By now, I am hoping that you have tried the relaxation exercise in Awareness Part 1 a few times. Today, I am going to take you a stage further and you're going to sense your own aura and maybe, if you are doing this with someone else, the aura of a person in the room with you. By doing this, you shall awaken your psychic potential more, and for those with a natural ability, your mediumistic senses may awaken.
To begin, we are going to follow the same advice as in step one about food, drink, telephones, candles etc. When you are comfortable in your chair, then we shall start again with the three deep breaths. In through the nose deeply and slowly and then out slowly through the mouth keeping your eyes closed. When your breathing has regulated, I want you to become aware of yourself. Take your time and familiarise yourself with the feel of your body as a whole. Do not concentrate on one part, but keep yourself aware of the whole being that is you.
As you are sitting in this way, you should, after a while, become aware that you appear to feel different, that your body feels lighter. You will feel calm, relaxed and almost as though you do when day dreaming. This is your body becoming more sensitive and allowing you to become aware of the essence of your being. You are not made up just of flesh, blood and bone, but of spirit and this is what we are connecting with. This is the other you if you like that most cannot see unless you allow them to. I suppose in some ways it is little like self hypnosis. You are aware of yourself but detached and too relaxed to want to bother moving. This is the state I wish you to be in. It is an altered state of mind and the one needed to feel your aura extend far beyond your body. This is not a state that you cannot come back from so do not worry. You aren't going anywhere and you aren't leaving your body. You are just becoming aware of yourself in a way you may not have done before.
As the aura extends, enjoy the feeling it brings you. Feel it stretching further and further from you. If there is someone sitting with you then this is the time to see if you can feel his/her aura near yours. If you can, then I don't want to to go too close to them. Keep your aura away from each other for now. You can go close but draw back slightly if you can feel them.
Whilst you are doing this exercise you may sense a colour or several different colours. You may sense a chill around you or a smell that you either do or don't recognise. Don't try at this stage to work out what any of this is. Just feel. That is all I want you to do for now. Feel. Feel your aura and how it extends from you. Feel how wide around the body it has now become. For those who are more experienced, their auras may extend feet rather than inches from their body. This is only usually people who are already well developed in spiritual matters though. The rest of you should feel it extend several inches. The more you practice, the further it will eventually go. Feeling your aura extend is wonderful and is just the very beginning of awakening the senses that are needed for your psychic/mediumistic work. For those who managed it-well done! For those who haven't yet, don't worry - it WILL happen.
There are some who this may not work for because you are just not ready at this stage of your life. That does not mean you will never be able to do this. It could also mean that you just need to practice a little more. Do not worry though because if and when the time is right, it shall happen.
Right, after feeling the extended aura for a few minutes, I want you to start to slowly bring it back in towards your body. Take your time as there is no hurry for this at all. As you allow it to come back, so it shall. When, and only when you are sure the aura is back exactly how it was at the beginning, I want you to slowly allow your mind to become aware again of the ordinary everyday sounds around you. A car horn blaring, a door slamming, whatever. Bring your mind back to the here and now slowly. Keep your eyes closed until you are sure that you are feeling completely aware of your surroundings and that you are "back" so to speak in reality.
Open your eyes slowly and adjust to your surroundings. Do not get up too quickly or talk too quickly. Just sit and relax and feel yourself come awake again. When you are quite sure that you are fully awake, then I would suggest a glass of water or a cup of tea. Take time to think about what you felt. Do not rush to do any ordinary, mundane things as it will take you time to become fully grounded again.
It is almost like having had a little snooze in the chair and how that feels to come around properly and shake the fuzziness out of your head. Similar but also totally different. After this exercise you should feel completely relaxed, happy and contended. You should not do this more than once a day. It should also last no longer than about 20 -25 minutes.
