1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM paranormal 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: podcast network. This is the place to be if you're 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: ready for the best podcasts of the paranormal, curious, and 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 1: sometimes unexplained. Now listen to this. 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 2: Welcome to our podcast. Please be aware the thoughts and 6 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: opinions expressed by the host are their thoughts and opinions 7 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 2: only and do not reflect those of iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, Coast 8 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 2: to Coast AM, employees of premier networks, or their sponsors 9 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 2: and associates. We would like to encourage you to do 10 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 2: your own research and discover the subject matter for yourself. 11 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: Hi. 12 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been 13 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: on a journey to prove the existence of life after death. 14 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 2: On each episode, we'll discuss the reasons we now know 15 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 2: that our loved ones have survived physical death, and so 16 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: will we. Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. Today is 17 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 2: a special birthday episode and you may ask, well, whose 18 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: birthday is it? Mine? I was born in nineteen sixty six, 19 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 2: impossible to believe that I am fifty eight years old. 20 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 2: For any birthday, whether it's yours or mine, we get 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: to treat ourselves to something we want. Maybe people in 22 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: our lives make a big deal about us, but it's 23 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: our special day and I thought for this episode, I'd 24 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: like to give you and I a dose of something 25 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 2: that I want for my birthday. What I want is 26 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: a reminder that we are all eternal souls having a 27 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: human experience, that no matter how hard life is, that 28 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 2: we are surrounded by loved ones. There's a bigger picture 29 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 2: and all those stressful and difficult things that we deal 30 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: with in life, that they're all not just education for 31 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 2: the soul, but that we grow and that we learn, 32 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: and then the biggest picture is we're able to help 33 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: another person in their journey. While I really want chocolate 34 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: cake with mint chocolate chip ice cream, I'm holding back 35 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 2: and I thought that this is just the dessert that 36 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: I needed for today. We all have our stresses, don't we. 37 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 2: Life is difficult. I know and believe it wasn't meant 38 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: to be easy. However, the older we get, we're dealing 39 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 2: with a lot. Some have kids, jobs, families, aging parents. 40 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: You may be experiencing grief, an illness, money problems, whatever 41 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: that may be. I want each and every one of 42 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: us to get that booster shot in the arm that 43 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 2: makes us feel like a million bucks, that who we 44 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: are is one of a kind, that our life matters, 45 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: that we are perfectly on track. I do have some 46 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: other things to celebrate with you. First of all, our 47 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 2: fantastic Sunday Gathering just turned four years old. Yep. When 48 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 2: COVID hit, we thought we'd do an inspirational service with 49 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 2: medium demonstration included online for people who were trapped in 50 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: their homes, which was all of us. Little did my 51 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 2: friends and I realize that we keep it going, and 52 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: so now it's turned four years old. There's been over 53 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 2: eight hundred friends and family members living in the spirit 54 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 2: world who have made their presence known and given messages 55 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: from the other side through our medium demonstrations. Each week, 56 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: we have one hundred and fifty to two hundred people 57 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 2: from around the world that gather. It's it's friendly, it's inspiring, 58 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: and like I said, we get to see right there 59 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: on the court how close loved ones are through our 60 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 2: medium demonstrations. So that's a big reason to celebrate. Now 61 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 2: I've got a really special one which I haven't told 62 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: too many people about. Last year it was Mother's Day, 63 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 2: something came on TV, A little thing popped up and said, 64 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 2: if you have an extraordinary mom and you want to 65 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 2: share a story, here's a QR code and scan it 66 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: and submit your story. I have a fantastic mom. Her 67 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 2: name is Marian Champlain. She's phenomenal, and I knew that 68 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: I wanted to submit a story. I didn't know who 69 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 2: I was submitting it to. So I created a short 70 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 2: story about my mom and coming over from Germany as 71 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: a little girl, and her family losing everything in Hamburg, 72 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 2: Germany during the war, parents immigrating to the United States, 73 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 2: and who she is, who she's always been for me. 74 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 2: A few months later, I got an email requesting an interview, 75 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 2: and I still wasn't sure who I was talking to. 76 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 2: But of course I love my mom and if there's 77 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 2: any possibility in sharing her inspiring story and her make 78 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 2: things happen attitude, I'm going to do that. The good 79 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 2: news is the story, which not only I submitted, but 80 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 2: that interview that I had, was turned into a chapter 81 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: of a book. The book will be coming out very soon. 82 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 2: In fact, depending on when you're listening, it may already 83 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 2: be out. Book comes out April sixteenth, twenty twenty four. 84 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 2: It's called Love Mom, just like if a mom signs 85 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 2: a card Love Mom. It's written by doctor Nicole Sapphire. 86 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 2: She's a radiologist and director of breast imaging at the 87 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Jersey. This is a 88 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: big deal because she's been on the news talking about it. 89 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 2: She's been on TV. The book has already hit number 90 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 2: one on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and it hasn't 91 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: even gotten out to the general public yet. Two days ago, 92 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: the publisher sent my mom and I a private copy. 93 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 2: And you have to know, I hadn't told my mother 94 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 2: about this because there was always the chance that this 95 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 2: wasn't going to happen. A few weeks ago, I did 96 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 2: tell her because doctor Sapphire was on TV publicly announcing it. 97 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 2: And so we've been very excited the past few weeks. 98 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: But can I tell you we've got the book. It's beautiful. 99 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 2: My Mother is chapter ten, and there's thirteen pages dedicated 100 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 2: to her. The book is a perfect gift for Mother's 101 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 2: Day or any day. You don't need to be a 102 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: mom to read it because throughout the pages are stories 103 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 2: of empowerment people that have overcome great obstacles done great things. 