Our deceased loved ones can contact us, to console us, reassure us or protect us from grave danger. Judy and Bill Guggenheim spent 7 years collecting thousands of After-Death Communication testimonials.
Their book “Hello from Heaven: A New Field of Research After-Death Communication Confirms That Life and Love Are Eternal” contains many moving stories. Here are just a few of the highlights.
An After-Death Communication, or ADC, is a spiritual experience that occurs when a person is contacted directly and spontaneously by a deceased family member or friend. It’s a direct experience because it doesn’t involve any intermediary or third party such as a medium or hypnotist. It’s a spontaneous event, because the deceased always takes the initiative, choosing when, where and how to communicate with the living person.
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When our deceased loved ones send us messages
A 2-year-old child
I wanted to act and do something! I wanted him back! And I had this idea: “It’s not necessarily definitive. I know of many cases where people have been resurrected – I’ve heard the stories. It doesn’t have to be! I don’t have to accept it. I’ll call Danny again!”
At that moment, I had the intuitive impression that Danny was talking to me. He’d say, “Dad, don’t do this. I’m all right. I’m all right.” It was as clear as if it had been words. But he spoke with more maturity than he could have as a two-year-old.
I stood still. I didn’t understand why it had to be “all’s well”, because for me, it wasn’t. Nevertheless, I considered this communication authentic and accepted it. I said to myself, “Danny knows best. It’s his body. If he says it’s good, then it’s good. And I relaxed after that. I know that without this communication, the grief would have been even harder to bear. That got me over the hump. I was appeased, insofar as there was appeasement at the time.
A mother
When I was growing up, my mother was a very opinionated woman. She wasn’t as loving with me as she was with my sister, and I always wondered why. She often seemed angry with me and sometimes made me cry a lot. When she died suddenly, I felt terrible and thought, “Oh, no! Now I’ll never be able to talk to Mom again!”
About a month later, I suddenly woke up and sat up. My mother was standing at the foot of my bed! It was very real and very solid. She was fine and looked to be in her early thirties. I thought she was pretty and so young, with an absolutely beautiful face. My mother was simply happy! His arms outstretched to either side expressed his joy. Her smile showed all the love she could give. She said to me: “I really loved you, and I wish you’d known that more”. It was love, love, love! It was a great reconciliation!
A son
For a year and a half, I couldn’t let go of Ken because I couldn’t believe he was gone. I figured if I could hold on to him somehow, I could bring him back. I always planted beautiful flowers on my son’s grave and watered them.
One day, I was at the cemetery pulling weeds. I was kneeling down when Ken’s voice reached me. She was happy and truly joyful. I heard it from outside, so loud and clear, as if it were there, and I felt its presence. I got down on my knees and looked around, but there was no one else in the cemetery.
Ken said: “Dad, it’s me! I’d like you to set me free so I can enjoy where I am. You and Mom have always taught me and raised me to be with God. Now you’re taking me away from Him and preventing me from enjoying paradise. “I can’t reach the fulfillment God wants for me because you’re holding me back. I’d appreciate it if you’d release me and let me enjoy life here”. He told me he was perfect in God’s eyes and described how beautiful and peaceful it was there.
Letting go
Then I realized, “Who am I to stop him from doing what God would want him to do?” So I said, “Okay, Ken. This is it. Son, I’m going to set you free and let you go.” I’m not saying it was easy, but I knew it was the right thing to do.
I’d almost hated God before. I sat down, cried and asked God to forgive me. And when I did, all the burden of my heart was lifted from me. I had the impression that a point weighing several kilos was disappearing. All the pain went away and I felt great peace in my heart. When Ken came to see me, everything changed. It put everything back into perspective. Since then, everything has been better. It still hurts, but not like before. Now I can look at Ken’s picture and say, “My son, I love you,” and get on with my day.
A murdered son
My husband and I became responsible for a chapter of “Parents of Murdered Children”. We were very involved with other parents whose children had also been murdered. At our meetings, I’ve often said, “The first thing I’ll ask God when I see him is, ‘Why do these good, decent young children have to be murdered?’ Why do you allow it? “It’s the same for many bereaved parents – they always ask “Why?”
One night, I dreamed I was going to heaven. The Lord was there. He was omnipresent – He was everything! The first question I asked him was, “Why? Why did you allow Russ to be murdered?” The Lord replied, “Arlene, here’s your son. Go and let him welcome you.” I looked to the side and saw my son! Russ stood there, smiling, arms outstretched toward me. He was dressed in a dazzling white gown, as white as immaculate snow sprinkled with sparkles. The expression on his face was one of happiness – I’d never seen his face like that in my life. His face was radiant – he was glowing!
