Bridges Seminar on 1/17 [Archive]

Alevia

01-18-2004, 08:18 PM

:jumper: OK, here is my experience, and yes, I am still jumping up and down for joy! :jumper:

We were in a lovely conference room, about 250 in all, and they had nice tables along the walls of soda, coffee, tea and goodies. We helped ourselves and sat down on comfy chairs waiting or John to come in. I told me Uncle "John'll be wearing a sweatshirt, jeans, sneakers and his glasses." Sure enough, John came in and was attired casually - everyone clapped like mad and he looked a little shy about it - he motioned for everyone to sit back down.

He spent the first hour doing questions & answers, and teaching - I love when he educates people about the process and his experiences. He launched into readings after that and it was so amazing - I personally wept, laughed and almost peed my pants from his interactions with people there. He has such a gift of wit.
For instance, he was getting an energy through who was mentioning a "publishing connection" among other things, like someone present worked in publishing or had something (like a book) published. Someone rased her hand in that area and said she had some erotica published. John looked shocked, giggled and then said "Nope. That's not it." The whole room was laughing.

The readings he did were so touching and genuinely affected everyone present, from my own perspective. He is such a healer and I am so grateful. I attended his LI workshop in April of 2002, and also a Westbury, NY seminar that same year, but had not been fortunate enough to have seen him since then. What a great feeling it was being present in the same room with him again!!!

At the end, his gift to everyone who attended was "After life" - his latest book. (sigh) What a guy! What a night!

Lori :lwink:

Donna Maria

01-18-2004, 08:48 PM

Thank you so much Alevia for posting, I can hardly wait the two weeks till my sister and I will be there. I have been fortunate enough to attend two seminars in the past with several thousand at each. I can't believe that we are going to see him in that small a setting! Of course it would be wonderful to get a reading, but like you I love to watch John teach and his wonderful wit.
Thank you again.
Donna

Nauset

01-18-2004, 09:28 PM

Sounds like you had a great time Lori:)

Sigh... I wish I could attend another Bridges Seminar. :angel:

Susan

juie

01-18-2004, 11:09 PM

Lori-
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. Sounds like a great night! Just curious, did John say anything about the cancellation of the show?
Julie

LittleBuddha

01-18-2004, 11:23 PM

Originally posted by juie
Just curious, did John say anything about the cancellation of the show?

My question exactly. Did he say anything about that?

PBPan

01-19-2004, 01:08 AM

Okay, I live on the other side of the states... and totally wished I could have been a fly on the wall --- so to those who haven't posted their experiences yet please... do tell!!

Alevia, thank you so much for sharing your experience!! That is amazing!! I'll be checking back as often as I can!!

Thanks again!

Vanessa

01-19-2004, 07:54 AM

well guys I'm back with the info!

The reading actually started with the girl directly behind us. He changed over to our section quickly and said "theres someone over here that was an actual character. Like they wore the costume with the big head and walked around." Well the girl directly behind me worked for Chucky Cheese and was Chucky! He said to her next "Where you not expecting to do that when you where hired?" She replied saying she was suppose to be a check out person.

In the middle of her reading there was information coming through about a custody battle and how it was across two state lines. She couldn't validate it but my friend sitting directly in front of her could. He continued with Terri and her reading was great. She had everyone cracking up when something came through about having a strange nickname. Come to find out her nickname from the person coming through was "pippin the gigger". I couldnt stop laughing. There was a small hang up in the reading and thats where my validation comes in.

During the reading John was asked if she had an Uncle with a nickname like Smoke, Smokie, or Coco but still left the uncle on when talking to them? So you would say Uncle Smoke, Smokie, Coco She was drawing blanks. I'm sitting there thinking all my aunts and uncles have the strange nicknames for everyone. I said to John that I had amnesia and couldn't remember anything. That was my only involvment. Two women in front of me in unisen said "Uncle Buddy" for no reason. The didn't know each other but said the same name at the same time. Not even remembering I have an Uncle Buddy as well but.....

So heres my "AHHA" moment! We get back to our room and we're talking about how there was that small hang up. I couldn't let it go. Then I remembered something....:bulb:
About 6 months ago I laying in my living room meditating. Nobody had been home for about 6 hours. I was almost asleep when I had a destinct smell of smoke for about 3 breathes. It immediatly woke me up and my Uncle immediatly popped in my mind. I found out later that can be a sign that they're around us. It never happened again untill....Well about 2 hours before the seminar that day I was laying down in my hotel room because I had a headache. Terri had left to give some down time. I was saying to myself...The cigarette smoke was a validation I never experienced before that day laying on my couch. I was thinking in my mind.....I just want to smell smoke again. I don't care if I get a reading I just want to smell smoke again or if Terri gets read I don't care if I get a full reading I just want John to say "Smoke" to me and that will be all I need. - you can see where I'm going now.... Well about 30 minutes later I was almost asleep and I get a quick wiff of smoke and about 2.5 hours later John says the word "Smoke, Smokie" to me.

Why I couldn't remeber that when I was there I don't know.
So what do you all think??

~Nessa

Gail

01-19-2004, 08:08 AM

Nessa...certainly sounds like they sent you what you asked for. :)

Just shows again that they hear what we say and ask for. We may not always get an answer, but it's wonderful when we do. :love:

Gail :)

juie

01-19-2004, 08:08 AM

Wow Nessa! That certainly sounds like a connection with your uncle to me! Not that it really matters, but is your uncle someone you would have hoped to hear from? In other words, is he someone you were especially close to in life? I know anyone can come through, I was just wondering?
Also, did John address the show's cancellation at all?
I go to the Bridges seminar in Feb. and can't wait!!
Any advise??? How early did people start to line up before it started? How was your weather while there?
Thanks!
Julie

Vanessa

01-19-2004, 08:45 AM

My Uncle was who I was hoping to hear from.