104 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 2: There's humor in it, great quotes, absolutely beautiful. So if 105 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 2: you have a special person in your life, whether they 106 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 2: are a mom or have a mom, check out the 107 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: book Love Mom by doctor Nicole Sapphire and be sure 108 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 2: to read chapter ten on my Mom. On this birthday 109 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 2: episode today, I thought I would read some pages from 110 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 2: my book We Don't Die, a skeptics discovery of life 111 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 2: after Death. When I wrote the book, yes I wanted 112 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 2: to deliver information about the afterlife, and yes I wanted 113 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 2: to help people through grief, but I also wanted it 114 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: to be a handbook for living that no matter where 115 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: you are in your life, you can open to a 116 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 2: random page and find some empowerment to remind you of 117 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 2: who you really are. Yes, that divine soul having a 118 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: human experience. I figured today we can celebrate together and 119 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 2: be reminded of who we are. After I had written 120 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 2: the book, it was quite a while until it was published, 121 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 2: and just before it went to press, the publisher said, 122 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 2: we need you to read it one more time to 123 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: make sure there are no obvious errors. Of course, but 124 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: the day I had to read it was the day 125 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 2: after my aunt and I put our beloved cat Millie 126 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 2: to sleep. We had had Milly for many years and 127 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 2: she was just a bundle of love, and it was 128 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 2: one of the most painful things we had to do. 129 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 2: As anyone knows, whether you lose a person in your 130 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 2: life or sometimes those feathered or furry, four legged or 131 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 2: two legged friends can sneak closer into our heart than anyone. 132 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 2: The last thing I wanted to do was reread my book, 133 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 2: because I felt like I had read it many times. 134 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 2: But there I was in deep, deep fear and grief, 135 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 2: and that was an emotional wreck, to be honest with you, 136 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 2: And when I read the words and we Don't Die, 137 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: my grief was soothed and all was well with the world. 138 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 2: My friend Shelley gave a copy of We Don't Die 139 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 2: to her dad, who was quite in his elderly years, 140 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 2: knowing that it probably wouldn't be his thing, but she 141 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 2: loved it so much she couldn't help but give it 142 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: to him. Well, Shelley's dad passed away and when he 143 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 2: passed his copy of We Don't Die had been well used. 144 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 2: She was told by friends that he would gather with 145 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 2: his gentleman friends, read from the book, discuss some of 146 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 2: the topics, read the inspirational quotes, and so many of 147 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 2: the pages of the book had the corners folded down 148 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 2: and pages with words underlined and things that were really 149 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 2: important to her. Father. Quick story of We Don't Die. 150 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 2: As you may know, I am a chef by trade 151 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 2: and owned a catering company with my mom for over 152 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 2: thirty years, working with race car teams. When the book 153 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: came out thirteen years ago, I had a table set 154 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 2: up under our food tent and people could purchase a 155 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: copy and I would sign the books. One of the 156 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 2: race car drivers bought a copy. He said, Sandra, this 157 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: really isn't my kind of thing, but I like you. 158 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 2: I support you. I'd love to get a copy of 159 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 2: your book, which was nice. He read it and as 160 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 2: an owner of a car dealership, he started giving my 161 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 2: book We Don't Die to people that bought new cars. 162 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 2: As a race car driver, he's done very well in 163 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 2: racing and last year at one of the biggest races 164 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 2: in the world, Mom and I watched on TV and 165 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 2: he won it. I sent him a text just congratulations, 166 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 2: and he said what he read prior to getting in 167 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,319 Speaker 2: that race car was We Don't Die. A skeptics Discovery 168 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 2: of Life after Death by Sandra Champlain. Although I wrote it, 169 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 2: you know how I feel about me being a medium 170 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 2: in a different way those in the unseen world, my inspirers, 171 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 2: your inspirers, whoever wants to work through me to get 172 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: this message out to the biggest population on planet Earth, 173 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 2: I'm going to share it. So today if you just 174 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 2: want to sit back, relax and see if we can 175 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 2: all move the needle from whatever may be bothering you 176 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 2: or stressing you in life today to just have that 177 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: extra bit of comfort, direction, hope, faith, and not only 178 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,839 Speaker 2: is everything going to be all right, but you are 179 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 2: one heck of a powerful soul and that your life 180 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 2: means something. If you don't already have a copy of 181 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 2: my book, certainly you can purchase one wherever they sell books. 182 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 2: But also if you go to we Don'tdie dot com 183 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 2: and at the bottom of the page and to your 184 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 2: name and email address, it says you get the first 185 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 2: few chapters. The truth is it is the entire book. 186 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 2: If you are somebody who is experiencing grief, please know 187 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 2: Chapter ten is how to Survive Grief. It's how our 188 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 2: brain chemistry changes, why we experience grief. Things to do 189 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 2: to help move through the pain, and there is so 190 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 2: much comfort and information if you are experiencing grief. That 191 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 2: is a must read and then you can go back 192 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 2: and read everything else or do whatever you wish. Again, 193 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 2: that is that we don't die dot com. Let us 194 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 2: go into our very first break and when we get back, 195 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 2: I am going to read to you some powerful things 196 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 2: that are going to have us all be recharged that 197 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 2: we're one of a kind rush and that our life matters. 