Guides come in all shapes and sizes I’m often asked about Guides. Why do we have so many and why do the same ones sometimes look different from person to person? I mean how they present themselves. Before I go on, I would like to point out that a recent survey showed that over 2…
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Meditation is Key There hasn’t been a lot of focus on the subject of meditation in this web log, up to this point. That’s because it is a subject that has many facets (which makes for long blog entries) including but not limited to your state of mind and health. In my case, meditation also…
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Assessing a Message As an example of proof and evidence of how psychic abilities can provide guidance in life, I offer one of my own experiences. I received a message as part of a Master Class exercise that was profoundly helpful and related to a piece of art! The group, led by the august Pataji,…
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Lessons of Unity and Christ Consciousness The single most influential book(s) I have read on spirit, spiritualism and personal development is Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East by Baird T Spalding. This little known set of six volumes is very accessible, easily readable and full of surprising concepts for the uninitiated,…
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Symbols and Signs are your proof and evidence In the throes of co-creating a spirit portrait I get different pieces of information about elements to include in a sketch or painting. Symbols come through that convey a particular meaning or specific message to the sitter. Signs come through that indicate guidance for an action or…
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Bringing healing, comfort and knowledge “The way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down from the top of the head and out of the heart.” Charles Bukowski Spirit speaks first is one of the foundational tenets of psychic work. When using the…
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Courage to continue practicing I have found that it is immensely helpful to my personal development to continue to study just about everything that comes my way. It can be a little chaotic sometimes with several different studies on my plate but the rewards are worth the practice. In the book, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind,…
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Presenting different aspects of Spirit I have many stories of co-creating art work that does not meet expectations or the ‘normal’ view of a being or a thing. My first experience with this was a charcoal sketch of my master teacher, Moses. In the beginning of my mediumship I was just getting used to the…
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Thankful for So Much When just beginning to develop as a medium I used to attend a Development Circle that every year near Thanksgiving would focus on Thankfulness. We would focus our thanks on the Spiritualists that have come before us. Those that were ostracized and even punished for their knowledge of the Spirit world…
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Be quick, attentive and always Listen I love pastels – they are so brilliant and so immediate. The immediacy is key to my process. I use other media but almost all of them require a little bit of set up time and thinking. Not pastels. Aside from choosing a medium my process is fairly simple.…
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