Before we begin the final installment of the interview with Christa, I’d like to ask you all to please extend your love and prayers to CE family member Doug who is now undergoing cardiac bypass. Unfortunately he has extensive atherosclerotic disease so he’ll need as many prayers as we can possibly give him now during his operation as well as during his recovery.
And now Christa takes the stage:
Me: I hope they’re doing okay now. (She’s referring to her family)
Christa (brightly): They’re beautiful. They’re doing wonderfully! Thanks so much for asking!
Me: Oh, sure.
Christa: Everybody’s all grown up; everybody’s doing well.
Me: Good. Now, was it your destiny to die when and how you did?
Christa: Yes, it was.
Me: Why? What spiritual contract or mission was involved?
Christa: To be able to take a risk without being afraid. To be able to give it my all.
Me: And let go of the fear.
Christa: Yes!
Me: Were you here to teach something, too?
Christa (laughing): Teaching was my everyday life!
Me: That’s true!
Christa: Teaching definitely motivated me to be a better person, to watch these children come into my classroom and explore and grow up to be better people. I know it was my destiny to teach children in a different way. I was not a traditionalist. I believed in pushing the limits and stepping outside the box with every child I came across, because they’re all so different.
Me: Absolutely.
Christa: I got so frustrated in life against the—
Jamie (to Christa): Structure? Is that what you’re saying?
Jamie (to me): She’s so easy talking. Really, it’s like talking to my mom. Kinda weird.
Christa: I was so frustrated with the school structure that I would find ways to go against it.
Jamie (laughing): She’s smiling! She’s really proud of herself about that!
Christa: I know that’s why I was put on this earth—to change the lives of the children who came my way.
Me: Ah, so that was your spiritual mission this last lifetime? Did you have spiritual contracts with certain children in your classroom? Is that what you’re saying?
Christa: Yes. Yes.
Me: Okay. Can you describe your afterlife? What does it look like? What do you do there?
Jamie listens.
Jamie: Oh, that’s so cool! She says that it looks like anything you want it to be.
Me: Yeah.
Jamie: And she said, “If you can create the things in your mind that you need, then that is what your Heaven is going to be.”
Me: Hm. Interesting. I really look forward to that!
Christa: My purpose here—I work with children who are preparing to come back to Earth to sustain memory and spiritual cognizance.
Jamie: Cognizance. That’s not a word I normally use. That is a word, right?
Me: Oh, yeah. It is. I think it means awareness. Of course we’re talking to a teacher, so she’s way above us!
Jamie (giggling): I know! Uh, she shows her teaching them about spiritual qualities, enlightened energies, and the difficulties maintaining that when you’re on Earth. So she preps these little souls so that when they do choose to come back through, they enhance our world, turning it into enlightenment instead of keeping it in the same rut that it is in now.
Me: Oh, that’s wonderful! What a noble life’s work.
(Pause)
Me: So, do you live in a house?
Christa: I think where many people get hung up is that they think we have an earthly structure here in Heaven—we don’t work for nine hours, then go rest, then have a meal and then go to bed. We don’t need the sleep; we don’t need the house; we don’t need to eat; we don’t need the bed.
Me: But you can have those things if you wish.
Christa: Yes. And we have those social areas if we need or want them, but it’s not necessary. I do have a house, but I spend most of my time with the children or privately with a more intimate group.
Me: Okay. What insights did you gain given your new perspective after death, Christa?
Christa: I would first have to say that I gained the insight that life after life is a definite.
Me: Oh, good. Yeah.
Christa: I know I may be speaking about the obvious, but I just didn’t have that certainty before I died.
Me: You knew there was something bigger, but you weren’t sure that there was life after life?
Christa: Yes.
Me: Do you have any regrets?
Jamie listens for 10-15 seconds.
Jamie: It’s funny. It’s like watching her mentally go through people in her life.
Christa: Large regrets, no. But I wish I had said, “I love you” more to my mom—to be more appreciative of her.
Me: Aw.
Christa: But over all, no.
Me: I didn’t feel like you would, for some reason.
Christa: I guess I led a pretty clean life.
Me: Yeah. What was your proudest accomplishment while you were here on earth?
Christa: I gotta tell ya, it was something else being nominated!
Me: Gosh, I’m sure.
Christa: I have to say—I LOVE my babies, but that trumped it.
Jamie giggles.
Me: Well, that’s big! That and being a mom are both big accomplishments. So, now that you’re in spirit, has your sense of what your proudest achievement is changed or stayed the same?
Christa: Oh, it’s absolutely the same.
Me: Okay. What past life most affected your most recent one? Can you share that with us?
(Pause)
Jamie: Erik’s kind of explaining why the question is there, and she’s saying to him how interesting that is.
Me: That seems to be a popular and intriguing question over there!
Christa: I was Greek during the period when the Romans were growing in strength. I was a man. I wasn’t a famous astronomer, but it was more of a hobby for me. I worked with—
Jamie: I don’t know that name! She’s showing me the word P-p—
Me: Ptolemy, maybe?
Jamie: Whoa! How are you pulling that out?
Me: I have no earthly idea. It just came to me. Maybe she just flashed it to me. The P is silent.
Jamie: It’s like I never heard that.
Me (laughing): See, I’m not without skills!
Jamie (clapping): Yay!
Me: It’s a miracle!
Christa: I was under Ptolemy, and I got to learn how to build telescopes and how to use glass pieces. A lot of it was exploratory, but the most fascinating part for me was being able to track it and put it on paper from year to year.
Me: The movement of celestial bodies?
Christa: Yeah. It was just a little bit of a hobby, and it helped calm my mind about the wonders of the world and made me feel closer to the gods and goddesses. I’m very grateful for that life.
Me: That’s great, Christa. Now, your words here—you continue to be a teacher, because what you’re saying here is going to teach people young and old. So, do you have anything else you’d like to share with the world? This is a chance for you to have a voice.
Christa: I hope that for every person living you get one moment in life that you would truly die for to have it. Then you’ll know what it’s like to be deeply passionate, vulnerable and committed to yourself, fulfilling your needs.
Me: Do you think your death was to teach other people that rather than just as a lesson for yourself?
Christa (with enthusiasm): Yes, I hope it was!
Me: Aw, I’m sure it has been. Okay, now Erik. Erik loved school all of his life, so I’m sure he’d just love to have a question for a teacher. I’m being sarcastic, of course.
Jamie (chuckling): That explains the look on his face. I was wondering, because he was just gleaming at me with this fake smile.
Me: Basically, he despised traditional schooling, but he used to love teaching himself all sorts of things. Everyone has a different learning style and preference. So what do you think, Erik? Do you have a question for Ms. McAuliffe?
Erik: Yeah. What’s the easiest way to teach someone?
Me: Very good question, Erik!
Jamie: She kind of pauses. She’s got a very soft posture. She’s not stiff at all. Her shoulders are curved she just kind of sinks into it when she thinks.
Christa: You know, the best way to teach a person is really to let them teach themselves.
Me: Yeah! Encourage them to become self-propelled learners.
Christa: Yes.
Me: Well, thanks so much, Christa. I really appreciate your time and insight. You continue to be an inspiration.
Christa: Thanks so much.
Jamie: She’s thanking Erik.
Christa: Take care!
Me: Take care of those kids you’re guiding!
Christa (chuckling softly): I will. Bye.
