Meditation is the only way to meet and get to know your guide. It is also a good place to start connecting with the Spirit World.

I have my own CD which leads you into a meditation and brings you safely back. This can be used after you have opened up and before you close down. We have had good results with this. If you are interested in buying one please email me.

If you prefer to use your own CD or music, that’s ok too. Whatever you are happy with.

Before you begin you should say a short prayer, asking spirit to be with you and to protect you.

When you have opened up you can go straight into meditation. I always suggest a particular journey (that is where specific cd’s are helpful). It can be a different journey each time if you want.

Before setting off on your particular journey, ask that your spirit guide may join you and inspire you along the way. Everyone has a different experience and every time you meditate it will have different results.

After the meditation is over, you should impart any message that has been given to you. If you are alone, then you should write it down for future reference.

Close down your centres when you are finished with the session.  Say a closing prayer, thanking spirit for being with you.

More in the next development  post ……..

Copyright: Barbara Biggin 2012

It is surprising how little knowledge some have. Even members of church committees, some not all, lack basic knowledge of the subject.  Believe me, ignorance is not bliss when you are developing.  Keep asking questions and seeking answers.

You are now familiar with the opening and closing down procedure.  Don’t let anyone ever tell you that you don’t need to use it.  Now you need to practice.

Go to a quiet room. Take some music and turn off the phone.  Sit quietly and open up.  Ask yourself how you feel. Enjoy the moment.

After a short time, close down. Sit with your eyes closed and adjust to being in the now. Grounded.

Spend a few minutes each day practicing.  My next development post will take you to the next step.  Enjoy.

Copyright: Barbara Biggin 2012

Although I am sure you are very keen to start, before you go any further, it may be useful to familiarise yourself with some of the terms used by mediums, psychics, and Spiritualists.

Aura:An aura is something we all have, and this is backed up by scientific evidence. It once was questionable, as Auras are usually invisible to the naked eye, but with the invention of Kirlian photography, which catches the aura on film, it is now proven. The aura is fact not fiction. The aura is made up of colours and surrounds the body, the etheric body,  in a sort of egg shape.

The average person does not see it, but a psychic can learn how to see it with practise. The colours shimmer, pulsate and change according to how the body and mind is reacting to outside influences. Some mediums can also read auras. They can tell you a lot about what is going on in and around your life, by studying your aura and its colours. Objects too have auras.

Circle or Psychic Circle:A circle is made when a group of people get together to practise their psychic and mediumistic skills. A group often work best when sitting in a circle, as each person can be seen by all, making communication between each other much easier. Anyone can attend an open circle at a Spiritualist church; it is a good place to learn more about psychics and mediumship and improve ones abilities.

Clairaudience (clear hearing): Some mediums have the gift of hearing voices or words within the head, that cannot be heard by the psychically undeveloped person. Again, it can be used by the medium when developed to a high degree, in order to pass information on to a sitter, from the spirit entities and loved ones on the higher side of life. It can be a bit like being a switchboard operator.

Clairsentience (clear sensing): This is another psychic gift used by mediums. It allows the medium to sense or feel things, including pain and emotion, which are communicated from loved ones in the spirit world.

Clairvoyance (clear seeing): The ability to see images, pictures, and even spirits with the third eye: a place in the centre of the brow that is invisible to the naked eye. When the third eye is well developed the medium can utilise it to help give proof of life after death.

Development Circle: In a development circle one learns how to develop psychic awareness. Such circles are usually held at a Spiritualist church, but can be held at a private home by an experienced medium. It is not advisable to attend another development circle whilst you are learning to develop from this book.

Spiritual tutors have defined their own ways of developing and sometimes they are incompatible with others, and this would only cause confusion. That said, it is okay to attend Spiritualist open circles and practise your skills, as there is no teaching happening when the circle is open to all. So, as long as you learn the rules of opening and closing, as explained later, the open circle can be a good experience.

