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"the after life" in film part 2
Victoria lynn Weston, President & Founder of MediaQuire teams up with professional psychic medium, Vicki Monroe to discuss "spirit" and "the afterlife" as it's portrayed in film.
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What was your first psychic experience about?
My first psychic experience happened when I was three years old. My siblings and I were going to be baptized at a beautiful church in Claremont, California where I lived. There was no air conditioning inside the church and it was hot. I sat in the pew watching children who cried as the minister baptized them and then it was my turn. I eagerly ran up the stairs leading to the minister and simultaneously, the room became very cool.
Once I reached the top of the stairs, I was struck how old the minister looked; like Friar Tuck. As he picked me up and dipped his finger in the large barrel of water and touched my forehead and said, "sight", then lifted my chin and in a serious yet loving voice, "You have been given your purpose. It may not always be what you want, or understand.” He looked into my eyes, and in my mind I heard him say; “Whenever you begin to feel the human side over this, I will come to you, and you will know why. Listen to your spirit. It's here,” as he touched my heart. He kissed my cheek as he put me down, facing the entire church congregation. I felt him urge me on; “Off ye go now." Then the room returned to being hot and stuffy.
By the time I was twelve, I felt compelled to share my experience with my mother. When I told her my story, she gave me a hug and said, “the minister that baptized you was a young man in his thirties,” not the older man I saw. She encouraged me to remember that experience. My mom has always been my hero and my believer. Then and every day since, I see souls living and moving among us. “They are always beautiful and stunning in their joy and happiness. Has my Mr. Tuck returned? Oh yes! On several occasions. And he keeps me straight.
In the film The Lovely Bones, Susie Salmon was brutally murdered and she initially didn't realize she was dead. Is it common for some to not realize they are dead?
Susie knew she had died. We always know just prior to passing. We do not cross over until the exact moment when we are suppose to. In Lovely Bones, Susie knew she would pass due to an abduction, but on a subconscious level. She needed to teach her parents that no matter how well we may know our neighbors, we never know all of it.
In the film, Susie’s guide, another victim of the murderer persuades Susie to look ahead, but Susie has some unfinished earthly experiences that she wants to own. In addition, intentionally or not, she seems to have guided her loved ones to the crime scene.
Just prior to death, her soul is pulled free, looking beyond beautiful, or what we can imagine. We immediately go into the light, heaven is home, life on earth is work. The first thing we see is a pet who were given this divine right because they are the only being that loves unconditionally. We are young, beautiful, and heaven is our home, yet we can be anywhere and create with our minds our own world. Yes, she may have been driven to aid her parents in finding out the truth about her murderer, so she exists in her amazing world, but visits her family often, giving signs and in dreams, tries to aid them. I have to say, “Lovely Bones” was really taken over by Hollywood.
In Jane Roberts book, “Seth Speaks” - Jane writes about how heaven is "how you visualize it to be..." The heaven Susie Salmon occupies looks a little like a Flower Power world that she might have imagined since she was murdered in 1973. Do you believe that Heaven is what we visualize it to be?
Heaven is whatever you envision it to be. Susie went to a world in the 1970's, but she can also change that to a past place she loved. I see a heavenly world like in "The Lord of the Rings," where the elves live. If I were to go today, I know that is where I would be.
Film critic, Roger Ebert says, "Seems to me that heaven, by definition outside time and space, would have neither colors nor a lack of colors -- would be a state with no sensations. Nor would there be thinking there, let alone narration. In an eternity spent in the presence of infinite goodness, you don't go around thinking, "Man! Is this great!" Rather..."You simply are."
I love Roger Ebert's thoughts! They are 100 % accurate as well. We don't say, “ this rocks dude,”We know within and without, we are back....and all that has been is now remembered, but in a positive way.
Taking Ebert's point - in the film, “City of Angels” Meg Ryan's character; Dr. Maggie Rice falls in love with an angel named Seth played by Nicholas Cage. In one scene, Seth communicated with and experienced through Dr. Rice to; "taste a juicy pear" and "to see vibrant colors that life offers," because Seth, as an angel did not have the sensations as humans do.”
Do you believe that spirits communicate with loved ones "to taste - to experience - to have those humanly sensations?"
Spirit guides remembers every taste and sensation experienced. Angels in all respects have not lived a life, so to them, it is fascinating what we are able to feel, taste, and be sensitized to. Even angels can feel a bit jealous of us! Want to use this as a header quote.. very good!”
