Heather from Lakewood, CO

Hello Mary Ann!

First let me tell you that I absolutely love Ghost Whisperer! I never miss an episode.

Secondly, I know that you answer questions on your blogspot - and I have one for you.

Ever since I was little I have been able to see spirits. My first recollection was seeing my paternal grandfather right after he passed. I was about 5 years old.

When I was in elementary school I hated playing in the field behind my house, because all of the spirits would come out and talk to me. I would run home crying and lock myself away in my room.

As I grew up I saw the spirits fewer and fewer times. Now I see spirits on two occasions:

1) as they are dying or shortly thereafter (within minutes/hours). I have witnessed numerous murders. The most notable was my Dad's best friend, John Hand. This was the first murder that I witnessed in real time. Most of the time I witness murders in my sleep. I feel that I am being shown this so that I can help either solve crimes or cross people over ?? I'm not sure. I have information in relation to his death that I want to share with the police, but I'm afraid they will think I'm crazy.

I also see people shortly after they have passed, when they have died from sudden accidents or natural causes. A few months ago my boyfriend's great aunt came to me and started chatting away. I had no idea who she was, and I couldn't even get a word in edge wise. Within 3-4 hours my boyfriend's mother called to say that the great aunt had passed from cancer earlier that day.

2) Mostly in dreams, but also in "real life" they come to talk to me and ask me to convey messages. The most recent of these has been a co-worker who passed who had messages for family/co-workers, and also my grandfather who has messages for family. I have tried conveying these messages to my family, but they think I'm crazy. My Mom believes me but she is so freaked out by what I can do that she doesn't like to talk about it.

I won't tell you about every ghost that I've ever seen - but I will leave you with one last story.

On February 13 2007 a co-worker of mine dropped dead of a brain aneurysm. Later that night she began visiting me.

It was then that I realized I had a special gift. I knew that I have visited this "place" before but it wasn't until Brenda died that I really grasped what it was.

I have the ability (in my dreams) to visit a place where spirits of those who have passed on, and those who are alive can congregate. I'm not sure what this place is but I call it "heaven" for lack of a better word. A few months ago I discovered that I can also take people from their bodies and bring them with me. This is all in my dreams, and I seem to have no recollection of how/why I am doing it. Just that I can.

My grandfather had a message to give my mother. I remember hovering over her body as she slept, I tried to take her from her body - but she was stubborn and would not go. Have you ever heard of such a thing? In recognizing what this place was, I realized that I have visited many, many times since I was a little girl. Oftentimes I don't remember actually being there, but I remember when my spirit "flys home" and I re-enter my body.

I realize that I have some ability to communicate with those have passed on, but thus far it has been random and not of my own choosing. Is there a way to harness this ability, so that I can use it at will - to help others? I am absolutely fascinated with this gift, and I am disappointed that I cannot use it at will. I am always thrilled when a spirit comes to speak to me (either in dreams or real life) and I would love to use that gift to help others and learn more about "the other side"

Do you have any advise for me?

You are coming to Lakewood, Colorado on December 22. I work as an insurance agent in Denver. I think I'll try to take some time off of work so that I can see your talk.

Sincerely,
Heather

Dear Heather,

Thanks for watching Ghost Whisperer.

Children see spirits, but most of them lose this the older they get. You it seems, retained some of this ability.

What your experiencing is precognitive dreams. Your are getting information about the future psychically and in dreams.

You are also astro wandering. You do not have any control over it, or understood how it is happening, but this place you are going to is not heaven. You are not dead. It is a gathering place for earthbound and crossed over spirits to meet and have astral visitors.

Please do not take anyone with you on this trip. A person has to choose to do this, not just yanked out of their body and taken on a astral road trip!

The more that you use your gift the more that it will develop. Everyone grows in the appropriate way.

Read all you can. I suggest Edgar Cayce and Ruth Montgomery.

Good Luck

Mary Ann