It’s the easy option, isn’t it? As a sceptic you have nothing to explain or justify; if you see, feel or hear something unexplained, you can tell yourself you have an over-active imagination. Each experience becomes an isolated memory that you can conveniently file away in the attic of your mind. Keeping each very separate is the key, your subconscious tells you not to make connections and not to question. Until one day something happens and you begin to see that it is like a jig-saw puzzle and the pieces begin to fall into place. The truth is life-changing.
For me the first trigger was when someone else began to share my experiences. Someone I trusted implicitly, and who was an even bigger sceptic than I was at that time. But we didn’t talk about it until it had been happening for quite a while, because a part of you understands that when two people have seen the same thing, there is no going back. Even if you have no idea exactly where this shared knowledge will take you, once you’ve crossed the line and had the conversation it becomes real.
‘Being A Sceptic Is Oh So Easy’ is the true story of the personal journey that has led me to the point where I can say ‘I believe in life after death’ because of what I have experienced. It began with experiences in some of the houses I have lived in, some with over 200 years of history and others where I was just a visitor; then the loss of beloved family members triggered new and unexpected experiences. The grieving process was so hard to bear, but gradually I came to learn that they are still close and their guidance would end up taking me in a whole new direction. It would also make me take a fresh look at what I had so conveniently ‘filed away’ as unexplained, or imagined and the jig-saw began to take shape.
‘Being A Sceptic Is Oh So Easy’ will be released on Kindle shortly. If you’ve lost a loved one but have a sense that they are still around you, or had an experience you can’t explain, then take a walk with me on my journey.
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Following the release of ‘Touched by The Light’ (available from Amazon) here are some extracts to give you a flavour of this story. Mya tries to understand why she is suddenly connected to Laurel and Dan, two people she didn’t know before she saw ‘the light’. Their relationship is in trouble, is she supposed to be helping them ? Or is she just floundering around with no-one to guide her on her journey ….
EXTRACT 1:-
So here I am. It’s the weirdest thing but I seem to be watching someone else’s life I just don’t know how else to describe it. I’m not sure where I am – and this is going to sound even weirder – I feel ‘here’ but there’s no physical presence to this feeling. I still feel ‘me’ – same thoughts, same memories but it’s almost like I’m floating and seeing only through my mind’s eye. I know it sounds insane but I need to try to explain, to make some sense of it. When I stop panicking and relax, what I see and feel is what is going on in someone else’s life. Yes, I know, I know how it sounds but just because it sounds unbelievable that doesn’t mean I’m not experiencing it.
EXTRACT 2:-
‘But Laurel, I’m dead.’ I’m expecting some sort of reaction here, but she just skips over my words as if they aren’t relevant.
‘You’ve probably been shown some link to your next life,’ she tells me with a slight sniff, while she dabs at her eyes with a soggy tissue.
‘Next life? What “next life”? You didn’t say anything about that before.’ There’s only so much earth-shattering news I can take in at any one time and this is all becoming a little over-whelming.
‘Look, sor-reee. It’s just that I think Dan is going to break up with me and I don’t know what to do or why things are going so wrong. I thought you were sent to help me but you’re really hard work. You keep distracting me when I need to have my mind free to think about what’s going wrong with my life and what I’m going to do about it.’
Wow, now I feel selfish. After all, I’m only dead and Laurel and Dan might be splitting up! Great, I can still be sarcastic in the afterlife!
EXTRACT 3:-
I’m increasingly finding that having no concept of time is really making things difficult. At first, ‘down time’, as I’ve started to think of the time when I’m not linked to Laurel, was peaceful, tranquil even. Thinking of the things that happened in my life, I wasn’t sad, but happy and I laughed a lot. In fact, it was great. Now things are getting complicated and I seem to be spending whatever time I have ‘unlinked’ trying to work out what’s going on. Then, when we do link up again, I have absolutely no idea how long it’s been since the last time I saw her, or what has happened in between, it’s really diff- hell! With no warning at all, once again I’m somewhere else.