What is Spirit?
Spirit, is what we really are. A “light being”, created from the mother and the father, “a spark of glorious beauty, love, compassion.” As we enter an earthly life, it is our spirit, our divine filtration system that tries so hard, to keep us on the right course. Mistakes happen, but life is such a simple thing, if we could just listen to that little voice inside.
I believe in reincarnation and at one time embraced the concept that we reincarnate nine lives and then we’re free! When do feel that we reincarnate and prepare for our next life?
Through my spirit communications, I am told, we are allowed and able to reincarnate as often as we feel it necessary. Many spirits, however, do not reincarnate after a life for at least 200 years.
When our souls reach Heaven, do you believe that they have the ability to communicate, guide, and provide comfort to loved ones on earth?
Yes, spirits come and go after they pass, they are always working to aid the living in their own lives. Spirits do whatever they can to aid and help us, their love for us becomes that what the mother and father feel.
In “Lovely Bones” Susie Salmon’s murder robbed her of many “first time life experiences,” such as her first kiss. However, during the film, Susie does get her first kiss. This opened me up to the idea that possibly there are other spirits also desire and achieve their first time earthly experiences. What is your thought on this?
In my view it was not her first life, in fact at this point she had lived numerous lives, I see that world as if I am watching the story before the story. And in all lifetimes we experience our "first time," in this life! I think it is why it never gets old to feel the first love, the first kiss, all of the “firsts”of life. No one is robbed, if we plan this life as we do. We may decide we want such a short stint this time, that none of those things matter. We've done them before.
In the film, "What Dreams May Come", which has been described as “one of the most elaborate metaphysical love stories ever tackled by Hollywood.” It’s a story about a happy couple, who after both dying tragic deaths meet again in the afterlife. Robin Williams plays a doctor, who, in a feat of metaphysical heroism, travels into the netherworld to rescue his wife and soul mate from eternal damnation.
“In What Dreams my come,”you see the pattern of their life unfold in both heaven and “her darker side.” However, I don't believe in hell.
Give me a detailed example of being out and about and seeing spirits. Describe the scene, the physical or emotional connection.
Every morning I wake up and speak to the spirits; "Look guys! Who has family or friends coming to see me today, in the living?" Those spirits that I get messages from are asked to wait in my office but don't touch anything. Believe it or not, my computer and cell phone has been fried more times than I can say. And I tell the other spirits to do what they can to aide those in the healing process. Does it always work, not at all!
What is one of your favorite films that presented a heavenly scene where spirits communicated with humans on earth?
In the film “P.S. I Love You", it shows a love that grows even deeper after the death of Hillary Swanks husband, Gerard Butler, and how he shows himself to her, and how he looks, that is how I see them. I also see the scene from Lord of the Rings, where Froto enters the world of the elves. The beauty and majesty of that place, it is what I have always envisioned for myself.
When you have a session with your clients; are you relaying messages from the dead or delivering messages to the dead from the living?
When I read for my clients, it works both ways. I deliver messages from their loved ones on the otherside, and if permitted can give them a little information on what their spirit guides believe might be the best choice. However they always say, "You know life is a test, you chose your test, if we give you all the answers, what is the point in being here?"
What kinds of visual effects do you experience, anything like the films?
I see the most beautiful beings, very human like images, yet youthful, between 16-24, each of us apart of one vast and loving family. The universe is just a tiny fraction of where we are. And where we go. The colors here are nothing in comparison to heaven. It's all that is here, but so much more vivid, and all things are alive and with a soul. Just like here, the trees, the rocks, the rivers, anything that needs air, breathes, lives, has a soul. And while we are here, we all have a purpose.
If you could be any of the discussed film characters living on the other side, who would you chose to be and why?
If I could choose to be someone that crossed over, it would be someone that loved life, lived it to the fullest, and was never to worried about dying. It would be the female character of Gerard Butler, in “PS I Love You.” He's sooo me!
Vicki Monroe has been seeing those that have passed on since the age of three. In Vicki's first book "Understanding Spirit, Understanding Yourself", she shares her story of her life's journey with her amazing gift to connect with the other side. Her journey of self discovery of her gifts is one that has shaped her into the psychic professional she is today and touched the live's of countless people across the globe. Visit: www.VickiMonroe.com and find her on Facebook.
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