198 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio 199 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 2: and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 200 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 3: Keep it here on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 201 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 3: AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 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Hi it's 210 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 2: doctr Sky. 211 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 3: Keep it right here on the iHeart Radio and Coast 212 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 3: to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 213 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain 214 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 2: and this is my birthday episode. So a gift to 215 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 2: all of us is me reading from my book We 216 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 2: Don't Die, a skeptics Discovery of Life after Death, also 217 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 2: known as a Handbook for being Human. Of course, yes, 218 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 2: I include a lot of information about life after death. 219 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 2: And I can also tell you that if you've listened 220 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 2: to Shades of the Afterlife since the beginning, I've got 221 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty episodes about the afterlife. So there's 222 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 2: actually much more here in one hundred and eighty hours 223 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 2: than in my book. There are some other chapters like 224 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 2: the reason for living life on Earth, Becoming a skeptic 225 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 2: is easy, the Reality of life after Death, Trusting the 226 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 2: world's greatest minds, religious agreement for life after death, life, 227 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 2: the grand illusion Heaven is closer than you think, seeing 228 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 2: with your eyes closed, reconnecting with those you have loved 229 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 2: and lost, surviving grief, the genius of the human body, 230 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 2: riding the emotional roller coaster. It is all in your mind. 231 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 2: Ten daily habits to supercharge your life. Those, my friend, 232 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 2: are the chapter titles. Now, what's the reason for living 233 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 2: on Earth? To learn to love, to experience, to be 234 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 2: in this world with other people having relationships, to learn 235 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 2: to grow, to love, to forgive, to help other people 236 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 2: in the hereafter? I think it's good all of the time, 237 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 2: and coming to this place called Earth, we forget who 238 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: we really are, and we're in almost a virtual reality 239 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 2: world that seems so real we're convinced that it's real. 240 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: Life isn't easy. There are many hardships, and out of 241 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 2: the toughest times, I think is when we grow the most. 242 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 2: There's certainly a lot of joy here too, but most 243 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 2: of the soul growth comes from the hard stuff. I 244 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 2: start my book talking about my experience at the Omega 245 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 2: Center the first time I recorded electronic voice phenomena. Yes, 246 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: out in the wilderness with a little tape recorder, sitting 247 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 2: in a cabin alone, talking to my deceased aunt and uncle, 248 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 2: grandmother and grandfather, asking them if this life after death 249 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 2: stuff is real and I'm meant to help people with it. 250 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 2: That I really needed to hear from them. It couldn't 251 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 2: just be images that came into my mind, like in 252 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 2: the medium classes that I had taken, I needed something more, 253 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 2: something tangible or audible, And in the course of the 254 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 2: next minute, I recorded just the sound of rain drops, 255 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 2: and when I played back the recorder, it recorded raindrops 256 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 2: with a few words from me talking to my deceased 257 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 2: loved ones. And at the very end I said good night. 258 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 2: And when I played back to recording, I'll never forget it. 259 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 2: It said good night, Sandra in a man's voice, two 260 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 2: women whisper good night, good night, and then another male's 261 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: voice says good night. Experiences like that are life changing, 262 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 2: and I'm grateful to have that. In many more. I 263 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: go on to talk about the voice that's in our heads. 264 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 2: We have this voice that is not our friend, and 265 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 2: I thought in the beginning of the book it's important 266 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 2: to address that because that's also the voice that has 267 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 2: us be cynical and skeptical. Is it good to be skeptical. Absolutely. 268 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 2: In fact, two episodes ago, the whole episode was about 269 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 2: dealing with cynical skeptics. Skepticism is good, but when that 270 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 2: little voice tries to prevent us from having a good 271 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 2: life or a great life, then we've got a problem. 272 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 2: Here's what I say about the voice, and we don't die. 273 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 2: There is no doubt in my mind that our past 274 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 2: plays a role in who we are today, and you 275 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 2: probably agree with that statement. As a kid, I grew 276 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 2: up feeling very different, separate from my brothers and sisters, 277 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 2: very much alone, not good enough, and that there is 278 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 2: something wrong with me. To make matters worse, I had 279 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 2: a constant companion talking to me every moment of my life. 280 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 2: I call it the voice. People call it all kinds 281 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 2: of different things. The ego, the identity, the inner voice, 282 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 2: the inner critic. We all have one. And if you 283 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 2: don't think that you do, just stop listening for a moment. 284 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 2: If you just heard in your mind, what little voice 285 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 2: do I have, Well, that's the voice. The voice never 286 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 2: stops talking. One of the classic flaws of all human 287 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 2: beings is this. We think the voice is our voice. No, 288 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 2: it is not ours. The voice is a complex survival 289 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 2: mechanism that takes the information it received in our past 290 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 2: and uses it to shape our future so that it survives. 291 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 2: Did you hear what I said? I said it survives 292 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 2: most of the time. The voice wants you to survive, 293 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 2: but not always. I've not been in the mind of 294 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 2: a person who is contemplating or succeeds in taking their 295 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 2: own life. But I can imagine the voice does a 296 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 2: great job at convincing the person that ending their life 297 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 2: is the only option they have. By just knowing we 298 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 2: have the voice and that it wants to survive and 299 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 2: it doesn't always empower us. Is so important when things 300 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 2: happen to us in life, or we're investigating something like 301 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 2: life after death, we need to be able to distinguish 302 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 2: between that voice and who we really are, and I 303 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 2: call that our soul self. Our soul self is that 304 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 2: part of you that is wise, all knowing, loving and compassionate, 305 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 2: the part of you that can listen to the voice. 