Sunday, March 30, 2008

Psychic Fair 2

I worked Cornerstone Books psychic fair again today, and met some really wonderful people. One of them came to see me to connect with her daughter who took her own life. A national sports champion, her daughter had a lot to live for. She was doing social work, a newly wed (married only five months when she took her life) and manic depressive. 

This young lady brought through a lot of evidence that it was her, even mentioning her prairie dog, Charlie, by name. Suicides are always such heavy energy for me to bring through. The emotional energy takes it's toll on me. 

But, as I told her mother, contrary to what most religions teach, God is very compassionate with those who take their own lives. He sees these souls for who they really are - beautiful, sensitive, and unable to handle the world, and those who live in it. So they choose to continue the lessons they need to learn in a place of compassion and peace. 

Please don't misunderstand, I'm not a proponent of anyone taking their own life. It doesn't help, and the pain caused is another lesson someone who commits suicide needs to learn on the Other Side. Problems aren't solved this way. But if someone you loved does chose this route, I just want you to know that they are cradled and held close to the heart of a loving, forgiving God. 

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Psychic Fair

I don't normally participate as a reader in psychic fairs, but there is one I do regularly for a couple of reasons. One of them is that the owner, Deb Guinther, is a friend of mine. The other reason is that I love the other readers who are usually at her fairs. 

So I went did readings and a discernment at Cornerstone Books psychic fair today. For a while it was pretty steady, but during the lulls we sat around and talked, and laughed. Boy did we laugh! 

One of the readers, Lawrence Woodson does palmistry and numerology. He's a great guy with a very dry sense of humor. He's also a great straight man for my teasing. Nancy Graves, an intuitive, who also worked at the fair was teasing him as well. I can't forget to mention Maggie Allen, who also does intuitive readings, and Sarah Shepard who combines Astrology with Tarot readings. 

It was one of those "you had to be there" sort of moments, so I'm mentioning it because sometimes psychics take themselves so seriously..., and, in my opinion, it doesn't have to be that way. In fact, if a psychic or Medium takes themselves too seriously, I tend to steer clear from them. It's the same with massage therapists. I've met many a CMT that I barely allow to come within 10 feet of me, let alone put their hands and their energy on me. 

I highly recommend that you do the same. I think it's important to work with a psychic you like, because typically they're someone you can trust. 

After the fair I joined Colorado Paranormal Rescue for an investigation. The investigation didn't really happen... at least, not the way it was planned. While they were doing their thing I met a great couple, Jamie and Richard. Jamie is an architect, and Richard is not only her husband but a contractor. 

They own a great duplex which they're renovating. One of the interesting things about this duplex was that it was once the headquarters of "Peace Jam," a Colorado based organization. Many world leaders have stayed and slept in this home. They (actually Jamie) asked me to check out there house for ghosts and while there weren't any, I surprised them both by saying, "The Dalai Lama slept in this room." He not only slept in the room, but blessed the house as well. 

The leaders who have stayed in that home definitely left an energy imprint that made you feel welcome! Combined with Jamie and Richard's love for each other, and their love of people, well, I wanted to sleep there too! 

Eventually their next door neighbor's caught wind of what was going on, and we were invited to check out their home too. They lived in the other side of the duplex, and the energy was decidedly different. While Jamie and Richard's home had all of this love and peaceful energy, the home attached to it was filled with anger and despair - and it wasn't the homeowners! 

The owners of that home are newlyweds, and very much in love, but unfortunately, previous homeowners from many years ago weren't so happy. In fact, the man committed suicide in his garage, in front of a window so his wife could see him hanging there. I found her ghost still weeping and angry in the master bedroom. I knew that her energy was affecting the marriage, so I mentioned this and they confirmed it. 

I often do house clearings for local real estate agents, for a fee, but one of the psychics with CPR was there whom I trained to cross ghosts over to the other side, and I asked her to do it for the owners of the home. After she was done, I went back into the bedroom and, I'm happy to say, the energy this time was pristine! The couple should now be able to infuse their bedroom with their own energy, of love. 

