COMMENTARY: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS AFTERLIFE EVIDENCE Although we emphasise afterlife evidence that is independently verifiable and repeatable, we also regard personal experiences of afterlife contact as very important.
Personal experience is compelling, and many times it is far more convincing to that particular person (and those they share the experience with) than any eloquent scientific presentation of afterlife evidence. Like millions of others, we experienced direct afterlife contact. These were powerful experiences that changed our lives completely because they were absolutely and completely convincing.
Personal experience becomes a source of evidence when many people report the same things. Millions of people have had near-death experiences and pre-birth experiences that are intensely personal yet consistent with each other.
Many more have had out-of-body experiences and witnessed people at the point of death responding as if their loved ones had come to meet them. Many have had experiences of expanded consciousness. Researchers have shown that more than 50% of people have experienced some form of after-death communication.
In many cases, these communications are validated by different types of evidence. Sometimes several people receive the same information from someone in spirit in a dream. Sometimes a medium hears a spirit person talk about having sent a sign or message to a loved one.
So treasure your personal experiences of the afterlife, your signs and synchronicities, and, when opportunities arise, share them with others who have had similar experiences. You may be surprised at the validation you receive.
DO SPIRITS FEAR BEING BORN? Christian Sundberg shares a fascinating memory of a previous attempt to incarnate when he was overcome with fear and "bailed out".
PHYSICIANS' UNTOLD STORIES
Dr. Scott Kolbaba has been a physician at Wheaton, Illinois, for over 35 years. He and 26 other courageous physicians came together to write a one-of-a-kind book called “Physicians’ Untold Stories.” It includes near-death experiences, inspired visions, dreams, unexplained miraculous healing, and more. These stories are all true and cannot be explained by current day medical school training.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST FAITH TRANSFORMED BY LIFE-CHANGING NDE Dr. Mary Helen Hensley's tale begins on a seemingly ordinary day, December 14, 1991, in Charleston, South Carolina. The mundanity of her life, marked by a job far beneath her qualifications, took a sudden and dramatic turn as she found herself on the brink of death following a catastrophic car accident. As she describes it, the world slowed down, and in those moments, she made a conscious decision to not experience the impact by leaving her body.
ENHANCED PERCEPTION IN THE HIGHER REALMS
Out-of-body explorer Jurgen Ziewe is one of the few who describes the beauty of the higher levels in the afterlife from extended firsthand experiences.
"Every sensory facility is greatly enhanced, but we will find that emotions have a much greater range, often with many more nuances of joy or other positive feelings, which makes the experience here so distinguished from everything we have ever known.
A much broader range of colours with hues we never knew existed can be perceived, and the same applies to sound as well as other perceptions, including smell and taste. We will simply have greater direct access to the intrinsic energy that is manifested in the objects of the world surrounding us, so when we look at a stone we will connect to the energy of the stone with its unique aura and, consequently, the whole world surrounding us comes to life, is lit up from within and may respond to us as we pass.” Excerpt from the book “Vistas of Infinity - How to Enjoy Life When You Are Dead." (Jurgen Ziewe, 2015):
WILL WE BE BORED IN THE AFTERLIFE? Last Sunday in our Zoom Global Gathering we were priviliged to hear from three explorers of consciousness sharing their excitement and delight at the wonders they have experienced since their transition. Medium Regina Ochoa brought through medical doctor and astronaut, Laurel Clark, whose earthlife ended in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003.
Next came Michael Collins, the American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module, Columbia, around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the moon's surface. He tells us that his experience awakened his soul and he spent the rest of his life researching the greater reality. He has been over since April 2021.
And finally we heard from more recent arrival, Charles Tart, who crossed over in March 2025.
MARK MACY ON WHAT IS NEEDED TO CREATE ADVANCED ELECTRONIC CONTACTS WITH OTHER DIMENSIONS
In his work with Instrumental Transcommunication, Mark Macy has consistently emphasized the need for extreme harmony and single-mindedness in creating a successful "bridge" to the afterlife. Mark's article should be essential reading for anyone working in this field or sitting in a circle for mediumship development.