John did say that he though the time slots had a lot to do with the decline in ratings. I don't think he was too happy about the cancelation.

The seminar started at 7:30 and we went in a little after 6. We where in the 4th row back. I think they allowed people to go in around 6.

needs-a-nap

01-19-2004, 09:16 AM

Hi, everyone!

As Gail mentioned in an earlier post, I have lots of notes for people who had readings (13 pages, total). If you are reading this, and had a reading please e-mail me through my profile & we'll figure out a way to get the notes to you. :)

Hubby & I have discussed what John did/did not say about the show, and here's a brief summary:

--John did not mention the show or the show's status during the event. It was not discussed until the very end when there was a direct question shouted out from the audience. At that point, John said that there had been 52 (or 54?) network changes in the past year, which made it difficult for people to find the show.

--He referred to it as "the show". We don't recall him ever saying the NAME of the show, and that seemed to be intentional.

--John mentioned that the show had been on the air for three years. It was on the air one year before the Sept. 11 tragedies, which he believes was to help prepare people for how to deal with the events to come. John made it clear that he was proud of the work that was done on and by the show.

--John did field one question regarding Sept. 11-related shows. He said that to the best of his knowlege, all of the readings that had been taped have been aired. He touched on the controversy regarding using these shows during the sweeps period.

--He did mention that he does not own information on the show's website. Bridges will have more info on upcoming events.

On the positive side, the event was lovely, John did a LOT of readings, and seemed to be comfortable interacting with everyone. He was a little more lenient than usual with people who offered him information about the family members (instead of sticking to yes/no answers). He had nothing to prove to that audience!

We do have a "Friends Group Picture" that we plan on posting.

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

Mary Beth

Pam

01-19-2004, 09:27 AM

Thank you Mary Beth.

--He referred to it as "the show". We don't recall him ever saying the NAME of the show, and that seemed to be intentional.

The name "Crossing Over" is owned by Universal, and if John returns to TV, the show will NOT be called "Crossing Over." :(

needs-a-nap

01-19-2004, 09:34 AM

Thanks, Pam. That was what we figured.

Just wanted to point it out so people would going to the upcoming events be aware of the terminology John is using now when referring to "the show".

Mary Beth

erdugal

01-19-2004, 09:59 AM

Hi everyone!

I'm finally back at a computer since my return from New York on Sunday. I also took lots of notes and will post as soon as I decipher them! I did not get a reading, but I wasn't expecting one either. I also thought he was more patient - I did not see the "psychic pit bull" emerge at all - when he couldn't move forward. Having the refreshments there was a lovely surprise. Also, I didn't expect to be given a copy of John's book (my husband got a copy too). Since I already had this book, I will give one copy to my mom and the 2nd copy to my oldest daughter.

It was great meeting the other Friends who were also in attendance. I can't wait to see our group picture posted! I almost missed being in the picture as I had made a quick trip to the ladies room. :eek:

I will say that the room got too hot. Someone tried working with the thermostat but it really didn't help any. Even John had commented that it was hot in the room.

I will post my notes as soon as possible - maybe tonight when I get home. As I noted earlier, I've got to go through them and see if they make sense!!!

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

needs-a-nap

01-19-2004, 10:33 AM

Here's a link to the group picture. I'm missing a few names--my name list had a few names with the note "wearing black". If you can help me identify any of the three lovely ladies in black, please send me an e-mail!

Mary Beth

http://www.geocities.com/mom_to_2under2/bridges.html

Karn

01-19-2004, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by juie
Lori-
Just curious, did John say anything about the cancellation of the show?
Julie

I had the opportunity to speak with John for about 60 seconds at the end of the show, as I had brought a gift for him that I hope he'd appreciate. He seemed to, and was amused by my presentation, I told him, "I know I'm not suppose to bring gifts to the seminar", to which he quickly replied, "but you did anyway", and laughed. We then discussed what it was and it's purpose, and I asked him if he'd be doing more teaching now that the show was over. He said he most definitely would be, and was looking forward to it. He started to say something else, but that was when someone shouted out the question about CO from the back of the room (as mentioned in Mary Beth's posting), and he picked up the microphone and responded.

Thanks for posting the picture Mary Beth, I really enjoyed meeting people from the board. I had a wonderful time with MaryBeth and her husband, and John was incredible as always!

Love and light,
Karn :daisy:

Katherine

01-19-2004, 11:29 AM

We Made it Back Home to New Mexico at 1:30 AM this morning.

Had a wonderful.....absolutely wonderful time.....

I will post my thoughts, feelings, and OH WOW moments soon.

Thanks so much for the picture, MaryBeth.

Blessings,
Katherine

Tracey123

01-19-2004, 12:04 PM

Can anyone tell me how often Bridges Seminars take place, my friend Ann S has just resubscribed. You lucky people having the opportunity to go to these events, im sure we`ll get the chance to go to one sometime in the future.
Tracey123
:daisy: :daisy: :daisy:

erdugal

01-19-2004, 12:45 PM

Katherine - I'm so glad you had a safe trip back home on Sunday! It was wonderful meeting you and your husband and having a chance to chat prior to the start of the seminar!

