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 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: let's start with Chase of the Afterlife with Santra Channaplain. 7 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 3: Welcome to our podcast. Please be aware the thoughts and 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 3: opinions expressed by the host are their thoughts and opinions 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 3: only and do not reflect those of iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, Coast 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 3: to Coast, am employees of Premiere Networks, or their sponsors 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 3: and associates. We would like to encourage you to do 12 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 3: your own research and discover the subject matter for yourself. 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 4: Hi. 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 3: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been 15 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 3: on a journee to prove the existence of life after death. 16 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 3: On each episode, we'll discuss the reasons we now know 17 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 3: that our loved ones have survived physical death, and so 18 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 3: will we. Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. I am 19 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 3: having a good day and I'm grateful that I get 20 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 3: to share a little bit with you today. I woke 21 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 3: up this morning, had a pretty powerful positive conversation with 22 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 3: my mom. We were talking about dreams and aren't they crazy? 23 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 3: Some of the things that show up in my own 24 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 3: dreams make me certain that there is a much bigger 25 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 3: picture going on. Where do they come from? I don't know. 26 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 3: How can they be so clear as if they really 27 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 3: are happening? 28 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 4: I don't know. 29 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 3: Then we started talking about dreams of loved ones in 30 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: the afterlife, and I love talking about that. And we 31 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: talked a little bit about Christopher Kerr, the doctor who 32 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 3: works with hospice, who we spoke about, oh, just over 33 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 3: a month ago, about all the studies he's done with 34 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 3: people that are close to dying and how they have 35 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 3: dreams so clear as if they are real of their 36 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: loved ones who have passed. And then mom and I 37 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 3: started talking about children. I wonder what kids dream about, 38 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 3: which made me think, do kids dream about loved ones 39 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 3: who they haven't met yet? Who have already passed? So 40 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 3: if you have any stories like that, send me an email. 41 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 3: I love hearing your stories, first of all, but I 42 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 3: am interested to know about little kids. I know we've 43 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 3: talked about little children seeing people who have already passed, 44 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 3: and we'll talk a little bit more about that today. 45 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 3: But if you have a good story about the afterlife, 46 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 3: or signs you've gotten from your loved ones or a 47 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 3: near death experience, maybe just drop me an email Sandra 48 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 3: Champlain at gmail dot com. Some other good things happening. 49 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 3: I got an email from the Institute of Noetic Sciences. 50 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 3: The public relations lady Victoria sent me an email saying 51 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 3: that they are holding a contest and already more than 52 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 3: one hundred applicants have submitted essays for the prize. The 53 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 3: contest is called the Linda G. O'Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize, 54 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 3: and they will be awarding one hundred thousand dollars annually 55 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 3: to groundbreaking research in the field of consciousness. She says 56 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 3: the date to submit is already over. Of course, it'll 57 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 3: be one next year as well, but their submissions aim 58 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 3: to answer questions such as does consciousness survive after death? 59 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 3: And do our minds affect the physical world? And if so, 60 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 3: how and how do we access our full potential as humans? 61 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: Over one hundred applicants have already submitted their essays. They 62 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 3: say the winner of the prize will be announced in 63 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 3: June of twenty twenty three that the prize is named 64 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 3: in honor of the IONS board member and longtime supporter, 65 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 3: Linda G. O'Bryant. She has been a member since the 66 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 3: eighties and she created this award with the aim of 67 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 3: inspiring groundbreaking discoveries in the field of consciousness, with the 68 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 3: ultimate goal of shedding light on revolutionary ideas that could 69 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 3: change the world. And then it said about IONS, it 70 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 3: sounds so close to IONS, which is the Near Death 71 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 3: Association group, But this is IONS. The Institute of Noetic 72 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 3: Sciences is a nonprofit research center and direct experience lab 73 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 3: specializing in the interaction of science and profound human experience. 74 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 3: Founded in nineteen seventy three by Apollo fourteen astronaut and 75 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 3: sixth man to walk on the moon, Edgar Mitchell. IONS 76 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: is dedicated to exploring the frontiers of consciousness and extended 77 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 3: human capacities to promote a more holistic view of human 78 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:28,119 Speaker 3: potential and the nature of reality. For more information, visit 79 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 3: noetic dot org. So that's noe tic dot org. So 80 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 3: I wrote her back to make sure as soon as 81 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 3: these essays come out and the winner has been chosen 82 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 3: to include me and I would love to do an 83 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 3: interview with them, and you bet I would love to 84 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 3: share the essays with you. Speaking of essays, do you 85 00:05:54,200 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 3: know about the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies. In two 86 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 3: thousand and one, aerospace entrepreneur Robert Bigelow created a contest 87 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 3: offering a million dollars in prize money for the best 88 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: evidence of the survival of consciousness after permanent bodily death. 89 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 3: The results are in. People made some good money and 90 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 3: the essays are now available to read. He's also doing 91 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 3: a new program giving up to one million dollars in 92 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 3: grants and we'll fund research into contact and communication with 93 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 3: the other side. So if you'd like to read the 94 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 3: prize winning essays, there's twenty nine of them. You can 95 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 3: go to Bigelowinstitute dot org. It's not just me talking 96 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 3: about the afterlife. We have a lot of research going 97 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 3: on from some very prominent people all about the afterlife, 98 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 3: and there's a lot of good to report. It's very 99 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 3: easy for a skeptical mind or person like I used 100 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 3: to be, to make these statements like there's no proof 101 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 3: of the afterlife, when really there is, but not enough 102 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 3: people are talking about it. Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book 103 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 3: called the tipping point. What does it take for maybe 104 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 3: a product or a new idea to really take off 105 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: in the world and make it mainstream. Here in America, 106 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 3: we had the American Revolution when the colonists fought to 107 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 3: make our country independent. And you may have heard of 108 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 3: the story about the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Little 109 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 3: did people know that there was another gentleman who made 110 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 3: a ride as well. I don't even remember his name, 111 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 3: to be honest, but it didn't have the impact. Why 112 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 3: Paul Revere is remembered is he was someone that was 113 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 3: part of the com unity, that people knew, that people trusted, 114 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 3: and when he did his midnight ride saying the British 115 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 3: are coming, the British are coming, the colonists were prepared, 116 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 3: leading America eventually to become its own country. What does 117 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 3: Paul Revere have to do with the afterlife? You ask, 118 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 3: when enough people hear the word, and I think, do 119 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 3: a little bit of your own research to really know 120 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 3: in your heart the reality of the afterlife. It'll be 121 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 3: easier to share about this. Even looking in my own life, 122 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 3: when I was a kid, there was a local psychic 123 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 3: who made some terrible predictions, and I know As a kid, 124 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 3: my parents had told me that stuff is crazy, you 125 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 3: have to see it to believe it. So I grew 126 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 3: up not believing in any form of mediumship or psychic abilities. 127 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 3: Thought everybody was crazy who talked that language. And through 128 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 3: my life I've seen now what began as just a 129 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 3: few New age people doing the spiritual stuff. It's become 130 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 3: so mainstream that everybody's heard of mediumship, It's on television. 131 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 3: There's all kinds of paranormal things. So what may happen 132 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 3: in the future. I personally think during our lifetime more 133 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 3: people than not will believe in the afterlife. I'm hoping 134 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 3: within my life that we all have some handheld device 135 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 3: we can use to talk to our loved ones, get 136 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 3: their voices, have our psychic abilities so in tune that 137 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 3: we know when our loved one is talking to us 138 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 3: through our mind. Way back in two thousand and two, 139 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 3: I started doing all kinds of human exploration courses what 140 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 3: it is to be human? How we can have the 141 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 3: best life possible. One of the courses I took met 142 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 3: five times a year in San Francisco. We had to 143 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 3: come up with what was called an impossible promise. We 144 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 3: had to declare what our life is for. Back in 145 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 3: two thousand and two, I had no idea. The instructor said, 146 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 3: what is it You've always been interested in? Who have 147 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 3: you always been being? What's important to you? And two 148 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 3: thousand and two, that's twenty one years ago. I was 149 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 3: just realizing how interested I was in exploring is their 150 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 3: life after death and exploring the different reasons to believe. 151 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 3: I had gotten into electronic voice phenomena, and I had 152 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 3: heard some voices. I had taken a mediumship course. When 153 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 3: you make your life about a purpose bigger than who 154 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 3: you are, it gives you not only a powerful life, 155 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 3: but the stuff that happens in our life that's not 156 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 3: so good doesn't seem so bad when you have your 157 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 3: eyes focused on something bigger. So some people were making 158 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 3: this impossible promise that they wanted to end homelessness. Some 159 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 3: people wanted to clean up the water in the world. 160 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 3: Some people wanted to make sure there's no starvation on 161 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 3: planet Earth. Some that all children have schooling and have 162 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 3: shoes on their feet. And yours truly had to come 163 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 3: up with something. So I said, by the year twenty 164 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 3: twenty seven, all people will know that we don't die 165 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 3: and that we are souls having a human experience. I 166 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 3: said that with no evidence that I really wanted to 167 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 3: do that, but I had to put something on the paper. 168 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 3: And how interesting is it that, through the events that 169 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 3: have happened in my life, including the passing of my dad, 170 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 3: that I am here now four years away from what 171 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 3: I said in this impossible promise that all people in 172 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 3: the world will know. Now it's called an impossible promise 173 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 3: because it is impossible to get it to every single 174 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 3: human being on planet Earth. But has it given me 175 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 3: passion and has it given me life? Absolutely? It has, 176 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 3: And now I'm getting opportunities to share to a huge 177 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 3: audience to you listening now. I also got a call 178 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 3: not too long ago from the producer of this show 179 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: and the producer of Coast to Coast, am there may 180 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 3: be an opportunity if you like to meet me live 181 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 3: along with George Nori in New England later on this year. 182 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 3: I'll tell you more about it when I have more details. 183 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 3: So be careful what you wish for, Be careful what 184 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 3: you write on a piece of paper, be careful what 185 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 3: you share with others. But if you want to have 186 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 3: a powerful life, look to serve others in the biggest 187 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 3: way you can. Let's head to the break and then 188 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 3: we'll talk about the dream world when we come back. 189 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 3: You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio 190 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 3: and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 191 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 5: Stay right there, there's more, Sandra Common write out. 192 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: My name is Mark Rawlins, president of Paranormal Day dot Com. 193 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: Over five years ago, George Norri approached me with a 194 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: unique concept, a dating site for people searching for someone 195 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 1: with interests in UFOs, ghosts, Bigfoot, conspiracy theories, and the paranormal. 196 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: From that, Paranormal Day dot Com was born. 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They're there 207 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 3: to meet us, greet us, and help us across the veil. 208 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 3: But what about dreams of our loved ones while we 209 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 3: are still fully alive? How do dreams of our deceased 210 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 3: loved ones affect the dreamers? Just like telling you about 211 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 3: the Institute for Noetic Sciences and the Bigelow Institute, I'm 212 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 3: thrilled to report that there is research going on about 213 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 3: dreams of our loved ones. Psychology Today recently published an 214 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 3: article about just the same thing, so let me read 215 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 3: it to you. This is by Libby Maw Many years ago, 216 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 3: shortly after my friend Janet passed away, I had a 217 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 3: vivid and intense dream about her. During her life, Janet 218 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 3: was disabled and wheelchair bound. In my dream, however, I 219 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 3: saw her moving freely and joyfully. She looked young and healthy. 