Abraham Lincoln’s
Message
from Heaven

Gary Frick, M.D.

LUTHERS
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Other books by the author
Mother Teresa’s
Message
from Heaven

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Albert Einstein

Chapter 2: Albert Einstein

Chapter 3: Albert Einstein

Chapter 4: Liberace

Chapter 5: Frank Sinatra

Chapter 6: Liberace

Chapter 7: Abraham Lincoln

Chapter 8: Mary Lincoln

Chapter 9: Mary Lincoln

Chapter 10: Abraham Lincoln

Chapter 11: John Kennedy                   Martin Luther King

 

 

CHAPTER 1 Discussion with spirit guide Albert Einstein ALBERT EINSTEIN: Let us start from the very beginning. Your problem Dr. Frick is that you take certain things for granted and others don’t always experience things the same way you do . . . . (Laughing) I could tell your first inclination is for me to go on about some metaphysical principle without covering the basics first. DR. GARY FRICK: What basics? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Do you realize that you could easily write an entire book trying to explain to people who I am? Never mind for now how I feel about world peace or modern day science. You need to set some ground rules first: Who am I? GF: I’d like to pretend that you are a figment of my imagination. ALBERT EINSTEIN: But you know very well that I’m not, don’t you? GF: I’d like to pretend that you are a figment of my imagination so other people could . . . ALBERT EINSTEIN (laughing): In order to prevent others from making fun of you or worse yet being utterly disgusted with you? Ha, ha, ha. Why bother playing that game? Allow me to introduce myself everybody, I am Albert Einstein. I am a spirit in what you call the “afterlife.” I was “Albert Einstein” during my incarnation on Earth and wouldn’t you know it? I really am still alive as pure energy. I am just as alive as I was as Albert Einstein. I’m not just some impersonal energy up in the clouds somewhere. I really am an actual conscious being—not a breathing being but a conscious being. If you are wondering what the purpose of this book is, if you all believe that I’m for real—that’s good enough for me. Those of you who are already convinced that I’m for real are either giving yourselves too much credit or . . . I don’t need to go any further. I’d like to really think that no matter how spiritually enlightened you are, you could still learn something from reading this book. And I understand well that your universe is a very real place just as the afterlife is. Both realities were created by the same God, and both realities operate on many of the same laws. Now Dr. Frick, I know you have plans for this afternoon. Please, I strongly encourage you to take your time writing this book, and remember not everybody experiences the world in the same way that you do. GF: For better or for worse! ALBERT EINSTEIN: This is your book isn’t it? Why not give yourself the benefit of the doubt? You have something to share with people, and we could all learn from each other . . . (laughing) especially if some kind people out there are willing to fork over some money to pay for your book. Ha, ha, ha.

 

