This is the story of an adventurous woman who once her husband dies, receives spiritual guidance through psychics, mediums and ultimately Seraph Angel Julian. Through this spiritual journey, she reconnects with her departed husband who advises her on life decisions, which include taking on a new lover.
Thus begins Apple Braunstein's book, Gates - Do Not be Afraid to Live, Do Not be Afraid to Die.
I first met Apple four years ago, when she offered a psychic reading at her business residence. Apple did not give the psychic readings herself, but promoted a local psychic. Now I have become her resident psychic/intuitive reader that she refers to friends & neighbors.
"Look there's another chemtrail, see there above that tree," Apple Braunstein points out her office window.
"I had a nose bleed, an unstoppable nose bleed, twice this week. When I went to the hospital for cauterization, the doctor told me I was the third person this week that had the same problem, a hole in the artery wall of the nose. I asked him if he thought it was the chemtrails, covering the sky. He considered the possibility."
I asked Apple exactly what chemtrails are. She replies, "Weather warfare.....and it's making us all sick! Check out HAARP to read up on it."
"Things were very different a 100 years ago. People didn't question things, they just did what they had to do. Children really didn't have a place. They were just there, and did what they were told. No one explained things. There was no internet. Now, we can question everything. It's a gateway to knowledge we all can venture through."
Apple's book Gates, Do Not be Afraid to Live, Do Not be Afraid to Die (copyrighted 2008) explains all the gateways that have opened up to her during her illustrious life, and she has walked through most fearlessly.
"I was told by a holy man in India that I would fight my own battles, that I am a self made woman, and basically I had sheer brazen gut courage. I already knew this since childhood, but the verbal speaking of it, gave me courage beyond what I already had. I knew I could do anything I set my mind to and his words confirmed it for me."
"John Monti was the first psychic I met. New years eve of 1982, John was on the radio in New York City. The interview location was Sardi's Restaurant, on 44th Street, the theater district in Manhattan. My husband Paul Braunstein, (who was very ill and dying of cancer) and I listened to John Monti the whole night. I told my husband I was going to call John Monti and have a psychic reading. At the end of the show, John's phone number was given out and I called. He was so busy, I did not get a call back from him for a whole year, but when I was offered an appointment date, I took it immediately!"
"I've had many psychic experiences which I call "gateways." When something is offered to a person, they can decide to take it and walk through the gate or not. I always chose to walk through and because of this, I have been offered many positive experiences."
"I believe in the power of other realms coming through and affecting us all. We just have to be open to it. I have seen and experienced many miracles. If I was a closed minded individual, I would not have experienced these miracles. I have guides and angels that I work with closely who have always lead me in the right direction."
"John Monti was a psychic, whom later became a friend. He was written about in a book entitled '100 Best Psychic's in the U.S.' John was just briefly mentioned, but he was one of the best. He could go somewhere, a park for instance, and know if someone had been there or not There is a case reopening of which he was an investigator with the police. It pertained to a child kidnapped at a carnival. John felt that the child had never been at the carnival and that the mother was covering up something."
"The police would use John's information, then only curtly acknowledge his help. I guess they didn't want to admit they had used a psychic. But psychic's and mediums can be very healing. John never made the money or received the notoriety he should have."
"He would call me in the middle of the night, tell me that he had a case he was working on and he'd pick me up in an hour or so. John liked to do most of his work at midnight or the wee hours of the morning. By this time my husband Paul had passed away and my children were older and gone, so I'd say 'why not?' I'd be there with John for many of his investigations and so I got a feel for how he worked."
"He'd get his nose to the ground, tracking psychic leads, like a blood hound to blood and he'd practically lope off. I'd be running to keep up after him. He had these long, gangly legs and I am short of legs & stature. We must have been a sight to see! I was never afraid when I went on an investigation with John, even though he lead me through attics, basements and dark alleys. I knew he (John) was very strong and that he'd make sure nothing bad happened to me."
"Our relationship was strictly platonic. We ended up being very good friends. John married a couple of times, but my feeling was that he should never have married because the job of psychic investigator, did not pay well at all. That's all he did for a living as he did not have the temperament to work a regular job. He was always telling people what he saw happening to them in the future and this scared them. He was always respectful and kind, but I don't think back then the work place was conducive for psychic readings. Today psychics are more accepted then they were 30 years ago.
"John & many other psychic's that I have met were just one of many gateways I decided to step through. I have been blessed to be an artist, clothes designer, world traveler and a lover of life. Whatever I have needed or wanted has been supplied to me almost instantaneously, because I believed it could happen."
"I have created beautiful gowns, visited many wonderful places throughout the world with others & alone and I have been blessed to have 2 romantic soul mate relationships. One was with my husband Paul and the other is with Kaz, my partner of Japanese descent who is the most amazing Shiatsu practitioner. We have a beautiful relationship together that has worked very well throughout the years, even though I am more than 20 years older than him. I've been told we have shared many life times together and feel it to be true. John Monti had foretold of the relationship with Kaz by telling me I would find a man in the medical arts. Shiatsu is just that to the Japanese culture."
"I tell the tale of my life through books and stories to allow others to look at my life so that perhaps they can grasp the excitement of theirs. I am willing to be the vehicle for whatever purpose I was placed on this earth to accomplish."
Apple Braunstein has written & copyrighted three books and is currently co-writing a book on her escapades surrounding Psychic, John Monti with Carii Bee.
To see some of Apple's fashion designs click on the link below:
www.custommade.com/by/Applesdesigns/
Post note - Apple Braunstein passed away Valentine's Day February 14, 2016. This was a perfect day for Apple to ascend as her whole life was about love.
