CHRISTIANITY AND PSYCHIC GIFTS

I thought I would do a post about the Christian Churches and their views on psychic gifts and mediumship. I am a Roman Catholic by birth and have followed that faith throughout my life. It is due to this that I have struggled desperately with these other "gifts" that I appear to have.

All of my life I have been ridiculed for my belief in God by those who believe in only the here and now. The very fact I am a Catholic makes that worse in their eyes. There are people in life who always look for what is bad and they will pick out only those things they hear about which they can abuse you with. e.g. priests who have run off with a woman, allegedly molested children, priests who have run off with men - all manner of things. Well, we can see all of these things in all walks of life, but sadly, there is a small minority of people who wish to look for the badness and love to bring down what is inherently good. This says more to me about those people than the ones they talk about.

Yes, these things happen. They happen in all other religions and non religions as well. Basically ALL religions are based on goodness and love. Sadly, many people who follow these religions do not do what they are meant to. Also, the ones who are meant to lead do not always do what they are meant to. Fact of life. The reason being - we are all human and have a human's frailties. What has all of that got to do with psychic gifts and mediumship I hear you ask. Well, it is another thing that goes against what the church believes in. Maybe not on the same level as child abuse, but the same level as a priest breaking his vows of chastity I would have thought.

You see to me, there are God's laws and there are man's laws. God's cannot be broken, but man's can be. I have hunted all over the Bible for chapter and verse on mediumship and psychic gifts. I have read books galore from all manner of faiths and religions on this subject. I have wrestled with my conscience and asked for Divine guidance. I have come to the conclusion, be it right or wrong, that there are some things in life that are a true mystery and that should not be delved into too deeply. There are some things we are not meant to know about whilst of this world.

To each is given a gift or gifts. How we use these gifts is what I think is important. Many can be the type which have produced composers such as Mozart, Chopin,Beethoven etc. It can be people who have designed magnificent buildings or made a mark in many other ways. It can also be gifts more ordinary but equally as important such as a person who can help others just by being there. A listening ear when needed, a kind word when no one else wants to know. There are all manner of gifts given and it is up to us whether we use them at all and whether we use them well or abuse them.

It is the same with supernatural gifts in my eyes. If they are totally natural and not forced then I believe they are of God and to be used to help others. This is why I don't like the idea of "Fortune Telling" which is what most people want. What I do believe in is the gift of healing, the gift of mediumship and the various psychic gifts which, if used properly, can help people.

Jesus healed and "knew" things about people. He did all manner of things and while I don't for one minute put myself, or others who practice these gifts, in the same bracket, I do believe we are given these gifts to help people. The ones who have them naturally always seem to be genuine, caring people who do it for the right reasons. The ones who force it and try to "learn" it are invariably the ones who charge a lot of money and can cause a lot of upset. This is not true of all, but of many. One good way to tell if someone is genuine or not is by who benefits the most. Do you who seeks their help, or do they who overcharge you and tell you nothing to bring any comfort? If you leave feeling empty and disillusioned, then that peron has not being doing it for you but for their own glorification.

There are also others who do these things and have no belief in God, but they are truly good people who do this for the good of others and out of a desire to help. These too are good people. There are many who do these things the wrong way and use people for their own ends. You will have to judge for yourself who you think to be genuine and who isn't. Just be careful and do not part with too great a sum of money. That should give you a clue immediately.

Jesus said that what He did, we would also be able to do. So why do the churches (of ALL faiths) tell us we shouldn't? I think it may well be because of the fact there were so may frauds and charlatans out there and they had to control it somehow or other. There were probably many doing things in God's name when they weren't actually doing His work at all. Maybe that is why they had to try and control it. I don't know, but it would make sense don't you think? Maybe the only way to curtail it was to ban it altogether. I do know that one Pope recently had a healer go to him to try and help. If it was wrong in the eyes of the church then that wouldn't have happened would it? Also, if there is no such thing as mediumship, why does the church have exorcists?