CHAPTER 2 Discussion with spirit guide Albert Einstein ALBERT EINSTEIN: Who am I? GF: You are a spirit. ALBERT EINSTEIN: So are you. You are a spirit having a human experience (as opposed to a human having a spiritual experience). The distinction is very important to understand. I, Albert Einstein, did not really “go” anywhere or “become” somebody else after I supposedly died. I was a spirit all along even when I was a human being! GF: Do you still identify yourself as Albert Einstein? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Do you identify yourself as “Dr. Frick?” To your family members and friends you are “Gary.” Others recognize you by face but they don’t know your name. Others recognize your voice over the telephone, and they have no idea what you look like, and they may not even be familiar with your name . . . . When you refer to me as “Albert Einstein,” I understand very well that you are speaking of “me,” just as you understand when a family member refers to you as “Gary.” GF: Should we be confused now? ALBERT EINSTEIN (laughing): That was one of the great things about being (supposedly) one of the most intelligent people in the world; if somebody didn’t understand me, then it was obviously their fault—not mine. Remember everybody, your universe and the afterlife do have similarities; they are not totally separate. For one, in my dimension, I am an individual consciousness who identifies himself or herself as possessing certain qualities, characteristics and “names.” GF: I’ve noticed that you refer to yourself as “him” or “her.” You no longer identify yourself as a man, do you? ALBERT EINSTEIN: No, do you identify yourself as a man? GF: Of course! ALBERT EINSTEIN: To me, you are a spirit having a human experience. You are a spirit first and a man second. GF: I’m tempted to ask you, “What exactly does that mean?” ALBERT EINSTEIN: Then go ahead and ask it. I won’t bite you . . . . When you go to work today, you will take on a particular identity. When you come home from work, you will take on another identity. If you go out to dinner tonight with friends you will take on yet another identity. What binds these experiences together as “you?” You don’t act the same in each of these circumstances. Now I’d like you all to try something now: Point to yourselves . . . . (Laughing) Come on, everybody, don’t be afraid. If anybody is watching you, I’ll vouch for the fact that you’re not crazy. Just say to everybody, “Albert Einstein says I’m not crazy!”. . . This could turn into a catch phrase. I know my adorable picture is on T shirts and posters but what is needed is a catch phrase to go along with my adorable mug. GF: Okay, so I just pointed to myself. ALBERT EINSTEIN: You just pointed to yourself? Where is “yourself?” GF: I’m pointing to me right now. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Why are you pointing to your chest? Why not point to your left arm, and say “This is me right here.” GF: It just seems awkward. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Why is it awkward? Your left arm is “you” isn’t it? GF: My left arm is a part of me, but it certainly isn’t all of me. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Neither is your chest. Why did you point to your chest? GF: Is it true that our spirits are connected to our chests more so than other parts of our bodies? ALBERT EINSTEIN: There is some significance to what you are saying, but you’ve still yet to identify who “you” are. You are not your chest, or your left arm or your brain, but those entities are a part of who “you” are. Who you are at work or at home is not entirely who “you” are either. Something has to be integrating all of these experiences into a greater whole. Otherwise, you’d all disintegrate into nothingness . . . . (Laughing) And don’t worry, everybody, I’m not Stephen Hawking. I’m not going to say that you are all going to get swallowed up into some giant black hole. I’m much more optimistic than that! GF: Does Stephen Hawking really believe that we are going to get swallowed up in a black hole? ALBERT EINSTEIN (laughing): No, no, no. . . . Nowadays, it is important to entertain if you want your book to sell, and if I don’t poke some fun at Stephen Hawking, then you’ll all feel that you are missing something. GF: For those of you readers out there who don’t know. . . . ALBERT EINSTEIN: Stephen Hawking is a modern day physicist who thinks that he is as smart as Albert Einstein was, and some day he will see the light and learn differently. GF: Is there some cosmic reason why he has Lou Gehrig’s disease? Why does one of the smartest people in the world have to live with such an agonizing disease? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Why does anybody have to live with an agonizing disease? What makes it any different that it is Stephen Hawking? GF: Would he be a better physicist had he been in perfect health? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Suppose I were to say “yes.” From my perspective, he is more than a physicist: he is a spirit having a vast array of human experiences. . . . You know, I just gave you the intelligent sounding answer. The type of answer that you all expect to hear from a spirit . . . . Let me try to get real for awhile and then I’ll go back to being my usual fake self. Ha, ha, ha . . . . Obviously, I don’t think any of you would be all that surprised to know that I work with Stephen Hawking as a spiritual guide and he is a very old soul who . . . . I usually can’t reveal in a book why a particular person has to experience certain hardships because, certain things are between God and whomever that person is. What I’m trying to say is I think it is a shame that he has to live with that dreadful disease. On another level, I realize that everything is happening as it should—it pains me to say that sometimes. I’d also like to tell you all that I don’t experience “pain” anymore, but it’s not quite that simple, and here is a perfect example why. Sometimes I wish I could change certain things but I can’t. GF: Do you prefer working with me or Stephen Hawking? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Fortunately, the politically correct answer in this case is also the honest answer: you’re both beautiful in your own way, and I mean that too! Bring out the violins everybody! Ha, ha, ha . . . . GF: Do I understand the afterlife better than Stephen Hawking does? ALBERT EINSTEIN: This isn’t a contest you know! When I told you that you were both beautiful in your own way, I really did mean it. I’m not going to ask you for any money either! As a spirit, I have no use for money or power. I was only saying what I was saying with the purest of intentions. Now you could all throw me some money! No, I was just joking. Ha, ha, ha . . . . And that reminds me, another difference between my world and yours is that money and power do not exist in my world. If I insincerely flatter one of my friends in the afterlife, then I am just wasting my energy. There is no personal gain for me that would result from such an interaction. GF: I wish I could write like you do. ALBERT EINSTEIN: But you are! This is your book, isn’t it? GF: It’s a lot harder for me to write my part of the dialogue than yours. ALBERT EINSTEIN: You are trying to tell me that I’m a beautiful being too? Well, thank you Dr. Frick. I’m sorry I have no money available to make your flattery worthwhile. . . . (Laughing) I accept your compliment young man, and at forty years of age you are still a young man. GF: I experience you as a. . . . ALBERT EINSTEIN: As an old man? That’s how I like to present myself to you. GF: Why? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Why not? It’s what you want isn’t it? GF: I’m accustomed to thinking of you as an elderly man with unkempt grey hair smoking a pipe. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Done! (Consider me an elderly pipe smoking male.) GF: Does age exist in your dimension? ALBERT EINSTEIN: I just told you that you could consider me an elderly, pipe smoking male. GF: Then age does exist in your dimension. . . . ALBERT EINSTEIN: Once again, I just told you that you could think of me as an elderly man. Hence, “age” does exist in my dimension, only. . . . (Laughing) Now is the part you’ve all been waiting for everybody. Bring out the drum roll! Now we are on the topic of relativity. . . . Do you want to know if “time” or “age” exist in my dimension? They do but not on a solid, linear time frame. From the perspective of the fourth dimension, Albert Einstein’s “elderly self” and his “younger self” are more “run together” or part of a continuum than you could relate to in your dimension. In other words, when did you become forty years old? It didn’t really happen overnight did it? You were in the process of becoming forty years old the day you were born. And if you live to be seventy years old, the process of your being that age is occurring NOW. Life in physical reality (to me) is not neatly separated into past, present and future. We experience these three entities as overlapping and affecting each other to a much greater degree than people do. GF: Does time exist then? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Time does exist, but it is not as linear as you think it is. To me, it is just as “nonlinear” as it is “linear.” GF: Does it ever frustrate you that I’m not a physicist like you were? ALBERT EINSTEIN: No, why do you think it would? GF: Wouldn’t you have less difficulty writing through me . . . . ALBERT EINSTEIN (interrupting): If you were a physicist? GF: Yes. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Back to basics now. Whenever we start getting lost in confusion, let’s go back to the one fundamental question that this book is based on: Who am I? GF: A fourth dimensional being. ALBERT EINSTEIN: We’ve already established that: I am a fourth dimensional being and you are (supposedly) three dimensional . . . . What I was getting at is “am I still a scientist?” GF: I don’t know, are you still a scientist? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Use your imagination please. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” —Albert Einstein [LONG PAUSE] ALBERT EINSTEIN: In the fourth dimension, I could read an entire book from beginning to end, without even opening the book. I could experience years of a person’s life in only a few seconds. Keeping that in mind, do you think I would rather work with a physicist or somebody like you who at least has some rudimentary understanding of what it means to communicate with a being in the afterlife? GF: I guess we’re back to the topic we were discussing before: do you prefer working with me, or somebody like Stephen Hawking? ALBERT EINSTEIN: I’ll tell you this much: I’d rather write a book through you than a physicist, but only because you have the ability to write a book like this. GF: I understand better now why you don’t feel the need to. . . . ALBERT EINSTEIN: I don’t need to be a physicist now. It isn’t necessary. That identity will always be a part of me, but only a small part of me. GF: To what extent do you identify yourself as Albert Einstein? ALBERT EINSTEIN: I identify myself as “Albert Einstein” now don’t I? I prefer to not outright say, “I’m not ‘Albert Einstein’ anymore now that I’ve passed over into the afterlife”. . . . You, Dr. Frick, identify me as “Albert Einstein” and others do too, so why should I shed that identity as if it didn’t exist? GF: One thing is for sure: you are not a human being anymore! ALBERT EINSTEIN: Yes, that is an absolute truth. While I am communicating with you now, I am not a human being. . . . (Laughing) None of my 13 clever double talk could escape that truth. I don’t have to pay my bills or any of those fun things. GF: Do you miss any of those things? ALBERT EINSTEIN (laughing): Hell, no! Ha, ha, ha.

 

