Catch Rob Speaking at the Pensacola Para Con, Florida!

Over the weekend of August 9 and 10, 2014 - Rob Gutro will be a featured speaker at the Pensacola Para Con, Pensacola, Florida. Rob will be speaking about ghosts in a double murder investigation!
   What is PARACON?  It's a Science, Comic, Sci Fi, Anime, Gaming, paranormal, art, horror and Costuming Convention!
Pensacola Interstate Fair Grounds Conference Building, Pensacola, Florida
For details visit the website:  http://www.pensacolaparacon.com

The many famous guests of the 2014 PARACON

Rob will be speaking about Ghosts in a Double Murder Investigation

Can You See the Ghostly Face on the Cover of my 1st Book!?!

Did you know that there's a ghostly face on the cover of my first book "Ghosts and Spirits: Insights from a Medium"?   

       The cover photo is one that I took in 1993 using a Canon 35 mm camera. There was no flash used because there was enough natural light from a window that was located to the right side while facing the painting. It is a painting that hangs in the lobby of Tombstone, Arizona's Bird Cage Theatre. The woman in the painting is a famous actress of the late 1800s named Fatima. 

   If you look closely at the lower portion of the painting, you'll see the ghostly face of the bearded old male actor that haunts the Bird Cage Theatre. I was as surprised when the former manager of the Bird Cage called to tell me after receiving a copy of the photo from me. I was told that this ghost may have been one of the actors that performed in the theatre and simply never left. He's also been spotted on the stage of the theatre whenever the manager closes up the theatre museum at night!

Great letter from a Reader!

I really enjoy getting emails from people who have read either or both of my two books (Ghosts and Spirits or Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead) and found comfort from them. This is one such letter that I just had to share.  - Rob
 
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Rob -  I just had to write to tell you that I read pg. 60 of Ghosts and Spirits last night.  This page especially really hit home for me.  Let me tell you why as briefly as I can....

8 years ago, my 16 year-old niece Rachel was killed in a car accident on Route 222 here in Berks County.  A week or so after her death, I was in a store walking down an empty aisle when I noticed a shiny penny on the floor directly in front of me.  I have never taken notice of pennies before, but something about this one made me pick it up.  The saying "pennies from heaven" powerfully swept through my mind.  I just had to have that penny.  Later that evening I called my mom to tell her about this penny, and how I absolutely believed that Rachel meant for me to find it.  For a few years after that, my parents, my sister, and I have seen pennies in unusual places or under unusual circumstances such as propped up against a wall in the corner of my dad's office.  While living, my niece and I and other family members were  very close.  We've kept these penny stories private between us only.  We felt it was a secret was that she was communicating with us. 

 A few years ago, my mother passed away.  I still get pennies showing up in places that don't really make sense.  For example,a year ago my library at school had just finished being remodeled.  I had over 200 boxes of books to unpack and an entire library to put back together in just 3 days. I was under a tremendous amount of stress.  One day as I was trying to muddle through the unpacking, a penny was lying right in the middle of the library floor.  Now, I had walked in that space a million times during those unpacking days and never saw that penny there! 

Last night I awoke at 2:30 in the morning unable to fall back to sleep.  I reached over to my bedside table where your book is, picked it up, and pg. 60 just happened to be where my fingers landed.  Never before have I read anything that you mentioned about pennies.  I never knew that pennies were a way loved ones communicate.  I just thought I made it up. 

So...THANK YOU!  Thank you for this reaffirmation.  What peace it has brought me.  I shared it with my dad this evening over the phone.  He too was happy to hear those words you penned.

N.P.  Pennsylvania

MY RESPONSE:

Dear N.P. -  Wow! This is awesome. 
  That's an example of spirit working to make people meet, to help get messages through.
 You and I were meant to meet- through your article on Tyler. Obviously, Rachel and your mom were behind the meeting between us so you could get confirmation of the signs from her. I actually wondered how you wound up coming to me about Tyler when there are so many other countless adoption stories. Now I know why. :)
    Sometimes the year on the penny will have some significance to the spirit or to you and their memory or family event. If the year on the penny is after they passed, it relates to a significant event in the year, where they were with you.
  I just gave a talk on how loved ones communicate signs to the living, and I'm giving it again on Dec. 7th in Chantilly, VA. I may also be giving it in Baltimore in 2014 in Ellicott City, so I'll keep you posted. It may prove healing to your dad, and your niece's family.
  She wants to let you know that she and your mom are together and that they're both safe and able to see you all and watch over you. They also can influence some things you do. For example, you may find yourself cooking something that your mom liked to cook and think of her- that would be a sign that she's influenced you to cook that dish. Or you may hear a song on the radio that reminds you of your niece or see someone that resembles her- those are signs from your neice that she's around you.
  SO glad to hear that it has brought you comfort. 
Sending a hug,
Rob
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More Q&A About Ghosts and Spirits: Part 2

spirits are also attracted to their ashes

I have received a lot of great questions about ghosts and spirits, and I've provided answers to the questions to the best of my knowledge of the afterlife. 

