Many Mansions

I remember as a child sitting in church hearing about how Jesus told his disciples, "In my father's house are many mansions.  If it were not so, I would have told you.  I am going there to prepare a place for you." John 14:2.

I used to imagine heaven almost like the movie set from Desperate Housewives but with bigger houses and gold streets.  Really, I'm not kidding.  I imagined these gold roads leading to a huge castle where the angels and God lived -- complete with white beard and cane. Oh, and yes, I even imagined this entire movie set encased in a fence with pearly gates.

That was when I was about five or six.  As I got older, heaven just became this idea for me, this illusive, lovely place that I hoped to one day get to see.

Lately, when I do readings, some of the people in heaven tell me what it looks like over there.  Usually this occurs when their loved one sitting in front of me asks, "Is he okay over there?"

They show me that they have jobs, responsibilities but also lots of fun times.  They visit people who've recently passed over and spend time reconnecting with old friends and loved ones.  They travel A LOT. And I don't know if they show me earth because it's all I know or if heaven looks like Earth, but when I ask them where they go on vacations, they show me all sorts of places I recognize here, on Earth.  One time, a mother asked me, "Well, what does my son do all day up there?" When I asked him, he showed me the mountains in Italy and a rock climber.  I said, "He's showing me that he's climbing mountains in Italy."  She smiled and said, "He was an avid mountain climber and had set a goal of climbing a mountain in every country. Before he died he'd been to five countries, but not Italy."

When my mother-in-law died, I felt her around us for a month or so and then not as much.  When I meditated and asked her where she'd been, I heard her smile and say, "Ireland.  My brother and I are spending most of our time visiting our heritage.  It's lovely."

So when I asked my guides about this, they said that heaven is like Earth but without any negativity, pain, sadness, suffering or evil.  The landscape is the same, but the heaviness is lifted.  Like I said, I don't know if this is true; it's just what they show me.  Maybe heaven is some new dimension that I can't fathom, so they show me Earth.  But it's nice to think that it might be just like here, only better.

The other thing people in heaven love to show me so I can tell their loved one is the house they've built for themselves.  From my experience and what I've seen, most people live alone or with their spouse in heaven.  They build a lovely house for themselves that's never extravagant or large.  It always looks just right and very beautiful.  I've seen log homes, cape cods, colonials and farm houses.  Once I saw a glass house surrounded by woods and a lake.

I do know that it takes time and energy to "build" your house.  I spoke with a woman last week who died in January.  She showed me that she was living with her parents in their home until she could work through some things and learn how to create her house.  I also know that if someone doesn't feel worthy, they won't be able to build a home.  I spoke with a man who committed suicide a year ago and he said he doesn't feel worthy of a home.  He needs to burn off more karma.  So for now, he'd living with family and doing good deeds for people here on Earth to build up really good energy.

What would your house look like in heaven?

I believe, again I don't know, that our energy creates the house.  If we have lots of great energy, if we lived a good, clean life and helped others on Earth, then we've built up enough energy to build a lovely home.  But if we've lived a shallow life and didn't do a whole lot, then we don't have the energy needed to create a nice place in the afterlife.

I also believe that when Jesus spoke of many mansions, he could have been alluding to the many levels of the afterlife.  One thing I'm told over and over by people who've made it to the other side is that there is really no heaven or hell but levels.  Trust me, you don't want to go to the lower levels.  They feel so awful to me, that "hell" doesn't do it justice.  I don't know how many levels there are, but let's pretend there are 7.  Levels one and two would be what we think of hell.  I've seen many versions of this idea of hell -- from total isolation to being surrounded by hundreds of evil people.  Levels 3, 4 and 5 are where most people go.  You know the ones -- the average people who do some good deeds but  mostly spend their life existing.  They work a 9 - 5 job, pay their taxes, watch TV and throw a little money to charity.  Level 6 is where the really lovely and spiritual people go -- the ones who really get that Earth is a school and that love and forgiveness, believing and faith are all that really matter.  And then there's level 7 where the Ghandi's and Mother Teresa's go.  I believe there are many levels beyond this too, that there's always something more for us to aspire to until we merge with the light, but that's for another podcast.

If you get some time this week, ponder your life.  Do your life review now -- not when it's too late.  What energy are you preparing for yourself over there?  If "heaven" is a bank, how many deposits have you made?

Quarters From Heaven

Hello Readers! Wanted to share this very special sign from above with you. My daughter recently graduated kindergarten. We were so excited for this event. She got to wear a cap and gown, had to memorize part of a poem and sing two songs. When I put her to bed that night, I tucked her in, pulled the covers up and kissed her good night. But knowing my rambunctious sleeper, I fully expected to find her out of the covers as usual the next morning. She's a flipper and usually ends up with her head at the foot board and her feet on the pillow. But this morning when I walked in to wake her up, she was laying perfectly still -- head on her pillow, blankets still tucked under her chin. And right on top of the blanket was a quarter!

Why is this significant? Well, my mother-in-law transitioned to the other side two years ago. She loved nothing more than being a loving mother and grandmother and we were all saddened to see her go. I asked her to give me quarters as her sign that she was with us. I find quarters now in the most amazing ways. So this morning when I found the quarter lying there on my still tucked in kindergartner, I knew it was my mother-in-law's way of saying, "I'll be there!"

Oh, and the year on the quarter was the year my husband graduated from high school!

Give your loved ones in heaven a sign to show you and know that they are literally just a thought away.

Welcome to The Crystal Chick!

In this blog, I hope to educate, inspire and remind people about our intuition and how to safely and effectively get in touch with this very real sixth sense. As an intuitive medium, I have the wonderful blessing of being able to keep a foot in both worlds. I learn something amazing from each reading I do. I plan to use this blog to pass along these lessons in a fun and informative way. Here's what I know: our loved ones who've gone on are still with us. When they transition, they're not handed a harp and a cloud. What they are given is a life review where they experience their life from the point of view of those effected by their positive and negative choices on Earth. I'm also shown in readings that many of them take on jobs after they've "settled" in. I've spoken with two young men who died of drug overdoses who now work tirelessly from the other side trying to help drug addicted people here. I've been told by a former OBGYN that he's still helping babies being born -- just from the other side. He now counsels souls just before they leave for the Earth plane. One woman who was a teacher and foster mom is still teaching young souls on the other side. Most people, however, choose to just focus on their own process and helping their loved ones who are still here.

When I do readings, they're often anxious to come through with validations to let us know that they're okay, happy and doing well. And they are. Life literally goes on. It's just in a different place. What I intend for this blog to do is validate that it's all real -- yes, Virginia, there is a God (or higher power if you prefer), there is a heaven, and a shadow place and all sorts of levels in between, and there are angels and guides. We are never alone. "Ask and you shall receive." There is a deeper meaning and purpose to our lives and all the events that comprise our existence here. "Seek and you shall find."

So stay tuned and learn how you can "knock" and open the the door to your intuition.