Being from Guam, I loved the open friendliness of everyone I met that night! I may just pop by one of these days, or nights, and get to know them better! Thanks you guys for making us feel so welcome, and having so much fun with us! 

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Priceless

I just got off of the phone with my friend Camille. I did a couple of short discernments for her coworkers a few days ago. 

She wanted to tell me that both of her coworkers commented on how much more peaceful they felt after I reconnected them with their loved ones. Camille commented that one of them didn't feel "prickly" anymore, and even the energy in her office was more approachable. 

That's why I do the work I do. The money I charge is because I do this sort of thing full-time and I have to pay my bills. When people say that I do it for the money, I just think they're saying that because it's why they would do what I do. 

Honestly, when people pay me they're paying me for my time. The peace of mind they receive afterwards is priceless. 

I just finished a book this morning. I won't mention the name of it because I wasn't impressed, in the least. The book was an autobiography about a psychic who does ghost hunting. My problem with it is that it seemed to be written largely by her editor. There were a lot of things in there that just don't square with, well, with my experiences as a ghost hunter. 

Before I started doing working full time as a Medium, I spent 20+ years hunting ghosts. Yup, "I was country when country wasn't cool!" to quote a country music hit from almost 30 years ago. In fact, I was working as a country disc jockey when I first started investigating hauntings. You see, the radio station I was working at was haunted. 

It's a long story, but essentially, I thought I was losing my mind with the way things were going on around the radio station. Then one night I showed up for work on a night I wasn't scheduled to be on air. Sitting there with two other disc jockeys, chatting, one of them asked if either of us experienced the "ghost." 

When she shared the story of "Edward," the station's ghost, suddenly everything made sense to me. So I wasn't going crazy! I did all sorts of research as far as the ghost, talking to employees who knew him (Edward was a disc jockey at the station when he was murdered by his wife), and collecting stories about their experiences. 

Back then it wasn't as popular to be doing that sort of thing as it is now. In fact, I was openly laughed at more times than I care to remember. Still, I was hooked! 

I started helping people who thought their house or business was haunted but didn't want to say anything for fear of being ridiculed. Slowly but surely, I learned the craft of investigating reports of hauntings, apparitions, and poltergeist activity. It was during this time I found out that I was not only psychic, but could communicate with those who have died. 

Having done this sort of thing for close to 30 years, I know what does and doesn't happen in a typical haunting. It's not what most people doing this sort of thing now would have you believe. So when I finished reading the book, I couldn't help but be grateful I'm no longer in that field. At least not as much as I was. 

Now I'm helping people find peace of mind in a different way. 

Blessings,
Anthony 

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Testimonial

This testimonial came in my e-mail today from my friend, Josie Varga. 

Anthony, 
I can hardly put my gratitude into words. I don't know how you do what you do, but I do know that you are amazing! 

I still can't believe you were doing your laundry and talking to me on the phone when a bunch of my relatives tuned in. All of a sudden, you told me that you had a bunch of people talking at the same time (something my Italian relatives did often). You brought through my uncle, my father in law, both of my grandfathers, two of my cousins and more. You told me things that even I didn't know but was later able to confirm. 

When you told me that my grandmother was saying my mother had surgery on her right foot, I honestly didn't know. My mother never told me which foot it was. When I later talked to my mom, she was able to confirm it was her right foot. Also, you said my mother has a sister on the Other Side. Well, my mother also confirmed that my grandmother did miscarry before she had her. You blew me away with your accuracy, and the fact that this was taking place as you were doing your laundry! 

Then just when I think you can't amaze me anymore, you tell me I have a ghost in my home. My daughter Lia had been complaining of seeing a ghost in her room for over a month. My husband and I thought she was just imagining things. But it was beginning to bother me so I asked you about it. 

