1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:01,280 Speaker 1: And you're here. 2 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 2: Thanks for choosing the iHeartRadio and Coast to Ghost Day 3 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: and Paranormal Podcast Network. Your quest for podcasts of the paranormal, supernatural, 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 2: and the unexplained ends here. We invite you to enjoy 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: all our shows we have on this network, and right now, 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 2: let's start with Chase of the Afterlife with the Santra Champlain. 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 3: Welcome to our podcast. Please be aware the thoughts and 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 3: opinions expressed by the host are their thoughts and opinions 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 3: only and do not reflect those of iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, Coast 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 3: to Coast, am employees of Premiere Networks, or their sponsors 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 3: and associates. We would like to encourage you to do 12 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 3: your own research and discover the subject matter for yourself. Hi. 13 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 3: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been 14 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 3: on a journey to prove the existence of life after death. 15 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 3: On each episode, discuss the reasons we now know that 16 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 3: our loved ones have survived physical death and so will 17 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 3: we Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. We are never 18 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 3: too old to learn, are we? This past week I 19 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 3: learned something new. I spoke a few days ago to 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 3: Swiss scientist Evelyn al Sasser on the subject of ADC's, 21 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 3: which stands for after death communications. And I assumed that 22 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 3: signs from our loved ones fit into this category. And 23 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 3: when I think of signs, it may be our favorite 24 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 3: song came on the radio after they passed, seeing a 25 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 3: feather or a dime, looking up at a road sign 26 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 3: or a license plate, and seeing your loved one's name. 27 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 3: I thought that all fell under the category of after 28 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 3: death communications. But Evelyn says differently. She says that ADC's 29 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 3: after death communications are so bold and spontaneous. They come 30 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 3: out of nowhere when we least expect them, and they 31 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 3: leave us feeling comforted that our loved one was with us, 32 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 3: saying hello and letting us know that they have lived 33 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 3: on This lady writes about a month after the sudden 34 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 3: death of my mother, I was alone in the house 35 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: in my bedroom. I was sitting on the side of 36 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 3: the bed, extremely distressed, howling with pain of my loss 37 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 3: and raging at the God I had put my faith 38 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 3: in because he hadn't come to my help in my 39 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 3: hours of need and darkness. I just couldn't stop crying, 40 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: and I had never felt more alone. I then felt 41 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 3: my mother sit next to me and wrap her arms 42 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 3: around me. I know it was my mom in the 43 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 3: same way that you can feel someone you know well 44 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 3: near you. I could even smell her as she hugged me. 45 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 3: I was aware of being totally enveloped by her love, 46 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,559 Speaker 3: and as she soothed me, I felt an intense warmness 47 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 3: and calmness I hadn't felt since she died. I felt 48 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 3: her stroking my hair, and I recognized the feeling of 49 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 3: being comforted by my mother. I am one hundred percent 50 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 3: sure that my mom came to comfort me. I recognized 51 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 3: her essence and energy. Although I shed many more tears 52 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 3: in the months following her passing, I never again experienced 53 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 3: the despair that I felt that morning. The experience, along 54 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: with many others that followed, caused me to completely reconsider 55 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 3: my traditional religious beliefs, and now I explore my own spirituality. 56 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 3: I believe that I am more at ease with myself 57 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 3: and my grief as a result of her contact that day. 58 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 3: I'll tell you a little bit more about our researcher 59 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 3: Evelyn in just a moment, but her and her team 60 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: collect stories at their website ADCRP dot org, which stands 61 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 3: for After Death Communication research project. They say a spontaneous 62 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 3: and direct after death communication, also known as ADC, occurs 63 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 3: when a person unexpectedly perceives a deceased individual through the 64 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:40,679 Speaker 3: senses of sight, hearing, smell, or touch. Very commonly, persons 65 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 3: who experience an ADC solely feel the presence of the 66 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,559 Speaker 3: deceased person and perceive a contact with them, which may 67 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 3: occur during sleep or the hypnogogic state that's right before 68 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 3: we fall asleep at night and when we're waking up 69 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: in the morning. They say ADC's occur frequently, with research 70 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 3: having found that fifty to sixty percent of people have 71 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 3: experienced one or more of these spontaneous and direct ADC's 72 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 3: during their lifetime. Their research has shown these are universal. 73 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 3: The objective of their long term international research project is 74 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: to gain a better understanding of this phenomena and the 75 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 3: impact that spontaneous after death communications have on us. Researcher 76 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 3: Evelyn L. Sasser, who is part of this project, has 77 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 3: written numerous books and articles on near death experiences and ADC's, 78 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 3: including Lessons from the Light What Near Death Experiences teach 79 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 3: Us About Living in the Here and Now, which she 80 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 3: co wrote with Kenneth Ring, who you may remember, did 81 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 3: all that research of near death experiences with the blind, 82 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 3: and her latest book is called Spontaneous Contacts with the Deceased, 83 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 3: a large scale international survey reveals the circumstances, lived experience, 84 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 3: and beneficial impact of after death communications. If you are 85 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 3: interested in seeing the video I recorded speaking with Evelyn 86 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 3: about her research, you can find that at my website 87 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 3: we Don't Die dot com. Her passion and the distinction 88 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 3: between signs and ADC's left me so curious that I 89 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 3: bought her book Unkindle, and I thought that you and 90 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 3: I could go through some of these stories today. What 91 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 3: is a sign from our loved one and what truly 92 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 3: is an after death communication? One important thing about ADC's 93 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 3: is that they leave you knowing that your loved one 94 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 3: has lived on. They don't get registered in the mind 95 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 3: as Oh maybe that was my imagination. My conversation with 96 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 3: Evelyn had me take a little bit of a look 97 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 3: back on my life and ask myself, with the signs 98 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 3: that I have received, are any of them after death communications? 