306 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 2: When you listen, the voice mostly speaks negative words to you. 307 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 2: It convinces you to be afraid that you're not good enough, 308 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 2: and ultimately, it prevents us from having the results we 309 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 2: want in our lives. Here's an example from me. Once 310 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 2: I trained to run a marathon. However, I was not 311 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 2: in good enough shape to run an entire marathon, and 312 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 2: I canceled my trip to Jacksonville, Florida, where the marathon 313 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 2: was set to happen. However, my soul self told me 314 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:31,199 Speaker 2: that I could still succeed on a marathon. And on 315 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 2: a bitter cold winter's day, I headed north out of 316 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 2: my driveway and I walked twenty six point two miles. 317 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 2: I had no supportive friends, no one cheering me on, nothing. 318 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 2: It was just me on a country road in the 319 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 2: middle of winter, with a vision of accomplishing a goal. 320 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 2: I used every mind game that I could think of 321 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 2: to keep myself motivated. I imagined small gnomes at the 322 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 2: side of the road hearing me on. I tried to 323 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 2: keep my mind clear and focused my attention on the 324 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 2: sounds of the birds, the shapes of the trees, and 325 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 2: it was a peaceful walk. Eventually I made it back 326 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 2: to my house nearly eight hours later. It had already 327 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 2: gotten dark outside, and my entire body was sore and exhausted. 328 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 2: I collapsed on my couch and do you know what 329 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 2: the voice inside my head said. It said, Sandra, you 330 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 2: are a failure. Everybody knows that you don't walk a marathon. 331 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 2: You only run a marathon. Don't bother telling people that 332 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 2: you walked, or they will just laugh at you. It 333 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 2: was in that very moment that I saw how the voice, 334 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 2: my ego, my inner critic was not me. My soul 335 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 2: self lovingly told me that completing twenty six point two 336 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 2: miles on foot was something less than one percent that 337 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 2: the world's population had done. I was exhausted and I 338 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 2: began to cry, and I realized that I've believed the 339 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 2: voice my entire life, that what it said to me 340 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 2: was the truth. In that moment after my marathon day, 341 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 2: I was free. In that moment, I had power. I'm 342 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 2: going to take a break from reading for just a second. 343 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 2: Just yesterday I had a conversation with doctor Antonio Harrison 344 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 2: and anyone who has a virtual reality headset called Oculus. 345 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 2: There's an app called Supernatural, which is an exercise routine, 346 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 2: and I took some time to talk to doctor Harrison, 347 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 2: who we lovingly call Coach Doc, about getting power over 348 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 2: that voice. You can hear the episode in full on 349 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 2: my YouTube channel, We Don't Die, Episode four hundred and forty. 350 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 2: But he said something that I never considered. He said, 351 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 2: talk to the voice, make friends with it, perhaps journal 352 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 2: give it a voice. Why are you here? Why do 353 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 2: you say negative things? He said. By doing this practice, 354 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 2: he got power, compassion, and understanding for not only the 355 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 2: good things, but the darker things that we each struggle 356 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 2: with inside of us. I thought that was an excellent tip. 357 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 2: In that episode, we talk about not so much life 358 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 2: after death, but different things that we can do to 359 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 2: live life powerfully. There are exercises that I ask listeners 360 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 2: or readers of We Don't Die to do, and with 361 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 2: the chapter on the Voice, I request that people either 362 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: interview people in your life and ask them what are 363 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 2: the strengths that you have? And if you don't have 364 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 2: anyone to ask, you can pretend you're asking them, and 365 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 2: you know those things about you that you're smart, you're generous, 366 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:10,719 Speaker 2: you're funny, etc. Make a long list of this person 367 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 2: and all these great attributes you see, you are not 368 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 2: who you think you are. You are honestly who other 369 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 2: people say that you are. Isn't that interesting? Another powerful 370 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 2: thing you can do is write a list of all 371 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 2: of your successes and accomplishments, even times that you've been 372 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 2: daring and courageous. It may take a little time, but 373 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 2: when you look at that list of all those accomplishments 374 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,919 Speaker 2: and add that to all those positive attributes that people 375 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 2: say you are, you start to get an idea of 376 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:52,719 Speaker 2: who you really are. And in those moments you see 377 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 2: that the voice is not correct. Who you really are 378 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 2: is one heck of a powerful person, and doing this 379 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 2: exercise will help you get back on track. It's not 380 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 2: a one time only thing for here. Just telling you 381 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 2: this story today reminds me of all the troubles that 382 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,919 Speaker 2: I have in life, how I've been listening to my 383 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 2: voice a little too often, and I too, am much 384 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 2: greater than I think I am. We're going to go 385 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 2: to our next break and when we come back, some 386 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 2: more empowering highlights from my book We Don't Die, The 387 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 2: Skeptics Discovery of Life after Death. You're listening to Shades 388 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 2: of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio at Coast to Coast 389 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 2: AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 390 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 3: Don't go anywhere. There's more Shades of the Afterlife coming right. 391 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 2: Up, the best afterlife information you can get. Well, you're 392 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 2: online Shades of the Afterlife with Sandra Champlain. 393 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 3: Hi, this is ufologist Kevin Randall and you're listening to 394 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 3: the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 395 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. 396 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 2: In this episode, we're celebrating my fifty eighth birthday. In 397 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 2: my book, We Don't Die, a skeptics discovery of life 398 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 2: after Death, was published thirteen years ago, not just to 399 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 2: talk about the afterlife and grief, but to empower all 400 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 2: of us to have a great life. So many call 401 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 2: it a handbook for living. I'm reading some highlights, some 402 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 2: empowering highlights. That is, this chapter is called life the 403 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 2: Grand Illusion. Do you remember the song by the band 404 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 2: Sticks back in nineteen seventy seven. Here's a lyric. So 405 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 2: if you think your life is complete confusion because your 406 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 2: neighbors got it made, just remember that it's a grand 407 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 2: illusion and deep inside or all the same. The definition 408 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 2: of illusion is something such as a fantastic plan or 409 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 2: desire that causes an incorrect belief or perception of reality. 