Namaste ALL esp Linda,

Your postings are amazing. All of them. However, what you wrote
about below...your experiences with your grandfather and
grandmother...what a balm! How wonderful of you to share these
experiences. It helps, it really does help, especially people like
me. I often think of myself as a rock--as far as spiritual growth is
concerned. I am about that evolved and that impenetrable. I really
need people to talk about their experiences like you did in your post
because, if I can't have great things like that happen to me, the next
best thing is to hear people like you talk about them.

Namaste,
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: nierika (AT) aol (DOT) com
To: Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Devi_Mandir] Digest Number 427
I used to be terrified of death. Then, many years ago, some months
after my grandfather died, he came to visit me. Though he was in his
Light Body (it really was like dancing particles of light), I knew it
was him. He said nothing, but exuded comfort; then touched my finger
with his finger, and a wave like an electrical shock passed through
me, leaving me with a feeling a total surrender and peace. I never
doubted that my grandfather's visit was to show me that death is not
the end and to not be afraid. Later, my fear came back, gradually,
but now it has gradually gone again as I have had continued visits,
especially from my maternal grandmother, who seems to show up
whenever my body is undergoing anything that it might interpret as
traumatic (like a trip to the dentist). She just stands quietly, in
front of me, off to the left, and smiles ... she lets me know
"telepathically, of course" that she is here for me and to not be
afraid. Now you will all think I am truly nuts, but these experiences
have been very real, and I believe in them, and so, I am not afraid.
Shanti ~ Linda