99 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: I have a couple of examples. About a year after 100 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 3: my grandmother passed, it was a long day. I decided 101 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 3: to take a nap. Just before I fell asleep, I 102 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: heard the most beautiful piano music, and although my eyes 103 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: were closed, I could see my grandmother's face like she 104 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 3: was right there in the room with me. Although she 105 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 3: didn't speak, I felt her love and there was no 106 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 3: question in my mind she was right there with me. 107 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 3: My dad passed two years after my grandmother did. At 108 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 3: my dad's funeral, I felt this calm come over me. 109 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: In the church. I looked to the end of the 110 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 3: pew and saw my dad standing there, smiling, clear as 111 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 3: clear can be, and I went from sadness to comfort 112 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 3: in a split second, with the feeling that he was 113 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 3: right there and that everything would be okay. My friend 114 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 3: Andy died years ago, and the following week his father died. 115 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: Instead of doing two funeral services, they did only one 116 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: for father and son. As the priest was saying a 117 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 3: few words in the service, I saw Andy and another 118 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 3: man just behind the priest. To me, it looked clearer 119 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 3: than my imagination. Andy, who passed when he was in 120 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 3: his sixties, was a young man in my vision, and 121 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 3: I didn't recognize the other fellow. After the funeral service, 122 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 3: there was a reception, a celebration of life. The family 123 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 3: had put together pictures of Andy and his dad. That 124 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 3: fellow that I saw in my mind's eye was the 125 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 3: same as those photos of Andy's father, leaving me with 126 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 3: no doubt that those men are still alive and they 127 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 3: are together. After my book, We Don't Die, a skeptics 128 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: discovery of life after death came out. A friend that 129 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 3: was an auto mechanic felt confident to tell me this 130 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 3: story because he knew I wouldn't judge him. He says, 131 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 3: when he's on his back underneath a car working on it, 132 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 3: and he's so in the zone, paying attention to what 133 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: he's doing, out of the corner of his eye, he 134 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 3: not only sees his deceased father, but he sees the 135 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 3: dog they had while he was growing up. He told 136 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 3: me it happens all the time and leaves him so 137 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 3: comforted that, of course, not only did his dad survive 138 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 3: death and that he's part of his life still, but 139 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 3: the dog survived too. On our episode today, we'll be 140 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 3: talking more about ADC's from Evelyn's point of view and 141 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 3: reading some of these stories from the book. Here's another story. 142 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 3: I was in my family room in the basement listening 143 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 3: to a radio show. My phone alarm usually goes off 144 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 3: at five am, and I'm usually a week thirty to 145 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 3: forty minutes prior to the alarm. The room was dark 146 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 3: and I was halfway sitting on the couch, kind of 147 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 3: leaning on my right side. I felt what I thought 148 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 3: was one of my dogs climb onto the couch and 149 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 3: come up towards my waist as if they were trying 150 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 3: to hug me. My dogs are about forty to forty 151 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 3: five pounds each and they will usually come up and 152 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 3: cuddle me, but this was different. This was more of 153 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 3: a hug, which startled me. When I turned to look, 154 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 3: it was my youngest son, Sam. He seemed to be 155 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 3: younger and he was crying. Thinking back on it, the 156 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 3: room was dark, but I saw as if the lights 157 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 3: were on. The speaker to my bluetooth crackled, which distracted 158 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 3: me briefly. I turned and he was going on. I 159 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 3: stopped for a second to gather my thoughts on what 160 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 3: just happened. You see, Sam had passed a week before 161 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 3: from a drug overdose. My mind was trying to come 162 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 3: to grips with the situation when I felt what felt 163 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 3: like somebody's raizor stubble brush against my left arm. When 164 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 3: I turned it was him again. I got composed and 165 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 3: said to him, you can't be here. We just went 166 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 3: to your funeral. With that, he made an odd facial expression. 167 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 3: The alarm on my phone went off and distracted me, 168 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 3: which was enough time for him to vanish. For lack 169 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 3: of a better word, both times he seemed somehow illuminated, 170 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 3: and I only saw his upper torso looking back, I 171 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 3: didn't realize he appeared one week to the day of 172 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 3: his passing and around the same time he had died. 173 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 3: Several weeks later, a friend of his posted some pictures 174 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 3: of him to her Facebook account, and one of them 175 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 3: while he was making that same exact face. Of the 176 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 3: stories that I have heard in the past twenty something years. 177 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 3: It seems like these visitations happen when we're on that 178 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 3: verge of sleep, or that we're so in the zone 179 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 3: paying attention to what we're doing, and our loved ones 180 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 3: can kind of slip right in, catching us off guard, 181 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 3: being spontaneous. They don't seem to happen when we're too 182 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 3: busy working, checking email and distracted, but get into that 183 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 3: quiet zone in the mind, I think miracles can occur. 184 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: Do you have any stories of things happening like this, 185 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 3: I sure would love to know. 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This 220 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 3: research project has been going on since twenty eighteen. So 221 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 3: far over one thousand questionnaires have come in, each containing 222 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 3: one hundred and ninety four questions with follow up questions 223 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 3: for participants. These were answered globally in English, French and Spanish. 