is not enough, sorry to say, 416 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: we must be on guard, like we're looking for the lion, 417 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: and when we feel ourselves getting caught up in that anxiety, 418 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: we're looking into the future or feeling guilt and stewing 419 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: about the past. You can say, wait, nope, stop the 420 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: present and look at where you are. Pay full attention 421 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: to it, and it can break that cycle of the 422 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: brain and tap you into that divine nature of yours. 423 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: There's an author and teacher named John cabot Zin who 424 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: teaches to patients who are experiencing great pain how to 425 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,479 Speaker 1: be present. And one of the things he used is 426 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: is how to eat a raisin, yes, a little dried grape. 427 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: He teaches them to experience that raisin for about six 428 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: minutes before actually eating it. The size, the weight, the shape, 429 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: the smell, how it feels in the fingers eventually when 430 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: it gets on the tongue, how it feels on the time, 431 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: how it feels to the teeth, what the taste is, 432 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: what it's like after it's been swallowed. And interesting people 433 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: who suffer a great deal of pain when in the 434 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: present moment that pain can disappear. Our minds can only 435 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: really pay attention to one thing at a time. So 436 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: if we work on being present, that is like being 437 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 1: handed the keys to the kingdom. That is also the 438 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: place that we can pay attention to our feelings you've 439 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: heard me say this before. Our loved wine give us 440 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: very subtle signs that they're with us. Certainly, if you 441 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: go for training on psychic abilities and mediumship, you can 442 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 1: learn how to hone this in more. But for now, 443 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: when you are so present and you think of your 444 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: loved one and maybe think of their face or a 445 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: shared memory, pay attention to your feelings. Are you flooded 446 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 1: with a feeling of love? Do words and images come 447 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: into your mind or memories. It's a very gentle way 448 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 1: for them to communicate. It's in that present moment. I 449 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: think you'll find this interesting. Also, talking about the brain 450 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: and the habits of thinking, we can create some pretty 451 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: deep habits. We can also create some addictions. You know 452 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,959 Speaker 1: that feeling of anxiety I talked about earlier that I 453 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: experience when I wake up in the morning and I 454 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: sally often throughout the day. I've learned a tool to 455 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 1: help dial that down, So listen to this conversation. There's 456 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: a natural reward center in our mind, and if you're 457 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: hungry and you eat something, you get a little boost 458 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:23,399 Speaker 1: of something called dopamine that makes you feel good. When 459 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:30,760 Speaker 1: people have an addictive behavior, which can be things like drugs, alcohol, food, 460 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 1: negative thinking, etcetera, etcetera. Instead of the brain automatically making 461 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:43,280 Speaker 1: this dopamine, it only makes it if you get more 462 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 1: and more of the substance you're addicted to. I bring 463 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:54,439 Speaker 1: this up because love is similar to an addiction as 464 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: far as our brain is concerned. When our loved one 465 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: is no longer with us, we go through a withdrawal 466 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,839 Speaker 1: and we are craving that fix. Of course, we don't 467 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:11,839 Speaker 1: get it, so we go through the withdrawal process. There's 468 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:17,320 Speaker 1: some new information out that I think will help everyone 469 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: who is suffering with any kind of habit, grief, or 470 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 1: even that feeling of guilt. To catch yourself in the 471 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: act of feeling or craving. And there are some things 472 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: that we can do to boost the dopamine being produced 473 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: in our brain. Sunlight, exercise, listening to music, dancing, eating 474 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 1: healthy foods, and the top thing that we can do 475 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 1: is a certain kind of meditation. Now why I find 476 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: this particular kind of meditation fascinating is that it happens 477 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:05,959 Speaker 1: in the present moment. When we think of normal meditation, 478 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 1: you're following a voice in the woods to a park bench, 479 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 1: et cetera. With this kind of meditation which is called 480 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: yoga nidra, which is n I d r A. You 481 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: follow a voice. But the idea is it puts your 482 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: body to sleep, yet your mind remains still and in 483 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: the present moment. If you look up yoga nidra on YouTube, 484 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:40,800 Speaker 1: there's a gal named Ali who's got many free versions 485 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:45,240 Speaker 1: you can listen to. Why I find this Yoga nidra 486 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: interesting is one I have been practicing it for the 487 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: past week and that feeling of anxiety does not last 488 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: throughout the day. I'm able to think sharp and clear 489 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: and get things done. Two, if you've heard me talk 490 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,399 Speaker 1: about sitting in the power, which is the one thing 491 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:15,319 Speaker 1: we can do to raise our soul power, and it's 492 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:19,560 Speaker 1: the one thing that mediums say gives them the best 493 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:24,760 Speaker 1: connection to people in the afterlife. It's like exercising a muscle. 