Spring fling!

Now that we've moved from the lofty heights of Gjøra to the centre of the sprawling metropolis that is Sunndalsøra, spring has taken me by surprise! Usually, I would be cursing that there is never going to be enough time for my vegetables to grow before harvesting. Now, I'm thinking damn it, I should have had my squash and carrots in the ground already! Nature has beaten me to it again!

Thankfully, I am getting more time at home these days, less travelling around the country and so there is time enough to play at being the gardener. It's not that I don't like travelling around Norway, but what with four children, three horses, a wife and a dog, my time is much better spent closer to home.

Pleasantly, it does allow me to work in a very effective way – e-mail readings. There is something to be said for being able to shut the world out, connect with a client and write a reading in the comfort of my own office (steaming bowl of lady grey to the left). There is such a benefit to having a reading presented to you in black and white, or blue and white . . . or green and white, depending on what mood I'm in. It allows clients to be able to read it again and again, rather than having to remember what what said, face to face.

Sticking to the memory of spring, here at the international headquarters of Simon Milton-Jones Healer and Medium, we are offering e-mail readings at half price (500kr). Other than arguing with Mother Nature about when the squash seeds should have been planted, spring is usually a time of renewed vigour, stamping your feet into the ground and making big decisions. There is something about it all that gives us a sense of empowerment, optimism and a feeling that things are on their way up.

So, for me, this spring, I plan on doing more and more e-mail readings, not just so I will have time closer to home but also because it's a nice way of connecting with my clients and giving them something personal and memorable. As of writing this blog, I still have no seeds in the ground but I do have a very nice 40 year old gressløk plant (chives) that is declaring itself the supreme winner of all things coming early this year. Impressive.

Memento Mori

Well, Christmas is upon us once again, my bank account is giving me dirty looks and I’ve not yet bought the food and wine necessary to satisfy my plump belly!  Never mind, money comes and goes, no matter how much or little you have – today I read that Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook) is worth $45 billion so unless he has a really, really bad day, I think he is probably the exception to the rule.

Anyway, I digress, my point in this blog has nothing to do with Mark and his billions but more to do with two small words, Memento Mori. Memento Mori – remember death. It sounds really morbid, remember death, but it’s now going to be my catch phrase. At the time of the black death and subsequent generations, Memento Mori was everywhere, painted onto buildings, carved above doorways, everywhere. The idea was that we should never forget that life can be short, death could be just around the corner and so LIVE! Live life like you may not see many more days.

We have all heard the saying, live today like it’s your last and I guess it’s a modern day version of Memento Mori. I am sure there were such sayings coming out of the last world war as well. And today it’s probably more real for those fleeing their homeland and risking everything for the chance of a safe life.

For some years I’ve been talking about life being about having experiences, doing things, experiencing new sides of life, actively getting out and doing the things you have fancied trying. Because, at the end of the day, once you are dead, there is no more physical body, no more flesh and bone to push down a mountain on skis, no more base jumping from weird and wonderful places in Norway, no more crazy sex in public places (it’s not just me!). Once we are dead, all the physical experiences we can have are gone. While we are alive, it is our personal responsibility to do whatever it is that sets a spark under us, to experience all the things we would like to do.

I promise every single person reading this, once you are dead, you will want to be a person who can say, “I DID THAT”. All of the experiences we have while alive will be taken with us, they are an integral part of who we are. We are the sum of our experiences to date. Be someone who is able to say, I did that, not someone who has to say, I didn’t do it. Puhhh. I didn’t do it, is one of the saddest things to take with you out of this life.

Memento Mori, sums up this philosophy for me. Memento Mori, remember death, live life. Use your life as a way of gaining as many experiences as you can. Good experiences, bad ones and downright ugly ones. The bad and ugly are just as important as the good, they all make us who we are. This is your purpose in life!

Lastly, decide from today what experiences you would like to have before you die and let that be the compass for your life ahead. If climbing an active volcano in Iceland floats your boat, do it. If walking the Inca trail is just a fantasy, find a way to make it happen. If taking a year out and sailing around the world burns within you, buy a boat!

The point here is that while you are alive, use your life to do the things you imagine. Be someone who dies and is able to say, I did that and not, I didn’t do it. The New Year is on its way again and there will be plenty of new resolutions to quit smoking, join the gym. Forget all that nonsense, make a resolution to do something only your imagination has dared share with you.

Murder victim

Not so long ago, I met with a client who wanted to speak to her dead best friend and it was clear from the moment she sat down that it wasn’t going to be a straight forward reading.