224 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 3: Let's continue now with two more short ADC's after death 225 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 3: communication stories, and then we'll find out the ABC's of 226 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 3: ADC's I'm being funny. Sounds pretty good, though, and that 227 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 3: was spontaneous. About three months after my wife departed, I 228 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 3: was lying in bed one morning, barely awake enough to 229 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 3: be aware of the birds outside, but not of thoughts 230 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 3: or feelings. I then felt her kiss me on the lips, 231 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 3: and I heard telepathically, sorry, it's been so long. They've 232 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 3: been keeping us really busy. Unfortunately, I was startled by 233 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 3: these events, joelt to fully awake and lost that receptive state. 234 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 3: Here's another. In nineteen ninety nine, my wife died of 235 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 3: ovarian cancer at the age of fifty six. A few 236 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 3: days after the funeral, the children having left, I am 237 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 3: in the bedroom. It's early afternoon, and I stand and 238 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 3: fold one of her cardigan sweaters. It's navy blue, still 239 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 3: impregnated with her scent, which I know will be gone 240 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 3: in a few days. And I'm so sad. My mind 241 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 3: is totally empty. But suddenly, instantly my wife is there, 242 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,359 Speaker 3: standing in front of me, dressed normally. In a spontaneous 243 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 3: gesture that I can't explain, I hug her with real 244 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 3: physical contact. I feel her hugging me too. Realizing what 245 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 3: I am doing, I take her by the shoulders, pull 246 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 3: her away from me and say, looking right into her eyes, 247 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 3: but you are dead, and she answers, yes, I am dead. 248 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 3: This exchange is mental, from thought to thought, and immediately 249 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 3: everything disappears. I find myself with the cardigan in my hands. 250 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 3: That was the only manifestation I have had. I was sad, 251 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 3: but not desperate. It took me fifteen years to talk 252 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 3: about this, first to our two children. She had come 253 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 3: to say goodbye to me, thus showing me that she 254 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 3: continues to exist in another form. I am convinced of this, 255 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 3: having now an unfailing serenity and no fear at all 256 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 3: of what we commonly call death. I would also like 257 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 3: to point out that I am a practicing health professional. 258 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 3: Evelyn Alsasser, author of the book Spontaneous Contacts with the Deceased, 259 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 3: says ADC's manifest themselves in a multitude of forms and situations. 260 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 3: Contacts manifesting by four of the five senses example, visual, auditory, full, factory, 261 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 3: and tactile ADCs were the subject of a series of questions, 262 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 3: as well as the ADC's of sensing a presence. ADCs 263 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 3: during sleep, when falling asleep or waking up, represent the 264 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 3: type of contact most often experienced by our respondents. However, 265 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 3: more than half of them were awakened by the contact, 266 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 3: and the rest of the experience fell into one of 267 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 3: the other categories. ADCs occurring at the time of death 268 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 3: were also the subject of a series of questions. They 269 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 3: are particularly interesting, even evidential, because experiencers claimed to have 270 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 3: been informed of the death of a family member or 271 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 3: friend by the deceased themselves. This next ADC is one 272 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 3: such an example. I came home from work and my 273 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 3: wife and kids were not home yet. My wife was 274 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 3: going to take them to the zoo that day, then 275 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 3: pick up my son's friend so they could play video 276 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,239 Speaker 3: games all night. It was a Friday. There was no 277 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 3: reason for alarm, as my wife is one of those 278 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 3: people that will be late for her own funeral. As 279 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 3: I walked into the house, our two dogs were barking 280 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 3: in their cage, and I very distinctly heard my daughter 281 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 3: call from upstairs, Hello. I let the dogs out to 282 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 3: quiet them down, and called to Laurie, asking why the 283 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 3: dogs were in the cage if you are home. The 284 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 3: only answer I got was hearing her footsteps upstairs. She 285 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 3: had a distinctive walk. I went upstairs to see what 286 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 3: she was doing, but she was nowhere to be found. 287 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 3: I searched all the rooms, closets, and even under beds. 288 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 3: I was so sure I heard her voice. About twenty 289 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 3: five minutes later, the phone rang. It was the hospital 290 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 3: to tell me my family had been in an accident 291 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 3: and they were pretty banged up. I am on my 292 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 3: way and they asked if I needed a ride. How silly, 293 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 3: I thought, if they're just banged up, it can't be 294 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 3: too bad. As I drove to the hospital, I felt 295 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 3: my daughter had been in the front seat and was killed. 296 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 3: But no, that couldn't have happened, because the evening before, 297 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 3: Laurie settled the long running battle with her brother of 298 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 3: who was going to ride in the front seat. However, 299 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 3: upon arriving to the hospital, it turned out that Laurie 300 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 3: had been killed and I had been one hundred percent correct. 301 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 3: Another experience. I was a mother of two young children 302 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 3: aged four and five, divorced, my partner being an alcoholic. 303 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 3: I had an ear drum transplant before my children were born, 304 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 3: and since then I can't move around in the dark. 305 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,159 Speaker 3: Without anxiety. However, on a Sunday night, I put my 306 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 3: two children to bed, and to get back to my kitchen, 307 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 3: I had to walk through a long, dark corridor. Usually 308 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 3: I always turned on the light, but that night I 309 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 3: walked down the hallway in the dark and felt a 310 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 3: presence in front of me, who asked if I had changed, 311 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 3: would we have stayed together? And I said yes. It 312 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 3: wasn't words as we humans express ourselves, but like a 313 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 3: communication felt deep inside me. I was immediately certain that 314 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 3: I was talking to my ex husband. The next morning, 315 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 3: at work, the phone rang, and before I could pick 316 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 3: it up, I knew it was the police calling to 317 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 3: tell me that my ex husband had died. Indeed, this 318 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 3: was the case. They informed me that my ex husband 319 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 3: had died on Sunday, late afternoon, that is to say, 320 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 3: two to three hours before I experienced what you call 321 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 3: an aid. I experienced this event even before I knew 322 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 3: of my ex husband's death. ADC's have a strong impact 323 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 3: on the morning process, as one could imagine if we 324 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 3: got to see or feel or touch our loved one again. 