CHAPTER 3 Discussion with spirit guide Albert Einstein ALBERT EINSTEIN: Who am I? GF: Let me give you an optimistic answer! You are in heaven therefore you are a being of pure love in a state of eternal bliss. ALBERT EINSTEIN: My dimension is a much more expanded and peaceful version of your dimension—in that sense I am in “heaven” now. GF: Does that mean you are more capable of love than we people are? ALBERT EINSTEIN: What it means is that the potential exists for me to. . . . [He didn’t finish the sentence.] GF: What’s the matter? ALBERT EINSTEIN: You are basically asking me if I’m in any way superior to you because I’m supposedly in “heaven” and you’re not. I’d really like to say “no.” GF: Is it easier for you to make a difference in the world than it was when you were a human being? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Why should I? GF: Because. . . . [He interrupts me.] ALBERT EINSTEIN: Because why? I know that there’s a God. I know that everything is happening as it should. I really have no obligations to your existence—not in the sense that you understand “obligation.” Yes, you could say that God has sent me to you for a reason, but we are supposed to love each other unconditionally whether or not you listen to anything I tell you. GF: Don’t you want to make a difference in the world (as a spiritual guide)? [He turns the question back to me.] ALBERT EINSTEIN: Do you want to make a difference? GF: Yes, and why shouldn’t you? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Because I’m supposed to love you and the rest of the world unconditionally whether you change for the “better” or not. As a multidimensional being, this mindset is almost programmed into me. I really know of nothing else but to love you unconditionally. As a human being, I had to operate under a different set of rules and circumstances. If I just spent my life as Albert Einstein giving people hugs and telling people how much I loved them, I might have had difficulty functioning as a human being. . . . (Laughing) But then again there are people who spend their lives doing just that and they are called “self-help authors.” Ha, ha, ha. GF: It seems to me that if a person reading these words asks the question, “What practical value does these writings have?” He/she is really missing something. ALBERT EINSTEIN: That’s what I’m trying to tell you folks out there. Sure, try to be the best person you could be, but remember there are certain higher truths intertwined with your existence, and if you deny them, then all of the good deeds in the world will not prevent the inevitable truth that you are really missing something. I believe Jesus Christ instructed people to love God first, AND THEN love your neighbor as yourself (rather than the other way around). How could you people be kind and good people if you don’t really understand what “good” is. (And Dr. Frick, in all fairness to other people, you struggle with this dilemma as much as everybody else.) GF: How do you feel about the Zen Buddhist perspective that “good” and “evil” are one? ALBERT EINSTEIN: That is not entirely accurate. Even as a spiritual guide, I could respect the fact that people like Jesus Christ and Mother Teresa were “good,” and Adolph Hitler or Joseph Stalin were supposedly “evil.” You can’t just mix those entities together and assume there is no difference between them. However, it is important to understand that God is greater than even the worst type of evil in the world. Nothing really “surprises” God as far as I could tell. Because He (or She) exists in a timeless state, He has truly “experienced it all.” GF: God does have feelings though, doesn’t He? ALBERT EINSTEIN: I’m certainly not God, but do I have feelings? GF: I experience you as having feelings. ALBERT EINSTEIN: When I try to communicate or experience your world, I could have some appreciation for the whole gamut of feelings that humans experience. GF: Do you experience pleasure or pain in the afterlife? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Just as God is so much greater than “evil” in your world, He is also greater than all the pain as well. To answer your question, I do experience pain, but there is something “out there” that is so grand and so great that it. . . . GF: I’ve had a few experiences in my life in which I felt that God’s love for me was so incredible that I had no reason to worry about anything. ALBERT EINSTEIN: And then you supposedly “woke up” from the mystical experience, and you started worrying again almost as much as you did before. That’s a real bummer isn’t it? In my dimension, those type of reassurances from God seem to happen much more often than they do in your dimension. You could say that while I’m communicating with you in your often very frightening reality, I could feel God’s presence much more intensely than I usually did as a person. This does not, however, mean to imply that God loves people any less than he does beings in the afterlife!

 

CHAPTER 4 Discussion with spirit guide Liberace GF: Are you there? LIBERACE: Do you want me to be? GF: This book could use some positive energy. LIBERACE: I’m all for “positive energy” honey. Let me write a little something through you. Come on—it will be fun. . . . Hello, everybody. I’m the great Liberace (i.e., I was Liberace during my incarnation on Earth). Dr. Frick is wondering whether or not I have enough charisma to write a chapter through him, and I plan on proving him wrong!. . .(Giggling) So what do you think everybody? Let the fun begin! GF: The question is not whether or not you have enough charisma. . . . LIBERACE: Many younger people out there don’t know who I am. That’s okay with me. My feelings aren’t hurt. As Liberace, I was a master entertainer. I was a great pianist too, but I just loved to entertain. I loved to dress flamboyantly. . . . and, oh, how I just loved to perform! And I haven’t stopped performing either. There really is music in heaven and. . . . I don’t want to say that it’s better than music on Earth. . . . GF: Let’s face it. The music played in heaven is better than music in heaven. LIBERACE: How would you know? GF: I’ve heard some music in the afterlife. LIBERACE (giggling): I could be a real bitch now and say, “What do you mean you’ve heard music in the afterlife? What are you crazy or something?” I just haven’t the heart to do that. I’m in too good of a mood for that. [Liberace acts as if he is raising a glass of champagne.] LIBERACE: A toast to Las Vegas everybody! GF: You were made for Las Vegas, weren’t you? LIBERACE: Yes I was, and I was not afraid to admit it. . . . Oh, those of you who don’t know who I was are really missing something. I was truly a great entertainer, and I’m not an arrogant spirit either. I just loved to perform! I had fun. People enjoyed me. I enjoyed people. I dressed up in crazy, outrageous outfits. I knew they were outrageous. I knew that I looked terrible in most of those outfits, but I really didn’t care. If people laughed at me, I laughed back at them all the way to the bank, and without any hostility or resentment. I just loved to perform. I’ll say that again and again because it’s worth saying. And I still like to perform in heaven. So what do you think, Dr. Frick, do I make the cut? Are you going to include this chapter in your book? [I “heard” an audience cheering in the background.] GF: Is there an audience in the background? LIBERACE: Use your imagination everybody. . . . I’m just trying to add a little spice and flash to your work. Now come on Dr. Frick, do I make the cut or not? You’ve thrown a few chapters away. You’re not going to throw this one away are you? GF: No, I won’t! [The “imaginary” audience cheers.] GF: Is there really an audience around me? LIBERACE: We spiritual guides are not an audience to you people. Our connection is much more intimate than that. But we spirits do know how to have fun too, and that’s one of the reasons I’m speaking through the very talented and very cute Dr. Frick. [He pretends to raise another glass of champagne.] GF: Should I. . . . LIBERACE (interrupting): Should you remind everybody that Liberace was gay? Sure, go ahead! Only I’m not a man anymore. I flirted with Dr. Frick for the sole purpose of annoying him, and I did a good job, didn’t I? [The “imaginary” audience cheers.] LIBERACE: Did you hear the audience cheering everybody? Can you hear me playing my piano? Can you “see” me in all of my glory smiling at you? For all you know it may actually be happening! Sometimes what you people imagine is occurring actually is occurring on another level of reality. . . . (Giggling) Boy, I really said a mouthful there, didn’t I? [The “audience” laughs.] LIBERACE: I’m glad that some of you don’t know who I was! We could now start from the very beginning! Don’t you sense my happiness? Can’t you feel the love I have for all of you? Can’t you sense how I just love to perform? Come on, don’t be bashful everybody! Admit to yourselves that I’m for real! Come on, it will do you all some good! Have some fun! Get out once in awhile. . . . that is, get out of your bodies and astral project yourselves. . . . (Laughing) No, no, no. I really didn’t mean that. I was just kidding. We spiritual guides, we want your respect but we don’t expect you to. . . . GF: I could feel the energy between us “dropping.” LIBERACE: You know, it is true that I’m more than an entertainer in the afterlife. Let me share with you what is on my mind now: the world you live in could be a very challenging place. We spiritual guides understand that. It really amazes me how many of the things I valued as Liberace were not so important to me once I passed over into the afterlife. GF: Such as being rich and famous? LIBERACE: No, my flamboyance was part of my act, and my “act” was a reflection of the love I had for my audience and a reflection of the love they had for me. . . . . No, I have no regrets about the manner in which I flaunted my money and fame. There was genuine love there. . . . The question is. . . GF: Do you have any regrets about your life as Liberace? LIBERACE: Not in the sense that you humans experience “regret.” I guess there are things I could have done better as Liberace. There is always room for improvement in every life. . . . Maybe. . . . OH HECK, I HAVE NO REGRETS WHATSOEVER! WHO THE HELL DO I THINK I’M KIDDING? [He raises up an “imaginary” champagne glass] LIBERACE: A toast to guilt free living everybody. [The “audience” cheers.] LIBERACE: Come on everybody! Get those cobwebs out of your brain. The great Liberace is alive and well! And for those of you who don’t know who I was—I’m not hurt. I’m just angry as all hell. Ha, ha, ha. . . . GF: Are you serious? LIBERACE: No, I’m joking! Take a chill pill, Dr. Frick and call me in the morning. . . . Can you all “hear” me play my piano now? Come on you people, use your imagination: the great Liberace is alive and well, not only in your imagination but I’m all around you in another dimension ready to entertain, and you could throw away your regrets and responsibilities out the window. [The “audience” cheers.] GF: But live responsibly! LIBERACE (giggling): Oh, don’t be such a stick in the mud, Dr. Frick. [The “audience” laughs.] LIBERACE: Do you people want to hear the “dirt” on Liberace? I was homosexual. I loved being homosexual. And yet, somehow, someway, I wound up in heaven! (Laughing) The Lord works in mysterious ways, doesn’t he? Who would have known that the queen of all flaming homosexuals would wind up in heaven? GF: I heard a rumor that all homosexuals automatically go to hell. LIBERACE: Here I am, my adoring fans, ready to prove that rumor wrong! [He raises up an “imaginary” glass of champagne again.] LIBERACE: A toast to all kinds of tolerance everybody! Racial tolerance. . .you name it! [The “audience” cheers.] GF: It really makes me wonder: is the piano you are playing real or just a figment of my imagination? LIBERACE: It’s as real as the cute nose on your face! Come on everybody grab yet another glass of champagne and celebrate life with me. Celebrate the continuation of life after death. . . . (Giggling) I have an even better toast to make: There is no death! There are no failures! We love you all very much! [The “audience” cheers.] GF: I really do admire how you love your audience. LIBERACE: Why can’t you do the same thing? You will have a human audience reading your book, and there are billions and billions of beings who love you here in the afterlife! They love you as the great performer you are, and more importantly, they love you as a person and as a spirit! And that goes for the rest of you too! Let’s have another toast everybody! The tab is on me this time! Just send me the bill! [The “audience” cheers.] GF: I’m beginning to understand something! Even if my human audience doesn’t believe that my spiritual guides are for real. . . . LIBERACE: As long as your audience feels that you love them, then it really doesn’t matter whether people believe we’re for real or not. . . . Look at me, as Liberace, I knew how ridiculous I looked in some of those outfits. I showed more of my homely, aging body than people care to see but so what? The audience loved me and I loved them! I’m trying to teach you to love your audience as I did! Hooray for Dr. Frick! He is learning his lesson already! [The “audience” cheers.] GF: You wrote this chapter through me just when I needed it. LIBERACE: I think we ought to let our audience in on a little secret: the chapters in your book weren’t written in perfect chronological order. This is one of the last chapters that you wrote and with good reasons. All of us spirit guides are working together. “Abraham Lincoln” and “Frank Sinatra” could get very sarcastic sometimes, but they love you all just as I do. [He “giggles.”] LIBERACE: To me, they are a little “rough around the edges.” And if we were still men, I could smooth them out a bit (if you get my drift)! [The “audience” laughs.] LIBERACE (“winking” and “smiling): You better hope that your audience believes I’m for real or you’re in big trouble, Dr. Frick. And I want you to know that I’m well aware of the fact that you are heterosexual. . . . (Giggling) Oh, well—that’s your loss honey! [The “audience” cheers.] GF: Moving right along. . . . LIBERACE (changing the subject): Hey, did you know that I was a television star in the 1950’s? GF: I saw a few of those episodes. LIBERACE: What did you think of them? Oh, heck, I’ll answer my own question for you—you loved them! I was quality television at its best, ladies and gentlemen. My television show was based around my music, and my music was great enough to carry me through even though I didn’t dress so flamboyantly during that time. . . . (Giggling) It was when I was older that I started to sell myself out a little and then the ridiculousness began! [He raises an “imaginary” glass of champagne.] LIBERACE: A toast to originality everybody! GF: Do you feel that Liberace sold himself out later in his life? LIBERACE (giggling): No, I don’t, and I’m glad you asked me that question, honey. And I know you don’t like it when I call you “honey.” (Giggling) You see everybody, my spirit still has just enough bitch in it to keep people honest! So long everybody! [Liberace throws a big kiss and the “audience” cheers.]

 

