View Full Version : Mediumship - a gift or a learned skill?
Angels444
28-08-2006, 07:10 PM
Hello everyone,
I just discovered Spiritual Forums by chance (I think....):smile:
It's fantastic to be able to talk to like-minded people. I'm 31 years of age and I'm from Co. Galway, Ireland. I'm interested in all matters of a spiritual nature, especially angels, elementals and mediumship. I'm a big Gordon Smith fan - he gave a demonstration recently in Dublin and it was mind-blowing. I really hope to get to see him again some day. I've often wondered if mediumship is a gift with which you are born or if it's something that any intuitive person of an open heart and mind could learn? I've heard some conflicting answers to this one.
Would be glad to get some opinions...
Lovely to meet you all,
Angels444.
biyu_wolf_77
28-08-2006, 08:28 PM
i think its somethin that everyones capable of but few have the "switch"(lac of better term) turned on and society teaches you that stuff is bad so few outside the metaphysical circle care to develop it
lastnight early this mornin to ya i was chattin with people in my school and it was intreastin to say the least(they thought i was high which ive never been) ut i tryied to enable them ta do some simpler healing methods but they mostly thought i was crazy (one commented on my beein a 50 year old artist that just looks young and its a wee bit true)
anythins possable you just have ta believe
Mother Goose
28-08-2006, 09:16 PM
I agree with biyu_wulf :smile: I believe that everyone is capable of it, but you have to be open to it and be able to 'relax' with it. Of course, I believe this applies mostly to those of us who have blocked the ability for most of our lives. I say 'relax' with it because if you try too hard it's not going to work. I'm in the process of learning about this myself & I know for a fact that the harder I try the more frustrated I get. And once you find yourself learning...it seems to come in spurts, or at least that's how it's been for me so far. I'll have serveral 'lightbulb moments' in quick succession and then nothing substantial will happen for a while.
daisy
28-08-2006, 11:21 PM
i think fear holds a lot of people back
Mother Goose
29-08-2006, 12:07 AM
daisy, I believe you're right. A few years ago just the thought of this sort of thing was enough to give me nightmares. Fear is a very important factor.
daisy
29-08-2006, 12:14 AM
i was sleeping with at least the landing light on up until a few years ago
Mother Goose
29-08-2006, 12:44 AM
I think my son may be very sensitive, he sleeps with the lamp on in his room. He just freaks out if I turn the light off completely.
biyu_wolf_77
29-08-2006, 09:07 AM
I agree with biyu_wulf :smile: I believe that everyone is capable of it, but you have to be open to it and be able to 'relax' with it. Of course, I believe this applies mostly to those of us who have blocked the ability for most of our lives. I say 'relax' with it because if you try too hard it's not going to work. I'm in the process of learning about this myself & I know for a fact that the harder I try the more frustrated I get. And once you find yourself learning...it seems to come in spurts, or at least that's how it's been for me so far. I'll have serveral 'lightbulb moments' in quick succession and then nothing substantial will happen for a while.
(i you care to notr the time im nocturnal more then not) one little known fact here is i love helpin outhers with there "gifts"(abilities whjatever ya call them ive seen too much x-men but it seems an approite term) my 2 peces of advice are usially "relax and focus" and "dont try just do" cause yea the more ya try the harder it can seem makin you try harder and whole loopin over an over
try opennin youre mind(just fer like a half hour--kinda a specific exorsize i think anyone on here could do it tho) compleately or atleast more then it is and just lettin youre abilities work note stuff thats different in tme youll be able ta freely do stuff youll be glad that you learned too
well enjoy im a quick learner allways thought somethin else and i think a jump in the last couple years but its fun
violetmay
29-08-2006, 03:13 PM
i was sleeping with at least the landing light on up until a few years ago
so glad someone else was doing this... Up until this year, I would have to have a trail of lights going on if I went up or down the stairs. In the dark everything seems to come alive about me. I sense everything and used to jump at shadows, rustles and whispers. As a kid I was fearless and would stomp around the dark, I'd say nite to my friend bartholemew who lived in the airing cupboard in my room. My mum thought he was an invisible friend... but he was a ghost and such a nice one, I left him behind when I reached 12 and moved house. My new room felt lonely, and that new house didn't have any guests, it was just us, and that was fine.
My new home here in Dorset is definately haunted, or I am attracting beings to it. There are a couple of dark beings who lurk on the edge of things, and for a second they scare me. Then I just say 'those who mean us harm here are not welcome so please leave us'. They go. But there is a negative feeling on my stairwell, and in the dark I used to run past it, in a right panic. Now I deliberately walk slowly through it and protect myself with a white light and send out lots of love to it. I still feel scared but don't know if I should banish it or try to understand it, as I feel it is a soul who wants us there, but is very sad in themselves and means us no harm. I think they are stuck.
But night is the time when folk visit me, in dreams, shadows, or even sitting on the bed or joining me in the bathroom. They mean no harm and I never feel alone.
My other half and step son and guests have said, 'this house is noisy at night, it's like charring cross station on your landing..' that is odd cos we are all in bed.
bluespirit
29-08-2006, 03:32 PM
What an interesting post. I have been told I have pyshic abilities but whether I am at the learning stage,I haven't got a clue.
