INSPIRATION
REVIEW & INTERVIEW
LIFE AND DEATH
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by Tim Braun
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The job of a medium is to
connect with dead people.
It’s perfectly understandable that a child exhibiting this ability would either freak people out or be
accused of an overactive
imagination.
either option is a lot of fun
for a kid, so it’s understandable that Tim Braun suppressed this ability for many
years. It is fortunate that
he met James Van Praagh,
and was able to accept and
develop his abilities under James’s guidance.
Tim has now fully embraced his role as a medium,
and 13,000 sittings later, he has penned a wise, compassionate and useful book, rich with the insights
into the grieving process that he has accumulated
over his 20 years of helping people to connect with
lost loved ones. Even though it frequently means
experiencing in his own body of the pain and anguish of the passing, the comfort and joy that he is
able to bring to people by demonstrating to them
without a shadow of a doubt that their loved ones
are still with them has been a rich reward for him.
The stories of the messages he has been able to deliver are very moving, but this book has a broader
goal. With so much experience dealing with grief,
Tim is able to offer a wide range of concrete steps not
only to overcome one’s grief, but also in a real sense
to continue the communication on their own. He offers a good range of suggestions on how to do so.
When anyone, whether grieving or not, is able to truly accept that death is not the end, life takes on new
meaning. Tim shares perspectives on the purpose
and mystery of life from both sides of the veil, and
urges the reader to live life to the absolute fullest.
Citing a study from a nurse that listed the top 10 regrets of patients on their deathbed, the number one
regret was, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life
true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
Reviewed by Miriam Knight
44 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW