Aloha, I am going to be posting excerpts from my new book TALKING TO THE LIVING AND THE DEAD - SOUL TO SOUL COMMUNICATIONS at this site. I hope you enjoy them! Aloha and blessings Rev. Ke'ala Noel Vai

INTRODUCTION

Aloha, I am Rev. Keala Vai. I am an ordained reverend of the indigenous Hawaiian Church of Ho'ola I Ka Honua. That is quite an honor as I am originally from North Carolina with Anglo Saxon roots and a Methodist upbringing. I am the founder of a holistic health center on the Big Island of Hawaii called Aloha Healing Women. I am also the director of the Kalana Foundation which provides scholarships for women seeking recovery at our center. We specialize in helping women recover from issues of grief, abuse, eating disorders, weight problems, emotional and physical ailments, and for help in attaining spiritual awakening. We hope to expand our mission of helping people heal with world-wide seminars focusing on holistic health issues, dream analysis, eating disorders, weight management and spiritual journey work such as what will be discussed in this book.

I am a Certified Hypnotherapist and have been doing Soul to Soul Communications and Soul Journey work for over fifteen years. Twelve years ago I wrote a book that was a literal transcription of two way communication sessions with the higher consciousness of people who were no longer on this physical plane. It was called "Talking to the Dead and Life after Death," but the world of publishers wasn't ready.

Knowing that all things happen for a reason, I now believe that it was I who wasn't ready to publish the book.

Speaking to the dead is a touchy subject to raise amongst the general public. First of all, if you tell people you can talk to the dead you are immediately lumped together with some pretty unsavory and mercenary "psychics." Some psychics are authentic and genuinely attempt to help people, but most of the psychics you see on stage and television are what we call "cold readers" and are outright frauds. Just watching their performances is disturbing, as innocent people are being misled and harmed by their acts. Because of these charlatans, most people won't even listen when I mention the subject of two way communication with non living entities. So for a very long time I have been continuing my work quietly here in Hawaii. It is only recently that I have become comfortable with the notion that perhaps the world is now ready to be open to the wonderful process of Soul to Soul Communications, and perhaps I am now ready to share my experiences.

I wanted to write this book to introduce people to the actual possibilities of spiritual and therapeutic communication with other higher consciousness, living or dead. I have used this process successfully for many years now at Aloha Healing Women. This book will not teach you how to facilitate or use Soul to Soul Communication for yourself. That would entail an intense course in hypnotherapy and an apprenticeship of the technique. However, I can

give you a pretty good idea of how Soul to Soul Communications can help ordinary people heal many life issues, such as family estrangements, conflicts, divorce issues and most importantly, grief. If, after reading this book, you would like to try this for yourself, I have produced a CD containing a guided Soul to Soul Communication session that you can use in the comfort of your own home.

In this book I have also included some of my understandings about the universe that I have gleaned through years of spiritual journey work, practicing spiritual healing work such as Reiki, and through other venues of awareness that I've undertaken. I hope these words resonate with your sense of truth. If they don't, then I hope this book is at least an interesting read, perhaps something for you to ponder at another time.

The case studies that I refer to in this book are based on over fifteen years of hypnotherapy sessions. Some of the details may have been altered to assure the anonymity of the client but do not detract from the essence of the session. In some cases what I have presented is a result of combining several clients sessions into one general example.

WHAT ISSOULTO SOULCOMMUNICATION?

In my hypnotherapy training I was taught a process called "two way communication." This technique is used for conflict resolution and information exchange between living people. I started using it to involve people who were not physically around to do interactive therapy with a client. It is a great technique for settling work related disputes, divorce issues or civil matters and as a first step in fact finding and resolution. Soul to Soul Communication is just extending the technique of two way communication to parties that have traveled beyond the physical plane.

Soul to Soul Communication is not only a great way to resolve conflicts but is also a powerful healing tool. Even if a subject is alive and available, there are many instances where it is physically impossible or emotionally uncomfortable for the client to communicate one-on-one with this other person. This is common in cases of abuse, assault, divorce, estrangement, law suits, incest, rapes, etc, where face-to-face encounters just aren't practical or advisable. In these instances physical encounters can even become volatile situations resulting in drama and even violence. Many times people aren't able to express their true feelings because the other person might take offense, have

their feelings hurt, become overly emotional or react negatively to what is being said. I often deal in family dynamics where issues of family history are taboo and are never mentioned much less discussed. In this regard, Soul to Soul Communication is an excellent way to deal with sensitive issues between living people.