In terms of afterlife communication with Robin, sometimes it truly feels like he and the Universe are speaking to me in a playful, lighthearted manner. His spirit is part of the Universe now, and being playful, lighthearted and humorous was certainly a part of his personality when he was embodied.
Since I connected with Robin in spirit in 2012, it seems like there has always been a loving power present that is determined to see to it that we stay connected through all the many ups and downs of life on earth.
Afterlife communication keeps me in touch with focusing on what is really important to me, which is the fact that spiritual connections with deceased loved ones are real. They can be cultivated, developed, deepened and strengthened over time.
Sharing this message is part of my spiritual service work that I am doing to honor and serve God, Divine Love and Robin’s spirit. It is a message not just about and for twin souls, but all of humanity.
There are numerous types of valuable spiritual connections that can continue after the physical death of a loved one, such as those between siblings, parents, children or grandparents. Sometimes, as in my case, an afterlife spiritual connection with someone you did not know can emerge.
This, to me, is a sign of a previous or pre-existing spiritual connection that may not be remembered consciously. However, the hearts and souls of both parties remember. This sets the stage for re-connection after the death of one.
The re-connection with Robin’s spirit has brought me great joy over the years and often makes me smile. The story I would like to share with you today is one I hope brings you happiness as well.
During the time I have been writing here, a deeper purpose for many of my blog posts has been made apparent to me. It is to bring in loving, lighthearted energy from the higher planes into the third-dimensional world. This lighthearted, fun energy is very characteristic of Robin’s spiritual energy. He was a lot of fun as a person, as I learned from his many videos! I love that about him.
Robin, Barry and Barbados
On Friday, December 27, 2019, during the early morning hours, I was thinking about family connections. This is because earlier on the 26th, I had been watching Fix My Life with Iyanla Vanzant.
I have received great benefit from watching this show. I summarize her work as facilitating ancestral healing as she often works with clients with layers of transgenerational trauma and abuse.
I think most people watching this show would think about their own unresolved family issues, as I have done, and apply some of what Rev. Vanzant says to our own lives.
So, her show got me thinking about my family history.
Since I have family members who were born in and live in Barbados, I decided to do research on whether Robin had any connection to Barbados as well.
I googled, “Robin Gibb Barbados.” Then, I saw a link for a website that is about the Bee Gees.
As I scanned the page, I saw a paragraph mentioning that Robin was in Barbados on December 29, 2007 for a private concert.
Click here to view the website. Please scroll down to “News, January 19th” and the section “Robin in Barbados” to see what I’m talking about.
In the section, it was also mentioned that a mistake was made in a Daily Mail article which said it was Barry who was in Barbados, when it was really Robin who was there. This quote from the article highlights this point:
Racing tycoon Michael Tabor’s end-of-year party in Barbados managed to surprise even the most jaded millionaire palate, by secretly booking Bee Gee Barry Gibb.
Scroll down to “Mr. Gibb for the Mr. Biggs” for the full article.
So, I read all of this on December 27th, but I could not find any other information about a connection Robin may have had with Barbados.
Family Life Parallel: Barbados
However, one connection that is important to me that Robin does have concerning Barbados, and that will never be written about in any news article, is that his passing date of May 20th is the exact same date as my grandmother’s funeral date many years ago which was on May 20th.
She was from Barbados and that is where she was laid to rest.
Barbados is historically connected to Robin’s home country of England. It is a former British colony and still has ties to the British monarchy.
Barbados was first occupied by the British in 1627 and remained a British colony until internal autonomy was granted in 1961. The Island gained full independence in 1966, and maintains ties to the Britain monarch represented in Barbados by the Governor General. It is a member of the Commonwealth.
During my childhood and adolescence, I can remember that when my father spoke, he used many different British expressions. My father was born and raised in Barbados. We were a family of tea drinkers which is obviously a very British custom.
The Barbados-British energy pervaded my life as a child in Massachusetts in ways I can only see now from an adult perspective. That in and of itself is a very interesting connection to Robin that I see as a subtle life parallel.
Barrybados
A couple of days after December 27th, on December 29th, I was flipping through YouTube and noticed a video about James Corden in our queue. It was a clip for a Christmas special for the beloved show Gavin and Stacey.
I watched this show years ago, probably around 2013, because I did not find out about it until then. But at any rate, it’s been years since I had seen it or thought about it.
As I watched the YouTube clip for the Christmas special, I was so surprised when I saw a banner held up by some boys that read, “Barrybados.”
You can see the video here. The banner I’m talking about is at 7:40 in.
Here is a screen shot of the banner:
I got the chills because, as I just mentioned, I had just read for the first time about Barry and Barbados on the 27th in the Daily Mail article. Then, a couple of days later, I get “Barrybados!”
The banner, to me, is a synchronistic spiritual communication and reference to my research on Robin and Barbados.
Even though the banner is referring to Barry Island, Wales, the reference and application to Robin’s brother is quite clear. I was amazed because of this strong afterlife communication with Barry and Barbados combined, which matched my research!
Incidentally, it had been so long since I had seen Gavin and Stacey that I had completely forgotten that it was set on Barry Island. I also had no idea it was called “Barrybados.”
According to https://www.barrybados.com/about, Barry Island has been marketed as “Barrybados” to rejuvenate the island with positive energy, celebrating the fact that it has beautiful beaches and views like those admired in Barbados.
I am absolutely fascinated by how spirit weaves and combines life circumstances to orchestrate the most wonderful synchronicites and closeness with loved ones in spirit.
