Archive for June 17th, 2008


Awakening to your true self.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
by Phil Reckard

Growing up with psychic or empathic abilities isn’t always a “good” thing. Way too often such innate talents are seen by others as having some sort of deviant qualities to them, as if we’re somehow dealing with suspicious otherworldly influences, or worse.

Parents or other significant adults with misguided religious views might believe we’re dealing with demonic, or even satanic entities, and they do what they can to beat it out of us psychically, emotionally, literally, or some combination of these powerful persuasions. Believing we’re somehow wrong, we do what we can to shut it down in order to become productive members of society. (more…)


A Story of Planning Blindness

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
excerpt from the book, Courageous Souls by Robert Schwartz

So often, when something “bad” happens to us, it appears to be purposeless suffering. But what if our most difficult experiences are actually rich with hidden purpose – purpose that we ourselves planned before we were born? Could it be that we choose our life’s circumstances, relationships, and events?

     In my research for my book Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?, I found that the answer to this question is a definite yes. Working with four of the most gifted mediums and channels in the country, including one who is able both to see and to hear our pre-birth planning sessions, I’ve examined the pre-birth plans of dozens of people. These people planned such challenges as physical illness, having handicapped children, deafness, blindness, drug addiction, alcoholism, losing a loved one, and severe accidents. Courageously, they planned these challenges for purposes of spiritual growth.

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