Weekend At The Mind Body Spirit Expo & Braco The Gazing Healer

I wrote this article months ago & thought that I had posted here to my blog. I just went in to finish a post I was working on and somehow noticed that this post was sitting there un-published. Sorry bout that. First time that has happened. Enjoy.

Every year, for a long time now, the Body Mind & Spirit Expo comes to the Valley Forge Convention Center in King Of Prussia Pennsylvania. The event is held yearly usually around the Fall season of late September early October. I have been invited to do an event of my own there for the past three or four years now. This year they wanted to try something new and decided to hold a spring edition of the Body Mind & Spirit Expo at a new location in Edison New Jersey. Well what a wonderful decision that was.

Beings the event was closer to the New York area I believe is what made this expo a big success. Much more then I think they even expected. The energy there was good, a little chaotic at times but in a positive way. People turned out from all over the country to attend this expo. If you are not familiar with this expo then you just have to check it out for yourself this coming Fall. Usually I have an event going on and never really spend any time looking around and attending some of the events for ourselves. This time we decided we wanted to make the best of it and come on a day when I did not have an event of my own going on.

The weekend began with our drive an hour north to the town of Edison New Jersey on Friday evening just around rush hour. Bob and I left early knowing that we would hit traffic and knowing that we had to get to the expo a bit earlier. With Mercury retrograde working against us it was a very good idea to leave much earlier then normal, and that we did. Once we got onto the PA turnpike and went over the bridge to the New Jersey turnpike we hit a dead stopped traffic. Traffic moved so slow that it took us a good half hour to get through this. Once we got through traffic moved well once more and we arrived at the expo on a good time schedule.

Bob and I headed to the event room to get set up but on my way I had to make a little stop. Doreen Virtue, Angel Therapist & Author, had an event going on at the expo which actually just finished and the reception started. I have been trying to get Doreen onto my weekly radio show. So I just had to poke in and say hello to Doreen. A few people told me they found me through Doreen's web site. I had no idea I was listed on Doreen's web site as a registered Medium. Well she was not aware of this either. I found it to be quite funny as did she. Hopefully I will get Doreen on the show in the near future.

Ann, the person who organizes the entire expo, found me a quiet place to go and meditate prior to my event. So I went on to meditate and do my prayer while Bob got everything set up and people seated. The energy during my event was very strange this evening for some reason I do not know. Spirit came through a little clustered at times with too many trying to connect at the same time. One thing is for sure, we do not get patience when we get to the other side. It is a place of love, peace and happiness but they are still a bit impatient at times. At some points I was reading two people at the same time. Much of the information did come through very strong and precise, there were just those few moments that made my head spin a bit.

It was a complete surprise that our friend Lisa and her partner Holly came to see my event. To make it an even bigger surprise I then began to get a connection for Holly and messages came through for both of them. I love the different ways that spirit comes through and some of the crazy things spirit will show. It is good to know that they can still have a good sense of humor on the other side. After the event concluded the four of us went to the hotel to grab a bit to eat and chat a bit before calling it a night. I love catching up with friends.

Bob and I decided we wanted to come back to the expo to walk around and shop more and see an event if we could. Beings I had some readings in the early afternoon we were unable to get there in time for Lisa's event or Deepak Chopra. We did stop by to say hello again at Lisa's reception, which was really nice. We also got to meet Deepak which was very exciting for both of us. We just had to take pictures. We shopped a bit and Bob had a palm reading done by some guy at the expo. I purchased a scalar energy pendant along with a cell phone shield. You put this sticker looking thing onto your cell phone to block the alleged harmful rays. I got that one for free for purchasing my scalar energy pendant. I purchased the pendant in hopes that it will help balance my energy more & help with my back pain, and it did both a bit.

After hearing so many people talking about Braco, The Gazing Healer, we decided to go to his event. Braco is from Croatia and people from all over the world have flocked to this man all in hopes to be healed by his mesmerizing gaze. Thousands have claimed that they have been healed or their lives changed in some positive way. All this man does is simple walk into the room and up steps onto a platform, so he can see everyone & everyone can see him, and he will simply stand there very still. He will gaze into the audience and his head would move so slow that you could not even tell that it was moving. Before you knew it he was facing right and then left. He would do this a few times with some sound soothing music in the background. Then he will turn and walk off the platform and out of the room.

He never says a single word and did not really smile either. I could feel his energy without a doubt. Bob did not feel anything. One person I know, who does not even believe in this sort of thing, told me that she literally saw little bolts of lightning coming from his eyes. It was very interesting and I would like to give it another shot. I can say that my back pain has gotten a little better, but I'm not healed. That could be from the scalar pendant I bought or the wand I use for healing and not necessarily from Braco's healing gaze. There again it is possible that it did help. His gaze is said to help in so many different ways. People will go to Braco wearing pictures of their loved ones around their neck. Again I would like to see him a second time, its only $8., the next time the expo is in town in October.

