TALKING TO AKASH
I had often heard that young children are more
open to the spiritual world and the below experience definitely made up my mind
that this can certainly be true. The experiences happened to my best friend's
son some years ago, which we still talk about from time to time.
Going back about 13 years ago we called ourselves
the "fab four". My best friend and I had boyfriends and the boys were
also best friends since they were kids. So of course we all did everything
together and were all very close. Akash my was boyfriend at the time and sadly
he hit a rough patch and ended up taking his own life. Of course we were all
shocked and devastated and it really changed our lives in a huge way.
Needless to say, the funeral was a heartbreaking
experience. The Priest had gathered information about Akash’s life for his
sermon from his father (his parents were divorced and he lived with his father
whom Akash did not get along with). The information was vague, dates given were
wrong and, at the time, we were disappointed as we didn't think that the sermon
that was given reflected Akash’s life and personality at all. Looking back now
we understand that his father would have obviously been grief stricken and he
didn't really know Akash very well, but at the time we were young and thought
we knew it all, so we were all a bit upset with what was said.
The fab four was no longer, although we all
remained very close and two years later my best friend and her boyfriend had a
son called Archer. When Archer was four, my best friend awoke one morning to
hear Archer speaking to someone in his bedroom. She assumed he was talking to
himself and she went to his bedroom where he was seemingly having a conversation
with someone. She asked who he was speaking to and he simply said "It's akash,
he plays with me lots." My best friend was a little gob smacked, but Akash
is a pretty common name so she didn't jump to any conclusions.
I visited her and her boyfriend later that day and
Archer was once again in his bedroom talking to someone and laughing. I asked
if he had a friend over and my best friend said he was alone and told me what
Archer had said that morning. We all tried to think of a time that we may have
mentioned Akash in front of Archer (obviously kids pick up everything) but none
of us could recall a time when we spoke about Akash in front of Archer.
Later that night we were eating dinner and Archer
casually says, "Akash had a red car but you used to tease him and say it
was orange." We all went silent because this was true! Akash had a Holden
Torana (which was his pride and joy) and we used to have spirited debates on
the colour as he insisted it was red but we all thought it was more orange! It
was a running joke between us all and we nicknamed the car "Jaffa."
There was no way Archer could have possibly known this, so it got us all
intrigued that he could actually be talking to akash.
On another occasion I was in the car with my best
friend and Archer and he says to us, "Akash told me to tell you not to
worry about what was said at the church. He thinks it's funny the man got it
all wrong!" We couldn't believe it. He was referring to the Priest's
way-off sermon that he gave at his funeral! Another thing Archer could not have
possibly known about.
Archer often spoke about Akash over the next
couple of years, bringing up little facts that would gobsmack us every time. He
once told us how "Akash liked Cheeseburgers from McDonald's with lettuce
in them" which was true, or how "Akash collected football cards and
lost them all one day when riding his bike to school."
Archer said many random little things about Akash on
many occasions that he could not possibly have known about. These were all
little stories and facts that Akash had told us all about years before so we
could verify that it was all true. When Archer was nearly 7-years-old he
gradually stopped talking about akaSH. Perhaps his sensitivity to the spirit
world got less as he got older, but we think Akash wanted us to know that he
was still around and not to carry any guilt over his death.
Apologies if this story was a bit boring, but it
is something that has stuck with me for a long time!
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