Cyndi
Slider: In my
heart and my soul, I just know …
"When my son died by suicide eight years ago, I began a journey. Over the years, this journey evolved into a learning experience that opened my eyes to the limitless possibilities of an “after life.” Call it “heaven” or a “different dimension” … whatever you like. I have come to believe that no one really dies. I have come to believe that their spirit … or soul … or energy just leaves the physical body and moves on to another dimension. I see death, not as a termination, but as a transition. Making this discovery has changed my life eternally.
Every day we
live with countless phenomena that scientists cannot fully explain or
understand – intuition, insight, memory, personality, reasoning -- we live in a
world full of wonder. It is naïve to think we have the ability to
understand the many mysteries of life, death, and the human
consciousness. Like it or not we live in a world that we do not - and may
never - fully understand.
I have lost
many people I loved over the years, but it wasn’t until my son chose to leave
this world that I became truly aware of the possibility that our spirits live
on, that they can and do communicate with us, and that there is so much more to
“life” than what we can see, hear, touch, taste, and feel around us
physically. Once I opened my mind to the possibilities, I began to
receive signs, messages, and even visitations, that made me realize that my son
is truly still with me - not just in my heart and memories, but spiritually
present when I need him to be, and sometimes just because he wants to let me
know that he is.
Do I believe
this because I want to believe? Of course! But I also believe
because I have seen and felt the proof of it, and in my heart and soul I just know.
This is a depth of faith that I never had before, but is present in my life
now. What a wondrous, comforting feeling it is."
Cyndi Slider serves as a senior moderator on the Alliance of Hope Forum for Suicide Survivors
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