Touching the Spirit World
MESSAGES ~ Love, Hope and Healing in Spirit 
July 2010
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Los Angeles
A Small Spirit Circle with Medium Hollister Rand

This is an intimate event limited to 10 people. Everyone in attendance receives a message.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

2:30-4:30pm

Hollister's Office
Sherman Oaks, CA

$95 per person

ONLY 4 SEATS LEFT!

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San Clemente
A Small Spirit Circle with Medium Hollister Rand

This is an intimate event limited to 10 people. Everyone in attendance receives a message.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

7:00 - 9:00pm

O2 Wellness Center
San Clemente, CA

$95 per person

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Laguna
An Evening of Spirit Communication
with Medium Hollister Rand


This group event is reading intensive. However, no one attending this event is guaranteed a reading.

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

7:30-9:30 PM
-doors open at 7pm

Awakenings Center for Conscious Living
Laguna Hills, CA

General: $40
2 ticket special: $60

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Anaheim
A Small Spirit Circle with Medium Hollister Rand

This is an intimate event limited to 10 people. Everyone in attendance receives a message.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

7:30 - 9:30pm

Staybridge Suites
Anaheim CA

$95 per person

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Dear Friends,

Orange County, CA here I come!  It's ironic that while in one of the greatest vacation spots in the world, I won't have much time to relax.   (You can bet that I won't miss a day at Disneyland, however.)
 
On Friday, July 23,  Awakenings Growth Center in Laguna Hills will be hosting an Evening of Spirit Communication.  This reading intensive (and wallet friendly) event is a great way to share the healing heart of mediumship with your friends and family members.  Seating is limited so please purchase your tickets early either online or at Awakenings.  Private sessions as also available while I'm in Laguna. 

For the first time ever, I'm visiting the lovely O2 Wellness Center in San Clemente for a Small Spirit Circle on Thursday, July 24th.  While in Anaheim, (at a hotel very near Disneyland), there will be another small spirit circle on Saturday, July 31st at 7:30 p.m.   If you're interested in scheduling a private session while I'm in Anaheim, please let us know because appointments are limited.

For those living in Los Angeles, you don't need to drive to Orange County in July.  There are 4 seats available for the Small Spirit Circle on Sunday, July 18th in Sherman Oaks as well as a couple of in person private sessions as well.   

Thinking about my schedule has made me a bit dizzy.  Or, maybe it's just that I'm writing to you from such a high altitude.  I drove to Mammoth Lakes, CA which is only a half day's drive away from LA, but a different world entirely.  There is still snow on the mountains here and I may even need to buy a jacket to stay warm in the evenings.  (Bet that sounds good to you guys sweating in New York.) 

Although my schedule may seem crazy, the desire to share love, hope and healing keeps me on the road.  Loved ones in spirit have a lot to say and I'm honored that they use me to share their thoughts.

From the highest mountains to the deepest oceans, we are surrounded by the magnificence of nature and the beauty of the spirits' love.

Hollister Rand
Comin' 'Round Again - What Spirits Say About Reincarnation
 
Reincarnation - Recycle Signby Hollister Rand
 
I asked the Hollister Rand Community on Facebook what subjects they'd like addressed in upcoming newsletters.  Questions about reincarnation caught my eye, especially this one:  "Is it possible for spirits to come back in a different form such as a dog or a horse?"  Another Facebooker asked, "Can you communicate with a reincarnated spirit?"
 
On the whole, the spirits I speak with don't discuss their former lives or their future lives.  Because I communicate primarily with loved ones in spirit, their purpose in making the connection is to establish that they have survived death and remain interested in those they have known in their most recent incarnation.  It would be unsettling if a beloved father showed up as a Dutch dressmaker in 1600's garb or a mother appeared as an ancient Roman gladiator.  However, spirits do make illusions to past lives.  After my friend, Brett died, he said, "I've met my many selves."  His statement has stayed with me and it may have more meanings than I know.  Yet one thing I do know is that no matter how many selves he has met, he visits me as the one I know.  He also appears to those who take my workshops and is always recognizable as Brett.

