What would you give to have a daily conversation with a lost soul mate, whether it is a spouse, parent, sibling, relative, child, or best friend? Dr. Liong Tee understood that need when his soul mate passed away. Consider the possibility there have been many signs from your loved one, both big and small, that were right in front of you all the time but you simply failed to recognize them. Have you ever asked yourself why you keep experiencing a familiar smell, a certain shape, a distinctive color, a special flower, or perhaps a favorite animal that appears over and over again, reminding you of your lost loved one? Or did you simply brush those incidents aside, dismissing them as only being a coincidence? Based on his written journals, follow Dr. Tee's incredible story of conversations, signs, and messages received from his lost soul mate, Jan, since her passing in June 2008.
Witnessing Conversations with Heaven
A True Story of Love From The AfterlifeBy SUSAN H. KASTNERBALBOA PRESS
Copyright © 2012 Susan H. Kastner
All right reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4525-5418-1Contents
Preface..................................................viiIn Appreciation..........................................ixDedication...............................................xi1. How Do I Even Begin?..................................12. Let Me Introduce You To ..............................63. The Golden Years......................................144. The Diagnosis.........................................195. The Miracles Have Only Just Begun.....................316. The Crossing..........................................387. First Signs...........................................428. Evolution: The Cell Phone.............................569. It's Only a Coincidence...............................7010. Healing..............................................8311. He's Not the Only One................................9212. Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.......................10213. Unexpected Messenger.................................12314. Love Letters.........................................12815. Afterthoughts........................................13416. Liong's Journal......................................138Year 2008................................................140Year 2009................................................161Year 2010................................................195Year 2011................................................27817. Fun Statistics.......................................33718. For Your Reference...................................341About the Author.........................................347
Chapter One
How Do I Even Begin?
"Dearest Jan,
My life took on meaning when I found you. For all my personal faults and shortcomings, I want to tell you on this 56th anniversary of my existence in this lifetime that I love you. I want you to be with me – this lifetime and if ever there is any next lifetime – for I may then be a better person for you. Liong April 1, 2000"
This love letter from Liong to Jan on his birthday is but a small glimpse into the life and love Liong and Jan shared here on earth. The steadfast love experienced between Jan and Liong is the very foundation of this story. Over the eighteen years of their life together, they shared a love that was unstoppable and unshakable. Even when Jan was in her final days, when asked if there was anything that needed to be done, she smiled and simply said, "Liong will take care of it."
It is not often you find a couple who had such total trust in one another. No doubts plagued their relationship; no angry words were ever spoken. In fact, everyone who knew them can attest to the fact that theirs was a life of harmony, love, and abundant happiness. To know Jan and Liong was to know love in its purest form, and they exemplified the very definition of what soul mates are.
If this story is to have any deep, meaningful impact on you, it is important for you to understand who Jan and Liong were in life together. That bond that they shared is what makes this story so impactful. Too often in other books, you are presented with dry, static information, usually reduced and isolated into single encapsulated events. Even though the "wow" factor may still be present in the event being told, often it does not give you any useful information that you can apply to your own life, your own situation, with any lasting satisfaction or insight.
My relationship to this project is that I knew Jan for seven years before she passed and I have known Liong for over sixteen years. I am blessed to say that they were and still are my friends. I felt that their story was an important one to share, showing what is possible. Even if this book only brings comfort to one more person struggling with grief, I have succeeded.
Now it is important to make this point clear before we go any further: I am not a psychic, psychologist, psychiatrist, member of the clergy, or any kind of authority or expert on death or the afterlife; nor even a professional writer for that matter. So you will not find any expert opinions, conclusions, or religious dogma anywhere in this book unless it is something that was written down by Liong in his journal.
I have read other after-death experience books, and in some cases, I almost felt the writer needed to find some justification or corroboration for what they were writing. Without some "official" recognition or authority, what they felt, perceived, or experienced was not legitimate in its own right. There was always a point-of-view spin attached to the experience, whether it was religious, psychic, or psychological. This book will not contain any elaborate spinning of the information to any particular point of view. It will simply be a presentation of the events that have taken place between June 5, 2008, and June 5, 2011. I am relying entirely on your heart to hear what is true.
This book is written as a testament to that sustaining love that has continued on even after death. It should be noted that Liong started writing his journal simply as an outlet to share his thoughts on what life had become after his angel passed away. It was to be his journal of memories, thoughts, and feelings about their life together. Instead, it evolved into a written record of experiences, in many forms, of Jan's continued presence in his daily life. As you get further into the story, you will see that over the three years since Jan's passing, the volume of entries grew from only a few pages in 2008 to an almost daily record by 2010.
Needless to say, it would be almost impossible to write about every single time Jan has made her presence felt because of the sheer volume of material available. Therefore, I chose to group some of the events contained in the journal into categories to better illustrate the dynamic communication patterns between Jan and Liong or Jan and other important people in her life.
Another reason for writing this book was to fill in a gap that Liong was not able to find for himself after Jan's passing. We both read a multitude of books written by psychics, psychologists, spouses, and near-death survivors, and then some more. All of them dealt with either a single event or a few events that were of short duration. There did not seem to be any books out there that dealt with an ongoing, almost daily communication with a loved one who had passed away.
I asked people if they would read this kind of book or if they thought a book like this would help others deal with their own loss. Every time I received positive affirmations to my query. Everyone believed, or at the very least wanted to believe, their loved one was still somewhere close by their side.
I actually started discussing with Liong the possibility of writing a book in October 2009, and thankfully he agreed. His only conditions were that I had to use the contents of the journal with limited editing, and I also needed to continue contributing to Jan's scholarship fund at Colome High School annually. Naturally, since the conditions were so reasonable, I quickly accepted his terms.
To add flavor to our story, a little understanding of the Chinese culture is required, as it plays an important factor in the coming pages. For those of you that do not know, the Chinese are a very superstitious people about the souls of the departed. They will take great pains not to offend the spirit of anyone who has departed this world. It is important for...