You were immediately able to tell me that I did have a ghost and told me her name. And what really flipped me out was the way you were able to describe what my house looked like. You explained that the ghost (Amanda) was showing you my house. Well, you were right in every detail. 

"What's more? You were able to ask Amanda to leave my home and guide her to the light. And this was all done over the phone! Like I said, "You are amazing!" 

I have to be honest. I was so scared at this point I didn't know what to think. It's not everyday someone tells you that you have a ghost in your house. But you calmed my fears and I am astonished to say that Lia has not complained about seeing anyone in her room since. Thank you so much! 

With love, 
Josie


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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The time is NOW!

I received a phone call from a friend of mine to tell me that her father-in-law passed away 30 minutes before. She said she was calling to "check in" but I knew that what she really was calling for was words of wisdom, or hope. 

When someone passes they are able to start communicating almost immediately. I started telling him that the light he was seeing was for him and that those who love him are waiting to greet him. 

He told me he wasn't ready for that yet. He had a lot to reconcile with his son. I mentioned this to my friend and she told me that there are unresolved issues between her husband and his father. I told her to tell him that now is the time to resolve them. Of course, a better time would have been when his father was still alive....

If you have unresolved issues with someone you love, please, make every attempt to resolve them; while they're still here. Relationships don't end when someone dies. They continue, but the issues are much harder to resolve on the Other Side. 

Forgive hurts against you. Ask for forgiveness for hurts you've caused. Tell someone you love how you feel. Now, while you still can. That way you won't have to go to a Medium such as myself to do so later. 

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

"I feel so free now!"

I stopped by a Catholic Church where my friend Camille works to get a check from her for a speaking engagement I'll be doing this Friday night. I'm going to be speaking about the Sacrament of Marriage to engaged couples. I've done this a couple of times before for her and she tells me I received rave reviews both times. 

Now, I am single, but I received my certification in Spiritual Direction about 10 years ago from the Society of Missionaries of Mercy. The fact that I talk to dead people won't be brought up! 

While I was there I met a couple of Camille's coworkers and did a couple of quick readings for them. One of the women kept telling Camille that she wanted to book an appointment with me, but never did. I'm sure it was fear that kept her from doing so. 

Plus, there's this general idea that the Catholic Church frowns up what I do (actually, it really doesn't but more on that in a moment). Now, being from an island that is so Roman Catholic it hurts, I've had the same apprehensions for a long time now. While the spiritual director part of me would counsel someone that there's nothing they could do that would cause God to turn their back on them, the Medium part of me sometimes wondered if God did turn his back on me because of what I do. 

I'm sure, in all honesty, it was the part of me that didn't really want to do what I do to begin with that was making me doubt. Still, I prayed about this, a lot. 

So here I was in the Pastoral Center of a Catholic Church doing readings. I mentioned to the Camille and her coworkers that I never thought I would be doing this, there! I felt that this was an answer to my prayers. I didn't have to feel guilty anymore, God was blessing me for the work I do. 

When I was done doing the readings, both women made the comment, "Wow, what a gift God has given you." What is more gratifying was hearing one of the ladies say, "Thank you. I feel so free now! "

I wanted to say to them, "Thank you, I feel so free now!" I didn't. I did say it to God. 