It’s normal for me to know nothing about a new client or why they come to see me and this case was no exception.  As I began describing how I work and what clients can generally expect from a reading of this kind, I could feel a woman (dead) standing to my right and I felt sure this was the woman my client wanted to speak with.

So, here is the story; my client’s best friend died in an accident while she was enjoying some time with her boyfriend. There was a crash and the boyfriend was thrown from the scene but the girlfriend was trapped and was unable to escape. The boyfriend was in a state of shock and found himself unable to do anything to help. He wasn’t able to call for help for almost five hours after the accident. Unfortunately, the girlfriend was dead by this point.

Hmmm, well there is nothing weird about that, these things happen and that’s what the police also thought. It’s a tragic accident.

OK, back to my client, I provided strong evidence that it was her best friend that was with us and we moved on. The dead person who we shall call Kari came through to me so very clearly and her energy was so strong that there was no mistaking what she was saying, “This was no accident”. Kari went on to say that she had been beaten by her boyfriend a number of times during their relationship and this wasn’t an unusual thing. The best friend was already aware of the abuse. On this particular day, Kari and boyfriend had had another fight and he had beaten her in such a way that it was clearly visible to anyone looking at her. The boyfriend, an intensely jealous man with an anger issue, was concerned about how his girlfriend looked and that people would notice what he had done, public opinion was important to the boyfriend.

Without going into every aspect of the accident, I can tell you that Kari described the incident in devastating detail, leaving very little to the imagination. Kari showed that the boyfriend tried to make the situation appear as an accident when in fact it was engineered to cover up what he had done to her and to prevent her from speaking out about him. Kari talked about seeing her boyfriend sitting to the side, away from the scene, watching and waiting. Through her eyes, he was waiting for her to definitely be dead . . . and then, almost five hours later, he phoned the police. Kari was trapped, unable to breath, unable to escape and according to her, the boyfriend just sat there waiting.

This is still an ongoing case for the Norwegian Police and although the boyfriend has been arrested, the case against him is not for murder and it is expected that he will serve no more than 8 months in prison if convicted.

I saw all of the events play out through her eyes, I felt her shock, turn to horror, then panic followed by a frustrated resignation and finally relaxation. Kari left me with the absolute feeling that she wanted the truth to be brought to light and for her young children left behind to know what this man did to their Mother.

Of course, there is still a great deal of anger in Kari and I am sure it is justified but other than bringing her message to the best friend that came to see me, what can I do? Nothing. For me to stand up, visit the Police and let them know what Kari has told me would have no effect. It would not help the legal argument in any way. I don’t believe Mediums and especially psychics, should be involved in legal argument. The role we have to play is providing evidence that our loved ones are still with us, provide assistance to friends and loved ones when needed and offer a no nonsense, clear, unbiased, filter-free communication with those that are already dead.

Today, the boyfriend now has a new partner and freely wanders around his home town. My client, found an understanding of what had happened, it confirmed some thoughts and denounced others but ultimately she felt relief that her best friend was still with her and could still look out for her children.

How I see things

People are generally interested in the world I live in, what I experience being a Medium and Healer and how I fit living in the practical world with the "Alternative" world of speaking with dead people, Spirit Guides and healing those that feel they need a little help.

I've tried to summarize my philosophy and experiences in order to give a brief introduction to my little universe, and ended up with the following five core ideas:

• Freedom of faith
• Everyone can do it
• You don't need any rituals
• Dead people are just dead, not gone
• You can develop as who you are, don't forget to keep living!

Well, the next few blogs I write will be on these topics and will hopefully answer some of the questions people have about how I see things, but feel free to ask whatever comes to mind!

So, if you would like me to add to this list, send me a message and I will do what I can :-)

I am a Medium, which means I can communicate with dead people. I like doing it, it's fun, interesting and most people get the idea that it's not scary. Just before Christmas I visited a family that wanted to speak with their dead Father (we shall call him Jon). Now, I am never in charge of who comes through and so it is always a bit of a worry as to whether the person they are hoping for, actually comes through.

Anyway, I went to see the family who, although were doing well with their grief, had lost Jon less than a year earlier. I am never in control of who comes through in a Mediumship reading, it is always up to the people on the other side and for someone who likes to be in control, it presents me with a bit of a challenge :-/  So, we began the reading and very quickly it was clear that it was Jon who was going to chat with us. After the usual pleasantries, Jon began to talk about what he had been noticing with regard to his children and grandchildren. He had lots of opinions on how his children were doing and although he was interested in them, he was more interested in his Grandchildren.

