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In 1989 we decided to take a pre-marital honeymoon to India, where we visited Delhi, Kashmir and Ladakh. In Delhi we visited a Hindu temple filled with icons and paintings of Krishna. We received a blessing from the priest, who anointed our brows, reminding Terry of the elation he felt at his first communion as a child. A great light touched us. It taught me that there is no difference in God, whatever faith you are led by.

We journeyed further into India and arrived in the north, in Kashmir. Here we realized we were surrounded by earthbound spirits, even at the mosque. Kashmir is a place of political and religious struggle. There are frequent outbreaks of war between various factions and this is reflected in the atmosphere and the number of earthbound spirits.

In Ladakh, at 12,000 feet, it was easier for the spirit to soar. The atmosphere was conducive to peace and the Buddhist lifestyle. It was Buddha’s birthday the night we arrived and there was a procession of pilgrims going into the hills to the local monastery. Each held a lighted candle. This was a spectacular sight and an inspiration. It enhanced the beauty of the landscape.

During this trip we were invited by a high lama from Dharamasala to participate in a Kalachakra ceremony for world peace. We were the only Westerners in attendance apart from the Dalai Lama’s official photographer, an American. This two-week ritual took us to the limits of our patience and egocentricity. We had to sit from 6 a.m. through the whole day chanting, singing, praying and meditating on top of the roof of the world. We had to walk down mountains, wade across deep streams, burn incense and seeds, rice and paper, purify ourselves in water and withstand hours of prayer and ritual to become initiated in the Tibetan method of liberation and peace. By the end of the first week, we were different people, the light shone from our faces and we had offloaded so much anger, rage and mental anxiety that we literally flew down the mountains back to Delhi and home.

Our next journey was through the Americas, meeting our Native American cousins who taught us the work we had to do with the land.

This book too is a journey, offering the opportunity of understanding the realms of spirit and the deep connection that we have with our ancestors. The physical and the spiritual co-exist, as beliefs throughout the world since the beginning of time confirm. Physical death is but a rite of passage into the liberation of the spirit, into the light, and the world of the in-between, the land of earthbound spirits, ghosts and ancestors...

Through the many years we have worked together, we have laughed and cried, shared stories and advice with many people. This is their story as well as our own journey.

Enjoy.

Terry and Natalia O’Sullivan