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Beginner’s Luck

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

2010: The Year We Make Contact

2010 is a science fiction movie that’s a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.  My suggestion would be to read 2001, see the 2001 movie, then see 2010.  You could skip the 2001 movie, as it’s not that great, but don’t skip the book, or you won’t get the most out of it.

2010 is an interesting movie in it’s own right, but on top of that, there is an interesting example of mediumship in it.  If you haven’t seen it, HAL 9000 is the computer that runs the spaceship Discovery.  HAL is also the medium, who is giving Dr. Heywood Floyd a message from someone who is transformed beyond our physical limitations.

Dr. Floyd’s responses are rather typical of people with no interest and no experience with mediumship, either as a medium or as the recipient of a message (the seeker).  It’s easy for someone at this level of experience to get hung up about identity, and then disbelieve anyway.  In Dr. Floyd’s case, his disbelief could cost him his life.  Thankfully, most mediumshiop does not end up being so drastic, and much/most of it is positive, as opposed to avoiding a negative as Dr. Floyd is being encouraged to do.   In addition, Dr. Floyd is receiving an extremely clear message that affects the present moment.  Most of the time, messages aren’t so clear, and may or may not affect the present.  Sometimes, the effects come years later.  I suppose you could call Dr. Floyd lucky to receive such a message.

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No speeding

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Here is an article about a medium in Australia, but what I found most interesting in it was some things medium James Van Praagh said about communication.  Sometimes when you’re doing message work, you’d like to get more information faster, or better information.  For the most part, it doesn’t work that way. What comes, comes, at the rate that it comes.  You can ask questions to some extent, and it sometimes helps, but that’s about it.

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Seeking the spiritual golden snitch

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Somewhat like the seeker in Harry Potter’s game of Quidditch, a seeker is any person who is looking for something from the spirits, most commonly in the form of a message or reading.  Here is a nice little article about how you as a seeker should approach a reading.   It refers to readings by phone, but it essentially applies to any type of reading.  Some of it applies to messages as well.

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Medium’s Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

From a mediumship perspective, here are some things I’m thankful for on Thanksgiving:

1. The presence of God in my life.  That presence that lets me know that life is a forward and uplifting progression towards goodness and spirituality, even when it does not feel that way in a particular moment.

2. The Very Important People (VIPs) in my life.  My wife, children, parents, family, friends.  Strictly speaking, they are largely unrelated to mediumship, but nonetheless, they are very important.  Experiences with them through time have taught me valuable lessons about life, love, and spirituality, which are important ingredients in mediumship.

3.  Assistance from my spirit folks.  They have provided guidance, assurance, and the butt-kicking (when necessary) to help me progress in life.

4. Communication with my spirit folks.  We work together to communicate better and better through mediumship.  I am thankful that they listen to what I have to say, and are willing to work with me.

5. The trust that I’ve developed with my spirit folks.  Building trust involves a lot of work, patience, and desire.  It requires a lot of investment from their side.  And it’s a choice on their part, not a given.  I am grateful that were willing, and appreciate the positive effects of it that show up in my mediumship and in my life.

6. The good works that I’ve been involved with via mediumship.  Healing.  Message work.  Readings.  Writing.  Channeling.  Spirit removal (Ghostbusting).  Guiding and teaching others.  All of these are rooted in goodness, are satisfying to be involved in, and are tightly integrated with the spirits – both my folks and others.

7. My dreamwork.  My dreams are very vivid, and the spirits often use my dream time to take me places, show me things, and teach me things.

8. That I live in a country where mediumship is no longer persecuted.  I am thankful that I do not live in fear of being burned at the stake.

9. That I am a medium.  While one can certainly get along in life without mediumship, I wouldn’t want to.  Mediumship has a mystery and beauty all its own, and I am thankful that it has a presence and a large role in my life.

10. For the people I have met and worked with along the way.  I have learned so many things from my peers in classes.  As time passes, some of them go different ways, and I probably won’t see them again while I’m still here on the Earth plane, but they will always have their special places in my heart.