EXTRACT 4:-
Now that my eyes have adjusted to the darkness I scan around the room. I can see there are seven or eight people sitting around quite a large table. The woman who’s speaking is telling the group to put their fingers on a glass in the centre of what I can see now is a Ouija board! Suddenly I’m being dragged up to the ceiling, directly above them. It’s like I’m pinned up here and these people are doing this to me. Un-be-live-able and I’m starting to fell really, really angry.
EXTRACT 5:-
My name is Grace Norris and I’m a medium. What does that mean? Well, I believe that when people leave their bodies behind, what I like to think of as ‘the essence’ of the person moves on to the afterlife. I try not to use the word ‘death’ unless I absolutely have to, because it really upsets some spirits. Moving across into the new dimension can be very difficult, as some find it hard letting go of this side of life. Sometimes they hang back because their loved ones can’t accept what has happened and I think they feel a sense of guilt. I also have a personal theory that spirits sometimes instinctively fight, without being sure exactly what it is they’re fighting against or why. It’s a pity, because what’s to come is enlightening and they find a peace and purpose that gives a point to the life they had on earth. Well, that’s true for most spirits, but there are, of course, those who suffer unfortunate deaths or have wronged others in this life and the transition is harder for them. But Dan’s haunting sounds unusual ……………..
EXTRACT 6:-
‘Dan I know someone who’s doing research into telepathy, telekinesis, those sorts of things. I think we’re looking at something a little unusual here – nothing to worry about, but if you really want some answers it might be worth us paying him a visit. What do you think?’
‘Yeah, I’ll give anything a try. You’re a great lady, Grace, and I appreciate your kindness. My life at the moment seems to centre around trying to get some answers, I’ve got the list of questions – that was the easy part.’ He laughs.
‘I know, I know. Life isn’t always going to be so tough, you know The happiness will come, it’s in your future all right, but there are a few things you need to experience first. Trust me, there’s nothing bad to worry about – if there was I’d be warning you!’
Author’s note – when Grace said to Dan ‘there are a few things you need to experience first’, I don’t think even she had any idea just how much of an understatement that was! A psychic conundrum was about to unravel…
I am a new author and my first book entitled ‘Touched by The Light’ is due out on 24 February 2011. I write novels about life, love, psychic connections and/or an astrological theme. As an avid reader myself I want a story to grab me and make me turn each page with eager expectation. I want characters that are rounded (no one’s perfect, we all have ‘baggage’, problems and mountains to climb) and will be easy to warm to. And I want an ending that feels complete. So I hope that my readers will curl up on the sofa with a coffee, glass of wine or healthy glass of fruit juice, for a read that they won’t want to put down and will allow them a little escape from the stresses of every day life.
‘Touched by the Light’ can be purchased via the publisher’s website (Book Guild Publishing Limited) or from major bookselling websites.
The mind is a complex thing, so why are we surprised that people can connect on both sides of life? My novels are romantic fiction – life, love and beyond … but it’s ALWAYS about the romance!
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Many of the psychic incidents in my fiction novels are based upon my own real-life experiences. My debut novel Touched By The Light(an amusing and uplifting romantic story that twists and turns, making the reader think about life after death) was published in February 2011 – available in hardback only at this time. My personal journey – from being a sceptic to becoming a believer in ‘life after death’ – is featured in Being A Sceptic Is Oh So Easy which is available as an e-book & in paperback. The Quintessential Geminihas been described as ‘chick lit’ without the fluff! Published by Sapphire Star Publiishing, it is available as an e-book & in paperback.
All of my novels are written from the viewpoints of more than one character and I enjoy telling the story through the eyes of both the female and male characters…
It took me a long time, and many unexplained incidents, to finally accept that our time on earth is merely to allow us to learn the lessons required to allow our spirits to develop. What I hadn’t expected was that it would also mark the start of the next stage of my journey. A journey that would influence my writing, as my personal experiences and understanding grows. It would also provide a humorous and intruiging addition to my romantic stories. Let the fun begin!
I live in Arlingham, Gloucestershire in the UK, on the edge of the River Severn with my lovely husband and cat with ‘attitude’ Tiggs. I’ve been writing novels since 2009.
So please join me and share my journey, and if you want to share your own experiences with me, then I would be delighted and honoured to hear from you.
Best wishes, Linn
Have you ever wondered ‘where do we go in our dreams?’
