Tricia Stewart Shiu, Award-Winning YA SciFi Fantasy Author, Shares Her Metaphysical Meeting With Spirit, MOA

When I was five, I was visited by a vision. I’ll never
forget it, I was running down the stairs and the entity, a girl with dark hair,
stopped me in my tracks. The spirit said that I would go through a deeply
challenging time in my life, but would resurface, later in life, with
unimaginable joy and fulfillment. That vision stayed with me. In middle school,
I would sit quietly at my desk adding up the years to figure out exactly when
my life would turn around.

And then I forgot. I moved to Los Angeles after college. I
got busy, my work and then, many, many years and moves around the city later,
the stress of family life took over and I was completely overwhelmed and in
desperate need of a vacation. My husband, daughter and I decided to go to
Hawaii.

When the plane landed in Honolulu, I remember feeling the
difference in the atmosphere as I disembarked. The air made me somehow,
remember that there was a part of me that

knew…something…what was it?

Never mind, I was in Hawaii it was time to see the sights!
So, I sped off to see Diamond Head, Waikiki Beach and then headed home for an
afternoon nap before an evening luau. As I drifted toward sleep, I heard my
name being called. In my mind’s eye, I saw a beautiful young woman with dark
hair, who said her name was Moaahuulikkiaaakea’o
Haanaapeekuluueehuehakipuunahe’e—Moa for short.

And then I remembered. Boy, did I remember. That final
experience sparked a spiritual journey that continues to this day. In fact, the
event and subsequent interactions with Moa (oh yes, they continued) opened the
door to my writing the award-winning YA SciFi Moa Series (MOA, STATUE OF KU and
IRON SHINTO) as well as the GATEKEEPER’S GUIDE SERIES.

It’s a little scary putting myself “out there” and I have found a world-wide kinship in sharing my truth through storytelling. Honestly, there have always been things I have known before they happened ever since I can remember. I used to write it off as a fluke or coincidence. I was skeptical until that incident in Hawaii with Moa, which essentially upended my complete understanding of how the world works, why I’m here and what I’m here to do. 

Even as I write this, I am positive that some people, including close friends will be utterly shocked that I’m writing about and including myself in such an esoteric subject matter. I learned from a very young age, that it is much better to keep anything strange or unusual which is seen, heard, felt or sensed, to myself. 

Funny, though, like anything else you try to hide, it comes out in other ways. People know that something is up, they just can’t figure out what and so everyone’s more uncomfortable than if it was just stated clearly. 

During my journey of spiritual discovery, I received a degree in Psychology, studied mediumship, healing arts, energy work and discovered all kinds of interesting things about myself, like sometimes I know things that I couldn’t possibly know, I intuit information and blurt words out that only make sense to the person receiving them.  

My biggest lesson throughout the years of metaphysical studies has been that we all possess these gifts, and much more, to some degree, and I have dedicated the rest of my existence to spreading that message. As frustrating as it is to hear, we all have the answers to those burning questions, deep within us and if we find them, we find our truest form of self-expression.