Title: Grateful

Gender: Male

Age: 48

Sun Sign: Libra

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Hello. My name is Mathew. I live in Los Angeles with my beautiful wife, Nola, and our youngest daughter, Kaylin. (Our other two daughters are grown and on their own in Canada.)

So, what to say about myself?

Well, given my long-standing relationship with the world of spirit, here follows some autobiographical highlights (with an obvious skew towards the mystical):

My journey into the world of the unseen principally began in 1982 when as a 21 year old agnostic (and rigid adherant to the scientific method), my beliefs were radically affected one day as a result of a surprising encounter with a ghost .

A year later (oddly, almost to the day), a quasi-NDE (for lack of a more fitting label) left me with sudden awareness of sentient spirit beings and telepathic communication.

A year later once more (again, almost to the day), a beautiful celestial being materialized in a room with me in broad daylight and infused me with love and understanding that once and for all put an end to my agnosticism (and many other beliefs, lol). It was truly a mind-blowing, heart-expanding, words-can-never-do-justice experience! And yet, as incredible and uplifting as it was, when no additional visitations (or mystical experiences of any kind) occurred in the days, weeks, months and years that followed – two decades in fact – a sense of burden developed – like there was something I needed to do as a result of those three mystical experiences (particularly the celestial visitation), only I didn't know what.

After a time, it seemed I had little alternative but to forget the past and move on with my life. But it wasn't easy – especially when between my freelance work assignments, I couldn't shake these dreadful feelings that I was a prisoner to a life that wasn't mine; that I didn't belong in the world; that I was a stranger living in a strange land. Thus, when I wasn't working, I invariably succumbed to debilitating states of depression (lasting anywhere from a week to a month) until such time as I was finally able to distract myself – usually with more freelance work – and thus, the depression was put off until another day.

Well, this cycle of distraction and depression went on for 23 years (yes, my wife and children are saints and I am blessed!) until finally, in 1999, a spirit guide introduced himself one day through stream of consciousness writing and thus began an extraordinary new chapter in my life. Not only was I blessed to receive loving guidance on demand, I also found myself inspired to undertake a very simple exercise that unexpectedly brought about a major opening in my heart chakra (and thus, acquainted me with my forgiveness for the first time in my life). Soon after, my heart further awoke to the truth of Oneness, and within that awakening I began to understand some of the dynamics concerning the greatness that exists within each and every one of us. I decided to call the path to that greatness The Life Intended – and did my best to walk it, spurred on by spirit and by lasting feelings of inner peace that were so pronounced – unlike anything I had ever experienced before – it became a no-brainer to stay the course even as life began to deliver one daunting obstacle after the next!

That said, where does all of this leave me today? 

Well, as of this writing, I am several years into my experiment with The Life Intended. My outer life continues to reflect challenge. My inner life is filled with calm. And I am looking forward to the day when my external reality finally matches my inner reality! May that day be today! (Thank you, God – or if you prefer – thank you, Goddess, Father, Mother, Allah, Universe, Higher Self, Elohim, Yahweh, Great Spirit, Mother Nature, Source, or whatever or whomever you choose to call upon to give thanks!)

For my latest blog entry, click here.

For my website, The Life Intended, click here.

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