Life After Death: When we human beings die, our body is no longer needed, hence the need for burial or cremation, but our spirit or soul moves on to the spirit world to carry on its intended existence. This process is often referred to as Transition, but in fact it is our life after this life. Once transition has taken place, the spirit carries on with its progression  and evolvement to a higher spiritual plane.

Medium:A medium, is someone who has developed their own psychic ability to such a degree that they have become aware of an ability to communicate with spirit entities and loved ones who have passed over to the sprit world. Mediumship is not an inherent gift, though it is possible to develop dormant skills. This book will teach you how.

Private Sitting: If a person wishes to receive a one-to-one message from a medium, they can book a private sitting. This can of course be free of charge, but most often there is a fee. We all have to live and finance our homes and offices, and mediums are no exception, so most have to charge. Not many people will or are able, to work for nothing.

At such a private sitting, you would expect to be given proof of life after death. This would involve being given evidence from a loved one of yours who has passed to the higher side of life. Information not previously known to the medium. This should prove that your loved ones were here on the earth plane and are still watching over you even now.

Psychic: A psychic is someone who uses senses that the average person is unaware of. We all have these psychic senses which are invisible, but which can be develop to a high degree with time and effort. Smell, taste, touch, sight, and hearing, are all physical senses of which we are all aware because we see evidence of them all the time, and indeed take them for granted. Unless you are a Spiritualist, or mix with those who use the psychic senses, you are probably unaware of them.

Psychometry: A sitter gives you a personal item to hold in order for you to give information about the past of the object and its owner. All things hold vibrations or data which has been left on them over time. Pure silk is the only item I know of that holds no vibrations, hence the reason Tarot readers keep their cards wrapped in it.

The reader holds the item and lets their psychic centres take in as much information as possible. It is a bit like being a sponge and soaking up the vibrations and then relating them to the sitter.

Psychic Art:A psychic artist is someone who has the gift of being able to see a spirit entity and draw them, usually at the same time as giving clairvoyance. Sometimes, a second medium is in attendance to add to the clairvoyance.

A famous Psychic Artist was the late Coral Polge, who was a well respected Spiritualist. Coral, did drawings which were said to be very accurate and the clairvoyant proof she added made the sitting more than interesting.

Sitter: A sitter is someone who ‘sits’ with a medium or psychic, either in a circle or privately, in order to receive a ‘message’ or reading from them.

Spiritualist Closed Circle: A closed circle is just for those invited along, private. It is usually open only to church members.

Spiritualist Open Circle: An open circle is usually held at a Spiritualist Church. People sit in a circle with others who are hoping to communicate with someone in the spirit world. You may get a message from an experienced person or from a novice. You could also go to such a circle to practise your own newly developed psychic gifts.

Transition: Our ‘death’ is just a transitory phase from this life to the next, it is in fact a continuation of our existence. We have come from the spirit world, it is our home, and at our earthly death we return to the spirit world. Taking our transition is almost like passing through a door into another dimension. Only a thought away.

Vibrations: Are what he psychic or medium ‘reads’ when one has a sitting. Such vibrations can contain information about the sitter, and their life.

As before, you can visualise doors, books or flowers. It is entirely up to you. For the purpose of these instructions I am using doors.

Start at the top of the head, the crown centre. Close the door.

Move to the centre of the brow and close the door.

Go to the throat centre and close the door.

Now to the heart centre and close the door.

Go to the solar plexus and close the door.

Now go to the sacral area and close the door.

Finally, go to the base chakra and close the door firmly.

You are now fully closed down and should not use your psychic gifts until you purposely open them up again. If, inadvertently, you open up and don’t want to,  just go through this closing down process and all will be well.

More on this in the next post …………

Copyright: Barbara Biggin 2012

You need to wait for the closing down post before you begin. You should never open up without being able to close down.  You cannot remain open!

So I suggest you read and digest it all before starting.

I have my own CD which I recorded to help those who need to listen to direction when learning.  If you are interested in purchasing one, please email me for details. The CD takes you through opening and closing safely.

You can email me at the link on this page.

