Visits from the Afterlife
Chapter One
THE TRUTH ABOUT GHOSTS
AND SPIRITS
I believe in ghosts, and in the real and magnificent presence of
spirits among us from The Other Side.
I believe because, like so many of you, I've seen them, heard them, been startled by
them, even smelled the faint familiar fragrance of a lost loved one, urging me to notice, to
embrace their assurance that they're not gone at all, they're right here, not some trick of
my imagination or wishful thinking, if I'll just open my eyes, ears, mind, and heart and
pay attention.
I believe because, surrounded by so much overwhelming evidence of their existence
during my sixty-six years on this earth, I'd be insane not to believe.
Most of all, I believe because I know to the core of my being that the majority of the
world's great religions are right-we are all eternal, every one of us, as our birthright
from God who created us. Our spirits always were and always will be. Our physical
bodies are only temporary housing for the essence of who we are, that divine part of us
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