If at any time at all you feel uncomfortable, if your heart races instead of slowing and calming down then stop what you are doing. You should never feel uncomfortable or uneasy. If you are then it is very important to stop straight away. Before I do any exercise of this type, meditation, healing or readings for anyone, I always say a prayer of protection. If you cannot think of one or any words to say then the prayer to St. Michael that is on my blog page is one you can say. In fact, it is the one I always use and always have done.
To do any of these exercises or to do any psychic or spiritual work of any kind, it is important that you are pure of heart, mind and soul. Your intention must be pure and good. There are many who say protection is needed at all times. The only protection that is needed is a prayer before you start, asking for protection. No more and no less. When writing the book that spirit inspired me to write they said that was all that was needed.
I have never been bothered by anything disturbing ever in this work. I trust my instincts at all times and if I feel even slightly uncomfortable, then I close myself down immediately and do other things. This is very easy to do. You just literally switch your mind from what you are doing to something totally different. Get up and go and do something else. I only work with the highest and the best. I ask God to only send those spirits who work for Him and for good. I need do no more. I trust in God implicitly.
I must at this stage insist please, that anyone suffering from a mental disorder of any sort or who suffers from severe depression does not do this exercise. Nor, in fact should they do any supernatural work at all. It is not something to played around with and needs to be taken very seriously. If you are ill, then your judjement can be impaired and you can be open and suseptable to all manner of things. I, therefore, ask you humbly to desist and wait until you are feeling better. Thank you.
For everyone else who tries this exercise I hope it works for you. I would LOVE to know how you get on. My e-mail address is on this blog if you want to mail me. If not comments can be posted here.
It would help me to know if you are doing this alone or with someone as it depends then where I go next with this. The next stage would preferably be with someone doing it with you. Let me know if you would. Thank you and
God Bless,
Lorraine.
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS 'DIFFERENT'
As you are waiting for a couple of days for the next stage of awareness, I thought I would tell you how I first became aware that what I could do was different. It was whilst I was on the telephone to a friend. After quite a while I said I would have to go as the smell of her bacon was making me feel really hungry. She asked what I meant. "well, you had bacon for breakfast didn't you". She was stunned and asked how I could have known that. Impatiently, as though SHE were the daft one, I told her I could smell it. You can imagine what sort of things she said then.
After this episode I still thought she was the one being a bit daft and so I started asking everyone I met "YOU can smell things down the telephone can't you?", I would ask all and sundry. "No" they replied looking at me strangely. That was when I started to question other things in my life. Until then, I thought it was perfectly natural to be able to smell all sorts of things in peculiar ways. I suppose I never really thought about how it happened and just assumed it happened to everyone.
From then on I realised that the way I knew things about people and could appear to see into them was also different. I was rather judgemental about people because I could see things about them and couldn't understand why no one else could. I can still see into them, but have learnt not to look into eyes too closely now and am able to control it.
A lady I worked with once asked me why I looked people up and down when I first met them. I hadn't realised I did that. She said I did it very quickly and that most people weren't aware that I did it to them. (That would include me then!). It became obvious that without realising it, I was "reading" them as they approached me. I had no idea I was doing it. It is due to this very thing with natural mediums, psychics or whatever, that discipline needs to be taught or learnt. I never went anywhere to be taught properly due to the experiences I had at a Spiritualist church. Much as they were very pleasant people, they had a strange way of teaching things. They still believe that everyone can be a medium and I know that if it is to be done properly and safely, that NO they can't.
Because of their ways of teaching, I was being told to say things I hadn't got. For example I was told that I must always say that the person had come in love and wanted to send their love to who I was reading for. Tosh. Absolute rubbish. Not everyone who comes through is doing so because they come in love or to bring it to that person. If they didn't like you in life, then they will want to let you recognise them. They will never come with a message you can't understand. I refuse to give anything I have not been given and I also refuse to keep talking when there is no news to impart.
