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METAREALITY sights that transform her view of love, relationships, and life purpose. Jonni asks herself “Why?” regarding Connor’s death from being hit by a car. Through tuning into and channeling answers from spirit, Jonni recognizes the tremendous significance Connor had in her life, and the many ways his spirit has accompanied her through every stage in her life. With 20:20 hindsight, Jonni sees that she gained a new kind of courage and confidence in herself after giving birth to Connor, feeling a kind of twin soul connection with him. Theirs was a relationship of trust and respect that did not fit neatly into expected roles of mothers and sons, as both took turns encouraging and inspiring the other to set and achieve goals harmoniously attuned to their life purpose. Connor expressed a rare old-soul sense of attuned awareness of subtle energies and deeper truth, to the point that he was recognized by many as being an “old soul.” Thanks to Connor’s insights, Jonni made choices about where and when to move, how to do the kind of work she truly loves, and how to take vacations. Connor created meditation music used for Jonni’s work, and regularly said and did things demonstrating wisdom far beyond his years. There is a way to view the significance of anyone’s life far beyond the mere physicality of it, and this way invites us to see ourselves as much more than physical selves with human names and aging bodies. From such a spiritual vantage point, love is eternal, and connections of love provide us with all sense 44 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW of meaning, love and purpose in our lives. As Jonni describes how Connor’s transition from life into expansive being-ness was so painful for her human self to feel, she also describes the immeasurable joy of knowing for sure that her love with Connor is ever-present and eternal. From this viewpoint, Connor can still be felt as an encouraging, loving presence, and in that very real sense, he is still here. I cried tears of expansive love by the time I read the last few pages of this book, remembering how much I love and miss people who’ve been soul family to me. There is a feeling one gets from the presence of some people in our lives. This sense of presence is something almost tangible, with the ability to confer a sense of joyfulness, clarity, confidence, inspiration, hope and love at times when such feelings would otherwise not be present. I’ve been blessed in my life to have known and loved people who so embodied love in their thoughts, words, and actions that I still consider them in present tense in my life, due to my need for and awareness of their continuing connection with me. Conduit contains priceless insights for anyone who’s lost a loved one they can’t live without, providing us with a clear sense of the way such irreplaceable members of our soul family expand into fuller, bigger 2.0 versions of themselves. Highly recommended! Reviewed by Cynthia Sue Larson I cried tears of expansive love by the time I read the last few pages of this book, remembering how much I love and miss people who’ve been soul family to me. There is a feeling one gets from the presence of some people in our lives.