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The French Politeness Plan

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I came back to my hometown after more than 50 years in America, land that I love! Of course I made many visits over the years to my parents and family. My Grandma Elisabeth had 12 brothers and sisters, and somehow we kids and grandkids were close to each other. So we had family reunions and gatherings of all sorts. We also had disapproval and hardships!

Now people called me the American, because I guess I had become one. I feel closer to the American culture than the French one! So, quickly upon my arrival people confronted me with harsh treatment, giving me lessons on politeness.

I went to the cinema to see the famous new film “Comte de Monte Christo.” Some scenes were hard to watch, so I took out my phone to look at my email (just for 10 seconds). After 3 seconds the lady in the next row hit my back with her fist to let me know that was not permitted! Yes, I should have known! I decided to keep quiet and let it go, but I thought she was rude.

Then I took a small bus around town and before I had a chance to count my change I was being screamed at by the driver, “What was I thinking? What about the other people who had an appointment? Are they going to be late because of me?” I resolved to make an effort to be more mindful of others and be prepared next time! Then the coffee shop guy let me have it! He said he is the one deciding the rules not me and I should have my change ready! Why I am encountering so many mean people? What is the reason behind all this?

The last example is when I was trying a new coffee shop in town, determined to find a happy encounter! So here I am taking my coffee again and it was break time for the owner. I was sitting outside so he went ahead and locked all the doors leaving me no way to use the bathroom, which was not funny.

Opposite was another coffee shop, and I thought I have the right to use their bathroom. They are probably friends and will help me use their bathroom. Was I wrong! There the owner was in one corner absorbed in his computer and I was not sure who he was? Perhaps a customer. Do I proceed to the bathroom? Then I was welcomed with a politeness plan applied to all ages! How could I do such a thing? Now I was in real trouble! No excuse could validate my action! How could I be so disgraceful! Now everyone in my hometown seems very upset about my behavior!

What did I learn? France is a country ready to shoot fire at anything and everything. Everyone is on edge and ready to pick a fight! Everyone feels miserable and unloved. I want to be the one to bring new hope here and soothe their pain and misery, because in fact I am the lucky one who received so much love from my Heavenly Parent and from my ideal beloved eternal husband.

It is true we can grow and be better at any age. We can be more polite. We can return meanness with gracefulness and free smiles that come from the heart. Kindness is free and make us feel good and happy.

But the other day I was grumpy, so I am thinking to repair the misunderstanding and prepare a plan of action…to obtain forgiveness. Perhaps I will buy each of them a croissant aux amandes (delicious!) or some popcorn from the USA.

Once we are loved, this makes our heart happy and patient and loving. So we need to recover the strength to become such people again.

Finally, I had one happy encounter, with Christophe in an outdoor coffee shop in Corbier. Christophe is a healer and medium and believe forces of goodness will prevail as well as a brand new world starting in 2025-2026!

With love from your friend,
Elisabeth Seidel

Precious Counsel

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When we were young and awesome Dietrich and I gave counsels or tips to each other in order to have a better and happy life. I still find some pieces of paper with helpful words!

Here are some of the words of advice from Dietrich, which I always took to heart:

One: Do the little things that mean a lot
(One day out of the blue I shine his shoes)

Two: Talk with a pleasant voice
(Am I frustrated, irritated, upset? impatient? Which kind of energy am I communicating? Is it better if I can learn to control my emotions and my energy and reflect love, forgiveness, and understanding?)

Three: Know how to listen
(Am I here when he needs to talk?

Four: Believe in your husband’s potential
(All men need to be encouraged and valued and trusted)

I will add that money did not buy me love, but service to others brought me happiness.

Also, I love this quote from sister Lucia of Fatima: “The final confrontation between the Lord and Satan will be over family and marriage,” and my husband’s quote “the best therapy in the world is someone who cares about you!”

Have a blessed day!
Your friend, Elisabeth Seidel

The Pain Traveling Through Our Family Line

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A long time ago I had a good medical doctor, Dr. Teubl. By good I mean caring, welcoming, listening well, loving, emphatic, hopeful, with faith in God and prayerful. The moment you entered his office you sensed the good vibes! The good doctor was a family man, he had eight kids so he could understand all characters and personalities as he was being trained at home.

This good doctor said to me that we can overcome in one generation those problems inherited from seven previous generations. So, the remedy he gave me was a Bible verse to repeat every day. Because you see my problem was emotional not physical. I was born just at the end of World War Two, and my mom who was carrying me lived in anxiety. She had lost the previous child because the midwife happened to be drunk.