I ran to Russ, we hugged and embraced. I wanted to hug him. My son said to me: “Mum, welcome here”. Then, with my arm around her waist and hers around mine, we walked out into this magnificent setting of green trees and blue sky.
Welcome!
No words were spoken and I forgot my question “Why?”. Just being there with him was pure joy! We then climbed a small hill and I felt I was about to see something wonderful on the other side. But I didn’t see it because I woke up.
Since that experience, the question “Why?” no longer preoccupies me. I think the Lord was telling me that it doesn’t matter how we die and that we shouldn’t worry about the “why”. What’s really important is to live as well as possible with what the Lord has given us.
A wife
As I fell asleep that night, that wonderful vision of Kathy came back to me. She appeared more and more radiant and luminous, as if a pure light had taken hold of her body.
I asked her what paradise was like and she replied: “I’m so happy here. There are no barriers between us. We can fully experience the goodness we have in ourselves and the goodness we observe in others. We grow by experiencing the total knowledge of the goodness that is in each of us here. Our ability to know goodness grows and we recognize it in others we meet. I can’t wait for you to experience this love and freedom!”
We continued to share our thoughts until the vision faded. On the fourth night, as I lay down to sleep, the vision returned. Whether my eyes were open or closed, she was there as before – except there was less Kathy visible and more bright light. She said, “Come with me. I want to show you something,” and I entered the vision.
There are many ways
We took a small path to the bottom of a large valley, with two high, steep mountain ranges on either side, leading to a peak far up the valley. “That’s life,” she said. “There are many paths in the valley, and you will meet many people. Each of them will have their own idea of what’s right or wrong, so just appreciate them for what they are. Some of us are lucky enough to be in the front row. Others have to spend their lives working their way to the top.”
Then Kathy’s features slowly disappeared in a brilliant white light at the bottom of the valley. She was totally enveloped in this light, and it disappeared in a similar light at the top of the mountain. It wasn’t like Kathy was leaving me-it was like she was in the light, she was the light, and there were no limits to that light. The light radiated from her to me, and the experience of that light would never leave because it is now part of me.
I didn’t feel any loss when the visions stopped. These experiences were so vivid, so real and so reassuring that I had no doubts or questions about them. They seemed complete and whole in themselves.
Death is simply a transition from this life to another, happier and more peaceful existence.
All bitterness and disagreements will disappear, and the only thing that lives forever is love – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
Bereaved people often have many questions about their deceased loved one, including: “Is there really life after death? Does it still exist? How is she? Is he happy? Does she still love me and know that I miss her? Will I ever see him again?
Contact with deceased loved ones confirms that there is life after death, and that they continue to exist. They are healed, whole and happy in their new lives. From there, they continue to love us and genuinely care for our well-being, watching over us with compassion and understanding. We can be sure that our separation is only temporary, knowing that we will eventually be reunited with them after our own transition.
How to hear a loved one’s message after death?
The quickest and easiest way to experience communication after death seems to be to ask or pray for a sign that your deceased loved one still exists. If you ask for a sign, it’s important to be observant and patient, as it may take some time before you receive it. While some signs are obvious and clearly understood, others are more subtle. Above all, learn to trust your intuition, because only you can identify your sign and find personal meaning in it.
Another method is to ask or pray for your deceased loved one to communicate with you while you sleep. In fact, this is when you’re most relaxed, open and receptive to a joint visit. You can visualize his face and send him loving thoughts before falling asleep. Don’t be discouraged if this technique doesn’t work immediately. On the contrary, if necessary, repeat it with a positive expectation over a period of several weeks or months.
Meditation, a powerful tool
But the most effective action you can take is to learn tomeditate. This will help you get more restful sleep, improve your appetite and reduce depression and emotional pain. In addition, it will alleviate anger, resentment, despair or other strong feelings you may be experiencing. It will also facilitate your healing process, especially if you meditate once or twice a day for about twenty minutes.
Daily meditation is a loving way to nourish yourself. As you become more familiar with these deep relaxation exercises, your attention will gently shift from the outer, material world to the spiritual dimension. Whether you’re grieving or not, you’ll gradually open up and develop your intuitive senses.
