Rev. Daniel Chesbro - Tom Sawyer: A Modern-Day Messenger from God: His Extraordinary Life and Near-Death Experiences

To Maryanne and Joey Yannacone, who provided years of love, support, and a space at Pal Joeys Salon for Tom Sawyers teachings.

Hundreds of people benefitted from this Love Gesture.

For nothing will be impossible with God.

~ Luke 1:37

Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever believes in me, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do...

~ John 14:12

Tom Sawyer: A Modern-Day Messenger from God

It is a privilege to take an inside look at one of the most unique prophets of our time. Chesbros personal, long-time friendship with Tom Sawyer offers a glimpse into the mind and supernatural abilities of this Christ-like individual. The life and times of a modern-day saint is a spiritual journey for the reader. Whether its bilocation, meditating on the Ganges River, or healing a terminal patient, Tom truly was a gift from God. The reader will travel into another dimension of time and space via the amazing adventures of Tom Sawyer and Dan Chesbro.

Mary Grace, parapsychologist, spiritual teacher, and author of The Communion of Saints

Over the past decade I have had the privilege of sitting at the feet of Rev. Chesbro as he would teach us and tell us the inspiring stories about the wonderful first-hand experiences he had witnessed with Tom Sawyer. I am so happy that he has finally put together this book of more than 160 true stories to enlighten and to inspire anyone who reads them. I highly recommend them to you! This is a book about modern-day miracles.

Rev. Gary Nobuo Niki, coach and consultant in energy healing modalities, Shamanic Samurai Medicine Man, and author ofD.I.Y. ZEN and the Art of Gentle Emotional Transformation

This book is a great gift to humanity. Those who read it will learn the power of choosing love and creativity against a backdrop of greed and ego. These stories about Tom Sawyer can open a path to increased hope, healing, peace, prosperity, and joy at this time in the world. I hope you will feel as blessed reading it as I did.

Rev. Marta D. Ockuly, Ph.D., humanistic psychologist, educator, researcher, and CEO of Creative Potential Institute

Rev. Chesbro and Rev. Erickson have collaborated to present a compel- ling and easy-to-read narrative of what one person did to positively affect so many others and even the entire world. I found myself drawn in and continually delighted to learn how Thomas Joseph Sawyer was tuned in to the contract he had on Earth with the Creator and how he followed the guidance that he intuited. Sawyer demonstrated that death doesnt exist, prevented nuclear war on numerous occasions, and served as a bridge between the Age of Pisces and the Age of Aquarius. This exploration of the life of Thomas Joseph Sawyer is among the best.

Jerry J. Wellik, Ed.D., professor emeritus of special education and master healer of Ericksonian hypnosis

Contents

Foreword

I am grateful to my dear friend, Rev. Dan Chesbro, for giving me this opportunity to write a foreword for this treasure trove of short stories about the life and times of Thomas Joseph Sawyer (Tom Sawyer). Tom is known for having had an extraordinary death experience, and his exceptional story of being crushed under his truck and coming back to life after having been dead for 15 minutes has been captured in other must- read books. But this book of short stories is special for different reasons, because it gives a glimpse into some of the little-known, yet miraculous and awe-inspiring events and occurrences that were part of the ordinary, day-to-day activities and involvements of Tom Sawyer.

There is no better person than Rev. Dan Chesbro to put these memories of Tom to paper. Dan and Tom shared a bond of timeless, deep friend- ship, and they shared a mission, toothat of facilitating the emergence of the Ancient Order of Melchizedek in our times to assist in the birthing of a new era for humanity, Earth, and all sentient beings. Dan Chesbro has written about how the Order of Melchizedek came into being for these times in his book, The Order of Melchizedek: Love, Willing Service, and Fulfillment (Findhorn Press 2010).

I first met Tom Sawyer in the summer of 1988, when I traveled from Ottawa, Canada, to Geneseo, New York, to attend the Sanctuary of the Beloveds Visions of Tomorrow Annual Conference. I had heard that a person named Dan Chesbro was performing ordinations into the Great White Brotherhood (Family of Light). I first learned about the ancient teachings of the Great White Brotherhood in the 1970s, when I lived for several years as a member of the now well-known spiritual community of Findhorn in northern Scotland. And just as I had felt an unmistakable and irresistible pull to go to Findhorn in 1975, I felt the very same strong soul-calling to travel to meet Dan Chesbro and be ordained.

Thus began many years of a deep and abiding connection with the Order of Melchizedek, and a strengthening of my participation in the Family of Light that had begun at Findhorn 13 years previously. Unbeknownst to me at the time was the fact that the energy of Findhorn itself had a role in the creation of what was to become the ordination ceremony for the Order of Melchizedek.

There was a buzz among the participants at the conference that first year I attended, in 1988, and in every subsequent year I attended; the excitement was about this man called Tom Sawyer. Tom already had a following of local students, priests in the Order of Melchizedek, and they were eager to learn from the infinite storehouse of knowledge that Tom brought back from his death experience in 1978. You see, Tom had completely blended with that Light and Love that is Total Knowledge. So a small group of friends met weekly with Tom, and many of the stories in this book reflect Dan Chesbros memories of those meetings.

Tom could answer questions on any topic, from physics to Earth changes, the true story of the life of Jesus, to future possibilities and probabilities for humankind. All one had to do was ask. Tom considered it extremely important to answer each question as thoroughly and completely as possible. Thus, at the conferences, when Tom arrived on a summers night, the word would quickly spread that Toms here! and conference participants would settle into an all-nighter, listening to Tom talk and answer questions into the wee hours of the morning. In appreciation of his diligence, someone had t-shirts made up that fondly and humorously said, I spent the night with Tom Sawyer.

Here was a man who, by all outward appearances, lived an ordinary life. Toms day job was heavy-duty equipment operator for the City of Rochester, and he was married and the father of two children. And yet, he was always on call to God. He traveled and did things always on purpose, being at the right place at the right time with the right person or group of people to be of service in large and small ways. He made a huge difference in the lives of many, many people. His exceptional gifts of knowing and knowledge were coupled with his incredible physical strengtha strength that was enhanced from his years of training as an Olympic athlete. Tom radiated great Love, and I always will remember his ever-present humor and delight with just being with us at the conferences.