Too many people dabble in what they perceive to be the different or glamorous world of psychic phenomena. They want to be seen to be "different". These are the people to be wary of. These are the people who dabble where they shouldn't. These are the ones who can cause all manner of upset and wreak havoc. What about the genuine ones? - no, I think if God didn't want us to do it, we wouldn't have been given the gifts to start with. If all it achieves is goodness then it must be of God. If, however, it causes any upset or harm to others, then it is not of God. God can only do good, so if anything at all, or anyone, does things that do not have this outcome, then you know it is not God's work. That does not mean that there has to be a success rate every time. That would be unrealistic. But, it should always leave you feeling warm and contented and at peace. If it doesn't then you know it is wrong.

I may be wrong with my thinking, but it is a conclusion I have come to after many years of studying books on all manner of religious beliefs and doctrines. This is why I choose not to advertise what I do and do not charge much at all. I never charge for healing and only charge a minimal rate for "readings". If God wishes me to help someone, then that person will come into my life somehow or other. It has worked up to now and that is how I shall continue to practice. If it is meant to be then it shall happen. There are phases when I am sought out quite frequently and then other times it goes very quiet. I KNOW I could get a lot of work and make a lot of money if I advertised, but that is not what it is about in my eyes. People have always arrived when they needed to find me. I have no doubt they will continue to arrive as and when He sees fit.

MY PSYCHIC GIFTS ARE BACK

FRIDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2009

Last week was the first time I felt able to try doing a reading again for someone after my health problems. For the last 18months - 2 years, I have had problems which have meant that my energy levels have been low. This in turn meant that there were times that I couldn't do readings for people even if I wanted to. It was all being blocked. Nothing at all would happen. It was as though I was put on rations. At the time, I couldn't understand what was happening. Why were there days that I could get things crystal clear and other days not a dickie bird.

It is only now that my health is improving that I realise just how unwell I've been and that I was obviously being restricted in order to preserve my energy levels in order to get through it all. My healing gift was also put to one side. As those of you who have read my psychic blogs will know, I "find" the area that has a problem with my left hand. For those who don't know, I hold my left hand about 4-5 inches above the persons body and move it around them until I feel where the problem is. I was struggling very badly indeed with this in the last few months and the ability stopped altogether. Yesterday, it appears as though it may be coming back.

I had someone here doing the housework for me as I am still unable to do certain things for a while yet. She told me her head was exploding and had been all night. She wouldn't go home and insisted she wanted to try and work through it. I sat her on a chair and placed my hands over her head. I used my left hand in the normal way moving it slowly around until I found where the problem was stemming from. I actually felt the heat showing me the exact spot the headache was coming from.

As my hands were several inches above her, she had no idea where they were placed or what I was doing. I only told her I would move my hands around above her so she wouldn't feel anything I was doing. As soon as I found the spot I needed to concentrate on, I held my hands above it. After a very short time she told me she could feel a lot of heat and told me where. It was exactly where my hands were placed. I carried on with the healing until the temperature in my hands returned to normal. This meant the healing was finished and so she then continued with her work. After about 5-10 minutes, she told me that her headache was almost gone.

I am delighted. Out of all of my gifts, healing is the one I love most. It can help so many people and I am so lucky that I have been chosen to be blessed with this most special of all the gifts. I realise that I have a way to go yet until my health is fully restored, but I have been shown that the gift of healing is being given back to me. I have no doubt that my health and the gifts will all improve in leaps and bounds now. I did my first reading last week and it went very well indeed.

The reading was actually done for someone I met in hospital the second time I was admitted. She was in the bed next to me and although she was only in there for the one night, we hit it off very well. During the day I was very poorly indeed, but many drugs later, by evening, I was well enough to chat to the other three who were in my room. One of them was a young girl of 17 and it was her first ever stay in hospital. She was a little nervous and thought our room was creepy and full of ghosts. We were actually in a very beautiful room, with very high ceilings and almost floor to ceiling arched windows which overlooked the most beautiful private gardens.

We were in the old part of the hospital which, to me, is very gracious and lovely. This young girl though was obsessed by the thought that this being a hospital, many people had died there and were probably haunting the building. She was really scaring herself. A couple of us talked to her and calmed her down and during it, I mentioned the old saying "the dead can't hurt you, it's the living who do that". She asked a couple of questions and it came out that I was a medium and clairvoyant. Well, the conversation took her mind off the other ghostly business and she became quite interested. There was much they wanted to know, but I wasn't well enough to say much, but the chat had calmed the younger girl and she went off to sleep happily, undisturbed by the hospital ghosts!