11. For the future.  Despite what people say about psychics and mediums predicting the future, the future is, by and large, unwritten.  I rather like it that way.  Even without knowing what will happen next, I am sure that the future will involve goodness, spirituality, and mediumship, and for this, I am thankful.

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Bowling a curve ball

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

If you’re like me, and have some interest in mediums-as-people, as well as mediums-as-mediums, then you might like this interview with John Edward and Jonathan Louis on Bridge Street, which is a Syracuse, New York talk show.

It’s a 20-minute spot, but I think it’s worth your time.  John talks about how he got into the work, cold reading (1:01), and a nice description of what mediums do. He also answers some good questions from viewers, such as how people perceive spirits.

During a commercial break (11:15) John does a little message work, which carries back into the show.  He gives a good description of what the pull feels like when you’re drawn to someone that you are going to give a message to.  When he’s doing the message work, he’s pulled to an area and has to narrow it down, usually by asking questions.

My issue with locating the recipient of the message (the seeker) this way is that it can “look bad”, i.e. is good cynic-fodder.  In previous blog entries, I’ve called it bad form, and the cynics would say it’s just fishing and making up stories, or cold reading.  My view is that even though the cynics are unimportant, I still don’t want to feed them.  So I’m firm with my spirit folks about not working this way, and by and large, they abide by it.

I’ve had messages from mediums who work this way, and form and cynics aside, I think the accuracy and relevance of the message is pretty much unaffected.  If message work were bowling, and you bowl a strike, does it really matter that you threw a curving, hooking, spinning ball, rather than one that goes straight down the alley?   A strike is a strike, and it counts for ten points.

Understand that I’m not picking on John Edward, not at all.  I like him, think he’s a good and legitimate medium, and has done a lot for our subject matter.

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Someone at the door

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

As a medium, you get used to certain things happening around you that are spiritual in nature.  This morning, I had the following “dream”:

There was this man who lived next door to a family, in a very country setting. I was with him while he went to their house (which was a country/farm house) and he was fixing things in it, trying to make things right.  His presence in the house had an Earth-bound feel to it, like he was coming back from the Spirit world in a way that Earth plane would be able to see him.  We were near the front door, and they had a doorbell that had two wires exposed but unconnected.  I said that he needed a switch to connect them together to make the door ring whenever you pushed the button, but he grabbed them with one hand and put them together, and I could hear the doorbell ring, which was the classic, rich-sounding ding-dong sound.  The people in the house were nearby, and I could feel them there and hear them to some extent, but nothing further.  They were towards the back of the house, and we were in front.  There was a dog in the house as well, who had pointer-like hair, was white with big brown spots, and was as big as a St. Bernard.  As the man and I were standing near the front door, the dog got up on his hind legs and put his paws on the man’s shoulders, from behind, like he were hugging the man or welcoming him.  At that point, the man’s grief was so heavy it weighed like stone on me, and I woke up gasping for breath.

As I tried to understand this experience, I got a number of other details around it.  The man died from an accident, like a random shot fired in the air.  I saw a woman standing in a field, heard the shot, and then I saw the shot come down and slice some skin off the right side of her face.  Picture a big raindrop falling down someone’s face but tearing skin off, and you get the idea.  From the family’s point of view, the man was like somebody’s uncle who lived next door.  The vibration was very close, like family, and everyone got along well, but the man had somehow been bad/mean in his life, hence his grief.  The girl had black hair that was parted in the center but fluffy/curly and thick around the ears and shoulders, with blue eyes, with a rounded full face – quite attractive.  The image of her in the field was black and white.  The first date I got was 1901-1902.  Then I got 1892, which indicated that the girl was ten years old. Something happened to her at that age which was part of his grief.  The first place I got was California, but I also got Santa Fe.  His last name was Whitman.  While he was on the Earth plane, he knew a Hopi indian who tried to help him with his problems, but he never listened to him.  The indian seemed to know that underneath the problems/issues, he wasn’t entirely a bad man.  After he went to the Spirit world, the indian still tried to help him, but he still didn’t listen.