I read the following quote online:

Pain travels through family lines until someone is ready to heal it in themselves. By going through the agony of healing you no longer pass the poison chalice onto the generation that follows, it is incredibly important and sacred work.

Doctors often ask about your family history to understand your potential health situation, so we inherit the good and not so good. in today’s modern medicine there are so many different modes of healing: plants, herbs, homeopathy, energy healing, family constellation healing, spiritual healing, angels healing, prayer healing etc. Statistics have shown that a person who is prayed for heals faster, a person who goes to church can add seven years to their life.

Letting go of old stuff like toxic emotions, letting go of toxic shows, letting go of trauma, we need to break the chain. In vibrational healing it is possible even to remove stuck spiritual entities from our cells and raise our vibrations and replenish our energy through prayers, choosing good things, reconnecting with nature. Positive grateful thoughts raise our vibrations. 

Since my husband was a theologian, we talked often about the sins of our ancestors and how we wished to heal all of them during our lifetime, that all generations to come will be healthy and free!

I like these quotes from Hak Ja Han Moon, Mother of Peace, about healing the pain of our ancestors:

Besides bringing the word of God, during my tours I conducted ceremonies to liberate the spirits of those whose lives had been sacrificed. The True Parents’ victory upon the earth has opened the gates of resurrection in the spirit world. The members in Austria, in the spring of 2018, carried out such a ceremony. If you follow the Danube River west from Vienna for about two hours, you come to the village of Mauthausen. Amid its beautiful scenery is a visitors’ center in front of a depressing and sinister-looking building. That building with its towering walls of thick, gray brick brings on tears of bitter grief, for during the Second World War it was a concentration camp. There, the Nazis incarcerated Jews and many others. Many of the almost 200,000 people that passed through Mauthausen met miserable deaths. What remains are not relics from 70 years ago. The true pain one feels there is that of the spirit persons who are stuck in that prison, trapped in their resentment. They can resurrect only after the True Parents of healing and hope can console them and alleviate their bitter resentment and sadness. ~ Hak Ja Han Moon, Mother of Peace, 2020, page 219

Holding onto the frame of the Door of No Return, I shed tears, along with the mayor of Gorée and everyone present, as I prayed for Africa to be freed from the pain and resentment caused by slavery. Liberating those who have ascended differs from comforting those who are alive on earth. Both are possible through the earnest prayer of God’s only begotten Daughter, who carries the mission to save humanity. Facing the silent, grieving walls of the Slave House, I forever broke the miserable chains of Africa’s oppression. ~ Hak Ja Han Moon, Mother of Peace, 2020, page 293

Your friend, Elisabeth Seidel

Opening the Gates to the Kingdom of Heaven

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When my German spiritual father Reiner Vincenz was a missionary in Paris France, he said to me that he had always loved France very much. That’s why he came here as a missionary to share new spiritual insights revealed by God in order to bring peace and establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. He fasted and prayed for France with sincere tears and repentance for my country, loving my people. He also said that the funny thing in France is that there are rules and laws like in every country, but in France there is always another law or rule that contradicts the first one.

I will come back to my spiritual father’s life in another Insight Story. Today I want to share my experience in traveling in Europe, and laws and rules from different places.

In France you cannot imagine the train controller kicking you out of the train if you happen to have no ticket or if you lost your ticket. They will give you another one, plus fees.

In Hungary if you are retired, trains are free. In fact, Gisela, my sister-in-law, and I were planning to travel from Austria through Hungary all the way to Ukraine and the Soviet Union. But this trip never happened.

One day I was traveling from the Vienna woods to Vienna city by a most sleek modern fast train. As I was using the ladies’ room suddenly someone was banging on the door like they were searching for a murderer or something similar. I was so startled and scared. Tt was the most unfriendly train controller I ever met to this day; I remember him well. in Germany and Austria, where they speak German as well, do not think of bending any rule.

One year arriving in Europe through Italy, landing in Torino close enough to my hometown in the French Alps, I had no ticket as I was late. When I took out my American credit card to pay for my ticket, the controller suddenly became ecstatic: “Oh America, the country of my dreams! For you it is free! No need to buy a ticket!” That day the rules did not apply.

Ahh Italy! Les Italians, mes cousins! Savoie was part of Italy in the past, and then became the Kingdom of Savoie, le Royaume de Savoie. That’s why I also have Italian ancestors and love Italy so much. Italian songs make me cry, and the Italian spirit warms my heart. But I became American in heart because my family has been living here for more than forty years. My kids are American, Canadian, and French. That’s why we love the whole world, even the strict Austrians and Germans who need the French to melt their hearts.

