Mrs. Helen Michel

Mrs. Hélèn Michel died suddenly at the age of twenty-five from a cause doctors couldn't determine. She was wealthy, kind-hearted, gentle, charitable, and generous, but also somewhat frivolous and overly focused on the pleasures and distractions of life on Earth. Three days after her death, she was evoked by people who had known her personally.

The medium’s hand begins writing...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI do not know where I am...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelWhat confusion surrounds me...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelYou called me, and so I came...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelBut I cannot understand why I am no longer in my home.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelThey are weeping because they believe I am gone...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelYet I am standing beside them.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelWhy can none of them see me?

Mrs. Hélèn MichelMy body no longer belongs to me...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelAnd yet I still feel it there, cold and lifeless.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI try to move away from it...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelBut something pulls me back toward it again and again.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI feel like two different persons at once.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelOh... when will I finally understand what has happened to me?

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI must go back there...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelWhat would happen to that other self of mine if I stayed away?

Mrs. Hélèn MichelFarewell...

Allan Kardec explains that this communication clearly shows the feeling of duality often experienced before complete separation from the physical body has fully happened.

Because Mrs. Hélèn Michel had lived a comfortable and somewhat superficial life, strongly attached to earthly pleasures, the separation from the body happened slowly.

Yet because she was fundamentally kind and free from serious vice, her condition was not deeply painful and improved quickly.

A few days later, she was evoked again, and her understanding had already become much clearer.

The medium’s hand begins writing...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelThank you for praying for me.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI now recognize God's goodness in sparing me fear and suffering during the separation of my soul from my body.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelMy poor mother will struggle greatly to accept my death.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelBut she will be sustained.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelWhat now looks to her like a terrible tragedy was necessary for her spiritual growth.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelThrough this sorrow, she will come to understand that the realities of the next life are the only things of true value.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI will remain beside her until the end of her trial on Earth.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelAnd I will help her endure it.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI am not unhappy.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelBut I still have much work to do before I can rise toward the place of the blessed spirits.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI will pray for permission to return to Earth someday.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI must make up for the time I wasted during my last life on Earth.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelLet faith sustain you, my friends.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelTrust in the power of sincere prayer when it truly comes from the heart.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelGod is good.

AllanDid it take long before you fully understood your condition?

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI realized I was dead on the day you prayed for me.

AllanWas your confusion painful?

Mrs. Hélèn MichelNo.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI did not suffer.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI simply thought I was dreaming and expected to wake up.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelMy life on Earth was not free from suffering.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelEveryone born on Earth has to suffer in some way.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI accepted the will of God during my life on Earth...

Mrs. Hélèn MichelAnd God counted that acceptance in my favor.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI am grateful to you for your prayers.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelThey helped me regain awareness and understanding.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelThank you.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelI will always come gladly whenever you call me.

Mrs. Hélèn MichelFarewell.