410 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 2: So our life seems pretty real, doesn't it. But let's 411 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 2: listen to chapter six of mine. What if the point 412 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 2: of being on planet Earth is to experience emotions, be 413 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 2: able to use our five senses, and enjoy the unique 414 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 2: atmosphere only available here. What if we come from some 415 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 2: other place to experience these things in order for our 416 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 2: soul self to grow and mature. What if life really 417 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 2: is a grand illusion like the band Sticks sings in 418 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 2: the quote I just read this chapter will address the 419 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 2: possibility and the probability of life being a grand illusion. 420 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 2: We live our day to day lives believing we are 421 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 2: important individuals, that the things we do on a daily 422 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 2: basis are important, and our relationships are important. What we 423 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 2: eat is important, exercise is important, getting an education is important, 424 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 2: Doing our very best is important. Telling the truth, of course, 425 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 2: is important. Having a good job is important. Being loving 426 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 2: and forgiving is definitely important. We live our lives filled 427 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 2: with emotion. Don't we Think of something you are worried 428 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 2: about right now. Could it be your health or a 429 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 2: financial situation. Maybe it's a conversation you're afraid to have, 430 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 2: or you're worried about your son or daughter. How does 431 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 2: worry feel? Yeah, it feels awful. Think of some of 432 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 2: the fears you have. Some of us have the fear 433 00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 2: of flying. Others have fear of public speaking. Any are 434 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 2: afraid of dying. Others are afraid of being alone. Some 435 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 2: have fears much much worse. Think of someone you love, 436 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 2: and I mean really love. Take a moment and feel 437 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 2: how good love feels. It can be a person or 438 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 2: a pet. Think of them now and soak up all 439 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 2: of that love that you have for them. You deserve 440 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 2: to feel good, Yes, you deserve to feel good. You're 441 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 2: a wonderful person, you're smart, you're loving, you do your best, 442 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 2: and you deserve to feel good. And when you think 443 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 2: of the successes in your life, what are you proud of? 444 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 2: Like I said earlier, what do people love about you? 445 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 2: What makes you so different from other people? I hope 446 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 2: you're feeling special right now and unique. You should, because 447 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 2: out of the over eight billion people on planet Earth 448 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 2: right now, there's only one you. And if there was 449 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 2: one grain of rice for every human on this planet, 450 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 2: you would be one grain in one of the sixty 451 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 2: one thousand gallon containers filled with rice. So that puts 452 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 2: in perspective how many of us there are on this 453 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,479 Speaker 2: planet right now? Did you know that our Earth has 454 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 2: been spinning well over three hundred thousand years with human 455 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 2: beings living on it. In two thousand and eleven, scholar 456 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: Karl Howbe published an article how many people have ever 457 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 2: lived on Earth? The number is over one hundred and 458 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 2: seven billion, and each one of us has felt pain, pleasure, special, unique, 459 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 2: all of those things that human beings feel. Have you 460 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 2: realized we're living on a planet. That's a miracle. We 461 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 2: live just the right distance from the Sun with everything 462 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 2: we need from plants, water, and more so that we 463 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 2: can survive. Out of those elements, we have the medicine 464 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 2: we need from the basic elements of Earth. Everything we 465 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 2: see and everything we use has been created. To me, 466 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 2: that's all a miracle. This Earth is about four point 467 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 2: six billion years old, but life did not exist on 468 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 2: it until about two billion years ago, when all the 469 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 2: bacteria and algae began to appear. Plants didn't appear until 470 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 2: about four hundred and thirty million years ago, reptiles three 471 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,719 Speaker 2: hundred million years ago, and modern mammals seventy five million 472 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 2: years ago. The first apes appeared about thirty five million 473 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 2: years ago, and the first ape like men about ten 474 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 2: million years ago. Men and women as we know ourselves 475 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 2: today only appeared about three hundred thousand years ago. I 476 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 2: also include in this chapter that there are over seven 477 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 2: point seven million species of animals. There's quite a bit 478 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 2: of life here on planet Earth. Could it all be 479 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 2: by chance that we are here by accident. The point 480 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 2: of this chapter, by the way, is to get you 481 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 2: to think that perhaps there is a bigger picture to 482 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 2: who you are and what is your life for, and 483 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 2: that you're not just some random chance creation, that your 484 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 2: life is important and there is meaning to it. Speaking 485 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 2: of grand illusions, there are things that are real even 486 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 2: though we cannot see them with our eyes, things like 487 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 2: radio waves, television signals, GPS systems, and of course the 488 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 2: wireless Internet. Personally, I believe our deceased loved ones are 489 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 2: in that same invisible space, that space that exists all 490 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 2: around us. They no longer have bodies, but they continue 491 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 2: to vibrate as energy, no different than the music we hear, 492 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 2: but we cannot see. They are literally here after death, 493 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 2: better known as the hereafter case. In point here, more 494 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 2: than two kinds of energy can be in the same 495 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 2: place at the same time, so there's no reason why 496 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 2: our loved ones are not here. In fact, what if 497 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 2: our world is part of their world? They're the reality. 498 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 2: We come here temporarily, and when we return after physical death, 499 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 2: we find a world very much like we have right here, 500 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 2: and it truly does feel like returning home. In this 501 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 2: chapter I also go into how big this universe is. 502 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,439 Speaker 2: Scientists can't really put their finger on it, but they 503 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 2: say our home, which is the Milky Way galaxy consists 504 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:45,440 Speaker 2: of somewhere between two hundred to four hundred billion stars. 