title: Conversing with the Soul: (Short Stories and Messages for the Human Condition)
author:  Martin E. Palagonia 
description: Martin E. Palagonia is a lifetime resident of Long Island, NY. He has been a published poet for 25 years, with most of his poetry based in the complexities of the Human Experience. He is married to his best friend and long-time companion Christine, without whose love and support he would never have had the courage to write this book. He is a former medic with the U.S. Navy/ Marine Corp, a former NYS EMT, and has had extensive experience in care giving to the elderly in his early years. His experiences in dealing with the deceased and the dying have greatly influenced his beliefs that we are more than temporary beings, but something far greater. He has had many teachers, Don Miguel Ruiz, Ram Dass, Neale Donald Walsch, Echarte Tolle and Dr. Wayne Dyer among them, and it is to these teachers of perspective that he owes his great thanks, for it was through their teachings that he found his own voice, and his own perspective. Lastly, he would like to thank his parents, Martin and Janet, for the lessons they taught him about life, all of which have served him well. Although he did not get benefit of their wisdom as he grew older, due to their passing so young, they imparted some incredibly valuable knowledge with the time they had. It is to them, and his incredible wife Christine, and the Almighty that he dedicates this book.
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  _Book One of The Oreniah Codex_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Written by J.M. Lively_
  
  
  
  
  
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