"Dialogue with the dead is feasible, Vatican spokesman says."
By John Hooper
London Observer Service
ROME - One of the most authoritative spokesmen of the Roman Catholic Church has raised eyebrows among the faithful by declaring that the Church believes in the feasibility of communication with the dead. 
The Rev. Gino Concetti, chief theological commentator for the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, denied he was signaling any change in approach. But he agreed that his remarks might come as a jolt to many believers. 
He said the Church remained opposed to the raising of spirits, but added: "Communication is possible between those who live on this earth and those who live in a state of eternal repose, in heaven or purgatory. It may even be that God lets our loved ones send us messages at certain moments in our life." 
His comments were first made in support of an American theologian, the Rev. John Neuhaus. Neuhaus how a friend had seen a ghost. He said there were various explanations, but "the important thing is not to deny such things priority."
Concetti said the key to the Church's attitude was the Roman Catholic belief in a "Communion of Saints," which included Christians on earth as well as those in the after-life. "Where there is communion, there is communication," he said. 
Concetti suggested dead relatives could be responsible for prompting impulses and triggering inspiration - and even for "sensory manifestations," such as appearances in dreams. 
Concetti said the new Catholic catechism specifically endorsed the view that the dead could intercede on earth and quotes the dying St. Dominic telling his brothers: "Do not weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you more effectively than during my life." 
This article was published by the London Observer Service and was written by John Hopper. 

Monday, March 24, 2008

Mission accomplished! The ghost is gone!

Well, I'm happy to report that the ghost in my friend's house is apparently gone! I called Josie yesterday and she told me that since we talked last Monday her daughter hasn't complained about seeing "a ghost" in her room. 

Josie admitted to me that she was "scared" by my confirmation that there was indeed a ghost in her home. Actually, what scared her was me describing her daughter's rooms to her. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughters and I have never been to her home. 

As I mentioned in a previous post, Josie has cerebral palsy and is bilaterally deaf. She wrote about growing up with these conditions in her book, "Footprints In the Sand." She is currently researching a book she's going to entitle, "Visits From Heaven." For more information, please go to www.josievarga.com.

Her second book is about verified after-death communications after having one of her own. That's how we met. She contacted Medium Natalie Smith-Blakeslee who told her about me. 

I did a couple of readings for her over the phone, bringing through several members of her family. Some of the information I gave her she later verified by talking to her mother, including her mother having surgery on her right foot! 

We were talking about a television show she's written around Natalie and me. While we were talking I said to her, "Why didn't you tell me you have a ghost in your home?"

"I do?" she asked. "My daughter says she sees one all of the time, but John and I didn't believe her." 

After we talked about it a bit more, I helped her move the ghost out of her house, and then crossed it over to the Other Side. 

"Every time I think I know who you are you prove me wrong! You're amazing!" Josie told me when we were talking about how her daughter is no longer being bothered by their once resident ghost. 

Whether I'm communicating with someone who has died and crossed over, or it's someone who has died and stuck around, it's all energy. Most of my work is with people who want to reconnect with those who have crossed over, but I also do clairvoyant work as well (please see my website, www.anthonyquinata.com for more information). 

However, I do on occasion work to help people with pesky ghosts who are creating havoc. When I do, it's my clairvoyant abilities I'm using. 

Other than that it was a quiet day as far as I was concerned! I went to see "Shutter," a ghost movie from Japan with somewhat of an emphasis on ghost photography. I'll talk about that subject in another blog. 

I am happy to say that the friend I had a blow up with and I are speaking again! Friends are very precious to me, and I hate losing one; no matter who's at fault. 

"Helping those who are grieving find comfort and peace."

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Easter Sunday

Because I had Easter dinner the day before I pretty much stayed at home and relaxed today, with the exception of making a run for coffee, and doing work on my website. Then I had some sushi for dinner, that was the extent of my Easter. 

For me, Easter Sunday is another day to look at my life and see the areas where I can come out of my cave so to speak. That's how I think of my conscious mind. It's supposed to be the part of my mind that is active when I'm awake, but in reality, it keeps me asleep. 

So I looked at a number of areas of my life and decided to make some changes. I was raised a Roman Catholic Christian, and still consider myself to be one, but I haven't been going to Mass as of late. In part because of some jabs from the pastor of my church which may, or may not, have been directed at me. 

He was talking about psychics and talking to dead people. I felt at the fringes of my Church anyway, and this was enough to alienate me altogether. But last night I took up the practice of saying the Rosary again. 

I thought it was a start, a way, of reconnecting with God in a deeper way. Sooner or later I'll find myself going to daily Mass again. 

