It was a cool summer evening. The sun had set, and birds were settling into the trees in preparation for their nightly rest. I was at the kitchen sink, hands in water. I felt a presence come up behind me and put her arms around my shoulders, her hands on my chest just over my heart.
I was embraced in love and light. Joy flowed through me and from me. Time stood still.
This was my Aunt Marge. She had died in 1989, yet here she was, bringing me a divine message of pure light and love. When I felt her embrace, I knew instantly who she was. Hugging me from behind, she put her chin on my left shoulder and whispered, “I see you and I love you.”
Incredible waves of love washed over me, through me, and from me. Gratitude was an anchor, grounding me into the moment. Joy flowed up, rising from where I stood to the top of my head and beyond.
Tears flowed — love and joy and gratitude and reverence and life force energy flowed through me and from me. I was immersed in light and love, and I melted into the moment, anchored in gratitude for this experience.
After our shared experience, I felt Marge retreat. I could feel her moving away from me, retreating from my field. And then she was gone. I stood there in the light of dusk, hands wet, held over my heart where Marge’s hands were, tears flowing. Wow, thank you Aunt Marge, I love you.
My husband was reading in the living room, our cat and dog lying around. I went to Jerry and told him of my experience, explaining every sense, feeling, and emotion. I did my best to put into words the magical experience I had just had, while at the same time trying to relive it, to bring it back into being.
Always, Jerry listens with love and attention. And always he says the same thing, “Honey, you should write this down.” I have 18 years of journals where I’ve recorded my experiences with Spirit.
As I was reliving and telling my experience to Jerry, I became fixed on one question: “..how do I reach back to you, Aunt Marge?” And just like that, as I formed the thought, I received a message: “There will be other times.”
My questioning persisted, and I asked again, “..how can I initiate contact with you?” And in that instance, Marge touched the top of my head and said one word: “Conduit.”
Here I was, sitting next to Jerry, explaining all that I was experiencing, and now I received the word “conduit” with a tap of one firm finger on the top of my head.
My eyes wandered wildly as my mind tried to catch up. Then I noticed a wall outlet, a plug, and the word “conduit” became “electricity,” and Aunt Marge was back in my field, saying, “Yes, that’s it.” And again, she retreated.
I was one year into retirement and had committed myself to creating daily practices to enhance my spiritual growth and understanding. This was the year I began reading Tarot as a profession. I had been practicing Yoga for decades and began, in earnest, creating a meditation practice through daily Yoga postures, asanas.
At this point in my life, I had a basic knowledge around our 7 in-body Chakra system. But my experience with Aunt Marge, and the clear word “conduit” with a tap on my head, brought forth from within a new concept of my Chakra system and what it was all about.
I began consuming everything I could read about Chakras; their purpose, functions, healing modalities, and especially as spiritual vortexes. I was now feeling into my Chakras in ways I hadn’t explored before, with the intent of recreating the energetic flow I felt with Spirit contacts.
Beyond colors, purpose, and elemental correspondence, I began really “feeling” into my Chakras. One by one, I made complete studies of each of my Chakras, sometimes spending 7-day practices on one Chakra. My goal was to learn how I could recreate the feeling of light and love that I’d experienced with Spirit visits. How could I light up my inner core and flow such love and light on demand?
It was within a month or so that I watched a Ted Talk with Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD. She had a stroke and, amazingly, is a brain scientist. So when the stroke occurred, she went in and out of consciousness and unconsciousness, and in her talk she explains the lessons she “gleaned about the relationship between science and spirituality at a neurological level.” You can watch her Ted Talk here: Jill Bolte Taylor — My Stroke of Insight
Jill Bolte Taylor’s talk came out in 2008. I found it eleven years later, which was the exact time I was ready for it. The content of her talk struck many cords within my body, mind, and soul. I continued my studies into my own Chakra system with the intent to understand the relationships between body, mind, and spirit.
Around the end of 2019, I was introduced by a friend to a book called The Energy Codes: The 7-Step System to Awaken your Spirit, Heal your Body and Live your Best Life by Dr. Sue Morter. This book offered so much insight and practical practices that went very well with what I was creating within my own spiritual practices. And guess what…Dr. Jill Bolte wrote the forward of Dr. Sue’s book! (We can’t make this stuff up, guys. 🙂)
Fast forward to 2023, where I attended a spiritual conference in Las Vegas, NV, where I met Reverend Cynthia Ambriz with Agape and Center for Spiritual Living. Rev. Cynthia gave a very “spirited” talk about The Energy Codes, how to use them and why to use them. This lit me up, and after the conference, I dove back into Dr. Sue’s book, this time with more experience, practice, and love.
In 2024, Reverend Cynthia facilitated an 8-week course on The Energy Codes, which I completed and am actually “certified” in The Energy Codes Book Studies course. Reverend Cynthia Ambriz hosts daily and weekly meditations and talks on YouTube. She also facilitates online spiritual workshops. Rev. Cynthia is a blessing to all who know her. cynthiaambriz.org
Dr. Sue has just released, today as I write this message, her second book called Anatomy of Awakening. I’ve pre-ordered it, and it should be in the mail now. I can’t wait to get my hands on it and my mind into it. Maybe I’ll be back with a short “book report” after reading it.
I’ve just taken you on a round-about journey from one of my Spirit encounters in 2019 to the present year, 2026. My Aunt Marge’s visit feels very close lately. I have a sense that I’ll be hearing from her again, soon. I don’t know how to describe the “knowingness” that feeds my senses, but I can say that this knowingness comes from within, like a deep memory of all that is unseen, and I have a deep respect for the unseen.