Andrew (Andy) Robertson-Rieck – A brief summary of my life.
I was born 8 weeks premature and suffered an oxygen deficiency during birth. The consequence of that, was me ending in an incubator and having to deal with cerebral palsy for the rest of my life.
In my case cerebral palsy means: I am completely clear and normal in my mental brain. I’m as clear and as normal as anybody else without a disability.
Otherwise, I have to have personal carers 24/7 because – I can’t move my body by myself; I can turn my head, I can move my arms a little, but that it’s about it. I have never walked in my life. Spasticity made my spine bend towards an incredible scoliosis. My hands and my feet are deformed. My vocal cords are also affected by the spasticity and can sometimes be very tight and some people need time to understand me; or are really in trouble to understand what I’m saying. Sometimes it is easier. I just have to be very patient with people and myself – mainly myself.
I need to be fed, dressed, washed, and taken out in a wheelchair. I have a flat on my own now, but of course somebody always needs to be around or on call/speaker.
The Teachers came to me because I was very sick and in the hospital. This was in 2013 and my mum had just passed away 6 months before. I had to go to hospital because of a sudden and severe iron deficiency. It was very severe, and for some days, life threatening. They came to me to just try to make me better. *
My dad was visiting Ayah, at that point, in India. My dad later told me that he was ready to pack up and go home; but Ayah said over and over; ‘don’t worry, Babas are with him (Andy) and they will take care of him. You need to stay here to do the work we have to do.’ He trusted Ayah and stayed.
So, I had to face this mainly on my own (with my older brother, supporting).
When the Teachers actually came to me I could feel it. It was as if another energy or another presence was with me in my body. When I was waking up the next morning, for some reason, my iron level was better. the Teachers stayed with me for most of the time while I was in hospital.
After leaving the hospital, the Teachers didn’t leave me. From that time on they were with me, not as clear as now, but over a period of 2-3 years I started to be able to hear their voices clearer and clearer.
Now I can hear them talking to me on a frequent basis. They are always in the background, but I can call on them; and then they are kind of stepping forward; and then I receive messages, advice or comments for people coming to see me. Sometimes the messages are for people further away, and sometimes for myself.
Not long ago – about 6 months (Autumn 2019) – I had an out-of-body experience. It was during the night. I woke up and heard a voice saying: ‘If you want to leave your body now, you can’. I was already out of my body and could see my physical body lying in bed, but I was still aware of a connection between me and my body. There was a kind of joy in me to leave this body. After a timeless moment, my mum came to me and then said: ‘It is not your time yet. You still have something to do in this world.’ I agreed internally and then felt being pulled back in my body.
A lot of people’s problems (mental and physical) go away in the process of leaving the body, which is why, originally, I didn’t want to come back into my body. Coming back in the body brought all my ‘problem’s’ back, of course. But with this special experience/gift of that night, I see things very different since then.
My message to people is: when you die that is not the end. It is just the beginning of another chapter. And be sure that in every chapter you enter, there is the support of the Babas, even if you don’t believe. The Babas will be with you.
*It should be noted that Andrew has always had some degree of seeing and insight. There are deeper reasons that such an extreme transformation took place in his life at this time. RDR