494 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 1: Yoga nidra is very similar to sitting in the power, 495 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: so in that state of nothing miss it seems to 496 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: be like a massage from the inside out. But also 497 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,760 Speaker 1: it is a present moment link to the spirit world. 498 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,719 Speaker 1: We'll talk more about it when we get back from 499 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: the break. And I've got a birthday gift for you. 500 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the I 501 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:59,400 Speaker 1: Heart Radio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 502 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,840 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife, second Birthday edition. 503 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 1: I'm Sanders Champlain. We're doing a little bit of a 504 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: different kind of episode. Not an episode chock full of 505 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 1: reasons to believe in the afterlife, but more how to 506 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:39,399 Speaker 1: live our life and tap into that divine soul that 507 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 1: we are and able to connect to the afterlife. Before 508 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:49,440 Speaker 1: the break, I mentioned yoga nidra, a kind of meditation 509 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:55,760 Speaker 1: that science has proven really increases our dopamine feel good 510 00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: production of this neurotransmitter. However, I've drawn the conclusion that 511 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,560 Speaker 1: it's very similar to what's called sitting in the power. 512 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: If you listen to episode three, I had some different 513 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:17,839 Speaker 1: meditation techniques and ultimately to connect with your deceased loved one. 514 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:23,120 Speaker 1: But why I think this Yoga nidra is important and 515 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:27,399 Speaker 1: also sitting in the power, is that you create an 516 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: intention at the beginning. So for sitting in the power, 517 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 1: if you are studying mediumship, you offer a little prayer. 518 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: Let this serve as an opportunity to work with the 519 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 1: spirit world. So my bond with the afterlife is strengthened, 520 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 1: or you could sit in the power for healing, have 521 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 1: the intention of sending or receiving healing. You could sit 522 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: in the power with just a honest request that you 523 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: wish to be of service, help me be the best 524 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 1: I can be. With yoga Nidra, you make the intention 525 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:10,400 Speaker 1: as well things about let me be at peace, or 526 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,840 Speaker 1: if there's something you're working on in life and you 527 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:17,239 Speaker 1: need assistance with that, you mention it. I've found in 528 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:22,040 Speaker 1: both doing the yoga Nidra and sitting in the power, 529 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 1: there are moments that I honestly feel asleep or in 530 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:31,400 Speaker 1: some kind of a dreamy state, and I've had moments 531 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:36,799 Speaker 1: of seeing loved ones and feeling their presence. Important not 532 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:41,839 Speaker 1: to engage the active mind, but just whatever comes up, 533 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: let it be and release it. I'm grateful for the 534 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 1: dopamine production because it helps with my food cravings, but 535 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:55,319 Speaker 1: also the fact that it strengthens the bond with the 536 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,960 Speaker 1: unseen world. I know there are some things we can 537 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:05,359 Speaker 1: do to also boost our soul power. One is having integrity, 538 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,960 Speaker 1: being your word, honoring what you say you'll do, doing it, 539 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 1: even if it's responsibilities to yourself. You may find it 540 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:19,360 Speaker 1: helpful to make an integrity list all those things you 541 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:23,120 Speaker 1: said you do that you haven't done. Either commit to 542 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: doing them or take them off the list. If you 543 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 1: need to apologize to someone, do it. Gratitude boosts our 544 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:35,839 Speaker 1: soul power, not only giving thanks to the things that 545 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:39,440 Speaker 1: we have in our life, and I mean really giving thanks, 546 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,480 Speaker 1: but also giving thanks to things you'd like in your life. 547 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,839 Speaker 1: Practice that for a while and see the difference that 548 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:51,240 Speaker 1: makes you. May enjoy the book The Magic by Rhonda 549 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:55,880 Speaker 1: Burne with a twenty eight day gratitude practice. What do 550 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,279 Speaker 1: I think is the purpose of life? Yes, to get 551 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:03,920 Speaker 1: as many experiences as we can, but also the hardest 552 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 1: challenge is ourselves. Here's a quote, it is not the 553 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:13,799 Speaker 1: mountain we conquer, but ourselves. Could you imagine living a 554 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:21,400 Speaker 1: life peaceful, aware, alert, tapped into your higher self, not 555 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:27,280 Speaker 1: being judgmental, not having that little voice dictate good or bad, 556 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,360 Speaker 1: living in the present moment, being in touch with the 557 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:36,200 Speaker 1: spirit world. I do think that's available to us. What 558 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:40,520 Speaker 1: I'd like to do now is a different kind of meditation. 