Blood Land a Karmic Journey: A Story Based on True Events

By J.D. Ash

Blood Land caught my interest and I couldnt put it down! I felt anger at him for being so nave and truly innocent. His story is very intriguing, heartfelt and very human. I normally wouldnt choose a book about Karma and the Supernatural, at the same time I would have missed out on an extraordinary thriller involving the most evil, greedy and deadly woman who slaughters her family for control of the land. J.D. Ash has lived more than one lifetime with her, and finally his karma with this woman has been paid in full! I literally couldnt wait to get into the next chapter! This will make a prenominal box office hit THRILLER!

Marty Smith, Ca
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Blood Land a Karmic Journey is a fascinating and thrilling metaphysical ride into one of author J.D. Ashs past lives with a woman who chose evil and hatred over love. It is a story involving both the natural and supernatural planes. It describes how they intertwine to weave a bizarre tale on the natural plane, at the same time bringing him closer to his essence as a spiritual being. The experience adds to his awareness of karma and past life phenomena on the supernatural level.

Blood Land a Karmic Journey shows how everyone has his or her own destinya path to follow. The key to life is to discover and understand the quintessence of this destiny. To do so allows an individual to discern the whys for all that occurs to him or her in this life. Why certain behavior occurs. Why people do what they do. There are no accidents. There are no mistakes. There are no coincidences. Everything has purpose, which all leads everyone to his or her path in life. It was the application of the metaphysics to the daily events which unfolded over two years that prompted the telling of this story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Oct 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504340649

J.D. Ash

J.D. Ash, at 64, is a well known, accomplished, and a successful Lawyer who is admired by all who meet him. A man of integrity, he stands among the best with humility and compassion for all living things. He received his BA degree in Sociology at UCLA and went on to receive his JD degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, CA. During his life, Mr. Ash has encountered many wonderful periods of serendipity, karmic ties and past lives with many relationships he has had and has been blessed in the “awakening” or conscious understanding of these relationships. He has an uncanny ability to acknowledge and resolve old karmic and past life issues that otherwise would have most surely destroyed his career and brought him into bitterness and self destruction. He is a man with many talents, and his belief in Divine Guidance has kept him safe and has allowed him to follow his passions throughout his life. His destiny has brought him to profound Psychics on many occasions, which have helped him understand his past life circumstances that bled over into this lifetime, thus prompting him to writing this book. Blood Land a Karmic Journey is a thrilling karmic ride into his past life, along with a woman destined to die at the hands of greed and hate. The book shows how choices are made that can change the karma of another lifetime while clearing all ties within this life. J.D. Ash resides in beautiful Ventura, Ca. with his Fiancé’, Gini Gail, his two Queensland Healers, his beautiful Appaloosa mare, “Spirit”, and his Fiancé’s golden Palomino Quarter Horses, “Swiggy” and “Bo.”

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PROLOGUE

As an attorney for the past several decades, I can honestly say that I have seen and witnessed more than my fair share. I have met many interesting people and have been in several bizarre situations that have taken me across the globe. Until now, I have never been compelled to sit down and actually write one of my stories So, why did I choose this one? Or rather, I should say, why did this story choose me?

One might say that this is a story about an attorney and his client; a man and a woman; love and romance; lies and deception; ego and pride; peace and violence. But, as events of this story unfolded over an approximate two year period, I soon learned it was truly a story about good and evil, involving both the natural and supernatural planes. A story of how those planes intertwined-weaving a most bizarre tale on the natural, or Earth plane while at the same time, bringing me closer to my essence as a spiritual being and adding to my awareness of karma and past life phenomena on the supernatural level.

As a student of human behavior, I have come to appreciate the fact that there is more to this life than what meets the eye and that there can be many possible explanations for why things occur. Some of these explanations involve the realm of metaphysics, past lives, and the occult. Now, I am not saying that these possible explanations have any basis in fact, but they can give insight into the whys for many events that occur in this life time. For example, why is it that when we meet some people we are immediately drawn to them with a deep feeling of some connection? Why do we feel repulsion towards others we meet when we have never seen them before? For me, to recognize the notion of past lives is to give explanation, as to the questions driven by my curiosity, for such feelings, emotions, and conduct. More importantly, I have come to appreciate that there are no mistakes and no accidents nor is anything a coincidence. Everything happens for a reason and purpose. The word coincidence is derived from coincide, meaning we come together for a reason. Often, we come to understand and appreciate those reasons and purposes, while at other times we don’t. And when we don’t, or we ignore the signs, when we are blinded to their sight, when we don’t have the foggiest notion as to why things are occurring to us in our daily lives, we come to feel all sorts of negative emotions such as consternation, fear, frustration, and depression.

During the unfolding of this story, I found myself blinded at times as to the whys for what occurred. I found myself falling into a deep quagmire of negativity because I could not see any valid purpose for what was transpiring. Nothing made sense to me, let alone giving me revelation as to the reasons and purposes for what was occurring. An ah ha moment would have sufficed. This pit of despair took me to a level where I experienced a sort of amnesia as to my spiritual self causing me a sense of loss of purpose and direction for my life. I had temporarily forgotten that it is particularly at these times I had to go deep within myself and tap into the supernatural-the metaphysical to regain my sight, spirit and purpose.

