Afterlife Communication: Beyond the Body
During the morning of Friday, August 28, 2020, I found myself reflecting on who I was as a person in 2012. I thought about how I was ready to have relationships with people who were “beyond-the-body.” However, I did not know that until after Robin passed away. Then my new life, which included his spirit, began.
I learned about the phrase, “beyond-the-body” from The Book of Theanna: In the Lands that Follow Death, Updated Edition by Ellias & Theanna Lonsdale. It is this quote that I return to often as it touches a place deep in my soul. The bold is mine for emphasis:
Over here, the dead seek each other out authentically and fully. After initial isolation for many, the savoring of company is universal. What we seek in the beyond-the-body state is to share on heart levels. (1)
This reflects the need for and value of companionship amongst spirits beyond superficial connections that are all too common on third-dimensional earth.
After I reflected on this passage, I got ready to attend a meditation group through a zoom chat. This is a different group than the one I mentioned in the previous post on “Addressing Concerns.”
The teacher gave some introductory comments, which, once again, gifted me with a surprise synchronicity.
She talked about infinite possibilities and how those possibilities can bring us beyond-the-body. She used the exact words, “beyond-the-body.” I was amazed at how my morning reflection on that phrase was reflected back to me through her words. Once again, my thoughts about something to do with Robin were mirrored back to me in twin soul-soul family style!
It was at that moment that I knew this was a good topic for a blog post and something I was meant to explore more deeply!
Since Robin had a solid meditation practice, it makes sense to me that I would receive synchronicity in conjunction with the meditation classes that I attend. You can read about his meditation practice in this post:
Sharing at Heart Levels Between the Deceased and the Living
In addition to our deceased loved ones sharing at heart levels with each other, I truly know that at least some of them want to communicate at heart levels with those of us still living here on earth.
However, I imagine it may be challenging for them to connect with living people who are open to them. Part of the reason for this is that communicating with deceased people is still stigmatized in the physical world. People like me who talk to, write about and actively include deceased people in their lives are considered weird.
Well, I’m no more weird than anyone else here on earth and in many ways, I’m more balanced and loving because of my afterlife connections. I don’t see dead people, unless they visit me in my dreams and I’m not a medium. I just like to stay in touch with some of them that I love!
We are told that we are supposed to “let go” of our deceased loved ones and let them go off into the afterlife where they now belong. And that may be true to some extent. We do have to let them go once they are in the beyond-the-body state. We don’t really have a choice. But we don’t have to “let go” of them completely and I don’t agree with anybody who says we have to. I don’t believe that our loved ones in spirit (at least some of them) want us to let go of them completely.
These points are highlighted by this quote, once again, from The Book of Theanna. The bold and underline are mine for emphasis:
The living has barely any idea how profoundly the heart can evolve after death. This includes a greater ability to love the one who lives on in the body. The pernicious idea here is of being “left behind” by the dead. The automatic idea is the living must move on with their lives because the dead are journeying to strange places of their own. This is a propaganda offensive against the links between the worlds. It is time now to move beyond these odd notions. There is a time in the cycle for partings and gulfs. There are other times to come together in a new spiral. If there is something deep and lasting in a union before death, it almost always becomes deeper and more truly lasting after death. At least this is the case for the one who dies. (2)
I find this quote to be so beautiful and true in terms of my connection with Robin and other deceased loved ones. I did not have a lasting union with Robin before his death because we had never met. However, I believe we have a lasting connection from another time and place which led to our current connection.
In 2012, when I first felt the pull to communicate with Robin’s spirit, it came automatically. It was as if I was meant to do so even though he did not know me. At least I thought he didn’t…
I was often nervous that I was bothering him and would say so in my prayers. I quickly began to notice, however, that his spirit was communicating with me and I realized my worries about bothering him were not necessary. It was clear that he wanted to communicate with me. He did not come to me and say, “Christina, stop communicating with me. Move on with your life.” He didn’t say that because he knew that our communications were helping me grow spiritually. I was also supporting him energetically through donations I made on his behalf, and loving prayers and mantras I chanted for him. So, it was mutually beneficial and healing.
I believe he communicated with me at heart levels because of our nearly-identical soul energies. But, I also believe that he wants there to be people on earth that will share with others what he is like now in terms of the beautiful ways in which he can communicate. I believe Robin wants people to know that his spirit continues to live on. He finds the people who are willing to share that. It took me a long time before I was willing to share what I know about his spirit. My guess is that he knew I would eventually share it on his behalf to honor him. I think he knew that eventually, it would all be too much for me to keep to myself forever. I wasn’t meant to keep it all to myself. It was meant for you too, since you’re reading this.