There are some very genuinely gifted people out there, but there again, there are many who aren't and are being given certificates to say they have passed various stages. Therefore, a certificate means nothing in my eyes. I refused to say things I wasn't getting and I also refused to talk about symbols and things being symbolic. That's the big cop out if something you tell someone isn't accepted. They are told to say that it must be symbolic then. If you see a train and ask if the person who has died had connections with that and you said no, then they will automatically say "Oh, it must be symbolic then". They will then try to tell you it means something else you WILL accept and make it fit. A true and genuine medium will not do that. The President of a local Spiritualist church near where I live is a lovely woman and very gifted. She always says that symbols are the mediums' cop out. Well said her.
Anyway, my gifts have been developed naturally. As I needed a lesson, one would be given. I would be very strong in one particular gift and then it would change to another. This carried on until I had experienced many different forms of mediumship. I also do automatic writing which is where one is taken over by another person and given information. The writing I get is nothing at all like mine and I write very quickly and on average 15 foolscap sized pages.
Some is philosophical but much is telling things to occur. The London underground bombing was once such thing and they even said that they were British born which proved to be right. Then there's earthquakes and all manner of things, but it is all said in a cryptic way which means it is clear after the event but would not give enough to prevent it taking place as it was meant to do. Some is personal also but I have asked those who work with me to never, ever tell me anything about my immediate family. I just do not wish to know. That said, I don't mind if they come to me after they have passed and my grandmother is with me very often.
Well, that is a little about where I stand on things. Obviously there is much more to it and this is just a simple outline, but I hope it lets you see a little more of who I am and what I'm about. Next time I'll be able to take you on to the next stage of awareness.
Take care and God Bless,
Lorraine.
After this episode I still thought she was the one being a bit daft and so I started asking everyone I met "YOU can smell things down the telephone can't you?", I would ask all and sundry. "No" they replied looking at me strangely. That was when I started to question other things in my life. Until then, I thought it was perfectly natural to be able to smell all sorts of things in peculiar ways. I suppose I never really thought about how it happened and just assumed it happened to everyone.
From then on I realised that the way I knew things about people and could appear to see into them was also different. I was rather judgemental about people because I could see things about them and couldn't understand why no one else could. I can still see into them, but have learnt not to look into eyes too closely now and am able to control it.
A lady I worked with once asked me why I looked people up and down when I first met them. I hadn't realised I did that. She said I did it very quickly and that most people weren't aware that I did it to them. (That would include me then!). It became obvious that without realising it, I was "reading" them as they approached me. I had no idea I was doing it. It is due to this very thing with natural mediums, psychics or whatever, that discipline needs to be taught or learnt. I never went anywhere to be taught properly due to the experiences I had at a Spiritualist church. Much as they were very pleasant people, they had a strange way of teaching things. They still believe that everyone can be a medium and I know that if it is to be done properly and safely, that NO they can't.
Because of their ways of teaching, I was being told to say things I hadn't got. For example I was told that I must always say that the person had come in love and wanted to send their love to who I was reading for. Tosh. Absolute rubbish. Not everyone who comes through is doing so because they come in love or to bring it to that person. If they didn't like you in life, then they will want to let you recognise them. They will never come with a message you can't understand. I refuse to give anything I have not been given and I also refuse to keep talking when there is no news to impart.
There are some very genuinely gifted people out there, but there again, there are many who aren't and are being given certificates to say they have passed various stages. Therefore, a certificate means nothing in my eyes. I refused to say things I wasn't getting and I also refused to talk about symbols and things being symbolic. That's the big cop out if something you tell someone isn't accepted. They are told to say that it must be symbolic then. If you see a train and ask if the person who has died had connections with that and you said no, then they will automatically say "Oh, it must be symbolic then". They will then try to tell you it means something else you WILL accept and make it fit. A true and genuine medium will not do that. The President of a local Spiritualist church near where I live is a lovely woman and very gifted. She always says that symbols are the mediums' cop out. Well said her.