With your eyes closed and in a relaxed state, go to a place at the base of your spine and visualise a door. Push open the door and concentrate on it for a short time. This is the base chakra.

Go to the sacral region (halfway between the base and the solar plexus). Visualise the door and push it open. Concentrate on this chakra for a short time.

Go to the solar plexus (around the naval area). Open the door and concentrate on it for a short time.

Move up to the heart chakra. Open it up and concentrate on it for a short time.

Move to the throat centre. Open it and concentrate on it for a short time.

Go to the centre of the brow. Open up the chakra. Concentrate on it for a short time.

Move up to the top of the head, the crown centre. Open it and concentrate on it for a short time.

I suggest you go no further until you get the hang of it. Sit for a little while then you can close again.

more on this in the next post ……….

Copyright: Barbara Biggin 2012

When we work using our psychic senses, our Chakras come into play. The development of the chakras is paramount to psychic development. Chakras also play very big part in mediumship.

So, when you are ready to develop, you must open up the chakras. I often refer to them as psychic centres.  The chakras are part of the etheric body with which we are all surrounded.

The chakras each have their own particular colour. The colours are very important. They can play big part in your mediumship, or psychic work.

Before meditation, you should sit quietly and visualise each of the chakras. One by one you visualise them opening.  Each of us has a personal way of visualising them, until we actually learn to see them.

Whichever method you prefer, is the correct method for you.  You can visualise them as doors, flowers, books……….  In the beginning I found it easier to visualise doors. But now I prefer flowers. I see them as little buds and watch them open into full blooms.

More on this in the next post………

Copyright: Barbara Biggin 2012

If you are mediumistic, meditation is the way to building up a relationship with your guide or guardian angel.  You need this relationship to blossom so that you can teach each other. The guide needs to understand you and you need to learn the ways of your guide.

It is simple and straightforward to meditate.  Remember NOT to try and make your mind go blank. This is impossible and will only waste your time.  Learn to relax and let go. It comes with practice, believe me.

At first you should sit in the quiet, in a room where you will be undisturbed by either people of telephones.  Put on some gentle music, pipes or something of that nature. Close your eyes and let yourself go with the flow.

Begin by tensing each set of muscles, one by one, and let them go. Start with your head and eyes and work downwards, covering all areas of your body.

When you are fully relaxed, stay a while,  drifting back and forth.  Don’t sit for more than five minutes at first.  You can gradually increase the time with practice.

When you have finished, sit with your eyes closed a little while. Open them slowly and gradually bring all your muscles back to life.

more next time ……………

Copyright: Barbara Biggin 2012

Your psychic ability will come to the fore and you will find the urge to develop it.  It may be a thought, an image or a colour. It may even be a dream. You will have to seek out information and guidance in order to develop your latent gifts.

This is when to begin sitting for development.

You will need lots of patience and lots of compassion.  You will also need to learn how to meditate.  Meditation is a must if you wish to get to know your spirit guide or guardian angel.  You will need their help and partnership on your spiritual journey.

Tomorrow I will discuss this next step…………….

Copyright: Barbara Biggin 2012

We are all born psychic. We are not all born mediums.  We are at our most psychic when we are children. That is because our adult logic and reasoning has not had chance to spoil it for us.

When we are children we accept things as they are. What we see, hear, feel and are told.  Childhood itself is simple.  We do not complicate things for ourselves whilst our minds are naive. We are accepting. So, to children being psychic is a very natural thing.

As we get older we begin to challenge what we believe and reasoning comes into play. Our elders tell us that we are wrong when we talk about things that don’t conform to the ‘natural’.  So, if we say we can see ‘dead Auntie Nellie’, we are told it is impossible and not to be silly.

You can see how a child can be persuaded to change it’s way of thinking.  And so it goes that by the time a child is grown into an adult it no longer uses the psychic gift it was born with. The child now uses logic and reasoning.  What a pity!

The child must now wait until something, or someone, reawakens the gift and starts to move it along again.

more tomorrow……….

Copyright: Barbara Biggin 2012