220 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 3: Her entire body basked in radiant light, and she smiled 221 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 3: warmly at me. Happy to see her, I exclaimed, Janet, 222 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 3: you look so beautiful, and I reached out to touch 223 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 3: her face. The instant I made contact, I woke up 224 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 3: trembling in amazement. I knew that a profound experience had 225 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 3: just taken place. Clinical psychologist Jennifer Shorter defines visitation dreams 226 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 3: as striking, emotionally intense dreams in which a recently deceased 227 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 3: loved one returns to provide guidance, reassurance, and sometimes a warning. 228 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 3: These experiences are unique, powerful, and sometimes life changing. Based 229 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 3: on multiple studies, here are eight common characteristics of visitation dreams, 230 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 3: and she has written a book about it, called Visitation 231 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 3: Dreams of Deceased loved Ones, Understanding Their Meaning and Transformative Power. 232 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 3: So Number one, it feels so real. One of the 233 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 3: most common descriptions of visitation dreams is that they are 234 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 3: so much more intense, vivid, and kinesthetic than ordinary dreams. 235 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 3: It feels so real is a common refrain characterizing experiences 236 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 3: both during and after the dream. The intensity of the 237 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 3: dream may stay with the dreamer for months or even years, 238 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 3: as if the dream had happened only recently. Number two, 239 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 3: the deceased appear healthy and vibrant. Typically, the deceased appear 240 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 3: in visitation dreams not in their ill, frail, or anguished states. Instead, 241 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 3: they show themselves as healthy, vibrant, and younger in appearance. 242 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 3: Number three, the deceased convey reassurance The deceased also frequently 243 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 3: appear in visitation dreams, conveying reassurance, love, and joy. The 244 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 3: reassurance can be both that the deceased is okay and 245 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 3: that the one who's dreaming will also be okay. Number four. 246 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 3: The deceased convey important messages. The deceased invisitation dreams often 247 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 3: come with important messages for the dreamer. They may impart wisdom, 248 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 3: life lessons, reminders, or other helpful guidance. Number five. The 249 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 3: deceased communicate telepathically. In many cases, the deceased will appear 250 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 3: in visitation dreams, communicating telepathically and or symbolically rather than verbally. 251 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 3: Without words, the dreamer is able to clearly understand the 252 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 3: message of the deceased loved one. Number six. The dreamer 253 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 3: awakens with intense emotions. Those who experience visitation dreams often 254 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 3: awaken feeling strong, usually positive emotions. In addition to a 255 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 3: vivid sense that the dream was real, one may also 256 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 3: feel love, joy, relief sadness, or pensive. Number seven. The 257 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 3: dreamer experiences closure. Some people who have had visitation dreams 258 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 3: report that the experience helped them with the process of 259 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 3: grieving following the dream. They were able to cope better 260 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 3: with loss, achieve closure, and move on in their lives. 261 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 3: And number eight, the dreamer is changed by the experience. 262 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 3: Perhaps the most striking aspect of visitation dreams is that 263 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 3: they can transform the life perspective of the dreamer. Many 264 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 3: people who have had visitation dreams report a stronger interest 265 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 3: in the larger existential question of life, as well as 266 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 3: a desire to explore spiritual purpose and meaning. These include 267 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 3: cases where the dreamer had little or no interest in 268 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 3: such matters prior to the visitation dream. So that was 269 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 3: from psychology today. Next, I want to share with you 270 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 3: some words from doctor Joshua Black, who is actually a 271 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 3: grief dream expert. The podcast Grief Dreams that you can 272 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 3: find wherever you listen to podcasts, and there are currently 273 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 3: two hundred and eighteen episodes of different people talking about 274 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 3: their grief dreams and visitations with their loved ones, So 275 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 3: you want to check that out. This article is from 276 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 3: a guideposts. Grief dream expert Doctor Joshua Black explains how 277 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 3: we can interpret dreams about deceased loved ones and why 278 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 3: they occur. Doctor Joshua Black will never forget the first 279 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 3: dream he had about his father shortly after he passed. 280 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 3: In it, his dad stood on the other side of 281 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 3: the room, looking healthy and peaceful. Doctor Black called out 282 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 3: to his father, I love you. I'm going to miss you. 283 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 3: Doctor Black isn't alone in his experience. His study, published 284 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 3: in the journal Dreaming, found that eighty six percent of 285 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 3: participants dreamed of loved ones after they'd recently passed. For 286 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 3: doctor Black, this first dream was followed by a series 287 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 3: of vivid dreams of his father. They affected him so 288 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 3: deeply that they inspired him to pursue a PhD. In 289 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 3: such dreams, which he calls grief dreams, he's gone on 290 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 3: to become one of the foremost experts in this emerging field. 291 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 3: Here's some questions, he answered, What are the characteristics of 292 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 3: grief dreams? A grief dream is any kind of dream 293 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 3: you've had after the loss of a loved one. It 294 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 3: can be a symbolic dream reflecting on your emotions surrounding 295 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 3: the loss. For example, you're feeling overwhelmed by grief, so 296 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 3: you dream something collapses on you, reflecting that feeling of 297 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 3: being crushed. Or it can be a dream in which 298 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 3: the deceased is mentioned, perhaps by an angel or a 299 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 3: hospital worker, or you can dream that the deceased is present. 