MaryBeth - thanks for getting the group picture posted so quickly!

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

juie

01-19-2004, 01:02 PM

Tracey-
I only recently subscribed to Bridges, but when I received my second copy is when he advertised for the seminars that are happening now. I think this is the second time he has held a small seminar like this for his subscribers. It also seems that this time around he scheduled a few all within a few weeks of each other. I do not know how often he will hold these events, but I have heard that his goal is to have it avaiable to each person that subscribes to the newsletter. People who went to the one in Sept. were not eligible for this time around. Hopefully he will continue with these events. I think it will be wonderful to be in such a small group setting. I have attended his seminars with 2,000+ people in attendence. I am going to the seminar being held in Feb. and I can't wait!! I am sure you too will get the opportunity! Hang in there!

:)

Tracey123

01-19-2004, 01:09 PM

Thanks Juie,
I sure you`ll have a great time at the seminar in feb, i bet your wishing the days away(as i would be!!) i think they go fast enough as it is...ha ha.
Let me know how you get on when you get back in feb.
Tracey123
:daisy: :daisy:

Vanessa

01-19-2004, 01:52 PM

Mary Beth,

I do remember now how John mentioned the stations changing not the time slots having something to do with it. Sorry I didn't remember the whole thing untill you said that.

Phigalilly

01-19-2004, 03:04 PM

Great picture Mary Beth! It's so nice to see everyone together. Thanks everyone for posting....keep it coming!!:D

Katherine

01-19-2004, 03:37 PM

My Husband and I were not read. It didn't matter.....the experience of being in a small audience with John Edward was a gift.

I must apologize to begin with because this is going to be about me. I didn't take notes except where I felt that I had received a message through other peoples' readings. ERDUAL took copious notes and I know she will be posting them as soon as she pulls them together.

Oh, yes, I did meet the young lady from Kentucky who was the Chucky Cheese Rat :P She said after she left her mother told her that she had an Uncle Snooky ( that was probably the Uncle Smoky).

Ok...now my story...

There were several readings that concerned new diagnoses of Cancer. A mother came through and said she would be there and it depended greatly on Attitude and Approach!

The message I felt I received: My youngest sister has just been diagnoised with Pulmonary Hypertension. I need to tell my Sis..."Mom will be there and what will help you through is Attitude and Approach."

Behind me a woman was read and John said a William or Willie with a "T". She was able to validate that.

My Message: My Dad's name is William my Mom called him Willie and her name is Thelma (my mom has crossed over).

There seemed to be a lot of references to Italy, Italian. Hopefully, I will read how many.

My message: For over a year I have been doing research on my Italian Grandparents and have found the village where my Grandfather was born.

Now the "Oh Wow!" for me was when he read a family and said there was a man who had a family in one country and then left and started a new family in another country. I believe it was this family that he mentioned 8 children (not sure).

My message: My Italian grandfather had a wife and daughter in Italy. He left and came to the United States and met my Italian grandmother who was a very young widow with three small children and married her. They had 8 children, my father being the youngest.

John read or tried to read a woman about something being published and I felt so sorry for her.....she tried so hard....and she was so funny. She asked if she could be electrocuted holding the mike because she was sweating so bad.

Now this one is a stretch but my husband's Aunt had a book published about being a pioneer in Idaho. That was the only thing that fit.....but could have been just his Aunt's way of coming in on someone else telling him "Hi".

John told one lady her watch was NOT lost and he told another lady her Ring WAS lost.

Friday, I lost an earring in New York City. Left a piece of me there!

What a pleasure is was for me to see and meet some of you from this board. You are a great group of people.

I will leave all of you with this message from a New York City Cab Driver.

:FAITH IS BELIEF WITHOUT PROOF!!!

Blessings,
Katherine

Musica15

01-19-2004, 07:51 PM

Wow, it sounds like this was a wonderful event - thank you everyone for sharing your experiences with all of us! I would definitely like to attend one (and get the chance to meet some of you!) in the future . . . I just held off on calling in the past couple of times because I was lucky enough to go to a taping of C.O. in July and even have a brief reading by John, which I totally was not expecting! So, I figured I would hold off on calling in and give some other peope a chance to see him in person and connect with their loved ones . . . but I would love to go to one of the seminars, if for no other reason than the teaching aspect (seeing as I'm trying to develop my "skills" - and intuition - as well)

And the picture of everyone is great too - so many smiling and friendly faces, we really are like a family here aren't we? :-D

Love, hugs, and light,
Jess

Gail

01-19-2004, 07:52 PM

Just a reminder to those of you who just attended the Bridges seminar, send your stories into Bridges. The request for them is still on John's site.

Katherine

01-19-2004, 09:27 PM

Gail,

Do you think Bridges would want stories from the people who didn't receive a reading?????

I went to John's site and didn't see where to submit stories.

:shrug:

Katherine

NEOPHYTE

01-19-2004, 11:20 PM

Hello, everyone! Neither my daughter nor myself got a reading from John either, but that did not take anything at all away from this great experience! What a great time we had!

Thank you, Mary Beth, for posting the picture of the JEF group. It was fun to meet so many nice people.