The timing of finding out about “Barrybados” is in impeccable alignment with learning about Barry Gibb and the misprint about him going to Barbados instead of Robin. I jokingly say, now, there are 2 Barrybadoses!
It is beautiful to me how afterlife communication between twin souls can also involve our family members. It shows the inclusive nature of the connection, which to me is ideal because it potentially brings loved ones from all over the world together through synchronicity.
My experience is that God (or the Universe, whatever you prefer) can use anyone or anything to remind you of your twin or loved one in spirit. That includes biological relatives, even if the twins have never met each other’s relatives.
In Closing
On this blog, I can only write about what God and Robin’s spirit gives me. I am guided into the communications I share here.
I believe that many of my writings, in addition to being educational, are meant to be “feel good” posts to uplift my readers. At the very least, I hope you get a sense of the wonder of synchronicity and soul communication across the veil.
It’s about being the counterbalance, which I shared here.
Now, I’ve figured out where I’d like to visit in Wales! When I wrote this post on my dream to travel to the U.K., I didn’t know yet. It seems like a couple of days or so on Barry Island could be fun!
I really enjoyed writing this post and hope you enjoyed it as well.
Love,
P.S.: To my regular readers, I apologize for not letting you know sooner that everything turned out fine with my leg. It was a benign condition.
I was ill in November-December 2019 due to being on a new medication to prevent recurrence of breast cancer. I had a bad reaction to it, which is why I did not write for several weeks and update you.
I plan to write more about this in my upcoming “Recovery III” post in February. I did not want to write about health issues in the post for Robin’s birthday. So, I just wanted to let you know. Thank you for continuing to visit me here. I hope you are well. Love and blessings for the New Year!
Afterlife communications can sometimes occur as a chain reaction of events in which loved ones in Spirit combine different methods of communication over the course of several weeks.
This post is about how my dream communication with Robin, which I recently wrote about, expanded into several exciting events of meaningful synchronicity. The synchronicity is meant to draw our attention to some very important concepts.
The concepts relate to ancestral healing and the higher consciousness of universal oneness throughout all humankind.
Synchronicity often guides me in terms of what to write about here. I sense that it is very important that I write about these topics to help us progress spiritually and see the world in a new way.
Before I get into the details of the post, I wanted to let you know that I just found out about this free online workshop by medium Suzanne Giesemann on how to better communicate with loved ones in spirit. It takes place on October 5th. I thought I would let you know in case anyone is interested. I already signed up for it. 🙂
Dream-Synchronicity Combo Pack
A few weeks ago, while I was in the process of writing my post called Afterlife Dreams: I Can Hear You, I was doing my own private research on ancestral healing. I was doing this a few days prior to September 13th, which is the date this post was published.
In my writing, I like to include a timeline with exact dates when I can so you can follow the sequence of events better.
It is an excellent and thought provoking article. It helps us to examine how we can live our lives in a way that brings healing not only to ancestors of the past and present, but also to our ancestors yet to be born.
As I was reading the article, I came across what to me was an incredible and timely synchronicity. Here is the text I read. The bold is mine for emphasis:
I once had a dream in which I found myself standing in front of a long table. Seated at the table was a group of ascended masters who called themselves “The Committee.”
At the time I read this, I was quite blown away because of the close mirror image with what I had written for my blog post. A dream where she is standing in front of a long table? It sounded eerily familiar. Here is the text I had written about my dream about Robin, showing the synchronicity:
I saw Robin sitting at a long table. There was a woman sitting to his right. I do not know who she is. He looked like he did when he was in his 30’s, with short blond hair.
Robin spoke to the woman and said, “She’s tired.” He was talking about me.
I was not in the dream, but looking at the two of them from the perspective of standing in front of them.
It is amazing to me that I found this article at the exact same time I was in the process of writing my post about this dream of Robin sitting at a long table. The settings with both dreams are nearly identical.
In terms of my twin soul connection with Robin, I have seen a repeating pattern over the years where something I read or write about him ends up being mirrored back to me within a short period of time.
With twin souls, the events of our lives come together at the same time in tandem with each other, even when one twin is disembodied. This synchronicity is a good example of this. With this message, I definitely felt like Robin was walking side by side with me. Dreams and standing in front of long tables…very interesting. I love how the dream morphed into a synchronicity.
I knew something was up when I received this message. What is the probability that I would be writing about my dream of Robin at the same time I read about Dr. Rich’s dream? Very low I believe.
Ancestral Healing
I took this as a very important message to focus on ancestral healing and as a directive to answer the questions for myself that she asks in the article. Since you are reading this, perhaps you are meant to address this in your own life, for the benefit of yourself and others in your family.
Our ancestors endured pain and trauma of varying degrees while alive. I believe that there are ways that those of us still living in the physical can assist in healing the wounds of our ancestors. We can help heal their wounds by how we live and what we accomplish in our lives.
What specifically can we do to heal the wounds of our ancestors that we still carry?
For me, the fact that several people of my generation have become educated has helped to heal a deep ancestral wound of a lack of education. We have earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees, which is something my ancestors never had the opportunity to do.
I almost completed my doctorate in clinical psychology, but couldn’t quite make it. I used to think about this with a heavy heart. But now I see that perhaps I made it easier for a future ancestor to take this path in higher education and earn the degree. I hope I find out someday that one of my younger ancestors was able to do what I couldn’t. That is an ancestral wound of mine that I would love to see healed. We can be healed by the success of our ancestors whether past, present or future.
