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I’m on Assignment! – An Alternate View of Past Lives, the Impact on Our Current Lives, Soul Mates, World History, and the Akashic Records
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In I’m on Assignment!, Diane Marie Taylor blends spiritual memoir, metaphysical inquiry, and personal testimony into an unconventional exploration of reincarnation, soul mates, karma, cell memories, the Akashic Records, and the hidden continuity she believes links individual lives across centuries. The book moves from practical reflections on life purpose and forgiveness into deeply personal material, including her mental health struggles, her frightening COVID-19 hospitalization, her working-class childhood, motherhood, divorce, and her conviction that past lives, including connections to the House of Bourbon and Marie Antoinette’s world, shape the patterns of the present.
Taylor writes with a startling lack of varnish, and that directness gives the work much of its pulse. Her account of COVID-19, especially the moment she arrives at the emergency room and realizes her body may no longer be under her command, has a raw, lived-in terror that stayed with me. I also appreciated how often humor becomes her lantern in dark rooms. She can move from grief, suicidal ideation, or family pain into a line so earthy and mischievous that the whole page suddenly exhales. That tonal risk may not work for every reader, but for me it made the voice feel unmistakably human, less like a polished lecture on spirituality and more like a long, bracing conversation with someone who has survived enough to stop pretending.
I found the central metaphor of life as an “assignment” genuinely useful, especially in the way it reframes hardship as experience rather than punishment. Her discussions of forgiveness and karma are at their strongest when they turn away from abstraction and toward moral responsibility, urging the reader not to confuse justice with revenge or pain with identity. The historical reincarnation material is the most polarizing part of the book. Taylor’s claims about recognizing souls from the French court, Marie-Thérèse, Diane de Poitiers, and others are presented with conviction, and I found myself reading those sections as a deeply personal spiritual map.
I finished I’m on Assignment! with a sense of having encountered an author who isn’t merely explaining a belief system, but offering the architecture of how she has survived her life. Its sincerity gives it a radiance. I’m on Assignment! is best suited for readers open to metaphysics, reincarnation, Akashic Records work, and spiritually framed memoirs, especially those who appreciate humor braided through pain. It’s an intimate, unruly, and often affecting book, and I’d recommend it to readers who are willing to meet it on its own personal terms.
Pages: 166 | ASIN : B0DFLPCLFD
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Lord, Lord – a heavenly mystery
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Lord, Lord – a heavenly mystery tells the story of Liza, a small-town reporter who suddenly finds herself in Heaven after her untimely death. What follows is not a harp-filled, cloud-floating afterlife but a layered, curious introduction to eternity where angels sip tea, Heaven looks like an Ivy League dean’s office, and “tourists” are given soft landings before judgment. Through conversations with Michaela, her welcoming angel, Liza begins to unpack her life, her choices, her loves, and her mistakes, all while navigating the strange mix of humor and gravity that this version of the afterlife offers.
Author Kathleen Cochran writes with a conversational ease, almost like sitting down with a sharp-witted friend who isn’t afraid to poke at your doubts and faith. The dialogue carried most of the story, and it was both quick and playful, though sometimes it wandered so much I caught myself rereading passages to stay grounded. Still, there were moments that stopped me in my tracks, like when Michaela explained the Bible as a kind of recruiting tool.
Liza’s questioning sometimes circled back on itself, and a few of the explanations felt a little more direct than I expected. Still, the story would then shift into a tender memory or drop in a line of humor that caught me off guard in the best way, and those moments made me appreciate the guidance rather than resist it. The balance between skepticism and belief felt real. I never doubted Liza’s cynicism because it sounded so much like my own inner voice when I wrestle with faith.
By the end, I felt like I’d been through both a lighthearted play and a quiet sermon. It isn’t a book for someone who wants tidy theology or a straight path to answers. It’s better suited for readers who like their mysteries with a side of laughter, who don’t mind Heaven being described with Persian rugs and Waterford lamps, and who want to explore faith without losing the messiness of doubt. I’d recommend it to anyone who enjoys thought-provoking fiction with a spiritual edge, especially if they don’t mind a story that feels more like a conversation than a plot-driven march.
Pages: 168 | ASIN : B0161ZHCWQ
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