It is likely that this process will enhance your ability to experience CAM while awake or asleep. Perhaps, in time, you’ll even experience one while you’re in this peaceful state of relaxation. Since it’s impossible to force CAM to happen, it’s simply a matter of allowing it to happen by training yourself to be more sensitive and intuitive.
Prayer too
For those with a strong religious faith,deep prayer and contemplation offersimilar opportunities forspiritual development. If you feel the presence of a deceased loved one while you’re awake, consider the possibility that he or she is trying to communicate with you verbally. Sit down, close your eyes, relax your body, breathe slowly and deeply, ask to receive a telepathic message and open your mind to receive one. Remember that it’s possible for two people to have a conversation this way. Be sure to use common sense if you receive information or advice that makes you feel uncomfortable. Just because someone has died doesn’t mean they’ve become a fully enlightened and omniscient being.
Through meditation, many people learn, usually for the first time, that they have an identity or existence independent of their physical body. In deeper and deeper meditations, they often discover that they are more than their bodies, more than their feelings or emotions, and more than their thoughts. Little by little, they realize that they are a spiritual being or eternal consciousness, which is much more than the limited idea they had of themselves as mortal humans.
This new awareness gives them a greater sense of inner peace and joy, which generally transforms their lives into one of cooperation and abundance.
We are much more than our bodies
Each of us is a spirit or soul who occupies a body during our stay on earth in order to function in this dimension of reality. What we call “death” is simply the act of leaving our earthly body for good..
This allows us to say: “I am not a body with a soul.me. I am a soul with a body”. So people don’t die; only physical bodies do.
We could think of our body as our “earth suit”. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to hold this book, answer the phone or interact with the physical world in any way. We would pass through walls and all other solid objects and probably not be seen or heard by anyone. In short, we would be in the same situation as a deceased loved one who is complete in every respect, but no longer has a physical body.
Our earth suit is as necessary for life on this planet as a space suit is for astronauts when they perform tasks outside their spaceship, high above the earth.
Unfortunately, many people who have worné Unfortunately, many people, having worn their earthly suit all their lives, believe that “I am my body. Without it, I will no longer exist!”
In the words of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, “death is like taking off a heavy winter coat in spring when you don’t need it anymore…. Our physical body is merely the shell enclosing our immortal self.“. We must therefore distinguish between our loved one’s spiritual being, which is eternal, and his or her body, which is dead.
Life on earth is a school
Based on our research and many other sources, it’s reasonable to conclude that each and every one of us is enrolled in an enormous university that could be called “the school of life”. Whether we know it or not, each of us is both student and teacher.
The classes are exceptionally diverse, but the spiritual program, which is basically the same for everyone, is designed to teach us to love everyone unconditionally, including ourselves. When we reach a degreeé of spiritual awareness, we begin toçautomatically à automatically begin to feel anérieure à to serve others.
The materialistic goals of wealth, power, fame and status are gradually being replaced by the spiritual values of love, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, acceptance, generosity and peace.
How comforting it would be if people everywhere had their “spiritual eyes and ears” open and could see and hear their deceased relatives and friends welcome the arrival of another family member who has recently made their transition.
How differently they might view life on earth, the purpose of their presence here and the nature of death if they perceived these issues from a spiritual perspective.
A message of love
After-death communication experiences offer much more than consolation for the bereaved and proof of life after death. They also contain many lessons on how to live our lives in a more satisfying and fulfilling way. Indeed, their essential message is the importance of love, especially spiritual love.
This is perfectly illustrated in a CAM that a Canadian woman had with her deceased father. His father had been a very successful, wealthy and powerful man before he died of cancer at the age of 49. He told her plainly, “What matters is not what you have, but what you do with your life. The only thing that counts is love.”
Changing the world
Widespread belief in the reality of ADC could change the world. What if everyone knew that we are all eternal spiritual beings who only temporarily wear a physical body while attending school for their spiritual awakening?
There is no death of the spiritual being you really are, only a change, a transformation, when you free yourself from your physical body. Like an immortal butterfly emerging from its cocoon, you’ll be free to soar as high as your wings and consciousness can carry you. Back home, you’ll celebrate your reunion with the loved ones who came before you, and learn the meaning of joy.
Love is the greatest force in the universe
In the seven years we’ve spent researching and writing this book, we’ve become convinced that spiritual love transcends all barriers of time and space, including death. We believe that ADC shows that these bonds of love are never broken. Because life and love are eternal.