325 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 3: In the eyes of these experiencers, the deceased loved one 326 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 3: has succeeded in crossing and very exceptionally and very briefly 327 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 3: the line between the two worlds to express his or 328 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 3: her support and love is there Beyond the perception of 329 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 3: the deceased, which in itself is already a remarkable experience, 330 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 3: It is the emotions perceived and felt during the contacts 331 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 3: that give them their full meaning. After death, communications open 332 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:56,479 Speaker 3: up the prospect of a continued and dynamic relational bond 333 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 3: between the living and the dead that can be materialize 334 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 3: in spontaneous, exceptional moments. Author Evelyn Elsasser asks have you 335 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 3: ever felt the presence of a deceased loved one? Have 336 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 3: you heard him or her? Have you seen them enter 337 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 3: your living room and come towards you with a smile 338 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 3: on their face. Have you felt a hand grasping yours 339 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 3: in a familiar gesture repeated a thousand times during your lifetime. 340 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 3: Have you noticed a particular smell that characterizes your loved one? 341 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 3: Have you communicated with them while sleeping, but not in 342 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 3: an ordinary dream, but in a clear, coherent, and memorable one. 343 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 3: If this is the case, it is likely that you 344 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:50,360 Speaker 3: have experienced a spontaneous and direct contact with a deceased 345 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 3: person an ADC. She says, spontaneous is allegedly initiated by 346 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 3: the deceased without our intention or solicitation on the part 347 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 3: of the experiencer, and direct meaning without intervention of other persons, 348 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 3: for instance, going to a medium or trying instrumental transcommunication 349 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 3: like EVPs. Many people don't see the loved one, but 350 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 3: they feel a presence. With my father in law, I 351 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 3: felt the presence on my right with my boss, I 352 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 3: felt it right in front of me, one experiencer said. 353 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 3: Another experiencer said, I knew he was there. I could 354 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 3: just feel that he was in the room, right in 355 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 3: front of me. And another lying in my bed, I 356 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 3: felt my son's presence at that moment. I felt the 357 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 3: mattress sag as if someone was sitting next to me, 358 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 3: the sensation of an invisible body mass beside me. I 359 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 3: just knew it was him. And another On the evening 360 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 3: of my father's death, I was sitting in my chair. 361 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 3: I was very distressed, when all of a sudden I 362 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 3: felt a presence which started to soothe me. Then when 363 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 3: I went to bed, I felt the same presence standing 364 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 3: to the right of my bed. And another says the 365 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 3: day my grandmother died, I was standing in front of 366 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 3: the fireplace thinking about her. I felt a presence right 367 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 3: in front of me. Then it moved behind me and 368 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 3: put her hand on my right shoulder. All I felt 369 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 3: was love. There are also some ADC's that first sense 370 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 3: a presence followed by a brief visual perception. Here's one. 371 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 3: Several days after my best friend passed away. Suddenly I 372 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 3: was alone in the house and in the kitchen cooking 373 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 3: when I felt a strong presence behind me. I hadn't 374 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:55,400 Speaker 3: heard anyone come into the room, so I instinctively turned 375 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 3: to see who it was. For the briefest of moments, 376 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 3: I saw my friend standing in the doorway. As soon 377 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 3: as I registered what I was seeing, she was gone, 378 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 3: and so was the feeling of a presence. Again, we're 379 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 3: hearing the same kind of thing in that peaceful zone, 380 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 3: whether it's during the day, or whether it's before going 381 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 3: to bed or when waking up in the morning. There's 382 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 3: something about the mind being quiet for our loved ones 383 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: being able to burst in on the scene and let 384 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 3: us know they're still around and they still love us 385 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 3: very very much. 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Evelyn says, the presence of the deceased is 412 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 3: typically perceived as clearly as when we realize that a 413 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 3: living person has just entered the room before we turn 414 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 3: to look at them. Here's a short story. My father, 415 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 3: who died in nineteen ninety four, came to me in 416 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 3: my mind. As I was washing the dishes. I stopped. 417 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 3: I turned around as if someone had entered the kitchen, 418 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 3: and I stood completely still. I felt warmth and love. 419 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 3: My tears began to flow with joy. I felt cradled, 420 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 3: as if he held me in his arms. I had 421 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 3: words of comfort in my head from him. It felt 422 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 3: as if it was going on for a very long time. 423 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 3: I felt incredibly calm and appeased. Then, still feeling good, 424 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 3: I went back to my activities, remembering all at once 425 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 3: that it was my birthday and that was a gift 426 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 3: from my father. Sometimes the visits leave the person with 427 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 3: a feeling of tranquility and peace, as in this example. 428 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 3: In the evenings, I will be in my room or 429 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 3: my children's room, putting them to bed, and I can 430 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 3: sense my older brother in the room watching us. He 431 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 3: seems to be a quiet presence, just checking in to 432 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 3: see how everything is not interfering at all, just watching 433 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 3: us and being part of the family. And another when 434 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 3: I was sixteen years old, a friend died of accidental overdose. 435 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 3: We did not know each other well, but had fond 436 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 3: feelings for each other and a few close friends in common. 437 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 3: A few months after his death, I felt him near 438 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 3: around me, as if we were in the same room 439 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 3: hanging out together. I did not see him or hear him, 440 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 3: and we did not touch, but I felt him very clearly. 