I know it's fashionable to knock religion these days in favor of being "spiritual," but for me that's not what's going on. I've been told by spirits on many occasions that one of the lessons of this life is reconnecting with God. That's what the word "religion" means.

It comes from the Latin word, "religare," "to bind together."  For me, this life is a "vacation," and someday I'm going back home. I'm not interested in the rules of religion. I am interested in connecting with what is greater than my self. By that I not only mean God, but all of those I share this planet with. 

Wishing you  the very best life has to offer to you, 
Anthony

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Healing, and grieving

It was quite the day today! I did a reading over the phone for a young lady who heard from a couple of different people. Then towards the end a young man came through who was a good friend of hers that died several months ago. 

Even though she got lots of evidence to the assure her it was him the best evidence came out towards the end. I heard the word, "parrot," but as sometimes happens, I thought, "I must not have heard that correctly."

"Did he have a bird, like a parakeet?" 

"Not that I know of," Dawn said. "He might have when he lived with his mother, but I really don't know."

"Okay, well, let me go with this then," I continued. "Did he have a parrot?"

"No, and I think I would have known about that."

Suddenly, I saw a "pirate" in front of me. Yes, a pirate. "Was he into pirate? Like dressing up as one?" 

"No." By this time Dawn had no clue as to where I was going with this. I could tell by the tone her voice she was really beginning to doubt that this was the friend she was thinking of. 

"Let me tell you where I'm going with this," I told her. "I'm seeing a parrot sitting on his shoulder, and he's dressed like a pirate, with the hat, and an eye patch…." 

At them moment Dawn literally screamed, "An eye patch? Oh my god!" 

Dawn went on to tell me that her friend abused drugs and that he owed someone $20. When he couldn't pay it, this creep poked her friend's eyes out. 

Now Dawn was convinced that I was, in fact, communicating with her friend. The tone in her voice changed from skepticism to being light, happy, and hopeful. 

Personally, I happy to give her that bit of evidence that helped her to know it was him. After the discernment I thanked him for using the pirate image to do so. Another way he could have done it was to make me feel as though my eye was being poked out, and making me feel as though I were blind in my left eye. 

A couple of hours after that I went to a "Easter" dinner being thrown by a family who's adopted me as one of their own. There were a lot of people I didn't meet there, and even though I was promised I wouldn't have to "work," well…, sometimes things just happen.  

A lot of times, just sitting next to someone I can pick up their energy, especially if it's really strong. One of the women there, Terry (not her real name) was really going through something huge, and when she asked me to do a reading for her, I told her I'd be happy to, if she made an appointment. 

I could tell she was disappointed when others started talking about there reading with me, so I went ahead and did a clairvoyant reading for her. By the time I was done, whatever skeptics were there watching found themselves wondering, "How'd he do that?" 

Most of the time I do psychometry readings. In other words, I "read" the vibes off of a personal object belonging to the person I'm doing the reading for. In this case, it was her car keys. I didn't do a full blown reading, but when I mentioned the name of the man who tried to murder her husband, well..., like I said, even the skeptics were impressed. 

Terry and several others there decided that booking an appointment for a full reading was a good idea after all. 

Finally, my "spidey sense" kept telling me that I needed to talk to a friend of mine. I felt as though she was hiding something from me. She should have known better than that. 

One of the "curses" of what I do is that I sometimes know things I really don't want to know. To me, what she was hiding wasn't a big deal. It was something we could have worked out if she had talked to me. During the conversation a lot more came out that I wasn't expecting. Yeah, I know, some psychic I am! 

The grief of losing a friend is almost as great as if that friend had died. At least to me. 

For a psychic (what's going on in your life now, and what's coming up for you), or a medium (reconnecting with a loved one or friend who's passed), please go to www.anthonyquinata.com.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Rita's Butterfly

I received an e-mail from Diane, a friend of mine this morning. The coworker of a friend of Diane's died this morning, the first day of Spring, from breast cancer.

