Berna
One day I came home in the afternoon and it turned out that Johnny had lost his voice due to the heavy pollen in the air. He could barely talk.
I said “Let’s have a glass of champagne together. That will soothe your throat.”
So, we did. Johnny was telling me all kinds of things. I said: have you noticed you have been talking like normal and you only have taken two sips of the champagne?”
We both joked and laughed about it.… Read more
We’ve talked about karma before. Recently Berna was telling me she’d read a surprising comment about karma in a Facebook group.
Someone was talking about a recent unpleasant event in her life. She said it probably was caused by something she had done in a previous life—-as if she had to repay a debt or was being punished.
Berna’s opinion (which I share) is karma is often a weapon people use to instill fear in others. Or to control them.… Read more
If you’re paying much attention to the mainstream news media today, you’re aware, perhaps painfully so, of all the turmoil and chaos in our world today. If you’re paying too much attention, scientists call that “doomscrolling.”
Personally, Berna and I pay little attention to the mainstream news—only enough so we know a bit about current events.
A recent article we read reported researchers had concluded exposure to negative news is a “source of vicarious trauma.” In other words, people are dangerously affected despite not experiencing trauma first-hand.… Read more
Since many people are labeled with autism these days, we think readers might be curious about Spirit’s perspective on this subject.
Spirit
Autistic people are drawn inside. They close themselves off in a way. They want as little stimulation from the outside as possible.
All these busy energies, the confusion everywhere, the insincerity of people—they pick these up and they make their minds wild, so to speak.
They are so sensitive to these outside influences, because they are spirits with a higher vibration than the average person.… Read more
About Andre Rieu and the joy he brings to millions of people.
Berna and I are great fans of Andre Rieu, the legendary Dutch violinist and conductor. We’ve been to his live concerts in his hometown of Maastricht in the Netherlands. I have listened to his music for many years.
Andre’s purpose in life is simple: to bring joy to people with his music. There is no greater purpose in life for any of us than to bring joy, and love, into the lives of all our sisters and brothers.… Read more
In our last post we talked about our encounter with a so-called “spirit cat.”
This week, we’re discussing another peculiar situation with this cat.
After we left the cat, we drove 5 kilometers north. There we came upon an attractive small, white 13th century church and, behind it, a graveyard. A beautiful white light was shining down from the sky on the back of the church.
While Berna walked to the graveyard, I walked around to the other side of the church.… Read more
Berna and I took a few days off this past weekend in the northeastern part of The Netherlands. It’s a beautiful rural area, known for its prehistoric tombs, called “hunebeds,” dating back to 4000-3000BC.
The hunebeds are the oldest monuments in the Netherlands. They are prehistoric tombstones built by the Funnelbeaker people using boulders Mother Nature transported to Drenthe during the Ice Age. Drenthe has no fewer than 52 hunebeds in a 30-kilometre radius.
We went to one of them last weekend.… Read more
As most of you know, Christian churches celebrated Easter last Sunday. This was always a big celebration in my Italian immigrant family. But you don’t have to be Christian to celebrate the resurrection, the miracle of Easter. For me, the lesson and miracle of Easter is we never die—life is eternal.
Some of your spiritual traditions celebrate Easter as a time of resurrection, rebirth.… Read more
Today we all live in challenging and often-tragic times. Just look at the mainstream news media headlines. But don’t do it too often. It will break you. There’s a better way.
Spirit
Many of you are struggling and suffering with all the challenges and changes your modern world is flooding you with.
It’s not an easy time for you to be on Planet Earth. But it is a good time—the perfect time—for you to be here.
Every one of you is facing your own unique challenges today.… Read more
Over the years Spirit has talked about death many times.
Unfortunately, it’s a subject most humans prefer to avoid. It instills dread and fear in the hearts of many.
Having grown up in the United States and now living in the Netherlands, it’s struck me how vast a difference there is between the Dutch and American views of death.
A couple of weeks ago, Dries van Agt, a Roman Catholic and former Dutch prime minister, and his wife Eugenie, died hand-in-hand by euthanasia.… Read more
Since more and more people are awakening, more people are consciously connecting with non-physical sources. Therefore, we thought we’d make a post about this.
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It is critical, in these wild times on your planet to stay connected to Spirit. Of course, you are always connected. You cannot be disconnected, for you ARE Spirit.
We know it’s tempting at times to question or doubt the information you bring through when you are speaking with Spirit. It does not matter by which name you call Spirit.… Read more
In today’s world, it often seems kindness is in short supply. But there are as many random acts of kindness as there are acts of cruelty. Or, perhaps, more.
We only need to open our eyes to all the kindness around us. There is more of it than you would ever imagine. Although you might not think so if you follow the mainstream news.
Kindness is the cure to a world gone crazy.
We have often talked about the power of kindness each of you humans possess.… Read more
One of Spirit’s favorite phrases is All is well. In today’s world, we need more reminders that all truly is well, despite appearances.