300 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 3: This type of dream interests people the most, and it's 301 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 3: where I've focused a lot of my academic research. Question 302 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 3: what forms do the grief dreams in which the deceased 303 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 3: are present commonly take. I've found seven common types of 304 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 3: these dreams. They are rationalization dreams, in which the dreamer 305 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 3: tries to understand why the deceased appears to be alive 306 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 3: and present, and others in which the dreamer helps their 307 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 3: loved one cross over into the afterlife. Sometimes the dreamer 308 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 3: sees the deceased as sick or dead. Similar in tone 309 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 3: is the type of dream in which the deceased expresses 310 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 3: disapproval of the dreamer. There are also separation dreams, in 311 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 3: which the deceased and the dreamer are kept apart by 312 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 3: a physical obstacle, such as a wall. The most positive 313 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 3: dreams are the ones in which the deceased offers comfort 314 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 3: through words or actions, or dreams in which the dreamer 315 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 3: sees them healthy and happy. Question do people have more 316 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 3: negative dreams or positive ones? Dream research has shown that 317 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 3: when people have dreams in general, they have more negative 318 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 3: dreams than positive ones. That simply because of daily stress 319 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 3: which gets incorporated after trauma. Research shows these dreams tend 320 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 3: to become even more negative. So you'd think that grief 321 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 3: dreams would follow this pattern and that people would have 322 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 3: more negative grief dreams than positive ones, But that doesn't 323 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 3: seem to be the case. When the deceased appear in dreams, 324 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 3: they tend to be positive. In one of my studies, 325 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 3: about ninety percent of people reported having at least one 326 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 3: positive dream of the deceased, as opposed to forty four 327 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 3: percent who had at least one negative. It points to 328 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 3: something different going on with these types of dreams. They're 329 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 3: a very special experience. Many people I've spoken with have 330 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 3: told me these dreams also feel different from an average dream. 331 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 3: They're much more vivid. Question, so what does it mean 332 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 3: if you're one of the people who has a negative 333 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 3: grief dream. Negative grief dreams don't mean that you've had 334 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 3: a negative relationship with the person who's past. They are 335 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 3: often a reflection of the distress the dreamer is experiencing 336 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 3: after losing someone. This is especially true if you are 337 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,360 Speaker 3: suppressing your emotions about the death of a loved one, 338 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 3: which isn't uncommon. I did that after my dad passed. 339 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 3: In this case, the negative dream can help you work 340 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 3: through your feelings you've been avoiding in your waking life. 341 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,239 Speaker 3: I'm going to pause reading that article to you and 342 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 3: just talk a little bit about dreams. I don't know 343 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 3: if this is true for you, but in me, it 344 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 3: is stirring up all kinds of memories. The good news 345 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 3: is we're talking about something fascinating, something I haven't really 346 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 3: dug my teeth into yet. I know I've interviewed enough 347 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 3: people that have had near death experiences, and they describe 348 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 3: the memory of them so crystal clear, clearer than any 349 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 3: memory they've ever had, and they can recall it even 350 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 3: if it's seventy eighty years before. There's something in common 351 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 3: with this and these grief dreams of loved ones. Some 352 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 3: people experience them so vivid and real. They're loved ones 353 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 3: appearing younger, healthier. Things are spoken that weren't spoken when 354 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 3: they were alive. While I know we all have some 355 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 3: crazy dreams at night, and I do believe some of 356 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 3: the emotions we experience in our dreams are some of 357 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 3: the emotions we're experiencing during the day. But I can't 358 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 3: help but believe that our loved ones use the dream 359 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 3: state when they can to let us know that they 360 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 3: are okay and still alive, and for us to continue 361 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 3: living our lives. So let's go to the break and 362 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 3: we'll hear more from Doctor Black. You're listening to Shades 363 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 3: of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 364 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 3: AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 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I'm Sandra Champlain. 377 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 3: Did do too find yourself at the break reliving or 378 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 3: recalling some of the dreams you've had of your loved ones. 379 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 3: I have to admit I don't remember having a dream 380 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 3: so crystal clear with communication from my dad or my grandmother, 381 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 3: not like that. But what I have had are some 382 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 3: really pleasant dreams of them in my mind. When I 383 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,400 Speaker 3: wake up in the morning feeling happy and good about 384 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 3: a dream and my loved one was in it, I 385 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 3: tend to think that they had a little something to 386 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 3: do with it, letting me know, hey, I'm still here. 387 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 3: I have had dreams of arguments and scary stuff. We 388 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 3: are all human beings, and we have this subconscious mind, 389 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 3: and it has been said that our minds store so 390 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 3: much information, and at night when we sleep, dreams act 391 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 3: sort of like a bilge pump on a boat, pumping 392 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 3: out things that we no longer need in our subconscious. 393 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 6: Now. 394 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,719 Speaker 3: I know, dreams seem so real to life, and that 395 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 3: is a miracle and a mystery. But when a loved 396 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 3: one comes in clear and you're left feeling love, I 397 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 3: can't help but think that's the real deal. So I'd 398 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 3: like to continue reading a little bit more from this 399 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 3: article about doctor Joshua Black, who is a grief dream expert. Question, 400 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 3: why are these kinds of dreams so important? Remembering your 401 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 3: grief dreams can provide an opportunity to reflect on the 402 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 3: work through your grief in a new way. For instance, 403 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 3: my father died very suddenly, and my dreams gave me 404 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 3: a chance to say goodbye to him. Some dreams allow 405 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 3: the bereaved to continue to feel bonded with the deceased, 406 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 3: which can be helpful after a loss. Grief dreams can 407 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 3: also lead people to place more value on their dreams. 408 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 3: In general, dreams can provide a new tool to understand ourselves. 409 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 3: I believe that the more we understand about ourselves, the 410 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 3: more we can love ourselves. Question what are some of 411 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 3: the most surprising things you've learned about grief dreams during 412 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 3: your research? First off, how common they are and a 413 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 3: sample of berieved partners and spouses eighty six percent had 414 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 3: a dream of the deceased. But even more than that, 415 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 3: how common they are after all kinds of loss. And 416 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 3: of course I was fascinated to discover that people experienced 417 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 3: grief dreams before knowing their loved one had passed. Wow. 418 00:30:54,480 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 3: Question what do grief dreams of spouses look like? They 419 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 3: fall into one of the larger dream categories I mentioned earlier, 420 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 3: such as the dreamer being comforted by their deceased loved one. 421 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 3: For example, one woman told me that her husband came 422 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 3: to her in a dream and told her not to 423 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 3: worry about him because he was with Jesus and no 424 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 3: longer suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Interestingly, it's also common for 425 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 3: a deceased spouse to appear in a dream and approve 426 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 3: of their partner remarrying. There's a lot of love and 427 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 3: positivity in these dreams. Question how common are pregnancy lost dreams? 