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Hacking the Afterlife Podcast with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders Birthday party with Chuck and David Crosby

In honor of our moderator on the flipside's upcoming birthday tomorrow, we decided to chat to folks over there what it's like to "celebrate birthdays" ... or have a party. 

Easily the most unusual thing was to hear that David Crosby was singing "Yesterday" to her. Yes, we know that's not his song, but Luana was a longtime friend of David's and knew him back in the day, (introduced me to him at our local restaurant. He was friendly).  

It is slightly odd and coincidental that last night we were watching on YouTube this video of David singing with the Santa Monica High School chorus and members of the group "America."  It's a fantastic show that's online and free - six songs which sounded fantastic.

But for him to say that he sang "Yesterday" to her (or that is the song that Jennifer kept hearing) can only lead us to look at those lyrics for a hint as to why he sang it to her.

"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday"

Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Lyrics © DistroKid, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

So, anything in there about the flipside or why it would be an appropriate birthday tune? I can think of a few.

Then we had a visit from Charles Grodin - whose film "The Heartbreak Kid" played to sold out audiences in LA - print was "flown in from London" as it's extremely rare.  And Chuck mentioned his fondness for Elaine, who also directed him in "Ishtar" where I met her.

Then the odd thing of me mentioning how someone that I've only met on Quora had mentioned that it took a long time before he started to hear from his wife - and then for Jennifer to say "He's my next client" was uncanny. I haven't heard from Tim in the forum for weeks, had no clue that was going to be the case - but there it was - live on camera.

So there's some good advice in here as to how to celebrate loved ones on the flipside, and hope this helps someone to do so. Latest book is DivineCouncils.com - or HackingTheAfterlifeFilm.com on Gaia. Jennifer can be found at JenniferShaffer.com for her upcoming events.

POSTSCRIPT: Today I learned that Tim, the Quora forum member who was about to have a session with Jennifer on the anniversary of his wife's passing, had awoken with the intent to post a song and pic of his wife, but was overwhelmed with the emotion of it on that day (the 11th when we taped the session)  Later on, during his session with Jennifer he shared with her the song that he was going to post in honor of his wife (who speaks to him often from the flipside).

You guessed it: "Yesterday."

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders and John Lennon

A tad shorter podcast today, but still jam packed with fun. Podcast begins with a conversation from Luana Anders, talking about "my next book" (when the last one came out in Easter).   The point was that this morning I was having this "I wonder if I should blend these two ideas into one book" - and Jennifer said "She's saying she put that thought in your head, to blend the ideas."

That's one of those "uncanny" things for me, but it's not about me - so I asked Luana if she had anyone that wanted to chat with us, and John Lennon popped up.  He wanted to mention that Music, playing songs that your loved one loved, or that you associate with a loved one, is a way to stay in touch with them.

I decided to take a shot and ask him about his relationship with May Pang, who has a documentary out (Jennifer and I both haven't seen it, but I read a great interview with her about it) and he answer my questions in a frank, straightforward way.

So that's a bit mind bending, because it's like we can ask our loved ones on the flipside questions about why events occurred, and if we're lucky, they'll tell us why.

Happened to have a copy of the The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook next to my desk, I literally put it there yesterday, so the fact he'd stop by is also uncanny - unless you're a fan of the podcast. Then it's totally canny. Not uncanny.

Enjoy!

Hacking the Afterlife Podcast with Jennifer Shaffer, David Bowie, Prince, Hira and Luana Anders

Another mind bending podcast with Jennifer Shaffer.  In this instance, we begin with a conversation about a phone call that I received just prior to the podcast, with a friend of the moderator on the flipside (Luana Anders) calling me as we were about to go on air.

So when Luana references that phone call on the podcast, she's referring to the process of how they do that - a week earlier, on a previous podcast, Luana gave Jennifer a message to give to me, I emailed this person with a message, and instead of replying via email, this person called me at the exact moment I was about to push "record."

So we talked a bit about how they orchestrate those things on the flipside. Then Luana, as an example, showed Jennifer a bunch of images of people we've talked to, David Bowie, Prince, etc - so I took that opportunity to ask some questions about process.

In David's case, he's come through when requested in the past - I had some questions for him, because Chris Cornell said that David greeted him on the flipside, made him feel "at home" - and I had looked up the research to find that Chris had said the same thing in an article a decade earlier - that David had come up to him at a music event, where he felt out of place, and how David made him feel at home.

In this case, he said that his wife Imam has "opened up to the possibility that he has reached out to her" (I have no way of knowing how accurate that is) but previously when asked "how he reached out to her" he mentioned leaving little signs around, like a matchbook, or a scent, or a song... but at the time she was grieving and couldn't make that connection.

Again - no way of knowing how accurate that was, but at his request (otherwise, why bother?) I did send links to a couple of our talks, to the text of the interviews so that she could read them if someone knew her wanted to pass along the messages to her.

As I say in the podcast, it's likely one of her close friends mentioned something about seeing him in a dream, or him giving "new information" which opened up the door to realizing he not only still exists, but is learning, growing, having fun on the flipside.

Then Prince made a grand entrance (just kidding, he was there first) and spoke a bit about how he influences friends, or those who are thinking of him, or need to think about him, because he's trying to help them.  

He reminded Jennifer of how her dog Chloe, not much longer for the world, is a source of communication with the flipside. When a message comes through our animals or pets, we don't judge them as harshly - in that vein of "I don't believe it."

Then an odd discussion about sex on the flipside.

Enjoy!

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Jack and Paul Tracey and Luana Anders

Another mind bending podcast.

 I was close friends to Paul Tracey and his dad Jack throughout the past 50 years.  Paul passed away in 2004, and his father recently, after a bout with Alzheimer's.

As an experiment, Jennifer and I did an interview with Jack's higher self while he was in hospice care. That interview can be found on Medium: https://richmartini.medium.com/alzheimers-and-the-flipside-a-memorial-for-a-friend-32afd52682f2 "Alzheimer's and the Flipside" 

In the interview, he explains what it's like to have Alzheimer's and have most of his conscious energy back home on the flipside. "It's like leaving a leg in the pool."  But since then Jack has left the planet, and now is "back home" where he can access his son, my pal Paul Tracey.

One note, Paul was born on 5-4, 54, so when Jennifer says "He says he's turning 70" that is correct. I forgot that he was referring to his upcoming birthday next Month. As our arguments were always about the most inane subjects, I must say that he is correct and I was wrong about the date.

It's a fascinating conversation - because even thought he left the planet 19 years ago, and Luana left back in 1996, it's like the both of them are present and able to converse with us about the journey.  Prince stops by briefly to talk again about the book "SURRENDER" by Bono - a book he recommends.  

But the majority of this conversation is about the Traceys - Paul and his father.

It's mind bending to say the least.

Enjoy. 

Hacking The Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Jim the Bishop, Five the Librarian, Hira the Dog

Another mind bending session with three individuals on the flipside.

 In the first section, Jennifer's dad Jim stops by. A Mormon Bishop, he's stopped by in the past to show his daughter some amazing things. We took a visit to her Akashic Library some years ago, as well as introduced us to a classroom on the flipside where the subject was "astrophysics" - but the class was in deep space. At first he warned Jennifer not to be "freaked out" by his teacher - who appeared in a cloak with 8 arms.

Because of my extensive travels in India and Tibet, I suspected she might be someone that people there were aware of, and after looking it up, we returned to his class so I could ask the question, "Do people in India refer to you as something?" and Jennifer said "Ma."  (As in Ma Durga).

We've spoken to her a number of times, but in this session, Jim says he's taking another class as well, a class about "the energy of love."  And as an example, he talks about visiting another galaxy, and "viewing it through the lens of love" - the idea that we can view other galaxies or planets with "unconditional love" is the key to understanding or comprehending those realms.

Mind bending.

But when I asked about the teacher, he self identified as "Five" someone we've interviewed before on this podcast. (Search the word "five" and you'll hear other podcasts with him.)  It's equally mind bending, because I initially met him (as noted in the podcast) during a hypnotherapy session reported in the book IT'S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE.

I was filming so I wasn't doing the interview. But then another trip to an Akashic library as reported in ARCHITECTURE OF THE AFTERLIFE, I was conversing with a Harvard graduate, whose guide ("Trixie") was asked "is there anything else we should look at?" she said "Yes, she's saying she wants to visit the Akashic library" and there, introduced us to the SAME LIBRARIAN.

Mind bending as I say - when I asked him some questions, he said "You've already asked these questions" - and then reminded me that I was in the room when the hypnotherapist Scott was asking them (not me).  

Then he's shown up a few other times, in our podcast as well. When asked about his role, I would be remiss not to mention that he's self identified as the "head librarian" - meaning, he's in charge of all the Akashic records (even though others may see their guides, teachers, classmates in their own library, he's identifying himself as the "head librarian" for this part of the Universe and all the beings in it.

Like I say - mind bending.  No other way to put it.

Then after a discussion about quantum mechanics as well as what he meant by saying "God is beyond the capacity of the human brain to comprehend, it's not physically possible, but that we can experience God by opening our heart to everyone and all things."