So if you can get the chance to get to the Body Mind Spirit Expo coming up in King Of Prussia PA in October you should go. There are dozens of events, speakers, lectures, classes and many are actually free. There are so many vendors and so much to do. I would believe the expo will also return to Edison New Jersey next spring. Check out the video at the bottom of my blog about Braco, The Gazing Healer. Thank you for taking time to read my blog. I'm leaving a video below about Braco. Enjoy.
With Love, Light & Desire To Inspire......Joseph

Food Poisoning, Getting Sick, James Van Praagh, Body Mind Spirit Expo & More

I have been meaning to blog for weeks now and just have not found the time or energy to do so. I have so much to blog about that I could have you reading for over an hour. So I decided that I'm going to do two separate posts. This post followed by a post about my event at the Temperance House in Newtown and the conversation I had with a few ghosts that roam the historic building. Along with being a bit busy with events and things I had a few battles with being sick over the past three weeks.

This all started three Sundays ago. The day was flowing pretty well as I woke from bed, took care of the dogs, had coffee, showered and prepared myself for a private gallery with prayer and meditation before heading out. On my way to the private gallery I felt hungry and knew it would be late before I would eat again, so I decided to make a quick stop at Burger King. I ordered a classic chicken sandwich with cheese and nothing else, I already had a drink with me and was not in the mood for fries. Although fries are sounding pretty good right about now, lol.

I received my food and drove away and onto the turnpike to my destination. I began to eat the sandwich on my way and it seemed to taste just fine to me. I got about half way through and the mayonnaise was kind of oozing out a bit. I looked at it and thought to myself "Wonder how long they leave the mayo out for and if they keep it cold and fresh?" It was really weird for me to even think of such a thing. So then I decided to myself "I think maybe I shouldn't eat the rest of this." Then I threw the other half of the sandwich away.

After getting to my destination I began to gather everyone together for the gallery and got started right away. The messages came through very strong and everything flowed just as it needed to and just as it usually does. After several hours of talking and bringing through messages it was time for me to begin my hour drive back home. I felt drained which is completely normal after communicating with spirits for several hours. But I started to feel a little pain right around waist level. Honestly it felt like constipation pains. When I got home the pain had become a bit stronger and I tried what I could and had no success. Bob prepared dinner with our friend Tracy and we sat down and ate together.

Dinner was great, but the pain worsened. I went into the bathroom to try when I began to become severely ill. It began to hit me like a ton of bricks. The pain was now in my stomach and abdomen. I began to get extremely cold, shaking and covered in sweat at the same time. Then came the part that literally scared the hell out of me. I began to get this really odd tingling all down my arms and my hands felt were vibrating like something I never experienced, but they were not shaking even though they felt like they were shaking uncontrollably. Then I was vomiting and everything else that goes along with it. I was banging on the wall trying to get Bobs attention. I felt as if something was majorly wring with me and thought he was going to have to call an ambulance. I think this had to be one of the scariest health things I had experienced.

There is no doubt in y mind that this was food poisoning and my doctor agreed. I just think to myself "What if I would have eaten the entire sandwich?" Thank God for being a psychic. I just wish that psychic in me would have told me not to eat the sandwich a little earlier. Like I said it seemed to taste OK. I was laying in the bathroom for a good hour before retiring to the couch to recover for the evening. The next day I just felt a little run down and that lasted till about Tuesday. It was about an hour of hell.

The following weekend was a busy and exciting weekend at the same time. It was the annual Mind Body Spirit Expo at the Valley Forge Convention Center in King Of Prussia Pennsylvania. Friday was an exciting day for me. Bob and I headed out to Philadelphia to the CBS studios for my appearance on the new CBS show "Talk Philly" with Pat Ciarrocchi & Ukee Washington. This would be my first time doing actual live television. All the past shows I have done were pre-filmed. So I was slightly nervous, but not too bad. Pat Ciarrocchi came into the green room to talk to Bob and I before giving us a little tour of the news room and the set for Talk Philly. She is such a nice person with really good energy. We were introduced to one of the weather girls Maria LaRosa, who is pregnant. Of course they asked me what I thought she was having and I got boy, boy, girl. I asked her how many kids she had and she said two boys giving them my answer that she would have a little girl.

The news room look so different in person and you would never picture that it would look like it does. It was a very cool experience. The interview went well to with the exception that I did not seem to know what camera to look at and the interview was pretty short. I will upload it some time this week. After the interview I spent more time with Pat and gave her a reading which went amazingly well. I only met Ukee Washington for the few minutes that we spent in the studio doing the interview. He did not come into the green room to meet me at all. So no pictures of us together. Honestly, I think I scared him. You can clearly see it during the interview when you watch his eyes. Its rather funny. After our day at CBS studio in Philly we headed to grab lunch and then home bound. Friday night I had a private home gallery.

Saturday came along and I had the early part of the day to do what I wanted to do. So I spent that time doing a super clean in the house. I'm a but of a neat freak and like to have a clean home. I believe it is also healthy for us and brings good energy into the home. I was very much looking forward to coming back to the expo again this year for the second year. It was because of Ann from the expo that I got to be a part of Talk Philly, Thanks Ann. By about 3:30 or 4 we loaded up the car with my things, including fresh flowers as a dedication and honor to the spirits that are present and that come through during the event. Bob, his Mom Pam and I headed to the expo and arrived only to find out that everything fell behind and was running late. This put my event back about 30 minutes or so. Beings I was the last speaker in that room I decided to add more time to the event because people had to wait and the event was scheduled for two hours. I prefer at least two and a half to three hour events.