Anyway, my gifts have been developed naturally. As I needed a lesson, one would be given. I would be very strong in one particular gift and then it would change to another. This carried on until I had experienced many different forms of mediumship. I also do automatic writing which is where one is taken over by another person and given information. The writing I get is nothing at all like mine and I write very quickly and on average 15 foolscap sized pages.
Some is philosophical but much is telling things to occur. The London underground bombing was once such thing and they even said that they were British born which proved to be right. Then there's earthquakes and all manner of things, but it is all said in a cryptic way which means it is clear after the event but would not give enough to prevent it taking place as it was meant to do. Some is personal also but I have asked those who work with me to never, ever tell me anything about my immediate family. I just do not wish to know. That said, I don't mind if they come to me after they have passed and my grandmother is with me very often.
Well, that is a little about where I stand on things. Obviously there is much more to it and this is just a simple outline, but I hope it lets you see a little more of who I am and what I'm about. Next time I'll be able to take you on to the next stage of awareness.
Take care and God Bless,
Lorraine.
Saturday, 9 May 2009
PSYCHIC AWARENESS
For those who are interested this is the start of how to try and develop your psychic potential. It will take more than one update for this as there is quite a bit to say on this matter and many ways to try and do it. I am going to tell you what I have been guided to say. I have written a book which is inspired and tells of what is right and wrong and the good ways to do all of this. It also states that all can be psychic but not all can be mediums. For those who wish to try to develop their psychic awareness I shall now start to guide you. Do not expect results immediately as this takes time.
What follows is not extracts from the book, but is written taking advice from what was given to me at the time. The book is very informed and full of all manner of things. It is not published but when ready I shall look to having it published. I have no doubt I will be guided as to when and how this shall be done. As the book was inspired from the world of spirit (I believe) then there can be no other better teacher can there. Surely they know better than we who still tread this earth and are still learning. So now we begin.
First of all you should be very comfortable. Not hungry or thirsty, too hot or too cold. Nor should you have over eaten. The secret is to be as comfortable as you can be. Turn off all televisions, radios and telephones and make sure that any animals you have will not disturb you at this time. The chair you sit in must also be comfortable. There are many people who try to teach that you need to sit up straight with feet both planted firmly and squarely on the floor and that your arms must be unfolded, legs uncrossed etc. etc. All a load of rubbish. I have never sat like that in my life. If you're meant to do psychic work you can do it. Mediumship is the same I get it any way I sit, stand or lie. If they want to get through they will and it doesn't matter what rituals you do.
If you want to light a scented candle for atmosphere then fine, but I would suggest NO music as this can intrude on the peace and quiet needed to do this exercise. Now, when you are ready I want you to close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths. Breath in through your nose deeply and exhale through your mouth slowly. Do this twice more. The only reason for this is to regulate your breathing and slow your heart rate in order that you become more relaxed.
Now, what you are to do is just completely relax and try to clear your mind. This is almost impossible to do, but you can control the thoughts and stop them racing. I want you to try to sense your surroundings. What can you smell? What can you hear? What can you feel? Be aware of any smells you sense. Anything at all and let your senses linger on it for as long as you wish. There is no hurry for any of this. When you are ready to move on, then try to sense something else in the room. This time it may be another smell or a sound, a ticking clock for example.
Just carry on this way for about 5 minutes or so. When you have done this, then try to feel if there is anything else you can sense in the room. NOT objects, just sound or smells. Something that you may not otherwise have been aware of. Maybe you will just sense a total feeling of peace. That is fine. Enjoy it because at this very early stage we are not trying to do anything else. I just want you to awaken your senses and develop them so that they become more sensitive.
Concentrate on parts of your body for example. Maybe your hands or one hand. See how one may feel different to the other. Is it cold, is it hot or does it feel of anything or nothing. Do this with various parts of your body. This is all about making you become aware. Whatever you do at this stage keep the focus on sounds, smells, and you. Don't move on to anything else yet. there is time for this. Each time you feel your mind wander bring it back and focus on a part of your body. If you always bring the attention back to one particular place you will find this a lot easier to do.
