World Awakenings #52 with Ray Catania

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Hey hey. It's time for yet another awesome episode of World Awakenings, A Fast Track to Enlightenment with me, your host, Carl Gruber. And this is the show who asks the question, why now more than ever are the people of the world awakening to all things spiritual, metaphysical and enlightening? Before I introduce you to our guests, please take a moment to click on the subscribe button below so that you never miss a single episode of this enlightening podcast. Well, our featured guest today here on Episode number 52 is Ray Catania. Ray is an author, publisher, master, certified life coach, Master Yasui Reiki, instructor and certified meditation instructor. On top of that, he also has a PhD in metaphysical parapsychology from the University of Sedona. In 2020, Ray published the first book of his three part Awakening series, the Atheist and the An Autobiography. A True Story of Inspiration, Transformation and the Pursuit of Enlightenment. And this book is a true story of his own spiritual enlightenment. And Ray, welcome, welcome, welcome to World Awakenings. Thank you so much for taking the time to be on the show Carl.

Thank you so Very much. I am honored and privileged to be with you today. Thank you for having me.

Oh, and it's awesome, I got to say. So I've read most of your book, the Atheist in the Afterlife and all I can say is, wow, you're growing. Growing up seem like a story from a Sylvester Stallone Rocky movie series. Trauma, near death experiences, accidents, and lots of fighting and resistance to your natural gift of being a psychic and a medium. Why did you struggle so hard with accepting your gifts and resisting using them to help those around you?

Well, in the earlier years I was raised Catholic, a strict Catholic family. Who would have thought that I was possessed by the devil if I came out and said, hey, I could see dead people. So that, that was something I repressed and kept it that way for many, many years. And then the next milestone was at about the age of 20 when I had the NDE or near death experience. And that reignited the spark from within, I guess, to want to know more, you know, maybe I wasn't crazy. Maybe there's something to this. I mean at this point, you know, when you go through an nde, there's no denying that there's something else after this lifetime, you know, it's there, it's in your face, you feel it, it's amazing. So that started the quest of wanting to learn more about it, but I still kept it a secret because I just did not. Again, people aren't very accept accepting or at least in my realm of existence they were not. So I kind of kept it to myself and didn't tell many people.

So what I read in your book, I mean honestly I really, that you really reminded me almost of Iraqi movie because you grew up in a real Catholic Italian family, you said they almost had a mafia esque type of mentality. And in the hard part for you, because it's a very macho type of environment, you, you were having these experiences even before your, your near death experience. I mean you as a youth, you were, you were in things, I mean, what type of things were happening to you then?

So I think that when most people go through repetitive traumas, which I unfortunately did, traumas and tragedies, you try to take your mind and remove yourself from the environment that you're in, right? Because of its disturbing nature and the pain that's involved emotionally, physically, or what have you, you try to remove yourself from that area or that, that realm. And eventually over time of doing this, I kind of pushed through the veil, if you will, and reached another level of existence where I was now communicating with others that were just at the time for me, it was great. I just thought, hey, I got some new friends. And you hear the stories of imaginary friends, right? Well, my imaginary friends could talk and we could interact and, you know, they were my friends. So that went on for quite a while until I actually, I revealed it one time to one of my real living friends who told her parents, who told my parents. And well, you can imagine what happened after that. So at that point I shut it down. It was just shut down. But to answer your question, I think the breakthrough is when you're experiencing trauma, repetitive trauma, you try to get yourself out of, of that reality and into one that's better.

And I'm also curious, and I'm sure our viewers and listeners are, what, what happened with this near death experience? What happened? And how old were you when this happened?

