Experiments in Spook

Friday October 25, 2013

Well - this was an interesting one and a lesson maybe in believing what you want to believe. Joe, the "occupant" of the cottage has this thing about moving paper; photographs, notes anything he can lay his hands on. A few times he has taken photographs down off the wall and placed them in odd places around the cottage. This all started when one night, being frustrated that I could hear and feel Joe but not see him in the physical, I left a piece of paper out by the side of my bed and asked him to move it. The next morning it was on the other side of the room! I don't sleep in a barn or with the windows open and so there was no gust of wind that could have done this.

Such was his interest in the metaphysical Arty, my mentor in spook and an absolutely necessity in my life, often did experiments when he was alive. Maybe that is why he is with me now because we share that same curiosity. So I decided to start some experiments of my own. I started with writing the names of those I knew were with me in spook on pieces of paper and placing them squarely within a tile on the floor. The "other" refers to someone I don't know - just in case!

I left these pieces of paper out and asked if those present would move theirs and as you can see Arty, Matt and Joe moved theirs. The interesting thing was when we got out of bed to review our experiment I was a little upset that Matt's paper had a questionmark as to whether it was moved or not as it didn't seem to be that remarkable.  I was disappointed as I had actually seen him the night before. Then, I did all the morning things, bathroom coffee etc and came back to find Matt's paper had been moved much more significantly! True to my playmate in spook, he made his point!!

But was it those three spirit people who moved the paper or just some naughty spook who wanted to mess with me? I always caution people about doing experiments because once you have opened the door to spirit you can cause all sorts of terrible problems because you can't pick and chose who comes through when the door is wide open. This is why we have gatekeepers and must exercise protection, open and close and ground ourselves otherwise we can end up with all sorts of antics that once they have started are hard to control. So when I say "Don't try this at home" I mean it! Seriously unless you are an accomplished medium who can clearly identify those that are around you and eject the undesirables, this is not for you.

So were we tricked because I need to know my beloved spook friends are around or were they really there? Well luckily for me, I can connect with those three in particular rather easily so was happy to hear Arty say "Indeed my dear, here we are!" Matt said he is here for the weekend and will be around more (oh no there goes the vodka!) and Joe is always here because this is where he lived.

Had Arty said to me, "It wasn't us" then I would have shut down the experiment and gone into my spook space to eject whoever it was that was being cheeky with us. I admit we do have a "naughty here". Not malevolent, just frisky and enjoys the attention. Now and again he gets a bit dark and gloomy, so we show him the door. tricks are fine, mean is not and he knows the rules.

One of the things I like doing in my stage show "Hands Up If You Are Dead" is proving the presence of spirit. But if you want to know how we do that, you'll have to come to one!

A decision and a lesson

Friday October 18, 2013

Recently I decided to stop reading. Well actually I didn’t Arty and Matt suggested I give it a break for a while and concentrate on more human, but none the less spook-connected pursuits.  One of the things that has always disturbed me a little about readings and I am guilty of this too, is people wanting to know what others are thinking and the outcome of situations that I believe should be about making choices for ourselves.  I am terrible for calling Chilly and saying “If I do this is it a good thing or a bad thing.” I am as guilty as everyone else. Even if you have a reading you can still make choices for yourself because all you get from a reading is; this is how things stand now and the possible consequences of other options. It was strange because once I had made the choice to stop “general readings” but not published it my next few readings cancelled as if to validate the suggestion by spooks.  Of course I like reading and proving that spook is with us and a part of our life, but there has to be a better use. 