Over the years, my Higher Self kept a keen eye open for my Soul Mate, which I understood to mean a partner with whom I shared a deep kindred spirit; someone with whom I would share a mutual journey for a common goal and purpose. However, I learned that there are various degrees of soul mates. For instance, on the one hand, there is that person with whom I would share the rest of my life; the one who would complement me as I her, and that together we would form a formidable and unbeatable team; the one relationship that was "Made in Heaven", so to speak, where we both agreed up in the ethereal plane to come down to this physical earth plane and achieve our mutual goals. On the other hand, there is that person or those people with whom we have karmic ties. They too are akin to soul mates to the extent that we were to meet, but not to spend the rest of our lives together working towards our mutual goals, but to simply complete some form of karmic bond we had formed in some prior life; to assist each other in attaining spiritual or soular growth. The key, I discovered, is to become aware of which one is which, but that unfortunately is not necessarily an easy thing to do…….

Contrarily, I found myself over the years meeting up with various women whom I believed were soul mates of the former kind, only to find out that they were of the latter. These relationships were not relatively long lasting, at least not of the forever and ever kind. Rather they lasted until their purpose was fulfilled, when the karmic ties were completed or altered. These were the types of relationships that at first blush could be easily kissed off as mistakes when they came to an abrupt end, at least according to family and friends. But, on inner reflection, those relationships are not mistakes nor were they a waste of time. I have always believed that there are no mistakes even when on the face of things a situation or broken relationship may appear to be so. What I have come to understand is that these types of relationships serve a great purpose on the metaphysical plane, for they allow us to complete some kind of karmic resolution with the other person or for our own self.

The key, and often hard thing to grasp, is to appreciate what that karmic bond or purpose is all about. These are the relationships which act as fodder for our personal growth if we choose to learn from them, if we come to see the great benefit we can gain from the experience. For this reason, you see, there are no mistakes. Sometimes we are blessed with clarity as to the purpose for such relationships, other times we’re plagued with the dilemma of trying to figure out what they are all about. Sometimes we get the answer right away which can bring us inner peace and calm. Other times we don’t understand the reason for these relationships until much later in our life, if at all and we hang on or hang in there way too long! These are the times that we must not give up on trying to figure it out. We need to trust that since there are no mistakes, there has to be purpose and or solution.

During the course of my law practice, I have had occasion to consult with many psychics for explanations as to the conduct of not only my clients, but of my adversaries as well. I have found that a truly gifted clairvoyant could give beneficial and useful information which allowed me to better understand the conduct, and probable outcome of that conduct, pertaining to the various situations in which my clients and I had found ourselves intertwining.

The events of this story involve a personal relationship that somewhere along the line, took a sharp and wild left turn. On the face of things, the turn was utterly unexplainable. It was a relationship that began as attorney/client then transformed into a storybook romance with a beautiful woman twelve years my junior, someone whom I thought was my soul mate forever through eternity. It was a romance that grew deeper with each passing day ultimately leading to marriage. Now, if the story ended there, it would be just a love story between a man and a woman. But, it didn’t end there. Little did I know then that it was only the beginning? What began to unfold before my eyes were facts that transformed this storybook tale into something I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams, nor nightmares, as it was all becoming more unexplainable as the relationship began to unfold. What emerged before my eyes were all the lies and deception which culminated into violence and murder on the other side of the globe.

Over a six month period just prior to, and following the violence and murder, I became aware of the various lies and deception that had infiltrated and eroded my life like a ravaging cancer. My world had been rocked. I knew I needed to somehow strip away the layers of deception which would allow me to piece together the whole puzzle and come to understand the how, what, where, and why for all the violence that was occurring. It became obvious to me that our relationship was not the kind of soul mates that I had once imagined it to be. Therefore I concluded, it had to be a relationship within the karmic world. But what was that karmic tie? What needed to be completed? What was its purpose? What was I to learn?

To help me understand, I consulted with several mediums I knew, and one in particular with which I had a long standing friendship and association. Reverend Bernard had helped me in the past and I knew he could help me now with my quest. Over the years he had helped me solve many a riddle and I found that he spoke the hard core truth. You see, truth has a sharp edge that can easily cut through deception. Reverend Bernard was gifted with an understanding of, and insight into past lives. Over the years I came to appreciate the fact that revelation of one’s past life-or lives-can help explain one’s conduct in this life since a past life is no more than one’s history, which as they say, can tend to repeat itself if we do not make different choices along the way. If anyone could help me understand what the karmic bond was that I had with this woman, it would be Reverend Bernard.

I vividly recall my first meeting Bernard some thirty years earlier. He had been invited to my home by the woman with whom I was living at the time. "J.D., I have someone I want you to meet. I met him at a psychic fair and he is very interesting". Before I could respond to her, he had walked through the front door. I remember standing at the kitchen counter across the room and as soon as I saw him, I wanted to reach out and strangle him! "What is he doing in my home?! I was stunned by my own reaction to this man since normally I am a congenial sort, welcoming all that came into my home. But my reaction to this man was clearly different and I could not understand it. All these thoughts had raced through my mind and before I could voice any of my feelings, Bernard looked at me and said You killed me in a past life. You had to, I was an evil person and you killed me in the name of Justice. I am here in this life to atone for all my past transgressions".