Finally a visit from the Oscar nominated screenwriter of "Greystoke" Robert Towne's dog Hira, (Robert's pseudonym) who has been a frequent guest on the podcast. He talks again about how animals are aware of how incarnation works, but humans are not. How animals seek out and "find their humans" through a lot of hard work and manipulation.

Again - not an opinion, theory or belief. Just reporting.

For more details: see DivineCouncils.com - for the book with a variety of people accessing this information without hypnosis, see GreatestStoryNever.com for links about the latest book which has a number of interviews with the alpha and omega, or watch the film HackingTheAfterlifeFilm.com - to see Jennifer in action talking to the flipside (as well as research).

Thanks for tuning in!

Hacking the Afterlife Podcast - Book Talk about Divine Councils in the Afterlife with Rich Martini

I was invited to speak at this conference in March at Tibet House Menla (thusmenla.org) to talk about the latest research in the book DIVINE COUNCILS IN THE AFTERLIFE.   It's a recap of the research to date, why I'm doing this research, and a bit about my trip to Tibet with Robert Thurman.  It's a 90 minute talk with 30 minutes of Q and A.  Jam packed with all the research to date.  Please visit Thus.org (Tibet House in NY) or Thusmenla.org - as they depend upon donations for their survival, a group that focuses on Tibetan culture, as well as philosophical discussions about the afterlife.

Enjoy!

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Prince, Beethoven, Hira the Dog and Luana Anders

As usual, Jennifer and I don't speak until we start the podcast.  So we both have no idea who's going to show up, or what they might want to impart.

In this episode, Prince makes a return visit and speaks about how he's helping people around the planet on a daily basis. Could be for musical reasons, creativity, or for some reason he pops into their mind.

I invite Ludwig back as he spoke to us last week, and I wanted to mention two experiences where he popped into my mind last week, to see how accurate my memory was of those events. While clearly, Jennifer wasn't connected to what those events were, they both were examples of "listening to your heart" when it comes to people no longer on the planet.

Jennifer then spoke eloquently about one of her client's beloved relatives, and how he his last words to family were "I'm lucky" - they wanted to know that that meant, and she reiterated that he was reflecting upon his life's journey - so lucky to have chosen this lifetime and had these family members.

It's often repeated in the research, the thousands of case studies, the different reports where people come to realize, just prior to passing, why they chose the path they did.  

Finally, a visit from Hira the Dog - who came forward last week to remind yours truly to mention how our "pets are waiting for us on the flipside."  It's something I brought up at his request during the recent "Art of Dying and Living" conference, that I gave over the weekend with keynote speakers like Deepak Chopra, Robert Thurman and Marianne Williamson.

Luana also weighed in on connecting to our loved ones - even though she's been off the planet since 1996, she's still connected in so many different ways. Thanks Lu!

The ParaPod Festival mentioned during the podcast is on July 1st, can be found at ParaPodFestival.com Jennifer will be speaking from 2 - 3:30 LA Time. 

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Amelia Earhart, Hira the Dog and Luana Anders

Another unusual podcast. Jennifer is going to be appearing this weekend at an event.  She mentions it during the podcast for a ten percent off the ticket price.

Meanwhile, I'm speaking at the Menla Conference this Sunday at 1-2:30 PM LA time, details are at RichMartini.com 

Today we had yet another visit from Amelia Earhart. What makes that uncanny is that yesterday, I was submitting a project about her to a production company, and she was in my head, as well as in my emails.  Knock on wood, hope someone likes the project - but either way, amazing for her to mention that she was around.

Also, Robert Towne's dog Hira showed up to remind me to talk about the fact that people can communicate with their pets on the flipside. That is something a dog I used to walk wanted to remind me to speak about on Sunday!

Mind bending.

Also some great advice about dealing with grief, and realizing that our loved ones are always near by. For a link to the book DIVINECOUNCILS.COM please check it out - plenty of fun stuff in there.

Thanks for tuning in!

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Anthy Martini, Beethoven, Shakespeare and Company

Another unusual podcast.   This time my mom shows up to say hello, to talk about "what it's like on the flipside." She was a concert pianist, and she talks about our home in Northbrook Illinois, only how she's recreated it on the flipside.

Then one of her favorite composers stops by, someone we've spoken to before, Ludwig - and he talks a little bit about what the experience on the flipside is like for him, and recounts his "most favorite lifetime."

Also Will Shakespeare stops by - again, we've interviewed these folks in BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE FLIPSIDE, or in the book TUNING INTO THE AFTERLIFE, but in this case, Will offers that his "favorite lifetime" was not the one we know him for - and his "favorite performance of one of his plays."