As if by magic, spook magic you understand, a couple of days later a friend called with a spooky issue. He didn’t want to know about his domestic life, job choices or anything like that, it was about the strong presence of a spook around him and why it was happening. THIS is the work I prefer to do! I read for someone once, the most beautiful person who had health concerns and the spooks attached to her wanted to reassure her that although the problems were real the fears about her future were groundless and all would be well in the end.  That to me was “best use of spook” and the work they want to do too! So let me tell you a story that makes my point; Friend calls Ally and says, “What’s the deal with this spook, I can see feel and hear her but don’t know what she wants.” We validate that we are both seeing the same person and a few other things and then we go onto the warning the spook so desperately wanted to deliver.  Then as I am saying to my lovely friend, “I will ask them to look after you in the meantime,” as a ‘whilst this plays out or we avoid’ type of it contingency plan Matthew says to me “Finally a real job!” Off he went to be with my friend, suss it out and report back. So even he was feeling it and feeling a little useless although he has been a great help and a great laugh in readings, he too wants to add more meaning to the fact he and I can connect the two dimensions.

This morning Matthew reports in and Arty is in his chair and I am told “the blow has been softened, and thank you” and “most” of the crisis averted. The actual incident won’t be averted but the harm will be because the spooks worked their ethereal butts off to get the message through. Sure there is still some hinky news to come and a “situation” but at least we know now that the worst will not happen.

Now the spook who originally came with the message was not a family member or a friend of the person who called me. She was someone who cares deeply about this person because she cared deeply for someone she is associated with and recognised a true bond of friendship. She wanted to look after her close friends friend because in her eyes he is special too. As anyone would do if they were alive or on the other side of the firewall! 

What do we see here? Well we see a “non family or loved one” spirit working to get into someone else’s space to do a good thing, a kind thing.  This also demonstrates something equally important to the expansion of our understanding of spook. They are NOT confined and they have free will too. Spiritual energy is like light or microwaves (to simplify) and can travel, but like light or microwaves you need a stronger signal for a greater distance. Think of it as moving your computer further away from the modem or router and the signal weakens until some kind of booster or repeater is attached to it to make it stronger again. The picture you see on this page is my reading chair. It’s outside and I prefer to read at night when the human energy around me is more still. It’s a better connection.

The spirit, whom we shall call Leanne, made a conscious decision to help out but needed more than she had energetically to get through so then I became the signal booster and essentially made it stronger for my friend so we could get to the bottom of it. I also found her signal, Leanne’s, to be very strong because there was a “need” there and not just a curiosity.

I have always found my best and clearest readings are where there is genuine purpose and not just “where is my life heading.” We control where our life is heading by the choices we make.  So to clarify for now; if you need us; me, Matt, Arty and P we are there for you. I will read for you and we will do everything we can. If you just want to know if your boyfriend is cheating, or your kids will be successful when they are barely old enough to make choices for themselves then I don’t think I am the person for you. Let your kids make choices, support them and love them and spook will too and they will learn the lessons they need to learn. We must get out of the thinking that spook is a tool so we can avoid the lessons in life. We need them to evolve and grow both in the human and the spiritual world and they can't do that if they are told every step of the way what's coming.

I will always warn someone I am connected to if I feel there is danger. Spirit has saved me in the past and I know where they can that is something they will do, but sometimes they just can’t. Treat them with respect…you will get more out of them I promise. So do they.

Hands Up If You're Dead

Monday October 7, 2013

Well? Are you? Are you sure you aren't dead? Well I have news for you, in a nutshell you are "half dead!"  The human self comprises two parts if you like; our biological self and our spiritual self. Think of it this way. We operate on the human with our biological bits, our tongue and larynx speak, our eyes see and our ears hear. The other part of us which is the spiritual side that is also at work all day every day are the inner senses; when we dream we don't see the images with our eyes we see them with our mind. When we imagine, we don't create with our voice but with our mind. Although a real simplification that is the part of us that communicates with spirit and would you believe it the strongest part of us. It really is possible to get "mind over matter" or how do you think Joe could move the paper, or Matt could annoy me by realigning all the paintings in my house or P slam doors and scream at me to "pay attention!" We don't use ANY of our biological bits for spiritual interaction it is just the bit we call our mind and the more refined senses that go with them. When we die, we don't take any of our squishy bits with us, just our mind and so when we communicate after we have passed over it is that energy that we use. The SAME energy we have now in the mortal to think, dream and imagine! So...now how many have your hands up...yeah well should be all of you!