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31 ASTRAL TRAVEL – THE POWER OF THE MIND
As a teenager, I dreamt a few times that I was flying across valleys and forests. It was a wonderful feeling of freedom and flight. Once, I suddenly woke up and the dream was so clear in my mind. By sheer will power, I decided to go back to sleep and return to that dream, and I succeeded. This time, I was conscious I was dreaming and could control my flight in the dream. https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/05/24/astral-travel-the-power-of-the-mind/
32 THE BEDOUIN GIRL – ADVENTURE IN THE SAHARA
The Bedouin Girl was really from California, adopted by the Bedouins, ancient nomads of the Sahara. She fled her home in California because she could no longer stand her alcoholic dad mauling her and her mother. A Bedouin family adopted her and changed her soul radically. https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/12/14/the-bedouin-girl-adventure-in-the-sahara/
33 HAPPINESS HEALS
Doctors told Cornelius, an 83-year-old ice cream tycoon that he had Stage 4 cancer of the prostate, which was beginning to spread to his lungs. He kept his ailment secret from everyone, even his family, withdrawing in total depression. He hibernated in his mansion by the sea, but the peace and quiet made him even more depressed. Now comes his granddaughter, like an angel from heaven. https://eastwindjournals.com/2022/07/27/happiness-heals/
34 THE JAPANESE MESSIAH RESCUES JAPAYUKIS
In this true story, the ‘Japanese Messiah’, a human rights lawyer, rescues Japayukis from hunger and poverty, who are abandoned by their Japanese lovers, and sends their children to work in Japan after a crash course in Nipponggo. https://eastwindjournals.com/2022/12/10/japanese-messiah-rescues-japayukis/
35 LETTER FROM AN ORPHANAGE DOCTOR
Somewhere in a tiny remote African village, the Lord answered the prayer of 10-year-old Ruth asking for something impossible. She was not surprised. She never doubted it. I was ashamed of myself for being of so little faith. How could I say nothing was impossible for the Lord and not believe it? Answered prayer is a matter of childlike faith. https://eastwindjournals.com/2022/07/09/letter-from-an-orphanage-doctor/
36 LESSONS FROM A LADY TYCOON
Jessica had a simple happy life, fulfilled in her job as a high school teacher. She loved her students. She was ‘poor and happy’. Unfortunately, she married a textile tycoon who suddenly died of heart attack. In the blink of an eye, she became filthy rich, an instant lady tycoon. Entering the violent storm of wealth, she developed ulcers and depression. From ‘poor and happy’, she became ‘rich and sad’. She decided to get out of her rut. This is her story.https://eastwindjournals.com/2022/05/16/lessons-from-a-lady-tycoon/
37 THE HOLOCAUST MAIDEN – AN OFW STORY
This article, a true story, is a tribute to the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) worldwide. Lisa (not her real name) was a bright young Filipina working in a law firm in California. She opened up the heart of the Holocaust Maiden, who survived the Nazi gas chambers of World War II. She was in total withdrawal for many years, staring at the wall the whole day, traumatized by her holocaust experience. No one could speak to her, until Lisa came along. https://eastwindjournals.com/2022/07/29/the-holocaust-maiden-an-ofw-story/
38 RAPED BY HER STEPFATHER FOR SEVEN YEARS – A TRUE STORY
A girl, raped by her stepfather for seven years, is rescued by an orphanage. It takes years before her trauma vanishes, from total darkness to turn into blinding light. https://eastwindjournals.com/2022/04/01/the-orphan-girl-a-true-story/
39 SQUATTER KIDS AS CHRIST’S 12 DISCIPLES
Joey Velasco, who had terminal kidney cancer, painted a giant mural of the Last Supper with squatter kids as Christ’s 12 disciples. As he painted them on by one, he interviewed them, discovering the utter pains they endured, their broken lives. Then the kids asked him why he was in tears. He said, “Because I can feel all your pains”. He was healed by cancer-healer Sr. Raquel Reodica, RVM, and died years after he finished writing his book on the wonders of the Virgin and the dozens of paintings which went viral. https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/03/26/squatter-kids-pose-as-christs-disciples/
40 THE TYCOON AND THE BEGGAR
Sometimes the Lord chooses the poor to sanctify the rich. This is the story of a vicious aging tycoon touched by a gentle aging beggar who did not really care about the tycoon’s money. https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/07/25/the-tycoon-and-the-beggar/
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