Ghosts Among Us - James Van Praagh [31]
My mother and I were close when I was young. She understood my talent but didn’t know how to explain it, especially to my father.
“She wants to let you know that she feels very guilty. She’s sorry that she wasn’t there for you when you were young. She was always afraid for you. She wants to be a true mother to you now.”
I was both amazed and thrilled to hear these words. It was like having a mother’s love all over again. From that moment on, I have always felt my mother’s presence around me. She has been a guide to me ever since, encouraging me to love myself and nurturing me when I need someone to tell my troubles to. She is also excellent when it comes to warning me about certain situations and circumstances that may cause me harm. I have also learned to be more appreciative and compassionate with her by my side.
THE HEART OF A TEACHER
Ghosts that become guides to the living are indeed special. When spirits were unable to fulfill their desires to help someone while alive, or when they feel as though their work on earth was cut short, they will have opportunities on the other side to satisfy their desires and assist the living. That was the case with the two spirits in this next example of fulfilling one’s life purpose not only on earth but in heaven as well.
I was doing a radio show in Los Angeles when a caller named Willie wanted to find out about his sister. I was not completely clear on what I was receiving, so I asked Willie if the vision I saw meant anything to him.
“I am seeing a beach and sunset.”
“Yes, I understand that,” replied Willie.
“Is your sister’s name Mac, Mackie, something like that?”
“Maxine. We called her Max.”
“She is here. She has a medium-size build and brown hair. Did she have highlights?”
“Yes.”
“Her death came very quickly—it was a huge surprise to her. She is saying that she never expected this, that no one did.”
I quickly became aware of being underneath water. “I feel that she’s drowning—she could not get her footing. Do you understand this?”
Willie began to cry. “Yes, I understand.”
“Now she is mentioning Amy. Do you know Amy?”
“Yes.”
“She is with Amy now,” I said.
“She went with Amy. They died together.”
“I keep getting this feeling of being swept underwater.”
Then I had some very weird visions. “I keep seeing things like trees and furniture flying by, and I am holding on to a doorway or what looks like a doorway. Your sister loses Amy. She says they couldn’t hold on anymore. Is this correct?” I asked Willie.
Willie could barely hold it together. I knew that I had made a link between him and his sister, Maxine, and that this was their chance to reunite.
I continued. “I feel as though this is a terrible tragedy involving a lot of people.”
“Yes, it was,” he replies.
Then it hit me. “Was this the tsunami in Southeast Asia?”
“Yes,” said Willie. “Max and Amy went there for Christmas vacation.”
“Maxine wants me to tell you that she didn’t experience anything painful except that she does remember debris hitting her. She wants Peter to know that she’s okay.”
“Peter is her husband,” Willie added.
“She is telling me that she and Amy taught children together.”
“Yes. They taught together in a preschool for ten years.”
“Well, you know,” I continued, “they were born teachers. There is nothing they loved better. Amy wants me to tell you that there won’t be much rest for them over there.”
Then Maxine said something I thought was very interesting. “Your sister is telling me that she is still teaching children on the other side. There are schools for different subjects. She is even mentioning that she is teaching the children who have passed over from the tsunami. She is telling me that race doesn’t mean much in the other world. That it is only a misunderstanding of the earth world. Maxine is finding that one of the challenges over there is meeting spirits that still carry their prejudice and mind-sets from their old lives instead of opening themselves to the world before them. She