PART 1 OF 2: READING FOR APRIL 22, 2022

Today's reading comes to us from my brother, Leland, who transitioned back into The Light on June 30, 2021. When Leland came forward this morning to speak with me, he told me he wanted to provide a universal message. I was curious what he would have to say. Easter was just a few days ago and, on this holiday, it dawned on me that my family has more loved ones back in The Light than sitting around the dinner table.

So, Leland asked me to use my “Heart Path” Oracle cards to convey his message and the card that he drew for us was, "Looping: Cycle of Life and Death - Honor, Bless and Release the Past."

Now, I looked at the card and thought Leland’s message was pretty straight forward. But I was wrong.

This Oracle card depicts an Egyptian nobleman wearing a white and pink royal apron, with a bodice piece depicting the face of a Baboon. Ancient Egyptians often kept Baboons as beloved pets, and these pets were mummified and buried beside their owners. The nobleman has two sets of hands. One pair of hands are clasped together, while the other are stretched wide open. Two scarabs, symbolizing immortality and resurrection, are represented on either side of him. Behind the nobleman's head is a pyramid where two streams of souls, on both sides, are leaving the pyramid and cycling back into The Light. The wheel of fortune spins at the top center. At his feet are 5 skulls, with a large, blue crocodile encircling him. Since crocodiles live in both water and land, this reptile symbolizes the duality of mankind.

With this card, Leland’s message is that the Looping Cycle is of “Life after Life.” There is no death. Yes, the body stops functioning, which we refer to as death, but who we are does not die along with the body. We are still very much alive when we drop our physical vessel, and transition back into The Light.

I asked Leland why he wanted us to have this message today (4-22-2022). He said that as a society, physical death has been a constant focal point for the last "two" years. Fear has gripped many people on the planet, and that fear continues to dominate hearts and minds. He offers that we need to seek harmony with the natural cycle of “life after life.” He says too often we view death as a “loss,” and we suffer greatly with this perspective. While everyone will experience the looping cycle, it is not honored and blessed in balance with the fear and grief. Our relationships with our loved ones do not stop when the body stops, but this is the prevailing belief.

Now, Leland was very aware of this looping cycle from a young age. At the age of 9, Leland began to openly talk about seeing and speaking with loved ones who had dropped their bodies. But my brother’s openness was feared by the adults around him, and my parents sent Leland to a psychiatrist. My brother was labeled mentally ill, prescribed medication, and he stopped speaking about his experiences with Spirit. His negative experiences through the mental healthcare system had affected the majority of life, until I began having my own experiences with Spirit in November of 2013. It was only then that Leland began to feel safe enough to open up again to his natural abilities. We became the closest of confidents through our shared abilities to connect, and communicate, with Spirit. And with the photographs and videos I took of my brother with The Light, he was able to release his past trauma associated with the medical community.

As a society, we have made some progress in allowing people to openly talk about their “supernatural” experiences, but our cultural forces, such as religion, medicine, and the media, dominate our beliefs on Spirit and death. What is lacking from the conversation/narrative is that we are eternal Spirits, and always surrounded by Spirit. Somehow, who we truly are, has been minimalized and labeled as, “woo woo.”

After my brother’s transition back into The Light, I found a dozen notebooks in his bedroom that feature his poetry. Ninety percent of the material I had never seen before. I would like to share one of his poems, that he wrote on June 2, 2016, for it ties in perfectly with his message today.

Leland’s poem is entitled, “Lights in the Sky.”

All Light Beings come from the sky,
but we as humans see Light differently.
For example, there is the Light you see in a kitten.
As the Light grows, you call it a cat; your best friend.
But all Light must return to the sky.
But when we humans can’t see the Light anymore, we call it dead.
But this is not true.
Go out at night and look up at the stars and you can see the Light.
I am sure you know which Light,
which twinkle,
was once on earth,
and you knew it as a kitten, a cat; your best friend.
The Light is there in the day, but you can’t see it.
But, oh, on a clear night you can see its twinkling Light.
Take to heart that the Light came down just for you.
You gave it a home and made memories that will always be cherished.
Not gone. Not dead. Not lost.
Just Lighting up the sky for all to see,
but only you know which Light came just for you.
My human friend,
there are Lights from the sky all around you, and there always will be.
Lights from the sky, are Spirit.
You and I are Spirits, too.