So that was roughly around 20 years old. There was a fire in my home. The I was living at home with my parents at this time. My bedroom is on the second floor and beneath is the kitchen. So apparently in the morning, my mom had woken up early and turned on the stove and it just kind of like sort of blew up a little, you know, just when, you know, the fire, the flames and whatnot. But they were able to contain it and put it out relatively quickly. But the fire department was dispatched and called and they came to the house and so, well, I'm still upstairs. I have no idea what's happening. But now I start hearing all this ruckus. You know, I hear the, the sirens, I hear the radios of the police and yelling and, you know, carrying on. So I want to get up and see what's going on. And this is the first time I realize I cannot move. I am almost completely paralyzed. And now I'm really panicked. What was happening was the fire was caused from a gas leak. It wasn't the smoke that got me. It wasn't the fire that got me. It was the gas fumes that were rising all night up into my room. So I was breathing them as I was sleeping and had no idea. So I noticed that I can't move, I can't move my face, I can't yell. But I was able to move my right arm, arm and a little bit of my right leg. So I started to pull my way to the edge of the bed. Now as I would make a couple of inches, I would pass out again because the gas was just, you know, powerful and, and, and we don't know how many hours I was breathing that in so I would hear the commotion again. And I woke up again, and I tried to pull myself to the edge, and I pulled with everything I had, harder and harder. And then I passed out again. So the next time I woke up, I knew that if I did not get out of that bed, I was dead. I just knew. I could feel it. It was getting worse. So with everything I had, I pulled myself the last time, and I must have passed out, but at the moment of being at the edge of the bed. So then I fell out of the bed, luckily, right? And I hit the floor and I. And I hit my chin first. I. I still have the scar under here to remind me. And they must have heard a thump downstairs, right? So everyone had to hear that. So my father came running up first, and, you know, he grabbed me and he was screaming for the paramedics, you have to get up here. Help my son. My son. And he was cr. Screaming, but I'm not in that body anymore. I'm not there. Once I hit the floor, I didn't even feel the pain of hitting the floor. It was almost like a split second before I hit. I was out. And I was at the. At my ceiling, looking down on my dead body while my dad was holding me and screaming and crying for help. He was completely distraught. Now, this is where things get really interesting. If that's not enough, there's a light that. It's like, almost. The best way I can explain it is a spotlight. It felt like this huge white light that was only shining on me from above. And when the light hits you, you have this feeling of euphoria that I'm still trying to put into words. It's unlike any feeling I have ever had. But I can tell you it is the most peaceful, calm, beautiful, euphoric feeling you can. One can ever have. And so I wanted to go further into the light, because as I went further in, I felt this euphoria increase over as I got closer. And there was a being at the end of the light that I never really got to see. But he.

She.

It said, ray, it's okay to come into the light. It is safe to enter the light. And so I did, and I went a little bit farther. And as I went a little bit farther, I was like, this is absolutely great. I cannot believe how great this is. But I looked back at my dad and I saw him hysterical, like I've never seen him before, over me anyway, because we didn't have a particularly good relationship while I was alive. And when I saw that I thought that, you know, what I said to the being was, I cannot leave my dad like that. I have to go back. And the reason I think I did it, I look at it now, the reason I think I did it was in the hopes that, okay, he really does love me. And when I go back, we're going to have this bonding. We're going to have this. This relationship over that. And unfortunately, that. That never occurred. Things just went back to status quo. But that was the reason I had come back. And when I awoke, I was no longer in my dad's arms. I wasn't even in that room anymore. I woke up, I was on the living room floor downstairs. And the paramedics were. Had all their tools, equipment, and paddles and whatever else they were using, and they were just frantically talking to one another. And I'm like, guys, guys, I'm fine. I feel great because I still had that euphoria flowing through my whole body. So I really, honestly did feel great. And I had looked down to assess myself, and I was wet. You know, when the body dies, you can't hold in urine or anything else for that matter. So that all comes out. And I'm now embarrassed, and I'm like, I'm sorry. You know, I don't know what happened, but did you guys see the light? Did you. Did you hear the voice? Did you see that light? Wasn't that amazing? And now I noticed that they're looking at me like, maybe we need to bring them to a different hospital. And so I shut up again. I got that feeling like, I better not say what happened. Let me just let them do their thing. They brought me to the hospital. There was a long period of time when my mother did not acknowledge this event as actually happening. It wasn't until I wrote the book and she read it that she actually told me about the incident and the things that I didn't know. Apparently, when I was in the ambulance, she was not allowed in. She was in the police car, and they were driving her with the sirens. What was happening was the ambulance would pull over. I don't know how many times she said, maybe three or four. And she was like, well, what's going on? Why are we pulling over? Why are we pulling over? And they would just say, they would. They're working on him. Everything's fine. They're working on him. If an ambulance pulls over, it's because they need to take the paddles, and they don't want to hit the wrong person if they get a bump, right? So obviously I had a couple more deaths on the way to the hospital, but I don't remember them. I only remember the one where I was in the room and the light and the being at the end of the light, who. Who I hope to meet again one day. So, you know, long story short, I got to the hospital and like I said, I came out of it feeling. Different in the sense that I. What was that? You know, like I. My analytical mind still kicked in and would not allow me to let it be what it was. I had to justify it. I had to compartmentalize it and stick it in a box because I'm afraid of others reactions and what they're going to be and I'm going to be judged and people are going to say I'm crazy because that's the way it was. You know, if. If you spoke to dead people, you were the devil. You know, that's just, that's the way it's written. So I figured, well, you know, here's the thing. The white light, maybe I fell in front of a window on what was probably a sunny day and I inhaled gas fumes all night long. So maybe I was high from the fumes and it made me hallucinate and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I explained it away.

