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Spirit Channeling In The Trance State
The term ‘trance’ is sometimes misunderstood in psychic mediumship. The trance state is an altered state of consciousness that enables a medium to communicate with spirit. This shouldn’t be confused with spirit possession, as depicted in some Hollywood films and television shows. There is nothing evil or demonic about mediumship and trance channeling!
In a trance state, the psychic medium’s consciousness serves as a conduit for spirit. It is a two-way communication, and the purest and most trusting form of partnership between the physical and spiritual worlds.
There are essentially two levels or types of spirit channeling, namely mental mediumship and physical mediumship.
Mental mediumship, sometimes also called ‘telepathic mediumship,’ is what most people are familiar with namely to communicate with spirit while fully conscious. Mental mediums use various levels of trance to channel spirit messages.
One of the most famous mental mediums was as the American psychic Edgar Cayce, also known as the ‘sleeping prophet,’ who channeled his higher self while in the trance state. Cayce was a devout Christian who in in a trance state with his eyes closed would answer questions on a variety of subjects, such as healing, dreams, the afterlife, past lives and reincarnation.
While mental mediumship is communication experienced only by the medium or channeler, physical mediumship is also evident to everyone who is with the medium. Mental mediumship involves only the mind of the medium, while in physical mediumship the body of the medium is used to channel information from spirit.
Physical mediumship can involve various physical manifestations of spirit energies, such as the moving of objects, table rapping, and spirit materializations. These phenomena usually occur during séances. There are not many physical mediums these days because this form of channeling requires extensive training and is a psychic practice that can take many years to develop.
The Key Elements Of A Successful Psychic Reading
Recently, I was drawn into an interesting conversation about what is required to deliver a successful, accurate psychic reading. First up for discussion was the different psychic abilities, techniques and methods that readers use to obtain and convey information during a reading.
Psychic readers can basically be categorized into two groups: diviners and channelers. Diviners use divination tools and methods, such as Tarot cards, runes, bones, tea leaves, astrology charts, and so on. Channelers, on the other hand, is what I simply refer to as ‘no tools’ psychics. These individuals ‘see, hear, and feel.’
Is one better than the other? I don’t believe there is much difference – not as far as giving the client meaningful and useful information that is intended specifically for them. I personally see the two reading processes as very similar. What really matters in the end is accurate interpretation, as well as the skill and experience of the reader. These are the key elements, not how the information is accessed.
In my view, reading Tarot cards in a spread is no different to interpreting, for example, a stream of visual images ‘seen’ in the mind’s eye. In the same way Tarot readers associate certain symbolic meanings with different cards, ‘no tools’ readers similarly rely on a personal set of psychic symbols, such as visual images, clairaudient sounds, empathic feelings, and so on. It is not how the information is accessed, but how well it is interpreted that matters most.
I find that my personal ‘catalog’ of psychic symbols is constantly expanding and evolving, as I do more and more readings. This has made it increasingly easier for me over the years to interpret and convey psychic information to my clients.
Mediums To The Rescue
When some people pass away, they are taken by surprise and in shock. These souls aren’t sure what is going on, where they are now, and how they got there, while wondering where everyone else has gone. These individuals find themselves stuck in a physical, human mindset and unable to progress in the spirit realm.
How can such a confused soul energy become unstuck and cross over into the light? Well, that’s where spirit rescue work comes in! Some of the most rewarding spiritual experiences in my own mediumship career have been during rescue sessions that I used to attend. Once every month, a group of mediums would gather in a séance circle and with the aid of a facilitator we would engage in the rescue process. In the trance state, one of us would then begin to channel the energy of someone who needed assistance to cross over and reach the Other Side.
There are several rescue sessions that particularly stand out in my memory, even after all these years. The first was the spirit of a young woman about 35 years of age. She had been sitting on her kitchen counter in Indiana for months, wondering where the rest of her family had gone? We soon discovered that they had all been killed in a car accident and only she had returned home to search for everyone. The facilitator encouraged her to look to the light, reach for their outstretched hands and join her husband and two children.
Another time, I channeled the energy of a little boy about six years old. He was hiding under one end of his bed, which was on an angle forming a tent over him. He had perished in a house fire in Nebraska and couldn’t find his parents. We encouraged him to look towards the light and reach for his waiting mother’s hand.
Another unusual case was a patriotic young WWII soldier who had been killed in combat, but refused to abandon his post. Our facilitator had to give him a direct order to look to the light and immediately report to his commanding officer!
The Gift Of Spiritual Healing
Spiritual or psychic healing, or you can call it energy healing, is also a gift of mediumship, because the healer is working as a channel, for advanced spirits to work through.
All of my life I have had visions, spirit communications and all of that, but I would often also dream about and witness medical surgeries taking place. Some of it is pretty gory, and I would wake up and wonder why?