428 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 3: One of my studies found that fifty eight percent of 429 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 3: people who'd lost a pregnancy had a grief dream, both 430 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 3: mothers and their partners. These parents have never met their child, 431 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 3: but nonetheless a dream about the baby lost. The child 432 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 3: can appear in their dreams as a newborn in their arms, 433 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 3: or as a toddler saying I love you, or even 434 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 3: as a teenager saying it wasn't your fault. Question, how 435 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 3: about the dreams that people have of deceased pets. My 436 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 3: study found that seventy six percent of people whose pets 437 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 3: had passed had dreams about them. Of course, the major 438 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 3: difference is that the animal generally doesn't talk. These dreams 439 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 3: tend to reflect the pet's life and what they and 440 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 3: the dreamer used to enjoy doing together. So, for instance, 441 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 3: the dream might include taking a dog to a favorite 442 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 3: dog park or petting a beloved cat. Question do young 443 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 3: children have bereavement dreams? A lot of people forget that 444 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 3: children can have these kinds of dreams, even young children 445 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 3: who don't yet understand death but are nonetheless trying to 446 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 3: have these dreams. It's important to ask our children and 447 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 3: the kids we serve if they're having these kinds of dreams. 448 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 3: Sometimes the dreams will start years after the person the 449 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 3: child is grieving has passed away. One woman told me 450 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 3: that she began dreaming of her deceased father when she 451 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 3: was thirteen. She'd never actually met him because he had 452 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 3: died before she was born, but she formed a bond 453 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 3: with him through these dreams that sustained her as she 454 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 3: continued to grow up. He'd give her fatherly advice in 455 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 3: these dreams. Question, you mentioned grief dreams before knowledge of 456 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 3: the loss. Can you explain what these are and why 457 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 3: they might occur. Yes, some people have grief dreams before 458 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 3: they are notified that their loved one has pain. 459 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 4: Asked. 460 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 3: Usually, in these dreams, a loved one comes to them 461 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 3: and says goodbye, often in a very positive way. Sometimes 462 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 3: the dreamer knew the person was unwell, and other times 463 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 3: they did not. I can't explain it. I think in 464 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 3: this case there's an invisible tie between these two people. 465 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:28,959 Speaker 3: They're connected somehow. Question in your opinion, how are these 466 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:35,280 Speaker 3: dreams spiritual? Interestingly, people of all religions and varying levels 467 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:40,439 Speaker 3: of faith experience grief dreams. Some think these dreams are 468 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 3: unhealthy or that they have a negative spiritual component, but 469 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 3: my research has shown the healing powers of these dreams. 470 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 3: One of the main questions I get is do you 471 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,480 Speaker 3: believe that this is a visitation? And I can't determine that, 472 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,919 Speaker 3: only you can. And he tips on how to better 473 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,839 Speaker 3: understand grief tream d personally, I found dream journaling and 474 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 3: studying about dreams is helpful to understanding dreams. To understand dreams, 475 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 3: you first have to understand your own dream language and symbols. 476 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 3: I always tell people to start with the emotion in 477 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:22,240 Speaker 3: the dream and connect them to waking life, then work 478 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,719 Speaker 3: from there to connect the symbols to waking life. So 479 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 3: once again, check out doctor Black's podcast Grief Dreams and 480 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 3: he's got a website, Griefdreams dot c A. Do you 481 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 3: want to try and experiment with me? Have a picture 482 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 3: of your loved one close by, and before you go 483 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,400 Speaker 3: to sleep at night, have a conversation with them that 484 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:50,280 Speaker 3: you're doing a dream experiment and ask them to come 485 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,839 Speaker 3: to you in your dreams. Have the dream journal. And 486 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,240 Speaker 3: this may not be an overnight thing, no pun intended. 487 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 3: It may take some time and some practice to see 488 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 3: if your loved ones appear in your dreams. I'd like 489 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,479 Speaker 3: to read now just a few examples of people from 490 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:12,320 Speaker 3: beneath a YouTube video talking about loved ones and dreams, 491 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 3: just so you can see how normal this really is. 492 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,200 Speaker 3: Bobby says, I just had a dream about my mom, 493 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 3: who passed away many years ago. She gave me a 494 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 3: great big hug. Ellie said, last night, I had a 495 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,880 Speaker 3: dream about my friend who died of cancer. But she 496 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 3: looked so healthy like before she had cancer. She had 497 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,839 Speaker 3: her own hair, and she was smiling. She told me 498 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 3: she's very happy and nothing hurts anymore. Hannah says, it's 499 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 3: been almost a year and a half since my best 500 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,440 Speaker 3: friend died, but she finally came to visit me in 501 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 3: my sleep. It was beautiful. Nick says I dreamt of 502 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 3: my deceased cat and my cousin. It made me feel 503 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 3: so happy during the dream, as if we had more 504 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:01,439 Speaker 3: time together. Maria says my husband passed away one month 505 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 3: ago and I've been dreaming about him often. Jan says 506 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 3: my mom passed away just about a month ago now, 507 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 3: and I have been having numerous dreams of her, almost 508 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 3: on a daily basis. The most recent dream I've had 509 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 3: was her sitting on the edge of my bed and 510 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,759 Speaker 3: she looked over at me and smiled. I wish and 511 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,239 Speaker 3: hope to continue having these dreams of her because it 512 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 3: is the closest thing I still have to her being 513 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:32,040 Speaker 3: here in person. Josie says, I dreamt last night about 514 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,320 Speaker 3: my mom and dad. My dad gave me a bank 515 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,800 Speaker 3: note in read in his left hand. It's a wonderful 516 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 3: feeling to see both of them together in my dreams. 517 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 3: Kp says I had a dream of my uncle that 518 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 3: passed away in June, and he looked healthy and young again. 