Tonight!! Rob's Live interview on YouTube: Paranormal Soup TV 11pm ET

Tonight, Dec. 4, Sun. from 11pm to 1 a.m. EDT- Rob Gutro is a Guest on Paranormal Soup TV
for 2 hours.
Youtube Live! Host: Jason Bland
Talking about Pets and the Afterlife, and Ghosts and Spirits!
https://www.youtube.com/user/oojblandoo/live

A Teeshirt Sign from Our Dog Sprite's Spirit!

My favorite photo of Sprite

Spirits can leave subtle reminders that they're still with us. It happened today and it was with the
simple sign of a tee shirt.
  Sprite was our Dachshund who passed in July 2013 at the age of 16 1/2 years old. A couple of months after he passed I had 2 tee shirts made with our favorite photo of him and the dates of his time on Earth. I have about 100 tee shirts (too many, I know, but they have my favorite things on them like dogs, superheroes and coffee). I rotate the shirts after I wear them and launder them, so they go on the bottom of each stack (there are 4 stacks). That way wear them equally. - I know, it's OCD, but it's also sensible in terms of wearing them out.
   Today as I reached for the "dog" pile of tee shirts, the Sprite tee shirt (and ONLY Sprite tee shirt) was on the top. That was NO coincidence. Today is the anniversary of the date that we picked up Sprite as a foster dog in Frederick, Maryland in 2012.
  So, our pets, like people, acknowledge anniversaries.
Sprite was letting us know that he's still here.
When it comes to spirits, there are no such things as coincidences.

Lessons Learned, Ghosts and Spirits

  To learn more about how pets communicate from the other side, check out Rob Gutro's books: Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead, Ghosts and Spirits, 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

Soul 101: What is a Soul? Animals, people

One of the questions I get asked often is whether animals have souls.  Of course they do. All living things have souls. 

Consider this a lesson in "SOUL 101" ."

WHAT IS A SOUL? In many societies (and religions) it is the immortal essence of a living thing. A soul is actually the energy in EVERY living thing that combines memories and personalities and knowledge.

DO ANIMALS HAVE SOULS?  Of course. Every living thing has a soul. To think otherwise is crazy.  To think something could live and function without knowledge, memories or personalities is foolish. Living things are not mindless zombies.

Animals (and dinosaurs) lived and died on Earth long before humans ever showed up. They survived because they had intelligence, instinct, emotions, memories, and their own personalities. After all, what makes one animal a pack leader and not all of them? Why are some animals shy? easily frightened? bold? challenging? That's personality. They all have it, just as humans do. 

WHO QUESTIONS IT AND WHERE DID THE CRAZY IDEA COME FROM? According to most of the Abrahamic religions, only human beings have immortal souls. Evangelical-Biblical Literalist, Baptists and Church of Christ churches believe animals have no soul.

Recently, the catholic faith even proclaimed that "Animals and plants" have souls  - but they put a "limit" on their statement thinking pets don't have conceptual intelligence, which I assure you, THEY DO. 
Why the Catholic faith (the one I grew up in and out of) thinks anything but people can be spirit is non-sensical. A spirit is a spirit. Period. That's like thinking because you have a college degree you'll be a spirit, but your neighbor who didn't go to college isn't smart enough to be a spirit in the afterlife. Do you see why it is a ridiculous argument? 

I'm unsure where that belief came from but as you can see from the logic above, it's absolutely untrue. Any living thing that can figure out how to survive, from a bird to an ant to wild boar has a soul. They have intelligence and a soul. Only ZOMBIES are soul-less. :)

DOES ANY MAN-MADE RELIGION BELIEVE ANIMALS HAVE SOULS?  Yes. Sikhism, Hinduism, Orthodox, Mormonism believe (and understand that animals have souls.  Islam and Judaism have conflicting beliefs- some sects believe it, others do not. 


BOTTOM LINE: For anyone who loses a pet and says "Animals don't have souls" please assure them they do, and they will be with us in paradise/other side/heaven/Valhalla, whatever you want to call it where all of the energies reside after the physical life is over. To think that any living thing doesn't have a soul is truly ridiculous. Animals have lived eons before mankind ever walked the Earth and they would never have survived if they couldn't think, feel and learn. 

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

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Give the gift of Spirit peace and comfort this season!

