LIVE Magazine Vol 7, Issue #166 September 20,2013 thru October 6, 2013

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I DON’T JUST TALK TO DEAD PEOPLE!
I share tools that enable people to lIve powerfully In thIs spIrItual world whIch
I wIll be sharIng at the MccalluM theatre noveMber 17.
“we are all spIrItual beIngs lIvIng a huMan experIence.”
James van praagh is an internationally renowned new york times best selling author, and has been
recognized as one of the most accurate spiritual mediums working today.
he has appeared on the oprah show, larry King live, dr. phil, a&e biography, nightline, the today
show and many more. he is also a successful television producer with one of the most viewed miniseries
in network history; living with the dead staring ted danson as James in a biography of his life.
he has also produced the dead will tell with eva longoria and ghost whisperer staring Jennifer love
hewitt.
on a recent afternoon at his palm springs home, James shared his thoughts on the desert, his calling,
work and some upcoming plans & publications. asked what bought him to palm springs, “gay gay
gay” he laughed aloud. “My partner and I wanted to go somewhere. we lived in laguna beach and
it used to be the gay capital of southern california and it has really changed a lot. part of the reason
is to be with our tribe a little bit and also we like the desert and always wanted to be out in the desert.”
like so many others, he felt the cleansing energy of the mountains here. “I have been to arizona,
sedona, all over the world but I tell you there is something very special about this area, palm springs,
with these mountains.”
everyday I waKe up when I aM here and say to the unIverse “thanK you very Much
for thIs energy and that I aM here.”
“I don’t think there are any accidents in life. I think everything happens for a reason and for me to be
here, I think there is a reason for it.” feeling that there is definitely a ‘vibe’ here, he said that many
people are drawn to this area for various aspects of healing in their lives whether it be emotional,
physical, mental or spiritual. “a lot of people come here because they are exhausted and they need to
recharge. the energy of the earth can also re-charge you.”
there Is no death- It Is an IllusIon.
James spoke of two of the biggest illusions in our three dimensional world, that of death and
separation. Quantum physics tells us that everything is energy. “you can’t kill energy. the soul
continues. It’s like leaving from one room to another.”
the american poet ralph waldo emerson believed that ‘all creation is one’ and describes the currents
of the universal being being circulated through him- “I am part or particle of god.” after a near death
experience 5 years ago, James experienced first hand what the spirit world had been telling him for 30
years, that we are all connected. “the first thing I realized was oMg- we’re all connected. It was like a
thread that we’re all connected. what I think affects that person and that person. It is a pretty amazing
thing.” he spoke of this thread of connection being like a tapestry, a whole big matrix. after seeing
family members, he immediately shot back into his own body and upon awakening, his first words to
his partner brian were “dying is easy, living is hard.”
everyone goes to theIr own funerals and MeMorIal servIces
raised in an Irish-catholic family and attending funerals since he was a little boy, he has met so many
spirits at services or seen them standing over their caskets. sometimes the comments he hears from
them can be hysterical. “why did you put me in that god da#%* dress. I hated that dress when I was
alive.” other times he has heard the guys say “why did they put all that makeup on me? I look like a
sissy.” or “who’s paying for this?” saying that we never die alone, “we all have loved ones to greet
us.”
when one passes through to the other dimension, he said that we all have what’s called a life review
where your entire life will flash before you in what would seem like seconds. “70 years, 80 years, 90
years in seconds. and they see it, feel it and experience it 10, 20, 30 times stronger than what they did
on earth.”