I got to the Marriott VERY early, I think around 3:00 pm. I went right up to the seminar room where one hotel employee was setting up the very comfortable cushioned chairs. :) I asked him if I could leave my coat on two of the chairs, (front row, on the aisle) and he didn't know what to say to me, so I just went ahead and did it. Sometimes it pays to be nervy! lol

Then I realized how long a wait I would have, so I went downstairs to the gift shop and bought a book to read, but by the time I got back up to the 2nd floor, Mary Beth and Paul, and I think, Karn and her husband and CarolV were already there, so we introduced ourselves and had a few words. After that, it didn't take much time before many other attendees began to arrive. My daughter arrived about an hour before the seminar began, and was thrilled when she saw where we were sitting. :) I know it doesn't really matter where you sit at one of these events, but it was just so exciting to watch John work up so close.

I took some notes of the first few readings, but I'm a terrible note-taker, and after a while, I stopped trying to keep up and just sat back and enjoyed the whole experience.

There was one reading where John said that somebody on the right (his right) side of the room was also dealing with cancer, and a woman acknowledged that fact. John seemed concerned for the woman and said that she should be discussing this with someone. He asked if it were the second bout with cancer, and she said no, but that she had been diagnosed with it, and that her mother had died from it.

There was an "L" name, and the woman said it was her grandmother, Louise. John mentioned a "Finlandia" vodka connection to the sitter's dad, and that he was waving a bottle of the vodka at him, but the woman did not seem to understand this.

He also said that the dad claimed that the brother was there, and that the family feud was over. There was a 22 or 23 connection, possibly a birthday? That was validated. John assured the woman that her mom's cancer was not caught early, but that hers was. Spirit gave him the analogy that sometimes a tooth decays, or teeth get cavities, but they can be fixed. In other words, she would not die from her cancer. :)

John said that she must have asked her mother for some reassurance or something, or to bring this up because John said that the mother was saying, "These were my orders!" John told the woman that her mother was more concerned with her back, and the woman said that yes, she had lower back problems. John asked if she was now divorced, but she said "no". The mother mentioned some kind of separation or divorce.

He said that the mother's energy was with her daughter and asked if she had a Catholic background, which she said she did. The mother wanted to know if her daughter liked the little gift she got in the mail, and that she had arranged for her to get it. I think it was a reference to some sort of Catholic item, possibly from a mission, I don't know. The woman validated getting such an item in the mail.

John asked the woman if there was a very short person in the family. She said yes, and John asked if her mother had used sarcasm when talking about her, which she also said was true. John said that he was seeing one of his aunts, I think, who was only *this* big. (John extended his thumb and index finger, to indicate how tiny his aunt was) lol

John kept returning to the vodka reference, and was very impressed with himself that he got the name "Finlandia", because he had always thought that Finlandia was a cheese. :D The dad was still waving a vodka bottle at him though. Not a big bottle, John said, but a small one. That apparently jogged the woman's memory and she said that her brother had liked to drink vodka. John asked her if he was passed too, and she said yes, and that someone had put a small bottle of vodka in his coffin when he died. (AHA) John ended this reading by saying that "Dad's got the black dog with him, too!"

I think I got that reading down pretty well. Anyone want to add anything to it, or correct anything? Please feel free! :) .......neo

NEOPHYTE

01-19-2004, 11:28 PM

Oh, this was very funny! I didn't take notes for this reading, but there was one woman who came through (sitting near Paul and Mary Beth) and John asked the sitter whether this woman was kind of heavy in life. The woman in the audience said yes, she was very heavy.

Then John looked puzzled at first, and then smiled and asked if there was any reason why this woman would be giving him "the finger". We all laughed and said, "Because you said she was fat!" It was really very funny. John said that at first he thought
that she was a manicurist, and that she was showing off her nails to him or something, but then he realized that she was flipping him off! rofl That was priceless! :D .....neo

Jude

01-19-2004, 11:48 PM

Thanks for the laugh, Neo!!

:laff2:

tinkster

01-20-2004, 04:42 AM

Just a quick, but heartfelt, thanks to you all for your informative and detailed posts about the Bridges seminar!!

tinkster :-)

juju4u0913

01-20-2004, 05:13 AM

Thanks y'all for the wonderful stories from the seminar. They made me laugh really hard. Oh how I wish I could have been there. Please keep the stories coming for those who haven't been to see John. These stories are priceless and will be remembered by all.

Take care and Godspeed!!
JuJu4u0913:musicnote

Gail

01-20-2004, 06:21 AM

Conty, it's on the lower right on this page of John's site. Just scroll down the page.

http://www.johnedward.net/index2.htm

We were not read at our Bridges seminar but our description of it was in the last Bridges.

Gail :)

Dawn

01-20-2004, 06:28 AM

Conty:

She asked if she could be electrocuted holding the mike because she was sweating so bad.

rofl :laugh3:

That was TOO funny! I am positive I would be sweating (if not fainting) if I were to ever be read by John :eek:

Thanks for all of the funny stories, ladies!

Ann S

01-20-2004, 06:44 AM

Its good to hear you all had a good time. Hope to hear some more stories soon
:daisy: :daisy: :daisy:
Ann S

Katherine

01-20-2004, 09:55 AM

:lwink: :lwink:

Gail,

Well, that shows you I didn't read the entire page.

:blush: :blush:

Thanks,
Katherine

erdugal

01-20-2004, 03:17 PM

OK - here is the first installment from my notes from Saturday. I knew I should've taken shorthand in high school!!:)

John first began by saying he had a mother who had died from cancer. This mom belonged to a friend who was at the seminar. John said that the husband had remarried this year (2003) and that his new wife had the same type of energy that his 1st wife had. The month of April was important as well as the 28th of a month. John was also getting a message that someone had died by being impaled by something (or by falling upon something). This message was not validated right away.