CHAPTER 5 Discussion with spirit guide Frank Sinatra FRANK SINATRA: Yes, Dr. Frick. I’m here with you right now. It’s as if I were standing right next to you, only my connection with you is far more intimate than that. Yes, everybody, I am for real, and if you don’t believe me, you are stupid—it’s that simple. I don’t give a damn if you have a genius IQ—if you think that Dr. Frick can write this book all by himself, then you have no common sense whatsoever. [He “shakes his head.”] Dr. Frick, I just don’t understand how you could put up with such crap from people! You’ll smile in their faces and say, “That’s okay, you don’t have to believe my spiritual guides are for real.” I just don’t get it. Why even bother doing that? GF: Should we explain to people who you are? FRANK SINATRA: No, that’s just my point. Why the hell should I? If whoever is reading this now has no appreciation for the fact that I’m a living conscious being then. . . . [He “throws up his hands.”] GF: Never mind how you feel about other people. In my first book you said to me that. . . . FRANK SINATRA (interrupting): Forget what I said to you in your last publication! If people can’t appreciate an honest interaction between two beings who do love each other, then to hell with them. So what if I told you that you’re not my favorite person in the world? It doesn’t mean that I hate you or anything! Why does everybody have to like each other in your society? And I will say that I respect you much more. . . . Go ahead, you could say “much more,” Dr. Frick! . . .What I was going to say is I respect you much more than most people—there I said it and I meant it too! You people out there don’t realize how fake you actually are, and because I love you all so much, I don’t want to overwhelm you with the Truth. And if you all had half a brain then you could figure certain things out and I’d respect you as much as I do Dr. Frick. GF: Did I just write that last paragraph by myself? I hope not! FRANK SINATRA: Don’t play those fuckin’ games with me, okay? You know damn well I’m for real. When you pretend otherwise you only wind up hurting yourself in the long run. WHY, WHY, WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER WORKING WITH YOU PEOPLE?. . .(Laughing) It’s because I love you all—that’s why. There can’t possibly be another reason, ha, ha, ha. And believe me, I’ve tried to find other reasons but I haven’t found any. GF: Are you in heaven now? FRANK SINATRA: As difficult as it may be for some of you idiots to believe, yes I am in heaven. GF: Is there a hell? FRANK SINATRA: Why don’t you take a stab at that question, oh wise one? GF: There is no fire and brimstone, and the universe is a far more forgiving place than people realize. [He doesn’t say anything.] GF: Would Frank Sinatra (the person) have appreciated my writing? FRANK SINATRA: Suppose for the sake of argument that he didn’t. For all you know, his lack of appreciation for your work could have been his problem—not yours. [A LONG PERIOD OF SILENCE FOLLOWS.] GF: I’m trying to figure out what else to say. . . . FRANK SINATRA: What else is there to say? I, Frank Sinatra, supposedly died. But here I am everybody, just as alive as I was as Frank Sinatra (maybe even more so). I’m not going to give you all a long series of lectures like “Professor Einstein” is doing, because as far as I’m concerned, if you people don’t believe I’m for real, I really don’t know what else to tell you. It really isn’t difficult to understand—no formal training in physics or metaphysics is needed in order for you to appreciate this interaction. I am here. I love you all. You all reap what you sow. . . . I also want you all to know that you are not really afraid of us spiritual guides; you are afraid of yourselves. We’re not going to haunt you. We’re not trying to make your lives any more difficult than they already are. And we’re certainly not trying to drive you all crazy—that is Dr. Frick’s department. Ha, ha, ha. [I had decided to ignore his sarcasm.] GF: What do you have to say about “negative entities” or demons? FRANK SINATRA: What about them? We’re not encouraging you all to be mediums like Dr. Frick and face the supposed risks involved. After you all close your books, I encourage you to go on with your lives, but please ask yourselves, “What is it that I’m really afraid of? Am I afraid of myself or am I afraid of spirits on the ‘otherside.’” You are all spirits too, so it must be yourselves that you are afraid of! GF: Did you have any difficulty with your transition to “the other side.” FRANK SINATRA: I’m not going to lie to you . . . . For the most part “no.” I was among friends who loved me far more than any person possibly could. You could say I had a tad bit of a “hangover” after my incarnation as Frank Sinatra. Even in the afterlife there was a part of me that wanted my friends in the afterlife to kiss my ass because I was supposedly the “great Frank Sinatra” even though I was no longer “Frank Sinatra.” GF: What was that experience like? FRANK SINATRA (laughing): Nobody wanted my autograph. Nobody wanted to have sex with me. Nobody wanted to give me the best seats in their restaurants. I had to wait in line like everybody else! Ha, ha, ha. GF: We’re talking about the afterlife aren’t we? Do restaurants even exist in the afterlife? FRANK SINATRA: That’s what I’m trying to tell you. There was a part of me that wanted to be a human being again, and what I was searching for was no longer available in the afterlife. I’m telling you all it was a very sobering experience! Just read the New Testament. A wealthy and powerful person dies and then that’s it; his money, power and status mean absolutely nothing to him in the afterlife—nobody gives a damn anymore! He could be William Shakespeare, Frank Sinatra or Beethoven. . .even somebody like Mother Teresa or Martin Luther King. As soon as they pass over into the afterlife, nobody is going to kiss their asses anymore because they were supposedly “great people.” GF: Do you still sing in the afterlife? FRANK SINATRA: I most certainly do. My singing is more appreciated in the afterlife than it is on Earth. GF: Then what was the problem when you passed over into the afterlife? FRANK SINATRA: Like I told you, nobody wanted my autograph. Nobody wanted to have their picture taken with me. Nobody wanted to send me any limousines or airplanes to sing at their clubs. In a nutshell, nobody wanted to kiss my ass! And the fact that I drank so much didn’t help either. GF: Did you realize that you were dead after you passed over into the afterlife? FRANK SINATRA: Most definitely! I can’t emphasize that enough. Overall, my afterlife transition was a rather pleasant one, but still. . . . [He “shakes his head.”] FRANK SINATRA: Listen people, I don’t care if you’re the richest fuckin’ person in the world. I don’t care if you are a president or a prime minister. Believe me, what I’m saying is true. GF: As far as afterlife transitions are concerned, was yours easy or difficult? FRANK SINATRA: I’d say it was about average. It may have been even better than average had I not been famous. . . . If you people lose perspective of who you are and you have others kissing your asses for all the wrong reasons, then you may need some help when you get to the afterlife. GF: From what I know, you died a rather slow, uncomfortable death. FRANK SINATRA: There were many reasons for that. . . . GF: If you had died suddenly would you have had an even more difficult afterlife transition? FRANK SINATRA: It very well may have been “more difficult” than it was. Aww geez. . . I really don’t want to scare you people, there is really no reason to be afraid. And for the billionth time, just use some common sense—that’s all I’m asking. GF: I had a very vivid dream once. . . . [He interrupts me.] FRANK SINATRA: I’m telling you right now, that “dream” was what is known as an “astral experience.” You were technically asleep but. . . . You see, people—I’m not a singer anymore! I work with people in the dream state. I work with levels of consciousness that you people will not be aware of until you pass over into the afterlife. I really could give a shit about what you think of the person “Frank Sinatra.” And yet I want you all to think of me in that manner to a certain degree so you could feel comfortable and understand that I haven’t really died or “gone” anywhere. I’m still alive and well in your hearts and minds. And I still have feelings, desires and dreams just as I did when I was a person. Some of the “feelings” and “dreams” have changed, but they are still there. I would really like to give you all some concrete examples of how the afterlife is so much different from your reality, but I don’t want to overwhelm you people either. You know, I think as Frank Sinatra, one of the reasons I could be so much of an asshole at times is because I was trying to bring a little bit of heaven to Earth! I really wished sometimes that people would get more real and less polite with each other. Somehow, I often failed at that task. For one, I wasn’t as consciously aware as Dr. Frick that there actually is an afterlife. I suppose one of the lessons I needed to learn was that when all was said and done I was just as full of shit as everybody else, and considering how much God loves even the average person is that really so bad?

