28 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, <strong>20</strong>, 30 times stronger than what they did on earth.”
JAMES VAN PRAAGH paul gabrIel, daryn hInton, levvy carrIKer, JaMes van praagh and JulI ragsdale listen to the entire interview here: http://wp.me/p3hvef-vw 29
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