A grandmother came through next. Two miscarriages were mentioned. Grandmother had Dad with her. There was a connection to a Joseph (Joe) or "J" name. The grandmother was insisting it was a "G" A reference was made about someone with jewelry or metal. The family had a son who had passed (uncle of person in audience).

The first person who had been read remembered (with regard to the "impaling" message) there had been a shady death in the family but she did not have any of the details. The jewelry might have been pawned jewelry.

John then said he had a feeling of change around a sister like a move might be coming up (I think I remember her thanking John for the message.)

For someone with a health care background, a message came through about an upcoming change or problem that was happening under an umbrella or a company / corporate business.

Reference was made about a family in Hicksville (Long Island) where a father had crossed over. The 12th month or the 12th of a month was important.

These are my notes from the 1st reading. I think if we compile everyone's notes we'll be able to get a good idea of the messages that came through.

End of Part 1

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

erdugal

01-20-2004, 03:40 PM

John went right into the second reading. In fact, quite a few of them kind of went back and forth between families. It was a little hard to keep track, especially when I couldn't see who was speaking.

This reading started out with a reference to a daughter/younger female with an "A" name who was related to the family from the first reading. John said he was hearing a woman who kept saying "No". Someone had a mom who had a deformity on one of her hands. John said there were two different people coming through - one was kind of showy or flashy while the 2nd person didn't care about material things.

John received a message from the husband (of 2nd woman being read) who had passed (this man was very quiet). John told her that the husband was excited that she was there at the seminar. The husband referenced a politician (Republican) that the wife had met. He then expressed his concern for a younger male having to do with finances. This male energy continued by saying this (male) person has to be patient and shouldn't compare himself to anyone else. A reference was made about a military connection which was connected to someone who had passed away during wartime (husband's father). When the husband crossed over he was met by his father who had gone on before him and the good memories he might have forgotten while he was still here all came back.

John got the name "Frankie" (validated by wife's friend). The wife didn't know if he had passed. Message given was that this woman needs to reconnect with an older sister who is still here. A reference to breast cancer came through (validated by wife). John got a heavier feeling in his chest, the wife said she was dealing with leukemia now. A July connection was validated (daughter and grandchildren). Husband sent wife pink roses and said her attitude is better now.

We all chuckled at that one!

End of Part 2.

Blessings to All,
Linda
No.VA

erdugal

01-20-2004, 04:00 PM

John was pulled to the left side of the room (John's right side) to a woman who was dealing with cancer. He asked her if anyone else knew about it. She said she had told those folks she was close to. John relayed the message that it was important that she discuss her situation and not keep it quiet. It's OK to talk about it. This woman's mom died from breast cancer and she had been diagnosed with breast cancer also. John got a reference to an older female with an "L" name like Louise on the mom's side which was validated as mom's mom (grandmother). John asked if her dad was a drinker but she said, "No."

This was where John kept seeing the small bottle of Finlandia vodka. John said this was not his normal symbol for alcohol.

Continuing on, John said that this person had a brother figure who had crossed over and that the family feud was over. The woman validated a birthday on the 22nd / 23rd of a month.

The mom wanted the daughter to know that while her (mom) breast cancer was diagnosed late, the daughter's was caught early. She showed John what he called a "wierd analogy". Mom wants the daughter to approach her breast cancer like a tooth that has to be fixed. John said this message came across more like an order. Mom also wants her daughter to change her attitude and said she was more concerned about the daughter's back than the breast cancer; she needs to be careful how she picks up stuff.

John asked if there was a divorce - mom was seeing a divorce/separation happening. Mom also wanted daughter to know that her energy is very much with her. Mom then asked if her daughter liked what she got in the mail (a religious article of some kind) and that she (mom) had arranged the delivery. (This was validated by the daughter)

Next, John asked if there was a very short/height challenged person in the family. John's point of reference was a member of his family.

He then went back to the vodka reference. The dad on the other side was attaching it to the brother. Daughter was able to validate they had put a bottle of vodka in the brother's coffin. Dad brought the brother through. The daughter was going to find out if it was a bottle of Finlandia and promised to let John know. John then added that the dad had the black dog with him.

End of Part 3. Remainder to follow tomorrow!!

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

Katherine

01-20-2004, 05:45 PM

Wow!!! I told everyone you were taking copious notes.

;) ;)

Fantastic Job.....I was there and I can hardly wait for part 4 ;)

Katherine

JoDi

01-20-2004, 05:51 PM

WOW!!! You guys are good. I just sat with pen in hand and mouth open!!!:lwink:

The picture came out great!! I have the leopard sweater on!!;)

Can't wait to hear more!!!

I have to wait til tomorrow or Thursday to validate my story about the souls in the dentist waiting room.
Do I have time??:shrug:

Grandma Jo@nn

juju4u0913

01-21-2004, 05:30 AM

Oh my goodness.....you are an incredible lady......you took the most detailed notes!!! I wasn't able to be there, but after reading your notes, it's as if I was there watching it all take place. Keep up the incredible job. You have a real talent!

Thanks,
JuJu4u0913
:eek: This is what I looked like after reading your notes....LOL

NEOPHYTE

01-21-2004, 07:49 AM

Hello, erdugal! Great job! The only things I would add is that in your "Part 2" John mentioned someone being a piano player, and the woman he was reading acknowledged that it would have been the husband's mom who did that.