If you know someone who lost a loved one, either person or pet, why not give them hope and understanding that their loved ones are still around in spirit? In my 4 books, they can learn how, why, when and how spirits communicate. It will bring the gift of healing and peace this season./CLICK TO ORDER: http://tinyurl.com/god9234 /
The books are in paperback and E-book on Amazon.com and all are under $10 in paperback and under $3.99 in E-book by Rob Gutro
*Ghosts and Spirits *Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead
*Pets and the Afterlife *Pets and the Afterlife 2*
**All of these have been best-sellers on Amazon in paranormal categories**
So give the gift of peace and comfort this season! Happy Holidays.

Interesting Book! Venetian Legends and Ghost Stories A Guide To Places Of Mystery In Venice

While on vacation in Italy I stayed in Venice and found a book (in English) about ghosts and weird stories. I found "Venetian Legends and Ghost Stories A Guide To Places Of Mystery In Venice" by Alberto Toso Fei. (It was my first time in Italy, and everyone should save up to go).

I Recommend this Book! -   This book isn't just about ghost stories, it's about witches, mermaids, shrieking skulls, curses, dealings with the devil, wizards and more. Italians have a LOT of weird stories and this book was full of them. It was very interesting and entertaining and a good read.

One weird story called "The Squid With the Eyes of a Woman"  involved a not so friendly woman named Linda Cimetta who disappeared in April 1947 from her Venice shop. A Gondolier was arrested for her murder and was accused of trying to send contraband to her - and it was a deal gone wrong. So he murdered her, dismembered her and stuffed her parts in a trunk. Then he tossed the trunk into one of Venice's canals  The trunk was later found by two boys fishing, who found the grisly parts under squid. 
  Fisherman who fish in that area later have reported seeing many squid with the eyes of a woman. Creepy!!

You can find it on Amazon.com here in the U.S. at: http://smile.amazon.com/Venetian-Legends-Stories-Places-Mystery

• Perfect Paperback: 214 pages
• Publisher: Editrice Elzeviro; 2nd edition (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8887528063
• ISBN-13: 978-8887528060

Give the gift of Spirit peace and comfort this season!

If you know someone who lost a loved one, either person or pet, why not give them hope and understanding that their loved ones are still around in spirit?  In my 4 books, they can learn how, why, when and how spirits communicate. It will bring the gift of healing and peace this season.
  The books are in paperback and E-book on Amazon.com and all are under $10 in paperback and under $3.99 in E-book by Rob Gutro
*Ghosts and Spirits 
*Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead 
*Pets and the Afterlife 
*Pets and the Afterlife 2*
**All of these have been best-sellers on Amazon in paranormal categories** 
So give the gift of peace and comfort this season!  Happy Holidays.

Thanksgiving: Your loved ones in Spirit are There!

  

  Thanksgiving is not only a big holiday for the living relatives in families, but it also tends to be one for those who have passed. They come back to visit, too. In fact, just like you with your living relatives and friends - you call those you care about or join them on birthdays, anniversaries or holidays.    Spirits behave the same way they did in the physical and acknowledge those special days because they know we still do.  So, any holiday, special occasion, birthday or anniversary are typically times that spirits of loved ones (who crossed into the light) come to visit us.

LOOK  FOR SIGNS - This Thanksgiving week be on the lookout for signs.  Here are some examples: 
- If you turn on the radio and you hear a spirit's favorite song, know that the spirit has influenced you to turn on the radio..
- You may find yourself doing or saying something that your late mother,  father, sister, brother or friend would be doing, or saying. Spirits can influence us to do things and say things they used to.
- You may also see someone that resembles a late loved one if you're traveling about today.
- Look for pennies or other coins on the ground. Check the year, too- because it has some significance. I was out walking our dogs this week and found a Quarter with the year 1981 on it. That was the year my grandmother passed, so guess who dropped that coin for me?  

A BROTHER'S VISIT -  One Thanksgiving some years ago, my friend Lynn's late brother came to me with signs that she was able to confirm.

A DOG'S SPIRIT - Back in May of this year, I learned of a woman whose dog Bullitt passed so I sent her a facebook message, although we were not connected. Because of the way facebook is configured it's hard to find those messages because they go to some "other" folder. Well, just this week she found the message and was especially missing Bullitt this week. So, he 'helped" her find that message around the holiday to let her know that he is still around!  

Enjoy the day knowing that ALL of your relatives are around you.
  Happy Thanksgiving!
Rob

You can find more information about the signs spirits can give in my books "Ghosts and Spirits, Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead, Pets and the Afterlife and Pets and the Afterlife 2- by Rob Gutro. Available on Amazon.com in paperback and E-book.