 

CHAPTER 6 Discussion with spirit guide Liberace LIBERACE: Come on everybody! You could do it! You all know that I’m for real! You’re right, Dr. Frick, these writings could use some positive energy. Let’s play a game. Let’s pretend that you are all beautiful and perfect as you are. Now let’s stop pretending. You are all perfect beings in my book! Hooray! [He raises an “imaginary” glass of champagne.] LIBERACE: A toast to perfection everybody! [The audience cheers.] LIBERACE (giggling): I know that “Frank Sinatra” referred to a few of you as “stupid,” but I’ll vouch for the fact that he is a really nice “guy” at heart. “He” is a warm, loving spirit who doesn’t tolerate any bullshit from anybody! I can respect that. I just happen to love you all, bullshit and all! And I assure you that “Frank Sinatra” does too! GF: Didn’t you die of AIDS? LIBERACE: Way to keep the energy positive, Dr. Frick. GF: Sorry! LIBERACE: I’m just teasing you, honey. And to answer your question, yes I did die of AIDS. And somehow it really wasn’t that bad. I had so much support from friends, family and fans that life was still worth living even when I was very sick. GF: You had AIDS back in the 1980’s when AIDS was considered a “gay disease.” LIBERACE: And worse than that, it really was a death sentence when I had it. Today people could live for decades with HIV (as long as they have access to adequate medical care). GF: You work closely with dying people, don’t you? LIBERACE: Yes, one of my missions as a spiritual guide is to help “people” with their afterlife transitions. That being said, I am a great supporter of Hospice in the afterlife. Unfortunately, I can’t give you beautiful Hospice workers any money, but you do have my praise and my utmost respect! [He “throws a kiss” to all Hospice workers.] LIBERACE: I love the philosophy of Hospice! Death is viewed as a natural process—not something to be feared or avoided. And to make matters even better, many Hospice workers understand well that there is an afterlife. GF: How important is it to believe that there is an afterlife? LIBERACE: It’s not a matter of whether you (or anybody else) “believes” in an afterlife, honey. The fact of the matter is that there really is an afterlife. And the afterlife is not to be feared, even if you are a highly imperfect human being. We don’t judge in the afterlife. We understand that life on Earth is a great challenge. You’re all living on Earth to better yourselves as spirits—not to aspire to some unattainable perfection. GF: Did you help “Frank Sinatra” when he passed over into the afterlife? LIBERACE: It probably wouldn’t surprise you much for me to say “I did.” He really didn’t need much of my help. He needed a bit of a “reorientation period.” (Consider what happens when you start a new job and you need an “orientation period.”) Some reorientation periods in the afterlife last longer than others; Frank Sinatra’s was about average. Mine was perhaps easier than average. GF: Would your “reorientation period” have been even easier had you died suddenly rather than slowly? LIBERACE: Not necessary. Keep in mind that there is no contest or competition out there for who could have the easiest afterlife transition. A “long transition” is really nothing to be ashamed of. Many great spirits and great people needed some help after they passed over into the afterlife, and we spiritual guides were more than willing to offer that help to them. GF: How do you feel about euthanasia? LIBERACE: Before I answer your question, I want to remind everybody that the philosophy of Hospice is very humane, and the emphasis is on quality of life more so than lifespan. GF: You are not a supporter of euthanasia are you? LIBERACE: I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I just can’t be! My job as a spiritual guide is to help people make the most of whatever time they have left. Keep in mind, Dr. Frick, that I work with dying patients much more closely and much more intimately than you do. I can clearly see as a spiritual guide that God does not put any more on a person than he or she could handle. And I assure you that there are plenty of very happy people out there who do have the worst types of illnesses. Just because you think that you couldn’t handle something doesn’t mean that there aren’t others who can. Dr. Frick, in your particular case, you’re a person who really is driven to change the world. We spiritual guides can see that very clearly. We could also see that you’re not the most accepting person in the world either, but there is a reason for that and it is in part related to your desire to change the world as it is. . . . Whether you succeed or supposedly fail in your endeavor I think you deserve a toast right now! GF: Are you willing to help just about anybody with their afterlife transitions? What about suicide victims? LIBERACE: I’m a very easygoing spiritual guide. I understand that people in their own hearts and minds sometimes feel that they can’t handle life anymore. That being said, I have helped my share of suicide “victims” and some of the worst types of criminals. Just remember everybody, that as a spiritual guide I could only help you so much. There are certain matters that are between you and God. (Laughing) I don’t know if I did much to help make “Frank Sinatra’s” chapter more bearable! I just want to let you all know, that we guides know how to have fun, but we take you people very seriously too. We understand the challenges you face more than you know. And one of the things I loved about my life as Liberace is that I brought happiness to people in a world that could often feel like a cold, cruel place. I was glad to be of service to you all as “Liberace,” and I’m more than pleased to be of service to you now. And if any of you out there are terminally ill and you hear beautiful music that seems to be coming from another dimension, then you never know! That music could very well be the spirit of the great “Liberace” playing his multidimensional piano! [He throws everybody three kisses.]

 

CHAPTER 7 Discussion with spirit guide Abraham Lincoln GF: I would like to write about Mary Lincoln. I sense that history has been unkind to her. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Let’s see, how could I phrase what I’m thinking right now. . . GF: If history has been unkind to Mrs. Lincoln, it hasn’t been so unkind that we should write a chapter on “her” behalf. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: That’s a close call! Do you have a coin handy? If it turns out heads we’ll include this very short chapter. . . . No, no, no, put that coin away! You’re not going to take me literally are you? GF: I didn’t pull out a coin. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: I know that, and you know that, but your very generous audience doesn’t. GF: Why are you referring to the audience as “very generous?” ABRAHAM LINCOLN: If they’ve read this far, they are the most generous people in the world as far as I’m concerned. . . . (Laughing) You know you could be the first author to write his book on a roll of toilet paper. That way people would at least absorb some of the book’s contents. Instead of being the type of book that is chewed and digested it could be used as an enema of sorts. . . . (laughing) and Lord knows, some of you people out there could use some loosening up! GF: (ignoring his sarcasm): Were you and Mary Lincoln a match made in heaven? ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Now you’re really depressing me, doc. Why don’t we talk about something more pleasant like enemas? GF: Come on, Mr. President, you could do it! Were you and Mary Lincoln a match made in heaven? ABRAHAM LINCOLN: What? I can’t hear you! Did you ask me if we were a match made in hell? GF: No, I asked you if you were a match made in heaven. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: I still can’t quite make out what you are “saying.” GF: Yes you can! There’s nothing wrong with your “hearing,” Mr. Multidimensional being. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Okay, okay you win. You’ve backed me into a corner, and I might as well tell you the very frightening truth! Yes, Mary Lincoln and I were a match. . . made in heaven if you’re a Buddhist and you believe heaven and hell are the same thing! GF: How could heaven and hell be the same thing? I hate that way of thinking! ABRAHAM LINCOLN (laughing): So do I! I’m in heaven, thank you very much everybody! GF: Is there a hell? ABRAHAM LINCOLN: I believe that question was adequately addressed in your previous publication. . . . (Laughing) We’re doing a good job promoting your previous book, aren’t we Dr. Frick? Anything else you want me to advertise for you? Are you selling any antiques? Are you having any garage sales that you want me to announce in advance? GF (ignoring his sarcasm): Are you and Mrs. Lincoln close friends in the afterlife? ABRAHAM LINCOLN: You did it! You backed me into a corner again, and this time I’ll answer your question! Mary Lincoln and I are very close in the afterlife. In that sense, I guess you could say we were a match made in heaven. As you all know. . . . What I’m trying to say is Mary Lincoln, believe it or not, was an old soul who just didn’t have her act together. I guess that beats the alternative of a stable young soul. GF: Is the point you are trying to make true? ABRAHAM LINCOLN: I don’t know, but it sure sounded intelligent! As Abraham Lincoln, I could be very detached at times and Mary made my life so painfully real to me that I had no choice but to be less detached. . . . Ha, ha, ha. And so if any of you feel detached from your reality, just stub your toe a few times on purpose and see what happens! Life will seem very real to you then! Mary to me was like the toe that I didn’t need to stub! And somehow, I never broke my foot. Even as a spirit that will never cease to amaze me. . . . (Laughing) Yes, I loved the ole bitch! Ha, ha, ha. . . . And please recall everybody, that as Abraham Lincoln I described my relationship with Mrs. Lincoln as one of “mutual torment.” (Notice my use of the word “mutual.”) I didn’t say she tormented me and that was all there was to it. It takes two to tango as the ole cliché goes, and tango we did on and on and on into the pits of hell! And yet somehow, we both wound up in heaven! Please don’t ask me how. Did I say enough swell things about Mrs. Lincoln, Dr. Frick or do you want me to go on torturing myself? Can I go back to my grave now in peace? GF: Do you and “Mrs. Lincoln” have any hostility towards each other in the afterlife? ABRAHAM LINCOLN: I don’t know, Dr. Frick. Do I have any hostility towards you? GF: Some of the readers may think that you do. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: You didn’t answer my question. GF: The answer to your question is “no.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN (laughing): It may be third rate humor, but at least it isn’t hostile!

