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Mysti and Madeline

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Mysti and Madeline bring me no end to enjoyment, even when the two of them are arguing with each other and they do that. Though they are dogs, they have so many human traits, it’s pathetic. Most of their characteristics I love but I don’t think jealousy is one I particularly like or being a martyr either, which is Mysti’s specialty.

Mysti is my Muffin reincarnated and she is one of the loves of my life. Though she has some of the same traits she had in her previous life, she has added some that are bringing her a special kind of spiritual training. Being a martyr is sharing guilt and trying to spread it on like butter. I try to help her overcome this trait and she helps me to no end too.

It’s like having two babies in the house. Her little sister, Madeline, likes to hide. And please, don’t open a closet door enough for this little ten-pound adventurer to sneak through because the panic starts. Especially since Claude had the stroke. That’s when I have to send her sister to find her. Once Mysti finds her, then she has to make her come out of hiding.

She does this by jumping at her and sometimes nipping her, which means a pinch on her cheek. Lately, though, Mysti has been a little quicker in pinching her sister. She does it even when she isn’t hiding. Because of her being the martyr, she blames Madeline for coming into the household a little over six years ago and taking over the spot of baby even though Mysti didn’t want to be treated like a baby. Mysti is so independent. When she finally allows herself to be fawned over, she will sit in my lap, with her back to me, in the most regal of sitting positions. That is, unless, I have just returned from somewhere out of the house and then I see the real puppy.

Madeline actually would spend her life on my shoulder like a baby. In that manner she is above the fray. She can determine what she wants to get into or when she really needs to mouth off. When on the floor, it is too much temptation for her to run into her sister, turn sharply with her behind and knock her sister into somewhere next week. That brings on the pinching. And lately, Madeline will tell on her sister with a little, “Why did you do that?” whining.

Both are just the sweetest two babies for which anyone could wish. They make us laugh. They make us cry. Our world is better for having them.

Da Juana

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Brain Writing

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

A friend of mine has a book out called Brain Writing. It’s about handwriting analysis. For so many years, I just picked up someone’s writing, put my hand on the scribble and started telling others what characteristics this person displayed. Generally, I got other items considered fascinating by those witnessing my display. And I still do that but Irene made me look at handwriting in a different manner.

For instance, did you know if someone crossing their “T’s” on the right side without the t-bar touching the stem, that means this person has an explosive temper. Who’d thunk it? But, yes, it’s right there in her book. And she takes it to the bank.

She gives an exercise where you write your name. Then with your eyes closed, write it again. You can’t get away from the way you sign your name. Your brain makes it so. And she is such an effective speaker too.

Irene gives you keys to your personality even your own therapist can’t get in one session. All from your very own writing. This so amazes me that I got her book and it is wonderful. She talks about presidents and gives character determinations on everyone she has in the book. Guess what? Bill Gates feels pressured. Can you believe that? I guess I can because the richest man in the world needs to be able to keep his treasure and share it in such a way that he feels better about himself. His writing tells the story.

There are so many methods to help ourselves from someone like me to studying about ourselves in the way we write, our body language to reading self-help. The human mind, body and spirit just astounds me. So, as you know, I am always trying to learn. And that’s something very interesting to me.

Da Juana

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Here we go again two!

Monday, September 25th, 2006

You remember the answer I gave to Deborah last week about her mother. Well, she sent me a reply almost instantly but didn’t put it on the blog because she was worried about people finding out who she is.

So, I thought you might like to read her reply to me.

“Oh my gosh! you’re so right! My mom’s name is Johnnie!! And I am terrible at second guessing myself!!!! Thank you sooo much!!! This is incredibly comforting!

Deborah”

You will notice that I got the name wrong but the sound was still the same. And I really thank her for letting me know how right I was. That means a lot. It is extremely appreciated when someone takes the time to acknowledge what I have told them.

Oh, and another thing, I was working on a radio program in San Bernardino, California the other day. One of the hosts was giving me a little bit of a bad time. The other asked that I perform. While I was telling him that ghosts were not summoned by me, they generally made themselves known when they wanted to talk. In a man came. It just so happened that he was the father of the host that was giving me a little bit of resistance. He knew exactly who the ghost was. The next time I did the show, it happened again but it happened for a guest then. Isn’t it funny how the other side works?

Da Juana

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Another one

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Well, here I go again. A nice person wrote what I consider to be a good question. I thought that this was one we could all relate to. So please be tolerant.

