Dr. Tony Cicoria - Struck by Lightning, Music Savant

“Just because something bears the aspect of the inevitable one should not, therefore, go along willingly with it.” - Philip K. Dick, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

And so it goes, death is not the end of knowing or even an end in general, however it might seem from the vantage point of the living. Fortunately and/or not, we can benefit from some highly credible objective overviews acquired by those who have had a near death experience.


Wendy's Coffeehouse Podcast with Dr. Tony Cicoria


OddsnEnds - Headlines  

• Fantastic Beasts off to a good start: Variety or not: Forbes
  

  

  Supermoon 11/15/16
  cloud cover POV
   

  -- it's all in the perspective
• Supermoon UFO cameos: UFO Sightings Daily
• ISS UFO cameos - "please stand by": DailyMail
• The Birthday Dress - $$$ Ripley's Believe it or Not scores a million dollar (plus) gown
  
• Viral pic of the week Cows Trapped by New Zealand Earthquake: (and rescued) CNN
• Amityville House (yes that one/Warrens) under contract: MSN

11/19/16 Wendy's Coffeehouse with Dr. Tony Cicoria - NDE


No waiting in line. Death happens. Near Death Experience is the wildcard, offering a return from an in-between, altered state that illuminates and defines a broader scope on living, giving life greater depth and added dimensions.

The best part about NDE (more info Amazon: Evidence of the Afterlife via NDERF), each engagement is unique. Dr. Tony Cicoria was and is an Orthopedic Surgeon who could not have dreamed the outcome delivered by his NDE. 

Neurologist, Dr. Oliver Sacks wrote about him in 2007: The New Yorker.
More writing from Oliver Sacks - The New Yorker 
He has several books. Try this one: Musicophilia

Struck by lightning and given a bit of musical inspiration to test his wits and his fortitude, endurance and tenacity produce a concert pianist and music of the spheres. 

Here is Tony performing his Lightning Sonata - no doubt about it - every note, every polychord delivered with divine purpose - and for whatever purpose that might be - each is Heaven sent.
 




Dr. Tony Cicoria, CD Baby - order Notes from an Accidental Pianist and Composer

My first interview with Dr. Cicoria, Conscious Living with Wendy Garrett on Empower Radio

Touching on our quantum connections, I kept hearing music when thinking about interviewing him. In looking up the CD, I laughed when I saw the suggestions for similar works. The songs I heard most frequently sounded like Liberace and I had to google to find something.

The dramatic open kept repeating in my head. Hearing the Lightning Sonata, it made perfect sense. Liberace/Rachmaninoff YouTube and Gershwin/Rhapsody in Blue/Liberace

There in the three listening suggestions for similar music was: Rachmaninoff/YouTube Video BBC Symphony Orchestra


In my interviews I have seen a theme, reconciling an NDE is a challenge. Meaning shifts, understanding drifts and new revelations dawn. No matter the case, each story provides a window of awareness into an exotic and ever-nearing realm some might remember as home.

I am so glad Dr. Cicoria was prodded by Dr. Sacks to give his music a space to be heard. Someone here will experience a life changing result in the listening! The magic is in the combination of the keys.  



Near Death Researcher Kenneth Ring: New York Times: You never recover your original self
 
-"After having a near-death experience, people believe the end of life isn't; they believe in some sort of life after death. Death vanishes for them. There's only life. They are so aware of what life is. One man said, ''I finally knew what it was like to be really alive.''

International Association for Near Death Studies and Kenneth Ring: Link

9/17/2016 - Debra Diamond Psychic-Life After Near Death

"Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it." - Hermann Hesse

Headlines 9/17/16

• Conspiracy: UFO Highway goes right through the heartland (MO and KS): AOL and we can't wait to take the tour: Book. The 37th Parallel (Upcoming guest, Margie Kay, might be able to share some insight on this one: Missouri MUFON.)
  
• Google talks Hypnosis - and the video speaks louder. How good are you at holding your focus? This might help.

• Cat gets owner elected to Town Council: thedodo - poster purrfect!

•  Russian researcher says Dolpins talk: Telegraph - US Researchers say Ix-nay: National Geographic (while insisting on a book with footnotes of course)

•  Blog extra: Discussion of why we are reluctant to acknowledge intelligence and the existence of language and other forms of purposeful and intended communication practices, methods and signals in animals: The Guardian 

•  People Walker of Los Angeles - 7$ per mile and he's solid gold: Oddity Central

•  Invite only - Bill Murray tending Bar - recap: The New York Times

•  27 pics of Sleeping Cats: BoingBoing.net

Podcast link for Debra Diamond 9/17/16 - Wendy's Coffeehouse - I highly recommend this book for anyone who has experienced NDE and or STE.

Debra Diamond has done her homework investigating aspects of NDE that beg to be explored further, the aftereffects. So, even if you have already heard some amazing Near Death stories, what you might not have heard is the story behind the story; how dramatically life changes for those who must then reconcile (or try to) a completely different world view resulting from the NDE.

Debra Diamond had a similar shift, rather than NDE, she experienced a Spiritually Transformative Experience (STE) and an awakening to her abilities as a Medium.

Some of this process is very familiar to me, given the life-redirect I experienced in 1997 with the beginning of the nightlight encounter - still ongoing, 24/7.

Her book: Life after Near Death, Miraculous Stories of Healing and Transformation in the Extraordinary Lives of People with Newfound Powers, examines after-effects of NDE (permanent) and among other things, whether there is a personality or religious predisposition or certain pre-existing criteria significant to NDE. Apparently not.

Age, Sex, Belief, Income, Locale, etc., NDE can happen to anyone at anytime. What she does effectively address is the issue/s that surface afterward. Reconciling and integrating the experience. That's the part of the equation that (much like STE) is the greatest challenge. Life is NOT the same.

What happens when you suddenly discover a savant like ability for physics? When you discover you are psychic, when you desire a completely different lifestyle? No longer interested in mainstream news programs or job pursuits, no longer interested in eating meat, now vegan. Big changes. And no logical reason for the change.

Here's Debra on Youtube from her channel:

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Here's the info for one amazing case of NDE transformation:
Dr. Tony Cicoria: Story: Metro.co.uk
His background and the music he couldn't get out of his head after being struck by lightning: CDBaby Includes his Lightning Sonata - Classical style piano compositions following a Near Death Experience. I interviewed Dr. Cicoria. Empower Radio

More information on this topic: 
Debra Diamond on NDERF
Interview with Debra on HuffPo
Connect with Debra: DebraDiamondPsychic.com