Preface

John is one of MANY voices saying ADC is not just a “parlor pleasure,” but that our existence depends on it! I always knew our bodies depended on the earth but I didn’t know that our souls did, too! (Sylvia Brown says each planet has their own “Heaven,” so in that context it does make sense. Where would our Heaven go if Earth no longer existed?)

He would like me to form an “Afterlife Group” where people come together to work with those on the other side to raise consciousness and awaken. John made the point that it would bring folks on the Other Side together as well and that he would like to meet some of the other people in the group’s contacts! (I am soon prepared to launch a group and newsletter focusing on just that - "HERE AND HEREAFTER" - through the Dragonfly Center.)

In Brooke Medicine Eagle’s book The Last Ghost Dance, one of her “spirit guides“, Sparrow Hawk, is explaining to her the vitalness of people coming together in “circles of commitment” in order that humanity may gain a better sense of our oneness with all life and regain our respect for the earth and the bounty she provides. “These ways of coming together are powerful and can be quite ecstatic,” he states. “Many others who have stepped beyond the Earth plane recently are doing this same kind of work. These ones can be our physical or spiritual ancestors. They were beings who sought to be Earth Mages during their lives and hold the intent for a renewed world even more strongly now that they are unlimited by the physical world…..For example, there are some you know of and personally know who are doing this: your Cheyenne mom, Ora June; your medicine brother Sun Bear; your Eagle Song sister Jordan Peck; your singing brother John Denver; Earthkeeper Danaan Perry…plant visionary Terence McKenna; Princess Diana; and of course, Mother Teresa. It is a beautiful service they offer. You can call on them or others you know who are now in the Beyond World who also had a strong intention for a renewed world. It will be part of the Spirit Dances to call upon their energy for enlistment and support.”

There is so much more to these experiences and their purpose that needs to be uncovered. Maybe for some there is just the desire to say or hear, "I'm okay, I'm not in pain anymore [or whatever]...please don't be sad for too long," but for others there is a strong message of "We have work to do and now that I KNOW what I thought I knew when I was alive, I'm going to do everything I can to communicate that message to you as well so you don't have to wait to get over here to find out. And humanity is in such jeopardy we cannot afford to overlook it any longer or we will annihilate our species, as well as every other species on our precious planet."

The urgency of our situation cannot be understated. It's crucial that more people become in tune to what is happening in our environment and begin to do something about it in their daily lives, and attempt to affect others around them, including our big economic decision-makers. The other thing that people need to learn is that if they think they can just die and move on into heavenly splendor and forget about what is happening on this earth, they are sadly, sadly mistaken. We're ALL connected, we're all in this together.... It doesn't end when you get to the "other side!"

This is the story about one of those helpers mentioned by Sparrow Hawk who didn’t wait to be called on. He wasted no time to call on us to say “Wake up and remember!“ as he practically jumped right in to continue fulfilling his destiny from the other side. My experiences have been very similar to those simulated in the movie “Dragonfly,” although not as conclusive. This story won’t be over for a long time…maybe ever.

Some considered him “the thinker’s artist.” After his death on October 12, 1997, singer-songwriter John Denver embarked on a spiritual crusade, calling upon everyone with whom he was ever connected to help him. That in itself is amazing. What is even more amazing is the fact that so many still in the physical dimension have heard that call, AND are responding to it. And magical things have and are happening around them!

It didn’t take long for many people to realize that there was something going on with John. He began interacting in people’s lives in a MAJOR way. The experience was and continues to be very powerful, has changed my life, and I can tell that it often also affects people I come into contact with. His continuing influence, presence, inspiration, and love are apparent and overwhelming.

He came to reconnect people (including his own soul) with the spirit of the earth. No one really knew just how committed John was to making the world a better place for everyone. Humanity is evolving to understand that the earth responds to us--the collective consciousness-- and it's you AND me, not you OR me, that we must consider if we want to save ourselves.

In Nick Bunick’s book, The Messengers, he talks about Princess Diana starting “God’s wave” in Europe after she crossed over. Perhaps this was something that was meant to happen in 1997. Perhaps John Denver started one in America (and possibly even Australia). Perhaps Mother Teresa started one in Asia upon her passing, as Jacques Cousteau started one in the ocean to spread out all over the world.

Not all can be revealed at this time, as far as meanings of things, but what can be told is fascinating and intriguing. Compiling the stories for this book brought back all those warm feelings that they gave me when I read them the first time. Some of them will bear the reader to have a more open mind than others. The writers themselves had their doubts and concerns when they began experiencing these remarkable events. Eventually, however, as you read these accounts, I believe that a bigger picture will begin to reveal itself to you. Your consciousness will be raised and clarity of events in your own life may just happen to come into focus.

It is not usually easy to stand up for what you believe in. But gifts are meant to be shared, and I know this story is a gift to be told. By doing so I hope to play a part in that dream of John’s for a better world.

“I suppose there are some people who never believe in the magic,

Oh the magic of love,

They think nothing is precious and life is just pleasure and pain

Then again, each of us knows, when a heart has been broken it’s tragic,

Oh the magic of love:

Even that which is broken with love can be mended again.

All the things that you fear,

At the most they mean nothing

All the sorrow and sadness can just disappear....

There was never a doubt, never a doubt in my mind,

We weren’t meant to be lonely...

There was never a doubt in my mind.”