Do you feel you are really alone? This very simple question has a very simple answer. You are not now, nor will you ever be, alone.

All too often we consider life to be simply a matter of events, you are born, you struggle and you die. The following case studies are actual occurrences of people, who granted their permission, so that others may be assisted in knowing they are not alone during their journey here on earth.

CASE STUDY # 1: Have you ever been overcome by a feeling?"

While traveling on a trip to visit friends and relatives, I experienced a remarkable event. Late in the evening, about half way between my home and my destination, I took a room in a motel. I was unpacking my suitcase, when I was overcome with a feeling to jump into my vehicle and hurry to the nearest emergency room. I was feeling healthy so naturally I became quite concerned.

That feeling soon changed as I found myself following the National Highway sign designating a hospital. I pulled into the emergency room drive and knew this was not the place. I continue on, hurrying to the next available hospital. Again, I pulled into the drive for the emergency room and again I knew this was not where I should be. I continued on to my destination as I felt there was an emergency pending. I drove all night and part of the following morning, only stopping for gas. Somehow I was able to stay alert enough to complete the trip.

Once I arrived at my destination I stopped at the nearest relative. There was a message that a very close friend's sister called my home with a very important message. Returning the call, I learned my dear friend had been in a terrible auto accident. At the exact time when I first felt compelled to jump into my vehicle and rush to an emergency room was when his life here on earth ended. I was devastated to hear this as I had planned to surprise him with my visit. Now we would never be able to share that surprise.

Two years later, early one morning while I was sleeping, my dear friend visited me. It would have been an unusual visit, because, while it appeared to be a dream, I knew it was not. I recall, we talked cheerfully, visited with others and had a really good time.

There was some sort of party. The room had no clear definition and people were chattering with background noise and music. My friend and I were walking around greeting folks. My friend and I strolled to another area or room. When we closed the door, it became obvious to me that it was a going away party for my friend. I became aware of the party's nature before my friend. I was very sad and alarmed and my friend wanted to know what was wrong. I had to tell him he was dead and he was going away.

At this time, everyone else in the area seemed to drift away, but continued with their partying. I had to speak with my friend. It was extremely sad for both of us. Deep sadness raced over us as my friend suddenly became concerned for those living loved ones he was leaving behind. He hurriedly requested me to keep watch over everyone. Somehow we knew his time here was almost at an end. We could only look and laugh at our life as memories flashed before us. Suddenly, with a last glance at one another's reactions, he was gone into mist.

Everyone else attending the going away party looked to the mist and called out their loving farewells. Then as the mist fully engulfed my friend, it swept over me and returned me to my bed, I was fully awake to ponder the event that just happened. At first I thought it was merely a dream, a dream that took my emotions to a place they had never been. That was when I suddenly realized it was the anniversary of my friends' death.

Throughout the day I felt him near, felt his concern for me, and showing me how important the "Canon of Saint Paul's Cathedral", by Henry Scott Holland, was to know and keep close to my heart.

THE CANON OF SAINT PAUL'S CATHEDRAL:
"What we ever were to each other that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way you always used.

Play, smile, think of me.

Let my name be ever the household word it always was.
Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; there is unbroken continuity."

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CASE STUDY # 2: God answers our prayers.

The loss of a parent is an enormous loss. The emptiness felt by the person is undescribable. We often wish we still have our parent at our side that the relationship would continue and the communication would still be there. Be careful what it is you wish for, since that wish may be what you get.

After my mother passed, I prayed for her to still be with me. I wanted the sense of security and assurance she always gave me. I would pray that there would be some sign from her that she was not really gone. I also would pray to God for guidance in our life since things seemed such a muddle many times, not knowing what path to take or was it right what we were doing with our lives. Years went by and I kept praying, not seeing any results.

One day, years after my mother died, my husband sat down to talk with me regarding my mother communicating with him. He explained she was here with us and he conveyed her messages to me. She was sent by God to help us in our time of need. My husband was in major confusion as he continued to convey what he was hearing.

It was with a joyful heart that I received what he was saying for I knew this is what I had been praying for. I knew she was communicating through him and found peace that both my prayers were being answered. I now continue to have a relationship with my mother and have more direct guidance as to the work God wants us to do.
Since my mother has been with us, she has conveyed guidance and helped direct us on many exciting paths of our lives.