Yeah, you justify things. Yeah. Yeah.

Wow.

What. What an amazing experience. You know, it's interesting. I've read a lot of stories that. About ND ears near death experiences and most of them seem to have that. That same experience of experiencing a euphoria and all knowing of oneness and unity and also being the given the choice whether they want to go into the light or go back. One of the most famous is Anita Moorjani's book Dying to Be Me, where she died from cancer and she. She had an ND and she was given a choice and she went back and miraculously all her cancer cleared up and now she's. She's a hay house bestselling author inspiring people around the world. So kind of like you're going to be so.

That's amazing. When I came back, the first thing that happened was the pain set in and it was like a bomb went off. I was like, why in God's name did I come back to this? I had it so good over there. It felt great. There was no pain, no worry, no nothing. What the hell did I do? I made the wrong mistake. I wanted to do over. I wanted to do over. I wanted to get back to life.

So you know, the interesting thing for me, like I told you, I'VE read most of your book and just as a reader, it was just like at times you were so reticent to hesitant to accept your gifts as a clairvoyant and medium that I almost wanted reach it. Come on, Ray, will you accept it? Come on, do this. But you finally did, and it wasn't that long ago because, I mean, in the book you're talking about 20, 19, just a couple years ago. So it's only been the last couple of years where you've really totally opened up and accepted everything.

That's right. That's right. So the. There was a long period of time. I will say this, however, though I did research nd ease just to see if others experiences were similar, to see if that's what it was. And what I did find is that they all are extremely similar to the one that I had. But yes, again, yeah, I suppressed it for many, many years. There was another pretty big incident when I was a little older, but I'm still a bachelor and I had my own apartment. And it was. It might have been my first or one of my first. And I had a roommate, but he was never there, which was great. So I had this whole place to myself and. Or I thought I was alone anyway. And things started to, you know, happen that were very much out of the ordinary. I would see the shooting line and feel like I'm being looked at. You know how you just get that feeling and you're like, is somebody there? And I would go out and into all the rooms to see if somebody was there, and there was never anyone there. And then I had instances of the lights flickering. The phone would cut out, the alarm would be turned off. I mean, they were just completely messing with me that. So I'm like, this place is haunted. I told my friend on the phone, I'm like, I think I'm living in a haunted house. And I got to get out. And at that moment, the phone clicked off, cut off completely as I said those words. Yeah, so. And they would not let me sleep. I mean, they would not let me sleep. I had to use. Use alcohol, medication, anything I'd get my hands on to. To get to sleep. Because the. The vibrations got so intense and so disrupting to my lifestyle that I had to. I felt like I had to do something. But again, I'm like, maybe I'm just crazy. Maybe I'm losing it. Maybe this, maybe that. I just. I was like, this house is haunted. And I moved to a new house and that house was haunted. So it's not the house. It's Ray. Right. Okay. We can now establish the fact that we. It doesn't matter where the hell I go, they're coming with me. So that, that, that went on for quite a while. And again, I did not tell anybody. I kept it to myself. I kept it bottled up. I masked it with alcohol and just went about my life.