441 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 3: I could also smell his cologne. He would come and 442 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 3: hang out like this regularly, off and on throughout the day, 443 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 3: sometimes staying up to an hour or two while I studied. 444 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 3: Other times it was brief and he'd return later in 445 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 3: the day. This continued daily or closed to daily for 446 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 3: about three weeks. The visits ended suddenly, and I've never 447 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 3: felt him since. At the time time he was visiting. 448 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 3: I felt his purpose in coming was to let his 449 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 3: friends know that he was okay. There had not been 450 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 3: a public memorial, and it was difficult for me and 451 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 3: other friends to comprehend his passing. He also seemed to 452 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 3: have some sort of question he was trying to pose 453 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 3: to me in his shy indirect way, which was typical 454 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 3: of him in life, or maybe some answer he was 455 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 3: seeking from me which I couldn't work out. The first 456 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 3: visits startled me a little bit. They were unexpected, and 457 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 3: I didn't try to interact with him. As I got 458 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 3: more comfortable with his presence, I would mentally greet him 459 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 3: and invite him to come sit, and that seemed to 460 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 3: help him feel more comfortable. He never did sit. He 461 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 3: stayed off to the side or just behind me. I 462 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 3: quickly got into the habit of thinking about him during 463 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 3: his visits. What I liked about him going over in 464 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 3: detail with the times we'd spent together in life, all 465 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 3: all very fond memories. Towards the end of the three weeks, 466 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 3: I felt him more strongly, and I felt this was 467 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 3: his way of saying thank you and goodbye. My understanding 468 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 3: was he had been staying close to earth and his 469 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 3: friends for these months to help us with our grief, 470 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,479 Speaker 3: and now he was getting ready to cross over to 471 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 3: his permanent place. I didn't say anything about these visits 472 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 3: to anyone until a year or so later I was 473 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 3: talking with one of our mutual friends and discovered she 474 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 3: had experienced a very similar series of visits from him too, 475 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 3: and that she had interpreted them the same way that 476 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 3: I did. Before I continue with the next story, I'm 477 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 3: reminded of a video I saw on YouTube way back 478 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 3: when I first started investigating the afterlife. This man was 479 00:32:55,640 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 3: talking about having coffee time with our friends or family member, 480 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 3: literally grabbing a cup of coffee for you and an 481 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 3: empty cup for them, and either sitting on the couch 482 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 3: or sitting at your kitchen table, having conversations, making appointments 483 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 3: with your loved ones, and depending on the relationship, asking 484 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 3: them to come close, maybe put a hand on your 485 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 3: shoulder or a kiss on the cheek, and for us 486 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 3: to stay in that still receptive state and pay attention. 487 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 3: Do we feel a change of energy? Do we feel goosebumps? 488 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 3: The more we replay happy memories in our mind and 489 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 3: the more we think the nice thoughts about them, Does 490 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 3: that raise the energy for more of this feeling to occur. 491 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 3: This is just food for thought, because I'm sure you, 492 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 3: like me, would love to receive some of these spontaneous 493 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 3: contacts with the deceased. Here's the next story. While working 494 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 3: as a nurse in the emergency department, a patient from 495 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 3: an auto accident. She was a twenty something African American female. 496 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 3: It was a bad accident and she didn't survive. I 497 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 3: returned to the nurses station to put in orders for 498 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,279 Speaker 3: another patient. While I was sitting at the computer, I 499 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:21,320 Speaker 3: felt my coworker, a twenty somethingter African American female, standing 500 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 3: behind me, waiting to ask me a question. I knew 501 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,399 Speaker 3: who it was, or thought I did without seeing her. 502 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 3: I turned around to see how I could help her. 503 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 3: When I turned around, I saw that there was no 504 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,839 Speaker 3: one in the nurses station besides me. I turned back 505 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 3: to the computer again, I felt her standing behind me, 506 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 3: waiting to ask a question. I turned around again, but 507 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 3: no one was there. I turned back to the computer 508 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 3: and realized she was still there. This time, I realized 509 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 3: that the person standing behind me was not my coworker, 510 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 3: but the young woman who had just passed. In eighteen 511 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:08,240 Speaker 3: years of nursing and being present at a number of deaths, 512 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 3: both anticipated and unanticipated. I had never before had the 513 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 3: experience and have never since. Some experiencers perceive the energy 514 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 3: of the deceased person and speak of physical sensations, but 515 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 3: there are also drops in temperature or a feeling of 516 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 3: a draft that sometimes accompanies these after death communications. Here's 517 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 3: the next story. One day after my son passed, I 518 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 3: stood at the kitchen counter where we often visited. I 519 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 3: felt like I was stepping into a vortex or energy field. 520 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 3: I could step into it or out of it. It 521 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 3: was magnetic. I asked my daughter and my husband to 522 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 3: step inside this perceived circle of energy. They were afraid to, 523 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 3: but I loved the feeling of this vortex or energy field, 524 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 3: and I felt one hundred percent sure it was my 525 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 3: son's energy. Another person says I could feel my loved 526 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 3: one's presence in my body like a vibration. I experienced 527 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 3: it throughout my whole body as strong energy. It was 528 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:21,759 Speaker 3: like drinking ten cups of coffee. And another says the 529 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 3: energy of the deceased fills the space and causes shivers, 530 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 3: that feeling of goosebumps. My friend coming out of nowhere 531 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 3: that can be our loved one's energy getting very very 532 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,240 Speaker 3: close to us. Another person describes it as a feeling 533 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:43,840 Speaker 3: of love comes over us. You feel nothing but love, 534 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,880 Speaker 3: and the next account the experiencer makes a clear distinction 535 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:53,439 Speaker 3: between an inner feeling and the emotions allegedly transmitted by 536 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 3: the deceased. When I think of my deceased loved one 537 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 3: almost all day long, as was the case when he 538 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 3: was alive, it is about my inner feelings with my thoughts. 