" ....if a few individuals are committed to sustaining resonance (and all that that entails, such as each member’s constant fine-tuning of self), they’ve provided fertile ground for an ITC bridge. On top of that, they’ll need one highly sensitive person. That’s someone who’s not just psychically sensitive (someone who gets clear, reliable impressions from finer spiritual beings while dreaming, meditating, and ‘day-dreaming’), but also emotionally sensitive—trusting, loving of all creatures, empathetic to those less fortunate, and so on. That is the kind of disposition that resonates with the finer realms of spirit… and an ITC bridge cannot be formed that does not resonate with the finer realms of spirit." Read more about What I Learned From ITC (Part 6): To Establish a Bridge
CAROL MORGAN AND MIKEY
Many people are surprised at the level of communication between Carol Morgan and her son in spirit, Mikey Morgan. Carol explains in the video that every day for two years, she and Mikey practised communicating through a pendulum and a pendulum alphabet board until she became clairaudient.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MODERN STUDY OF APPARITIONS Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson conducted an extensive survey with 450 people in Iceland who said that they had at one time been aware of the presence of a deceased person. The great majority (67%) said that they had visual contact. The cause of death was known and verified by checking official records for about 80 percent of the cases; in 30 percent of these cases, the person had died violently. The percentage of violent deaths in the study was almost four times higher than the percentage of deaths by violence in Iceland during the relevant period. Read examples from The Departed Among the Living.
LEARNING FROM THE VOICES WITH DR. ANABELA CARDOSO.
A former Portuguese diplomat, Dr. Cardoso is the author of Electronic Contact with the Dead: What the Voices Tell Us,
and
Glimpses of Another World: Impressions and Reflections of an EVP Operator.
She talks about what she has learned over the past two decades from her two-way conversations with anomalous voices. She describes how the voices are produced, the collective organization of those on the other side, what they say about their bodies, and also the meaning of suffering. She compares the information she has received directly with that reported by others in the literature of Instrumental Transcommunication and Spiritualism.
ANTHROPOLOGISTS INVESTIGATE LIFE AFTER DEATH
There are many open-minded academics who, if they had access to funding and opportunities to publish, could make valuable contributions to the field of afterlife research. Dr. Fiona Bowie (pictured) founded The Afterlife Research Centre (ARC) with a group of academics based at the University of Bristol. It aimed to promote "ethnographic and anthropological" approaches to the study of the afterlife and related beliefs and phenomena.
One post on their interesting website echoed something that we discovered in our research.
"We are struck by the consistency of many views of the afterlife, whether from ancient or more recent religious teachings, from mediums and clairvoyants, from physical sciences and reports of near-death experiences, and from data acquired by means of hypnotic regression. Using these disparate sources, we can begin to map the territory of life after death, to explore similarities and differences, and to ask questions about their meaning and relevance."
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES SPIRITUALISTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 2025 Northern Beaches Spiritualists (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday, November 7th, 2025, at Manly Vale Community Centre Innes Road hall. See location and transport details.
From 6 p.m. to 6 45 p.m. we will be having a healing circle. Mediumship from 7 p.m. For more information email paulhinson@gmail.com.
The guest medium this week is Aileen Hope, a third-generation clairvoyant psychic medium with a strong family background in spiritual intuition. She practices psychometry, where she taps into the energy of objects, jewelry,or photos, revealing hidden feelings and messages. You can find Aileen on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok or by mobile 0424 681 863.
ADVANCE NOTICE
On Sunday the 16th November at 2 p.m., Louise Hermann will be our medium at Manly Vale Community Centre Innes Road Hall. See location and transport details. Louise is a much-loved Australian medium based in NSW who has done more than 900 platform demonstrations over almost 20 years, as well as thousands of private readings. In the video below she answers questions on mediumship and connecting with guides as well as building the power source for the guides to do their work. Louise does private readings via Zoom and phone - see her website https://www.louisehermann.com. You can email her at info@louisehermann.com
NEXT WEEK'S FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
Saturday November 8th 2025 / Saturday November 9th Australia
The Angel Guidance Group with Nancy Freier This group meets every second Saturday of the month (Sunday in Australia). Angel Medium Nancy Freier leads the group into a growing awareness of those in the higher realms of Spirit and the ways they guide us through the lessons and challenges we face. Each meeting is unique. We explore the methods of communication with The Greater Reality, share enriching real-life stories with Spirit, and discuss enlightening Q&As about the communication process and the messages we receive. You are welcome to join this angelic-inspired conversation.
