The Seance Newsletter - February 2009

Thoughts from Suzane

We enter our second month of the New Year, February of course — generally thought to be the month of Love due to the celebration of Valentine's Day.

While the history of St. Valentine is of some mystery, he is said to have been sent to prison and killed for performing marriage ceremonies. For this and other reasons, he is accepted as the patron saint of Love. Read about him — very interesting!

We know of course that the Love associated with February 14th is usually romantic love. However, as we also know, there are many kinds of love. Mothers and fathers and grandparents give Valentine cards to their children and grandchildren, for example, as a token of their Love.

"What is Love?" has been the subject of countless poems and writings, but however you describe it, Love is clearly the most powerful force in the universe. Love provides our deepest and most profound connection to the greater whole — the God-consciousness, if you will — that connects all of us.

It is beyond doubt that we all want to experience Love which is universal to all beings, humans and animals alike.

Sometimes we can fall in love with a place. I recently had the wonderful opportunity to visit Costa Rica in Central America — such a beautiful country with rainforests, volcanoes and long beaches that attract surfers from around the world. Most of Costa Rica is very hot. It was 85 degrees where I was but there are parts near the rainforest that are damper with clouds hovering over volcanoes. When the cloud cover is not in the way, you can view the volcanoes' lava flowing down the mountain.

I took a long hike in the rainforest with a guide and group of people, and we got to see and experience how the local indigenous people live and socialize. Their huts and crafts were especially intriguing. Although not all of the indigenous people in the area live exactly the same way, they pride themselves in keeping alive as much of their tradition as possible. They spoke a different dialect of Spanish, but understood traditional Spanish very well. So our guide was able to translate our conversation.

I was already intently focusing on the head tribesman, his proud manner and cultural garb, when I heard the word "Shamanism" coming from the guide's lips. Now, I was on the edge waiting to hear more of everything he had to say. Through the interpreter, the head tribesman shared stories about the healers of the tribe — medicine women and men — and how they use the ingenious plants that are abundant in the rainforest and provide much of the medicine for the people there. He also spoke very poetically on the importance of the rainforest, noting "We are all the same."

Although I was up in the mountains of Central America listening to a language I did not understand, I realized what the head tribesman was talking about. For we are all the same in the sense that we are all universal beings connected by the great force of Love. That is what makes us all the same. It is the same kind of message I hear from the many guests on my show who have visited or lived with indigenousness people.

While I was in Costa Rica, it was the fifth anniversary of the passing of my beloved nephew with whom I still stay connected and yes, again, it is all about Love — the continuing spirit of Love that connects all of us everywhere in the world, and of course into the spirit world as well.

As I end this newsletter I can now tell all of you who have been asking when my show "The Afterlife" will air on American TV. Well, the date is March 6th. Check the here! TV website - www.heretv.com - for the details.

I'm looking to forward to seeing many of you in Albany this weekend. Maybe meeting some new folks and seeing those I've seen over the year.

Happy Valentine's Day of Love to all.

Warmly,
Suzane