{"id":4825,"date":"2013-03-10T18:41:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T22:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=4825"},"modified":"2013-03-10T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T22:41:30","slug":"the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html","title":{"rendered":"The Afterlife of Billy Fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afterlifeofbillyfingers.com\/wp-content\/themes\/AnnieKagan\/img\/The-Afterlife-of-Billy-Fingers-Book.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Its\u00a0cerulean blue, white puffy clouds behind a\u00a0leaping and shouting high energy dude on the cover is the perfect welcome to the world of &#8220;Billy Fingers&#8221;, a nickname for William Cohen who died in a car accident a few years\u00a0earlier. \u00a0What happened prior to his passing and what transpired afterward is an adventure of many lifetimes. The scribe for the story is his sister Annie Kagan who is a chiropractor and singer songwriter with a spiritual curiousity that had her studying various traditions and pondering the nature of the Universe. A few weeks after her heroin addicted, homeless 62 year old brother with a penchant for living life in the sometimes gritty fast lane was killed, he began communicating with her from the Other Side. At first she questioned her sanity and wanted to keep the &#8216;\u00a0transfusions from heaven&#8217; as I like to call them, a secret, but little by little, she came to recognize that they were genuinely from her brother. A comfort for her to know that he was well and sharing information that no way\u00a0he could\u00a0have conjured up. He had poignant and on- target messages to\u00a0offer to\u00a0friends of hers that he had never met, as well as his brother in-law; some designed to save health and lives. For more than a year, these transmissions from Billy took place and Annie documented them; at times pulling back out of fear or desire to keep this time with her beloved brother a treasured secret, so that no one would make fun of either of them. He assured her that the story\u00a0had to be told and that she need not worry about what anyone thought. Synchronicities\u00a0 and cosmic coincendences were happening sometimes at the speed of thought.<\/p>\n<p>Time line travel is part of the book as well, as Billy shares &#8216;remember when&#8217; stories from his earlier years. Family dynamics come into play,\u00a0since healing and reconciliation around conflicts are evident.\u00a0 Irreverent humor spices up the dialogue. Deep insights and loving reminders of where we came from and where we are going drench the pages.\u00a0 Readers can open to any one of them and glean a treasure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-snc6\/c96.0.403.403\/p403x403\/268032_303066966489645_615039829_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: The Afterlife of Billy Fingers\" width=\"403\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the end, it becomes clear that despite the pains and challenges of this human existence, redemption involves shifting of perception and love is all that matters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/fReUbvX5blo\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/fReUbvX5blo<\/a>\u00a0Book Trailer for The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad -Boy Brother Proved To Me There&#8217;s Life After Death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its\u00a0cerulean blue, white puffy clouds behind a\u00a0leaping and shouting high energy dude on the cover is the perfect welcome to the world of &#8220;Billy Fingers&#8221;, a nickname for William Cohen who died in a car accident a few years\u00a0earlier. \u00a0What happened prior to his passing and what transpired afterward is an adventure of many lifetimes.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[602,40,1,2,13,55,41,94,4,10,37],"tags":[2913,2911,4869,2912,2910],"class_list":["post-4825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addiction","category-affirmations","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss","category-blissfull-thinking","category-book-review","category-death","category-family","category-inspiration","category-spirituality","category-writing","tag-after-death-communication","tag-annie-kagan","tag-god","tag-life-after-death","tag-the-aftelife-of-billy-fingers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Afterlife of Billy Fingers - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Afterlife of Billy Fingers - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Its\u00a0cerulean blue, white puffy clouds behind a\u00a0leaping and shouting high energy dude on the cover is the perfect welcome to the world of &#8220;Billy Fingers&#8221;, a nickname for William Cohen who died in a car accident a few years\u00a0earlier. \u00a0What happened prior to his passing and what transpired afterward is an adventure of many lifetimes.&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-10T22:41:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.afterlifeofbillyfingers.com\/wp-content\/themes\/AnnieKagan\/img\/The-Afterlife-of-Billy-Fingers-Book.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EdieWeinstein1\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Afterlife of Billy Fingers - The Bliss Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Afterlife of Billy Fingers - The Bliss Blog","og_description":"Its\u00a0cerulean blue, white puffy clouds behind a\u00a0leaping and shouting high energy dude on the cover is the perfect welcome to the world of &#8220;Billy Fingers&#8221;, a nickname for William Cohen who died in a car accident a few years\u00a0earlier. \u00a0What happened prior to his passing and what transpired afterward is an adventure of many lifetimes.&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html","og_site_name":"The Bliss Blog","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga","article_published_time":"2013-03-10T22:41:30+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.afterlifeofbillyfingers.com\/wp-content\/themes\/AnnieKagan\/img\/The-Afterlife-of-Billy-Fingers-Book.png"}],"author":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EdieWeinstein1","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html","name":"The Afterlife of Billy Fingers - The Bliss Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.afterlifeofbillyfingers.com\/wp-content\/themes\/AnnieKagan\/img\/The-Afterlife-of-Billy-Fingers-Book.png","datePublished":"2013-03-10T22:41:30+00:00","dateModified":"2013-03-10T22:41:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/edcd643a643a9ca91adb1e8f9e177386"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.afterlifeofbillyfingers.com\/wp-content\/themes\/AnnieKagan\/img\/The-Afterlife-of-Billy-Fingers-Book.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.afterlifeofbillyfingers.com\/wp-content\/themes\/AnnieKagan\/img\/The-Afterlife-of-Billy-Fingers-Book.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Afterlife of Billy Fingers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/","name":"The Bliss Blog","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Edie Weinstein","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/edcd643a643a9ca91adb1e8f9e177386","name":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/0d6\/0d6cd7619da51a9a40cc705280e88f9cx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/0d6\/0d6cd7619da51a9a40cc705280e88f9cx96.jpg","caption":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW"},"description":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW is a colorfully creative journalist, inspiring transformational speaker, licensed social worker, interfaith minister, editor, radio host, BLISS coach, event producer, Cosmic Concierge, the author of The Bliss Mistress Guide To Transforming The Ordinary Into The Extraordinary and co-author of Embraced By the Divine: The Emerging Woman\u2019s Gateway to Power, Passion and Purpose. She has also contributed to several anthologies and personal growth books. Edie has interviewed such notables as Ram Dass, Wayne Dyer, Debbie Ford, don Miguel Ruiz, don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. Marianne Williamson, Grover Washington, Jr. Noah Levine, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Weaver, Ben and Jerry and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She calls herself an Opti-mystic who sees the world through the eyes of possibility. Edie is the founder of Hug Mobsters Armed With Love, which offers FREE HUGS events on a planned and spontaneous basis. www.opti-mystical.com.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.opti-mystical.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga","https:\/\/x.com\/EdieWeinstein1"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/author\/eweinstein"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4825"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4832,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions\/4832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}