NANCY CLARK

Currently I am working on a research project for my next book and I would like to invite you to participate in this project.  Let me tell you what I am working on. 

Throughout recorded history there have been many reports of ordinary people experiencing what they consider to be spiritually transformative experiences.  From the saints, prophets, poets, artists, and ordinary people like your next-door neighbor, or even you, the list goes on and on. Every day, ordinary people are feeling the power of a Divine presence working in their lives. In their hearts, they believe their experiences are not coincidental, but rather, attribute their experience to a Higher Power who helped them in some way, transformed their life, or resulted in their spiritual growth.

Some of the ways people have described their spiritually transformative experiences include:

• visions of religious figures or a being of Light
• a sudden spiritual awakening
• answered prayers
• sensing the presence of a Divine presence through dreams, meditative states, etc.
• a near-death experience
• a near-death-like experience
• a mystical experience
• after-death communications that confirm that the death of a loved one continues on

There are so many ways the Divine communicates with us and I've listed only a few examples so you can get an idea what I am looking for. If you feel in your heart that what happened to you can only be explained by a Higher Power and that this experience enhanced your spiritual growth, then you should bear witness to this event. Let me be your voice to spread this good news so others can be inspired to recognize the Divine in their own lives.

Remember, ALL experiences with the Divine have the power to deepen one's spiritual life in some way.  So please don't think your story isn't "big" enough to share with me.  If it impacted you deeply, I want to hear from you!

For the most part, we keep those experiences to ourselves, or share them with our closest friend or family. Now we have the opportunity to tell the world through my book that the Divine is alive and working in and through all of us.  What a wonderful opportunity it will be to share this love with everyone.  Please email me at: healeygarden@msn.com and please type the words "Research project" in the subject line so I won't consider your email spam and delete it without opening it. I will respond to your query and tell you how to go about writing up your experience for submission to me. If your account is selected for publication, you will have the option of having your real name mentioned, or if you prefer being anonymous, a pseudoname will be used instead. 

If you know of others who would be interested in participating in this endeavor, please pass the word.  People can also write to me at PO Box 835, Dublin, OH 43017 and please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply.

Thank you so much.  May you be blessed with abundant love and joy in knowing you have shared with others, a Divine moment in your life.

Nancy Clark