539 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:08,480 Speaker 3: Yet my inner feeling is marked by the painful experience 540 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 3: of his absence. When my deceased loved one is present, 541 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,040 Speaker 3: I feel him outside of me, and it is his 542 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 3: state of mind that I feel, and his state of 543 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 3: mind is nothing but love and joy. Here's some short 544 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 3: descriptions how other people felt. It was like when they 545 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 3: were alive and would come into the room and I 546 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 3: would see them. Compared to when I just thought about them, 547 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 3: It felt like they were alive again and they were there. 548 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,720 Speaker 3: It was stronger than just feeling him in my heart. 549 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 3: His love invaded me from the outside inn It was 550 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 3: not my love that went out to him, but his 551 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,720 Speaker 3: that came to me. And another says it was real, 552 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 3: not a feeling or a wish. It was as if 553 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 3: the real person was present, not an image or a 554 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 3: memory of the person. Another says, when I think of 555 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:09,680 Speaker 3: my loved one, I only imagine that he is connecting 556 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 3: to me. I can only think that he is sending 557 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 3: me signs that make me think of him. But during 558 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:21,080 Speaker 3: an ADC, I know that he is there. It's a 559 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 3: feeling of knowing, not imagining or thinking. One mom says, 560 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 3: I felt my son's presence several times, always behind my 561 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 3: left shoulder. It was strong. I knew it was him 562 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:39,560 Speaker 3: precisely in that place. It never lasted very long. I 563 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,480 Speaker 3: didn't feel the need to turn around to see him 564 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,360 Speaker 3: or try to touch him. I knew there would be 565 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 3: nothing to touch, but I could feel him. It was 566 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 3: as if a simple curtain separated us. That's how I 567 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 3: perceive what I call the elsewhere, simply behind a veil, 568 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:02,880 Speaker 3: really very close by. Often with these ADC's, there's a 569 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,399 Speaker 3: perceived message that comes to the person, whether they can 570 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,279 Speaker 3: hear it or whether they can feel it. Some of 571 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:14,040 Speaker 3: the experiencers their loved one said, I am here, I 572 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 3: know how you are feeling. I am close to you. 573 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 3: Everything is all right and another he loved me, and 574 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 3: even though I was extremely depressed and in pain and 575 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:29,600 Speaker 3: my heart felt shattered, he said I'd be okay. And another, 576 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 3: I felt my mother was trying to comfort me, to 577 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,040 Speaker 3: tell me that although she no longer was on this 578 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:40,759 Speaker 3: plane of reality, she was still alive. I felt her gentleness, 579 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 3: a great gentleness in her presence. Another said, I felt 580 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,399 Speaker 3: that my grandfather was trying to soothe my pain by 581 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 3: communicating his serenity and the fact that he was doing 582 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:58,440 Speaker 3: very well. Hearing these after death communication stories helps us 583 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,800 Speaker 3: to be more present in a way in our life. 584 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,920 Speaker 3: And you'll be interested to know that some people have 585 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 3: actually seen their deceased loved ones. I've got some great 586 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,480 Speaker 3: stories about that when we get back from the break. 587 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,840 Speaker 3: You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio 588 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:33,520 Speaker 3: and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. The Internet 589 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,640 Speaker 3: is an extraordinary resource that links our children to a 590 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:43,759 Speaker 3: world of information, experiences, and ideas. It can also expose 591 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:48,120 Speaker 3: them to risk. Teach your children the basic safety rules 592 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:53,440 Speaker 3: of the virtual world. Our children are everything, do everything 593 00:40:53,680 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 3: for them. 594 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:08,120 Speaker 4: On the iHeartRadio and AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 595 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,680 Speaker 3: Listen anytime any place. 596 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,560 Speaker 6: Hey, it's the Wizard of Weird Joshua P. 597 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:20,080 Speaker 1: Warren. 598 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:24,040 Speaker 6: Don't forget to check out my show Strange Things each 599 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 6: week as I bring you the world of the truly 600 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:31,720 Speaker 6: amazing and bizarre right here on the iHeartRadio and Coast 601 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:35,800 Speaker 6: to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 602 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:51,200 Speaker 3: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain, 603 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:55,479 Speaker 3: and today we are talking a DC's, which stands for 604 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:59,760 Speaker 3: After Death Communications, and I'm reading to you some stories 605 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:05,920 Speaker 3: from the book Spontaneous Contacts with the Deceased by Evelyn L. Sasser. 606 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:10,239 Speaker 3: Hearing these stories leaves us open minded, I think, to 607 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 3: what's possible keeping ourselves more in the present moment, talking 608 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:19,239 Speaker 3: to our loved ones, and being aware of those ever 609 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 3: so slight feeling changes we might have. Now we're going 610 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:29,160 Speaker 3: to tell some stories of people who saw their loved ones. Yes, 611 00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:32,840 Speaker 3: you heard that right, they saw them. Sixty two percent 612 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,799 Speaker 3: of the people saw their loved ones solid like a 613 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:40,680 Speaker 3: living being, thirteen percent said they were semi transparent, eleven 614 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 3: percent said they were a foggy silhouette. Ready for some stories. 615 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:50,320 Speaker 3: Shortly after being widowed, probably a month or two after 616 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:54,439 Speaker 3: her transition, I sat at home one evening thinking about her, 617 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:58,520 Speaker 3: when she materialized in front of me in the form 618 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:02,000 Speaker 3: of her figure and head to shins. You see the 619 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:06,440 Speaker 3: lower portion of her feet wasn't visible. The form looked 620 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,080 Speaker 3: like it was made out of glass filled with smoke, 621 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,959 Speaker 3: and she moved through the living room into the back 622 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:15,680 Speaker 3: room where we used to spend time together. She moved 623 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 3: as though on roller skates and glided through furniture going 624 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:24,279 Speaker 3: into the back room. I recently had rearranged the furniture, 625 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,640 Speaker 3: and it appeared she was using the old path around 626 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:32,520 Speaker 3: the old furniture. She appeared twice within several minutes, then disappeared. 