Also, John said that there was nothing else that could have been done for dad. That's when he asked if there was something about meeting a polititian, or shaking one's hand, and she said the dad never voted. John said that it came across as though he were a Democrat, saying "That damned Republican". lol I think the woman did then validate something about meeting or seeing a polititian, but I didn't write down that detail, so I don't remember it. :( ....neo

erdugal

01-21-2004, 08:29 AM

Neo, thanks for reminding me about the piano playing and the "Damn Republican" as soon as I read your entry I remembered John saying that. :D

Reading 4:

First reference was about an art teacher (Dad/cousin). Validated by person being read - the cousin was the art teacher. Next reference was about "William" validated as being the brother. Dad had passed. John said he was getting the message that Dad had been the drinker - person said "No" but that someone was dealing with substance abuse. There was a reference to a fast passing in February on or around Valentine's Day - turned out to be "Mom". John said the Mom was referring to the Dad as a "Nag." Mom energy was very strong. John called her a "tyrant" which is not a term he normally used. Mom's voice was heard in his head when contemplating whether or not to do something. John said he was getting one Willie and one William. A "T" name was a nickname. Mom had a sister/female to her side with her. Validated - a sister figure had passed. The Dad was trying to come through but Mom wouldn't let him. John said Dad was showing him a box of crackers which to him could mean "Polly" or "cracker." Dad did manage to get through - John asked if someone missed paying an insurance premium?

Dad then brought through a helicopter pilot who was Mom's cousin and who had been lost in Vietnam.

John received message about a suicide in the family - validated as daughter's friend of a friend. John said there were two suicides; one for an 18 yr. old and another one involving someone in their 40's. One came through kind of sketchy but the other was very clear.

End of part 4 :cuser:

Blessings to All,

Linda
No. VA

erdugal

01-21-2004, 09:06 AM

John got pulled to the other side of the room. He got a Disney reference and asked who was the person who walked around in a Disney-like costume. Person raised her hand and said she was "Chuckie Cheese." She said she thought she had been hired to be a checker; she hated being Chuckie Cheese. John told her "Think of whose lives you touched" :lwink:

He then got message from an older female from a large family. This woman had colon cancer - turned out to be a grandmother. She wanted everyone to know that she was a "phenomenal mom" and that she was met by someone who had crossed over before her. When she passed, she was not in clear mind. This was an older female like an aunt, mom or mother-in-law. He got the feeling that someone was shot. There was a reference to an "L" name (Lane).

John also had the feeling that there was a custody battle - he said it was like "Kramer vs. Kramer" concerning a custodial issue. The person being read was able to validate this message. There is a custody issue happening now involving her son and his girlfriend. John said he felt there was a push/pull across state/county lines - also validated by mom (New Jersey/Delaware).

John told her that her son would lose because of two things; 1) financial reasons and 2) real estate (where he's living). Validated again by the mom. Her son lived at home with her and the house is very small.

John also said there was another child in the picture, maybe with the current girlfriend.

There was a reference to a name beginning with "K" like Kim/Kenny.

A paternal grandfather came through. John said there were two marriages in the same family (brothers married sisters). A reference was made to lung cancer/emphysema passing for an older male. John said the older male went by a nickname, not by his given name like Uncle Smokey. (This one goes back to earlier entry in this thread about the Uncle Snooky validation that took place after the seminar was over.)

John said another aunt passed from lung cancer - this could not be validated at the time of the reading.

Someone in the audience mentioned she had an Uncle Joe who had lung cancer and had been very close to her son. The uncle gave her the nickname of Pump the gigger".:D John said that wasn't it and kept on trying to get a validation about the Uncle with the nickname like Uncle Smiley.

Someone mentioned that they had a MIL who was called "Mama Butch."

John then told the person being read to go through every uncle/father/step-father in her family. The woman couldn't think of anyone. Two women sitting in front of her called out "Uncle Buddy" but that wasn't the correct name either.
An "N" name was validated as being name of a sister "Nancy"
At this point, John had to leave the nickname with her because it wasn't going anywhere.
A messages about an adoption issue was related to her brother Danny.
Someone missing in the family - also validated. The ex-husband's mother's father :confused: walked out on the family and the Uncle Bobby took over the paternal role.

End of part 5 (I think)

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

erdugal

01-21-2004, 09:21 AM

John received a message about a Florida family - in Northern Florida (Tallahassee/Jacksonville). He had a father who had crossed over.

A Thomas/Tommy turned out to be a little boy who had passed many years ago. Tommy had been killed in an auto accident. The person being read had an ex-daughter-in-law who had an Uncle Thomas.

John felt the energy of an infant. This same daughter-in-law had lost a baby girl. The former MIL said she would let her daughter-in-law know that the baby was ok and was being taken care of.

Additional messages for this woman were:
The 2nd month or 2nd of a month was significant.
She had a male energy to her side who had crossed over .
The watch is not lost.
Someone was diagnosed too late - validated - brother-in-law's brother Patrick had passed. Wife had also passed as well as another brother-in-law.
The first husband had 5 in his family. John asked if there were twins as he was getting a "twin" feeling. Woman said her husband and his brother were born 14 months apart and were like twins.
There was an issue of eye surgery (like a cyst).
Sister-in-law was rude/strong/verbal and was known for speaking her mind. This person was a non-blood SIL. John said she might have been referred to as slightly bitchy.

John relayed a message for someone who was in the hospital now or dealing with a health situation that the energies are there but they can't fix it.

