​When my former father-in-law died, I could feel his presence around me for several days. His presence and essence was of such a nature that it seemed like he was physically right beside me. I could not physically see him, but I did feel and hear him. I could hear his wonder and amazement of what was going on now that he did not have a physical body. He even came to one of my Qigong medical treatments, saying, "I want to see what this Qigong thing is all about. I've heard about it, but now want to see it."  And so he watched and observed a treatment I gave a patient. But then, at the end of the treatment, he secretly delivered a message to my patient and asked her to tell me what he had shared.

My patient then said to me, "There was someone here during my treatment and he asked me to give you a message. He said he was sorry. Does that make sense?"  I said yes, and thanked her for the message and we wrapped up the treatment and I my former father-in-law smiled and then left.

I later experienced another death. My  Qigong teacher, who had been battling lung cancer, died. I felt immediately when she died. I was awakened with that news, got out of bed, being rather upset, and prepared to do a meditation to calm my feelings. But then, while sitting in the dark on my couch, preparing to meditate, I suddenly felt Suzanne's presence in the room. I looked up and saw her. I then heard her voice asking me, “So this is where you live, huh?”  “Is that green tea you’re drinking? Aren’t you going to offer me any?" She then laughed as if she just told a funny joke.  It was if she was physically right there in my room and was exploring my living room, decor, and chatting with me and being so pleased and excited to be free of the pain and difficulty breathing. She was filled with joy and laughter. It was actually rather wonderful. 

I could sense Suzanne. I could see her. I could see her, and I could hear her. I knew she was not physically present, but she felt VERY present and VERY alive. She seemed very much the same as how I knew her. 

For a few days, Suzanne would come and visit and then disappear for awhile, then come again. Her behavior and visits were very similar to what happened with my former father-in-law. I also noticed that with both of these experiences with close friends or family who had just died, the essence of their physical self is still very much a part of who they are and they are able to visit and be present for a couple of days. After that time, their presence or projection changes and they becomes more like a "soft whisper" and more "translucent". It doesn't feel physical anymore - it feels like their presence faded a bit. Finally, after a few more days, I no longer felt their presence. It was as if their essence had changed and transformed. Their spiritual selves were now  fully back on the astral plane.

By Beth Quist

I've been exploring different methods to see how to change and improve the group energy in humanity. My desire is to get move and purge the energy of fear, chaos, hate, and violence in our society, and allow the energy of love, support and kindness to more freely flow. I'm currently using the method of sound, music, and vibration in this process, in meditations focused on humanity. The song, sound, and method I use is often prompted via a meditation or a dream message and I try different methods almost daily. Here is an example of one of the recent methods I used, in hopes of helping to calm the current anxieties and fears around the globe:

• I began in the Wuji position, and took some deep breaths in to ground myself and connect with “Source”. I  then faced East, drawing up the energy from the earth, through my body, and then forcing that energy out of my lungs and mouth with a  “Haaaah” sound. I also  used my arms and hands in the motion of bringing up energy from the earth, and then pushing out the energy from my chest with flat hands, into the open air. My intention was to bring up the stuck energy and then push it outward, as if purging and moving the stuck energy that needed to be removed. I saw this as- a cleansing process, similar to the methods used in Qigong. I did this 3 times while facing the East.. 
• I then positioned myself to face the West and repeated the process, and once again used the sound of  “Haaaah” while pushing my hands out in a cleansing manner. 
• I then positioned myself to the North and repeated the process, and then faced South, repeating the cleansing breath and sound.
• I turned my attention to bring in clear, clean, vibrant energy around the globe. 
• During my sleep state, I received a message to use the gentle melodic sound title “In My Room” from Echo Canyon, sung by Jakob Dylan and Fiona Apple, as part of this healing meditation. 
• I then visualized facing East and played the song, sending out the gentle tones and vibrations in this song, visualizing it gently moving and healing the Eastern quadrant of the globe. I saw and felt the nourishment of this energy and the trickle and flow of movement.
• When the song ended, I then faced West, and repeated the song and the process I used in the prior direction. When the song and visual ended, I turned toward the North and repeated the process, and then finally repeating it facing South. 
• After sensing the healing harmonies and gentle vibration continuing on their own, I created a type of healing bubble of protection around the globe, using the  thoughts of love, support, and calmness.
• I then ended the meditation.

For me, the validation as to whether or not the effort was effective is done via another meditation to help assess its impact.  I felt good about this process and impact.

By Beth Quist

I meditate each morning. With some of those meditations I have an agenda or purpose, such as "I am seeking answers", or I am preparing to do a "remote Qigong healing for someone",  or perhaps I just want to "nourish my soul and feel".  But this meditation experience was the first time I was not in control and couldn't stop the experience happening to me during this meditation.

I began my meditation like I usually do - in the early morning hours, in the dark, sitting on my couch with complete silence. I took a couple of cleansing breaths, grounded myself, closed my eyes, and began to meditate. But then things changed. I now found my  spiritual self being pulled to the top of a mountain and I was now sitting by a person, who was on my right, who appeared to be a monk – maybe a Buddhist monk ? My thoughts then shifted and I thought, "I must be in Asia".