If, for example, you are allowing smells to wash over you and your mind wanders off to other subjects, bring it back to your left hand. When ready then carry on as before. As soon as the mind wanders again then bring it back to your left hand again. Keep doing this until you discipline yourself.
It is so important not to rush these early stages. Some of you may find that you become aware of more things going on than others. This could be because you have a natural ability to tune in to a bit more than we're doing here. Don't worry about that as I'll go into that at another time. For now we are just awakening the psychic potential inside us.
The first time you do this I don't want you to spend more than about 15-20 minutes at it. There is no need to time yourself otherwise you'll spend all the time worrying how long you've been doing it!! Defeats the whole object then really doesn't it? If you want to, this can be done daily until you become more attuned and comfortable with what you are doing. After a couple of times you will find that you are noticing more than you did the first time you did it. It is then that we are ready to move on. If there is someone you really trust and feel comfortable with, it would be good to do this together, because we are going to move onto a stage where you will work together.
If you have never sat and tried to do this gentle exercise before then you may find it unsuccessful first time. That is quite usual but don't give up. This is NOT meditation, it is just learning to sit in a quiet space and be very comfortable with it. Until you learn to do that you will find the rest difficult. Eventually, you will be able to"link in" to energies or psychic energies at will, but first we need to awaken this potential and this is how it starts. Very frustrating I know, but it will move along quicker than you think if you do it properly.
I would like you to do this for a while and then we shall move on to the next stage which will be "feeling" energy of objects around you by extending your aura. Then it'll be feeling the energy of the person you are sitting with, and from that we shall move onto psychometry. Next time I shall talk just of extending the aura and feeling what is around you. Please try not to do that just yet though. For now just sit each day as I have said and see what happens to your mind. Feel how relaxed you become. How much more aware of other feelings you would otherwise have been too busy to notice. For those who have the time, you could do this simple exercise once in the morning and again in the afternoon or evening. It is never a bad thing as all you are doing at this stage is learning to totally relax.
There is no set time for this and so if when you feel you have done enough and the clock shows you have only spent ten minutes at it, fine. No problem, that is enough. Your body and mind will generally guide you to how long you need each time. Just try not to do more than 20 minutes maximum. You may well find that ten minutes is enough at first, especially if you are not used to relaxing!
When you have finished, please do not get up immediately. Take your time. Open your eyes and let your body adjust to being "awake" fully again. This may only take a couple of minutes, but if you feel you need longer then take longer. I hope you enjoy this first exercise and I'll look forward to moving on to the second step with you shortly. I would love to know how you get on so if you feel like it then please let me know.
Good luck and God Bless,
Lorraine.
What follows is not extracts from the book, but is written taking advice from what was given to me at the time. The book is very informed and full of all manner of things. It is not published but when ready I shall look to having it published. I have no doubt I will be guided as to when and how this shall be done. As the book was inspired from the world of spirit (I believe) then there can be no other better teacher can there. Surely they know better than we who still tread this earth and are still learning. So now we begin.
First of all you should be very comfortable. Not hungry or thirsty, too hot or too cold. Nor should you have over eaten. The secret is to be as comfortable as you can be. Turn off all televisions, radios and telephones and make sure that any animals you have will not disturb you at this time. The chair you sit in must also be comfortable. There are many people who try to teach that you need to sit up straight with feet both planted firmly and squarely on the floor and that your arms must be unfolded, legs uncrossed etc. etc. All a load of rubbish. I have never sat like that in my life. If you're meant to do psychic work you can do it. Mediumship is the same I get it any way I sit, stand or lie. If they want to get through they will and it doesn't matter what rituals you do.
If you want to light a scented candle for atmosphere then fine, but I would suggest NO music as this can intrude on the peace and quiet needed to do this exercise. Now, when you are ready I want you to close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths. Breath in through your nose deeply and exhale through your mouth slowly. Do this twice more. The only reason for this is to regulate your breathing and slow your heart rate in order that you become more relaxed.