We are supposed to love each other and our different cultures and origins. “We love our neighbor as ourself.” We have the same Heavenly Parent, and are we not here to finally open the gates of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.?

That’s why my German spiritual father came to France in the sixties. That’s why my true love is a handsome Austrian. And this is why we grow in our life to become a better loving person who learns to love others, resembling our Heavenly Parent.

Your friend, Elisabeth Seidel

Love Letters for Valentine’s Day

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During the 40 years of our married life on the earth Dietrich and I wrote many letters to each other, and we kept them all. They reveal the story of our life together, the romantic beginning, the hard struggles, and the true love centered on God that deepened over the years into an eternal, sacred bond.

For Valentine’s Day this year I want to share some excerpts from our letters:

To Dietrich:

“When you looked at me for the first time, I could see God in your eyes. There was so much understanding, goodness, and very deep love. I was so moved at that moment. How happy God must feel when He is at the center of a family. God can express Himself fully through a family, and that man during his lifetime must experience three kinds of love. It will be a wonderful adventure together to reach perfection!”

From Dietrich:

“You are more in my thoughts than my studies, and I still find it hard to fully get back to my class schedule. It feels to me that Heavenly Father performed one of His miracles to brings us two together. My whole outlook on life is changed since I became a married man.”

When we visited our families in Europe, mine in France and Dietrich’s in Austria, we faced many difficulties.

To Dietrich:

“My heart was so very painful the whole day and I know your heart was too. One thing for sure is that our ancestors have to unite together too, and this is a very difficult process. The fights are not only between both of us but between different nations.” 

 Dietrich’s encouraging response:

“We both know that we will find ourselves closer to each other if we both serve the higher purpose. … So much I wish we could always be deeply united with the love of our Heavenly Father. We have to determine every day to walk the path of restoration together and this way unite our family, our ancestors, and our countries. I will be with you in your prayers. I embrace you with all my heart.”

Before he passed, Dietrich told me “I will be always with you, forever together.” And it is true – sometimes I receive a hug from him in the eternal realm!

Please enjoy this recording of a talk I gave about our love story. Click this link or click on the image below to play the recording.

Your friend, Elisabeth Seidel

It is a Good Year

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Today is a good day!

The art of communication: to have listening skills can save the day. It can even save your marriage.

Listening to someone’s grievance eases the heart and heals the emotions.

Reading my memoirs, the first day I met my husband I wrote: We talk, talk, and talk!

Communication is the key. We feel valued! We feel loved! Appreciated! Needed! We belong!

Words have energy. Let’s choose our sentences carefully. Let’s speak beautiful things. Let’s convey God’s deep love for us everywhere we go.

Our Heavenly Parent has also the heart to communicate with us, encouraging us in this new year 2024!

It is a good day today! It is going to be a good year!

Your friend, Elisabeth Seidel

Jesus the Christ: Unlocking the Mysteries of Christian Theology

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When my husband was on earth and teaching theology, one thing I will always remember: Without fail there was always a mini New Testament Bible in one of his pockets, and if there was a few minutes when he had to wait, he would pull out his mini Bible and read, so Jesus’ presence was felt throughout the day!

When my husband was on earth and teaching theology, one thing I will always remember: Without fail there was always a mini New Testament Bible in one of his pockets, and if there was a few minutes when he had to wait, he would pull out his mini Bible and read, so Jesus’ presence was felt throughout the day!

I wanted to share one passage from an interview Dietrich gave in Los Angeles, California called “Unlocking the Mysteries of Christian Theology.”

Jesus wanted to do more in his lifetime. If he had accomplished everything why speak about the Second Coming?

Salvation is accomplished by accepting the Messiah, uniting with him, and loving him. That’s what Jesus’ contemporaries should have done. Then the kingdom of God would have happened in his lifetime.

Because of the rejection, God had to provide the alternative path of the suffering of Jesus, which then brought spiritual salvation, with the hope of full redemption on the physical plane through the Second Coming.

Please watch the full video here

Your friend, Elisabeth Seidel

“Thank you for the hug”

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I wrote this letter to my beloved husband Dietrich a few months after he ascended into the eternal spiritual realm. It turned out to be the first of many letters I wrote to him, to communicate with him “beyond the veil.”

