Spirit Talk & The Professional Medium Issue 5 | Page 5

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain opting out of the dream because it’s not real. In the dream state it is our reality at the time and it doesn’t cross our mind to voluntarily become physically conscious again to avoid the trauma of a vivid or violent dream. If it is true deep sleep where the soul and the body separate, the choice is not a physical one to wake up anyway, we have to wait until whatever our mission, visitation or message is to be complete because, at the risk of sounding like a rapper, “the soul is in control.” There is also that very common state of just drifting off or early morning surfacing from a deep sleep when our consciousness is altered and when many people report having premonitions, messages or seeing loved ones. Again, following the practice of mediumship and how that works communicating with those who have passed over, we can only assume that we connect in that mind state or state of consciousness because we are in the same state of consciousness; ie same as death. Anyone who has ever had a serious operation or period of induced unconsciousness will understand the principle. After an anaesthetic we wake up with no sense or comprehension of physical time. What we do whilst we are asleep? If our brain is still producing electrical energy then we are up to something for sure, even if it isn’t in the physical body. We don’t always remember our down time but sleep is not only necessary for physical and mental regeneration, it is also without doubt a window to Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. Henry Van Dyke WIN! the world we go to when we die. A sneak preview so that when our time comes we are not afraid because we have visited before; even if it is only to the waiting room or the doorstep. You might be one of the unlucky people who doesn’t remember their dreams although medical researchers are pretty sure everyone dreams. You are more likely to remember them during your younger years as your sleep tends to be deeper and less fractured than it can be in our adult years. Research has shown that women remember dreams more than men, possibly because women are more sensitive to their own feelings and thoughts. If you’re creative, fantasize a lot and love new experiences, you are apparently the most likely to recall dreams and maybe have more of an idea of death than the rest of us. It is known that the brain in its waking state deals in detail and the unconscious brain isn’t able to perform in the same way. So how come some dreams are so real and do have detail that seems real at the time? Share your photograph or true story about the spiritual, paranormal or the downright spooky and you could win a free reading with resident medium Barry Gray! Simply email us at [email protected] Spirit Talk 5, Sep-Oct 2015 / 5