627 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:37,840 Speaker 3: I'm sure she has survived death. Here's another story. I 628 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:42,760 Speaker 3: received a visit from my deceased wife in July twenty thirteen, 629 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:47,720 Speaker 3: ten months after her passing in October of twenty twelve, 630 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:52,719 Speaker 3: while I was unconscious and under anesthesia on an operating 631 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:57,360 Speaker 3: table for a gallbladder removal. At the age of her passing, 632 00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,800 Speaker 3: she was seventy one years of age. In her visit, 633 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:07,719 Speaker 3: she appeared younger in age, serene, composed, beautiful, youthful, happy, smiling, 634 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:11,239 Speaker 3: filled with love and compassion. She was bathed in a 635 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:16,359 Speaker 3: gold and white light, The vision was clear and magnificent. 636 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,960 Speaker 3: She assured me with a loving smile that she was 637 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:24,040 Speaker 3: all right and that things were wonderful on her side, 638 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:27,279 Speaker 3: and that I would be all right too, and there 639 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,879 Speaker 3: was no need to worry about her. When I woke up, 640 00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:36,320 Speaker 3: I felt incredibly relaxed and had full recollection of the experience. 641 00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:41,680 Speaker 3: I felt like I had experienced heaven. This intensely relaxed 642 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:45,279 Speaker 3: state stayed with me for several days, during which time 643 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:48,719 Speaker 3: I initially assumed it might have been caused by the 644 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:52,920 Speaker 3: anesthetic drug. In the months that followed, the magnificence and 645 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:57,440 Speaker 3: intensity of the experience remained. Around the same time as 646 00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:02,440 Speaker 3: my experience, my dentist who had treated my wife shortly 647 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:05,400 Speaker 3: before her passing, and a very close lady friend of 648 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:10,720 Speaker 3: my wife independently advised me, both in somewhat a shaken state, 649 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:15,520 Speaker 3: that they too had been visited by my wife, asking 650 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:19,799 Speaker 3: that they would look after Matt that's me, and she 651 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,720 Speaker 3: also told them that she was all right. These visits 652 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,800 Speaker 3: all happened around the same time. Now, some five years later, 653 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,160 Speaker 3: I feel truly blessed that I have had a very 654 00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:36,399 Speaker 3: real experience. It's interesting to note that the people interviewed, 655 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,799 Speaker 3: over fifty percent of them said they're deceased came to 656 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:45,520 Speaker 3: them looking younger than they were when they died, such 657 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,960 Speaker 3: as although she died at eighty two, in the vision, 658 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,120 Speaker 3: I saw her as I knew her in her thirties. 659 00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:56,759 Speaker 3: She was radiantly healthy, and it was lunchtime. I was 660 00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:00,359 Speaker 3: in the kitchen talking to my daughter. Suddenly we saw 661 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:03,839 Speaker 3: through the window in the garden my husband, who had 662 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:08,239 Speaker 3: died seven months earlier from cancer. He looked younger than 663 00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,200 Speaker 3: at the time of his death, which did not correspond 664 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:15,000 Speaker 3: to a memory, as I had known him only since 665 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:19,480 Speaker 3: he was around fifty. In this appearance, it looked like 666 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:23,279 Speaker 3: he only wanted to show the very best part of him. 667 00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,680 Speaker 3: It was thin and still had his hair, which he 668 00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:29,680 Speaker 3: had lost due to his illness. It was only a 669 00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:32,240 Speaker 3: quick vision, and I really did not see his face, 670 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:36,120 Speaker 3: but he was real. I was extremely shocked and happy, 671 00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:40,160 Speaker 3: and my heart was beating very fast. And another story. 672 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,840 Speaker 3: Three weeks after my husband passed, I woke up early 673 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:47,320 Speaker 3: one morning to find him sitting on the bed, looking 674 00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:50,879 Speaker 3: thirty years younger than he did when he passed. He 675 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:55,839 Speaker 3: was solid, smiling and happy. Before he passed, we had 676 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,680 Speaker 3: an agreement that whoever passed first would let the other 677 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:04,239 Speaker 3: know that there was an afterlife. Another story. I saw 678 00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:08,520 Speaker 3: my deceased husband exactly one week after he passed away. 679 00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,960 Speaker 3: He was standing in a doorway of our bedroom, wearing 680 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:16,560 Speaker 3: a dark blue sweatshirt and dark blue sweatpants. His hair 681 00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:19,640 Speaker 3: was black, like it was when he was younger. He 682 00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:22,880 Speaker 3: didn't say anything, and he was gone within a minute, 683 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:27,400 Speaker 3: and I'm comforted to know that he's still alive. Another story. 684 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,720 Speaker 3: I was awakened around six a m. In the morning. 685 00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:34,360 Speaker 3: I saw someone walking on my front porch through my 686 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,920 Speaker 3: bedroom window. I got dressed and went to the front door. 687 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,920 Speaker 3: I opened the door and saw a woman with her 688 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,160 Speaker 3: back to me crying. I asked if she was okay. 689 00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:48,040 Speaker 3: She turned around and it was my grandmother from my 690 00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:51,880 Speaker 3: father's side of the family. She spoke and asked me 691 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,920 Speaker 3: for forgiveness and apologized for no longer talking to me 692 00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:59,279 Speaker 3: after my father had passed away. I told her it 693 00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,880 Speaker 3: was okay, I forgave her. She walked towards me and 694 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:06,239 Speaker 3: we hugged. I felt her frail body hug me and 695 00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:10,000 Speaker 3: I hugged her back. I felt her clothes, her smell, 696 00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:14,400 Speaker 3: I felt this most intense feeling of love. Then she 697 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:18,439 Speaker 3: started to turn into this bright white light. I had 698 00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:20,960 Speaker 3: to close my eyes due to it being so bright. 699 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,520 Speaker 3: I could see the light fading away through my eyelids. 