As time went by the reason became clear to me. I discovered that it was part of my life purpose and I started working with a healing group. They were, and still are, wonderful! There are a lot of different forms of healing. I believe that in a future world, psychic healers, physicians, and psychiatrists will all work together in the healing of human and animals.
There is much involved with psychic healing. One must learn to align your body, mind, and soul to the person being healed. And one must also have permission from the person to conduct the healing. If they cannot communicate, you can ask them telepathically.
Some healings are complete, where the patient becomes free of the disease, and recovers. Others are only partial healings, and this happens when the disease is karmic, and necessary, for the spiritual growth of the person. Even if the patient crosses over, believe it or not, the healing has still taken place!
For the past 16 years, I have been working with a very great healer in spirit. I have witnessed him do some pretty amazing things, for both humans and animals. He is especially skilled with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and tumors.
For a while I was saving baby kitties that had lost their mothers. Their lives are important too. He saved two kittens that were on the brink of death. One of the kittens I really fell in love with. She was a tortoiseshell cat, and very, very tiny. I had her and her two sisters that I was taking care of.
Two Pitfalls To Manifesting Healing
I have been doing energy healing work in many capacities for several years now. If you are reading this it is likely that you have manifested on this Earth to bring healing energy to many situations.
From what I have seen most people have a natural desire to bring healing and restoration though many different mediums. But there are two specific pitfalls that keep individuals from fully manifesting their healing gift. The first is a need for perfection before manifestation, and the second is elitism. My mentor once said that we are all wounded healers. I have yet to meet a master or student who has reached the pinnacle of intuitive insight and energy flow. This does not make us broken and should certainly not keep us from fulfilling our destinies as healers and intuitives.
If I met someone who claims to have achieved full enlightenment, I would steer clear of that person. When we are not living in a flow of personal insight and development we become stagnant. When water lacks movement or flow it loses its vital energy. Our vital energy or personal rei-ki comes from the ebbs and flows of our personal human experience.
Rei (divine love and wisdom) Ki (vital energy) comes from two sources. This flow can be attained through both attunements. The second source is the energy flow that is channeled through our journey and experience. It is important to remember that even Usui Reiki had a source and was channeled in a time and place of great need. This is also why Reiki cannot be contained in a single tradition. There is Vedic Karuna Reiki, Kagami Reiki, and Egyptian Seichim Reiki, as well as your reiki, my reiki, and on and on. It can be expressed and experienced in symbols, words, pictures, archetypes, and so forth. True mastery is achieved by understanding that Spirit is not limited, and by entering into the limitless possibilities of love.
How I Do Psychic Readings
I am often asked how I receive information in my readings, as I do not use any divination methods or tools. I don’t know how or why I am able to say what I say in reaction to the question on hand.
It’s almost like there is two versions of me (no, I’m not bipolar, nor do I have split personalities). One is the everyday me who lives in this physical world, and the other is my higher self. It is this higher self version of me who channels the information during readings.
I get information is various ways. I spontaneously ‘know’ things, ‘see’ images and symbols, ‘hear’ words and sounds, as well as physical symptoms, sensations, and tastes.
I simply say what I ‘get,’ exactly as I receive the vibration, notion, energy from the question. I am not paid as a psychic reader for offer my own personal ideas or opinions. My clients pay for metaphysical insight and spiritual guidance to help them with their life challenges.
Now, how do I get this symbolic information from my mind to your ears, so that you will receive it in such a way that you will understand or identify with it? Well, simply through practice, practice, and more practice.
Psychic reading is like learning to play an instrument. Musical talent alone is not enough. You have to learn to read the music symbols on a piece of sheet music and transform it into sounds through that instrument.
Psychic readers build their personal set of symbols over many years. For example, for me seeing a ‘tree’ is about self or home. If the tree is twisted-looking or has wires holding it up, it means the person, or their home situation is not doing so well. If the leaves are brown, there is grief, loss or sadness involved.
Living With Spirit
People ask me what it’s like to ‘live with spirit.’ They wonder whether I can read minds or whether spirit is constantly speaking in my ear. I think sometimes they envision a little angel on my shoulder, chattering in a non-stop staccato, as I go through the day.
The simple answer is that I am no different from anyone else. Spirit does not come forward without reason, unless I specifically set out to do a psychic reading.
Aha! So what does ‘without reason’ mean? Well, there have been times when I have been very glad of my connection to spirit.
When they want to, they can interrupt my thinking, just as if they were sitting right beside me. That can be handy when there’s a warning to be had.
One time, while driving along a 16-lane highway, I suddenly veered from the core lanes into the collectors without a lot of warning for the friend who was following behind me. She knew this driving maneuver was unlike me but she had a feeling that she knew what might have caused the quick switch.
When we got to our destination on the other side of the city, she said with a big grin, “Next time, could you ask your spirit guides to give me a bit more notice before you change lanes?”
It was only then that I realized what I had done. Without questioning the source, I had automatically followed their instructions and, as a result, we made excellent time across the city and did not get stuck behind a major accident that had just occurred further ahead.