Wow. Wow. So. So they wouldn't leave you alone. Is that the spirits, the beings in the non scene realm trying to, to shake you up and say, please use your gifts?

Yeah, I could be. Yeah, very much so. I mean, in hindsight, had I known how to tune into them better, I would have been able to have some communication. The only communication I was getting was like, yeah, they were trying to shake me up and say, I'm here, you're there. But I was scared. I mean, I was literally frightened out of my mind. There was times when I would not get out of bed, you know, and I would lock the door to the bedroom. And meanwhile I've got. The apartment door is locked, the alarm is on, everything's locked up, but I'm locking myself in the room. Like, you know, looking around like this and I thought I was losing my mind. I really did.

Well, let's go to a different aspect of your life. I really find it interesting. You have this amazing lady in your life, Jessica, and she was a prime moment motivator. Do you finally accepting your gifts and using them to benefit the world and yourself and the people around you.

And that was so ironic. So the thing about Jess is she is a doctor of psychology. Okay. That will play a role momentarily when I tell you this story. So we had just started dating and we were in our, maybe our end of the second month, maybe third. Ish. And the topic that typically comes up when two people start to get serious, we both had children from different marriages. So the topic that came up was, what are your beliefs? What religion are you? And something to that effect. And I said, I don't know. I mean, I kind of think, you know, we just die and everything goes black. And that was the easy answer. You know, I didn't have to address the nd I didn't have to address the things that I saw. The easy way out was atheism, right? That was fine. So I said, well, how about you? And, you know, she had told me she was raised Catholic, but she was much more spiritual. And she started to tell me a little bit about spirituality and I'm like, oh my God, is this girl a cookie? I mean, I really you know, I don't, you know, I don't know any of this now. I did terminology, I don't understand anything. So I'm starting to think, you know, something's a little off. She says, listen, here's what I'm going to do for your birthday. I'm going to buy you a spiritual clearing. Okay, sounds great. Will there be cake? So it didn't phase me because I don't think that's a thing and I don't expect anything to come of it. And you know, but I was just, I was like, okay. So the woman who was doing the process, she called me on the phone, the energy healer. And she explained to me what would happen at my job. And now I'm still at my, my full time day job. I'm a vice president of a company. She's like, don't make any appointments today. I was like, okay, so I can't. I cleared my calendar for the day and she did her thing from I think it was 10 to 11, and then called me afterwards and said it was completed. And me a bunch of stuff about what had transpired. I was like, oh, okay, thank you so much. I really appreciate your time. And I. And that was that you weren't even.

There alive with her. Right. She did this.

No, remote that. The first time it's remote. Yeah, the first time it was completely remote. And she said you might feel a little off for the next couple of days. You know, just if you do, don't, don't worry about it. Just give me a call if it gets too bad. And I'm like, whatever, sure. So as I go about my day, I notice that my equilibrium is off. And I'm sure we've all had days where you just kind of wake up and you drop everything or you're clumsy and things of that nature. Right. You're driving and the light turns green and you're still just sitting there. It's just like one of those days. So I was definitely off. Well, day two I was more so off. And by day three, I actually did call her and say, you know, I don't know if this is from this, but I got to tell you what's going on. And she's like, it is and it will go away and you're going to feel much better after it does. Okay, I accept that and we move on.

Now.

