“Your soul – not your consciousness or your ego – it is the very essence of who you are, so it governs every aspect of your living.” Lisa Williams
I have followed Lisa Williams on TV for a couple of years now. She is a medium clairvoyant who by her own words, “Talks to dead people”. Yes, I’m a fan. She has an incredible gift, which helps so many people who are experiencing grief in their lives.
I recently attended her show in Perth. During the evening, I watched her use that gift to pass on messages from loved ones. I was one of the lucky ones in the audience to receive a reading that night. It was incredible. So, I was really looking forward to the release of her latest book, The Survival of the Soul.
Unwrapping it eagerly, cuppa in hand I sat down and read. The next day I was finished. It often doesn’t take long to read a book on a subject, which captivates your attention. Information about where my son is likely to be I gulped in greedily in big chunks.
The Survival of the Soul is Lisa’s first foray into actual writing, as her first book, Life Among the Dead was a collaboration with a ghostwriter. This one is part of a series, called “Do you want to know everything?” Lisa’s well known tagline.
I enjoyed this book immensely, but I did find it challenging in parts. Not all of what Lisa writes is challenging. I totally believe in the afterlife. What I find challenging is the whole concept of a structured soul kingdom out there. However, it is something I have read and heard so many times. When I read Michael Newston’s book, Journey of Souls he talks of similar things. I coined his descriptions of the afterlife, a hierarchy of souls. I’m sure it is accurate, but it is just way outside of my life here and now.
The great thing with this book though is the clarification I received about my son. Not only his passing, but also the messages he has sent me. It all made sense to me, at last. How he protected himself from the impact of the crash. Why he visited all of his family shortly before his death. How he was able to give me a message when he was in a coma. Why I felt him more around me in the first few months after his death. Why he doesn’t come to visit me ‘in person’.
The Survival of the Soul is split into three parts:
Orientation: This is really setting the scene. Lisa discusses her background (her grandmother was a gifted medium) and takes us through her childhood and the progression of her gift into adulthood. She raises a number of topics exploring our barriers to visiting or receiving messages from a medium. This includes skepticism, religion and our fear of death itself.
Crossing Over: A near death experience gave Lisa a peek into the afterlife, something she shares with us here. We are given an understanding of what we might expect as we cross over from this life to the next…crossing through the veil. How as a soul we visit our loved ones on earth and how we detach from earthly ties. She describes the journey of the soul, soul connections and pathways available to us. It’s a fascinating account.
The Healing Journey: In the final part of the book, Lisa describes the soul journey through the afterlife. We are given a glimpse into the rooms we will encounter. We undertake an earth life review. What lessons have we learnt? How we have grown? What is our role in the afterlife? Will we return to earth?
“If someone close to you has passed on, know that he or she is with you and watching over you, ensuring that you are well.” Lisa Williams
It truly is Survival of the Soul.
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This is an awesome book review, Maureen. You really made me want to read the entire book.
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Coming from a book reviewer yourself Janette, I appreciate the positive vibes – thank you so much
Maureen Hunter recently posted..The Survival of the Soul- Book Review
I’ve never actually thought about how important it can be able to communicate with or at least have closure with loved ones who have passed on. This has me thinking about the Native American (and sometimes South American) cyclical view of life in which everything comes around again. It doesn’t always mean reincarnation, but it means that we can and should take this life we have more lightheartedly. Thanks for this book review, Maureen. It really had be thinking about the afterlife and what beauty can be found there. =)
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Samantha, for me having a conduit to my son is one of my lifes great pleasures. I only wish I had such an amazing gift. The mystery of life is really unknown to us on earth, it is in the afterlife that we learn what it is all about. I truly believe there is life after death, in a different energy to what it is on this earth. In that knowing, I do not fear but it is in our attachments to those we love on earth that make us sorrowful in going.
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I am at the last chapters at the book and have stopped, I too am a avid fan of Lisa and so was my son before he passed, I am only 54 days in to my son passing so things are a bit raw for me and the way my son passed, he had a serve asthma attack in which I witnessed and saw the struggle of my son pleeding for help to breathe while waiting for the ambulance. My struggle is when did his soul detach itself from his body while he was begging me for help as he was gasping for air or when he passed out and I was giving him CPR on our floor. I too had similar things in which my 13yr old was seeing his grandmother weeks and months before he passed and wanting to visit with his cousin whom he was close with speaking with his sister and grandparents the nite before, having dreams and saying that the world is going to end soon. I fully understand and agree with Lisa and her writings, I understand what happens in the afterlife and it definately helps with knowning what has happened to our loved ones my conflick is the trauma in which my son passed and how he must of been thinking and feeling at the time of the attack is what has me asking for answers as a mother who did everything possible to save her son – seeing him like that makes me wonder? I saw him suffering with the struggle of not being able to breathe and as a mother it is the most terrifying experience all you want to do is jump inside there body and start breathing for them. I truely believe he is at peace now and he is around us and communicating with us in the ways Lisa has explained in her book….It would be good if Lisa was to do a book on children….Thanks for reading and listening Sharryn xo
Sharryn – reading your post my heart welled up as you talked of your experience with your son. I feel for you so very much. It is the most horrible and traumatic thing for a mother to go through, to see their child suffer. It is terrifying to be in such a powerless situation. You have every right to be raw…you have every right to feel the way you feel. You have every right to question, to seek answers. I wish I could give you the answers you need, unfortunately I cant. All I can give you is my love and support. All I can do is reach out my heart and my hand….Hugs Maureen xx
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