I dream of spirit but cannot receive messages for other people,I hear voices now and again but only words for me.
I sense spirit,feel they are near me.
That's about it!:redface:
Mother Goose
29-08-2006, 04:35 PM
bluespirit, that's plenty to build on if you want to. I've always been told that meditation is the first step to take.
bluespirit
29-08-2006, 04:49 PM
Thanks Mother Goose,I intend to practice more in the future. Will really have to make more time.:smile:
Mother Goose
29-08-2006, 04:52 PM
ah, yes...finding/making the time can really be a challenge! I certainly understand that!
bluespirit
29-08-2006, 04:58 PM
If only spirit would come to me when I'm awake instead of when I'm asleep!!!:angry2: :D
daisy
29-08-2006, 05:53 PM
What an interesting post. I have been told I have pyshic abilities but whether I am at the learning stage,I haven't got a clue.
I dream of spirit but cannot receive messages for other people,I hear voices now and again but only words for me.
I sense spirit,feel they are near me.
That's about it!:redface:
i feel this is just the beginning for you xxx
bluespirit
29-08-2006, 06:00 PM
I have been told that,Daisy. Also spirit are letting me know they are there,apparently,because twice I have heard 2 knocks each time in the home at 4am in the morning.
:rolleyes:
lumas
03-09-2006, 12:52 PM
Hi bluespirit certain spirits (guides) are always with us because that is the the path they have chosen to take with you but at night obviously subconciously we all move into to the spirit realm all of us i am. I am so glad you are getting confirmation wraps or knocks but 4:00 am !!!!! im sure if you ask them to chosse a diferent time they would however some people are so attatched to the other side in sleep state that they need a little reminder to return to the body has anyone ever had a dream they are being chased God bless you...
lumas
03-09-2006, 01:34 PM
Hi angels444 it is my observation that everybody has psychic ability everybody who walks this earth has the knowledge of who we are and where we came from, its just a case of how much an individual has chosen to remember and at the end of the day its the end result of a reading that counts wether it was at cost or free that is imaterial its is the evidence of survival that is important here God bless you...
Angels444
07-09-2006, 02:51 PM
Hi angels444 it is my observation that everybody has psychic ability everybody who walks this earth has the knowledge of who we are and where we came from, its just a case of how much an individual has chosen to remember and at the end of the day its the end result of a reading that counts wether it was at cost or free that is imaterial its is the evidence of survival that is important here God bless you...
Lumas, thanks for this. I just read your response to my message and I absolutely agree with what you had to say. I believe we all born with psychic gifts -it's up to us to use and develop them.
Angels 444.
bluespirit
07-09-2006, 06:05 PM
I have had the feeling that I am feeling spirit around me more often lately.
Last night,I felt my hair being ruffled and,itchy spots on my arms as though someone was touching me.
(don't think I've picked up anything else!!!)
Would this be the start of them letting me know they are there?
lumas
07-09-2006, 10:59 PM
Hi bluespirit when we sit in our meetings we often feel spirit around us touching gently or tickleing our nose we are told that these are the many children brought in to get love comfort and light...
bluespirit
22-09-2006, 10:23 AM
Thanks Lumas. I notice as well,when I dream,I seem to be getting dreams which are trying to tell me something.
One dream recently was of my cousin who passed over in Feb,two weeks before my hubby died. I phoned his wife and told her and she told me it would have been his birthday the next day,so gather I was meant to get in touch with her to let her know he was around! (probally to remind her it was his birthday.lol)
Also I dreamed my hubby went off in a car with my parents and his daughter (all deceased) but I was told I couldn't go with them. He died a few months later.
I seem to be getting more and more of these dreams.:icon_eek:
lumas
22-09-2006, 01:25 PM
sounds as though you are developing fast soon you will have these dreams/visions when awake..
bluespirit
22-09-2006, 02:45 PM
You are the second person to comfirm that,Lumas. Thank you.:smile:
FRANK789
23-09-2006, 07:03 PM
Hi Mothergoose, Just inquiring about "My son sleeps with the light on". A must for me for 40 yrs. I don't need it now. Was your son visited or being touched, handled, or frightened by Spirits in the dark? Has he learned how to stop the activity if this is the case? Yours, frank
psychic sue
25-09-2006, 10:58 AM
A learned skill definitely. I believe we all have it - some are just more naturally attuned than others. It's like any other skill - art for instance. Everyone can go to a class and learn to draw SOMETHING - some will be born with a natural talent in that area, but it can be learned and enjoyed by all.
My thoughts on it anyway.
Sue x
bluespirit
25-09-2006, 11:26 AM
Hi Lumas,just a little note from me saying that I had more evidence as to hubby's continued existance.
I was standing in my daughter's garden,she was inside watching telly when suddenly I heard my Ken's voice say 'Hey,Petal (nickname!)':icon_eek: Then it was repeated again,sounded distant but clear!
I asked daughter if someone on the telly had said something similiar but she said 'no'
it was definately his voice so feel quite chuffed about it.:smile:
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