In terms of Robin, it is my point of view that the financial and creative success the Bee Gees earned brought about massive healing for his ancestors of the past, present and future. As was mentioned in his Who Do You Think You Are episode, his ancestors from Paisley, Scotland suffered great poverty in their lives.
The Bee Gees also endured significant poverty during their childhood as Robin mentioned here in this video.
You can hear him talk about it at about 2:30 in. We are blessed to experience his sense of humor and what a kind person he was with a good heart and depth to his soul. I don’t really like saying “was” though, because he still “is,” just without his physical body. Some of you who have been communicating with Robin know this firsthand just as I do.
It appears to me that the wealth and success the Bee Gees acquired helped heal this ancestral wound so that going forward, the people in Robin’s lineage would not have to suffer this type of poverty ever again. At least I hope that’s the case. Robin did his part to ensure the financial well-being of future generations.
Ubuntu Synchronicity
On September 24, 2019, I spent some time doing additional reading of the article by Dr. Rich I mentioned above. I was thinking about writing a piece about ancestral healing in addition to describing the dream synchronicity I just shared with you. So, I went back to do more research.
After I was done reading her article on ancestral healing again, I decided to visit her website for the first time. She had a link to her personal website at the end of her ancestral healing article.
I absolutely love the photo of the children sitting with their feet joined together in a circle. It’s an extremely powerful image.
I read through the article and really loved it. I highly recommend it as well as the videos she links to. According to Dr. Rich:
“Ubuntu is not a religious philosophy. Neither is it political. But it challenges every belief of most religions and political ideologies. It simply states, “I am what I am because of who we all are.” It requires a state of consciousness that understands and accepts the fact that at the quantum level, we are all made of the same star stuff. We all come from the same origins. Beyond the appearance of separation, lies a greater truth. We are all connected.”
I had never really heard about Ubuntu, at least not that I can remember. But it is definitely a philosophy in alignment with my values.
According to Wikipedia, Ubuntu is a Southern African term with various meanings:
Ubuntu (Zulu pronunciation: [ùɓúntʼù])[1] is a NguniBantu term meaning “humanity.” It is often translated as “I am because we are,” or “humanity towards others,” but is often used in a more philosophical sense to mean “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.”[2]
In Southern Africa, it has come to be used as a term for a kind of humanist philosophy, ethic, or ideology, also known as Ubuntuism propagated in the Africanisation (transition to majority rule) process of these countries during the 1980s and 1990s.
Since the transition to democracy in South Africa with the Nelson Mandela presidency in 1994, the term has become more widely known outside of Southern Africa, notably popularised to English-language readers through the ubuntu theology of Desmond Tutu.[3] Tutu was the chairman of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and many have argued that ubuntu was a formative influence on the TRC
I thought this article on Ubuntu would be great to read to Robin at tea time. So, I emailed it to myself on that same day, September 24th. However, things in my life had gotten so busy I did not have a chance to read it to him.
A couple of days later on September 26th, I had been doing some work in my office. Then I walked into our kitchen. My husband Julian was sitting in the living room watching television.
After a few moments he turned and looked at me and said, “I’m studying Ubuntu.”
I was like, “What!?”
I walked over to the television and saw in front of me the word, “Ubuntu” from the YouTube video he was watching.
I’m sure you can imagine my surprise when I saw this.
My husband had absolutely no knowledge of my recent study of Ubuntu. I hadn’t mentioned anything to him about what I was writing for my blog post and I had not mentioned anything to him about Ubuntu. I had just found out about it myself so I wasn’t ready to talk about it.
Well, guess who was ready to talk about it? I can almost hear Robin joking with me saying, “I thought you were going to read that article on Ubuntu to me.” That was a strong reminder, let me tell you. I did finally read it to him after I got this message!
God and Robin really know what they are doing, orchestrating these synchronicities like this.
My husband was studying Ubuntu, the software operating system, not the African philosophy.
I’ll spare you the boredom by not including here, the video he was watching, lol! But I just want to say that my husband has always been a part of my connection with Robin, right from the very beginning of our afterlife communication. That is when he started delivering the Robin-related synchronicities! But he does not know that until after the fact, when I tell him he just gave me another synchronicity.
I am fascinated by the timing of this synchronicity. I told my husband about how I had planned to read an article on Ubuntu to Robin and how it was in my inbox for two days prior to this, unbeknownst to him.
I asked my husband if he had ever heard of Ubuntu. He said he had heard of the operating system, but that night was the first night he actually sat down to watch a video to begin studying it.
It’s amazing how his decision to do that coincided with my finding Dr. Rich’s article. This is the first time I have ever heard him mention Ubuntu and the first time I saw him watch a video on it.
As soon as Julian mentioned Ubuntu, I knew it was a message from Robin referencing the article. Ultimately, this synchronicity with Ubuntu connects back to him because I found the Ubuntu article as a result of the ancestral wounds article which gave me the dream synchronicity (standing in front of a long table).
There is one other thing about the ancestral healing article by Dr. Rich. It was updated on November 17, 2011. This is the birthday of Robin’s late mom Barbara Gibb as I mentioned here. The article is linked above if you want to see what I’m talking about.
So, there is synchronicity and meaning on multiple, deeper levels with this one article that I found all because I wanted to do personal research on ancestral healing. One thing led to another in a chain reaction of synchronicity! I can’t help but notice these things and it is all part of afterlife communication. Once you start really paying attention, it’s amazing what comes through!
Further Exploration of Ubuntu
I would like to present this YouTube video by Getrude Matshe at TEDxTeAro as one of the best descriptions of the Ubuntu philosophy I could find at this time.