Now, when my new friend came to visit, we talked a little more of this as she was very interested in the whole subject. I asked her if she wanted me to TRY to do a reading for her explaining that it may not work. I started off quite hesitantly not knowing what would happen. It ended up as one of the best readings I've done for quite a while. She kept saying, "you're giving me goose bumps" all the way through as I kept giving her names, details and information that shocked her. The evidence she received was excellent according to her and she was thrilled. The reading lasted about an hour and I ended up taping a lot of it for her as she wanted to let her friends hear it.

I won't do it too often at the moment and shall take my time, but I have no doubt that the two occasions with the cleaner and my friend, happened to show me that my gifts are returning to me and will be able to be used properly again quite soon now. I am looking forward to starting my work helping people again as I have missed it. There are so many times when the healing has been shown to help so many people, that I would be upset to lose that gift. It is an honour to be able to be used in this way to do, what I see, as God's work. To me, it is God who does it all and I am used as an instrument. How lucky am I?

Anyway, as time progresses and more happens, I shall tell you about it. I think it may not be too long until this happens, as the girl I read for is telling all of her friends and she intends bringing them to see me. Let's wait and see what happens.

A MESSAGE FROM THE WORLD OF SPIRIT

My book, A Guide's Guide to Mediumship and Healing is doing very well on Authonomy and seems to attract a wide audience. It is a book, written by me, but dictated by those in the spirit world. I receive what is called Automatic writing at times which is a similar thing. I only do it when I feel a strong urge. That urge, usually means they have something to say. Since the book has been seen by many, I have had the urge to sit at this laptop and ask if there is a message for those in our world from those in Spirit. I used to get a lot of things from them about our world which is on my other computer (which crashed) and I am unable to retrieve. Maybe they want me to start it again and this time, through my blog. If you want to see some chapters of the book and help support it, go to


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To this end, I today sat at my laptop and asked one question, that question and the resulting answer is exactly word for word as I received it. No more, no less. Whether this is a one off I do not know, but somehow, I think this is just the start. Here goes:-
THE SPIRIT WORLD SPEAKS

ME: Is there any news today for the people of our world from those in spirit?

THEM : Many of the people today of your world are living their lives the wrong way. The are too wrapped up in themselves to care about others and what befalls them. It is something we would like to see changed in the future but have no idea how this can be done. Materialism is rife in your world and is the downfall of many men and women. It is greed that is taking them on this journey and path of destruction which they are on. it has to be stopped if they wish to salvage their souls. There is so much more to their lives than money and greed .If only they were aware of what is beyond, they would not do those things they do. They would be far more careful about what they are doing and how they are living their lives. It hurts us that they do not listen. We try and teach and guide them all but they will not listen to us.

Each person has a conscience, and that conscience is often our way of trying to guide them on the right path. They do not listen to that voice and instead they think they know best. That all there is in life is the here and now. How wrong they are these people and sadly, they will learn only when it is too late for them to change their ways. For some that time is very near and for others their time is much longer. These who are here yet for a longer time are still to be given a chance to see things differently and change their ways. We wish to help as many as possible and by writing with you in this way, we hope to reach as many as possible in order that they may stop and think about what it is they do. There is much they are able to do if they so wish. They can start by not needing all of those things that the people of your world place so much importance on. There is so little that your really need in that life of yours. We have no problem with people enjoying life and the fruits of their labour, but greed is another matter. There is no need for so much when others around you have so little. Children today are being taught that the only thing they need to strive for is money and posessions. this is so wrong. They need to be taught that the inportant things in life are not those they now cherish and desire.

The man who is the biggest, is the man who does more for many others rather than himself. To look after ones fellow beings be they of man or of beast is what is important. Protect and care for Nature in all its glory and stop abusing the planet you were given to live on. Man is detroying not just himself but the very planet he lives on. Ways mucst change now before it is too late to be able to change these things. Already there is much that cannot be saved, but for others there is still time. We shall tell you more of these things at another time, but for now, we wish you to please just think of what we say.