I call these dream experiences.  I’ve had them before.  My role in this one was just to be the medium, a bystander, although in others, I’ve been in the role of one of the participants.  My impression is that in our current time, this person is ringing someone’s doorbell (in the physcal) and the occupants of the house are puzzled because no one is at the door.  They probably recognize this as some type of phenomena, but aren’t sure what to do with it.  I’m not clear about the connection between this man and the inhabitants of the house – it may be through the family, the location of the house, or both.

When it comes to message work, I’m a stickler about knowing where the message goes.  I don’t like giving messages and having someone from the audience step up and claim it as theirs, as it’s not good form.  Be that as it may, I was asked to put this out there.  I’m not sure that the purpose is to give a message to a specific person, but if it resonates with you, or you know who it belongs to, please email me.

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Interview with John Edward

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

John Edward is a well-known medium who used to have a television show called Crossing Over, where he did message work for the audience.  He was interviewed on Fox News and he explains what mediumship is like, from the medium’s point of view. Take the time to read the article from start to finish.  He covers a lot of topics.

John Edward is one of my favorite mediums.  He’s got the right attitude.  And he’s got a new web site, InfiniteQuest.com.

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Let go and …

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

I’m a Facebooker.  A friend of mine posted her Facebook status, and she said that she didn’t know what men want from relationships.  Several of us responded, and it went into a long and rather detailed conversation, which was quite good.  Eventually, the conversation got around to the spirtual aspects of relationships, and I said that at times it’s important to let go and let God. For the most part, we were referring to letting go of things she’s doing that aren’t working.

Mediums can find themselves in the same situation as my friend, but with their spirit folks.  Sometimes we continue to do things that aren’t working, or worse, are working partially.  Sometimes we are afraid to trust them.

This happens more often when you’re first learning mediumship.  You don’t know your spirit folks yet, and aren’t sure that you are receiving, so you’re afraid to speak up.  The first rule of student mediumship is “if you have something to give out, give it out”.  It’s the best way to learn.  In the context of a learning environment, you don’t have to worry about making “mistakes”, it’s ok.  It’s better to speak up and chance a “mistake” than it is to sit there quietly and not say anything.  You can not learn everything by observation alone – you have to participate.  If you want to progress, you have to “give it out”.

It takes a little faith and trust, especially in the beginning.  Relationships with your spirit folks develop over time.  Your thoughts and ideas about mediumship and spirits have considerable impact on the relationship – you are more a part of the process than you think.  Your relationship with the spirit folks is uniquely yours. It will never be exactly the same as any other mediums’ relationships with their spirit folks, nor should it be.

Mediumship involves letting go.  You let go of yourself and open up, so that the spirits can communicate through you, often to bring a message from their world to ours, to the seeker.

“Let go and let Spirit”.

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Mediumship and quality of content

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

In my previous post about the goodness of the medium, I said that the quality of the content (of messages or readings) was an interrelationship of many things.  Without inventing a whole new branch of metaphysics, let’s ask Phaedrus’ perennial question, “What is quality?”

With mediumship, things are rarely black and white, so it’s better to put them on a continuum, with black at one end and white on the other.  Here are a few important continuua to think about when it comes to quality of content, and to some extent, quality of mediumship.

Positive to negative
Positive content is always good, but negative content is not always bad.  For example, you can get a real ass-kicking in a reading or message.  This is true, and I’ll vouch for it, because it’s happened to me.  My life was botched up, and the spirits gave me the kick in the ass that I needed to get me going in the right direction.  And it is not an open license for a message or reading to mean, disparaging, condescending, or contemptuous.  Basically, a good-old-fashioned kick in the ass is still good, as unpleasant as it may be to get it when you need one.

Wisdom to gossip
Content that provides wisdom and guides you in your life is good stuff.  Gossip is exactly what it is, gossip.  It’s junk.  Spirits don’t have time to gossip.  Neither should you.  You shouldn’t be looking for gossip in the first place, let alone from the spirits.  Wisdom is on one end of the continuum, and gossip on the other.  Things that fall closer to the wisdom end are better than the ones that don’t.