I encourage you to watch this entire inspirational video of this extremely courageous woman. She is the embodiment of Ubuntu. She talks about her emigration to New Zealand from Zimbabwe, Africa and mentions Australia briefly. Since these are countries Robin is closely connected to, I’m sure he would like my including this video here. Some of her story may be hard to listen to. But in order to properly respect the philosophy of Ubuntu, I think it is important to share this talk by a spiritually brilliant and intelligent woman from Africa.
I include this quote from the video below. You can hear it beginning at 12:20 in:
“We sleepwalk through life most of the time. We meet people sitting next to us and never find out who they are.
In Africa, when you meet someone, you look them in the eye, you greet them, you acknowledge their humanity.
You will never bump into another human being and not acknowledge their humanity and their presence…I am because you are…The human race is one. In Ubuntu, there is no you, there is no me, there is only we…”
This is a beautiful way of life to aspire to. Imagine how much more connected to each other we would feel if we lived this way.
You can read a dozen book definitions of Ubuntu and that is fine. I do that too and it is necessary in learning about a concept. But I did not want to give you just a book definition.
Sometimes we as humans need to hear real stories that challenge us and open our hearts. As we listen to her story, we will begin to understand what Ubuntu really is.
Ubuntu in the Spirit World
Ms. Matshe’s statement that “there is no you, there is no me, there is only we” is something I personally believe reflects the ultimate truth about life in the spirit world, or Heaven if you will. With all my heart, I truly believe that Robin lives in a place filled with the spirit of Ubuntu, joined with other members of our soul family as “we.”
The reason I know this is because he was already expressing the spirit of Ubuntu before he passed away. It is reflected in his humanitarian work, some of which I wrote about here.
The other reason I know this is because of how he came to me after his death with such love, kindness and creativity, even when he had never known me during his life on Earth.
Some cynical people might read this and say, “Why would he contact you Christina? He didn’t even know you.” But that consciousness is not reflective of Ubuntu. It is anti-Ubuntu. And loving, evolved spirits don’t think that way.
Why not me? I love him, I do the work, I’m sincere, I believe in him and I believe in our connection. I’m attuned to him and I pay attention.
I also believe that Robin is communicating with lots of people on Earth. The vast majority of them are going to be everyday people like me who are not in the public eye. So, in most cases, we won’t hear about the communications. Still, I believe that members of his (our) soul family stretch far and wide and as a spirit, Robin can find us.
It didn’t matter if we knew each other on Earth or not because when it comes down to it, we are closely connected in the spirit world. And that is what I knew and sensed about him from the time of his physical death.
The fact that he didn’t know me didn’t stop him from contacting me. He has included me in his life as a spirit person because his essence is beautiful, one very much of love and acceptance. In other words, very Ubuntu.
Maybe he discovered soon after his passing that we are twin souls. He probably knew months before I did, but was trying to tell me with all the dreams, synchronicity and telekinesis. He can see who I really am and that is not my physical body. He didn’t know me as the person I am now, but he knows my soul, light and my essence that existed before this incarnation. That is a lot more important.
Robin has beautiful, strong energy. Being with him is like winning the lottery 50,000 times. I really hit the jackpot when I connected with him. It is incredibly uplifting to communicate with him. It has helped me so much in terms of overcoming challenging life circumstances.
Here on Earth, as least in more Westernized countries, we are conditioned to be rugged individualists. But in my heart, I believe it is not like that in the higher dimensions of Spirit. I sense that when I return to life in spirit, I will meet with Robin again and we will be a part of a tremendously loving, harmonious collective of spirits doing our work, and play, to uplift the lives of other spirits and those on Earth.
I began my work with Robin through this website in this incarnation. Perhaps this is a continuation of work we carried out together in another place and time that I don’t remember. But I have all the faith in the world that we will continue it after I leave this Earth. It will take on a different form. But it will continue, in the energy of “we.”
Ubuntu-Themed Songs
Just for fun, I thought I would include a couple of songs that beautifully reflect the principles of Ubuntu.
The first song is My World by the Bee Gees. The spirit of Ubuntu is woven all throughout the Bee Gees career as manifested through all the humanitarian and charity work they did. This world is home to all of us and this song reflects that sentiment beautifully. I love seeing the young Bee Gees!
Border Song, composed and sung by Sir Elton John, and written by lyricist Bernie Taupin is truly one of my favorite songs. It expresses the aspect of Ubuntu that is brotherhood and peace.
I never saw the Bee Gees in concert but I did see Sir Elton John in the mid 1980’s in Massachusetts. He’s a true master artist and I’m so glad I got to enjoy his concert.
I hope you enjoyed this post and the authors and artists featured in it. There are some truly amazing people in this world and I’m happy to be able to share information about them as Robin-related synchronicity guides me down the path of spiritual growth, learning and knowledge.
I can see why he and my ancestors wanted me to write about this.
I have been having so much fun writing about my experiences with Robin because of whom he is now as a spirit.
You can’t keep a good man down, even after he’s passed away. The death of his physical body did not end Robin’s existence. He has carried on being beautiful, amazing and creative just as he was when embodied. He still has so much to teach us. While we are learning, we can enjoy his music!
In some of my recent posts, I have mentioned that I have been looking in my journals for an entry on a dream I had about Robin. I cannot find the entry at this time, but I remember the dream by heart. I don’t remember exactly what year and month it took place, but I guess it really doesn’t matter too much. I know it occurred quite a while ago. The dream was brief but very powerful. I would like to share it with you now from memory.