505 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 2: Our sun is just one of these stars, and it's 506 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 2: believed that at least ten percent of these stars have 507 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 2: planets and their solar systems. These kind of figures boggle 508 00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 2: my mind. And while we think of the outer universe 509 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 2: that's ever expanding, our inner universe is just as mind blowing. 510 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 2: And when we look at things from a quantum level 511 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 2: and we get down to the tiniest bits we are 512 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 2: made up of, is something called quarks, invisible bands of 513 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 2: energy that make up our atoms and our molecules and 514 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 2: our cells. And if you were to put a tiny 515 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 2: camera and one of the atoms that make us up, 516 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,839 Speaker 2: it wouldn't see anything because all we are is invisible 517 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 2: vibrating energy. So is our life a grand illusion in 518 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 2: the big picture. This chapter also deals with perception, and 519 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 2: I think it's important because we deal with other people, 520 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 2: write miscommunications, arguments, and all of that. On page one 521 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 2: h three, I talk about perception and what we experience 522 00:35:55,600 --> 00:36:01,120 Speaker 2: we think is true. However, our human brains about two 523 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 2: thousand bits of information per second through our senses. I 524 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,560 Speaker 2: know it seems like a lot, but every second there 525 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:13,319 Speaker 2: are four hundred billion bits of information occurring in the 526 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,280 Speaker 2: world around us. That's why if you and a friend 527 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 2: witness the same thing, you may have two different stories. 528 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,280 Speaker 2: Their mind didn't pick up the exact same two thousand 529 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 2: bits that yours did. We humans also live our life 530 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 2: based on our past. Some people love the ocean, They 531 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,359 Speaker 2: love swimming in it. They have no problem jumping off 532 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 2: a boat and into the water. Others who may have 533 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 2: had a loved one drown or perhaps as a child 534 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 2: seen the movie Jaws, may not have that same love 535 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 2: for the water. Same water, two different stories. Why this 536 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 2: chapter is important in my handbook for being human is 537 00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 2: that we never know the bits of information that others 538 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 2: in our life have picked up. We don't know what's 539 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 2: happened in their past that has them see life the 540 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 2: way they do, and we don't know what their little 541 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 2: negative voice inside their mind is telling them. And bottom line, 542 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,360 Speaker 2: have compassion for others. They too are souls having a 543 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 2: human experience, and if we can do our best to 544 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,239 Speaker 2: see life from their eyes, it will make us more 545 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 2: loving and compassionate. Remember my favorite fortune cookie message, the 546 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,160 Speaker 2: best place to stand in an argument is on the 547 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 2: other person's side. A couple of the extra credit assignments 548 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,879 Speaker 2: I have in this chapter is watching the movie What 549 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 2: the bleep do we Know? Also, there's a great show 550 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 2: called Hyperspace, And not only that, doing a little visual imagery. 551 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:54,280 Speaker 2: Imagine yourself taking a lemon out of the bottom drawer 552 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,560 Speaker 2: of a refrigerator. What does it feel like in your fingertips? 553 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 2: And imagine putting it on a cutting board and cutting 554 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,840 Speaker 2: it into four wedges, and you could smell the lemon 555 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,799 Speaker 2: and you can see some of the juices coming out 556 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 2: of it. And just imagine that you pick up one 557 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 2: of those segments of lemon ice cold in your fingertips, 558 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 2: and you bring it right to your mouth and take 559 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:19,880 Speaker 2: a big bite. Is your mouth salivating? Can you taste 560 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 2: the lemon? You see? Because our minds are so powerful, 561 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,839 Speaker 2: it doesn't have to be real to feel like it's real. 562 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 2: I leave you with this chapter just knowing you are 563 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 2: so much more than you think you are, and with 564 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:39,040 Speaker 2: the possibility that our life truly is a grand illusion. 565 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 2: And the good news is you are in control and 566 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 2: life can be a very exciting adventure. William shed said, 567 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,799 Speaker 2: a ship in a harbor is safe, but that is 568 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:55,280 Speaker 2: not what ships are built for. And Mark Twain said, 569 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,719 Speaker 2: twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by 570 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,759 Speaker 2: the things you didn't do than by the things you 571 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 2: did do. So throw off the bowel lines, sail away 572 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:10,759 Speaker 2: from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sale, explore, 573 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:15,120 Speaker 2: dream and discover. We'll head off to the break now, 574 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,799 Speaker 2: but as we do, take a look at everything in 575 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 2: your surroundings and find the magic, the wonder and the 576 00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:26,719 Speaker 2: miracle to it all. We'll be back. You're listening to 577 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,840 Speaker 2: Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to 578 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 2: Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. Stay there, Sandra will be 579 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:44,239 Speaker 2: right back. 580 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 3: Hey, it's the Wizard of Weird Joshua P. Warren. Don't 581 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 3: forget to check out my show Strange Things each week 582 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 3: as I bring you the world of the truly amazing 583 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:04,320 Speaker 3: and right here on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 584 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,880 Speaker 3: AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 585 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 2: This is Afterlife Expert Daniel Braakley, and you're listening to 586 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:21,440 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Peronormal Podcast Network. 