Jon talked in some detail about each of the Grandchildren and showed some concern about one in particular. He felt that this Grandson was in a difficult place with himself and that there was a serious amount of frustration surrounding him. Jon said that he would be spending more time around his Grandson in an effort to help him through this difficult period. Jon provided great evidence that he had been around the family and had seen what they had all been up to. His humor made the reading fun and personal and is typical of Jon to try and keep things light.

The family wanted to know what he would be doing for Christmas and he answered by saying that he would be enjoying himself with the Grandchildren, where else would he be?! The reading lasted an hour and the family were really happy, they said that it had made things so much easier for them, knowing that he was still around, still involved in their lives and able to help with some of the issues they were facing.

I find myself reminding people (living), that just because someone is dead, it doesn't mean they are gone. If I died today, the first thing I would want to do is go and see how my family are doing, what my children are up to and find out what I can do to help them. It's quite logical really. It's the same for everyone else, just because someone has died, it doesn't mean their personality or priorities have changed.

I treat the dead in the same way as the living, to me, they are the same people they were when alive, the only difference is that they are now dead :-)

Simons program for første halvdel av 2013

Simon er å treffe:

Torsdag 17. januar i Kristiansund

Torsdag 24. januar i Molde

Lørdag 26. januar i Kristiansund HEALINGKURS

Mandag 28. januar i Trondheim

Torsdag 31. januar i Kristiansund

Tirsdag 5. februar i Brekstad

Torsdag 7. februar i Molde

Fredag 8. og lørdag 9. februar i Oslo

Torsdag 14. februar Kristiansund

Lørdag 16. februar i Kristiansund KURS ÅNDELIGE HJELPERE

Torsdag 21. februar i Molde

Mandag 25. februar i Trondheim

Torsdag 28. februar i Kristiansund

Tirsdag 5. mars i Brekstad

Torsdag 7. mars i Molde

Lørdag 9. mars i Trondheim UTVIKLINGSKURS

Torsdag 14. mars i Kristiansund

Fredag 15. og lørdag 16. mars i Oslo

Torsdag 21. mars i Molde

Mandag 25. mars i Trondheim

Tirsdag 2. april i Brekstad

Torsdag 4. april Molde

Lørdag 6. april i Kristiansund MESSE

Torsdag 11. april Kristiansund

Torsdag 18. april Molde

Torsdag 25. april Kristiansund

Lørdag 27. april Kristiansund UTVIKLINGSKURS

Mandag 29. april Trondheim

Torsdag 2. mai Molde

Tirsdag 7. mai Brekstad

Torsdag 16. mai Molde

Torsdag 23. mai Kristiansund

Torsdag 30. mai Molde

Tirsdag 4. juni Brekstad

Torsdag 6. juni Kristiansund

Lørdag 8. juni Trondheim HEALINGKURS

Torsdag 13. juni Molde

Fredag 14. og lørdag 15. juni Oslo

Torsdag 20. juni Kristiansund

Mandag 24. juni Trondheim

Torsdag 27. juni Molde 

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Poor, poor Larry :-(

Blahhhhhh! I've been sick over the holidays with the same influenza as everyone else. It took me out for nearly 2 weeks, which is far longer than I would have liked :-/  I read online last night that there is a laboratory in the UK that have created a robot in the form of a man, called Larry. The job of Larry is to projectile vomit over different surfaces, the floor, tables, bed, sofa etc. Stakkars han :-( The science geeks are trying to work out how far vomit particles can travel and still be potent enough to transfer a particular illness to anyone who accidentally ingests the vomit. Æsj! ! !

Every time I get sick, it comes on quickly, hits me hard and then usually leaves me again just as quickly. So, if someone is normally sick for a week,the whole process for me, from getting sick to being well again would only take 24-36 hours. Nice, you might say, but I nearly always get a serious fever and become delirious, which is not so fun. A strange thing I experience, or perhaps not so strange if you think about it, is that when I am delirious, my two worlds (the living and the dead) overlap, the distance between them is zero, nothing. So, when I am sporting a high temperature and "talking a load of rubbish" as my wife calls it, I find that my connection to the other side is perfectly clear. I see, hear, feel dead people all around me. It's not an ideal way to work and I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone wanting to build a better connection with Spirit but we all have our quirky sides, I guess.

Anyway, I am fever free, back in the saddle and looking forward to working in Molde again tomorrow :-) My first stop, though, is to Anette at Diva Design for good coffee and a catch-up conversation - a perfect way to start the day :-)

Happy New Year to you all!

Simon