Question: How many questions are answered once we die do you think? Years ago, I used to say to myself, “I almost can’t wait to die, because these questions I have are driving me mad!” But seriously, what do you think? – Brandon

Answer: I’m not sure exactly how many questions get answered because in my current position and density, I don’t have access to the entirety of the universe. What I do know is that when we cross over we gain a much much better perspective about life here on Earth. We can see the bigger picture, we can see how we’re all connected, we remember things we couldn’t remember while here, we interact in ways we can’t interact here, we get knowledge we don’t have here, we meet beings we can’t detect while here, and so much more.

Like you, when I was a child I was driven to find out what happens after we die. I wanted to just pop over to the ether for a minute, download the answers, and come back. Unfortunately it doesn’t work that way and we’ll just have to wait. But along the journey, we can shove aside the veil to some extent. We can communicate with the deceased, visit the astral plane, view past lives, talk to our spirit guides, interact with angels, etc. but no one seems to be giving away the whole enchilada.

While we are incarnated, we are looking through a lens that we can’t remove, so everything we experience will be filtered by that lens. When you cross over you will be pleased to learn what you’d been missing, but I suspect that even in THAT state there will be new questions about the nature of reality.

So enjoy where you are and what you’ve got. For now.

You hear a lot about near death experiences from the people who have experienced them, but you never get to hear what happens after you’ve been “processed” and are completely disconnected from your body because obviously they don’t come back and tell us.  The only way to find out would be through psychic mediums who ask dead people what they do all day.  Even then, we’d have no proof, no way of checking if the information we’re receiving is accurate.  We’d have no way of validating the information that came through.  It’s easy to validate information from a person’s life, but how can you get confirmation of what happens when no one living is around to see it?

When I speak to deceased people during readings I do get a glimpse into what’s happening on the other side, but admittedly the view is extremely limited.  I’ll share what I know, but this must only be the tip of the iceberg.

When I do a reading, I usually get who the person is in relation to my sitter, then they show or tell me how they died, then they start sharing information about their life to validate that it is really them and not something I’m making up.  They share love, warnings if necessary, and that’s usually it.  However, upon occasion I’ve gotten a little more information that goes beyond the usual.

In one reading, a father came through for his daughter and his signal was very strong to me.  His energy was that of a highly aware, highly conscious person.  I was impressed with him and his connection strength.  When the reading was over, I actually hung on to the guy a little longer to converse with him myself because the connection was so strong and I wanted to talk to him.  He indicated that he was attending what we would call lectures on the other side.  And that he spent his day discussing philosophy with other souls on the other side.  He indicated that it was wonderful, stimulating, and he was surprised to find it available.  I got a sense that he was definitely continuing his growth and wasn’t just sitting around like a blob of energy floating through the ether.

In another reading, I was connected with an individual who had died at a pretty old age, I think he was in his 90′s.  He indicated to me that he was still very  much tuned in to the lives of the family members he’d left behind.  He showed me an image of himself sitting in front of what looked like a television and watching his various family members on different channels.  Now he wasn’t really sitting in front of a television, it was a metaphor to explain to me what he was doing.  But yeah, he indicated he spent his days still very tuned in to his family.

I’ve also tuned in to dead people who can’t let go of their past incarnation and are going over and over it, replaying it with different outcomes.  Often these are people who have committed suicide or been murdered and their killer has not been brought to justice yet.

I also know that there are spirits who are in charge of making certain things work, like helping people cross over, helping creative people get inspiration, and helping souls choose where to incarnate next.  I’ve seen conclaves of what I would call ascended masters working on creating change on our planet using their energetic influence and intelligence.

I know that you can hang around with other souls you used to know.  I’ve seen families on the other side “having dinner” together.  And I know you can engage in an energy merge that blows incarnated sex right out of the water! 

And that’s about all I’ve seen.  Admittedly, it’s not that much.  Like I said, I am sure there is a lot more going on up there than I can see.  Maybe I’ll start looking into this more consciously.  Next time I get someone “on the line” who’s hanging out in the ether I’ll ask them what they do all day.  I’m sure they don’t even have “days” like we have.  And I’m sure time is irrelevant there.  Being dead is just another state of being. 

Maybe we’re not supposed to know too much about the afterlife so we can concentrate on living this one.  For now, it’s enough for me to know that I have guides and angels looking out for my best interests, and I get to chat with the occasional deceased person which is always fun and interesting for me.  We’ll just have to wait and see what happens next.

