John Edward

I would like to talk about my beliefs in the after life which I have been doing a lot of reading on in the past months. Stick with me, it does tie into my previous topics.

I have always been a big fan of Lisa Williams

http://http://www.lisawilliams.com//

She is amazing and the real deal. If you have any doubts about mediums watch some of her sessions.

I am also a huge fan of John Edwards.

http://www.johnedward.net/

I don't know completely what I believe about the after life but I absolutely believe there is one.

Through my readings I have come across a common theme that mediums have reported as well as people who have experienced near death experiences.

This common theme is that there is a life review when you reach the other side. You are shown the good and bad things you have done with your life.

One story really stuck with me.

A man who had a near death experiences was being shown his life review. He was taken back to a time when he was a teen-ager and he intentionally keyed and damaged a strangers car. He was shown and experienced the repercussions of his actions to the extent that he was shown the owner of the car going home and telling his wife what happened and the man was shown the pain he caused the owner and his wife and he actually felt it.

The man came back to life and was inspired to consider others feelings when he took action even in the small ordinary things in life.

You probably think yes keying a car is wrong but it could have been much worse. There are some really sick people out there. True.

In this instance however it was enough to show the man his actions to get him to change the way he treated others.

Wouldn't it be great if we all considered others through our own actions?

What if we lived our life this way every day?

Why does it take such a profound occurrence such as the man's near death experience to inspire us to be better people?

Why does it take a tragedy to push us in another direction?

Personally, if I had not experienced the loss of my Dad, I would not have been compelled to explore the subject of the after life.

I would not have thought as deeply about this supposed life review we might receive after passing.

I would perhaps not be considering others in my actions.

Perhaps I would be continuing in my life along the same selfish path I was so comfortably used to.

It was through my readings and inner reflection that I came to the following conclusion;

Life really is a test. And one of the bigger tests is do we really get it?

Do we know that what truly matters is the spiritual parts of life and not the materialistic?

If we get so caught up in our careers and "making it" do we not see how we are missing the bigger picture?

Do we really get that being the best person that we can possibly be to ourselves and to others is what truly matters?

Things are not what matters and we cannot take them with us.

So why on earth am I sitting here writing a blog on being successful and escaping the 9-5?

Well, unfortunately we live in a society where money is the ruler. Money decides whether we eat or where we live. We have to eat and we have to lay our heads somewhere every night.

Some people want money so they can accumulate things like a nice car, a huge house, nice clothes etc.

I want to obtain financial freedom because I want just that-FREEDOM.

I want to pass the test of money and survival. I want to be able to put all of my energy into the things that really do matter like helping others and giving back. I dont want to worry anymore how I am going to pay this bill or that bill.

I would like to experiecne more out of life, travel, open my mind, learn, grow, help, inspire.

I used to always think that money ends up in the hands of the wrong people. People who just don't care about others. That's not entirely true but sometimes it is. If I had all that money there are so many people I would help! I would be one of those people that money fell into the right hands.

Greed is not admirable. Selfishness is a waste of time.

Giving and helping others are two of the things I would like to see in my life review.

What would you like to see in yours?