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A Course in Miracles tells you in Lesson 292, A happy outcome to all things is sure. We realize that’s a tough one for many of you to wrap your minds around.
Perhaps one quick glance at your daily news convinces you your world is really going to hell. How then, you might ask, can there be a happy outcome to all things?… Read more
How often have we (ALL of us) judged another without knowing the pain they were feeling?
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You have a saying that goes something like this: Never judge another till you have walked a mile in their shoes.
You have all walked many miles, in this lifetime and others. In some of those lifetimes you’ve walked alone. In others, you’ve walked together.
But we would ask you, as you walk through this lifetime, to imagine what it’s like for others, especially those who walk beside you.… Read more
In today’s cruel and crazy world, it’s tempting to believe humanity is lost. If you spend much time following the mainstream news media, you probably wonder if there’s any hope at all for world peace. Many say they want it, but few do much to promote it.
Are there any good people left in this old world of ours? Yes, there are, more than we know. Here’s a powerfully uplifting story of one such person.
This is a true story. It happened November 25, 1854 on the shores of Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes on the US-Canadian border.… Read more
Recently, Berna and I were having one of our daily chats about spirituality.
She told me she was planning to visit a close friend of hers. I asked her about this friend’s neighborhood, as I remembered it from our recent visit—the red brick buildings with many big trees, large grassy expanses, and other details. Berna knew the area well.
Then she said she and I had never been there together. I was, to put it mildly, surprised! I asked her if my description of the neighborhood was accurate.… Read more
You may have seen the recent news about possibly hundreds of poor migrants dying in a tragic shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea. On board were about 750 people, including 100 children.
In another recent shipwreck, 5 wealthy people died in a tragic submersible accident.
Which do you think got the most news coverage? And on which was far more money spent? Were the migrant lives worth less than the lives of the wealthy?
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The title we have chosen for this article is, in itself, a tragedy.… Read more
Most humans believe that you come into these bodies and you live for a little while, and you get it right or you don’t, and then you leave—when what is really happening is you are eternal. You never really leave. ~ Abraham with Esther Hicks
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Most humans fear death. That’s a “fact of life,” as you say.
We say there is never any reason to fear death—if you remember who you are.
And who are you?
Most humans would answer that question with their name, or nationality, or some other limited way of identifying themselves.… Read more
If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. ~ Betty Eadie
How often do we speak without first thinking? Probably often. We don’t consider the power of our words, or how deeply they can hurt, how deeply they can heal.
Spirit
We sometimes observe in humans what you call “idle chatter”—words without real meaning or effects.
But there is no such thing as idle chatter. Words are powerful tools you all have available to you.… Read more
What is time? I haven’t found many definitions that make much sense to me. One of the best (and funniest) definitions, in my opinion, is from Charles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts:
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia”
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(Many years ago, Spirit gave us this interesting perspective on the subject of time.)
Time weighs heavily upon many of you on the earth plane. And your language carries many cliches regarding time.… Read more
Some religions claim to be the “one true” religion. Is there any such thing?
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It’s most interesting for those of us in Spirit to observe those of you experiencing the many facets of life on Planet Earth.
Among the most interesting (and most divisive) is religion.
It’s curious that the name of God (or whatever you call the divine energy) is used to excuse the most horrible deeds humans are able to inflict upon themselves and all life.
The Roman Catholic Church even supports something it calls a “just war.”… Read more
We’ve written about war truces before. But one particular truce stands out in our minds. It was during the brutal, bloody World War One.
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As Johnny said, we’ve talked about war and truces before. War seems to be a perpetual curse humans have inflicted on themselves throughout history.
What has war ever accomplished?
In our view, it has accomplished nothing of value. So why do humans persist on the path of war?
The only value in war is to teach you there is no value in war.… Read more
In my own life, going deep in the Christian religion of my birth
has enabled me to see the same Spirit and Love in other religions as well.
Religion has, arguably, been the source of much human behavior the opposite of what Jesus Christ taught and lived.
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We realize many of you reading this are o were religious. Berna and Johnny were raised in Roman Catholic families. Both have now left the faith of their families.… Read more
In Alan Cohen’s long list of great books is one of my all-time favorites, Are You As Happy As Your Dog?
For most of my life, I’ve owned a dog. Or maybe the truth is the dogs owned me.
Dogs, and all animals, can be great teachers for us humans. Even though humans are supposed to be the “superior” species, it’s often the other way around.
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There’s a dog story—a deeply touching true story—Johnny loves. It’s about Shep, a shepherd dog who lost his master.… Read more
Three weeks ago, we did a post called Graveyards. It generated some interesting thoughts and comments, on and off our website. So this week, we’re revisiting the subject.
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A few nights ago, Johnny had a vivid dream. When morning came, he recalled it in detail.
In the dream, he was speaking with a young woman he knew who had died a few days earlier.
Linda (not her real name) felt lost and alone. So Johnny was helping her get adjusted to her new life beyond the physical world.… Read more