Dream Communication
One day years ago, I was tired and needed an afternoon nap. At this point in my relationship with Robin, I was talking with him on a regular basis. So, as I lay down in bed to go to sleep, I told him that I was tired. I feel asleep. Then my dream occurred:
I saw Robin sitting at a long table. There was a woman sitting to his right. I do not know who she is. He looked like he did when he was in his 30’s, with short blond hair. (Similar to how he looks here).
Robin spoke to the woman and said, “She’s tired.” He was talking about me.
I was not in the dream, but looking at the two of them from the perspective of standing in front of them.
That was the end of the dream.
Even though it was brief, it had a very strong impact on me. I was stunned because Robin was making it clear to me that he telepathically heard what I said to him before I fell asleep. He repeated back to me what I had said to him. I was amazed. He not only heard me…he let me know that he had heard me.
It is visitation dreams like this which led me to develop a very close connection with Robin over time. How could I not feel a deep connection with him? He was opening up a whole new world to me that I had never experienced before. I had never communicated so directly with someone in the afterlife.
Beginning in 2012, I had incredible dreams about and synchronicity concerning Robin, but only after his death. It would be natural for anyone in my position to start asking some serious questions about what was going on. I was amazed that I could reach him and that he would actually respond back to me, especially in this manner, through dreams.
So, given that he responded to me in such a direct manner, it led me to start asking questions and making statements, such as:
“How is it that you can hear me?”
“What is the mechanism by which you can hear me?”
“I know you’re energy light, but how can energy light hear without human ears?”
“You are more than energy light. You are intelligent energy light with the ability to comprehend what is being said.”
I did some research on this and would like to share a short literature review now that may shed some light on these questions.
How Can Deceased Loved Ones Hear Us? A Brief Literature Review
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Those of you aligned with a yogic science perspective may enjoy this first possible explanation.
The first source I would like to share is Autobiography of a Yogi. In Chapter 43, The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar, there is a discussion of the senses that loved ones in the astral world still experience. Here is an excerpt. The emphasis in bold is mine:
“The astral body is an exact counterpart of the last physical form. Astral beings retain the same appearance which they possessed in youth in their previous earthly sojourn; occasionally an astral being chooses, like myself, to retain his old age appearance.” Master, emanating the very essence of youth, chuckled merrily. (1)
“Unlike the spacial, three-dimensional physical world cognized only by the five senses, the astral spheres are visible to the all-inclusive sixth sense-intuition,” Sri Yukteswar went on. “By sheer intuitional feeling, all astral beings see, hear, smell, taste, and touch… (1)
…Astral beings have all the outer sensory organs-ears, eyes, nose, tongue, and skin-but they employ the intuitional sense to experience sensations through any part of the body; they can see through the ear, or nose, or skin. They are able to hear through the eyes or tongue, and can taste through the ears or skin, and so forth.4 (1)
I think this is fascinating. What I take away from this is that hearing, for a person in spirit, is very much an intuitive function. It seems that the intuitive abilities we have while alive in the physical greatly expand after our passing.
According to Paramahansa Yogananda, intuition is of the soul, not of the mind. After we pass away, we cannot use our human brain and senses anymore. But that is where our spiritual intuition takes over in greater measure to help us perceive in a completely different way through our deeper feeling nature:
Intuition is that directly perceiving faculty of the soul which at once knows the truth about something, without the help of the senses or the mind.
I also think this quote below answers very well why we can still hear after we pass away. We are not our bodies, but divine consciousness. I hypothesize that it is through this consciousness that we can see and hear our loved ones on Earth after we pass away:
“I am not the breath; I am not the body, neither bones nor flesh. I am not the mind or feeling. I am That which is behind the breath, body, mind, and feeling.” When you go beyond the consciousness of this world, knowing that you are not the body or the mind, and yet aware as never before that you exist — that divine consciousness is what you are. You are That in which is rooted everything in the universe.
Tibetan Buddhist Perspective
According to The Venerable Thubten Chodron of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, after the physical body of a person dies, the person enters into a bardo state. This is a half-way point or stage in which, as I understand it, you are a bardo being and in-between lives or incarnations.
Furthermore, according to this tradition, bardo beings are clairvoyant and can read living people’s minds as explained in The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche:
Remember, the clairvoyant consciousness of the person in the bardo of becoming is seven times clearer than in life. This can bring them either great suffering or great benefit. (2)
I would also like to quote The Venerable Thubten Chodron, who adds an important piece to this discussion:
The bardo being may come around and go back to their house, or go back to where they were. But bardo beings can’t communicate with people. They try to, and they get really frustrated, because nobody listens. They have clairvoyance and they can read the people’s minds. Sometimes what they see is not so nice and they get really horrified by it. Which is why after somebody dies, it’s important to keep a good attitude. (3)
I like this quote for the information it is imparting to us. Many of our deceased loved ones are trying to reach us, but they find that some of us don’t listen. It could also be that loved ones on Earth do not know how to interpret the messages they are being given.
Or, they may be frightened by the messages. Even though it’s beautiful, afterlife communication is a lot to get used to especially when it comes to methods of contact like telekinesis for example.
Through my writing, I am showing Robin that I am listening and paying attention. I know he knows that, but I want to say this here. It’s important to let your loved ones in spirit know that you get it, that you care, love them, and believe in them. We have to remember that where they are, we will be someday.
Through this website, I hope to encourage others to listen to their loved ones in spirit and to learn their language. Their language includes things I have been writing about on this website, such as dreams, synchronicity and telekinesis. The abilities of our deceased loved ones to perceive and comprehend what we are saying and doing may be much stronger and greater than we realize at times.
