Experience Spirit!

During last night’s mediumship development circle on SNUi, I asked the mediums to not start out in their usual way, such as “I have a gentleman stepping forward…” or “I am aware of a lady…”

That’s because we mediums often get stuck in ruts in the way we present spirit communicators. This should not be the case, as each communicator is unique and brings their own special energy into the moment.

We must work in the moment where Spirit resides. We experience Spirit now, and that freshness of discovery leads to meaningful demonstrations. I’m happy to say it was a very successful circle!

Here’s why:

We spoke about how working with links you’ve parked prior to your demonstration rarely are successful. When you sit on bits and pieces of a Spirit’s information you may have gotten before finding their recipient, what eventually comes out feels stale and may result in too much interpretation on your part.

The portrait of the surfer dude above was one I sketched prior to a demonstration almost three years ago. I jotted down his information beside his portrait. At the time, I felt a very strong connection to him, but when I regurgitated his “facts” during the demonstration, it felt cold and un-dudelike.  

No one understood him so I had to move on.

It was a great lesson for me to work in the moment, to bring through relationship and emotion early on, because when we speak using those qualities our facts feel less cold and impersonal.

Start with the relationship, or at least, what you feel to be the relationship, as it implies gender. Or, for friend/cousin kinds of relationships, you may begin, "I am aware of your old friend, a young man who feels delighted to be here..."

Next, describe the man or woman’s emotion or how s/he makes you feel. "I feel comfortable in his presence" or "He makes me want to sit up straight" or "My, she could be very strict" or "She's making me laugh, she's giggling herself" that kind of thing.

Then, ask Spirit who they want to speak to and say to your recipient, "I would like to bring this father in spirit to you..." and whatever Spirit says next (you're paying attention to Spirit more so than to the recipient), begin a detailed description of their face, hair, body size and hands.

There is more you can do with the facts you receive. Instead of just glossing over a description, "a gentleman with dark hair," be more detailed with your description. Does he have streaks of silver in his military style hair? Or is it in a pompadour or an afro?

Working this way, you announce a man who feels like a father to someone along with a detailed description, the recipient will know right away who it is. If you get noes, immediately look at Spirit, describe their reaction and ask Spirit for more information if none is given.

The rest you should let be a conversation between the recipient and Spirit. Facts will come out of the conversation, but if you want to know anything specific, just ask!

It’s preferable to not have a prepared list of questions in your mind because when your thoughts come in, Spirit has no room for you to sense their information. Also, mediums tend to interpret things and make things fit. If you just give what Spirit gives you, you won't have that problem.

Last night the mediums proved this technique works as each went directly to their recipient who understood their link within the first couple of minutes. There were intimate exchanges between the Spirits and their loved ones as Spirit presences were felt all around.

And that’s the way it should be when we experience Spirit! Sweet.