How wonderful, Bob!  My father passed away in a slow and heartbreaking way this past March.  I had one lucid dream about him within a week or so after he died, but it was brief, and not very satisfying.  He had been bedridden and somewhat demented before he passed on.  A week or so later, I dreamed that I encountered him on his couch at the family home.  He was more his old self, but still frail and weak. I looked around my old family home, saw him on the couch and said "this is impossible.  You are dead!"  And he said to me "no, I am still here (in a calm voice). "  I ran to get my family members in the room next door, and when we returned, the couch was empty.  As I related the story to them, in my lucid dream, I had absolute conviction that this was a verified communication.  But too brief, and not quite what I wanted.  Over the next week, I saw flashes of his countenance during the day; he was younger, similar to a picture of him as a young man (I recaled an old picture when he was on a beach in Coney Island and seemed so vibrant and strong).  I do not think that it was my normal consciousness recalling these images.  He was smiling in my daytime visions, which again, I do not think I put in there deliberately.  

 May I ask how long ago it was that your dad passed on?  I have heard rumors that communication beyond a certain amount of time is very unusual, but I don't really believe that myself.  If time as we know it does not exist in the afterlife, then I don't know why one would be limited to comunnication with the deceased to only a year or so after their demise.  The theory, as it goes is that they move on to other cosmic adventures and/or reincarnation, and that communication and there need to contact us here in C1 dwindles.  I don't buy that.  

    Thank you, Bob for this description of an amazing journey.  You truly have a gift; the ability to make contact and explore, and then bring it back to the rest of us.  Thanks again.


Matthew

Hi Bob,
You shared:
"...familiar energy pattern... WOW...He was a young man again, probably around his late 20’s and very excited about showing me his home."
It must be wonderful to find a beloved person in the afterlife! Was it fun to see your father as closer to your own age? If he was very influential in your life, he helped form you--- Have you had time to think about your similarities and differences? Was his energy pattern familiar to you from living with him or from visits later in the afterlife?

When I was a teen and doing lots of baby-sitting, I tried to sense the energy patterns of parents of my charges. It came in handy when someone came up to the house late at night! Some of what I sensed instead was the sound of how they walked, but I thought I could tell some of my regular customers,  and sensing my own younger brothers came in handy also!

bets

Does Bruce mention anything about pets in the afterlife or has anyone had any experiences? Also, does anyone have any like tickling sensations. I seem to have these a lot lately, like as if someone's touching me with a feather on my cheeks.

Tuning in to someone's engergy signature is a great way to find someone in a grocery store. I've taught one of my daughters to do it, much to the surprise of my ex!

Rob

Hey,

Thanks for posting your contact Bob, I loved reading that. I was unsure also having read in some places about a limit on the time you can contact relatives/friends who have crossed over. I really want to see my Grandad again and say hello, see how he is doing but it has been a few years now but I also couldn't see why there would be a limit so its good to know there isn't.

Thanks again,

Ryan