519 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 3: The first dream to me was like he was showing 520 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 3: me how he was doing now. My second dream was 521 00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:00,080 Speaker 3: him hugging me and telling me that it's okay. And 522 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,520 Speaker 3: that he's doing well and he's back with my other 523 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,479 Speaker 3: uncle and someday I will see them again. Wes says, 524 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 3: my brother passed away last year, and I saw him 525 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 3: in my dreams smiling, and he gave me a big hug. 526 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 3: Evan says, I dream about my beautiful son in one dream. 527 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:23,399 Speaker 3: He said, Oh, Mom, you can't imagine how happy I am. 528 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 3: Morris says the day my sister passed away, I went 529 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,360 Speaker 3: home and had a very hard time. I was crying, 530 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 3: asking her to give me some signs. Later that night, 531 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,880 Speaker 3: I went to bed and dreamt of her. She was 532 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 3: holding my hand and we were walking. She was so happy, 533 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 3: smiling and gave me the biggest hug I ever felt. 534 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,000 Speaker 3: She was healthy too. We walked in a place I 535 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,799 Speaker 3: have never seen before, but it was so beautiful. I 536 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 3: woke up crying, and I ended up crying for a while. 537 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 3: It was the most vivid dream I've ever had, like 538 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 3: I was there physically with her. Genie says, last night 539 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,439 Speaker 3: I had a dream of my twin who died when 540 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 3: she was two years old, but she looked about the 541 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 3: same age as I am now. The only words she 542 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:18,840 Speaker 3: said were I'm right here, I'll always be by your side, 543 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:24,040 Speaker 3: beautiful stories. Grief is so very tough, and our loved 544 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 3: ones certainly want us to know that they live on. 545 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:32,800 Speaker 3: So whether they come through your imagination in the dream state, 546 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,240 Speaker 3: you hear their voice, you receive a sign, or maybe 547 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:41,680 Speaker 3: you talk to a medium, they are alive and well 548 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 3: and you will see them again. Coming up after the break, 549 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,319 Speaker 3: a few words from doctor Oz as he learns about 550 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:53,400 Speaker 3: the afterlife. 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Coast tocoastam dot com is where you 559 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:24,600 Speaker 5: want to be. 560 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 561 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:34,000 Speaker 2: AM Paranormal Podcast Network. Make sure and check out all 562 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,160 Speaker 2: our shows on the iHeartRadio app or by going to 563 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:44,320 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio dot com. 564 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is you Folllowgist Kevin Randall, and you're listening 565 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:51,280 Speaker 1: to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 566 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,280 Speaker 3: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. 567 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,720 Speaker 3: We started out this episode talking about some big prize 568 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:17,600 Speaker 3: money being given out for evidence of the afterlife from 569 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:23,840 Speaker 3: some pretty major organizations, followed by studies of loved ones 570 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 3: showing up in our dreams. And just to continue that 571 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,839 Speaker 3: more mainstream people are talking about the afterlife, I want 572 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:36,040 Speaker 3: to play a clip from Doctor Oz's show, Oh My Love. 573 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,200 Speaker 6: We are revealing the most outrageous things that will blow 574 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,120 Speaker 6: your mind. And today's show comes from something you've been 575 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,920 Speaker 6: sharing with me. Since we first talked about it, I 576 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:49,640 Speaker 6: received an overwhelming outpouring of responses about rageous signs that 577 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:53,319 Speaker 6: you say your loved ones are sending from the other side. Now, 578 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,560 Speaker 6: this woman says, for example, that her mom finds ways 579 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,840 Speaker 6: to send her a unique science like a queen of hearts. 580 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,719 Speaker 6: It has a significant meaning to her. And think a 581 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,160 Speaker 6: look at this flower made out of shells. The viewer 582 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,799 Speaker 6: says she thinks it's a sign from her son. Now 583 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,279 Speaker 6: I just been blown away by the response, I wait 584 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,720 Speaker 6: until you hear the stories we found and the lives 585 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:14,200 Speaker 6: that were changed. Could you be next? 586 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:15,759 Speaker 7: Hi. 587 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,400 Speaker 3: My name is Kate Rabinowitz. 588 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 8: My fourteen year old daughter Anna Litton was killed six 589 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:21,759 Speaker 8: years ago. 590 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,480 Speaker 4: A week ago, I thought that my GPS had failed me, 591 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,480 Speaker 4: and I asked, Anna, if. 592 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,879 Speaker 8: You are here, can you please send a sign that 593 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,279 Speaker 8: this is okay? And I looked up above and there 594 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 8: was Anna, capital letters with an exclamation mark. 595 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,680 Speaker 3: I am so grateful. My heart burst and I felt 596 00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:42,879 Speaker 3: like she really is here. 597 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,520 Speaker 4: My name is Linda Vinciguera, my dear sistant passed away. 598 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:49,719 Speaker 4: And then the next morning I come out of my 599 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,560 Speaker 4: house and this big tigan did mona butterfly comes flying 600 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:58,640 Speaker 4: right at me. This was going on five days and 601 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:02,319 Speaker 4: oh my sister's burial. The butterflfe just comes right at 602 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:06,080 Speaker 4: me and circles around me, just right at my face, 603 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,920 Speaker 4: and then it disappeared, truly a sign from above. 604 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:14,480 Speaker 8: Hi. My name is Francesca. My son Matthew passed away 605 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:18,720 Speaker 8: three years ago. He left our family, including a younger brother, sister, 606 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:22,160 Speaker 8: and a future stepdad, way too soon. And although it 607 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,640 Speaker 8: was really excited about planning this big wedding and having 608 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,160 Speaker 8: all our friends around. I couldn't help but feel lots 609 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 8: of sadness and guilt knowing that he wouldn't be a 610 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,480 Speaker 8: part of our special day. And then I got this 611 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:39,279 Speaker 8: amazing sign and a beautiful wedding present from Matthew that 612 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:43,280 Speaker 8: left no doubt that he was still around and would 613 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:44,959 Speaker 8: be a part of our special day. 614 00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:49,239 Speaker 6: Marchessca you just heard from this year, She says she's 615 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,680 Speaker 6: received many signs from her son, Matthew. So what kind 616 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:53,480 Speaker 6: of son was he? 617 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:57,000 Speaker 8: It was very enerogenic, he was very outgoing. He was 618 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,840 Speaker 8: the life of the party. He just loved everyone, and 619 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:00,799 Speaker 8: everyone loved him. 620 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,239 Speaker 6: So you lost him how long ago? 621 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:03,520 Speaker 8: Three years ago? Three years ago. 622 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:04,719 Speaker 6: I got destroyed for that. 623 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 5: Thank you. 624 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:05,840 Speaker 6: I know it was painful. 