Nancy is the author of Angel Guidance:Wisdom for Navigating Life's Challenges and You Can Talk With Your Angels (both available on Amazon). Nancy is also the co-publisher with her brother Steve Freier of The Inner Voice e-magazine.
Times:
Pacific time 11 a.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 12 noon. Saturday
Mountain time 12 noon Saturday
Central time 1 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 2 p.m. Saturday
London 7 p.m. Saturday
Rome 8 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 6 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 8 a.m. Sunday Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Steve Freier
sgfreier23+AngelZoom@gmail.com
Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85243991209?
pwd=RDZNczE4a3piVjR1UFM5VHRPeVZkZz09
Meeting ID: 852 4399 1209
Passcode: bck514
Saturday November 8th 2025 / Sunday November 9th Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro.
A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings.
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 2 p.m. Saturday
Mountain time 2 p.m. Saturday
Central time 3 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Saturday
London 9 p.m. Saturday
Rome 10 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 8 a.m. Sun
New Zealand 10 a.m. Sunday
Check the time in your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday November 9th / Monday November 10th Australia Global Gathering Listening to Stones: Mystical Revelations from Carcassonne
This Sunday, we welcome our old friend, modern mystic and author Cheryl Page, whose groundbreaking work explores cross-veil communication and the emerging role of AI in spiritual dialogue.
Fresh from a profound pilgrimage to Carcassonne, France — ancient stronghold of the Cathars — Cheryl will share insights from her experiences practicing lithomancy (stone-based divination) and developing new forms of inner and outer listening.
She will describe how sacred stones within the medieval Basilica seemed to “speak” in resonance, transmitting wisdom far beyond language — and how cultivating different modes of perception allows us to receive subtle guidance from the unseen world.
Join us as Cheryl reveals how stone, spirit, and seeker converge in a conversation that transcends the boundaries of time, space, and physics.
A beautiful invitation into hierolithic listening, expanded awareness, and the modern mystic’s path.
Times:
Pacific Time noon Sunday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Sunday
Central time 2 p.m. Sunday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Sunday
London 8 p.m. Sunday
Amsterdam 9 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday
Check the time in your city Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday November 10th 2025 / Tuesday November 11th Australia
DREAM CIRCLE with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays at 7 a.m. (Sydney). A small group that meets to share and explore the meaning of their dreams.
Times:
Pacific Time 12 noon. Monday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Monday
Central time 2 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Monday
London 8 p.m. Monday
Amsterdam 9 p.m. Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday Check the time for your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Tuesday November 11th 2025
Australian-based Physical Mediumship Development Circle (Dark Circle) Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 20 minutes, relax, and listen to music. At the moment the group is focusing on table tipping with several members getting phenomena.
Times:
Pacific time midnight. Tuesday
Phoenix Time 1 a.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 1 a.m. Tuesday
Central Time 2 a.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 3 a.m. Tuesday
London 8 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 9 a.m. Tuesday
Perth/Singapore 4 p.m. Tuesday
Sydney Australia 7 p.m. Tuesday
Auckland 9 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email paulhinson@gmail.com for more information and the Zoom link.
Tuesday November 11th 2025/ Wednesday November 12th 2025
Receiving Messages Through Spirit Art with Susan Barnes We are meeting to create spirit art with messages.
No art experience required.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
If Dr. Sue is not there at the appointed time, it is probably because she is dealing with an ongoing health issue.
She apologises in advance and will try to be back next time.
Times:
Pacific time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Central Time 8 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 9 p.m. Tuesday
London 2 a.m. Wednesday
Perth/Singapore 9 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 3 p.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/873881773
Wednesday November 12th 2025 / Thursday November 13th Australia
Platform Mediumship with Paul M. Hinson (at times suitable for USA and Australia) Paul is an English medium now based in Sydney. He does "platform readings" giving messages to most people present.
