Walking in the Garden of Souls

Do you crave for a world where there’s no trouble but only peace, no hurt, anger or hatred and no one ever becomes ill, grows old or dies? Here’s a piece of good news, there is such a place and all of us will get to live there…when we pass on from our human lives into the hereafter, at least according to George Anderson in his book ‘Walking in the Garden of Souls’.

The author is a medium and his job for the past few decades has been to communicate messages from people whom have passed on in life to their loved ones. Yes, he can see and hear the souls. When he was young, he hated at being different from the rest of the people around him because he was ridiculed for the things he saw and heard. Family members and friends even thought he had mental problems. As he was growing up, he tried to suppress this special ‘skill’ of his and chose to ignore the messages. But through his journey in life and after many extraordinary encounters, he began to understand the value of the messages and the impact they made on life here. He eventually accepted it as his assignment for this life.

George Anderson thinks we were once a much more spiritual planet thousands of years ago but because of education, we became too wise for our own good. We gained in knowledge, only to lose heavily in the purity of our souls. We discarded things which we could not understand and embraced anything that would distract us from the discomfort of hopelessness. But things are beginning to change. We are starting to shed our arrogance and realise that we are not the centre of the universe. There is now a growing need for spiritual fulfilment. We’re finally listening to voices around us and more importantly, we’re beginning to listen to our hearts.

The author says life is like a garden. What is planted by us will bloom for us in a life to come. We come to this earth with our fears, shortcomings, impatience and intolerance to learn how to create a garden on the earth. We are here to cultivate this garden that will feed our spiritual needs as well as the needs of others on the earth. And through our experiences in life, we tend this garden with the only tools that will work for us…love and hope.

The highlight of this book may be those interesting conversations he had with the souls, especially with some of the famous people in history but I won’t share them here. However, I do want to share what the author learnt from the souls. We all think that the moment people die, we lose them forever, just because we can’t see them anymore. George Anderson says that the souls or our loved ones never leave us. They are always beside us and can hear us and know exactly what we do. Nothing escapes the notice of the souls. In fact, by their caring nature, they are trying their best to help us. They know it’s a tough journey in life because they themselves have been through it. But our struggles will pay off when we complete our tasks here and our loved ones will be waiting for us to join them when we return to the Garden.

What I truly like about this book is the peace and hope it gives. Many people cannot come to terms with the tragedies and suffering that they experience in life. The pain and despair they felt often left a lasting, sometimes permanent impact on the rest of their lives. The writer understands that it is never easy to accept things we can no longer change in life but he keeps reiterating that there is always a reason why things happen. The souls through their messages want us to understand that these circumstances are part of the spiritual education for them as well as for us who are still alive.

“…we think dying is losing something. It is quite the opposite – dying here (after our work is done) is gaining everything. There is a reason for everything good and bad that happens here but we benefit from everything here when we ourselves return to the hereafter.”

Whichever way a person dies, whether by illness, accident, murder or suicide, no one will be punished, and no one will end up on the dark side because of the mistakes they made in their lifetime. Everyone who passes into the hereafter will have a chance to review their life and for whatever wrong or mistakes made, must reconcile and understand what they had done and work hard towards peace and true self-understanding so as to continue forward to the Infinite Light. Death is not the end but the gateway to the reward we will all earn in a magnificent existence.

“One day, each of us will find our way to that world, and find ourselves walking in the Garden of Souls. Until then, tend your garden – in happiness, in peace and in hope.”

My Afterthoughts
I personally do know of a family who lost their only son in a car accident about two years ago. Until today, both parents are still grieving the lost. Both of them were so full of life and energy before the tragedy but now, they seemed to have lost their drive and purpose in life. They aged so much ever since the death of their son. The wife must have cried until there were no more tears to be shed when she visited their son’s grave almost everyday. After so many months, the father is still wondering if he has a case in suing the bus driver for crashing into his son’s car. I do hope they can quickly find the peace within to forgive and move on with their lives.

ps: I want to thank a great friend for sending me this book. Great choice pal! I know who is the first person you want to meet in the hereafter. But its not time for you to return to the Garden as yet. You’ve still got some work to do in the garden here. Persevere and you’ll be rewarded. Make good use of the shit in the garden and remember, gardeners need to rest too.