Betty Shine - Shine On - Visions of Life

JANET SHINE

December 2002

This poem really says it all. Betty’s whole life was about communicating with people, spirits, plants and animals. She loved writing, and her ideas would flow like crystal-clear water. With pen to paper, she produced the most amazing work. Each page of every book is filled with wisdom, insight, hope and understanding, stemming from her own life’s experiences. Her main goal was to bring simplicity to the subjects of healing, mediumship and spirituality, and this she achieved with great success – even hardened sceptics were convinced of a world beyond. Such was her nature, Betty gave of herself and her knowledge without want of anything in return. Throughout her life she stayed true to her beliefs, writing with no fear of ridicule, which often took tremendous courage. The titles and covers of every one of her books were most important to Betty as she felt that her energy would impart itself to those who held and read each book, which indeed it did to millions of readers. The books Betty wrote were ‘the books of her life’, and what a truly amazing life it was!

In the pages of my book,

You’ll find mystery and love,

Emotions that are bared

And tragedies shared

It’s all there.

It has taken a lifetime

To write all the words,

But what is a lifetime

If at last you are heard?

The giving and forgiving

Are the most important lines,

For when you get to the end

There’s no time to pretend.

You’ll find the characters inside

Weren’t saints all the time,

But maybe you’ll discover

Within the cover

Inspirational lines.

The book, it’s not a work of art,

But the words inside

Describe chapters of my life

That taught me how to survive.

It has taken a lifetime

To write all the words

But what is a lifetime

If at last they are heard?

And I hope within the cover

You’ll discover

Inspirational lines

That will teach you how to survive.

How many times have we told our children, ‘At the end of the rainbow you will find a pot of gold’? This image captures the imagination and encourages us to strive for success. Many think that success is measured in material wealth, others think it is achieved by finding God, but Betty classed her pot of gold as knowledge in all things. The more knowledge we gain, the more understanding of life we have and the more we can help others.

Knowing ourselves is the first step. We all have two sides to our nature and sometimes that can be hard to face, but knowing this fact enables us to become more positive about ourselves and change if need be. A pot of gold is found only through pure hard work and determination, and for that you have to have courage.

I am a dreamer,

Who walks the corridors of light

That gives me life.

The mirrors that I see

Show other sides of me

And tell me who and what I am.

This truth is hard to take

But it brings a kind of ecstasy

In the knowledge that it brings.

We’re told we must never go

‘Where angels fear to tread’.

But in my dreams, I took that path

And found a pot of gold

That others hadn’t dared to hold.

I had a choice, to take it in my hands

And walk away, or take a simple scroll

Which held the mysteries and the vibes

That the ‘ancients’ had withheld

And had guarded with their lives.

The choice was mine and mine alone.

I do not know what choice I made

For in an instant I was wide awake.

But I do not have material things

But a gift of ‘knowing’

That I know cannot be bought or sold

For a pot of gold.

There were so many poets that influenced Betty’s life, and one special to her was W.H. Auden. He wrote poems and cabaret lyrics in the thirties including ‘Funeral Blues’ which was read in Four Weddings and a Funeral . He also wrote a libretto for the Benjamin Britten opera Paul Bunyan . He was a great scholar and always wrote about social issues, and Betty always felt an affinity toward him. Auden died in 1973, leaving three posthumous poems to be printed after his death. Betty did the same with the poems in this book – I am sure they both have much to talk about in the dimension beyond!

Will you accept

From the mind of a child

A simple concept

That people inept

Unable to fathom

How to regain

A world without pain

Should relinquish their tasks

To alleviate anguish

And fear of the past

That was nurtured by hate

So that we may restore –

Not kill and deface –

Our World?

This beautiful place.

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