700 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,759 Speaker 3: I opened my eyes and she was gone. I was 701 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:31,520 Speaker 3: standing there with my arms still, looking like I was 702 00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:35,480 Speaker 3: hugging someone. My grandmother, you see, had been dead for 703 00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:40,279 Speaker 3: about seven years. The next experience occurred when the participant 704 00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:44,960 Speaker 3: was concentrating on a specific activity and was not thinking 705 00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,960 Speaker 3: about his deceased daughter. He saw her engaged in an 706 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,319 Speaker 3: everyday task, as he had no doubt seen her do 707 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,480 Speaker 3: it often in her lifetime. He says, I was in 708 00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:58,840 Speaker 3: the middle of gathering things in preparation for a road trip, 709 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:01,680 Speaker 3: loading up my vein out the back door to the 710 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:05,200 Speaker 3: shed carrying things, so I was busy and focused on 711 00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,040 Speaker 3: what I was doing. I walked in the back door 712 00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,680 Speaker 3: of my house with a box in my hands. I 713 00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:13,680 Speaker 3: came around the corner and I saw my daughter in 714 00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:17,480 Speaker 3: the kitchen, appearing to cook something on the stove. She 715 00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:21,280 Speaker 3: was wearing a long, black, flowy type of outfit, unlike 716 00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,720 Speaker 3: anything she had worn in life. She was only twenty 717 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:29,000 Speaker 3: two when she passed. The previous summer. When we grieve, 718 00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:31,960 Speaker 3: we often have guilt that we could have or should 719 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:36,160 Speaker 3: have done something different. Some ABC's help release us of 720 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:40,200 Speaker 3: that guilt. Here's an example. My grandfather appeared to me 721 00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:44,799 Speaker 3: after his unexpected passing. He had gone into hospital for 722 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:48,280 Speaker 3: a simple operation, and I had decided I would visit 723 00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:52,440 Speaker 3: him after he had gone home, as I didn't like hospitals. 724 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:56,799 Speaker 3: He died that day. I felt guilty for weeks for 725 00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:59,920 Speaker 3: not going to the hospital, and as I was sick 726 00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:02,600 Speaker 3: in my apartment during the day, I got up to 727 00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:06,040 Speaker 3: go to the kitchen and I saw a full apparition 728 00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:09,319 Speaker 3: of him in the hallway. He looked at me and 729 00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:13,000 Speaker 3: smiled and faded away. I took it as his way 730 00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:17,320 Speaker 3: of saying, it's okay and for me not to feel guilty. 731 00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:22,760 Speaker 3: ADCs may occur at important moments in our lives. Listen 732 00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:28,000 Speaker 3: to this story. My deceased sister materialized at her daughter's wedding. 733 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:31,640 Speaker 3: I can even describe to you what she was wearing. 734 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:37,200 Speaker 3: Once I realized what was happening, she disappeared visual after death. 735 00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:42,520 Speaker 3: Communications like any ADC can occur anytime, in any place, 736 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:46,360 Speaker 3: and here's a story that happened on an airplane. My 737 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:50,440 Speaker 3: mother was in the hospital in Pennsylvania after having surgery. 738 00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,359 Speaker 3: She had been on a ventilator for a week and 739 00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:56,279 Speaker 3: could not breathe on her own, so my father and 740 00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:59,920 Speaker 3: I decided to take her off the machine on my 741 00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:04,040 Speaker 3: way to Pennsylvania at about ten fifty pm that night, 742 00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:07,640 Speaker 3: while on the plane, I began to weep and must 743 00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:11,360 Speaker 3: have gone into a light meditative state. While in this 744 00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:15,080 Speaker 3: state of mind and in my mind's eye, I clearly 745 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:19,080 Speaker 3: saw my mother. She was wearing a pale blue nightgown 746 00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:23,160 Speaker 3: and was walking across a theater stage from left to right, 747 00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:27,080 Speaker 3: and there were clouds of smoke around her ankles. Suddenly, 748 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:30,560 Speaker 3: the words now I can rest popped into my mind. 749 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:33,839 Speaker 3: I felt her place a kiss on my forehead. An 750 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:37,000 Speaker 3: incredible sense of peace filled me, and I felt like 751 00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:40,360 Speaker 3: I no longer needed to fear death and she was okay. 752 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:44,320 Speaker 3: I remember coming out of the state, wiping my tears 753 00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:47,360 Speaker 3: away and looking at my watch. It was eleven to 754 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:51,239 Speaker 3: ten pm. Twenty minutes had passed. When I arrived at 755 00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:54,720 Speaker 3: the hospital and told my family about what had happened. 756 00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:57,960 Speaker 3: They told me that they had gathered around my mother's 757 00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:01,239 Speaker 3: hospital bed, telling her it was all right to go 758 00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,920 Speaker 3: and for her to go find me. My younger sister 759 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:08,040 Speaker 3: told me that as Mom took her last breath, that 760 00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,800 Speaker 3: she had looked at my father's watch to note the time. 761 00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:15,520 Speaker 3: It was about eleven oh eight pm, meaning that Mom 762 00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:20,920 Speaker 3: found me on that airplane within minutes of her physical passing. 763 00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:26,120 Speaker 3: One last story, my grandmother appeared in my car while 764 00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:30,319 Speaker 3: I was alone driving. I sensed her, and I saw her. 765 00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:33,880 Speaker 3: I knew that it was not a material body and 766 00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:38,480 Speaker 3: that I could not touch her because she looked transparent. However, 767 00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:42,600 Speaker 3: I took my handbag off the seat and apologized so 768 00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:45,759 Speaker 3: she could sit comfortably. She was wearing a dress and 769 00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:49,239 Speaker 3: a black coat, her usual glasses, and a handbag was 770 00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:52,160 Speaker 3: on her lap. At the traffic lights, I got a 771 00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:54,640 Speaker 3: long look at her. She turned her head to look 772 00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:58,440 Speaker 3: at me too. I was not afraid, and it sounds strange, 773 00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,240 Speaker 3: but I thought it was norm that she was there 774 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,839 Speaker 3: with me. I am a scientist by training and an 775 00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:09,879 Speaker 3: atheist to boot. The light turned green and my grandmother disappeared, 776 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:14,160 Speaker 3: and I know she's still alive. If you like these stories, 777 00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:18,480 Speaker 3: I wholeheartedly recommend that you pick up the book Spontaneous 778 00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:23,319 Speaker 3: Contacts with the deceased by Evelyn el Sassar, filled with 779 00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:27,920 Speaker 3: so many more stories. My friend, our time together is 780 00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:32,360 Speaker 3: up for today. Please know, whether your loved ones appear 781 00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:35,240 Speaker 3: to you or not with your eyes, that your loved 782 00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:39,359 Speaker 3: ones are around. Their love for you is real. Your 783 00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:43,160 Speaker 3: life matters and you are never alone. Don't forget to 784 00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:46,399 Speaker 3: come visit me at We Don't Die dot com. I'm 785 00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:50,440 Speaker 3: Sander Champlain. Thank you so much for listening to Shades 786 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:54,279 Speaker 3: of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 787 00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:57,400 Speaker 3: am Hairinormal podcast Network. 788 00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:06,399 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 789 00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,439 Speaker 2: A and Paranormal Podcast Network. Make sure and check out 790 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:12,719 Speaker 2: all our shows on the iHeartRadio app or by going 791 00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:19,600 Speaker 2: to iHeartRadio dot com