 PROLOGUE The Adventure Begins… I sat down for lunch that summer day of 2005 feel-ing perfectly fine. Gazing out my dining room window, I enjoyed watching a pair of squirrels frolic along the fence between the giant oaks in my Oklahoma back-yard. In the living room, the television hummed a Sunday afternoon football game. My husband would soon be snoring. I read a book and munched a few po-tato chips with my sandwich. With no warning, pain shot up my neck and into my jaw. Ignore it. I took another bite. More pain, in-stant swelling below my ear. Great, just what I need, I thought. Another attack. Though I hadn’t experienced a full blown attack in several years, I recognized the familiar symptoms. Swollen glands and shooting pain that made eating im-possible. I puzzled over what had set it off. Some might say “food allergy.” But after forty years experience, I knew the physical symptoms were merely a manifesta-tion of a spiritual mystery. As I sat cradling my sore neck, staring at my un-eaten lunch, I heard a command in my head. Go see that woman. This has something to do with a past life. Go see that woman. Oh, for heaven’s sake. I flipped the book I’d been reading over and gazed at the cover—One Soul, Many Lives by Roy Stemman. The book chronicled case stud-ies of reincarnation. Brother, was I prone to the power of suggestion, or what? My spiritual and intellectual curiosity had led me to many subjects, including reincarnation. It wasn’t a new concept to me. I’d read quite a few of the popular books during the 1970’s. There’s a certain fundamental sense of order and justice about karma. Didn’t Jesus say “As you sow, so shall you reap”? Isn’t Dr. Laura always popping off about accepting the consequences of our actions? Reincarnation turns life into one big game of “Truth or Consequences” through time and space. Still, wondering about reincarnation was sort of like pondering alien abductions. Maybe they were real, but I hadn’t personally been picked up by a UFO in a corn field. Reluctant Patient As my neck throbbed, I wasn’t in the mood to pon-der either ET’s or Eastern philosophy. Another attack was upon me and it hurt like hell. Going to a regular doctor wouldn’t help. I’d been down that road many times before. The thought commanded me again. GO SEE THAT WOMAN! “That Woman” was an English New Agey therapist named Helen. My friend, Kathy, had been seeing Helen for Reiki energy therapy. During treatments Helen had told Kathy of past life experiences causing trouble to-day. According to this Helen person, my friend’s swallowing problems originated from being hanged in a previous incarnation. Her sore feet supposedly echoed the lifetime in China when her feet were bound. Now, I really like Kathy, but I thought she was gul-lible. The therapist sounded a little too wacky for me. GO SEE THAT WOMAN was not a command I wanted to obey. I decided to handle the situation as I had done in the past--ask for some prayer and take anti-inflammatory medicine. Going to some dubious “thera-pist” was not going to happen. So, that night I went to bed for a fitful sleep with my aching neck and the determination to tough it out. Somewhere around dawn I stirred, groggy and grumpy. My face felt oddly stiff. I sensed a matted eye. Oh, great, add pink eye to the mix. That was a new one. I stumbled into the bathroom, switched on the light and turned toward the mirror. I expected to see yellow, crusty matting. Imagine my shock seeing blood. Caked blood sur-rounded my left eye. I peered closer. On the inside fresh blood welled up. I was tearing blood. Good grief. In forty years of attacks, that had never happened before. Again I heard the command. GO SEE THAT WOMAN! Okay, I knew how to take a hint. Review from Elaine Gavalas, Exercise Physiologist, Nutritionist, Yoga Therapist and Weight Management Specialist. Books include "Yogi in the Kitchen" and "the Yoga Minibook for Weight Loss" "Like her mentor Agnes Sanford, Dana Taylor’s spiritual memoir Ever Flowing Streams is breaking through twenty-first century conventions. Dana Taylor’s healing journey blends New Age healing modalities like Reiki, vibrational healing and past life therapy with her Christian faith. Ever Flowing Streams reveals how to tap into limitless healing energy streams flowing from the Universal Energy Field that’s available to everyone. I found inspiring insights and practical how-to’s that help heal the mind, body and spirit. Ever Flowing Streams includes step-by-step prayer and energy healing guides such as ‘Heal Thyself”, “Energy Work”, “Feel the Stream”, “Energy Exercise”, “Forgiveness Meditation” and “Distance Healing Meditation”. Ever-Flowing Streams is dedicated to helping others discover their innate healing abilities. | 
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