Do you think a spirit can be in more than one physical place at once? (My sister has said that several in her family all felt Mom there, around them, after she died, while I was feeling her here with me at my house

ANSWER: Yes.

Rob Gutro's 1st book

Science tells us that Energy can move at the speed of light. However, spirit tends to even go beyond that. When people in spirit are energy  it seems that they can send some of their energies to different people at the same time, in multiple locations.  That's why there are energies of people's spirit attached to objects  and whenever those objects come near other energies they "power up " the full spirit.   Often, though, you'll hear stories of people who are passing away and they manage to give people signs that their passing is occurring- no matter where the living person or persons are located.

Since my mom didn't believe in the afterlife, could she really have strong enough energy to actually reach me?

ANSWER: Yes. If your mom had a strong personality, she can come through. In fact, believing in the afterlife has nothing to to with becoming part of it. Religions teach us that we will go to heaven or hell  - the latter if we don't believe. That's incorrect. Hell is being trapped as an Earth bound ghost and being unable to communicate with others in spirit or in the living world. Heaven is joining the energies that run through the universe. If your mom is strong enough, she'll find a way to communicate with you. In fact, I'm sure she's already given you some signs.

Are spirits' energies stronger for a while after the person first dies? For how long?

ANSWER: The energy levels after someone dies isn't stronger than later on. What strengthens spirit are physical and emotional energies. Living people naturally feel a lot of grief, sorry, hurt when someone passes, and it's all of of love. Love is a positive energy that gives spirits the ability to get strong and relay messages (but our grief blocks those messages). So, whenever someone is thinking of someone who passed, they're providing them energy.
 Rob Gutro's latest book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation"  - is available in paperback and E-book on Amazon.com. 

For Rob Gutro's books: "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," "Pets and the Afterlife" and the new book "Pets and the Afterlife 2" -  visit Amazon.com   (or click this link) 

Spirits Can be Funny!

   As a developing medium, I tend to get messages when I get them - so I call myself a "medium rare": As in, not well done yet. When we pass, we maintain our personalities. I've come to understand that when our physical bodies die, the physical energy within it combines with our personality, memories and soul. It's through their personality that spirits will identify themselves. So, sometimes the funny personalities of the spirits come through.  That was the case when I was driving to an event with my husband.

    He and I were both in my pick-up truck and suddenly I smelled flatulence. He looked at me, as he smelled it, too. At the same time, we asked each other who had let out some gas. We both denied doing so, and that's when I "heard" a 60ish year old, overweight man who identified himself as "Larry." Larry said that he used to like walking around his house in his tee-shirt and boxer shorts and let out gas, just to be funny. He loved to laugh, and would always try to make his wife and grandchildren laugh.

   

So, spirits maintain the same sense of humor that they had here on Earth in their physical forms, and share that with us so we can identify who is "calling!"

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Rob Gutro is a scientist who uses science to explain Earth-bound ghosts and spirits. He has written 2 books about his experiences: "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," and "Ghosts and Spirits: Insights from a Medium." His blog is at: http://ghostsandspiritsinsights.blogspot.com/

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Lessons Learned, Ghosts and Spirits

For Rob Gutro's books: "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," "Pets and the Afterlife" and the new book "Pets and the Afterlife 2" -  visit Amazon.com   (or click this link) 

Pets and the Afterlife 2, Pets and the Afterlife

 

Q&A About Ghosts and Spirits: Part 1

Here are three questions I received from facebook  and my responses!

If you are mad at a person, can you "will" their spirit to stay away from you?

If you're mad at someone that passed, they would try  to honor your wishes to stay away, BUT, what they
all need on the other side is forgiveness to move on, so it may be difficult to stay away.
My aunt basically "haunted" me for the 25 years it took for me to convince my mother to forgive her. 25 years after someone dies is a long time to hold a grudge, and it's emotionally draining to us on Earth to hold onto it... so, it's better to forgive.

Or if they were a jerk in life, but still had some kind of love for you, is it the same when they die?

Yes. Once they get on the other side, they realize their actions were bad in life. Usually they want to be forgiven
for it, too. They'll always have love for you. When we die we maintain our memories and our personalities. So, someone
who was a jerk in life will likely be somewhat of a jerk in death. The ghosts that try and harm people/scare people were jerks in life.

• If they never understood how much you loved them, in life, do they "get it" after they die? I mean, if they doubted you and they were wrong about it, do they find that out after they are gone?

Yes. Spirits gain a lot of knowledge on the other side. Our thoughts are energy, and they are energy, so they can soak up everything we think and feel. They learn truths on the other side.
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Lessons Learned, Ghosts and Spirits

For Rob Gutro's books: "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," "Pets and the Afterlife" and the new book "Pets and the Afterlife 2" -  visit Amazon.com   (or click this link) 

Pets and the Afterlife 2, Pets and the Afterlife