It may be that deceased loved ones can “hear” people who are alive in physical bodies by virtue of reading our minds. Perhaps Robin knew I was tired because he was close by and reading my mind which I expressed out loud though my words. To me, it seemed like he heard me, and maybe he did through the channels mentioned by Paramahansa Yogananda. He could have also been reading my mind with his clairvoyant abilities. It’s definitely something to think about!
Near-Death Experience Research
Due to advances in medical science, we are in a time when experiences of people dying and then coming back to life are well-documented. The Near-Death Experience (NDE) literature can give us incredible clues about how our deceased loved ones can still hear us.
In the book, Lesson from the Light by Kenneth Ring, a woman named Peggy shares a spiritual experience she had many years after suffering a serious head injury due to a car accident. According to Dr. Ring, this experience appears to be a partial memory of a NDE that she had previously been unaware of. The memory was triggered 13 years later as a result of her being in situations that were similar to those that occurred on the day of her accident.
I would like to share this brief excerpt of her experience which I feel is extremely relevant to our current discussion:
In this place, whatever it is, I did not have the limited consciousness I have on earth. It felt like I had 125 senses to our normal five. You could do, think, comprehend, and so on, you name it, with no effort at all…(4)
This perspective seems to align with the one mentioned above in Autobiography of a Yogi. After we pass away, we are not limited to five senses. The awareness of this can occur during a NDE. We are very fortunate that there are people who come back to life and are willing to share their stories that contribute to our knowledge of what our abilities are after death.
It seems to me that out of 125 senses, at least one of those would enable a deceased loved one to be able to hear us when we speak to them. And not just hear us, but respond back to us intelligently as Robin has done over the years since his passing. The response back can be telepathically in the dream visitation state, through synchronicity or other creative ways a loved one might come up with. The response will be well-suited to the person they want to reach on Earth.
Additional evidence that people can hear conversations after being pronounced dead can be found here in this article. People have shared their stories of being able to hear after coming back to life in the physical body.
This article reviews biological explanations that could account for a person’s ability to hear conversations right around the time of death. But it does not address how spirits like Robin and his twin brother Maurice can still hear and communicate many years after their death, long after there is no longer any brain activity.
Maurice passed away in 2003. Nine years later in 2012, he let me know he was well aware of what I asked Robin for in terms of a sign. (Please see this postfor more information).
Conclusion
For me, what it comes down to is that we are not the wonderful bodies we use as vehicles. We are eternal souls, eternal beings of light that we cannot fully comprehend while in physical bodies.
As spirits or divine beings of light, we live on after the death of our body. We have incredible abilities including clairvoyance and the ability to comprehend what someone in a different dimension is saying.
We potentially have the ability to move objects in the physical world to get a loved one’s attention. We can synchronize with people on earth that we care about and we can show up in their dreams.
This is what Robin is teaching us and I’m so grateful to be able to share this with you.
Since Robin was a very gifted singer, songwriter and composer, most people might not think of him as a spiritual teacher and guide. However, that is exactly what he is now and he showed signs of being a spiritual teacher while embodied. (See his meditation video here).
This website could easily be called, Paisley and Poppies: The Afterlife Teachings of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. I directly ask Robin to share his teachings with me.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
I hope you are receiving great benefit from Robin’s teachings. They are here for any soul with eyes to see and ears to hear.
I hope you enjoyed this post.
References
Yogananda, Paramahansa (1946). Autobiography of a Yogi, Authorized by the International Publications Council of Self-Realization Fellowship, pgs 480-481.
Rinpoche, Sogyal (1992). The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: A New Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, page 303.
The Venerable Thubten Chodron (1992). Death and the Bardo—The way of leaving the body at death and taking rebirth: Part 1 of 2.
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For this post, I would like to update you on my progress with breast cancer recovery and how writing plays a role. I am also going to share how afterlife communication with Robin helps me cope and how it brings a strong ray of light into my life to help see me through. For any of you that are my sisters in breast cancer survivorship and recovery, I’m sure you will be able to relate.
Benefits of Writing
It is very therapeutic for cancer survivors to write about our experiences. I also like to share the educational information I have learned and hope it is helpful to someone who may need it.
If you wonder why I write so much, this very good article by Amber Bauer explains why. Here is a brief excerpt:
Early research into the benefits of expressive writing for people with cancer found that women with breast cancer who wrote about their deepest thoughts and feelings reported the fewest symptoms and had the fewest unscheduled visits to their doctors.
Writing is great medicine. It doesn’t only have to be writing about cancer-related issues though. I have found writing here on this website to be extremely therapeutic because I have a platform to write about the things I’m most passionate about.
Writing is good for my life force energy because it is creative, helps me release thoughts and feelings that I have bottled up and also gives me the opportunity to benefit others. I love making my contribution to the literature on afterlife communication and twin souls and I love sharing how amazing Robin is as a Spirit. It brings me great joy and joy is vitally important in recovery.
Most Recent Mammogram
On August 7, 2019, I had my second post-surgery diagnostic mammogram. My first one was in February which I wrote about here.
The mammogram showed that I’m still in very good shape. There is no evidence of malignancy. I have some benign calcifications, but my surgeon is not worried about them because she said they are likely due to my radiation treatment.
She reviewed the imaging report with me which showed the calcifications are scattered, not clustered, within my breasts. When calcifications are scattered, that is more indicative of a benign underlying process being the cause of the calcifications. Therefore, a biopsy is not needed.