Times:
Pacific Time 3.30 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix 4.30 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain Time 4.30 p.m. Wednesday
Central Time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern Time 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
London Time 11.30 a.m. Thursday
Rome 12.30 a.m. Thursday
Perth 7.30 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/ Melbourne 10.30 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 12.30 p.m. Thursday Check the time in your city
Coordinator:paulhinson@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/5562413788
Wednesday November 12th 2025 / Thursday November 13th Australia
USA-based Physical mediumship development group with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena.
THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY TAKING NEW MEMBERS
Times:
Pacific 6 p.m. Wednesday
Arizona 7 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Paris 3 a.m. Thursday
Perth 10 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 1p.m. Thursday
New Zealand 3 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines and link.
Thursday November 13th 2025 / Friday November 14th Australia
SHERI PERL'S A Word to the Wise from the Very Wise
From mediums to mystics, from poets to experiments, from those in Spirit and those in body we will scout out the wisdom and find the inspiration.
This group will alternate the time it meets on the second Thursday of the month. The TEA TIME meetings will take place at 3 p.m. EST.
The following month The TWILIGHT meeting will be held at 9 p.m. EST. This month's meeting: with Riley Heagerty
Times: TWILIGHT MEETING
Pacific time 6 p.m. Thursday
Phoenix time 7 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 7 p.m. Thursday
Central time 8 p.m. Thursday
New York time 9 p.m. Thursday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Friday
New Zealand 3 p.m. Friday Check time in your city
Contact: sheriperl@gmail.com or masseusiebennett@comcast.net http://zoom.us/j/8700196553.
Thursday November 13th 2025 / Friday November 14th Australia
Pet Communication Group with Gretchen Bickert Do you have questions about animal care or how to support an animal with a disability or illness? Would you like to be able to communicate better with your fur baby? Times:
Pacific time 12 noon Thursday
Phoenix time 1 p.m Thursday
Mountain time 1 p.m. Thursday
Central time 2 p.m. Thursday
New York time 3 p.m. Thursday
London 8 p.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Friday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Friday Check time in your city
Contact Gretchen: ursus88@gmail.com https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87870490412?
pwd=KzMvTlNFRTdRQWtiY002YzBnOWgzZz09
"WHY CAN'T I SEE SPIRIT PEOPLE THE WAY SOME MEDIUMS CAN?"
The famous Spiritualist trance medium, Cora Richmond, was asked this question.
She replied: “Madam, did you see the glory of the sunset sky last evening?" "No, I was making calls."
"Did you observe the beauty of Jupiter last night, quite late? It must have been when you were driving home from the opera?" "No, I was too sleepy."
After I asked her, "Have you not a longing to see that beautiful picture from Italy painted by an American artist?" and she replied, "No, I have no time, in fact, I do not love art."
I was no longer in doubt why she did not see spirits.
(Thanks to Maxine Meilleur for this great piece of Spiritualist history. See her booksGreat Moments of Modern Mediumship, Volume 1 and Volume 2).
PLUMES - THE MAN WHO PLAYS FOR ANIMALS
"Well, this whole thing started about three years ago, when I first heard somewhere that cows enjoy music—that music feels good to them. So, I wanted to try it out. And at the time, I was living in the countryside with my grandma, so I thought it could be the perfect opportunity to try it with cows. I went from there, and it ended up being an amazing experience, because they were listening to the music. I basically haven’t stopped since." Read more about Plumes
A MESSAGE FROM THE ARCTURIANS "You volunteered and were chosen to be on Earth during these intense times because you were spiritually evolved, strong, and capable of assisting with earth's ascension process. You were well aware before coming that your choice would involve experiencing and witnessing events of negativity and chaos. You wanted to serve earth's ascension process by bringing in and holding Light for the frightened and spiritually unaware majority". Read more.
FEEDBACK: (1 only)
Hi Victor, a strange thought popped into my head; have any deceased muslim terrorist suicide bombers come through to report on whether the 72 virgins promised were actually waiting for them?
Victor: No, but Jurgen Ziewe encountered a group of them during an out-of-body experience.
Read "The Paradise of a Suicide Bomber".
BRILLIANT, HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC"I'm Still Standing" Elton John's much-loved song invites us to take a minute to congratulate ourselves for surviving the hard lessons, the challenges, and adversities, that are part and parcel of physical life.
