Mediumship and Beyond

We are off on our trip to Canada early tomorrow morning. It is a long trip but worth it as it is a truly beautiful country. We always meet such lovely people whilst we are there and are forever surprised by the wonder of it all.

Last year our favourite part of the trip was a Whale Watching journey along the Gulf Islands. We saw plenty of whales and gazed in awe at the beautiful scenery around them.

I had a particularly spiritual event up in the mountains at Squamish, near Whistler, the year my sister Hazel passed over to the Spirit World.  She passed over unexpectedly whilst we were over in Vancouver and we did not get to say goodbye.

There was an old English country garden at one end of the street and for a moment, her favourite bird swoop down and posed for me whilst I took a photo. In another instant it was gone and we didn’t see another all the trip.

I stepped into a store and there was a cd playing. The song was ‘No Matter What’. A song which we sing in our Spiritual church back home and one with lots of meaning for me.

We went into another of my favourite stores, named Tickleberries, on our way to the Okanhagan Valley. It is quite a big store and I always spend a long time in there. I can never make up my mind what to buy. They make their own biscuits, candy and ice cream, so such much choice.

The minute I stepped into the store Elvis started to play and I remarked to my hubby that Hazel would be happy to hear it. There followed an entire Elvis Presley album. I sang and hummed along as I looked around the store. I am sure my sister was telling me she was there.

As we left the store with lots of goodie bags, the Elvis album came to an end. It was just as if she had arranged it all herself. All her old favourites were on there. I will always remember these special things and look forward to amny others on this trip.

I will keep you all posted.

A message from a medium should always include proof of life after death. This is the essence of mediumship; without such proof a medium’s message is worthless.  When I have listened to some psychics at Spiritualist churches, I have been angered by the downright lack of evidence. It is as though they think they are on the platform to give entertainment, and that is not the point at all.  If we need a good laugh we go to the theatre or the cinema, not church. We go to Spiritualist churches for proof.

I cringe when I hear the speaker say ‘You have been a bit down lately.’ What does that mean exactly? You could say that to almost anyone at any time and it would probably be true.  There are lots of times for most of us when we are a bit down.  Then there is ‘You have had a lot of bills to pay,’ or ‘You know someone who is not very well’! All these statements are meaningless unless they come with some evidence from the Spirit World.

There are also quite a few mediums who frequent the platforms and halls in my area who can often be heard saying ’Someone here knows of someone who died in a motor bike accident.’ This seems quite dramatic at the time, but what are the odds of at least one person in any hall, at any given time, knowing of someone who did?

There is also one medium who, when they get a bit bored with the proceedings, will suddenly say, ‘Someone has just had a bill to pay for about £140 or £400 or something like that’.  For sure, someone in the room will put up their hand and say they just had a bill which could just about fit those figures.

Please use your intelligence and listen to the content of messages to help you sort the wheat from the chaff. If dramatics is what you want, then fair enough. If you are looking for proof that your loved ones are still around and watching over you, then be more discerning. Listen for the evidence that can only be from your own loved ones.

I will publish more posts on this subject during the coming week.

I gave a private reading to a lady in BC Canada, and she kindly gave me permission to relate part of it to my readers and other seekers of truth.

Her son Trevor, had been killed in a road accident and I gave her lots of information during the reading about the event. In fact I knew nothing of the event until that reading.

I told her Trevor, showed me 2 different ambulances at the scene of the car crash and that one went one way to a hospital and the other went in the opposite direction to a different hospital. One contained Trevor and the other his wife, Ximi.

I saw the rescue team get a lady out of one door, her face being covered in glass, but they could not open the drivers door and the car had burst into flames. I saw them trying to get him out and eventually they did get him out and took him to a specialist unit. He showed me the things that happened whilst he was in the emergency room and I related them to his Mother, to her amazement.

He told me that he died from head injuries and mercifully did not feel the pain of fire as he was unconcious.  This to the relief of his Mum.

He described a lady in the Spirit World who was now looking after him. The description and details of passing fitted his maternal grand mother. This pleased his mum, who wanted to know he was not alone. She also wanted to know if he was still around herself as she thought she had become aware of him.

Trevor told me that the day before our reading, he had been watching his Mother, in her home, and she was kicking, cussing and crying at her vacuum cleaner. This made his mum both laugh and cry. She said she never, ever, vacuumed, as she had a cleaner who did it all.  Except, the day prior to the reading.  After the char lady had gone home, there was a bit of an accident and she had broken an item, causing a mess. So, unlike her, she got out the vacuum cleaner to clear the mess but could not get it to work.

She told me the tale of how she kicked and cussed at the vacuum and ended up in tears of frustration. This was obviously when her son Trevor had been there watching her. She was so pleased he could tell her about the past events, and then to prove to her he was still around by relating the recent event was a great bonus for her.

There were lots of little things unique to Trevor and his Mum, which he mentioned during the reading. It was a good mixture of past and present, but he also gave her information about things she did not know. This perhaps proved to her it could not have been some sort of mind reading.