Forget-Me-Not
If a person in spirit wants to be remembered and to have a prominent and permanent place in your life, they know exactly how to accomplish that. They can do many things including moving objects, creating synchronicity and creating symbols out of physical-world materials that you will want to keep.
So, all of this about how we are supposed to “let go” of them and “move on” is not 100% true for all spirits.
If they really wanted to be “let go” of completely, they wouldn’t bother coming back to do things that you can hold on to as keepsakes of their presence. They know that by doing this, it will only increase and strengthen the bond of love. Therefore, I do not buy into the whole idea of having to completely let go of deceased loved ones. I suppose it depends on the person in spirit. If they want you to let go of them completely, then I suppose they can communicate that in some way.
If they don’t want you to completely let go of them, they can also make that point abundantly clear. I would say to Robin that if you wanted me to let you go, then you wouldn’t have turned your altar picture over, synchronized with me on countless occasions, visited me in my dreams and left me an infinity symbol, among many other things! That doesn’t say you want me to let you go. That says you want to connect in a very powerful, unforgettable, eternal way. And I don’t think he worried about bothering me in the least, the way I worried about bothering him! Because he knew he wasn’t bothering me. I loved (and love) the communications!
So, to all the people on earth saying, “let go” of deceased loved ones, I have this to say: You don’t speak for all of the dead. Let them speak for themselves. If they want to communicate with someone living on earth that they like, love, care about, or want to help, they will. If they don’t want to, then they won’t. It’s up to them, not people on earth who don’t see the infinite possibilities. Maybe some deceased loved ones want to hold our hand spiritually from time-to-time.
Preparation for Beyond-the-Body Connections
How is it that I went from having no relationships with people on the other side to being open and ready to have one with Robin in his beyond-the-body state?
I believe years of spiritual study helped me, from yoga teacher training to studying near death experiences. I had always believed in life after death, but I did not know anything about communicating with deceased people.
I had done enough deep spiritual growth work which included studying advanced psychology and healing from family-of-origin child abuse. This entailed clearing negative patterns that would cause a block in my ability to give and receive love on a spiritual level.
After doing all of this inner work over the course of many years, I was was ready. This type of relationship, an afterlife twin soul connection with someone I had never met, requires readiness. If you’re not ready, I’m not sure you will have enough inner resources to sustain it. I had no idea that during all of those years, I was actually preparing myself for my current afterlife experiences with Robin’s spirit.
Another reason I was ready was because I have always been a little homesick for my true home in Spirit. I just discovered there is a beautiful Portuguese word for this feeling: saudade.
Being in communication with Robin is being close to someone from my true home.
Having a relationship with him makes it easier to cope with life on earth. My relationship with him does not replace my relationship with God who always comes first for me. I also have different healing connections with my ancestors. But because of Robin, I know there is more to life than what I see in the physical world. I know there are spirits and ancestors around us more often than we realize, loving, supporting and assisting us. So, being connected with him has been invaluable to me and is part of the divinity of God.
When Robin started communicating with me in 2012, I was initiated into the knowledge that there is an invisible world around us with spirits actively living there in their light bodies. Some, like Robin, are able to let us know that they are there and will leave signs of their invisible presence. To me, this is sacred beyond words. These are events that I will never, ever forget. These afterlife experiences with Robin were my first and left an indelible mark on me.
When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear
Why is Robin Gibb the spirit to teach me all of this? Why him specifically and not someone else? Don’t get me wrong; I absolutely love being connected to him! It’s one of the best things that has ever happened to me and I am grateful every day of my life for his spiritual presence in my life.
Still, I think it’s good to ask these sorts of questions. I always wondered why it was not an African ancestor who came to teach me the reality of life after death.
My truth is that our relatives go far beyond earthly blood lines and ties into eternal spirit lines and ties. I consider Robin Gibb to be an eternal, spiritual relative of mine, a twin soul family member, of infinity. So, he would be the perfect spirit to teach me.
Perhaps those in spirit who watch over me knew I was not ready to experience this type of spiritual connection until 2012. For all I know, Robin, as a spirit, could have consulted with my ancestors before connecting with me.
It seems I had to go through years of preparation and incubation, readying me to be able to handle the ramifications of being directly contacted by Robin’s energy. He is a powerhouse as a spirit. This has been a close encounter of the third kind, but with a deceased person, not extraterrestrial life!
Well, this is all I have to write about for now. I hope you enjoyed this. I also hope you are doing well as humanity continues to address the various viruses circulating. I don’t need to name them. I’m sure you know what they are.
Until next time, may you be loved and safe.
References
1. Lonsdale, Ellias & Theanna (1995, 2011). The Book of Theanna, Updated Edition: In the Lands that Follow Death (pp. 264-265). North Atlantic Books. Kindle Edition.
2. Ibid., pp. 268-269.
Love,