This Buddhist-looking monk then either telepathically communicated to me, or I sensed his desire and reason for pulling me to this mountain. He wanted a healing treatment. I assumed he was making this request for himself, so I looked at his body, and he didn’t look ill. This seemed to be a lot of effort to bring me thousands of miles through space and time to do a healing on someone who looked rather healthy.  But then, with his next thought,  I found myself inside a room - a gray dark room with plain looking cement walls.  I saw a woman laying on a blanket on the floor. She was the one who was ill. I then realized this Buddhist-looking monk had brought me to heal this woman.

At first I was unsure what to do, or even how to begin, but then I thought, it’s just a remote Qigong treatment, so I began with the normal Qigong healing protocol of what I do when I don't have all the information about someone's health. I started with the Bagua and focused on building the energy in her yin organs. I then went to the yang organs, and then to the other organ systems, clearing blockages, directing vibrant Qi into those organs, and balancing the energy and flow throughout her body.I then could see her starting to rally.  She opened her eyes and I smiled at her.

I was then pulled back to my home and I was sitting on my couch in the early morning hours, almost as if nothing happened.  The event was now over and things were back to normal.

This was the first time I had an experience in a meditation where I was not in control. This created a new awareness about how barriers can be removed and requests for help answered.  It also let me know there are many other new experiences available if one is open to receive them as well as participate in them.

By Beth Quist

One of the spiritual gifts a person can develop is called Past Life Regression. This is a skill where a person is able to energetically move through time. Essentially it is a process where your spiritual, energetic self, is able to first SENSE the past, and then with greater skill, project their energetic self to that past.

Let me share my first experience with this spiritual gift.

One day, my former husband and I went on a road trip to the San Rafael Swell in Utah. 
This area is in the red rock areas of Utah. We traversed on a dirt road that led us to a flat red rock wall with ancient Indian petroglyphs called Buckhorn Wash. We got out of our jeep and gazed at the petroglyphs. 

I went on a walk, alone, and sat down on a rock. I started to meditate and opened my eyes.  About 50 feet away, near what had been a dry wash with some trees in that wash, were several Native American women, and they appeared to be doing a ritual.  They all stopped, turned and looked at me. I waved and whispered, hello. They looked startled; as was I.
They then just disappeared. It was now just an empty wash with a few trees. 
 
I ran back to the car to tell my husband what happened. We decided to see if we could connect with John U.K., my Spiritual Guide and Teacher, to ask what just happened.  John U.K. came and said this was a "past life regression". I had visited and connected with a group of women doing a ritual at this place that was an earth energy center. 

Earth energy centers are places where there is a greater concentration of life force energy, and as a result, using the tools and spiritual gifts is much easier in those locations. John U.K.went on to say that often the Natives would record their spiritual experiences on the rocks in these earth energy centers. He pointed to the petroglyphs on the rock in front of us, telling us that this experience of seeing me was recorded on this stone. 

This experience, though very brief, led me to become interested in discovering more earth energy sites. It also got me interested in petroglyphs and learning the stories behind the messages in stone. 

After a year or so of trying different ideas and methodologies to help heal humanity so we learn how to partner with each other, as well as partner with the earth, I became rather discouraged. Nothing I tried seemed to work, or didn't work for very long. Because Gaia had recommended I focus my efforts on working on healing humanity rather than healing the earth, I decided to go back and visit Gaia and see if she could help me. I needed guidance.

Because the first time I met Gaia, I had been invited and "pulled in to meet her" in a meditation, I wasn't sure how to go about visiting her without an invitation. But after several attempts, I was finally able to reconnect and visit Gaia once again. During this visit I shared my frustrations and asked for her assistance. I was then directed to a door, which I opened and then walked inside. It was a large room and inside was a HUGE musical instrument. To me, it looked similar to gigantic French Horn but was almost three stories tall. I was told this was now my instrument and I could use it anytime to help in my quest to heal humanity.

I don't play the French Horn and I did not know how to use this instrument. But then went to the 3rd floor of this room, sat down near the musical instrument, and a song popped in my head. It was a song I heard the previous night- "Creep"sung by Rozzi.  I immediately heard the melody play on this instrument and the vibration and harmonies seem to float through the ethers of the universe.

Since that experience, I've been experiencing with different sounds, songs, and methods with this healing instrument. Occasionally other like-minded souls with a desire to heal humanity show up and we all play together, sending out sounds and vibration focused on healing humanity.

As you probably know, different sounds and vibrations are used in Qigong to purge and remove stuck and stagnant Qi inside the body. It seems that a big-ass instrument is able to work on a larger audience.

There are even ancient writings carved in stone with images of figures blowing horns, like kokopelli. This leads me to believe that many other cultures have used sound and music as a favored tool, too.

My goal is to help stop the growing divide that seems to be filling up the world with more hate and violence. I am expecting humanity to start playing nice with each and respect each other - build bridges and find common ground. I am feeling seeds of hope.