The following is part of an announcement her family sent out to let everyone know about the passing -


Spring signifies a renewal of life. But in Rita’s case her renewal is different.

We physically can’t see her renewal but her body has been made whole. She is no longer bound by her physical limitations. She is free to flutter gently as a beautiful butterfly that has just been released, no longer wrapped in a cocoon of pain that the world tries so desperately to escape.


One of the saddest lessons we have to learn when someone we love dies is that life goes on. It doesn't stop. It doesn't even slow down for us to catch our breath.

According to grief counselors there are seven stages people go through when they grieve. They are shock or disbelief, denial, bargaining, guilt, anger, depression, acceptance and hope. 

Sometimes when someone comes to see me as a Psychic Medium they're hoping to do what I call "The Tarzan Swing" through the stages. They're hoping that by hearing from their loved one who passed, they can go from shock to acceptance and hope in one fell swoop! I always try to get people to see that this just isn't the case. I also try to help them understand that going through these stages are what's needed for a "renewal" of their own lives. 

Recently a woman came to me telling me that when her children died she received a lot of comfort from the "signs" she was getting from them. They appeared to her in her dreams, she would smell them, and every once in a while she even heard them. 

As time went on, the signs stopped coming and for her it was the grief started all over again. She started "bargaining" with God so she could hear from her kids again. Then she wondered what she was doing wrong when the signs didn't come, and became angry with God for not letting them "communicate" with her. In her depression she thought, "What the hell?" and decided to book an appointment with me in the hopes of hearing from her children that way. 

Her grief didn't "start all over again," I told her. It simply picked up where it left off when she started getting the signs from her children. During her session with me her kids told her that they hadn't forgotten her, nor did they stop loving her. They simply had work to do, and had to move on with their lives on the Other Side. 

She wrote to tell me that after her session with me she was able to move with her life, from depression to acceptance and hope. She is now helping other parents who have lost children, and that she feels renewed by her new purpose in life. 

I'd like finish this by saying that when we lose someone we love, we have to take to time to build a protective layer around ourselves while we go through the changes that death forces upon us. Don't just take care of everyone else, take care of yourself. Just a caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon, we can wrap ourselves in the love of our surviving family and friends, as well as our tears. Don't keep your emotions inside. The healing comes when you let them out. 

Remember, other people can only be there for you for so long. They have their own lives to live, so please try not to be angry at them for this. If you need someone to talk to and they don't seem to be willing to listen, that's what grief counselors are for. Join a bereavement group, talk about your loss. Be there for others in theirs. 

Most of all, remember that a caterpillar builds it's shelter with the intent of coming back out of it a new creature. Grief is the price we pay for love. You can come out of the isolating journey of grief a much more beautiful creature than you were when you started. 

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

No lost loves

I was talking to my friend Josie Varga, www.josievarga.com and I wanted to share with you what she shared with me. Josie is a published author, having written a book entitled, "Footsteps In the Sand." It's an autobiography about her life living with cerebral palsy and bilateral hearing loss. 

One of the things I love about Josie is her verve. Another is her energy. Josie is already researching a book on validated after-death communications ever since having one of her own. That's how we met. She contacted me after my friend, and Medium, Natalie Smith-Blakeslee referred Josie to me. I'm proud to say that I've submitted my own contribution to her up-coming book.

Anyway, back to what I was talking about earlier. Josie did not have a lot of interest in the whole subject of after-life communications before having her own. Now, it's become a bit of an obsession as she interviews more and more people for her book. 

One of those was a psychic who has been featured in a number of national television shows, and has authored a number of her own books. Well, Josie was talking having lunch with her and mentioned that she'd have to do it at a time when she could get a babysitter for her two daughters. 

"What about your son?" she was asked. 

"I don't have a son," Josie told her. 

