"Ahhh yes! So this is the fella is it? Wow, I can see his energy as bright as the light on a sunny day! No wonder he's your friend Jo!" Aunty
Violet replied.
I extended my hand to introduce myself, however was a little surprised to see Aunty Violet extend her arms out to have me wrapped in them instead.
"Friends give each other hugs silly". She chuckled as she gave me a kiss on the cheek as well. She then looked over at a gentleman sitting next to
her and said to me, "This is Kooda, he's my protector. He's a warrior! Kooda means Brother in our native tongue".
I looked at Kooda and introduced myself. He didn't look like a warrior; he looked quite peaceful and a little podgy around the edges. He didn't
smile much. After 30 minutes of being there, Aunty Violet had already told us many stories that had all of us laughing in hysterics, on many occasions
peering over to Kooda and stating "isn't that right Kooda" seeking a form of acknowledgement to support her stories. Kooda always nodding; yet
still no smile. I then noticed he had been twirling his thumbs for quite some time, then saying "Bella is such a wonderful spirit" patting
Joanne’s Golden Retriever which was neatly laying down on top of his feet. That was strange, I’ve always known Bella to only go to people she
feels comfortable with, and this usually meant many visits by someone before she learned to trust them, yet she only met Kooda once and was
comfortably stretched out in front of him, at times licking his hands.
"You mean soul right Kooda?" I exclaimed.
"No brutha, soul is a white mans word! The white man thinks he has a soul, but our people believe we are a spirit that has a body!" he responded.
Since then, the conversation of Dreamtime started to make a lot more sense. It was about the Spirits' Journey through non-physical elements of life,
the ability to go distances in a state that doesn't require the physical body. A place where the Rainbow Serpent resides in its true form.
A little while later, Joanne mentioned to Aunty Violet that I have had some unusual experiences in life, one of course, was the recent storm over my
property. Aunty Violet exclaimed, "Oh? Tell me some of your stories!", and so I began to tell her a few of them, the last one which was the storm.
As I was describing how I experienced it, Kooda and Aunty Violet began to smile a little, eventually both giggling to themselves. Kooda was smiling!
I noticed his gleaming white teeth. At the end of the story, I said "Well you don't have to believe me", feeling a little hurt because I thought
they were mocking me. "Oh no dear, we BOTH believe you!" she said. "What was the actual colour of the lightning? Was it a blue tinge, or
yellowing?" she then asked. "It was pure white light, not like other lightning I've seen, it was quite luminescent".
Kooda and Violet smiled at each other, and then she stared back at me. "That was two weeks ago wasn't it?" she asked. "Yes...." I replied,
unsure what she was getting at. "That was us brother! That was our people! We did some work that day, we needed to…” she paused for a brief
moment. “I know who you are" she said. I was still a little confused. "What do you mean?" I responded. "I know you, you as a spirit, I know
you!" she exclaimed. I tried to find out 'Who I am' as she was referring to. However she said I wasn't ready just yet and she would tell me
soon, but not to worry about it, and to get physically and mentally in shape, for what is to come.
A long time ago, I always thought that my greatest fear was waking up in hospital, not knowing who my family and friends are, who I was, or anything
about myself in any way shape or form. I would feel alone in a strange place, not believing if my supposed relatives were who they said they were, or
if I would ever have the same relationship with them that I’ve had growing up knowing them. I didn’t want to ever experience something like
that.
A couple of weeks later I went to visit Aunty Violet as she gave me her number and address so I could visit her one day. Walking up the footpath, I
noticed a lot of Jesus memorabilia, and ‘God Loves You’ plaques hanging on the outside wall. There were plants everywhere; she must love
gardening. Must really enjoy nature I thought. As I was about to knock on the door, Aunty Violet opened it just before my hand made contact with the
surface. I was thinking to myself, “Is she psychic?” and asked her “How did you know I was about to knock on the door?”. She looked at me and
smiled “I heard your car pull up silly, how else would I know someone was here” giving a small cheeky grin as she said it. I felt rather awkward
at that moment, I thought something supernatural was the reason for it, yet it was more obvious than I thought.
Stepping inside her house, I saw the most beautiful artwork I have ever seen displayed over her walls. Magnificently done; with dark reds, yellows,
browns, and many earthly based colours with a lot of circular shapes and rounded edges to the images on the canvas. I noticed there were no jagged or
sharp corners painted anywhere. All the shapes flowed together in harmony, and it felt like that artist was trying to convey her idea that everything
is woven together, tightly interconnected with a vibrant stream of energy.
“Have a seat brother” said Aunty Violet, “Would you like a cup of tea?” she asked. “Yes please!” I responded. “How do you have it?”
she replied.
After I received my cup of tea, she directed me outside and introduced me to guests that were already there. Many of the same culture as Aunty
Violet, and they all seemed very sincere.
I sat down and Aunty Violet looked at me with a small grin. “Welcome home brother” she said. “What?” I said to myself. “What do you
mean?” I asked. “You are my brother, we come from the same spark of creation, the same spark of God, we are spiritual brother and sisters, we have
incarnated many times together in the flesh as brother and sister as well, don’t you remember me?”. I was a bit overwhelmed with her statement. I
do get a feeling of having met her many times before, but nothing to the extent of what she was describing. I realised at this point that the
aboriginal culture believes in re-incarnation.


