Mediumship and Beyond

It is so easy in this day and age, to lose sight of what it is you really value in life.  So easy to live for today and forget about tomorrow.  But why?  Tomorrow is so important. It is still a huge part of our life and lesson.

We all lead such busy lives and there is so much going in to getting what we can out of it.  It is easy to forget spirituality and the meaning of life.

My meaning in life is to become the best me I can be.   That doesn’t mean I am goody two shoes. Heaven forbid!  But I know what is really important to me and I know where I am going.

I enjoy learning and developing my spiritual and mediumistic gifts to the fullest.  I enjoy passing on the knowledge I have and helping others to develop to the best they can.  This isn’t always easy. But why should it be.  We cannot learn anything if everything is already perfect.

I try hard not to let others down.  It does seem at times, that maybe others don’t try hard enough.  Some find it easy to let others down. But it is not in my nature.  I like to feel people can trust me and respect my loyalty.  This sometimes brings me down with a bump.

I realise that you cannot stop putting faith in others,  just because a few let you down.  That would be defeatist. It is no good being defeatist. I know I must have faith in my future. We should all learn to trust a bit more.

When I ask Spirit for help, I don’t expect it to be the perfect answer.  I hope it will be though. That’s just being human. But then we are here to live a human life.  But we don’t always know what is good for us at the time we ask for help.  We may be upset or unsettled and cannot see the wood for the trees.

It is important to always have hope. Hope for your dreams and aspirations. Without them we are mere robots just going through the process.  Dreams do come true. You just need faith.

I don’t know where all this came from. I was just compelled to sit and type.  I hope it all makes sense.  I am sure there is someone, somewhere, who understands.

Whitham Road’s  Psychic Fair Sheffield

Saturday 1st October at 11-4pm

Readings
One to One Readings 15mins £5
Mediums

Coloured Stone Reading

Ribbons

Tarot
Angel Cards

Tea Leaves!!!

Psychometry

Palmist has cancelled through illness

Taster Sessions of Reikki  £3
Spiritual Healing by donation

Sara’s Hand Made Jewellery

Denise’s New Age Stall

Refreshments available

£1 on the door

Do come along and support our church. I will be reading Coloured Stones and all our readers are very good.

At Spiritualist churches, during the divine Sunday service, there is always a section given to philosophy.  It is usually done by the evenings speaker, the medium.

Philosophy should be just that.  The Spiritualists philosophy. Not a story about the medium and their life. Unless of course this contains some philosophy.

Too often mediums/speakers use this time to talk about them self.  They often ramble on giving little to the service or the congregation.

The whole point of the philosophy section is to talk about Spiritualism and what it is all about. What it it means to the speaker and what it means to the world as a whole.

We should not miss out on the opportunity to be able to spread the word about our work and our beliefs.  After all, some of the congregation will be just there for the message and may not understand Spiritualism. This is our chance to change things.

Lets not waste it!

Well, it has to be doesn’t it.  You have to really want to help your church and the Spirit World to put in the hours.

A Spiritualist church booking secretary, has to arrange dates with all the mediums who serve their particular church.  You begin with an empty diary and a telephone, and hopefully end up with a full diary.

The hard part is matching up the gaps in your diary with the gaps in the mediums diaries.  So many of them are really popular and it is hard to pin them down to a date that you both have free.

Apart from filling the diary for 2012, there is also the everyday bookings.  We have a psychic fair coming up and a popular psychic supper. So lots of extra mediums need to be booked in. On top of the bookings for next year.

At my own church, Whitham Road in Sheffield, we also have at least one special event every month and regular workshops. So, as you see, it mounts up.

Some mediums don’t answer their phones and some don’t return messages you leave.  It all adds to the frustration.  But, when it all comes together and your church is running smoothly, it is all worth it.

It doesn’t end there though. When the services or events approach, the mediums have to be contacted again to confirm that they are still attending the service they are booked for.  Sometimes through ill health or other reasons, mediums may have to cancel. It is then that the secretary has to start ringing round in earnest, trying to fill a gap at short notice.

At least, being a medium myself means that sometimes I can fill in at short notice. That’s if I am not serving another church, being in another secretary’s diary.

The weekly Development and Awareness classes for total beginners, starts this week. The date is Friday 30th September at 7.30. The cost is £4 to church funds.