 

CHAPTER 8 Discussion with spirit guide Mary Lincoln MRS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: I appreciate your concern, Dr. Frick. You understand well that most of the people who read your book are going to be women. And I happen to have been a woman, so here is your opportunity to kiss their asses, and you could kiss my ass in the meantime! I want you all to know that I am very happy in the afterlife and I really don’t give a shit what any of you think of me. If my place in history is the bitch that tormented good ole perfect Abraham Lincoln, then that’s fine with me! Relationships can be very complicated. . . . blah, blah, blah, blah. What could I do to better entertain you people? Could I do a dance? Does anybody out there want to get it on with me? Ha, ha, ha. I can tell that some of you do—that’s just how sick some of you are! GF: Are you ready to reveal your twentieth century identity? MARY LINCOLN: I was rock and roll great Janis Joplin—same spirit, same bitch but different circumstances. And because I happened to have been a woman during both of those circumstances, I know I don’t really mean that much to you people. (Sighing) Oh, well, it’s your loss. [She seemed very sarcastic at this point.] Oh, well, don’t get bored everybody! The great Abraham Lincoln will be back in all his glory, and I’ll leave you all alone. . . . [She now seems to have lightened up.] MARY LINCOLN / JANIS JOPLIN: Now that I got that off my chest, I feel a lot better now! Ha, ha, ha. GF: Are you Mary Lincoln or Janis Joplin? MARY LINCOLN: The spirit is the same in either case. For your convenience I’ll identify myself as “Mary Lincoln.” GF: I’m under the impression that Janis Joplin had a good sense of humor. MARY LINCOLN: She did. GF: But when I think of Mary Lincoln, I think of. . . . MARY LINCOLN: An uptight prissy bitch with no sense of humor—only partially true. The great Abraham Lincoln would never have married me if I was a total stick in the mud. I had a sense of humor, and Abe liked to think he had one too, and I guess he did. GF: What happened? Do you deserve your place in history as the bitch who married Abraham Lincoln. MARY LINCOLN: Listen, I really don’t care and that’s the honest to God truth. I just don’t care. I do care about you people, however. I want to make that point very clear. I want you all to be happy. I want you all to live in peace. I wish you all nothing but the best! When I say that I don’t care what you think of me it’s because my perspective in my dimension is so much better at seeing through illusions than it is in your existence. For one, I’m not “Mrs. Abraham Lincoln” or “Janis Joplin” anymore. “Mary Lincoln” and “Janis Joplin” are only two different facets of my overall existence; I could “see” their lives much more objectively than any person could. I’m not ashamed of my life as Mary Lincoln. I was the lifemate of one of the greatest politicians who had ever lived. We had our ups and downs like everybody else. We really did love each other. Is our type of turbulent relationship really any worse than a more peaceful but detached relationship? I don’t think so. I also want to say that as a spiritual guide, I do prefer working with women more than men. I am very much of an advocate of “woman’s rights” (if you will). Women are still treated horribly in many areas of the world. Dr. Frick would like to think that American women have it no worse (or better) than American men, but I disagree with him! I still think that it’s a man’s world (even in the United States) and I see that trend continuing for some time. . . . (With amusement) I do feel sorry for American men sometimes, though. . . . (Laughing) As much as I’d hate to admit it, American women could be very difficult to please. They want their men to be nice and sensitive and all that kind of crap, but the devil in all of them wants a “real man.” And one of the many things I loved about Abraham Lincoln is he was all of those things and more! GF: Aren’t men also difficult to please? MARY LINCOLN: Hell no! You give a man his booty and he won’t complain at all! You know, it’s like. . . . Did you ever see those Bugs Bunny cartoons in which Bugs Bunny could be hypnotized by a carrot? Just tie a string to a stick and a carrot, carry it around and Bugs Bunny will follow anybody around like a puppy dog. Men are the same way. Give them a good romp in the hay and they’ll. . . . GF (interrupting): Okay, Mrs. Lincoln I think we get your point. . . . I’m beginning to sense why you and Abraham Lincoln did have a connection on some level. MARY LINCOLN (laughing): I’m glad you do, and. . . . Just picture Abraham Lincoln married to a nineteenth century version of Janis Joplin. Believe it or not it actually did happen. Honest to God. Ha, ha, ha. . . . I really don’t want to say that Mary Lincoln was persecuted for being a woman, but she sort of was. I was the more emotional person in the relationship, and I paid a price for it. I often drove away people who Abe really didn’t like anyway, and obviously when that happened it was all my fault! I was the bitch! I don’t mean to imply that I was a saint or anything. I don’t want to make excuses for the “mistakes” I made as Mary Lincoln either. GF: Are you going to write another chapter through me? MARY LINCOLN: You’re just asking me that question to make me feel good, but I accept your offer. GF: No, no, I really meant it! MARY LINCOLN (sarcastically): Yeah, yeah, whatever you say!

