Some years ago I was watching the TV one afternoon and tuned in by accident to a paranormal show. The medium on that show was Tony Stockwell. I remember thinking what a lovely looking young man he was and what a great medium he appeared to be. At the end of the show he quoted his website and that was the end of that. At least I thought so at the time. Weeks later the website popped into my head as if by magic and I thought I really must have a look at the site and see what he was up to. There was a Seminar advertised run by Tony and the Avalon Project for a weekend in Scarborough in the following August. I booked it. I really surprised my family, and myself, as I would never have gone off on my own like that, especially to somewhere where I had no idea what was on the agenda and knew no one at all.

I set off for Scarborough with directions from hubby (as I am renowned for getting lost). A great weekend I had too. I had no idea what was going to happen or what the ‘classes’ consisted of but I was more than pleasantly surprised and had a great time learning loads in the process.

Although I immediately liked Tony when I had seen him on the television you never really know what someone will be like in the flesh do you? His image on the TV and my first impression of him turned out to be so right. He is one of the most honest people I have come across with a lovely energy who is so passionate about working for the spirit world it spills over to all that surround him.

Although he didn’t do a demonstration of mental mediumship that weekend, his link with the spirit world is evident in his teaching style and belief in what he is trying to teach. His belief in us as students was strong and he urged all of us to try harder with the exercises he gave us. You can do this he urged just try and see what happens. If it doesn’t work, don’t worry try again. Tony was very encouraging to all of us. His choice of tutors that work with him are of a very high standard and teach in a similar style to Tony, but more importantly they are just as passionate about the spirit world as he is.

The highlight of the weekend for me was one of Tony’s trance demonstrations. This is where Tony goes into an altered state of consciousness and allows his guide(s) to come through and speak. It does sound like hocus pocus and to be very honest, had I not seen this for myself I would not believe it either.

I sat there in trepidation not knowing what was going to happen and feeling a little apprehensive. I had never seen anything like this before and had no idea of what to expect. The room was darkened but we could still see each other and Tony too. Stuart who is Tony’s friend and partner in the Avalon Project then spoke to us all and told us to keep quiet during the demonstration and make no sudden noises or movements. All went quiet and Tony began to meditate. At first I started to see physical changes on Tony’s face. The changes I saw were tiny at first and I thought it was a trick of the light or something. Then his head turned in my direction and I could clearly see Tony’s face and closed eyes but on the top of his eyelids were pair of the most piercing hazel eyes I have ever seen and they were looking directly at me. My stomach lurched unsure as to whether I was really seeing what I was seeing. I thought I must be imagining things and rubbed my eyes, took off my glasses and cleaned them but no change there were the eyes as clear as day. I was then asked by Stuart to get up for a reading from Tony’s guide. I sat in front of Tony with my hands resting lightly on his and could see the ancient old man almost super imposed over Tony’s face. I was completely dumbstruck. He then gave me a reading, which had everyone in the room crying, as it was so powerful.

My youngest sister was terminally ill and he told me she would celebrate her next birthday in the spirit world along with some very powerful messages from my Mum who is also in spirit. Tony’s guide told me that there would be 7 people around my sister when she passed but I would be the one to tell her it was time to go on into the spirit.

There was much more to the reading than that but I would rather not go into too much detail. Needless to say all of it was bang on the nose and the accuracy was unreal. He spoke of things that no one in the world but I knew of. I felt very emotional indeed as did some people in the room such was the power of the words he spoke. It was a life changing few minutes for me. From that moment on my life would never be the same. I always knew the spirit world existed since was a child, but now I had been given the gift of absolute proof. I didn’t know then that more validations were to come.

With regard to my sister Tony and his guide were correct. Susie passed to spirit that same year 11 days before her birthday just as Tony’s guide has said. Yes there were 7 people around Susie at the end although at this point we had all been banished to the day room at the hospice, as she wanted to spend her last few hours with her husband alone.  We waited patiently holding each other and doing our best to stay strong for each other.

Then late at night Susie’s husband came out of her room and shouted to me that she wanted me. She wants Reiki he said. I went into the room knowing that no amount of Reiki would make my baby sister feel any better. By this time Susie was struggling to breathe but she managed to tell me that she wanted me to do the Reiki. I want to get better she gasped.

I felt so calm at this moment. I went to the head of the hospital bed talking softly to Susie, telling her to lie still. I put my hands on her head and in my mind had a conversation with my sister, telling her ‘Susie it’s time to leave love’. ‘Stop fighting now and have the peace you so deserve’. ‘ ‘We all love you very much and will miss you terribly but we have each other. We will be ok love’. ‘Go home now sis, Mum and the family are there waiting for you and remember we love you’.

I felt my sister relax and saw the life leave her body within minutes.

Tony’s guide was so right. Everything happened exactly as he had said. I could never thank Tony and his guide enough. Between them they gave our family the hope and faith in the spirit world which was so instrumental in us all coming to terms with the dreadful loss of this strong vibrant woman who fought so bravely to stay with us.

I may believe in the spirit world and trust them completely but the loss of a loved one is still very hard to bear. It does help knowing that they are safe and well but still we need to grieve for us. Grief is a selfish process and it is meant to be. We need time to heal our wounds and come to terms with life without our beloved. The spirit world has helped me get through this process and not round it. Therefore helping me walk step by step a little further on with my own pathway in this life.

You are never alone even when you feel lonely.

Janey