After Death Communications - My Personal Experiences

After Death Communicaiton
In their book, "Hello From Heaven" Bill and Judith Guggenheim use the phrase 'after death communcition' from their research into the phenomena of telepathic or spiritual occurances with deceased friends, family or loved ones. According to them an ADC occurs when a person is "contacted directly and spontaneously by a deceased family member or friend, without the use of psychics, mediums, rituals, or devices of any kind". (See: Types of ADC's at their web site.)

My Personal Experiences
My personal experiences with this type of communicaiton with the spiritual realm started after a 'near death experience' when I was a teenager. I woke up from a car accident with retrograde amnesia. My personal memories had been wiped from my conscious mind. Family and friends were telling me that I had lost a 'great friend' three months prior to my car accident. His spirit was with me in the aftermath of my NDE and the recovery process. My first experience happened in 1978 due to the loss of a close friend. My NDE had made me sensitive to the spiritual realm and heightened my awareness. Not only was I able to have communication with friends who had passed on - I was being introduced to other spirits through my friends who wanted me to help their family members have their own ADC type experience. I was very reluctant to get involved with other "people's buisness." My first experience was as a teenager and I witnessed the joy it brought a Mother who had lost her teenaged Son. Afterwards, I put down strict guidelines that the spirits had to follow in order to get me involved with other 'people's private and personal buisness.' God had to come first in the matter or I wasn't going to get involved. It had to be in "God's plan" and according to "God's Will."

My Belief
One of the first questions I asked my 'spirit' friend was - why did I have the ablitiy to see and hear him as I did. His spirit told me it was due to my strong 'belief' in a "higher power" of Spiritual Creation. At that time in my young life - I refused to give a name to the "Spirits of Creation." Words require a definition and I felt I did not have the intelligence range to define the mystery of the the "Spirit" that created my own spirit and soul. I felt I was the student and the "Spirits of Creation" were my Masters - in the since they were my Teachers. I constantly looked to the 'mystery of spirit' for answer to all matters pertaining to my personal life. I was told I had been doing this since a young age. I had no platform of religion to stand upon - but I had a ton of faith I walked with on a daily basis. I felt I had my own personal and intimate relationship with Creation. It was NOT 'my will be done' as much as it was accepting and coping with the "will of God" as it was done. I felt all things happened for a purpose from a higher understanding other than my own. God had his mind on the matter and I had my mind on the matter. I could only work with what I knew of it - and I accepted the fact I knew very little about the matter. I felt all answers had to come directly from "God" when it came to matters of spiritual truth. I was told that this practice in my childhood led to my 'ablilty' in young adult life. I put "God" first in all matters and sought advise though a spiritual means. I felt all people had the ablitly to have faith in, and establish an intimate relationship with their own Creator. If they had their own relaltionship with Creation - then they too would have the ablitity to recieve 'spiritual messages' given in the 'Name of Creation" directly for themselves - without the use of a 'go between.'

Giving Credit where Credit is Due
I watched two movies based on spiritual communications. One was titled "Ghost" and the other was "Ghost Town." It was as if the movie depicted scenes out of my own young life. I would have "spirits" come to me in the middle of the night asking me to pass on a message to a loved one. I felt it was a burden more than a gift. I put down the law in my own life that the only way I would get involved in the matter - is if - the 'Spirit of God' had a hand in the request. It had to come from the "Spirits of Creation" and not from an individual person (living or deceased.) Some one asked me why I had imposed that rule. I felt I only wanted to be a witness to the work of the "Spirit of God" and that would open the door for me to give testimony of someone other than myself. If I followed that path - then when the time came - I could bear witness and give testimony of the 'hand' God played in those type of matters.