“I know, this is email…I wish I could afford a reading with you. I have been “troubled” (for lack of a better word) with the idea of whether or not my mom (especially) or my dad is ever with me. My mom died almost 11 years ago…Oct. 24th 1995 when I was 15. My dad died in January of 2001. I am crying typing this. A few strange things have happened..the most recent the fire alarm going off as though someone was testing it. I need to know if it was my mom. If I talk to her does she hear? I need to know if she’s in Heaven!!!! If she’s proud of me!!! What she wants of me. I was too young when she died to pay attention or even ask any of these questions! Please tell me, is my mom here? Does she look over me???

I honestly thank you for your time! I know you are busy…I just thought I’d try.

Deborah”

Deborah, if you had read my book, “Ghosts Talk,” then you would know that our loved ones constantly check on us though they may not stay around us all the time.

And guess what, anything electrical is a way for the other side to communicate better. My smoke alarms sometimes take a beating and you have probably heard the one about Jason setting off the smoke alarm while I was doing a lecture….that would have been fine but the smoke alarm was disassembled and laying on a bookcase close to me when I told the story. That story, too, is in my book.

Your parents are always proud of you although they may not be proud of some of your actions. That doesn’t take a psychic to answer.

Who is the “J” because that is what I heard when I started answering you, something like Janie? Just remember the “J” or maybe a “G” because they sound alike.

Your mother wants you to be happy and to take care of yourself because you tend not to. Also, she says quit second guessing yourself.

And you’re welcome.

Da Juana

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A moment in time.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

They say pictures are worth a thousand words. Some of the pictures that my friend, Connie, sent me are worth much more. They weren’t pictures of the family or of the animals I love so much. Instead, they were just pictures of things like cherry blossoms, spring in Germany and fall somewhere else.

As I took the time to look at the pages and continued to page down, all I could do was say, “Wow.” They took my breath away.

Her caption for these beautiful prints was simply, “Take a moment.” She knows me so well.

And I did. Didn’t even feel the usual guilt for taking it either.

Da Juana

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Sights

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Today, I saw two little hummingbirds fighting over the juice I so lovingly prepare for them. The problem was that I thought they were all gone because I hadn’t seen any in a few days. You know they trek to Mexico or thereabouts this time of year. Anyway, I got to feeling like a lousy feeder. So I made them more.

It caused me to remember when Claude and I first bought our ranch. The Monarch butterflies were making their way to Mexico and were so thick it looked like ashes floating on the breeze except for one small thing. We were frightened of stepping on our beautiful visitors. For as far as the eye could see, while looking up, we could see butterflies. Not to mention walking through them like running through an obstacle course. It was magnificent. Then I started to realize that some of the butterflies had flown so long that they became tired. When they hit the ground, it was as if they had been sleeping, like a driver who hits speed bumps and realizes they should be awake, they would jerk almost and take off flying again.

Their flight tactics continued for three days. That is one of the wonders Claude and I have seen together.

Da Juana

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Missing ghosts.

Friday, September 15th, 2006

It’s funny how my ghostly acquaintances visit. Sometimes they come to see me on a minute-to-minute basis and at other times, I might not see them for days. Lately though, I don’t get much chance to miss them. And they are not always the same people. Believe me, I feel really funny when they are not around for more than one reason.

When you have ghosts taking care of you, you don’t need an alarm service. Years ago, while Claude and I were out in the motor home, I told him that I thought we needed to go home right then. Upon arriving, we noted that lights were on in the house in a few rooms. We had turned them all off. When I asked my ghostly friends why they did it, they told me to keep the house safe. Later the next morning we found out that a robbery had occurred right up the street. Ghosts had made sure the robbers thought the house was occupied and it was.

Sometimes the ghosts who visit come to tell me something. Sometimes they come just to be with me even though I have no idea who they are. What I do know is that they are comforting to me. Their presence is something I miss sorely when they miss a few days. Another thing is that the ghosts who visit aren’t always people.

Ghosts make life so much more interesting. As one told me once, “Fear not the dead, but fear the living.” He was right. He had just reminded me to lock my front door, which I thought was locked but after his verbal abuse, found it was not. Most ghosts are good people even when they are animals.

Da Juana

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Visit

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

You know how I told you that I rarely take the time to be a woman. I rarely go shopping or do things other women do. Well, now I have two things I do that I figure most women like. One is that I have started to take ballroom dancing with a couple of friends. Just don’t get enough time for it.