What really happened is that the floodgates were open because I am now completely attuned and am able to receive these energies for what they are. And I start seeing A vision. I remember the first time I saw it. I was watching Netflix. I'm living in my home. She's still living in her home, and she's. I'm watching Netflix. And you know how you. You click the channel, Click the channel and you're looking for something to watch and your mind is just a little like, not really focused on anything. It's kind of like an altered state. A little bit of an altered state. And what I saw was I see a movie screen. This is how I always see my. My things, my. My premonitions or visits. And there was a man on the screen. And he would get up, his back was to me, and he would turn his head to the left and look at me. And he would always say the same thing. It has a curse word. Is that okay? On the.

It's all good.

Okay. He turns to me and he says, I fucked up. I made a mistake. You can help her. I cannot. I have no idea what this means. I have no idea what I'm looking at. But the interesting thing is, on the movie screen is Jessica to my left. And they're both looking down at something that I can't see. But Jess is really scared of it. Whatever it is, it's horrific to her. Her face was just like. Scared is putting it mildly. So it ends. It's about an eight second video loop. I wound up calling it. And I go back to watching Netflix and it interrupts me again and I try to watch and it interrupts me again. Now it comes and goes throughout the day, but it's getting more and more often. It's getting more and more vivid. I see the man. I sort of hear the man, if you will. Not with my eyes, right? And this is all telepathic. I'm not using my eyes or ears. It's all Sixth Sense related. But I see, I'm seeing it so often that the second day turned into the third day. And by the end of the third day, I remember the final straw. I was at the counter at CVS and I was paying for something and I just froze because I'm seeing this. I'm watching the movie over and over and I want to know what they're looking at. And the lady's like, sir, are you okay? And I looked at her and for the first time I said, no, no, I don't think I am. But I handed her my credit card, she rang me up and I got to the car and I saw it two more times walking to the car. And I'm like, okay, this Is it? I cannot take this anymore. Here's the thing. If I am crazy, I need to know. The last thing I want to do is call Jessica and say, hey, hon, I see things that I don't know what they are, and they talk to me. And, you know, she's. She's going to run for the hills. I'm thinking, right? She's a doctor of psychology. I led with that. Her medical background is going to be this guy's Looney Tunes. I never want to see you again. And, you know, go get some help and have a nice life. But that's not what happens. When I tell her, her response is, oh, do you think it's my dad? And I said, what? The man. The man that you see all the time, is that my dad? And I said, no, this is definitely not your dad. I saw that picture on the. On the mantle that you have, and it looks nothing like him. This guy has a full beard and a mustache, and he's lot stockier and heavier, and it looks nothing like your dad. Absolutely not. It's not your dad. So she pulls up a picture on her phone of a man with a beard who's stockier and fits the entire description of what I just said. And she said, is it him? And I said, holy shit. You know that guy? She's like, that's my dad. And I said, what? The picture? Why? Why? She goes, he was much lighter there, much younger. He didn't have his beard yet. It was taken at a different time in his life. And I was like, now this is getting scary. Now this is really getting scary. So she proceeds to tell me, she's like, you might be a psychic medium and you don't even know it. And I said, don't even get around like that. That is a burden I would never want to bear. And so she. She went on to explain to me that many years prior before this, she had gone to see a medium. And that medium, her dad, did come through. In fact, the medium said that he was so powerful coming through from the other side that he actually shook up the medium. And this guy is the best of the best. He's the teacher who teaches mediums. I mean, he's the guy, right? So for him to say that, you know, means that her dad is this prominent figure on the other side. He was here, too. I mean, here he ran a big company, and he was very successful, and he was, you know, a big presence, and apparently he still is. So he was not going to let this rest, whatever this thing was. I needed to know what it was. But I'll tell you, the second I told Jessica in full, the feeling went away, the sights went away, everything went away. The vibrations were gone. I felt relief. I felt like it was just off my shoulders. And I guess that's what I was meant to do. Now I can look back and I know I had to deliver that message to Jessica because it was about somebody who was in trouble with their health. And I think I go on to that in the book. And then we had to come up and devise a creative way for that person to get medical attention who has no idea that there's something wrong with them, which we did. And that chapter is called the version of a Death. But, you know, how do you tell somebody? Imagine you're meeting your. Your girlfriend's family for the first time and you say, well, you know, I got this message from, from John, you know, the dead one, and he wants you to go to the doctor right away and get this checked out. Otherwise you're going to die. And it was nice meeting you. So that, yeah, we had to devise a way. And she found, figured out a way to get the message across. The person did get the doctor and everything worked out fine. But the messages kept coming.

