VISITATION'S DREAM OR SPIRIT?

 

The day I lost my brother to cancer was the absolute worst day of my life. I felt my heart sink so low when his last breath left his body. He was my best friend as well as my brother and for me it was like losing two people. It had such a devastating effect on my life.

At the time of his funeral the night before I lay awake worrying about the coming day. I did not think I would have the strength to get through the service. My nephew wanted us to carry the coffin with some of my brother’s closest friends and I really felt I was going to let my nephew down.

That night I awoke to the feeling of someone standing over me. I lashed out instinctively but then got this overwhelming feeling of calmness come over me. In front of me I saw what can only be described as an opaque swirling ball of fire. I felt like this was my brother. I have since read it could be angels in your hour of need but I still feel this was my brother. That calming effect seemed to help me get the couple of hours sleep left of the night and gave me the strength to get through the following day.

His service went just as he would have liked it. The weather had been terrible but on his day the sun came out and it was like the universe had his day set aside. I’ve never seen so many people at a funeral and it made me realize just how many people loved and respected my brother. There were tears and laughter during his service and it went just the way he would have liked it.

Sometime after the funeral my grieving was still very painful. My brother came to me in a dream. I’ve read about dream visitations and wondered if it would ever happen to me. My brother came out of the wall in my dream and I jumped up excited speaking his name ‘You’re here’ I said as he hugged me. He said no words just hugged me and smiled, then disappeared back into the wall. This experience was wonderful for me but I found I missed him so much I just wanted more.

Quite a while (years) after that my girlfriend was awake one night in bed and said she witnessed me having a conversation with my brother as I slept. I was telling him how much I missed him in tones like we were talking to each other in a soft conversation. When I awoke in the morning I remembered nothing of this.

Some three years since my brother passed over he came to me again. This time I was awake in the morning on my own. It was around 0700 and I just lay in bed. In my room my brother appeared and I spoke out ‘Hey I can see you and you are naked’. My brother replied he would put some underwear and shorts on. I told him I could still see him and he had orange shorts on. He came and gave me a hug and spoke to me telling me that life was for living and I had to live my life. He said he was lucky as they had told him it would be five years before he was allowed to speak to me. Then he went on to say I was not meant to go back but I was not sure if he meant work/UK or something else. He hugged me again and said he would whisper in my ear. As he did his words got all muddled. He died because of a brain tumour and it was as if he was back to his last days where he could not be understood. I’m not sure if spirit are not allowed to tell us what to do and he was being pulled back because my brother was trying to give me direction. He just smiled and hugged me again then disappeared.

I was still in my room and looked at my watch. Some forty minutes had gone by and I wondered had I been dreaming in a dozing state. My feeling was still there from the hug so it most definitely did not feel like a dream. I felt so good that my brother had visited me.

Until that moment I had felt like I did not care if life ended each night I went to sleep. I showed classic signs of depression. My brother is trying to help me pick up the pieces and move on. I am grateful for the experiences I have had where he has come to see me.

I am just starting to open up to things spiritually now. The door has cracked open and little things here and there are happening. I hope I can read the messages I am getting from spirit and head in the direction I am meant to go.

I am convinced life does not end when our loved ones depart this world now and my grieving is perhaps coming to an end.

Has anyone else had similar experiences?

Rick D

DEATH

Death is defined as the end of life.

 

 

But is it really the end? Science does not know for certain, but many of us think we know through our various faiths. The end of life has fascinated mankind since the dawn of time. It's hard to face the unknown, and many people feel that religion rose from that fear, a way to cope with it, and to feel better when those we love pass away. I am not saying religions are right or wrong, just that they serve a fundamental purpose... To help us deal with the reality of death.

Animals, plants, every living thing moves in cycles. All are born, live then die. Death is a natural part of existence, even the planets, stars and galaxies pass away. Suns burn out, planets go cold, it seems the cycle of being, then not being, spares nothing in the universe.

Since everything seems to have a reason, we must assume that death has a reason. Plants produce various traits to survive, like thorns, or bitter flavors, even poisons to prevent death. Animals abound with natural defenses, from the blow fish that puffs up to look bigger, to the deadly poisonous frogs to prevent being eaten. Why is life so closely guarded if it's inevitable that it will end? The reasons may be beyond the reach of science, but it is the very core of spirituality. All of spiritually is dependant on one fundamental concept, the study and understanding of what happens when we die.

Spiritandsky.com is a spiritual knowledge repository. Articles and links about everything that fascinates and inspires us to live and die with some form of understanding or faith about the topic. It is only fitting that this article on death be the first article written for this site. Throughout these pages you will encounter articles and/or sites that deal with things directly related to death, like reincarnation and the afterlife. This article is not going into that, as this is only the start of the journey.

 When does human death actually take place?

Throughout history there have been many attempts to define the exact moment of death. This has always proven to be problematic. Death was once considered to be the cessation of the heartbeat and of breathing. Life support, CPR and other life saving methods have rendered this incorrect. The most common form of defining death today is brain death. This is the most accurate form of calculating the moment of death because the brain is the most essential organ of the body, and without it's function, no life can exist.

 

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