The other thing that I do for myself is that I buy good face cleanser and products that make me look a little better, I hope. My daughter had told me about a product that she loved but I listened with only one ear. Later, my friend, Connie, told me that she wanted to share a product with me. Guess what. It was the same and I am hooked. It uses all natural products so you know I would be. So, I guess I do have a couple of things that I do like a woman now.

Today, I was doing a segment on a radio show for a person I like a lot. She was working with two other men whom I had never met. To make a long story short, one of the men began to question me about what I do and how religion looks at my ability. I didn’t have a problem with it but because I had to leave early because of prior commitments, I didn’t get to discuss it quite like I would have liked. Anyway, as I said before, to make a long story short, one of the men asked if I had any ghostly friends visiting right then. I went into a dissertation on how I didn’t demand that ghosts appear but rather ask if anyone over there is willing to talk with us. Really, most just walk up and wait for me to acknowledge them. Instead a man walked up while I was telling them no and stood. I told them who he was by giving his characteristics and looks, height, etc.. Guess who’s father he was?

Gotta go for now.

Da Juana

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My nephew’s wedding.

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

This weekend I was in Kansas City at my oldest nephew’s wedding. It was spectacular. The bride was beautiful but I was partial to the groom. My brother and the groom’s brother were best men for the groom. That is a southern tradition to those of you who don’t know. If the groom loves his father, then that man is his best friend.

The bride has a little daughter who looked like a little angel when she walked through the door as a flower girl. On Friday, at the rehearsal, she had been instructed along with the other flower girl to walk slowly and drop petals along the way to the altar. Well, this little two year old, as soon as the door opened, looked at my nephew and screamed, “Hi, Daddy,” as loud as she could. He has been her father since she was eight months old.

What could he do? He put out his arms and said, “Come to daddy.” She ran all the way into his arms, where he picked her up. Then he reminded her that she needed to drop petals. She did. The whole basket and then told him that she needed more.

This is a memory they will all cherish, especially, daddy.

Da Juana

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Ghosts Talk Inquiry

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Got this from someone who wants answers. That is one of the best parts of being human to me. You can always question until you find the answer that feels right to you. Not only that but he gave me a grand compliment and I can’t pass that up. The real me has real problems with accepting compliments but I am trying to be better about it. I like to give them though. Thank, William, for the wonderful questions below. I will try to answer them to the best of my ability.

“First of all, “Ghosts Talk” is the best book I have ever read. I believed in most of what you explained for a long time.

I have a religious family. I was raised Christian. I have believed in ghosts, magic, and the psychic ability for years. I recently read “Ghosts Talk” and I don’t under stand some things that you said. One thing was this Satan figure. Being Christian I believe in him. You say he’s not real. The garden in which Adam and Eve talked to the devil, if he does not exist what was that supposed to tell us, or why was it added?

Voodoo is another reason I believe in him. I read a book of the voodist culture and there was a chant or a spell that erases selected people from your memory and earth. I don’t know about you but that seems to be evil to me. Also how can one sell their soul to the devil if there is no devil to sell it to?

I hope you don’t mind me asking these questions. I do not mean to antagonize you, these are merely questions that I have been seeking answers to for a while.”

My father, who is a minister, had many moments of unease with me when I spoke of things he had problems with. Ghosts have been with me for as long as I can remember. Magic, to me, is a magician showing unimaginable feats and making them look as if they really are magic. Psychic ability is real to me.

The Satan figure to me is people giving up their responsibility for actions taken in their life. Sort of like a child getting into the cookie jar because he wanted a cookie, only to tell his mother that it wasn’t his fault. Little Johnnie made him do it. In the Garden of Eden, Eve made a decision and talked with Adam about it. They both decided, as society sometime does, that they were naked and that they could do something about it. In every culture there is always yen and yang, good and evil. We humans need that to balance our thoughts and emotions. Besides, if we didn’t believe in a boogey man and the thought of going to hell if we are bad, how many humans do you think would be upstanding citizens of society? There always has to be some catalyst for being good. The Bible is a roadmap of rules.

Any time you give credence to anything, you give it power. That is part of the Voodoo premise. Voodoo, at one time, meant Universal God. Then it got mutated over the ages to mean something different.

Selling your soul to the devil is what I was speaking of above and that is making a conscious choice to do something you know is wrong for you and for society but you do it anyway in order for some sort of gain.

And, William, I really appreciate that you gave me the opportunity to answer you.

Da Juana

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