Joan Smith - Cherished Teardrops

CHERISHED TEARDROPS

J. M S m ith

Copyright 1998 Joan Marie Connors Smith.

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CONTENTS

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY PARENTS

Affectionately, I thank my husband and my immediate family. My attempt at this endeavor would have been an impossible undertaking were it not for their sacrifices. Gratitude to Camille Thomas for countless hours of computer instruction and for lending me the benefits of her journalism experience. Jeanne, Mary, Michelle, Liz, Linda, Sandy and to all the others involved, thank you for your suggestions.

I am especially grateful to my mentor Robert J. Petro, the wind pushing my wings to fly. Your enlightenment gave me a purpose for my existence. Your footsteps have left a permanent impression upon my heart.

Alice and Chance, thanks for the inspiration and messages from the other side.

Connie Solis, if ever there was a number one cheerleader for this project, its you!

To Marlena Laird Petro, a three-time Emmy Award-winning television producer, thank you for describing this book as a fabulous manuscript, encouraging my quest.

Lad and Lass Productions, many thanks for the cover design.

Thank you St. Jude for answering my prayers.

J.M. Smith, CCH

Knowledge does not lie within a few; anyone can thirst for it. As humans, we constantly strive for perfection. I was in a period of deep soul searching to explore my present earth purpose. Over the years, recurrent dreams with incomplete endings, faces, and places left me with an urgency to gain perception so I could understand the inner part of myself. Exploring the realm of past-life regression allowed me to accomplish my quest. The timing was perfect! The educational reward was fantastic!

Although I began in the 1980s reading and investigating the metaphysical, it wasnt until a trip in the early 1990s to Sedona, Arizona, that I found true immortality. Here, I learned that we never say goodbye permanently. Sedona opened my senses into awesome depths that I never dreamed possible. Meeting with the extraordinary psychic Robert J. Petro was truly written in the stars. In this authors estimation there is no wiser human being available to give intuitive information than this gifted man. At this time, I concluded that areas of awakening were just around the corner for me. It was time for my unveiling.

Regression felt like the past walking up and shaking my hand. It was thrilling because it touched the unknown. It has allowed me to acquire valuable tools of wisdom from my past lives that had a beneficial effect on my future endeavors. Some readers may not feel comfortable exploring past lives at this time, but I knew it was the right path for me to gain inner peace. I relished the excitement of the journey. It was a meticulous process but never monotonous.

Historical dates, times, names, and places of my past lives or whether the information came from spirit guides, angels, guardians or my subconscious were not of importance to me. The key is the link from my past life observations to my present circumstances, enabling me to understand that LOVE is the essential ingredient.

To know where I was going I needed to learn where I had been. These collaborations restructured my priorities providing the means for self-evaluation. By overcoming obstacles, I progressed to another level where my weaknesses became strengths. For the first time since my splash into this world, I know with certainty who I am and where I am going.

Through slivers of memories, my past life as Morning Star emerged. The following is the result of my progress with the assistance of a series of past life regressions in Sedona, Arizona, with Teresita and later with JonneMarie Moseman.

The accountings are excerpts from my past life. Some names and places have been changed to respect the privacy of others. The characters are a representation of an eternal love story paralleled with the same souls who are with me in my present lifetime.

THE ROAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT

Curiosity became an addiction; a gnawing that urged me to pursue all facets of my present life by searching for gleanings from the past. Im hooked on investigating my past lives.

Reincarnation, life after death, many have explored these realms. I felt challenged to face the truth and add brush strokes to my personal self-portrait. My past life experiences intrigued and inspired me. I gained insight from them and was able to bring that information forward into my present life.

Through my journey, I know there is life before and after death. I no longer have reason to fear death, as fear will consume and devour us! Death is a simple process of rebirth. Weary bodies we borrow each incarnation die, while our spirits remain active and alive. Dying is a natural phase of life through which we must all pass. As an observer of my own past lives, I found it an uplifting experience. By using my intuitive gifts today for personal communications with departed souls, I know those souls see things differently than those left behind on the physical plane. On the other side, they understand the cycles of life, death, and rebirth.

Mourning is a normal human reaction to death where we experience a degree of pain and heartache. The departed soul may attempt to console the mourner. Sometimes, being so consumed by our grief we miss these communications from our loved ones.

To satisfy my wake-up call, I invested countless days, months, and years exploring my souls purpose. My efforts failed many times because I didnt know how to overcome obstacles. I needed to crawl before I could walk. Free, I am now out from under an avalanche of mystery. Im whole again!

As my desire to delve into the theory of past life research grew, I wanted to differentiate the real from the imaginary. Browsing a local newspaper, I spotted a group session on past lives being offered at a local gathering place. Can you believe this? Just five minutes from my door! Although I was apprehensive, it was too good to ignore for only a nominal fee. Immediately, I enlisted my sister-in-law Mary along with my husband Drew. Dusty wasnt going to be the only guinea pig in this experiment.

The audience was evenly composed of males and females, giving the assessment that both sexes expressed an interest in past lives. Here we were the three adventurers; Drew, the typical skeptic, curious Mary, and I, who wanted to know if I could be hypnotized for a past life.