559 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:46,200 Speaker 1: This is called a meta meditation, just for us to 560 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,759 Speaker 1: send love out into the world and also send love 561 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:56,080 Speaker 1: to ourselves. You are a divine soul who may have 562 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:59,239 Speaker 1: signed up to be here on planet Earth, and I 563 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:02,280 Speaker 1: think each one of us needs to know how special 564 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,759 Speaker 1: and how loved we are. So if you can find 565 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,880 Speaker 1: a place to relax, either sitting down or lying down, 566 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:17,920 Speaker 1: close your eyes, take a deep breath in through the 567 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:24,239 Speaker 1: nose and how through the mouth and on the exhale, 568 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:34,800 Speaker 1: release the muscles and your jaw, Soften your shoulders and 569 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:41,560 Speaker 1: your eyes, and pay attention to some of the sounds 570 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:54,840 Speaker 1: around you. I want you to think now of someone 571 00:43:55,600 --> 00:44:04,720 Speaker 1: you love unconditionally. Might be a family member or a friend, 572 00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:13,680 Speaker 1: or a child, maybe even a pet. Could be someone 573 00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 1: who's passed away or alive. But imagine being there with 574 00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:32,239 Speaker 1: them right now, feeling a mutual sense of unconditional love. 575 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:47,399 Speaker 1: Look into their eyes and see their face smiling right 576 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:56,719 Speaker 1: back at you, and mentally whisper the words thank you, 577 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:16,000 Speaker 1: thank you as you feel loving kindness with them. Send 578 00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:22,240 Speaker 1: love to that person and say, may you be happy 579 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:32,360 Speaker 1: and healthy and free from suffering. May you know the 580 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:39,640 Speaker 1: natural joy of what it is to be alive. And 581 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:46,200 Speaker 1: now bring into your awareness someone who the relationship might 582 00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:58,720 Speaker 1: not be that great. We're a little complicated. Visualize loving 583 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:06,560 Speaker 1: that person. Ye see them smiling at you as you 584 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:15,120 Speaker 1: smile back at them and say to them, thank you. 585 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:26,040 Speaker 1: May you be healthy, May you be free from suffering. 586 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:40,440 Speaker 1: And then bringing into awareness your own self, your own body, 587 00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:45,840 Speaker 1: mind and heart that has been with you since the 588 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:51,319 Speaker 1: day you were born and even before. And if you'd 589 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:56,960 Speaker 1: like to put your hands over your chest and imagine 590 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:02,799 Speaker 1: smiling and having your own face smiling back at you, 591 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:15,399 Speaker 1: and I want you to say, I love you. May 592 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:26,160 Speaker 1: I be happy, May I be healthy. May I accept 593 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:34,560 Speaker 1: myself just as I am. May I know the natural 594 00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:42,360 Speaker 1: joy of what it is to be alive. May I 595 00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:50,040 Speaker 1: be free from suffering. May I embrace life just as 596 00:47:50,080 --> 00:48:01,279 Speaker 1: it is. And then bring this a awareness to all 597 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:12,320 Speaker 1: beings on the planet and say, may all beings be happy, 598 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:23,720 Speaker 1: May all beings be healthy, May all beings be free 599 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:33,160 Speaker 1: from suffering. May all beings know the natural joy of 600 00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:45,640 Speaker 1: being alive. And take one last breath in and breathe out. 601 00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:52,480 Speaker 1: I am so grateful that you are a listener to 602 00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:57,080 Speaker 1: shades of the afterlife. I know in my heart that 603 00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:01,319 Speaker 1: when we believe in the afterlife, when we believe our 604 00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:04,440 Speaker 1: loved ones are with us and we will see them again, 605 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:10,560 Speaker 1: we have the ability to live a different kind of life, 606 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:15,200 Speaker 1: one where we can go after our dreams, one where 607 00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:19,040 Speaker 1: we know we can never fail and that we are 608 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:24,880 Speaker 1: being cheered on by unseen people around us. I know 609 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:29,680 Speaker 1: life is difficult, but we are in this together. I 610 00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:32,720 Speaker 1: want to remind you our home base is we Don't 611 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:37,560 Speaker 1: Die dot com. All kinds of good things coming up. 612 00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,919 Speaker 1: Please come see me at our free Sunday gathering. Come 613 00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:45,120 Speaker 1: in a few minutes early and say hello. I would 614 00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:50,640 Speaker 1: love to meet you. And a reminder. The yoga Nidra 615 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:56,319 Speaker 1: meditation several versions can be found on YouTube by a 616 00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:00,160 Speaker 1: gal named Ali, and in all the weekly classes as 617 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:04,640 Speaker 1: we offer, you also learn sitting in the Power. I'm 618 00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:09,760 Speaker 1: Sandra Champlain. Thank you for celebrating our second birthday together 619 00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:14,000 Speaker 1: and for listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the 620 00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:33,359 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast am Paranormal Podcast Network. 621 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:35,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the I Heart Radio and Coast 622 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,560 Speaker 1: to Coast Day and Paranormal Podcast Network. Make sure and 623 00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,320 Speaker 1: check out all our shows on the I Heart Radio 624 00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:48,799 Speaker 1: app or by going to I heart radio dot com.