Often God summons passed loved ones to be our guides or the spirit to contact us because they know us well and can redirect or reshape us into accomplishing God's work here on earth. That is to say, when we finally comply and acknowledge their existence.

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CASE STUDY #3: Being afraid of spiritual knowledge:

This case study reflects a common fear when someone is aware of divine help but refuses to grow with the new knowledge. Many people think this way regarding divine help.

You have a sudden chill come over you for no reason. You have a premonition of something about to happen. Or you feel you should be taking a specific direction with your life, but it is not the path you have planned. You were presented with something that grabs your attention and only later you are given the reason for this. Human beings are uncomfortable with this type of occurrence in their life. Therefore, they simply write it off as an oddity. They discover later that the new information presented to them comes true or actually has validity. You now decide to accept or deny what happened to you.

When you deal with what is happening you begin having a flood of mixed thoughts and emotions. When you realize that has occurred, you will need time alone to adapt to this new aspect of your life. You will need to adapt to people who will think you are losing your mind. So first you turn off any message or sign coming to you to safe guard your self image. This act of denial closes you off a wonderful communication that God is establishing for you to help you out in all or any part of your life.

For example this chilling experience:

A child of 10 years old was saying goodbye to his mother who suffering with terminal cancer was making a long distance trip to a hospital. A premonition came to the child, the plane his parent was to fly on would be involved in a horrible plane crash.

The parent with cancer was in dire need of this treatment and the trip was very important to reach the cancer research center on time. The child found himself arguing with relatives traveling with his parent. He wanted them to cancel or change the plane trip. To no avail, disregarding the child's warning, the family members proceeded to travel out of town to the nearest airport.

The child frantically asked a neighbor to drive him to the airport, over an hour away, implying something important had been forgotten. Arriving at the airport, the child continued to attempt to change the minds of the relatives regarding this trip. When these appeals failed, the child resorted to the last tactic he knew would work, he threw a wild tantrum, caused a major scene in the airport and caused his mother to miss her plane.

After arriving home from the airport, tempers were extremely high, everyone heard the news that the plane crashed upon arriving at its destination … all on board died. The child denied this voice for a long time so no premonition would come to him again.

Remember, God is the spirit to whom are you saying no and from whom you are denying help.

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CASE STUDY #4: Everything that happens has a reason and is part of a great plan.

This is not to say that everything that happens to us is in the order to which it was destined to happen. Rather there are many paths and choices that we, as living beings, make in our lives. Each one of those directions has a destiny set into place for us. Meaning that if we have five options/paths to decide between, we do not need to be concerned, is route one is better than route four. Our concern is whether we are in touch with the information given to us along those individual paths.

Often we think we have made the wrong turn in life or took the wrong road for our well being. God gives us a life to live, there are options in life for us to choose between and some are more directly related to God's plan for us while the other paths are very indirect and along those paths we learn many lessons in life. Those paths are our choice and the results are what we live with. It can take decades to redirect us to the main path and that path comes when we recognize why God has made us to live at this time in the world.

There was a man who lived his entire life collecting books on humanity, world history and art. He studied and taught about cultures and civilizations and the wars they fought with one another. His true desire all along was to understand why he had this burning desire to study the history of the world.

He now has Alzeheimers and is classified as semi-vegetative, this means he is not aware of anything in life. Along with his other worldly possessions, his treasured book collection went up for sale. This collection was shuffled about from sale to sale, broken up to some degree and what remained of this life long journey around the world literary collection, ended up in a tiny town at an antique shop. A town so small it rarely sees a tourist who would understand what they are observing when they saw this book collection.

The remarkable fact in this case study is that the dealer, who brought this collection to this town, was destined at that certain moment in his life to have crossed the path of those books, which needed to come to this little town where the scientist, who desperately needed that specific group of books for his life's work, lived.

The gentleman, who collected these books, first appeared to the scientist, after the acquisition of the books, in the form of a spiritual being and informed him that his soul was finally resting, that the books were safe and now he understood why his desire had been to spend a lifetime collecting these books. He understood he had fulfilled a portion of God's plan of obtaining this collection of literary works. Now these literary works are being used to help millions to change their spiritual awareness, and based upon the historical aids and research that this collection is providing, the scientist is also able to fulfill God's plan.