I sent off the DVD of the "Flipside: My Journey to the Afterlife" to Createspace today - so in a few weeks I will be able to put up links where to find it.
In terms of the Whitney Houson post, perhaps you've seen the AP report from the
interview with Oprah: The night after Whitney Houston died, her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown could not bring herself to sleep in her mother's Atlanta mansion.
That all changed the next morning. "I woke up and I heard her say, 'All right, come home now,' " Brown told Oprah Winfrey in a TV special Sunday night. "And when I came back home, I felt humble, I felt okay."
The singer's only child, 19, says she's now comforted by the spirit of her mother, who died last month at age 48.
"I can hear her voice in spirit talking to me, 'Keep talking to me. I got you,' " says Brown. "She's always with me. I can always feel her. I can always feel her with me. She always asked me,'Do you need me?' And I caught myself, out of nowhere, I didn't even know I said it, I said, 'I'll always need you.' "
I have continued to film Life between Life sessions here in Los Angeles. Does that mean there will be another Flipside book? Perhaps. Will let you know when I have enough footage for another book and another documentary.
Meanwhile, I get asked about contacting friends and loved ones from the spirit world. I got a message today from a friend about one particular incident - and I'm repeating it here.
Wanted to share this email that I got from a friend of mine whose close friend (our mutual friend) died back when we were in college. This friend has been going through some stress over a job and the usual stuff we all go through, and she had this dream the other night, where our mutual friend came to speak to her. She sort of glossed it over in her email, as if it was just "wishful thinking" but something told me to tell her to write out word for word what she heard, and then to put it into caps so she could really pay attention to what this mutual friend was trying to tell her... as I think it's probably hard work to slip yourself into someone else's dream - 30 some years after they died - and I thought it might be important for her to really pay attention to. Here's the message - apologies for the CAPS but as you read it, you'll see why it's an IMPORTANT MESSAGE. (Just kidding)
The friend who passed away is writing in the first person, but the message about trees and flowers was interesting..
I AM SO HAPPY, BUT I MISS MY FRIENDS, AND FLOWERS, AND TREES. ENJOY THEM NOW. NOT BECAUSE THEY WILL BE GONE, BUT YOU WILL BE DIFFERENT. DON'T WORRY. IT IS JUST A GAME AND I WILL HELP PROTECT YOU. YOU NEED TO LISTEN WHEN YOUR EARS RING. I AM TALKING TO YOU TO TELL YOU SOMETHING INSIDE YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND. YOUR SMARTNESS ISN'T EVERYWHERE SO I NEED TO USE THE RINGING TO GET TO YOUR HEART FAST. DON'T BE SCARED. THERE ARE MANY ON YOUR SIDE WHO ARE ALSO WATCHING OUT FOR YOU. PRAY FOR OTHERS TOO. SOME NEED IT MUCH MORE THAN YOU. I AM FINE. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT. I GET CONFUSED AND WANT TO TALK TO YOU AND ... LOTS OF OTHERS WHO REMEMBER ME. WHO LOVED ME. I HAVE SENT THEM TO YOU, AND IT WAS HARD. DON'T WORRY. WE ARE WATCHING. YOU ARE LOVED. YOU GIVE LOVE. IT WILL ALL BE REWARDED BUT NOT IN THE WAY YOU THINK. KEEP LOVING. KEEP LAUGHING. IT IS WHAT I LOVED ABOUT YOU. NO, I CAN'T STAY NOW. I KNOW IT HURTS TO SAY GOOD BYE AGAIN. DON'T CRY. I AM HERE. I AM HERE. I AM HERE.
I hadn't thought about this friend for 30 years or so, and when I gave a talk about my book, this woman showed up with another friend who I went to college with, who also knew this mutual friend. She emailed me after the talk to let me know that she was still in touch with our mutual friend now and then, something she never told anyone, but after hearing about "Flipside" knew I would be open to hearing that - and I was happy to hear that - they were obviously very close friends. But it bears repeating - our loved ones are still with us - they can't hold our hand, can't touch a tree or hold a flower - but it's good advice for us all to hug a tree or touch a flower, as "they will be different." Wise words.