 

CHAPTER 9 Discussion with spirit guide Mary Lincoln MARY LINCOLN: How would you men like to have your penises cut off? Are you aware of the fact that in some cultures woman are routinely having their clitorises cut off? In other cultures, a woman could be arrested or even killed because she committed the “disgraceful sin” of allowing herself to be raped! Talk about blaming the victim! Don’t forget, I am a multidimensional being! I am witnessing these atrocities right now as I am writing these words. And I’m not reading about them in the newspaper or watching them on cable television. I am intimately aware of these things, RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK. I don’t mean to be redundant, but I do believe I could be of service to you all if I help put your lives in a different perspective. GF: Why do my spiritual guides tell me that they are not “looking over my shoulder?” MARY LINCOLN: You feel uncomfortable knowing that we are aware of most of what you think, say and do. GF: Yes, you could say that makes me uncomfortable sometimes. MARY LINCOLN: First of all, I work with millions of people besides you. And the truth is you are not important enough for us. . . . Let me rephrase what I was about to say: you are incredibly important to us, but so is everybody else! While I am writing through you, I am intimately aware of children who are being abused not far from where you live now! For those of you who live in big cities, there are terrible things probably happening on your very block right now. So you see everybody? We have better things to do than to try to haunt you or to laugh at you because your thoughts are weirder than everybody else’s! GF: Are my thoughts weirder than most other people’s? MARY LINCOLN: Suppose that they are. Even if you are weird, you know you’re not evil. We’re not people. I know people will smile in your face and tell you that they don’t mind if you (or somebody else) is a little bit different and. . . . either they lie to themselves or they lie to you. But we spiritual guides are not like that. Our priority system is so much different than yours. One of the things I like about you, Dr. Frick, is that you could see through certain kinds of bullshit that other people can’t. You know very well that it often doesn’t pay to be weird or different in your world, and it bothers you that people pretend otherwise. I just want you all to know that the bullshit games that people play with each other on Earth just don’t work in the afterlife. Even some of the most “evil” people in the world have a way of coming around when they reach the afterlife. They just have no choice! GF: I’m under the impression that when a person dies he really doesn’t change that much, except “he” no longer has a body. MARY LINCOLN: You’re half right. There are often only subtle differences between “old souls” and “young souls” in the afterlife. On Earth, these differences become more pronounced. GF: Are you an “old soul?” MARY LINCOLN (laughing): Sorry to disappoint you all but “yes”. . . . ha, ha, ha. You’ve got to answer your pager, sweetie. I understand that! And, Dr. Frick, I want you to know that I really do appreciate this opportunity. For a man, you’re okay. . . not great, but okay! Ha, ha, ha, ha.

 

CHAPTER 10 Discussion with spirit guide Abraham Lincoln ABRAHAM LINCOLN: In case you are all wondering how I feel about the United States today, I still have a fondness for your nation that does—I guess to a certain degree is related to my lifetime as “Abraham Lincoln.” What I’m trying to say is, I’m proud of the life I lived as Abraham Lincoln, but not necessarily for the reasons that you think. For one, as Abraham Lincoln, I meant well, and “meaning well” does go a long way with us spiritual guides. In your previous book, Dr. Frick, one of your spiritual guides commented that “meaning well” wasn’t everything. Maybe so, but in heaven, it comes damn close to everything, as long as you are willing to better yourself and make some effort to learn from your previous “mistakes.” The Universe is a far more forgiving place than you realize. Though it is true that you reap what you sow, the burden of “bad karma” could be lightened a great deal if you are willing to learn and grow in spirit. I am proud of my life as Abraham Lincoln for another reason too. . . . To make matters simple, I had an overall “positive” effect on the world. It is too bad that it is taught in your schools that I wanted to preserve the Union more so than abolish slavery. That simply isn’t true. Put yourself in my situation. I had to save the Union or slavery would have continued and. . . . [He “shakes his head.”] Even in spirit I’d hate to imagine what would have happened if the North had lost the Civil War. I had to make preserving the Union a priority. [He “shakes his head” again.] I did at times (ever so subtly) pretend to others that I didn’t care too much about slavery one way or another, but sometimes being a politician isn’t easy—and if you’re a politician with a heart it’s damn near impossible at times! (And I’m not avoiding responsibility for my “mistakes” as Abraham Lincoln either.) I’m willing to be kind to you all and tell you what you want to hear, because I don’t mind telling people what they want to hear as long as what I’m saying is actually true. I am proud of the long term effect I had on the United States. The Civil Rights Movement (of course) helped solidify what was started when African Americans were freed from slavery in the 1800’s. Also, there are some historians who accurately say that I turned the United States from a bunch of independent states to what is today “The United States of America”—a very homogeneous nation I might add thanks to modern day technology. . . . (laughing) which incidentally would have driven me crazy if I had been President today, but I digress. You Americans are certainly not malicious people as a whole. Most of you at least try to pretend to yourselves that you love other races and religions as your own. Your so called “love” for other races and religions could be a bit unimaginative and “politically correct” at times, but it still qualifies as “love.” One thing is for sure, you are certainly not trying to conquer the world. That’s what other countries don’t seem to understand. If it weren’t for the threat of nuclear bombs and terrorism, I don’t think too many of you would have been enthusiastic about starting a war. If you “flex your muscles” it isn’t really with ill intent. In your own minds anyway, you really want to help the rest of the world. . . . What some of you don’t understand however, is that the world has changed a great deal since the last century. In World War II, for instance, . . .We’re opening up a can of worms, here! Boy, how I miss using clichés! [President Kennedy joins President Lincoln.] PRESIDENTS KENNEDY AND LINCOLN: The world was a much different place during World War II than it is today. During the 1940’s it was obvious who your enemies were (Adolph Hitler, Mussolini). And it was more or less obvious where your enemies were (Nazi Germany, Italy, Japan). GF: Aren’t you spiritual guides against war, period? PRESIDENTS KENNEDY AND LINCOLN: You’re backing us into a corner and we don’t blame you! The answer to your question is “yes,” we are against war but obviously we can’t complain that Adolph Hitler didn’t take over the world. GF: Would it be accurate to say that God (or at least God’s helpers) were on the side of the United States during World War II? PRESIDENTS KENNEDY AND LINCOLN: I wouldn’t go so far as to say that. What we are trying to do up here in la la land (or heaven as you earthlings try to call it). . . . We are trying to discourage the mindset that God favors one nation or culture above others. The mindset that He (or She) doesn’t favor a particular culture is the mindset that is needed today. It has always been the mindset that was needed but even more so today than during the twentieth century. Yes, we spiritual guides are hoping that the twenty first century could live up to its “hype.” And yes, there is a lot of “hype” about the time period you are living in from the perspective of our dimension. There is also more difference of opinion about your times than any other time period, and that obviously stems from how complex of a place your world has become. Let’s face it everybody, the world is becoming such a complex place, why don’t we just give peace a chance?