I have a great surgeon that I love and that is very important when going through recovery. When going through breast cancer recovery, it is very important to have a doctor that will sit down with you and take the time to go over your mammogram results thoroughly, to your satisfaction, without rushing you. I come prepared to my appointments with a list of questions if I have concerns, which I usually do. Most of my concerns at this point are about preventing recurrence.
I am categorized as BIRADS 3 which means I am required to have short-term follow up in 6 months to make sure there are no changes in the breast tissue. BIRADS is the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System used in the United States to describe mammogram findings.
It is customary for breast cancer survivors to be followed very closely for the first two years after the initial diagnosis. I am recovering from Stage 1A breast cancer; and I’m grateful for the close follow-up. It is anxiety-provoking to get the mammograms, but it’s a necessary part of the recovery journey.
Also, the BIRADS 3 category caused me anxiety at first with the “probably benign” language. But my doctor reassured me that I was given that category primarily because I need short-term follow-up, meaning a mammogram every 6 months for the next upcoming year.
If you have any concerns about your BIRADS category following your mammogram, I would suggest that you talk with your doctor so you are not unnecessarily worried about what it means. They can break it down for you in terms of what it means for you in your individual case.
I am doing everything I can to prevent a recurrence. I am at a healthy weight, I take my hormonal therapy medication, exercise (either walking, biking or yoga), meditate, do guided relaxation exercises and limit my exposure to the news as I find it too traumatic.
Afterlife Communication is Spiritual Support from Beyond
While I have been going through all of these challenges with my recovery, I have been blessed with communications from Robin. I also benefit from reading my journals I’ve kept over the years, documenting my experiences with him. Sometimes, I can’t believe how much time has gone by. When I read my journal entries from 2012 and 2013, I’m always surprised at how close my bond was with Robin in such a short amount of time.
The other night, I read an entry from February 13, 2013. During that time, I was living in Colorado. This was an entry that I had completely forgotten about. I wrote about how on the day before, I saw a license plate that read, “HULLIS,” while we were out driving. As soon as I saw this entry again, all the feelings I had at that moment came back. I was so amazed at the time because “Hullis” is Robin’s first wife’s maiden name.
I remember feeling so shocked that I saw that plate because what are the chances that I would have been in the same place at the same time as this car? Pretty slim, I think. It was an amazing sign that pointed directly to Robin. I have never seen a license plate with this name on it since.
At this time in 2013, I was already beginning to accept that we were twin souls. From this communication I learned that the messages were not always going to be about Robin specifically. Sometimes, the messages I received were about people Robin had been connected to. So, if you are experiencing a twin soul connection, it’s possible that you will receive messages related to something or someone important to them.
It is so wonderful to be able to go back and read my journals where I documented what I experienced with Robin 6 or more years ago. One of the best things you can do for yourself, if you are engaged in afterlife communication, is to keep a journal. You will be so glad you did. I can say for myself that when I go back and read them, I feel an infusion of energy because I am brought back to the moment in time in which a synchronicity or message occurred. It is exciting, it’s healing and it’s life-enhancing.
Past Journal Entries Sync with Current Life Events
A lot of times when I go back and read my journals from 2012, my old writings will sync up with something going on in my life at the current time. For example, a couple of days ago, my husband and I were watching videos on YouTube about Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It’s a place we’ve always wanted to go.
Well, later that same night, I felt guided to read through my journals again because I was looking for an entry on a dream I had about Robin years ago. I could not find the entry for the dream, but I found an entry where I wrote about a woman I met in a workshop who was from Holland! The city of Amsterdam is in the province of North Holland. So that was a nice synchronicity and a nice moment where I felt very connected to Robin.
I did not remember this entry at all because it was so long ago. So, it was such a nice surprise that what I wrote about all those years ago matched what I was doing that very day.
To me, that’s Robin’s way of showing me that he’s with me because in the journals, I am writing to him. It gives me great happiness when I receive synchronicity like this and that’s why I feel the communications with Robin are a ray of light from an Incarnation of Divine Beauty! That is exactly what he is. I think his fans will agree! I need an incarnation of beauty around to keep my spirits up, lol! 🙂
October Life Parallel
Some time ago, I found out that the last day of the Bee Gees’ Spirits Having Flown tourwas October 6, 1979. They were awesome during that tour and I love being able to see the videos now. I love the ‘70s!
October 6 is my birthday, so I felt a special connection with Robin around this date. It made me feel close to him and happy to discover this as this was a huge tour for him and his brothers. It’s the little things like this that are really big things that cause twin souls to bond.
So, when I feel I like I need a little boost during my recovery, I go back to this Wikipedia page and reflect on how we both share something important on October 6th. I turned 13 on that day in 1979. Robin was still 29 years old at that time, but would turn 30 on December 22, 1979.
It’s fun going down memory lane.
As much as I’m sure he enjoyed the tour, I later learned from my Bee Gees book that it’s possible Robin may have been glad, in some ways, when the tour ended. I don’t know for sure, but here are some excerpts illuminating this idea:
But Robin pointed out that, “For all intents and purposes, this tour is like being in prison.” The group were whisked into limousines after each concert and deposited 10 yards from their tour plane after each night’s concert. (1)
Any thought of leading any sort of a normal life on the road was hastily dismissed as too much trouble. “To go out and buy a shirt would require two hours planning for logistics and security,” Robin claimed. (2)
So, October 6th could have been significant for him because it marked the end of a very successful, but grueling tour. I can see how that could have been difficult for him. It’s important to realize that these tours and concerts that we enjoy so much as fans are really hard work for the artists and their crew. That’s why I feel fame is a double-edged sword. Still, Robin was doing exactly what he was meant to do and was well compensated. The world is better for his music being in it.