"Yes, you do," she was told. "And Michael John wants me to tell you he loves you." 

Josie was floored. Several years ago she was pregnant, and she started hemorrhaging. The doctors had to choose between her life, and the unborn child's. Josie and her husband knew the baby was a boy, and even named him, "Michael John."

"Anthony, I spent all night crying. It never occurred to me that I had a son on the Other Side. I didn't think that my baby I miscarried had a soul." 

While we were talking I asked her if she knew who "Lena" was. She told me it was an aunt of hers who passed away. "Well, Lena is here, and she wants you to know she heard your prayers last night thanking her for taking care of him." 

"Oh my God!" Josie gasped. Josie told me that after hearing from Joyce that her son was with her aunt Lena, she thanked her aunt for watching over him in Heaven. For her it was further validation for her that she indeed did have a son, and he's waiting for her on the Other Side. 

As we continued to talk, I mentioned that her grandmother was coming through saying that she had one of her daughters with her. "My mother was her only daughter," Josie told me. 

"Well, your grandmother had a miscarriage before your mother was born," I said.

"No...," Josie said. 

"Yes...," I told her, laughing. 

Josie called her mother and asked her if "Nona" had a miscarriage before her mother was born. You can imagine her surprise when her mother told her this was, in fact, what happened. 

During countless numbers of readings grandmothers, mothers, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters have come through talking about having children who were either miscarried or aborted with them. Often, it's to ease the pain of a guilty conscience, as was the case with Josie. 

She told me that for years she grieved the loss of her unborn child, even though it wasn't her fault. What she learned from Joyce, and me, was that her child wasn't lost at all. No child, no loved one, ever is. 

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Welcome to My World!

One of the things I'm asked a lot is where I'm from, so I'll answer that first. I was born on the island of Guam, in the South Pacific. Currently, I live in Denver, CO.

Another question I'm asked a lot is when I knew I could talk to those who have died and crossed over. My first experience was when I was 8 years old. 

In a way, I was lucky because I was born into a culture that accepts the existence of spirits. I was taught to respect them, but one thing I wasn't told was that I shouldn't be talking to them! 

Even though psychics and psychic phenomena weren't discussed my interest in the whole field was started by an aunt of mine who was Japanese, and would tell me Japanese ghost stories. So when I was eight, seeing my first ghost was actually exciting to me! 

By the time I was ten, I was reading everything I could get my hands on about ghosts, the occult, and psychics. I was also doing "psychic readings." When I made a couple of "predictions" that came true, it scared me so much, I stopped, but my interest in paranormal phenomena didn't. 

I spent 20 years of my adult life seeking out, and investigating reported hauntings, apparitions, and poltergeist activity. It was during this time that I started honing my ability as a psychic medium. I found that I could walk into a room, and if there was a spirit there, I could tell you the age, sex, and sometimes even the name of the person who died. 

When I was thirty three my abilities really started to explode! But as anyone who knew me at that time would tell you, I didn't consider myself to be the least bit "psychic." 

It wasn't until a friend of mine died in a freak car accident that I became to realize that I could talk to dead people; and that they talked back. Since being a "psychic" anything wasn't on any list of what I wanted to do with my life, to say I felt like Oda Mae Brown from the movie, "Ghost," is an understatement. 

It took me a while to get used to the idea, but now I'm a full time psychic medium and loving it! Often, when a person passes away, even if it's expected, loved ones still don't have the chance to say "good bye," "I love you," or "I'm sorry." 

In the countless number of readings I've done families get a chance to do just things. The peace of mind they receive being able to do this is priceless, and is why I do the work I do. 

Many people have told me that they wish they could be me for just 10 minutes. In my blog, I'm going to share with you what it's like to be me by sharing my world, and my life, with you. By the stories and thoughts I post I hope that like so many people who have received a reading from me that WE DON'T DIE; nor do our loved ones. 

Blessings,
Anthony 

www.anthonyquinata.com