Betty Shine - A Free Spirit

BETTY SHINE

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If I have put into my book anything which can fill the young mind with better thoughts of death, or soften the grief of older hearts; If I have written one word which can afford pleasure or consolation to old or young in time of trial, I shall consider it as something achieved – something which I shall be glad to look back upon in afterlife.

The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens 1812–1870

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Epigraph

Introduction

PART ONE: How to Communicate With All Life-Forms and Interact With The Environment

Chapter 1: Animal Cruelty and My First Patient

Chapter 2: Communication With Our Pets

Chapter 3: Technology, Nature and Telepathy

Chapter 4: The World About Us

Chapter 5: The Energy of the Natural World

Chapter 6: Getting Closer to Nature

Chapter 7: Animal Mind Magic

Chapter 8: My World

Chapter 9: Children and Their Pets

Chapter 10: Animals’ Humanity to Man

PART TWO: Relationships

Chapter 11: Our Relationships With Each Other

Chapter 12: Relationships – For Women

Chapter 13: Relationships – For Men

Chapter 14: Children and Teenagers

PART THREE: Freeing the Spirit

Chapter 15: Charisma

Chapter 16: Signposts

Chapter 17: Daydreams

Chapter 18: Mind Journeys

Chapter 19: Tunnel Vision

Chapter 20: Unkind Acts

PART FOUR: Proof of Interaction Between Mind and Body

Chapter 21: Exercise and Yoga

Chapter 22: Hand Analysis

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The contents of all the chapters in this book have been chosen to enlighten and give hope to all who read them. At the very least, I hope they will encourage people in the very stressful society in which we now live to put aside a little time to think about the subjects that have been chosen.

I have always been able to communicate with creatures of all kinds. The natural environment is my real home, and my spirit returns there whenever I need to replenish my energies. If I am not in a place where I can see the sky and the horizon, I feel trapped.

As a child, I spent hours sitting at the top of an old cedar tree, gazing between the branches into space. Even then, I was aware of a presence that filled my body with a sense of peace. Intuitively, I felt that I should be ‘out there’, and not living on this planet. I know now that the links between myself and other dimensions were created and woven into the tapestry of my life, even before my birth.

That is why the spirit world made itself known to me at an early age. From just two years old, I could see and hear spirits: figures walking through my bedroom at night forced me to spend more time hiding under the sheets than I did lying between them.

My love of nature came from the hours I spent lying on the grass during the summer months, listening to the mysterious sounds I could hear emanating from the centre of the earth. I remember the bewilderment on my mother’s face when I told her that I could hear the grass growing. When she questioned me further, I became excited, and told her that I could also hear the trees talking to each other. She just smiled, and patted me on the head. I am not sure why this particular incident should have had such an impact on me. Perhaps even at that young age I detected the disbelief I was later to accept as the norm whenever I spoke about these things to people who were ignorant of any other kind of world but the visible one – the world they could see and touch.

But communing with nature in all its forms – animal, vegetable and mineral – was a natural gift for me, and doubt in the reality of my own experiences, which can be a major factor in closing down a person’s senses, was absent from my mind. The invisible world played an important part in my development, and the love and knowledge that were passed on to me were more important than academic qualifications. I used my intuition as a tool, and as a result I have been able to open doors that remain closed to others.

I have always accepted the natural gifts I was born with as my birthright. But who am I? Where did it all begin?

My paternal grandmother was a talented medium and dedicated Spiritualist. She was certainly different from other grandparents I knew. Tiny, with black curly hair, piercing eyes and little gold earrings that she wore constantly, she was a formidable figure. Nobody ever questioned her decisions – they wouldn’t dare! I was always in awe of her, even though I was born under her roof and was part of her family.

Although she had given birth to thirteen children, only seven survived. But this was not unusual in the early 1900s. I think her suffering was eased by the fact that she was able to communicate with those she lost through her abilities as a medium.

I know nothing about my grandmother’s background. But it was obvious to me that, somewhere down the line, she had come from gypsy stock. It was from this source that I inherited my talents: first the music, and then the mediumship and healing.

If my grandmother had not been such a strict disciplinarian, it might have been a typical Bohemian household. Her children were all talented artists, musicians and singers, and nearly every room in her large Victorian house contained a piano. This early introduction into the world of music, and talented musicians, has never lost its magic for me. Throughout my life, music has been my inspiration and has empowered me when I needed it most. It is a constant companion, which has helped me to reach for the moon when all other avenues have seemed to be closed. It has been my lifeline.

From the time of my birth I have never lived a normal life. I grew up listening to my grandmother talking to her dead children, to relatives and friends. There was no ridicule, just an acceptance in the family of the afterlife.

My paternal grandfather had a book which proved that his lineage went right back to the Hebrews. I was too young to understand the significance of this book, but I remember that he guarded it with his life. None of us could touch it, but I did catch a glimpse of it once. The cover was old, and the pages were brown around the edges, but it had an aura about it, and even at that young age I could feel the power that emanated from its pages.