Mediumship and Beyond

“If there is something you truly want to know,
then you truly want to listen to your own wisdom.
You know, meditation is learning how to listen with your own wisdom,
so that you can see.

I think why meditation is amazingly important,
is that somehow our unconscious world is much bigger.
It is huge, universal, and we don’t understand that one.
Meditation allows this world to be light and knowable, understandable.
That is why it is important.

Normally we are totally robbed by the egotistic, conventional mind,
not allowing the fundamental mind to be functioning.
That is why one should have confidence,
truly… through experience,
one has confidence in one’s spiritual journey.”

By Lama Thubten Yeshe

Everyone, I think, wants a better future, even when troubled times arise and a better future seems far away.

Our leaders are forced to keep their spirits up by promising a vision of the future – that’s how they stay in office – and yet it is very hard to get anyone to agree on a vision that insures a better life for everyone.

A lot of the difficulty centers on your view of reality, and I’d like to see if there is a vision that unites all versions of reality, East and West, Muslim, Jewish, and Christian, political and psychological.

It’s a huge task to unite the world’s deepest conflicts, but there is a way to approach the problem.

“Deepak Chopra”

We are a part of collective awareness

We contribute to it and are influenced by it

Our karma is intertwined.

“Deepak Chopra”

If the good parts of your life are to have meaning, the same must be true of the bad parts.

This is a continual message delivered by the world’s wisdom traditions.

It’s a fantasy to believe that being good will keep you from confronting the bad in life, or that there is ever enough pleasure to eradicate pain.

The ills that visit every person’s life exist for a reason. Yet each of us is fostering a different set of reasons in our heads.

“Deepak Chopra”

To me this famous poem speaks volumes, especially to those who believe in Spiritualism.

Do not stand at my grave and weep
Mary Elizabeth Frye

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.

LOVE
By Bhante Wimala

When your mind becomes motionless
and the brilliant eyes of the peaceful mind
take a straight look down into the depth of your heart

You will see the life-force pulsating and thriving
in the warmth of pure love.

As you experience this pure love
what we all call “heart”
beams of light will begin to radiate from the center of it
for heaven is there in eternity.

If you can release this radiance of love
and allow it to flow through you,
your heart will become light.

The spirit will get liberated into the air
and then, from a place of inner stillness
you will know what it would be like
to be an eagle and soar in the evening skies.

And most of all,
you would understand
what it would be like
to be perfectly sane.

Spiritualists are not Christians, but we certainly have nothing against them. In fact we are truly in sympathy with them.  The Christian way of life is on a par with the spiritualists way of life.  We both believe in helping our neighbour and loving one another.  But, there is a big difference between the two religions.

One of them asks you to have blind faith in the belief that life carries on after death. The other tries to prove life after death to you.  Christians blindly believe,  whilst Spiritualists  have the job of proving it to you through their mediumship.

The other difference is about Jesus.  Christians believe that Jesus died for our sins.  Spiritualists believe that each of us has personal responsibility. We answer for all good and bad deeds. We don’t need others to die for our sins.

Spiritualists believe that Jesus was a good man. He was a Healer and brilliant Medium who told his disciples that they too had these gifts.  Spiritualists actually use these gifts. They use them to prove life after death and that these gifts are natural, not sacred.

Christians have lots of trappings in the form of statues, crosses and other things, which adorn their churches and which the congregations worship.

Spiritualists have no such trappings. We don’t need anyone or thing to worship.  No Jesus or Mary statues to idolise. No crosses or crucifixes to take centre stage. We do not need them. Why would we?

We do however, occasionally have an angel or two around. This is because of the guardian angels we believe in.  There may also be the occasional Native American Indian picture or statuette too.  These are not to idolise or worship.  These are liked because Spiritualists have an affinity with Native American Indians, as they hold the same after life beliefs.

You should find no objects of worship on our Spiritualist platforms. There will though, be the Seven Principles. These are principles on which the Spiritualist religion is based. They make simple reading.

Above all, Spiritulaism encompasses all. We accept all comers, all colours and all creeds. Whatever their religion may be.

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“I am the owner of my karma .

I inherit my karma.

I am born of my karma.

I am related to my karma.

I live supported by my karma.

Whatever karma I create, whether good or evil, that I shall inherit.”

The Buddha, Anguttara Nikaya

TAKE HEART

But also
take comfort, healing, rest and love
Leave sorrow
amongst the rocks and woods who most of the time
are far stronger
better able to handle such loads
Take courage
But also,
take honesty, courtesy, empathy and patience
Leave doubt
amidst the deep ocean waters
watch it sink there
until you cannot cling to it any longer
Take faith
but leave with an open mind, an open hand, open arms
Take whatever you need to make it through
leave what keeps you from going on

“Jennifer Edwards”

BETTER

Better than a thousand
Hollow words
Is one word that brings peace.

Better than a thousand
Hollow verses
Is one verse that brings peace.

Better than a hundred
Hollow lines
Is one line of the law, Bringing peace.

It is better to conquer yourself
Than to win a thousand battles;
Then the victory is yours.

“Dhammapada”