After hearing his words, I felt an immediate softening in my heart-a release and lightness in my heart. I felt a surge of warmth for him that penetrated and soothed my body and soul which prompted me to walk over to him and give him a big loving hug which seemed to have a tremendous healing aspect to it. And, ever since that hug, we have been friends, even to the point where he moved in and lived with us for about five years!

To look at the Reverend, one would not fathom that he possessed such insight. He stands about 5'8", is small and crooked in build and always seems to be cold as he constantly wears jackets and a beanie cap even when it’s warm outside. He does not at all appear his stated age of 73, more like 58. He is a gentle soul and speaks with a soft spoken raspy voice. His walk is more of a shuffle-kind of funny-which complements his keen sense of humor. What fascinates me is when he starts to speak. He starts out quite normally and then you slowly start to see a glaze overcome his eyes and, at that point, you know he is connected with the Guides and Angels. He refers to them as They. They want me to tell you….. They say it is very important for you to understand that…. and so on.

The man is not only clairvoyant, but a Healer as well. I personally witnessed an event where a man named Chuck, who could barely speak as a result of a past throat injury, presented himself to Bernard in a group setting. It was as though Chuck suffered from some form of throat cancer. You could feel his pain with each word that exited his mouth. Bernard simply looked at him and began sending him healing energy while speaking to him in a very soft voice. About fifteen minutes later, the man began speaking in painless normal speech. No longer was his speech, in any way hampered. Bernard explained that the man’s problem was linked to emotional ties stemming from a couple of past experiences in this lifetime and in a former, life.

One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day. For me, that movie reflects the nature of the entwinement of one’s past lives with the current one. Just as Bill Murray had to relive each February 2nd until he got it right, or until he became completely aware of his own imperfections and made the necessary changes in his outlook and attitude. Each of us reenacts our past lives for the same reason. Some refer to this phenomenon as karma. During this life time I believe we are given the opportunity to make things right. For example, if there was evil in our past, we are given the opportunity in this life to makes choices that takes us off the path of evil destruction and places us on the path to truth, love and light.

Each of us has our own destiny, a path to follow. The key to life I believe is to discover and understand the quintessence of our destiny. To do so allows us to discern the "whys" for all that occurs to us in this life. Why certain behavior occurs. Why people do what they do. As I’ve stated before, I believe there are no accidents. There are no mistakes. There are no coincidences. Everything has purpose which all leads us to and on our path in life.

It was the application of the metaphysics to the daily events which unfolded over this time period that prompted me to write this story. Whether you believe in the metaphysical world and such, is of no mind. Truth is truth no matter where it comes from and is not dependent on whether you believe in the source or not. If truth rings a bell or absolutely resonates inside you, you cannot ignore it or un-ring it. It is there and it needs to be dealt with.

You see, I believe that the facts of this tale are fascinating in and of themselves, warranting the story to be told. Add the metaphysical or even fate and the story becomes one that must be told. No matter what, I am sure you will enjoy this story on whatever level that fits your comfort zone.

CHAPTER 1

My one major weakness is falling for beautiful women…..

I just got home from Court and barely had time to change out of my suit to don my typical and most comfortable attire, shorts and a Hawaiian shirt when my phone rang. I answered to a woman’s throaty heavy Asian accented voice. Attorney Ash, this is Veronica Veil. I was a client of Attorney Anderson and you probably know he recently passed away. He told me before he died that if anything happened to him, I was to call you and you would take good care of me. I have a lawsuit going on against my ex-husband because he beat me up. I don’t know what to do and I am feeling lost. I need your help.

Bob Anderson was a dear friend and colleague of mine for some thirty years during which time we worked cases together, played golf, sailed, and laughed. Bob was some twenty-five years my senior yet he was very young at heart. I loved to play golf with Bob since he always let me know which club I should use to make my shot, and he never failed me. As to sailing, Bob gave me his 30' Catalina sloop knowing how much I loved to sail. He knew I would enjoy sailing his boat a lot more than the 22' Macgregor sloop I was sailing at the time. He and I were neighbors living in the same harbor just a couple of channels apart. Each time I sailed out to the main channel I would pass his house and if he was out on his deck sunbathing, he would waive and yell Have a good sail.

Bob knew I was a good sailor and he would often come out with me whenever I sailed out to the nearby islands for a day sail. I would man the sails and tiller and do all the work while he sat comfortably in the cockpit drinking his red wine. Bob loved his wine and knew he didn’t have to worry about getting caught by the Coast Guard for drunk sailing if I was manning the tiller. It was a simpatico relationship. It was not that Bob was not a good sailor or did not like to sail himself, simply put, he was tired and just liked to be the passenger so he could enjoy all the beauty of being out on the ocean watching all the dolphins, whales, pelicans and other sea denizen the ocean had to offer. For Bob had his own sailing experiences to last his lifetime including sailing the very