The event went amazingly well with some really mind blowing messages. I had an interesting experience when someone in the audience asked me what her connection was with the friend that accompanied her at the event. I went into their past lives and how they were connected from a previous life. Then I was hit hard with a flash back into one of my past lives. It was so crazy. It just so happened that I also had a connection with the same one she was questioning her connection with. We had met before and she had taught me many things in a previous life. It is not often that you randomly run into someone that you have known from many lifetimes ago. We had an immediate connection and knew each other right away. The woman, Oji, had an amazing energy and comforting motherly energy. I know we will be seeing each other again. It was a wild experience for the both of us.

By nights end I was drained possibly more then any event had ever drained me. Bob and I had plans to take his mother out to dinner after the event and I was just too drained to sit in a restaurant. We headed home and ordered out. By about nine I could feel a choppy feeling in the back of my throat. I knew I was getting a cold or something. So I began to take echinacea and goldenseal to build up my immune system. By Sunday morning I was really starting to feel it. We had to get up early Sunday to head back to the expo. I had an on camera interview with a new television show coming out called "Mom's On The Go". The interview went really well and was a lot of fun at the same time. Then we shopped around the expo a bit before going in to see the event with James Van Praagh. It was so nice that James mentioned that I was in the audience. Made me feel a bit special.

James guided everyone through a mediation and during the mediation Bob;s dad came to me. I asked spirit to please allow him to come through to James. I thought that would be really special for Bob and his Mom. I was not at all expecting anything for myself and never do when seeing another medium. This is what I do every day and I often receive messages from my mother, niece Rhiannon and other deceased loved ones. Yes, it would be nice to hear something from another medium, but at the same time I really don't need it. If my niece Rhiannon were to come through, I would want my sister Tammie to be there for the experience beings it is her daughter. At one point during the event James started to talk about a girl by the name of Jessica coming through to him. Bob's mom immediately raised her hand. I thought to myself, "Who the heck is Jessica?" Then I told her to stand up. James jumped right off of Jessica and went into something else.

Moments later he went back to Jessica and Bob's mom stood up along with another woman in the audience of a few hundred people. I still had no idea who Jessica was. I wanted so badly for Bob and his mom to receive a message. I did a reading for Bob and his family when we first met. Now that we have known each other for more then four years I won't do another reading for them, I know them too well, or do I? Beings I could not figure out who Jessica was at first, then it hit me when James went to Bob and his mom with more details. Jessica was Bob's cousin who died when she was I think about three years old. Beings we were in the back of the room, James had no idea that I was sitting there and that he was talking to Bob. We both know James very well, been to dinner and even been to his home in California. At one point James mentioned the name John and no one could think right away. I'm used to that when I do readings. People can not always process the information as quickly as it comes through. I stood up and said "My middle name is John." James did not know it was me because I was so far in the back. It was kind of funny. Then it hit us, after Bobs grandfather died a very long time ago his grandmother remarried. He never knew his fathers dad. His grandmother remarried and his grandfathers last name is John.

Not only was it Jessica coming through, it was also Bob's father and his mothers father coming through. I felt overwhelmed for them and wanted to just cry for them. I thought it was a wonderful thing for them to receive a message from another medium, especially one as wonderful as James. Bob's dad congratulated him on all his accomplishments since his father passed and so much more. Both Bob and his mother really needed to hear that. Bob's aunt really needed to hear another message from her daughter. At one pint James said"Jessica says that she has been to another medium (meaning me) in the past and she just did not get it." That was so true. His Aunt Michelle really needed to hear it again and from another medium beside myself. What a great experience that was. After the event I brought Bob's mom up to meet James for her first time. We hung out with James a short bit before heading out. I knew James was exhausted from returning from his tour in Europe. It was nice to see and talk to him again.

That evening my illness kicked into drive. By this point I felt like a truck ran me over. Come Monday I could not get off the couch. With so much to do I had a hard time trying to relax and regain my energy. Luckily for me, I already had an appointment scheduled for the doctor on Tuesday. That is when I found out I had a sinus infection. That was the first time I had a sinus infection in my life. I was given an antibiotic and sent on my way. The antibiotic did not seem to agree with me. Several times during the week I randomly got nauseous and last my lunch. Then came yesterday when I began to get really sick again. This time it was during a reading where I began to feel what someones deceased mother felt before she passed away. I actually had to get up in the middle of their reading to run to the bathroom. Believe it or not, it did not have an effect on the messages they were receiving. But boy did it have an effect on me. On my drive home I had to pull over twice because I could not hold anything down. For the entire evening I could not even hold down a small sip of water. It was so bad that I actually pulled a mussel in my mid back right around the area of my lung. I called the doctor and was told to stop taking the antibiotic. Today I'm feeling back to normal once again, thank god. I have a bunch more to share with you, but will save that for another blog post. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and for allowing me to share my gift and experiences with you all.
With Love & Light
Joseph