587 00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain, 588 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,640 Speaker 2: it's my birthday episode, and I'm sharing just some highlights 589 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,920 Speaker 2: from my book We Don't Die, a skeptics discovery of 590 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,480 Speaker 2: life after death. And I thought it was such a 591 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,840 Speaker 2: good idea to share these things with you today, but 592 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 2: I realized there's so much more I want to share 593 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,280 Speaker 2: that there's no way in four segments I can cover 594 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,360 Speaker 2: all the great things. So again, you can have a 595 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,840 Speaker 2: free copy of my book that We Doo'tdie dot com 596 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,279 Speaker 2: the bottom of the page. Just put in your name 597 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:12,160 Speaker 2: in your email address and you will receive an email 598 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 2: with the PDF of the whole thing. Back to life 599 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,440 Speaker 2: being an illusion and we are not who we think 600 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,880 Speaker 2: we are. I am a firm believer, as you know 601 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,319 Speaker 2: from all the episodes about near death experiences, that our 602 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 2: consciousness is not held in our body, that we are 603 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:37,160 Speaker 2: interconnected with maybe everything. The chapter I'm looking at right 604 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:41,600 Speaker 2: now deals with remote viewing, which is an esp technique 605 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,800 Speaker 2: I teach it on one of the episodes. In fact, 606 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,000 Speaker 2: I have the domain name Shades of the Afterlife dot 607 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:51,640 Speaker 2: com and you can easily scroll back and see the 608 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:56,000 Speaker 2: titles and play all past episodes. But when you have 609 00:41:56,120 --> 00:42:01,280 Speaker 2: an experience of closing your eyes and having the intention 610 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,879 Speaker 2: to know something that's on someone's table on the other 611 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:09,000 Speaker 2: side of the world, and you get images and thoughts 612 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,319 Speaker 2: and feelings and maybe a shape, and the person you're 613 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,919 Speaker 2: talking to on the other side says that's correct. It's 614 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:19,120 Speaker 2: mind blowing being able to tap into the past and 615 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:23,200 Speaker 2: sometimes even the future. I don't think the future is 616 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:26,799 Speaker 2: written out yet, but I do think that there are 617 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:31,160 Speaker 2: times where it's obvious that people are tapped into more. 618 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:36,880 Speaker 2: Here's an example. In eighteen ninety eight, fourteen years before 619 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:41,440 Speaker 2: the Titanic was even built, a man named Morgan Robertson 620 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:45,440 Speaker 2: wrote a book called Futility the Wreck of the titan 621 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 2: The similarities between his work and the Titanic disaster are astonishing. 622 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:57,240 Speaker 2: In Robertson's fictional ship, the Titan was the largest craft, 623 00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:01,440 Speaker 2: afloat equal to that of a first class hotel, and 624 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:06,279 Speaker 2: of course unsinkable. Both his book and the actual Titanic 625 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:10,600 Speaker 2: were around eight hundred feet long, sank hitting an iceberg 626 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:15,000 Speaker 2: in the North Atlantic in April around midnight. Even the 627 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,480 Speaker 2: speed they were going was about the same, and in 628 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:24,000 Speaker 2: his fictional work, the titan had too few lifeboats. It's fascinating. 629 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 2: There is more to life than meets the eye, and 630 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 2: certainly more to you than you know. We've heard it 631 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:35,600 Speaker 2: said many times that gratitude is the secret weapon for 632 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,600 Speaker 2: feeling good and having results show up in our lives. 633 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:42,319 Speaker 2: Albert Einstein said there are two ways to live. You 634 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,640 Speaker 2: can live as if nothing is a miracle, and you 635 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:50,440 Speaker 2: can live as if everything is a miracle. And it's interesting, 636 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,720 Speaker 2: as I read this book and I know this about gratitude, 637 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:58,400 Speaker 2: how many of us really make it a practice. You see, 638 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:02,400 Speaker 2: the voice, that negative voice we talked about earlier, is 639 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:07,040 Speaker 2: not interested in you feeling gratitude. Gratitude is the enemy 640 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,800 Speaker 2: of the voice. It would much rather have you feel 641 00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:15,560 Speaker 2: fear or doubt. Gratitude, I think is a superpower. Not 642 00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:21,280 Speaker 2: only are we divine beings that can tap into the past, present, 643 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:25,680 Speaker 2: the future, the hereafter, but we can make things happen 644 00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:29,480 Speaker 2: as well. I know gratitude helped with my dad with 645 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:34,200 Speaker 2: pain relief. Gratitude can turn a bad mood into a 646 00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,879 Speaker 2: good mood. When you have some time, put on your 647 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,880 Speaker 2: favorite music, maybe from when you were in high school, 648 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,160 Speaker 2: sit down with a piece of paper and write out 649 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:45,680 Speaker 2: fifty things you are grateful for, and as you write them, 650 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,759 Speaker 2: feel gratitude, really think of why you are grateful for 651 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,759 Speaker 2: these things. If you keep a gratitude journal of not 652 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,920 Speaker 2: only what you're grateful for and how you feel, but 653 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,440 Speaker 2: pay attention to what starts showing up in your life. 654 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,560 Speaker 2: I believe if you give gratitude for things that haven't 655 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:07,040 Speaker 2: happened yet, that they may cause them to happen. I 656 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,880 Speaker 2: know in my heart we are so much more powerful 657 00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:14,720 Speaker 2: than we give ourselves credit for. Mahatma Gandhi has this quote. 658 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:19,240 Speaker 2: Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words 659 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:24,120 Speaker 2: for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. 660 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:29,520 Speaker 2: Watch your habits for they become character. Watch your character, 661 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:34,440 Speaker 2: for it becomes your destiny. It all begins in our mind, 662 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:40,120 Speaker 2: giving gratitude, paying attention to the voice. There's also another 663 00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:44,080 Speaker 2: tool called being in the present moment. The present moment 664 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:47,680 Speaker 2: is the gateway for remote viewing to take place, for 665 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:53,160 Speaker 2: psychics and mediums to tap into our soul's power people 666 00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:57,000 Speaker 2: in the afterlife. The present moment can take us out 667 00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:01,239 Speaker 2: of pain and into moments of great inspiration. I don't 668 00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:03,520 Speaker 2: know if you know this, but some of the greatest 669 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,720 Speaker 2: minds in the world would tap into this peaceful place, 670 00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:10,280 Speaker 2: and then the ideas for their greatest inventions would appear. 671 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:14,760 Speaker 2: I'm talking about Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, 672 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:19,919 Speaker 2: Alexander Graham Bell, Albert Einstein. Even modern day people think 673 00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:25,520 Speaker 2: of Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Tina Turner, Sting, Paul McCartney. 674 00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:30,320 Speaker 2: Whether you call it quieting your mind meditation, being still, 675 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:36,120 Speaker 2: there's a magic that unfolds within when we quiet the mind. 676 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:41,960 Speaker 2: Here's a quote by Walter Russell. Every genius thinks inwardly 677 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:46,400 Speaker 2: toward his mind instead of outwardly toward his senses. The 678 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,840 Speaker 2: genius can hear sounds coming out of the silence with 679 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:54,360 Speaker 2: his inner ears, he can vision nonexistent forms with his 680 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,040 Speaker 2: inner eyes, and he can feel the rhythm of God's 681 00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:01,560 Speaker 2: thinking and his knowing, which are a blank slate to 682 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:05,160 Speaker 2: the man who believes that he is his body. When 683 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:09,000 Speaker 2: a human rises to the exalted state of genius, he 684 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:14,279 Speaker 2: becomes a co creator with God. The mind is its 685 00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:18,600 Speaker 2: own place and in itself can make heaven of hell 686 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:23,000 Speaker 2: and a hell of heaven. That's by John Milton. We 687 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:27,080 Speaker 2: human beings are designed by nature with that voice to 688 00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:31,279 Speaker 2: see negative and look for negative, even when things are 689 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:35,480 Speaker 2: fantastic in our life, it's still looking for negative and 690 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:40,600 Speaker 2: telling you it's not enough. That's why gratitude is a superpower. 691 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:45,600 Speaker 2: I include in the book ten habits to supercharge your life, 692 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,439 Speaker 2: and I'd like to read those to you now. One 693 00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:52,560 Speaker 2: in the morning, wake up your soul self. Most days, 694 00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:55,040 Speaker 2: the voice is in the driver's seat. We want to 695 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,640 Speaker 2: put the voice in the backseat so you can start 696 00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:01,080 Speaker 2: your day with as much feel good as energy as possible. 697 00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:05,239 Speaker 2: Open your journal, write down your desires in just a 698 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:09,840 Speaker 2: few sentences. Also, write down your successes, those things that 699 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,960 Speaker 2: you're proud of in your life. Jot down what people 700 00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:17,520 Speaker 2: love about you. Ultimately, wake up your soul self means 701 00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:22,080 Speaker 2: feel good about who you are. You deserve whatever your 702 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:27,000 Speaker 2: heart desires. Two. Think your own thoughts. The voice is 703 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:29,680 Speaker 2: eager to be in the driver's seat all day long. 704 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:33,240 Speaker 2: It's important to watch your thinking. Notice when the voice 705 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:37,200 Speaker 2: is driving. Usually these are times when you have fear, worry, 706 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:41,000 Speaker 2: or negative self talk. First, you must catch the voice talking, 707 00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,680 Speaker 2: acknowledge it, have it sit in the back seat. Think 708 00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,799 Speaker 2: of what you're grateful for, think of what's important to you, 709 00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:52,399 Speaker 2: and practice thinking your own thoughts. Three is be in 710 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:57,480 Speaker 2: the present moment, meditation, quieting the mind, sitting in the power, 711 00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,759 Speaker 2: whatever you want to call it is. But also when 712 00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:05,680 Speaker 2: you are living from moment to moment, be in the 713 00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:09,719 Speaker 2: present moment with whatever you're doing or whoever you are with. 714 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:14,680 Speaker 2: Number four is eating healthy and exercising. If you think 715 00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:19,239 Speaker 2: of our bodies as this high performance energy vehicle that 716 00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,200 Speaker 2: we get to drive while we're here on planet Earth, 717 00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:25,120 Speaker 2: just like your car, you want to have it running well, 718 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:27,800 Speaker 2: so take care of it. Number five is make a 719 00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:32,440 Speaker 2: difference for another. Also means be of service to someone else. 720 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:36,480 Speaker 2: When we focus our sits on others. Isn't it interesting 721 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,759 Speaker 2: how good it makes us feel and our problems seem 722 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:44,200 Speaker 2: to dissipate. Maya Angelou's great quote, I've learned that people 723 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:47,239 Speaker 2: will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, 724 00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:50,719 Speaker 2: but people will never forget how you made them feel. 725 00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:55,759 Speaker 2: Number six is take one action towards your dream. There's 726 00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:58,719 Speaker 2: a great book called God will Work with you but 727 00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,560 Speaker 2: not for you. When we take a step in the 728 00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:06,120 Speaker 2: direction of our dreams, I believe the universe or God says, 729 00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:09,880 Speaker 2: let's help them out and works with us. Number seven 730 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,120 Speaker 2: is do something that makes you feel good. We spend 731 00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:15,920 Speaker 2: so much of our life looking for negative Pay attention 732 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,640 Speaker 2: to what gives you joy and make sure you include 733 00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:23,319 Speaker 2: that in your day. Number eight is laugh, remote view 734 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:27,760 Speaker 2: or try something new. There's a Yiddish proverb what soap 735 00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:30,920 Speaker 2: is to the body, a laughter is to the soul. 736 00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:36,239 Speaker 2: And again there's some instructions on remote viewing. Number nine 737 00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:42,279 Speaker 2: is have integrity and be responsible. Integrity is doing what 738 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,359 Speaker 2: is right, doing what you know to do, even if 739 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,799 Speaker 2: no one else is looking. Certainly we make mistakes. We 740 00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:52,560 Speaker 2: can be in communication and clean that up. But being 741 00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:56,319 Speaker 2: responsible means living your life not from the viewpoint of 742 00:50:56,360 --> 00:51:00,520 Speaker 2: being a victim. And certainly, yes, bad things happen, they do. 743 00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:04,319 Speaker 2: But if we can look at life that everything that 744 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:09,000 Speaker 2: happens to us is either an opportunity to learn or say, 745 00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,640 Speaker 2: you get a flat tire when you're driving. You can 746 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,200 Speaker 2: be mad and wrong as much as you want and 747 00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:17,560 Speaker 2: blame the tire, blame a pothole in the road. But 748 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:20,200 Speaker 2: if you say, you know I could have taken a 749 00:51:20,239 --> 00:51:22,959 Speaker 2: different road, I knew I had tire problems, I could 750 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:26,319 Speaker 2: have gotten that fixed. That responsibility doesn't make it right, 751 00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,640 Speaker 2: but it puts you back in the driver's seat. And 752 00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:32,760 Speaker 2: the last thing I talk about is having a gratitude 753 00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:36,040 Speaker 2: practice at night, just taking some time before you go 754 00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:39,160 Speaker 2: to bed and looking back through your day and finding 755 00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:42,600 Speaker 2: the good, finding the miracles. It was good for me 756 00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:46,359 Speaker 2: to share this birthday episode with you because even though 757 00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,040 Speaker 2: I wrote the book, I'm not an expert in this. 758 00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,560 Speaker 2: But I'm left in a state of wonder for who 759 00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:56,920 Speaker 2: I am, for this technology allowing me to put my 760 00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,879 Speaker 2: voice here and then you, wherever in the world you are, 761 00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:04,640 Speaker 2: you get to listen. I'm left with gratitude, empowerment, and 762 00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:09,480 Speaker 2: certainly with a friend. Come visit me at weedotdie dot com. 763 00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:14,080 Speaker 2: Remember the song lyrics, row Row, row your boat gently 764 00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:19,080 Speaker 2: down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily merrily. Life is but 765 00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:22,600 Speaker 2: a dream. It is a dream. It's a grand illusion, 766 00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:27,200 Speaker 2: seeming oh so real. But you are much more powerful 767 00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:32,279 Speaker 2: than you know, and you deserve all good things. I'm 768 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:36,560 Speaker 2: Sanders Champlain. Thank you so much for listening to Shades 769 00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:40,080 Speaker 2: of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast 770 00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:43,120 Speaker 2: am Paranormal podcast network. 771 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:51,120 Speaker 1: And if you like this episode of Shades of the Afterlife, 772 00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:53,560 Speaker 1: wait until you hear the next one. Thank you for 773 00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:56,920 Speaker 1: listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal 774 00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:58,160 Speaker 1: podcast network.