After this reading concluded, someone in the back of the room asked John why we never see him dance. He kind of laughed and said something about not having a partner. Well, I couldn't tell you how many hands shot up but I can definitely validate that both JoDi and I raised our hands in a heartbeat!! Too bad we didn't have any music available!! :D

End of part 6.

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

erdugal

01-21-2004, 09:35 AM

This reading started out with John asking if anyone had been published? One woman said she worked for a publisher.
There was a reference to a mother or aunt who had passed related to an embolism, aneurysm or stroke. The passing was like 1-2-3.

John said he was getting the name Ann or Angela. Grandmother's name was Ann. Thyroid cancer relayed to the grandmother.
A "10" connection like October or the 10th of a month was referenced. An "R" name was connected to a Mom. June reference referred to a Mom's birthday.
John got a reference to a germanic background. Dad was in the Italian army but served in Germany.
Reference to a baby on the way was the woman's baby brother who was named for the dad.
John asked if the woman's sister looked like the father. Sister's family lives in Europe. Woman said she may soon be visiting her. John got a message about not living in the same house - woman said there is an upcoming move.

John received a message about major fires in Europe (Italy?) and the dad wanted the sister to know he had seen them.

Reference to an "A" name validated: The name "Antoinetta" was the dad's aunt and "Anna" was dad's sister.

John said someone would be discharged from the military sooner than expected. The woman being read said her brother-in-law is thinking about getting out of the service.

John said there was a baby energy there - validated - sister had miscarriage. John told her to tell her sister to be careful on the ladder or step-stool.

End of Part 7 :cuser:

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

erdugal

01-21-2004, 10:07 AM

First thing John got was concerning a car accident - involving a car that went off the road. Woman validated someone named Frank had a tire blow and he went off the road.

Father passed and grandfather raised her. Dad was the one coming through in this reading.

Was this girl the manipulator of the family? Yes
Dad told John that the family would give in because she was cute.

A daughter, Eva, acknowledged a second pregnancy.

John said the family was together on the other side even though it had been fragmented here. He got the feeling of being bounced around. Validated - woman was in foster homes.
There was a feeling of concern about drugs, substances involving sales and people around her.

At this point John used an event from his own life as an example. His teacher, Sandy, told him that someone he knew would ask him to borrow money and within a year it happened.

The woman being read asked John if it could be something from the past. John said No, he feels like it's going on now.

John got a message about the woman's sister who is in healthcare. She needs to be careful about money and there was a concern about burnout.

John conveyed a thanks to this woman for doing hair. She didn't understand the message at first, but then she was able to validate it. She had cut her hair short after he had died.

"Charlie" was Dad's name. There were 7 in the family.
Someone worked with food or in the food industry.

Dad brought through someone who had cancer in the shoulder area.

John got a reference to an "M" name like Maggie/Margaret, which turned out to be Meagan.
There was a reference to a clarinet or other instrument. The son has a flutophone.

Dad then brought his sister through.

John asked the woman why was she afraid of Dad coming through as that was the feeling he was getting (from the dad).

John relayed message from Dad about watching her feet. Woman said that her Mom just had both feet operated on.

Dad again gave John a feeling of apprehension related to his daugher. Was she afraid of what he might say? She said her biggest fear was that he would not come through at all.

Acknowledgement was made of a second child (a son).
A name overlapping was validated - nephew's middle name (John) was Dad's first name.

Message received concerning a sacrament. Validated - son made first communion in May.

A gown reference related to graduation of son.

There was a message about an issue concerning the attic - NOW!!! John told her she needed to get it checked NOW!!!
Dad told her to get ready for getting two teeth pulled.

Dad warned her about 1 of the 3 boys concerning a situation coming up involving a boy outside of the family. John said there was a lot of negative energy connected with this boy. The son would be the follower. She needs to be careful how she deals with this "R" energy.

A reference was made to a second son being held back. He will enter Middle School.

Dad wanted her to let Mom know that he came through.

End of Part 8. I'll be back a little later on today to post some more.

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

Karn

01-21-2004, 12:52 PM

Linda,

You're blowing me away! This is like reliving the seminar, I can't believe all the details you got down. I'm surprised you can still move your hand to type :lwink: Thank you!

Love and light,
Karn :daisy:

erdugal

01-21-2004, 03:12 PM

This one was a, "Me too" There were so many validations that I couldn't keep up with them all.

A Dad came through first.
Reference was made about a kidney transplant - non-familial
Second reference concerned receiving a pacemaker - it didn't happen. Person developed a high fever, experienced organ failure and subsequently died.

John asked if the person in the audience was from Staten Island. Response was "No, New Jersey"

John asked who had the vision of Dad in the backyard? The same thing happened in the kitchen.

Dad brought through a friend who had passed (Joan).
John then asked if this friend had been very heavy? The response was, "Yes."

John got a puzzled look on his face and asked if there was any reason she would be showing him "the finger?"

Friend in the audience said it was probably because John had said she was heavy.

(We all cracked up at that one, including John.):D

The next person to come through was a female who had been murdered by a husband or boyfriend. After the murder, he committed suicide.

There were two deaths after this woman was murdered and she was there to meet them when they crossed.

John said he was getting an "OJ/Nicole Simpson" reference.
He asked, if this woman had told people that if anything happened to her, "he" did it?

Another message came through that there was someone already in jail related to the male suicide and it was the 2nd time around.

John asked if this male left the scene of the murder and killed himself somewhere else? Yes, this happened.

There was a "L" connection - which turned out to be her grandfather, Louis.