625 00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:07,799 Speaker 2: The biologic orders win. 626 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,080 Speaker 6: So you're driving along and you believe you've seen a 627 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,800 Speaker 6: sign from your son, one of several that have apparently occurred. 628 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:16,080 Speaker 3: Yes, So. 629 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:21,719 Speaker 8: The first sign was about five weeks out. So I 630 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,280 Speaker 8: usually use ways. We have a house out east, and 631 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:28,240 Speaker 8: I put Ways on to head back home into the city, 632 00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:32,440 Speaker 8: and it was just taking me off the normal road. 633 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,839 Speaker 8: It stopped in a dead end and then it shut off, 634 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,160 Speaker 8: and then when it shut off, I didn't know what 635 00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:41,440 Speaker 8: direction we were pointing in, so I came out and 636 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:43,600 Speaker 8: I put the car navigating system on it, and then 637 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,640 Speaker 8: when I looked up, it was said Matthew's lane, And 638 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,280 Speaker 8: it was kind of one of the first real signs 639 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:53,160 Speaker 8: that I knew that he was pretty much kind of, 640 00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:55,200 Speaker 8: you know, selling me. No I am here, because just 641 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,560 Speaker 8: before that, I got a he used to wear a 642 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:01,880 Speaker 8: star of David and he had a tattoo of the Hamsa, 643 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,120 Speaker 8: and just before that I saw somebody wearing that with 644 00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:09,320 Speaker 8: a and I just kept seeing that all the time 645 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:10,520 Speaker 8: that you know. 646 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,440 Speaker 6: So I've got a picture of the road sign that 647 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:14,880 Speaker 6: I can put it up everyone to see, and it 648 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:18,120 Speaker 6: says there's Matthew laying again. So that sort of woke 649 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:19,440 Speaker 6: you up to the fact that he was selling you 650 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:23,160 Speaker 6: smaller signs like the tattoo in thegury and others. Yes, 651 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:26,320 Speaker 6: have they been getting louder and louder able to notice 652 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:26,600 Speaker 6: them more? 653 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:28,839 Speaker 8: Yes, Yes, absolutely. So. 654 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,600 Speaker 6: For example, I know that you're happily in a relationship, 655 00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,040 Speaker 6: you were thinking about getting married, Yeah, you know this 656 00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,480 Speaker 6: was a few months ago. Yes, And there's an awkwardness about that, 657 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,520 Speaker 6: right because you wanted him to be there. Yes, how 658 00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:42,240 Speaker 6: did he communicate to you that it was okay? 659 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,239 Speaker 8: We took a trip to Miami and we got into 660 00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:47,640 Speaker 8: our room about six forty five am, and I looked 661 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:49,759 Speaker 8: at Charles and I said, you know, we have to 662 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:51,239 Speaker 8: go down and watch sunrise. 663 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,279 Speaker 4: And he kind of was. 664 00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:55,160 Speaker 8: The first didn't really want to go, and then he said, okay, 665 00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,520 Speaker 8: we'll go down. So we went down to the beach 666 00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:01,000 Speaker 8: and it was pretty deserted, and there was one gentleman, 667 00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:04,920 Speaker 8: kind of a little far off, just sitting there. Son 668 00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,840 Speaker 8: was kind of coming up. He walked over to us 669 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,160 Speaker 8: and he was wearing a baseball cap, and it was 670 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,239 Speaker 8: the kind of the first thing I noticed because I 671 00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,279 Speaker 8: actually have the same hat the man was wearing, which 672 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:18,640 Speaker 8: has the flag on it. Yeah, and I wear it 673 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,719 Speaker 8: because my son loved the flag and I actually just 674 00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,560 Speaker 8: wore it hiking the day before. 675 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:26,320 Speaker 1: So then he. 676 00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:29,279 Speaker 8: Asked if I wanted our photo taken with the sun 677 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,680 Speaker 8: with the sunrise, and I said sure, So he took 678 00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:35,960 Speaker 8: a photo. He handed my phone back and he reaches 679 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:40,759 Speaker 8: into his pocket and he hands me a flower and 680 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:42,880 Speaker 8: he goes, this is for you. He looks straight in 681 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:44,880 Speaker 8: my eyes and he goes, this is for you, and 682 00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,080 Speaker 8: I said, oh, I said thank you, and he goes, 683 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,560 Speaker 8: my wife and I make these and they're perfect for 684 00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:52,640 Speaker 8: wedding bouquets. I said, thank you. I don't tell him 685 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:55,200 Speaker 8: we're getting married. And he looks at me and he goes, 686 00:46:55,200 --> 00:47:00,400 Speaker 8: my name is Matthew Goodness, so I don't tell him 687 00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,320 Speaker 8: about my son. But I said, oh, that's nice. My 688 00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:04,279 Speaker 8: name is Francesca. 689 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:07,080 Speaker 3: This is Charles. We come here often. 690 00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,200 Speaker 8: And he goes, well, I come here, you know, every 691 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,279 Speaker 8: morning to watch, you know, to watch the sun rise. 692 00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,800 Speaker 8: He goes, maybe I'll see you again, and I said, 693 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,279 Speaker 8: you know, maybe we will see each other again, and 694 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,239 Speaker 8: that was pretty much it. And then he looks at 695 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:21,040 Speaker 8: me and he says, do you know do you know 696 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,399 Speaker 8: what my name means? And I was like, I think 697 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:26,400 Speaker 8: I remember, but it wasn't sure. So he's like, my 698 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,879 Speaker 8: name means a gift from God. Oh, so I said, 699 00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,560 Speaker 8: I think I remember that. And then that was kind 700 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:36,040 Speaker 8: of it, and we walked away, and then my husband, 701 00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:40,120 Speaker 8: my fiance at the time, was really blown away because 702 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,160 Speaker 8: I was still kind of shocked, and he kept saying, 703 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:45,399 Speaker 8: oh my god, that's a sign. You have to put 704 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:49,240 Speaker 8: this flower into your wedding bouquet. That was definitely Matthew. 705 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:50,319 Speaker 6: This is it. 706 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,280 Speaker 3: This is the actual flowers, the actual flower. 707 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:56,520 Speaker 6: So it's okay if you may ask Just's husband join 708 00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,440 Speaker 6: us for a second. To Charles, you say you were 709 00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,080 Speaker 6: skeptical about all this, like a lot of people are. 710 00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:04,160 Speaker 6: So what was going through your mind? 711 00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:04,359 Speaker 4: Well? 712 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,800 Speaker 7: I was, as you said, it was skeptical at first. 