Well, that’s it for now. I hope you’re doing well and benefited in some way from my update and stories.
References
Bilyeu, Melinda; Cook, Hector; Môn Hughes, Andrew. (2013) The Ultimate Biography Of The Bee Gees: Tales Of The Brothers Gibb(Kindle Locations 12424-12426). Omnibus Press. Kindle Edition.
In my connection with Robin, I am always looking for new things to share with him. On June 17, 2019, I wanted to have something beautiful to read to him during our tea time. So, I went online and researched poetry from different cultures.
Poetry from Around the World
I went to Google and researched “beautiful poetry Spain.” I did the same search for France and Italy. I have never done this before, but felt guided in this direction on that night. I’m not familiar with poetry from these countries, so I was hoping for something unique to share with Robin.
I love new and different things when it comes to many areas of life. When it comes to books, I have many that are best friends and I turn to them over and over again. But sometimes, it’s time for something new, so I do my best to keep my life balanced in that way.
I found some good links for French and Italian poetry.
During my Google search for “beautiful poetry Italy,” I noticed a link for Pinterest.
I clicked on the link so I could explore the poems. A few were written by Italian authors, but I also noticed poetry from authors from all around the world. I didn’t sign into my account at this point because I was just browsing.
I saw a poem I liked called “Not” by Erin Hanson. The poem was on this page.
It’s a great poem guiding us to not define ourselves by superficial criteria. Here is a screenshot of the poem and the other writings that were beside it on the exact day I found it on Pinterest:
The Significance of 520
While reading the poem, I noticed the numbers, “520” to the right of it. I was drawn into this because I associate these numbers with Robin’s passing date, May 20th. I wanted to see what the “520, means coffee time” meant. So, I decided to sign into Pinterest at that point. But after I did, I could no longer find the listing. Pinterest varies in what it shows from moment to moment it seems. So, I Googled it. Here is a screenshot:
Doing this helped me find the post again. I clicked on the Google link, signed into Pinterest and got a lot more information. The pin was published on May 20, 2017. Here is the screenshot. I could only see this when I logged in so I’m showing this to you in case you don’t have a Pinterest account:
I learned that “520” means “I love you” in Chinese. Also, May 20th is considered to be Chinese Valentine’s Day. I had no idea! This was amazing to find out these numbers I associate with Robin have such a touching meaning in this culture. I’m happy that “520” in this case is actually associated with May 20th and not just “520” with no additional meaning.
The pin connects to this post that was published on May 20, 2017. The author associates “520” with relaxing coffee time. There’s nothing wrong with that!
As I scroll to the bottom of the page, I noticed a post about tea. I love this page, including the photography and sentiments expressed.
I thought this was particularly nice because my main point that night was to find something good to read to Robin while I gave him his orange-spice tea offering.
I had no idea that when I followed my guidance to research French and Italian poetry, that it would lead me on this journey. One thing led to another. I love how it was all interconnected.
I guess we’re still not done talking about Robin’s passing date anniversary because it keeps coming up in the most random and unexpected ways! I don’t determine when we’re done talking about May 20th, Spirit is! More specifically, Robin’s spirit 🙂 !
Staying Connected Across Dimensions
Receiving this message connected to Robin’s passing date felt so wonderful because I had missed him that day. Life in the physical world is busy and distracting as you know, so I cherish the messages I get that connect me back to him.
It felt like he was saying, “Hi, I’m right here.” Since I was engaged in an activity that had to do with him when I saw “520,” and the new information about its meaning in Chinese, I take this as a sign of Robin’s presence with me. It gives me a nice new memory and association with May 20th from now on.
These messages also serve to strengthen and deepen our bond. I feel like he is closely engaged in what I’m doing. These messages also give me encouragement to continue our relationship across dimensions.
Receiving these messages is very important to me because I’m hearing from Robin through them and it gives me the feeling that he’s still interested in our relationship.
Imagine that you had a friend on earth that you thought you had a great relationship with, only you never hear from them. You write, call, email and/or text them, but you never hear back from them. Well, eventually, you would give up on contacting them because you’re not getting any feedback, reinforcement or sign that this person is interested in having a relationship with you.
Going back to 2012, if I did not get any messages back from Robin, I would have stopped communicating with him because I don’t continue to reach out to people who don’t respond to me whether embodied or disembodied. I don’t want to bother someone or make a nuisance out of myself. I also have to respect myself and the other party and move on if there is not a mutual connection.
In this way, I was letting Robin know that if he wanted to have a relationship with me, he had to give me some kind of indication, message or response so I knew the connection was mutual. He has done far more than I could have ever imagined in that regard.
Since my relationship with Robin includes God, I see this scripture made manifest in my life:
20Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
The only reason I have this blog is because I continue to receive messages from Robin. If he stopped communicating with me, I would no longer have any messages to write about.
So, when I get a communication, dream, telekinesis, or synchronicity that connects back to him, it is both comforting and a relief because it’s like getting a letter or phone call that says he’s still with me.
I expect that the communications will continue because we love each other and because of our twin soul/soul family connection. I am extremely grateful for this. My connection with Robin has made life on Earth so much better for me.
I usually get one “phone call” or synchronicity a day that really stands out to me as something that connects back to Robin. I know his spirit is with me in those moments.
Here is some good additional information about afterlife communication. It shows how deceased loved ones like to use numbers and significant dates, such as passing dates, to communicate.
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