Evidence to fakery
An evidential message or reading is one in which there’s clear evidence of the continuity of life, that is, you know who the spirit is that’s communicating from the other side.  Not all messages are highly evidential, nor do they have to be.  But generally speaking, the closer it falls to the evidence side of the contiuum, the better it is.

The source, spirits to the medium
Messages from the spirits are what seekers want, most of the time.  It’s better than a message that comes from the medium personally, which is sometimes called a head message.  My experience is that head messages usually aren’t very good, but I allow the possibility that the content of one could be the same thing the spirits would have said anyway.  Determining a head message from a spirit message is whole discussion in and of itself, and is anything but black and white.

Ethical to unethical
This continuum is more black and white than most, but still has some gray area.  Telling a seeker that they have demons or devils.  Holding back content as a mean of demanding more money for a message or reading.  Manipulating the content for secondary gains, such as sex with the seeker.  Mean, disparaging, condescending, or contemptuous content.

Form, good to poor
This is more about how the content is delivered than the content itself.  But it’s related, because the delivery affects the perception by the seeker.  For example, many of the things that cynics pick on mediums about is simply poor form.  A quality message or reading should not be delivered in a way that makes people think you’re doing cold readings and the like.

My personal pet peeve is when a medium doesn’t know where the message is supposed to go, starts polling the audience to see who responds, finds the right one, and then goes from there.  Even if the message eventually lands in the right place and has good content, it’s very poor form.  It also gives cynics the soap box they need to stand on.  If I had my way, I’d outlaw it.  If the spirits can’t find the right person to deliver the message to and communicate it clearly to the medium, then the message shouldn’t be given.  Period.  You can bet I won’t stand for it with my guides.  I’d rather shut my mouth instead.  No message is better than one with poor form.

The medium as a person, good to bad
A good person is more credible than a bad one.  Even if the message is one hundred percent true (“the sun will rise in the morning”), I’d rather hear it from a good person as opposed to a bad one.  This continuum can also affect the quality of the content, through the Law of Attraction, i.e. bad spirits can provide bad messages.

The medium as a spirit communicator, good to bad
This is the capability of the medium to clearly receive and clearly convey content from the spirits.  While the idea of mediumship is as simple as handing a message from one person to another, who then hands it to the recipient, the reality is more multifaceted.  There are various things that impact the message as it goes from the spirits to the seeker.  And just like it is with our languages, things can get lost in the translation as well.

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Verification from the fam

Friday, January 16th, 2009

When a seeker provides information that verifies a reading or message (or healing for that matter), it’s a bonus.

About two years ago, I gave a family member a message that he would encounter a very rude person, and it would be quite notable, as opposed to the typical day-to-day things.  At the time, it made no sense to him, as he couldn’t relate it to anyone he knew.  But I talked with him a few days ago, he said that he’s dealing with this person now and can’t wait until he doesn’t have to interface with her any more.  Thankfully for him, that’s soon.

The family member is half-half when it comes to believing in spirit communication.  That’s ok though, because being the recipient of a reading or message does not require a belief in mediumship.  Even though he now has some fact-based evidence to consider, he doesn’t know what to make of it.

It was a nice surprise to get a verification like that.  When you think about it, it’s a nice slice of mediumship.  Neither one of us knew who the person was at the time of the reading, as neither one of us had met her or even heard of her, so that eliminates the “you read minds” objection to mediumship.  When he encountered her, he knew exactly who the person was, that is, the message hit home, which is good verification for him.

As a medium, it’s important that the message comes from the spirits, not your own head.  When it comes to family members, it becomes even more important.  Some mediums won’t do work for family members because they feel they’re too close, and it gets in the way.  Quite understandable.

My approach has been that if the spirits want to give a message to a family member through me, that’s fine, as long they make sure that I’m not clouding things up and being in the way.  So the verification was good for me too, because it shows that I can do message work for family members without it being an issue.  I wouldn’t take it as an open license to do work for family members all the time, but at least it’s possible.

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