 
One of the great concerns that people have is that they'll miss the person they love in the afterlife because she or he has already reincarnated.  Let me reassure you many, many people in spirit have made it clear that they wait for those they love to join them. 

 
I'm reminded of the husband in spirit who told his wife that he was building her dream house in heaven so that it would be ready when she arrived.  During a group session a great grandfather in spirit told his great granddaughter (who was 86 at the time) that he and the rest of the family would be waiting for her.  Messages such as these are evidence that death may not be like a revolving door depositing us back into life on earth after a quick spin.

 
However, in some spiritual traditions, this is not the case.  It is well documented that the Tibetan Buddhists expect to find the next reincarnation of their Dalai Lamas very quickly after one dies.  This fast cycle of reincarnation is the result of a choice in service rather than a need for the soul to progress.

For the rest of us, however, reincarnation is more of a group endeavor than an independent choice.
 
Sometimes during a session or a group event, the spirits place brackets above the heads of attendees to indicate that they've shared lives before this one.  When I mention it, the sitters almost always respond with "Oh yes, we know we've been together before."  What I find interesting in these situations is that the current relationship may have elements of the former relationship carried over from the previous life.  Two female friends who participated in a circle were referred to by the spirits as "sisters."  "Everyone thinks we're sisters," one said.  "We feel more like sisters than friends."   I have no doubt that this feeling remains because of a lifetime spent as sisters.

 
I once had a lady ask me if her mother had reincarnated as her cat because her husband hated the cat (and we can assume that he felt the same way about his mother-in-law).  I couldn't confirm this because neither the mother, nor the cat communicated with me.  This circumstance raised a couple of important points, however.  Just because a loved one in spirit doesn't speak with a medium doesn't mean that we can assume that person has reincarnated.  Another point that spirits have made is that when healing is needed in relationships, people who remind us of family members (those we loved and those we didn't) may keep showing up in our lives until personal issues are faced and healed.  That doesn't mean that the challenging person has reincarnated, just that we're being called to deal with our own stuff.

 
Whenever I communicate with the spirits, I'm learning something new about life, the afterlife and the life after that.  Because I'm still in learning mode, I hesitate to say that something is impossible (like someone having a presence in the afterlife as well as a new incarnation on earth.) However, I have been taught by the spirits that during a human incarnation it is easy to distract ourselves with unnecessary complications rather than attend to what is at hand.   
 

Loved ones in spirit almost always point to the present moment as the place where our attention should be directed - - not the future and not the past.  Even when loved ones in spirits bring up memories of things that happened when they were alive or mention upcoming events, it is to establish their connection and point the way toward healing.  The reason that loved ones in spirit keep us focused on our current lives is because all past lives and future lives are present right now in this one; we don't have to go searching for them.
 
That is not to say that there isn't value in exploring our past incarnations; we can learn much about ourselves and make sense out of feelings that seem out of place and time.  I've experienced both spontaneous conscious regressions and received information about past lives during meditations, all of which have been enlightening and informative.  What I've come to realize however, is that the only changes I can make are changes I make now in the present moment.  Past incarnations are never the end of the story.  We're all writing new chapters as we go along.

 
While speaking at a conference, a father in spirit came through for a gentleman in the audience.  This father, a very authoritative military man, didn't have a loving relationship with his son while on earth.  He was there to apologize.  He also said something that seemed a bit out of place.  "I'm proud that you're a healer, a doctor.  Don't live in the past," he said to his son.  "Live now."  These statements didn't make sense until afterwards when I met the man in the audience who introduced himself as "Lincoln's surgeon," much to my surprise.  Although he was a chiropractor in his current life, he refused to give up his identity in a former life.  Maybe his father changed his mind . . .

 
The spirits speak to me of one constant - - and that constant is love.  Our past lives, present lives and future lives are all lessons in how to give and receive love and how to reside in it.  It is because of that constant love that I am confident that those I love will be waiting for me . . . and that those you love are waiting for you.

 
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