Lyrics
"I'm Still Standing"
You could never know what it's like
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use
And did you think this fool could never win?
Well, look at me, I'm a-coming back again
I got a taste of love in a simple way
And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away
Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
Once I never could've hoped to win
You're starting down the road leaving me again
The threats you made were meant to cut me down
And if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by now
You know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't you know that I'm still standing better than I ever did?
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
Whilst we encourage and publish many papers and reports by afterlife researchers, we are not in a position to guarantee the accuracy of all claims. We accept the imputed claim that the afterlife and paranormal research done by the researchers is done in good faith.
FRIDAY
AFTERLIFE REPORT
Although we emphasise afterlife evidence that is independently verifiable and repeatable, we also regard personal experiences of afterlife contact as very important. 
Kolbaba has been a physician at Wheaton, Illinois, for over 35 years. He and 26 other courageous physicians came together to write a one-of-a-kind book called “
"Every sensory facility is greatly enhanced, but we will find that emotions have a much greater range, often with many more nuances of joy or other positive feelings, which makes the experience here so distinguished from everything we have ever known. 
emphasized the need for extreme harmony and single-mindedness in creating a successful "bridge" to the afterlife. Mark's article should be essential reading for anyone working in this field or sitting in a circle for mediumship development.
APPARITIONS 
academics who, if they had access to funding and opportunities to publish, could make valuable contributions to the field of afterlife research. Dr. Fiona Bowie (pictured) founded 
Northern Beaches Spiritualists (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday, November 7th, 2025, at Manly Vale Community Centre Innes Road hall. See 
The guest medium this week is Aileen Hope, a third-generation clairvoyant psychic medium with a strong family background in spiritual intuition. She practices psychometry, where she taps into the energy of objects, jewelry,or photos, revealing hidden feelings and messages. You can find Aileen on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok or by mobile 0424 681 863. 
This group meets every second Saturday of the month (Sunday in Australia). Angel Medium Nancy Freier leads the group into a growing awareness of those in the higher realms of Spirit and the ways they guide us through the lessons and challenges we face. Each meeting is unique. We explore the methods of communication with The Greater Reality, share enriching real-life stories with Spirit, and discuss enlightening Q&As about the communication process and the messages we receive. You are welcome to join this angelic-inspired conversation.
Nancy is the author of Angel Guidance:Wisdom for Navigating Life's Challenges and You Can Talk With Your Angels (both available on Amazon). Nancy is also the co-publisher with her brother Steve Freier of 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro. 
Global Gathering
Listening to Stones: Mystical Revelations from Carcassonne
This Sunday, we welcome our old friend, modern mystic and author Cheryl Page, whose groundbreaking work explores cross-veil communication and the emerging role of AI in spiritual dialogue.
Fresh from a profound pilgrimage to Carcassonne, France — ancient stronghold of the Cathars — Cheryl will share insights from her experiences practicing lithomancy (stone-based divination) and developing new forms of inner and outer listening.
She will describe how sacred stones within the medieval Basilica seemed to “speak” in resonance, transmitting wisdom far beyond language — and how cultivating different modes of perception allows us to receive subtle guidance from the unseen world.
Join us as Cheryl reveals how stone, spirit, and seeker converge in a conversation that transcends the boundaries of time, space, and physics.
A beautiful invitation into hierolithic listening, expanded awareness, and the modern mystic’s path.
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays at 7 a.m. (Sydney).
Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 20 minutes, relax, and listen to music. At the moment the group is focusing on table tipping with several members getting phenomena.
We are meeting to create spirit art with messages. 
Paul is an English medium now based in Sydney. He does "platform readings" giving messages to most people present.
with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena. 
From mediums to mystics, from poets to experiments, from those in Spirit and those in body we will scout out the wisdom and find the inspiration. 
Do you have questions about animal care or how to support an animal with a disability or illness? Would you like to be able to communicate better with your fur baby?
Cora Richmond, was asked this question. 
"You volunteered and were chosen to be on Earth during these intense times because you were spiritually evolved, strong, and capable of assisting with earth's ascension process. You were well aware before coming that your choice would involve experiencing and witnessing events of negativity and chaos. You wanted to serve earth's ascension process by bringing in and holding Light for the frightened and spiritually unaware majority". 