The weekly Advanced Development Group meets every Tuesday. Starts Tuesday 4th October at 7.30.  The cost is £4 to church funds.

All are welcome at the Sheffield Venue.  Whitham Road SNU Spiritualist Church. Whitham Road, Sheffield. S10 2SL  Just bring along yourselves and you enthusiasm.

For more information please email me at the contact link on this page.

The Daily Mail has been running articles which tell of complaints about one of Sally Morgans shows in Ireland.

They say that she was receiving prompts during the show, and a whole couple of rows of audience are accusing her of fraud. This may have repercussions for the whole movement.

I know many people who have been to some of her roadshows, and they found her lacking………

It is a sad fact that we all get tarred by the same brush. Ms Morgan has very well edited tv shows, but you cannot edit live shows. She boasts of always being correct and of giving outstanding evidence. You have to put your money where your mouth is.

Mediums cannot always deliver the goods. As I have written many times on this blog, we cannot deliver on cue. This is not an exact science. Boasting puts our whole ethos in danger.

Mediums should be humble and honest. We are trying to help those who are saddened and bereaved. We are not here to make a small fortune or brag about our efforts.  What happened to modesty Ms Morgan?

NB This info was taken from the Daily Mail and is not my own story!

I have been asked if it is safe to visit a medium for a reading.  The short answer is, of course.  But there are considerations to take into account first.

My main advice is to tell you to only go to a medium or reader, who has been recommended to you by a trusted friend or relative.

There are lots of readers out there and they are not all genuine. Some pretend to be mediums and some are just psychics. Psychics of course, cannot communicate with spirits. They can only get information which you know about, from your own aura.

There are of course many cold readers. These are very clever people who pray on the bereaved in order to make money from them.

So, beware. Ask around until you are sure you get the right one for you. Then yes, you will be safe going for your reading.  Mediums only act as the go-between in a meeting with spirit and sitter.

The medium can raise their level of consciousness to a high degree. This allows them to communicate with the spirit world.  They do this simply and without any need for anything other than words.  Even if a medium were to go into trance for a sitting, they cannot harm you.

You cannot summon up any spirit. Therefore, the spirits come to communicate because they want to. They come with love and the intention of proving life after death. They want to uplift you and comfort you. They will never harm you.

Spirits are not physical. Therefore, they cannot do harm to a physical person. And why would they? They come because of love.

A psychic Supper is when a group of people buy tickets to share a table with a medium and get a psychic message fom them.  There are usually 4 or 5 guests and one medium per table.

When each person on every table has had a message, everyone has supper. It both a social and fund raising event and often very enjoyable.

At my church, Whitham Road in Sheffield, we are holding such an event quite soon.

Ours is on Friday 25th November at 7pm. Tickets are £10 and will be available from our church.  Although, if you need a ticket but cannot get to us for one, you may email me and I will help you.

Any mediums or good psychic who are interested in working for us on this occasion, please contact me. My email link is on this page.

For more information on Psychic Suppers please contact me.

I have been asked why there never seems to be ribbon reading or anything different in a Sunday service at a Spiritualist Church. That is because Sunday is Divine service day.

At Divine service we celebrate spirit. We sing hymns and say prayers.  There is usually a reading, which is often philosophic. Also, the healing list names are read out, prior to the healing hymn being sung. Then there is the demonstration of mediumship.

Ribbon reading, stones, psychometry, and all other none straightforward mediumship is not allowed.  This is because it is all considered to be ‘experimental’ mediumship. Or plain psychic.

Experimental events are usually saved for the development class, or for the experimental evenings, which are often termed ‘Specials’.

This is because nothing about life after death, can be proved through these materiel items.  Life after death is proved through mediumship alone. Therefore, it is kept for Divine services, as proof of what we Spiritualists are all about.

Whitham Road’s  Psychic Fair

Saturday 1st October at 11-4pm

Private Readings: £10
One to One Readings 15mins £5
Mediums

Coloured Stone Reading

Ribbons

Tarot
Angel Cards
Tea Leaves
Psychometry

And our first ever Palm Reader

Taster Sessions of Reikki  £3
Spiritual Healing by donation

Sara’s Hand Made Jewellery

Denise’s New Age Stall

Refreshments available

£1 on the door