Answer:  I’ve done readings with people where I could see one of their close loved ones was going to die, and I’ve done readings that contained dire warnings for my sitters about health situations that needed urgent attention or death might follow, but so far I haven’t foreseen an actual death of my sitter.

The first time I saw death looming closely was a very unfortunate situation because I was reading for a bride at her bachelorette party.  How’s that for festive?  The very first thing I received from her guides was that one of her soon-to-be husband’s relatives was going to die from cancer that had spread throughout his body.  I had to pause for a minute to consult with my own guides as I had never seen something like this before.  I asked them if I was supposed to share this news.  They told me that I wouldn’t have received the info if I wasn’t supposed to share it.  I asked the bride-to-be when the wedding was going to take place.  She said 3 months.  I knew the guy would be dead before then.  I saw he had maybe 6-8 weeks left if he really hung on.  So I very politely said, “How important is it to you that this person sees you guys get married?”  She said it was very important.  So I said, “Then you may want to go to a Justice of the Peace and let him witness your official marriage, and then go ahead with the wedding in 3 months.”  She nodded and said, “I understand.  Thank you for telling me.”  It was a tough situation.  A couple of months later I got word that this person had in fact died before the wedding.  I was told they appreciated the warning.

I’ve accurately foreseen the imminent death of a loved one maybe a dozen times, so it certainly doesn’t happen that often.  In all cases that I’m aware of, my client appreciated having the foreknowledge so they could do what they needed to do and say their goodbyes before it was too late.

One of the covenants I’ve made with the guides is to pass on all the information they give me.  So if someone asks me if they are going to die I will get an answer and I will pass it on to my sitter.  So don’t ask me a question you don’t want answered.

I recall in one reading an older woman, probably 70 years old, asked me if she was going to die soon.  The guides told me it looked like she had a good 15 years to go.  I told her and she started sobbing.  She said, “No no no.  I want to go now!  I can’t live without my husband.  Isn’t there some way to hasten my passing?”  That was unexpected.  I had to go back to the guides and get some more information for her.  She had not completed her journey and there were some lessons she still needed to complete.  Obviously we have free will and, if she wanted to, she could easily hasten her demise by taking up any number of deleterious behaviors like smoking, drug abuse, alcoholism, or even suicide.

I’ve also done readings where I see a health problem for my sitter right off the bat.  Usually career and relationship advice comes through first, so when I get a health situation for my sitter it’s usually dire or urgent.  I always tell my sitter what I’m seeing, but I’m not a medical intuitive so I don’t always get good details.  If a psychic is well versed in medicine, they will usually be better at passing on detailed health information.  So I do the best I can with my limited knowledge.  I can usually pinpoint if an issue is hormonal, structural, muscular, chemical, etc. and the location of the source of the problem like endocrine system, nervous system, brain, kidney, liver, etc.

If I saw that my sitter was actually going to die I would want to at least address it.  If their death was due to illness, chances are good the sitter already has a clue about their condition.  I would simply ask them if they’d done everything they could to save themselves and offer any help from the other side that the sitter may not have considered. 

But what about accidents or murder?  Can I foresee that?  In one reading I told this lovely woman that I saw an old boyfriend with a gun coming back to potentially kill her.  I got the impression he was an abusive boyfriend from her past and was actively stalking her or trying to find her.  She admitted she had an abusive boyfriend and that he had threatened her life repeatedly, but that she had gone underground, moved, and hid all her private information so he couldn’t find her.  I was very worried because the information was coming through so strongly.  She appreciated the warning but sort of blew it off as unlikely.  Not a week goes by and she emails me to tell me this boyfriend ran into one of her friends in a grocery store and casually asked the friend where my sitter was living, and her friend told the guy!  She hightailed it out of town as soon as she heard.  Did she prevent her own murder?  I ended up doing 3 readings for this woman over a one year period and as far as I know, she’s still alive.

I don’t recall ever getting information about an impending accident, like a car accident.  Maybe car accidents are more likely to be cosmic accidents as well.  I think it’s easier to detect an impending fatality when it’s an illness that is already gripping someone.

The bottom line for me is that I open a channel to a person’s guides and I pass on whatever information they give me.  That’s the promise I’ve made; not to filter or dilute information that I don’t think a person is ready to hear.  I’ve had to learn ways to gently and sensitively say things to people.  All part of the job I suppose.  And I’ve gotten better at it over time.

A psychic reading is no guarantee though.  Sometimes foreknowledge of impending death is not something the guides are offering; it’s not something you’re supposed to know.  But if I hear about it, I will tell you.