FOLLOW YOUR HEART
If you read the other essays here, you'll see my progression … I started as a person who connected with my loved ones through some wonderful, evidential mediums. Now I'm a medium, myself, connecting others with their loved ones.
Who woulda thunk?
It's been an incredible lesson in trust. I mean, who in their right mind would subject themselves to sitting in a room with a complete stranger to tell them things about their loved ones they have no way of knowing? Certainly not me - a student who never wanted to get anything less than an A. I think the spirit world knows that. That's why they keep giving me these awesome "wow" moments in my readings that keep me plopping myself down in that chair across from those strangers, always hoping for another "A."
… Like the time I described a woman's deceased husband to her with some pretty amazing details. I thought the reading was going really well, until she explained that she wouldn't be satisfied until her husband gave her the funny name he used to call her. I didn't even try to hide the pained wince that crossed my face. Didn't she know how hard it was to get the "secret passwords" everyone hopes to hear? And then, before the wince unwound, I heard it - a word so unusual that I knew it came from a source outside myself.
"Why did I just hear ______?" I asked (Funny name omitted to protect my client's privacy).
The woman sucked in a breath and grew deadly serious. "Why did you just say that?"
I knew from her reaction that her hubby had come through for her big time. "That's it, isn't it -- the nickname he called you?"
She could only nod her head, unable to speak through her tears.
I joined her in crying. … Maybe it wasn't the most professional reaction, but hey, how else are you going to react when you've just given someone undeniable proof that her husband is still around?
So that's why I subject myself to potential failure, because I know the spirit world is not going to let me fail. And because the message of mediumship and the comfort it brings is just too darned important to not do it once you find out you can.
Which leads me to an email I got this morning from a woman who had previously asked to be moved to the top of my waiting list. Suddenly, she changed her mind and asked to be removed from my list. The reason? "My church teaching is against the practice of mediumship."
Now, this woman had sat in on one of my talks about mediumship. She knew exactly what she was getting into when she initially asked for a reading. She'd expressed her happiness at hearing my message about the continuity of life.
I may never know what happened to make the woman change her mind, but me thinks she may have had a conversation with someone from her place of worship. And that's why I enjoy being a "seeker" - free to ask for spiritual guidance and knowledge directly from the Source … free to discuss and read a broad spectrum of books, to pray to Jesus or to Buddha, or to other helpers in the spirit world … to accept and reject wisdom according to how it feels inside, instead of unquestioningly following what someone tells me I'm supposed to believe or do.
I replied to the woman and told her that I understood - that she needed to follow her heart. I also commented on the coincidence that following one's heart was the subject of the poem I'd just received in meditation minutes earlier (see Poem #244 on my poetry blog). I wonder if she'll notice the irony (the poem coming from the spirit world ... )
I love the fact that it doesn't matter to me that the woman doesn't believe in what I do. (Correction: that her church TOLD her that she can't believe in it). What does bother me is the lost opportunity for her to hear evidence from her loved ones on the other side. Worse yet, the lost opportunity for her loved ones, who I know were pretty excited about the chance to reconnect.
You see, the first thing I learned from my teachers in England was that the spirit world rejoices when they find a new medium, for they have another "instrument" to help them contact their loved ones. That was an eye-opener for me, and it made me all the more committed to doing this work.
When you think about it, why wouldn't the spirit world rejoice? They want to talk to us as much as we want to talk to them. Communication goes two-ways.
So I'll keep working to make that communication line as clear as possible for the spirit world … and for those here who are willing to follow their hearts.
If you read the other essays here, you'll see my progression … I started as a person who connected with my loved ones through some wonderful, evidential mediums. Now I'm a medium, myself, connecting others with their loved ones.
Who woulda thunk?
It's been an incredible lesson in trust. I mean, who in their right mind would subject themselves to sitting in a room with a complete stranger to tell them things about their loved ones they have no way of knowing? Certainly not me - a student who never wanted to get anything less than an A. I think the spirit world knows that. That's why they keep giving me these awesome "wow" moments in my readings that keep me plopping myself down in that chair across from those strangers, always hoping for another "A."
… Like the time I described a woman's deceased husband to her with some pretty amazing details. I thought the reading was going really well, until she explained that she wouldn't be satisfied until her husband gave her the funny name he used to call her. I didn't even try to hide the pained wince that crossed my face. Didn't she know how hard it was to get the "secret passwords" everyone hopes to hear? And then, before the wince unwound, I heard it - a word so unusual that I knew it came from a source outside myself.
"Why did I just hear ______?" I asked (Funny name omitted to protect my client's privacy).
The woman sucked in a breath and grew deadly serious. "Why did you just say that?"
I knew from her reaction that her hubby had come through for her big time. "That's it, isn't it -- the nickname he called you?"
She could only nod her head, unable to speak through her tears.
I joined her in crying. … Maybe it wasn't the most professional reaction, but hey, how else are you going to react when you've just given someone undeniable proof that her husband is still around?
So that's why I subject myself to potential failure, because I know the spirit world is not going to let me fail. And because the message of mediumship and the comfort it brings is just too darned important to not do it once you find out you can.
Which leads me to an email I got this morning from a woman who had previously asked to be moved to the top of my waiting list. Suddenly, she changed her mind and asked to be removed from my list. The reason? "My church teaching is against the practice of mediumship."
Now, this woman had sat in on one of my talks about mediumship. She knew exactly what she was getting into when she initially asked for a reading. She'd expressed her happiness at hearing my message about the continuity of life.
I may never know what happened to make the woman change her mind, but me thinks she may have had a conversation with someone from her place of worship. And that's why I enjoy being a "seeker" - free to ask for spiritual guidance and knowledge directly from the Source … free to discuss and read a broad spectrum of books, to pray to Jesus or to Buddha, or to other helpers in the spirit world … to accept and reject wisdom according to how it feels inside, instead of unquestioningly following what someone tells me I'm supposed to believe or do.
I replied to the woman and told her that I understood - that she needed to follow her heart. I also commented on the coincidence that following one's heart was the subject of the poem I'd just received in meditation minutes earlier (see Poem #244 on my poetry blog). I wonder if she'll notice the irony (the poem coming from the spirit world ... )
I love the fact that it doesn't matter to me that the woman doesn't believe in what I do. (Correction: that her church TOLD her that she can't believe in it). What does bother me is the lost opportunity for her to hear evidence from her loved ones on the other side. Worse yet, the lost opportunity for her loved ones, who I know were pretty excited about the chance to reconnect.
You see, the first thing I learned from my teachers in England was that the spirit world rejoices when they find a new medium, for they have another "instrument" to help them contact their loved ones. That was an eye-opener for me, and it made me all the more committed to doing this work.
When you think about it, why wouldn't the spirit world rejoice? They want to talk to us as much as we want to talk to them. Communication goes two-ways.
So I'll keep working to make that communication line as clear as possible for the spirit world … and for those here who are willing to follow their hearts.