CAROLYN CONGER, PhD

One type of dream that is important to people who know they are in the final stage of life is the predictive dream. Everyone is interested in dreams that foretell what will happen in the future, but it’s especially poignant when a dying person dreams of his or her own death. I’ve found that most terminally ill people I’ve worked with who pay attention to their dreams eventually have a predictive death dream. It may address their fear, or give them hope for life after death, o

I am Raven. My image captured in mid-flight, every detail sharply in focus, is now immortalized. I am Raven. Forever remembered for that one split second that we entered into timelessness together. I am Raven. I am Magic. I am Shapeshifter. I am Enchanter. I am Raven. Do you see my spirit? Can you feel my presence? Come with me. I am Raven. © Mary Fyfe 2016

I decided to join you by the fire last night. When I first approached you I was smiling and my eyes were shining. It was so good to see you and hear your voice. The full moon was luminous. The wolves were howling a haunting serenade. I couldn’t resist howling with them, and I reached out for you to join me. The fire was warm and crackling, filling my senses with it’s deep woody fragrance, as the smoke swirled in patterns reaching for the sky. The grass was wet with dew that

It was the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. I was 5 years old, almost 6. I remember being led to the sofa in my grandparents’ living room. My father sat on my left, my grandmother on my right. I remember the sense of other people in or near the room, but I don’t remember faces. My grandmother looked me square in the eyes, maybe took my hands in hers. “Your mother…” A pause. I can feel the thickness of it. “…went up to heaven…” And from that point, I know and can actually reme

In the swirl of life's dramas, it's good to take a moment to attend to one's essential consciousness (OEC). The neat thing about OEC is its simplicity, its cleanliness, its quiet. OEC just sees what is, without any reaction whatever. Just clarity. It's not encumbered by memory or even thought. It simply SEES right now. This cleanness, this spaciousness attracts and makes room for the presence of Love and its Wisdom. Though it certainly influences thought, Wisdom is born n

not with congratulations, but not without joy and pain and, surely, laughter © Richard Chamberlain 2015