Well, I'm just going to remind everybody, viewing and listening, we are talking to Ray Catania. He is the author of the book the Atheist and the Afterlife, an Autobiography. And much of what Ray is talking about here is in the book. It's quite the read. You know, I think my jaw was hanging down. But, you know, I'm going to shift gears a little bit here because I've done three or four episodes of the show interviewing true clear channel trance mediums, and my understanding is a clairvoyant medium. What exactly is a clairvoyant medium and how does it differ from a trans channel?

So when you channel, you are actually allowing the energy being to enter your body. And that is something that I did try and I think I put that in the book. I was unsuccessful at doing it, but I did allow. I told John it was the. It was either his birthday or the anniversary of his death. And I wanted to do something special for, for Jessica. And so I broke out all the tools and, you know, I said in the book, I said, you know, we're going to need 12 candles and I need something personal of his and blah, blah, blah. And I don't know what I'm doing. I'm just, you know, this sounds good. So, you know, just go with this. You know, remember I'm in my infant stages of mediumship. I am no, you know, no guru of mediumship. So I'm just kind of winging this here. But I do go into a trance, and I do see John, and we are communicating, and I tell him that it's okay to enter. I want you to. And I want you to be able to speak to your daughter. They had an amazing relationship. I mean, like, it was just. From the things she tells me, it was just absolutely. Just the best relationship you could have with a parent in. In my opinion. So back to that night. As he was getting closer and closer, I started to get sicker and sicker. And eventually I had to get the garbage can because dinner was about to come up. And then he pulled back and he said, you're not ready for this. And he was right. I would have gotten really, really sick. But. So the other aspect of mediumship is where I see something with my third eye. It's not my five natural senses. It's inside. And I usually typically see this big panoramic movie screen, and something transpires, but the person on the screen at some point will turn around and address me in some way, shape or form.

Wow.

This is.

This is pretty amazing. Wow. So how did it come about that you ended up writing a book about your life's journey and it's the first of three. Three books that you. You have intend to have two more. So is it. Was it a. Basically a cathartic experience and finally putting it all together for you?

So it started as my. I was in therapy for ptsd, and my. My counselor suggested that I write down my traumas into a journal and start to create a journal. And, you know, that's really difficult to.

Do.

So I would inject, I guess, little jokes or make light of it to the best of my ability. And I think I did that just. I don't know, maybe out of wanting it to be less severe than it was. And I started to share them, you know, with Jessica, and she would read it, and she's. She's like, you're. This is. This is amazing stuff here. You have to publish this. And I'm like, publish this. This is my most private shit. Publish it. She goes, you don't understand. I'm a psychologist. People will read this, and it will help them. They will be able to relate, and then they will be able to see who you are now, today. And I was like. But I still didn't want to do it yet. But I kept up with the journal as I was Supposed to with the counselor. And then that journal eventually grew into what is now the book. Wow. The second one has a similar basis. It's journal and. And substance as well.

Yeah. And then there's a third one beyond that. I love that. I can't wait to that too.

The third one has like not even a page written. But the second one is in editing and hopefully it'll be out in March.

Well, I'm curious. So now that evidently Ray has come to a place of fully accepting your natural gifts, how exactly are you now using your natural gifts as a clairvoyant medium to. To make the world a better, happier place?

