# Peter already knew — Mom had just visited

- Teacher: Ajahn Brahm
- Type: Story
- URL: https://beingmindfulstories.com/stories/brahm-peter-mom-visited-after-death
- Themes: death, afterlife, family, comfort
- Life situations: bereavement, grief

## Synopsis (editorial summary)

Peter in Australia answers the phone: sister says Mom's dead. He already knows and is not upset — Mom's mind-made form had just visited, smiling, giving love one last time across the world in less than a second.

## The story, as told by Ajahn Brahm (verbatim captions)

having a cup of tea, Peter, and then telephone rang. Answered the telephone. Good. He says, "Sister, Peter, we've got some bad news for you." Yeah, I know. Mom's dead. What? How do you know? How come you're not upset? That's when Peter told his sister that his mom had just visited him. It's important you can't do that in just 1 second all the way from UK. It's a mile away in Australia in 1 second or less than that. He just was there, clear, just smiling, giving the love to him one last time

## Teaching point

Love can arrive faster than the phone call.

## Reflection (in the spirit of Ajahn Brahm's talk)

When Peter's sister rang from England to say their mother had died, he already knew. Moments earlier, he said, she'd appeared to him in Australia, smiling, giving her love one last time. He wasn't upset. Ajahn Brahm finds that beautiful. Don't just take his word for it; meditate and explore for yourself.

## Source

- [Recollecting Past Lives | Ajahn Brahm | 19 April 2024](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_tqHsSBEs0) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 50:48 to 51:37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_tqHsSBEs0&t=3048s

Other tellings of this story:

- [Happy to be Home | Ajahn Brahm | 10 April 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndNvpCZrNg) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 56:38 to 57:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndNvpCZrNg&t=3398s