Beethoven also refers to a favorite performance of his music - Jennifer couldn't know this, but he's referring to a performance of the 9th symphony I took my daughter to see at the Hollywood Bowl.  

I looked it up - the concert was conducted by Dudamel a year earlier - so for those keeping score, that could the detail that allows them to say "See! I told you it wasn't true!"  But the fact that he would be a year off, from someone who's been off the planet for a couple hundred of them, is forgiveable.

Actually quite funny. Because I was emotional listening to it - it's really what I'd like people to see/hear at my funeral. Just a full orchestra playing BEETHOVEN'S NINTH - because I believe that everything we need to know about music, about art, about life, is contained within - written by someone who couldn't hear.

And Jennifer's comment "He can hear now" - was said too fast for her to be the creator of it. I know her pretty well, and she says whatever they suggest her to say.  

Indeed, he can hear now.

Our loved ones are not far away. Anyone can reach out to them. They're standing by and want to communicate. Let them.

You can hear mom play some Beethoven at AnthyMartini.com - thanks for tuning in!

Hacking the Afterlife Podcast with Jennifer Shaffer, Prince, Princess Diana, Luana Anders and friends

This was one of the more unusual podcasts in memory - mainly because it was on my birthday, and I had the profound experience of being with my friend Luana Anders on my birthday. Here, Luana left the planet in 1996, and being able to ask her questions and get answers, as well as ask her to give her Oscar's speech - is mind bending.

Jennifer and I have been doing this for 8 years. Luana has appeared to members of my family (when they'd never met her, but could identify her) as well as other friends.  She was in over 300 TV shows and films, and was mentioned by Jack Nicholson in his speech for "As Good As It Gets."

Luana moderates our podcast from the flipside.

But before I get to her speech, Princess Diana showed up to talk about the event when she is mentioned in Prince Harry's book SPARE.  How she not only orchestrated that event, but orchestrated Jennifer being in a restaurant with some friends, was in the midst of talking about Harry's report about her showing up via a medium (in his book "Spare") and then while talking about Diana, Harry and Meghan showed up in the restaurant.

She had a profound message for both her boys, to paraphrase, it's to "focus on love." To have unconditional love for each other, as well as their father - and moreover to be aware that everyone is going through troubles and difficulties, but if one can love themselves, then they can love others unconditionally - it's as profound a concept and statement about love as I've ever recorded.

Then Jennifer correctly predicts that "Everything Everywhere" would win many awards (that was widely predicted, but Jennifer hadn't seen it) just as last week's podcast when I asked Carl Laemmle (who purchased the rights to the original "All Quiet on the Western Front" when head of the company he founded Universal pictures) how many awards would they win? Or if the screenwriter who saw a vision she would win an Oscar for the film was correct - Carl said she was, and indeed, she did. 

He said it would win three, it actually won four.  It's not that Jennifer was right or wrong, as the question was asked to Carl. The future doesn't exist, there are likely outcomes, just pointing out that even Carl on the flipside, who said it would win three, was off by one.  It happens.  

Again - we're demonstrating how simple it is to speak to loved ones on the flipside.

So in light of asking my pal Luana what she might have said had she won an Oscar, she said: 

"I would like to say to all of those viewers out there... how much I love what I do. 

 

I loved what I did there, I love what I do here... I love the intersections, the intercrossings.. all the directors, the actors, the people that feed them... how it takes everything, every unique talent and every situation -- that connects us all. 

 

If everybody knew that this was a play; that you are here in front of me and you are one of the actors in my play and I'm one of the actors in your play, wouldn't we get along better if we knew we had to be clothed and fed and taking care of each other? 

 

And maybe "The Union" was God? Or whatever (term) to keep things going? It could be that simple. 

 

We make it so difficult to care for one another. Why can't we just care for everyone? 

 

I just want everyone to know that we are all in this together and I'm grateful for everyone who is listening, from afar to here. To those that don't know us yet, to those that will never know us - when you bring up your abilities to wake up, to be connected, to know you are connected... Then anything else can be a little bit easier. 

 

Just be who you are and know you have an important part in everybody's play." 

 

Luana was a lifelong Buddhist, a member of SGI here in Los Angeles, along with her pals Herbie Hancock, Tina Turner, the late Wayne Shorter - and I know Jennifer well enough to know that she would not have given her Oscar speech in this fashion, but I know for a fact that it is in line with everything that Luana believed in when she was on the planet, and chanted for on a daily basis. 

 

Our loved ones are with us. Try to not forget that. But also try to remember, we are all actors in each other's plays - try to love without conditions.