That is not exactly what I do. Since I am new at mediumship and doing psychic work. I don't do readings, I don't do this professionally. I am a life coach, however, and I teach universal laws and principles similar to your book. Laws of attraction, laws of vibration, metaphysical mind reprogramming the subconscious. And, and. And that is the basis of my coaching. Now if I do get something that is relevant, I will use it in the coaching. But I ex. I express this to everyone that do not come here for a reading. Come here if you want to change your life. It's completely different. Now the question that always arises is well, why don't you do readings and a. It's because I'm only in this for two years and there's people that have been doing this for 20 years. My. Ironically, my teacher for the past two and a half years is the medium that read for Jessica when her dad came through. Remember I told you she had met the. One of the top top mediums and that story in and of itself is. Is crazy how that came together because it was my birthday weekend and she didn't buy me another spiritual clearing. She bought me a little mini trip where we went away to a resort where you meditate and really get in tune with yourself. And the. We were trying to connect her computer to the Internet and what pops up? I said tell me about this guy. You know that the medium guy she had. She brought the picture he drew of her dad because he is a spiritual artist. I forgot to mention that. So she brought the picture and that piqued my curiosity and I said, let's see if he has a website. She brought it up and sure enough it said said, we are now accepting applications for a two year mentorship. Seats are extremely limited. If you wish to apply, start here. The deadline to apply was February 15th. That's my birthday. So if that's not universal intervention I don't know what is. She brought the picture. The deadline was my birthday and I filled out the application. And the application, by the way, was no joke. I mean, it was like a telephone book that of essay questions that you had to answer. And I understand there was nearly 400 people and 12 were chosen. And everybody else in there is, you know, accomplished and they know what they're doing. And then there's me, you know, but, you know, what he said to me is that, you know, I, I just have the ability naturally, and I guess that's why I'm there.

Well, that is amazing. And, you know, I think in your book you've said that you believe that everyone has an innate psychic abilities but have no idea how to tap into it. What would be your best advice right now to somebody who has a feeling that they have the abilities like you do, but they're also afraid to, to use it or bring it out?

Well, if they're afraid. Well, let me, let me tell you how I would do it if they're not afraid and they come to me and they want to do it, and then we'll backtrack. So typically, you know, when I begin coaching with somebody, I try to. I want to know what their goal is, what they are looking for. No two people are alike in coaching. You're a life coach too. So I'm sure you realize that everybody you see is completely different. They're in a different, different stage in their life. They're looking for different things. But one of the easiest ways that I have found for someone who's newbie that, that wants to use their sixth sense. I start with meditation for manifestation. That is a very specific meditation where you, you, you are actually, I give you the words to say so you don't have to be completely blank. And, you know, do the more intense meditation where you're trying to clear all thought. That's not what we're doing. What we're doing is we're getting you in touch with the universal structure, with the universal collective. And that's the first part of meditation. And I tell you what to say to do that. And then we go through a process of chanting. And then we go to the manifestation, which since all people not only have this ability, but they are a part of God and God is a part of them. And I'm referring to God, the universe, whatever word, the creator, whatever you wish to use. Jesus told us that. Buddhist told us that. I didn't make it up. And you are therefore partners with God and you can Create together. But you have to know how to ask or tell what you want. And it has to be done in a certain way because they don't speak English, they don't speak French, they don't speak Spanish. So you have to tell it in vibrations and visuals that the visual gets translated to a vibration and that is what they can grasp onto. And once you do that the universe is going to, as you know, the universe is going to start to move things around to make it be so. And so that's the very beginning of using their sixth sense. And they usually get a quick manifestation reward from this and they're after that they're pumped and they, and they want to go to the next level.

