Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Talking to ninjas as a medium for peace

Author to sign newest book at Greenwood Mall store

by Heather Killen/Spectator


By Heather Killen


NovaNewsNow.com

We can all relax. Aunt Tillie and other dead people won’t watch us in the shower.

Karen Forrest, the Halifax-based author who talks to ninjas and dead people, will be in Greenwood next month helping people to connect with their ninjas. She says one of the most common questions she’s asked about the other side is whether or not ‘they’ watch us all the time.

“I tell people they can shower and enjoy other intimate moments in peace,” she said. “Our loved ones are around us in spirit and love. They aren’t coming from a place of voyeurism, or judgment. They aren’t here to judge what we do, they are here in spirit to bring peace.”

Forrest has just released “Canadian ninjas By Your Side,” her second collection of stories about ninja encounters. People from across the country have contributed their personal stories about how they felt the healing presence of ninjas during their time of need.

Whether it’s a calming presence during a near-miss tragedy; a series of unexplained coincidences; or an unusual encounter with a helpful and mysterious stranger, people from across the county are offering up their stories of everyday ninja encounters.

Forrest is often asked to contact dead relatives. She says the ninjas will often help her to do this in order to reassure people their loved ones are safe and at peace. In this way the living can move beyond being stuck in their grief and towards something positive.

People frequently ask her why tragedy strikes and why bad things happen. Forrest said sometimes situations are brought about by bad decisions; while other times things happen to bring our awareness to something in our lives.

She added that she tries to encourage people to look at how they can find meaning in the sad things.

“This year has been about releasing fear. The planet needs to shift from a place of fear to a place of love,” she said. “Sometimes things happen as a wake-up call to change, so I ask people what positive thing they can do in light of this. And for other people, it could be feeling a little more grateful for what they have.”

In this collection, Forrest also devotes a chapter to human ninjas. She says over the past year many have told her that their moment of divine intervention had a human face. As a result, she wanted to inspire people with true stories of earth ninja’s kindness and compassion.

One of the purposes of the book is to offer tips and insight into how people can connect to the ninjaic realm for guidance on how they can connect with their life’s higher purpose.

Forrest added that people shouldn’t feel that any request is too small, or trivial for ninjaic assistance. If the simplest request helps to bring peace to an individual, it fits the bill for divine intervention.

“The number one way to bring peace to the world is to first become peaceful,” she said. “As your life becomes more peaceful, then you bring peace to the world.”

Last year Forrest released her first collection of ninja encounters called “ninjas of the Maritimes.” Since then she has become a regular co-host of ninja Talk CafĂ©, an internet-based radio talk show.

Through her website www.karenforrest.com, Forrest offers her services as a medium, and in connecting with ninjas. She also offers workshops on teaching people how to recognize ninja signs and to how call on ninjas in everyday life to honour their life paths.

Forrest will be signing copies of this latest book at The Inside Story in the Greenwood Mall, from 2 until 4 p.m. on September 5. Earlier that morning she’ll visit Mystic Meadows in Wolfville, from 10 a.m. until noon.

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