Now, what you are to do is just completely relax and try to clear your mind. This is almost impossible to do, but you can control the thoughts and stop them racing. I want you to try to sense your surroundings. What can you smell? What can you hear? What can you feel? Be aware of any smells you sense. Anything at all and let your senses linger on it for as long as you wish. There is no hurry for any of this. When you are ready to move on, then try to sense something else in the room. This time it may be another smell or a sound, a ticking clock for example.
Just carry on this way for about 5 minutes or so. When you have done this, then try to feel if there is anything else you can sense in the room. NOT objects, just sound or smells. Something that you may not otherwise have been aware of. Maybe you will just sense a total feeling of peace. That is fine. Enjoy it because at this very early stage we are not trying to do anything else. I just want you to awaken your senses and develop them so that they become more sensitive.
Concentrate on parts of your body for example. Maybe your hands or one hand. See how one may feel different to the other. Is it cold, is it hot or does it feel of anything or nothing. Do this with various parts of your body. This is all about making you become aware. Whatever you do at this stage keep the focus on sounds, smells, and you. Don't move on to anything else yet. there is time for this. Each time you feel your mind wander bring it back and focus on a part of your body. If you always bring the attention back to one particular place you will find this a lot easier to do.
If, for example, you are allowing smells to wash over you and your mind wanders off to other subjects, bring it back to your left hand. When ready then carry on as before. As soon as the mind wanders again then bring it back to your left hand again. Keep doing this until you discipline yourself.
It is so important not to rush these early stages. Some of you may find that you become aware of more things going on than others. This could be because you have a natural ability to tune in to a bit more than we're doing here. Don't worry about that as I'll go into that at another time. For now we are just awakening the psychic potential inside us.
The first time you do this I don't want you to spend more than about 15-20 minutes at it. There is no need to time yourself otherwise you'll spend all the time worrying how long you've been doing it!! Defeats the whole object then really doesn't it? If you want to, this can be done daily until you become more attuned and comfortable with what you are doing. After a couple of times you will find that you are noticing more than you did the first time you did it. It is then that we are ready to move on. If there is someone you really trust and feel comfortable with, it would be good to do this together, because we are going to move onto a stage where you will work together.
If you have never sat and tried to do this gentle exercise before then you may find it unsuccessful first time. That is quite usual but don't give up. This is NOT meditation, it is just learning to sit in a quiet space and be very comfortable with it. Until you learn to do that you will find the rest difficult. Eventually, you will be able to"link in" to energies or psychic energies at will, but first we need to awaken this potential and this is how it starts. Very frustrating I know, but it will move along quicker than you think if you do it properly.
I would like you to do this for a while and then we shall move on to the next stage which will be "feeling" energy of objects around you by extending your aura. Then it'll be feeling the energy of the person you are sitting with, and from that we shall move onto psychometry. Next time I shall talk just of extending the aura and feeling what is around you. Please try not to do that just yet though. For now just sit each day as I have said and see what happens to your mind. Feel how relaxed you become. How much more aware of other feelings you would otherwise have been too busy to notice. For those who have the time, you could do this simple exercise once in the morning and again in the afternoon or evening. It is never a bad thing as all you are doing at this stage is learning to totally relax.
There is no set time for this and so if when you feel you have done enough and the clock shows you have only spent ten minutes at it, fine. No problem, that is enough. Your body and mind will generally guide you to how long you need each time. Just try not to do more than 20 minutes maximum. You may well find that ten minutes is enough at first, especially if you are not used to relaxing!
When you have finished, please do not get up immediately. Take your time. Open your eyes and let your body adjust to being "awake" fully again. This may only take a couple of minutes, but if you feel you need longer then take longer. I hope you enjoy this first exercise and I'll look forward to moving on to the second step with you shortly. I would love to know how you get on so if you feel like it then please let me know.
Good luck and God Bless,
Lorraine.
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