Level. That's a great explanation. It's interesting of a few episodes ago I had a law of attraction teacher, master teacher and she wrote a. Created a 40 day manifestation workbook and of her own accord she mailed me one. And actually just today the. I finished the 40th day of you know, get up writing. You know, what do I appreciate love and appreciate today. And then what I would like to. Wouldn't it be nice if. And it's interesting. It doesn't. I think that as practitioners, as life coaches Law of Attraction, we're also, I mean we're not just teachers, we are practitioners. We do it on a daily basis. It doesn't matter what level you're at, you can always, you need to keep doing it and doing it and it reaffirms and as you see things manifest because everything is energy and you put it out there to the universe, man, that beautiful explanation. Thank you for that Ray. That was great.

And then when they have their first hit, you know, I, when I started this and I was taught from my mentor, he said give it 90 days and I've got folks coming back in like two weeks. And, and some of them do it with little silly things and some of them do it with really big things and but they're getting the, they're getting it quickly and they're realizing how tapped in they really are and how much power they really have. And I, that's amazing for me to watch. It really touches me.

I, I'm just amazed, you know, I really can't encourage people enough that they should read your book the Atheist and the Afterlife and Autobiography. It's amazing because how far you've come in such a short time after a life of basically denying and now you're just blossoming beautifully and it's, it's just awesome. It really is thank you. I am going to ask you the podcast main question. So why now more than ever, do you think that the people of the world are awakening to all things enlightening, metaphysical and spiritual? Why now?

Why now? That is, I think that if you go way back in time, you will find that it was very prevalent back then. And then we went through this period of materialism where we learned how to make things, build things, capitalism. And, you know, there's nothing wrong with any of these things. Making money, getting involved in acquiring more goods, and, and our focus was less on happiness derived from spirituality, and it was more derived from instant gratification. And when you, when you go out and buy yourself that fancy new car that you always wanted, how long do you drive it before it's no longer making you happy? So people are starting to realize that the instant gratification isn't what it's all about. And the more people that come out like you and me and others that are putting out these books and, and trying to change the world one person at a time, it's catching on. They are understanding it. And, and, and, and I know, like, some of the people when, when I begin coaching them, they're still in that material world. And, you know, and I watch them transition to what's really important, you know, like telling your loved ones you love them every single day when you end the conversation, because you may go out and not come back. You know, God knows I did it enough times. I had so many brushes with death. You know, I make sure I don't care. We could be in a fight, Jess, and I could be in a literal fight, and I'm storming out the door. But before I go, I'm going to say, I love you, and then I close the door just in case I don't come back. Seriously. So priorities are shifting. And it's, and it's good. It's really good because the fancy car, the watch is this, this, the that. There's nothing wrong with it if you can afford it. That's phenomenal. Bless you. But don't make that the highlight of your life. Make your spirituality and your connection to others the highlight of your life. And when you do that and you accomplish it and you get a grip on that, you can get that watch anytime you want, or the car or anything else for that matter. And when you know you can have it and it's always there, you probably don't want it anymore. Maybe you do.

Well, we've been talking to Ray Catania. Not only is he a clairvoyant medium. He is a life coach, reiki master and and a PhD in metaphysical parapsychology. That, that is just awesome. We're literally have, are watching this man blossom and become a beautiful ray of light in the world. And thank you for coming on World Awakenings. Ray, how do people get a hold of you have a website? What is the URL?

I do Limitless Publications. That is the primary website. From there you can navigate to the book or you can go off into the coaching section. Everything starts with Limitless Publications dot com.

That is, that is just incredible. Ray, thank you so much. I, I'm, we've been blessed to have you on. Thank you my friend. Thank you.

I'm, I'm. I'm blessed. Believe me. I'm honored and grateful. Thank you. Call.

This has been another episode of World Awakenings, the fast track to enlightenment. With your host, Carl Gruber, a certified law of attraction life coach. We welcome you to tune in each and every episode of this podcast, World Awakenings as we open your mind, your heart and your eyes to the fact that all the world's population is now more than ever awakened. Awakening to the truth of all things metaphysical and spiritual and just how they play an all important role in our moment to moment everyday life. Much love and light to you my friend. Thank you for tuning in.