Trevor said to tell his wife, Ximi, about the dreamcatcher, and we both thought he meant an American Indian dream catcher charm. He said his watch was in the glove box and his mum knew nothing of this. Trevor wanted this to prove it to Ximi too.

Later, she contacted her son’s widow, who had by then moved out of the country. Ximi told his mum that after the crash and her subsequent discharge from hospital, she had gone to the pound to collect the personal items from the crashed car. They gave her a couple of things which had included Trevor’s watch. They told her they found it in the glove box. It had been a gift from his wife.

When asked about the Dreamcatcher, Ximi said: It was in fact Trevor’s favourite Stephen King novel, and they had been together to see the film of the same story, just prior to the car crash. The crash had happened when they were newly weds.

Both Mother and Daughter in Law found great comfort in the proof of life after death that Trevor had given them.  Many things have happened along their journey since then, which reinforces their belief that they will all be together agin one day.

Small steps are the best way to learn to use your gifts and come to an understanding of how it all works.

Be gentle with yourself, or as an old spiritual teacher once said to me, ‘Give yourself permission to be nice to yourself’!

Do not expect too much and you will not then be disappointed or discouraged.  Give yourself time to grieve the passing of your loved ones in the normal everyday sense.  Get help when you need it and let friends and family be there for you.

When you feel you are ready to begin your journey of discovery and are keen to begin your development, that is when I can help you most.

I look forward to hearing from you.  You can contact me either through my web site:  www.BarbaraBiggin.com  or through this blog.

The course I have written on development of the sixth sense is aimed mainly at those who wish to learn to use their gifts to help others, mediumistically – to demonstrate the eternal link between those of us on this earth plane and those who have gone back home to the Spirit World.

I have helped many people to develop their gifts during my time as a medium and spiritual teacher. It has been a pleasure and a wonderful journey, where I have met so many wonderful people. I want to give back more.

I am now devoting my time to helping those who are grieving, by showing them how to use their incredible gift to feel the presence of their loved ones long after they have passed on to the higher side of life.

I can do this by one to one teachings, which I already do, but also by devising a special course aimed directly at their needs. I will keep you up to date and I look forward to working with you.

I always get the feeling that whenever TV companies allow mediums to appear on screen, it always seems like they are on trial. 

To begin with, mediumship is always an experiment, as it is impossible to summon up a spirit willy-nilly. I know that some mediums in the past have made it sound as though they could summon up anyone from Elvis, to Diana Dors, to JFK. They cannot.

Spirits belong in the Spirit World and only make contact with us when there is a mutual need. This being when there is a special link between spirit and sitter. You cannot ask a medium to call up Elvis and expect him to appear, though that would make great TV, would it not?

A medium asks the spirit world if there is anyone who wishes to make themselves known to the sitter.  It is only then that communication can take place.

On TV programmes I always squirm in my seat whilst the psychic on screen tries to convince the presenter and the audience that they have a gift.  Often it will be a psychic who asks the sitter or questioner ‘Who do you want to speak to?’ and then goes on to say ‘I have them here and they are ok.’ Where is the proof in that?  It is even worse when the psychic seems to be taken over by a spirit. Am I the only medium to find it very embarrassing?

There are lots of interesting alternative therapies available now, throughout the world. I prefer to refer to them as additional therapies, as I believe we still need our doctors and surgeons, as well as all the other medics who assist us with our well being. Nothing, in my humble opinion, can replace the conventional treatments our health service offers, but there are many therapies that can assist our recovery from illness and our well being as a whole.

Reiki means universal life force. The treatment is hands on, and is meant to assist the body to heal itself. During a treatment the Reiki energy flows through the body helping to rebalance and attune it.  It is a holistic therapy which treats the whole; this includes mind and body, emotions, and general well being.

Reiki is a simple, natural, and safe method of spiritual healing. And anyone can use it. In fact, anyone can learn to do it. The method is simple and easy to learn - the student receives attunements from other practitioners and Reiki Masters and is able to pass on attunements to other students. The theory being that the more attunements a student receives from other practitioners and masters, the better they will become at giving Reiki treatments. As usual, I advise looking to governing bodies to find a good practitioner as the system is not perfect, and you can lose a lot of money needlessly.

Ask around for recommendations of good therapists. Again, my advice is don’t pay out more than you can afford.

Lots of people seem to be under the impression that spiritual healing is the same as faith healing. It is not. For spiritual healing to work, the person receiving the healing does not have to believe in it, but should be open minded.

There have been lots of babies, children and animals who have benefited from spiritual healing and no one asked them to believe.  How could they?

Spiritual healing can be hands on, or it can be done in the absence of the recipient.  It is then referred to as absent healing. This can be done with or without the person’s knowledge, as it is non-invasive.

I have an absent healing list on my web site. Anyone who would like absent healing can email me their name, or the name of a loved one who needs healing. Each day the names are read out and healing is sent to them, in much the same way as healing is given on a one to one basis.

Lots of healers read the names on my healing list and send their healing thoughts and prayers out too.  We do get good results and the more  healers who send out their own healing energy to these people, the better.

More about healing later.