Medium James Van Praagh has the unique ability to communicate with the spirits of men, women, and animals who have died, and throughout his 40+ year career has spoken to thousands of people through lectures, tours, TV shows, and demonstrations. In the first half, he talked about the afterlife and his communications with spirits. After we pass into the spirit world, we have a life review, he said, "and we become aware of everything that we've said, thought, and acted upon, and it's kind of like we're our own... judge and jury." We see the lessons that we passed, and those we didn't, as part of the school for our soul, which is one of many, many schools, he continued. Many spirits have come through to him, expressing huge regrets-- a sense of unfinished business.

Regarding the process of death, no one ever dies alone, said Van Praagh-- deceased loved ones greet us at the time of passing. And while it may take a bit of getting used to being out of the body, the Other Side is our true home-- "there's so much love there that we can't even conceive of it on this human level," he suggested. While the numbers may vary, he estimated that each soul reincarnates around every 200 years, and we often come back as part of a "soul group" that is learning lessons together. As to the idea of experiencing heaven or hell, he has concluded that there are worlds within worlds on the Other Side and that we go to the level that aligns with our belief system. During the last hour, he offered readings to callers, connecting with their departed loved ones.

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Retired professor of Communications Anthony Hamilton had a prophetic dream at ten years of age that changed his life and led him to believe that we all have the ability to be time travelers. In the latter half, he compared our minds to a time machine with memories, a connection to the past, and goals and daydreams, a pathway to the future. We can change an adverse past event by seeking out something positive in it, and in this way, we can reform or reframe the meaning or emotional impact the negative occurrence had, he explained. Applying the principles of quantum physics to our consciousness, we can see how it's possible that the future influences the present as much or more than the past, Hamilton continued.

When you begin to focus on a future goal, "it starts to talk to you," he said, and you start to get ideas, hunches, and intuitions about how you can take steps to achieve that goal. And this, "to me, is information from the future," Hamilton mused. We are the architects of our lives, yet most people don't think about it that way. "They don't plan it out. They think that life happens to them" and float along the stream without a rudder, he remarked. But in a sense, the future with your desired goals already exists; "You just have to move into it," he stated.

News segment guests: Lauren Weinstein, Steve Kates