Today our son Chris called from India, where he is taking a trip, and he said: ”Please, Mom communicate with Dad today, as it is November 1st All Saints’ Day. The Celtic tradition says this is the best time to hear your loved ones, your ancestors from the spiritual world, as the veil is the thinnest at this time. Happy Day of All Saints, Happy communication!”

So I wanted to share this letter with you on this special day.

April 13, 2017
Dearest Dietrich,

Most beloved, I love you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the 40 years we spent together here on earth. It was most amazing. Happy times like Heaven on earth; difficult times like the pit of hell; amazing times like the world is mine; tearful times till there were no more tears. In health and sickness, I always loved you. I know you did too.

I have to say, we were always connected by a most special energy, like a rubber band. If we went too far apart this rubber band would not stretch more but made us return to the starting point. You could swallow my sharp edges, and I made your sweetness more salty. We had some good fights; you always forgave me. It took me more time to digest the difficult memories, but ultimately I did too.

So what is left is the true love we feel for each other, because we did always include our Heavenly Father in whatever we did. I think this is the conclusion of our beautiful life together on earth with our God whom we both love. Without this ideal our life has truly no meaning. I am so grateful that your last words to me on earth were: “I will be always with you, forever together.” This sentence gives me strength and new life as we are now in two different worlds, apart but together.

So, every morning when I get up after reading some spiritual texts, I pick up my phone and go outside in the beautiful creation as we did all our life. I say:

“Hi, this is Elisabeth, your beloved wife. I love you so very much. I hope you are well. I am calling from the earth all the way to the spirit world where you now live.

I hope you are happy! I miss you, I am sure you miss me too.
I do not hear you back, because the connection is not so clear yet, but one day I will. But I know you are there and we are praying together.

Thank you Dietrich for your love. Truly, true love will prevail.”

By the way, thank you for the hug I got yesterday in my dream. It was truly from you. I did not want to let go of that hug, but then I woke up and said to you, “Thank you for the hug.”

God bless you, Elisabeth

Thayer Lane, Where the Moon Is My Street Light

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Thayer Lane in winter

When we moved to our new home there were no street lights on Thayer Lane. There never will be.

The nature, the evergreens, the night sky, the shiny bright stars, the North Star, the constellations, and the universe are there for all of us. Besides, among the celestial planets, when there is a full moon, it is as bright as it can be.

If you could see with spiritual eyes, you would see the warm fire of our hearts reaching out to each other and to God, love being the fastest of all, reaching across the oceans and mountains to illuminate, encourage, and heal those who have been wounded by angry words, irresponsible acts, means actions, bad choices, immoral behavior, and all the ugly things. If you could see with your spiritual eyes, you would see that there is a safe place with a loving couple standing before God, making petitions for others, and bringing them together as an extended family, to reach a new level of understanding and happiness, fulfillment, and accomplishments.

Our house wrapped in a rainbow

Joy is to be found and elevated to a new world where God lives. The knowledge of God is the greatest knowledge of all. God’s creation, all of nature, teaches us so much about how to live harmoniously with God and with each other.

Your friend, Elisabeth Seidel

Breakfast in Bed

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This morning I woke up with a luxurious idea: Did I ever have breakfast in bed?
I do not remember.

In France it is supposed to be one of the ultimate luxuries. I am not talking about when you have to eat in bed; if you are sick and at the hospital and can’t get up.

Perhaps once when my cup was too full, someone in my family brought me a croissant and coffee? I do not remember.

When I go to the next world, I will ask my grandma to make breakfast in bed for me. She was always so good to me. I miss her a lot. After we walked all the way to Montarlot by St Étienne de Cuines, the first village in the mountains, when we arrived back home she would bake these châtaignes (chesnuts) for me in the oven, or cook them with milk. I remember the taste of them. If I ask her, she will make breakfast in bed for me.

Of course, my true love has to be there too in order for it to be the ultimate luxury.

It cannot be at 6.00 am. It has to be later, when the sun comes out and you see it appearing behind your curtains. You hear the chirping of the birds in the backyard and nobody is hurried, because you are busy taking in the sounds of nature, and all the love you are already receiving from everyone.

Food is love. My Heavenly Father made luxurious food for me. I am so happy I can enjoy all the food He made for me, the cherries and the fuji apples. Who else would you think made such a delicacy?

Luxury comes also when we mix products from the farm, baking and cooking them, like apple pie, or steak and fries.

Woah! I will have breakfast in bed someday with my beloved. I will ask my grandma to cook it for us.

Is it not a wonderful world?

Elisabeth Seidel