713 00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:09,879 Speaker 7: I'm skeptical by nature. And we were literally the only 714 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,399 Speaker 7: two people on the beach besides this man. And when 715 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,960 Speaker 7: he approached, he sort of I guess as a New 716 00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:18,319 Speaker 7: Yorker you can look at strangers a little bit with 717 00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,359 Speaker 7: a little bit of caution. But this man just had 718 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,319 Speaker 7: this light glowing in these light blue eyes, and you 719 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,480 Speaker 7: could almost see through them. It was just so clear, 720 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,880 Speaker 7: and he was just so peaceful. And when he handed 721 00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,360 Speaker 7: the flower and said his name was Matthew and explained 722 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:34,640 Speaker 7: to us what it meant, I was completely blown away, 723 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:35,760 Speaker 7: just blown away. 724 00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:37,200 Speaker 3: And it's not left me. 725 00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:41,040 Speaker 6: Are you rethinking your skeptical thoughts about signs? Which is 726 00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,160 Speaker 6: I think an appropriate one. I feel the same way. 727 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:44,959 Speaker 6: I'm not sure about these signs, but I keep hearing 728 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:48,240 Speaker 6: these stories that there's just too much coincidence. 729 00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:51,000 Speaker 7: I am, but as Francesca described, that was one incident. 730 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,400 Speaker 7: There's been a bunch of others. There was the Matthews 731 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:58,520 Speaker 7: Lane and several others, and these are just uncanny and 732 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:00,560 Speaker 7: absolutely hard to wayne. 733 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:02,560 Speaker 6: I don't even know how to have this flower. 734 00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:06,560 Speaker 8: This actually what's interesting about this story because it kind 735 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:10,200 Speaker 8: of keeps going. I had a reading with Laura Lynn 736 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:14,560 Speaker 8: Jackson almost a year before August twenty first, twenty eighteen, 737 00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:21,359 Speaker 8: and she's telling me that my son. She's like, oh, 738 00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:22,600 Speaker 8: you're going to be She was like, you're going to 739 00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:24,640 Speaker 8: be somewhere in seven months, So you're going to be 740 00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:27,160 Speaker 8: away somewhere, he's telling me. She goes, well, this is 741 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,640 Speaker 8: what he's saying. In seven months, he's sending you a 742 00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:32,040 Speaker 8: gift for your wedding. I don't know what it is 743 00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:35,480 Speaker 8: or how you're going to get it, but you're going 744 00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:40,800 Speaker 8: to get it. And then she goes, let's see, it's August, August, September, Oxber. 745 00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:42,160 Speaker 8: She goes, okay, end of March. 746 00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:43,600 Speaker 3: Well, end of March. 747 00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:47,479 Speaker 8: Was I flew end of March to you know Miami Floor. 748 00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:50,560 Speaker 5: It was April fifth, It was pretty close. 749 00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:52,200 Speaker 8: It was seven Yeah, Well was seven. 750 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,399 Speaker 6: Months, let me ask meeting Laura Lyn Jackson, come join 751 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:56,200 Speaker 6: us if you do much. He's here in the audience. 752 00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:59,359 Speaker 8: We've heard and it keeps getting better. 753 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:01,040 Speaker 5: Not just one. 754 00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:04,680 Speaker 6: Actually there at this point four or five events which 755 00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:08,080 Speaker 6: just don't make sense if they're arbitrary. And I'm struggling 756 00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:09,919 Speaker 6: as a position to make sense to this as well. 757 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,920 Speaker 6: I just you know, the latest observation that you predicted 758 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,040 Speaker 6: she was going to get a wedding gift, which I 759 00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:17,759 Speaker 6: don't think that was. It's not logically possible how to 760 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:22,759 Speaker 6: loved ones send signs so seemingly easily to people they 761 00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:23,839 Speaker 6: care about from the other side. 762 00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,839 Speaker 9: It's pretty magical, isn't it. You know, it's wondrous how 763 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,360 Speaker 9: they can do it. They can orchestrate all different things 764 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:33,799 Speaker 9: to happen. What I love about this story too, is 765 00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:35,600 Speaker 9: that Matthew kept it a surprise. 766 00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:37,319 Speaker 5: He didn't tell us exactly what it was. 767 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:39,440 Speaker 9: Going to be, but he told you it was it 768 00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:42,319 Speaker 9: was going to arrive to you. I think they have 769 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:46,439 Speaker 9: a way of orchestrating certain people to enter our paths. 770 00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:48,759 Speaker 9: For example, the Matthew that came up to you on 771 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,600 Speaker 9: the beach, that was absolutely Matthew on the other side, 772 00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,840 Speaker 9: guiding that man into your path and inspiring him to 773 00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:56,920 Speaker 9: give you that flower, which is really a gift from 774 00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:57,319 Speaker 9: your son. 775 00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:59,160 Speaker 6: So what do you think Matthew wants for Princeessica to 776 00:50:59,200 --> 00:50:59,799 Speaker 6: hear right now? 777 00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:00,560 Speaker 8: Oh? 778 00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:02,600 Speaker 9: I think he wants you to know, and I think 779 00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:04,520 Speaker 9: you do already know this, that he is there with 780 00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:07,120 Speaker 9: you every second of the day. He's here with us 781 00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,080 Speaker 9: right now, and you sharing the story of connection is 782 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:13,040 Speaker 9: inspiring others to see their own loved ones connecting in 783 00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,920 Speaker 9: their own lives. So it's really this beautiful team of light, 784 00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:20,360 Speaker 9: you and he, you know, share to help others understand 785 00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,520 Speaker 9: their own journeys, their own connections, that our loved ones 786 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:24,880 Speaker 9: are always with us. And I think it's pretty clear 787 00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,400 Speaker 9: he was saying he was coming to the wedding and 788 00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:29,640 Speaker 9: that he was going to be there for the happy 789 00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:32,800 Speaker 9: moments too, and that he wants you to live a virbrant, 790 00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:36,640 Speaker 9: joyful life of love and connection and he celebrates that 791 00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:37,080 Speaker 9: with you. 792 00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:38,279 Speaker 3: Absolutely I believe it. 793 00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:40,799 Speaker 6: Thank you, thank you, I'm your pain. It does. 794 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:41,319 Speaker 4: Thank you. 795 00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:44,600 Speaker 3: They are with us, they want us to be happy. 796 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:49,680 Speaker 3: They are still part of our lives. It's so hard 797 00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:53,480 Speaker 3: for our mind to get around the reality of the afterlife, 798 00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:56,919 Speaker 3: and I don't think we're meant to, but every so 799 00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:02,200 Speaker 3: often remind yourself if your skeptic and have doubts, that 800 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:05,720 Speaker 3: you are living on a planet which is hurling around 801 00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:10,839 Speaker 3: the ever expanding universe. We hold cell phones in our 802 00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:17,520 Speaker 3: hand that are invisibly connected to all the information in 803 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:21,600 Speaker 3: the world, or almost all life after death is real, 804 00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:25,560 Speaker 3: my friend, Your life is for a purpose. There is 805 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:27,719 Speaker 3: going to be a moment when we each take that 806 00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,200 Speaker 3: last breath, and our loved ones and our pets will 807 00:52:31,239 --> 00:52:34,959 Speaker 3: be there too. Don't be hard on yourself, live each 808 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:39,520 Speaker 3: day to the fullest and definitely let the people in 809 00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:43,280 Speaker 3: your life know how much you love them and savor 810 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:47,479 Speaker 3: every minute. Remember our home base is we Don't Die 811 00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:52,240 Speaker 3: dot com. Our new medium classes are just about to start, 812 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:55,520 Speaker 3: and of course we have our free Sunday gathering with 813 00:52:55,800 --> 00:53:01,359 Speaker 3: medium demonstrations. I'm Sandra Champlain. 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