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Messages from Spirit are no joke

Posted by: Mshores on 7/29/2008 at 06:58 PM

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I mentioned on an earlier post I was going to talk about the Spirituality group I had joined here in town and why I wasn’t planning on going back. I guess the short version is that my gut is telling me that this is a case of someone doing the right thing for the wrong reasons and in this case I feel like it was for the money. The group started out as a 2 Saturday, 2 hour workshop on Spirituality that was supposed to cover a lot of what I call basics. Most of the ladies there I think of as the “Church of Oprah” because what they know of “Spirituality” is what Oprah has had on her show. She’s showcased The Secret which is a movie talking about manifesting and the powers of positive thinking. Now Oprah has Eckhart Tolle and his book A New Earth set up as online classes. All of this is opening new doors for a different generation into the views of Spirituality that us old timers used to call New Age or Metaphysics. None of that is new but seems to be more marketed for the current generation. Not a bad thing since it seems to be bringing many people into a relationship with Spirit (or God) which seems to be lacking out in the free world in many ways. What I mean by that is that it used to be almost everyone in the community went to church on Sunday. Stores were closed, families had big dinners together… a very “Mayberry” type of thing but times were slower then and people took time for each other.

Anyway this group was to meet those first 2 Saturdays to talk about different topics dealing with Spirituality. It was being lead by a lady who is a “certified” medium (which was interesting) but when I got there I was worried because most of the people in the class were her clients. Yes there was a charge for the class ( $25 a class or $40 for both upfront) so take 12 ladies there for the 2 classes and not a bad little haul for a small class. For me it was refreshing to be able to talk about some of the topics and not have people look at me like I was a fruit loop. After a while I was noticing that this lady teaching the class was only giving out pieces of the info she chose to and not the whole pie (so to speak). Normally I try and stay quiet in a situation like this but I found myself turning into Chatty Cathy and adding the missing info she was leaving out. She was not pleased but couldn’t stop me and found herself having to say several times “Well… yes you are correct.” After the 2 Saturdays the group wanted to keep going because they were just getting comfortable in asking questions. So the teacher changed the group to a “development circle” and made it a once a month meeting. She held a make up Saturday for anyone who had not made it to both the original classes so now there are 16 of us in the group. So far we have had 2 monthly meetings, both very different and have made me see I am better off doing my own thing then paying to deal with some of this “happy crap”. The first new meeting was one where we started with her talking about how she got into being a medium and then the last hour we broke down into pairs and tried Psychometry. Psychometry is the ability to detect information about people, places or events, from the past or present, by holding an object connected with the place or the person. The latest meeting and my final, she brought a guest for the class. It was another girl who had graduated with her from the medium school that certified them. I wasn’t real impressed because she spent huge amounts of time talking about herself, her old life in LA and what is now apparently a living off Mom and Dad’s very well money filled life. The last 10 minutes of the class they decided that they would “open themselves up to Spirit” and see who would come through with any messages.

Now this is where I got fed up with this whole thing. It wasn’t the whole getting messages from the other side. I am a firm believer that the energy of our soul doesn’t just go away when we pass over. Yes, I believe in Angels and Spirit Guides as well. But these two made the whole thing into a huge joke, out of all of us they had messages for me and another lady in the group. I passed it to the other lady as I honestly knew that there wasn’t a message for me. They kept insisting the other lady had a son “in spirit” (meaning passed over) and she kept telling them no I don’t. After a while they chose to try me and it got worse. They told me my message was “I needed to bond as one with my husband to get thru this time of trouble.” The look on their faces when I said I wasn’t married was priceless…nope, no boyfriend either and unless I had a stalker, no guy near my house. <rolls eyes>

They broke up the class really fast after that and stayed away from me...in fact no one else in the group would talk to me. What really bothers me is that the lady sitting next to me… in fact between me and the first lady they tried to read for… had lost a son a few months before. I am very sure that any message they had was to be for her. What ticked me off was they refused to listen when we said “No that isn’t right”. If you’ve ever watched John Edward or John Holland work with a group setting there can be “bleed-overs” in energy that are normal and you can’t always pin point the exact person who you are getting a message for. To me this was a couple of so called professional people who were clowning around with real people, real feelings and spiritual messages.

Before you all call me a fruit loop please feel free to check out the following links. I suggest you look at life with an open mind and see how you might get messages from Spirit and not even realize it. It might be that gut feeling you have when something is wrong or suddenly knowing who is on the phone when it rings.

Many blessing to you all

Shelly

http://www.johnedward.net http://www.johnholland.com http://www.colettebaronreid.com http://www.hayhouseradio.com

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bonniethesurvivor wrote on Jul 29, 2008 at 8:06 PM
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Thank you for sharing this experience. I would never call you a "fruit loop," and I think it was bold to try to find and bond with a spiritual group that, perhaps, would help you follow your path. I have seen some "spiritualists" work with folks who are have passed away, so I do not immediately dismiss what you say regarding this issue at all. We are in the infancy of knowledge about the metaphysics of all of this. It does not contradict many of the religious beliefs of some of our members to say this. I am a Christian, yet I believe, too, that this kind of work can possibly be done. Your remarks about Tolle are perceptive. Before Oprah, he had written a book, The Power of Now, that was very opening for many people, and even now, with Oprah, he is bringing a whole new group of people to concepts of spirituaity. Perhaps it will lead them deeper into their search and paths. I can see why you left that group. I am particularly wary of those who charge significant money for spiritual work. In my meditation group, everything is free. Some people may donate, but there is not even a "pass the hat."\ I send you every good wish as you continue your search and path, and encourage you to hold true to your own heart as you search for your spiritual home. We all are believers in different ways, and God operates in different ways, in my opinion, through and for different people. Please continue your dialogue with us. Warmest regards, bonnie
Nanal wrote on Jul 29, 2008 at 8:49 PM
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There isn't much more that I can add to Bonnie's remarks........I also believe it took great courage to tell us your story with this group..........and believe your perceptions about them, as a whole......are correct. ...........I wish you continued success in your journey towards truth and light..............peace and love.....Norma
Mshores wrote on Jul 30, 2008 at 5:39 PM
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Thanks Bonnie and Norma. I know you've spent time out with the Native Americans both on the reservations and a few groups that gather off, so you know how much truth, talking to Spirit and Being Thankful are stressed. I stayed as long as I could because I thought I could make sure the right info was shared along with resources for them to continue theor searches. But if after what happened last calss doesn't wake them up then they are just lemmings. I'm pretty sure none of the ladies talked to me after because they were uncomfortable with what went down. The other two tried to pretend nothing happened and ran off to do readings on each other... <rolls eyes> Thanks for not throwing fruit loops! Many Blessings to you both, Shelly

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