Back to the murdered woman - John asked if she had been tied up? She had been tied up and strangled.

A reference was made to her appearance -John said he was hearing "pretty, pretty." The family could not mourn her the way they wanted due to her altered appearance. They blew up a pretty picture of her.

John then was hearing a unique "E" name. This was a woman named Eadie who had taught with the victim's mother. The Mom was now retired. This Eadie helped Mom deal with everything after the murder.

Someone who had suffered from congestive heart failure turned out to be a Dad.

End of Part 9 (I think).

Blessings to All,
Linda
No. VA

erdugal

01-21-2004, 03:17 PM

A reference came through about a tatoo on someone's chest (male). John said it felt like a military tatoo, it was too decorative to be a scar.

Connected to the scar was a Joseph/Josephine, there were a lot of "Js" in this family.

1986/1987 was significant - dad passed away

Someone started a family in one country, then left and started a second family somewhere else.

John asked was this family Portuguese? Yes. The Dad had a family here, went back to Portugal and had another family over there.

This is when I stopped taking notes. Can someone else fill in anything I didn't catch?

The End!!

Blessings to All,

Linda
No. VA

erdugal

01-21-2004, 03:35 PM

After the seminar ended, my husband and I headed back to our room. For some reason neither of the two keys would work. I called down to the front desk and someone from Maintenance soon appeared. He opened our door with his master key and let us in.

Sunday morning when we went to pay our bill, the person at the desk couldn't find any record of our reservation in the computer. She shrugged and told us, "No charge."

Now, this has never happened before. I told my husband that my Dad must've done it (he was a very frugal man). My husband, being the skeptic that he is, rolled his eyes and left it at that.

We drove from the hotel into Brooklyn to visit with my Mom for a few hours. When I told her about what had happened at checkout, her instant response was - that was your father! She keeps telling me that he would never come through at a seminar because he is too quiet.

This was Dad's way of coming through in a way only my family would recognize. :lwink:

While we were visiting Mom, she pointed out a wreath she has hanging over a doorway in her apartment (yes, she still has the holiday decorations up!). She said the wreath had been slowly vacillating back and forth continuously, even though she didn't have any windows open and nothing else was moving. After we'd been there for awhile we looked over at the wreath and it was moving faster than it had been. Mom just looked at me and said, "He knows you're here." She also said she had mentioned the wreath to some of her friends and one of them asked her if she was bothered by it. Mom just told her, "No, because she knew who it was." :musicnote

Blessings to All,

Linda
No. VA

Gail

01-21-2004, 03:41 PM

VERY nice Bridges report, Linda, and I loved reading about your strong spirited father. :) Amazing what they can do for us here.

Gail :)

Peg B.

01-21-2004, 07:11 PM

Great report Linda. There were some things that I didn't hear because John was talking so fast. I thought I was used to his speaking, but I wanted to slow him down a couple of times.

So glad you heard from your Dad. I read what you wrote about to my husband(who was there) and he reacted the same way your husband did!! and I thought he was a believer.lol

Peg

JoDi

01-21-2004, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by erdugal

Sunday morning when we went to pay our bill, the person at the desk couldn't find any record of our reservation in the computer. She shrugged and told us, "No charge."

Now, this has never happened before. I told my husband that my Dad must've done it (he was a very frugal man). My husband, being the skeptic that he is, rolled his eyes and left it at that.

Blessings to All,

Linda
No. VA

Linda, can you send your dad to the Mohegan Sun next Monday?? LOL
What a great story!!! Glad your dad was there for you and your mom!!!
Jo@nn

Katherine

01-21-2004, 11:06 PM

Linda,

Fantastic job of reporting!! It was like being there all over again.

Thank you!!!!!

Wow!!! Great message from your Dad!!

Blessings,
Katherine

erdugal

08-31-2004, 02:55 PM

This posting is a follow-up to the last entry I made in this thread concerning the lack of a charge for our room at the hotel when we checked out. This Bridges event was in January 2004 - to this date, the charge for the hotel room has never appeared on the credit card.

Thanks Dad! :love:

Blessings to All,

Linda
NO. VA

Tracey123

08-31-2004, 03:06 PM

Now Linda those are the validations we need more of....lol...(just kidding of course)...wow.

Tracey123

:jumper:

bdwsa

08-31-2004, 10:33 PM

I was actually the person that got the reading about my friends daughter...Carrie, ( who was killed by her boyfriend, who then killed himself ) Recently I've really wanted to post this story, but I couldn't do it, thanks soooo much for doing it for me. I was going to tell someone on another thread that I've been read a couple of times once a friends dog came through and then Carrie came through. Carrie was shy and I didn't expect her to come through so I sent my cousin Scott( on the other side ) to find her and make it happen. Some thing I noticed, but didn't have the opportunity to say is that there was literally a circle of Dads around Carrie. The person on both sides and in front and in back all had their dads come through. I pictured the circle of Dads giving Carrie the confidence and security to come through. John's coming to Austin on Oct. 16th, I asked her mom to go with me, she was very excited until I told her the date....that's the date she was killed.
She needs to be with her husband and he really is not open to going, especially on that date. I totally understand. I don't think she will come through again....no real need. You never know though.
I was also the person that told John that he called the lady heavy....that's why she showed him that finger....it just seemed to make sense to me. LOL
I wish I knew y'all then it would have been great to meet everyone that was there.
I wrote everything I could remember and gave it to Carrie's mom along with the copy of After Life he gave us.
Thanks again for writing all this for us.
Barbara