Post No. 885 - Readings

This post is a transcript of some old notes I found recently that I had started on this topic, notes which were not complete so I have now added more and edited some of this, but, given time I would write yet more ...

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I have a personal rule that I don’t do readings [1] . In part this is a concern about self-fulfilling prophecies, in part being disinterested in the sorts of unspiritual rubbish some people want to ask about (which is, obviously, of great importance to them),and in part because I think people would, in the long term, be better off learning how to access (which includes “debate with”) sources of spiritual guidance themselves. For the record, I also don’t consider that I am very good at giving readings, but:

(a)   that doesn’t mean I can’t do them [2] ; and

(b)   I consider a lot of other people to be no better than I, or even worse [3] .

The concerns that sceptics [4] [5] present (e.g., “cold reading” [6] [7] ) ARE valid concerns. If you are, or have any intention of being, connected to a psychic reading in ANY way (whether that is either as the “readee” OR as the reader), you need to consider such issues – genuinely, carefully, and with all the Deity(ies)-given faculties at your disposal (including thought, intuition, feelings [which may be clues to things needing further exploration], knowledge / experience / wisdom, etc).

I happen to consider that “Skeptics” (i.e., the “professional” version of “sceptics :) ) set the bar of proof too high, by taking an automatic “ridicule what seems to be outside your experience” stance / “setting the standards of proof too high” [8], but that is not what I want to write about here. (I have another rule, by the way: don’t try to prove anything – which is because everyone’s standard of proof is different [AND there is the valid and genuine issue of scepticism blocking psychism [9] ).

Going back to readings, let’s suppose you’re giving someone a reading and, when you tune in  to the client, you sense a great deal of anger. The types of possibilities you need to sort through (and "Briefing for the Landing on Planet Earth" by Stuart Holroyd (renamed "Prelude for the Planet Earth" in some markets; Pub. Corgi 1979 [originally W.H. Allen 1977], ISBN 0 552 10997 5) is the BEST example I have ever come across of what is involved in doing that) include:

• the client may be angry;
• someone, incarnate or discarnate [10] may be angry at the client, either anger because the client is “doing something weird” like consulting a psychic (this would normally be an incarnate, but a conservative person who winds up earthbound could also be the course of such anger), or anger from a karmic situation (i.e., something the client did that was genuinely wrong [11] , whether in this life or a past one), or psychic attack from someone trying to harm the readee.

As a reader, YOU must be capable of identifying, testing and eliminating / confirming (or have your BPM  Guides trained enough to be able to do this for you – if they agree to) such options. In fact, not only that, you also need to sort through the options like this:

• whether there is any unresolved karma between you and the readee (for instance, you may have tortured / killed the readee OR someone close to the readee in a previous life [12] , or they may have done something which harmed or offended you, or someone close to you [13] );

 and so on.

 Notes

[1]   I will possibly do an online definition at some stage – at least I have finally posted the flow chart on this that I prepared quite some years ago.

[2]   I’ve come across some people who think I “simply need encouragement”, people who are so limited that the possibility I might I may have valid, ethical reasons for not wanting to do readings. Although, when I sat in a spiritualist development circle a few years ago (mainly to get my partner to try that out), I did enjoy doing the psychic art.

[3]   I once went to a spiritualist church with someone I knew, a friend at that time, who started giving me a kick every time the demonstrating medium said something to someone else that she, the former friend, could relate to. I moved chairs to avoid getting a massive bruise :) I consider she did well, when the medium asked if he could come to here, to say “no” – which is always acceptable. Good mediums also warn people to limit their answers to yes or no before they start.

[4]   I’ve written about scpetics / “Skeptics” (I always imagine a majestic but ironic fanfare when I read or type that) / scepticism (including the need for a balanced version of that) here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
You can find others’ thoughts on this here, here, and a good (which doesn’t mean always accurate, nor that she gets something always) medium’s website is here.

[5]   You can find Skeptics associations online here and here (and, no doubt, elsewhere). Don’t be afraid: have a look.

[6]   See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cold_reading&oldid=709169856 – which is an excellent and useful list of what you should NOT do, as a medium.

[7]   Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Body_language&oldid=712631125 and elsewhere, and make sure you’re not doing that :)

[8]   One of the things to consider here is the difference between “beyond reasonable doubt”, which is the standard of proof applicable in criminal law justice and is AIMED AT ENSURING NO-ONE WHO COULD POSSIBLY BE INNOCENT IS CONVICTED (which means some guilty people will not be found guilty because of lack of evidence), and “balance of probability”, which is the standard of proof often applied to civil legal cases and by most people in their everyday life.
There are also some very good explanations of the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) biases that can created by words here and here (which is why I did not use the Skeptics Association definition of cold reading, for instance).

[9]   (unfortunately I cannot find the link I was going to add in here) 

[10]   If you don’t know the difference, or cannot discern the difference with the aid of your BPM Guides, then I would suggest that perhaps you should not be doing that reading?

[11]   Be wary of value judgements! A clear example of this would be a monogamous reader assuming that a polyamorous readee’s past ethical relationships with other than the primary is the cause of such anger. You need a clear warning sign from your BPM Guides of when this is happening, or at risk of happening (e.g., a bright colour, a bell or some striking scent). When that happens, you should, in my opinion, state “my Guides have just warned me that I may misinterpret something because of differing values we have. If I make that error, which I will endeavour not to do, I apologise, and request some leniency.” After all, you’re human too.

[12]   If you cannot admit to this possibility with EQUANIMITY, then, in my opinion, you should NOT be doing that reading!

[13]   When I first started this article, I wrote, at this point, that I think we need a Code of Ethics, and that such a Code need not be as strict as, say, the medical profession (where one is, in effect, supposed to give aid no matter what), but if you can’t objectively give your enemy a reading, you should at least tell them so (rather than mislead them, which discredits the whole reading “profession”). I’ve subsequently found out that such a Code does exist, but it is, in my opinion, flawed as it does not mention that fraud is illegal, as is the case of client’s trying to blackmail me. My writing on this from the very brief time I was trying to do some of my psychic work as a business is here, and includes those two points and stuff about karma, etc.

Post No. 583 – Next steps with energy (colour) work

Something I have come to realise with chakras is that what we see is actually only the outlet: the ‘other’ end of each (major) chakra is an inlet on the Inner Planes – the nonphysical worlds, if you prefer.

When we tie a visualisation of energy flow in and out of the chakra to our breathing (as I’ve recommended elsewhere to cleanse and/or rebalance – and still do, PARTICULARLY for beginners), we are using our breathing largely as a tool to better focus our mind: we’re not adding much energy to the overall energy structure of the chakra, we’re making sure the outlet is clear and healthy – a bit like making sure the outlet of a pipe bringing clean water is not obstructed.

These days, my visualisation is more akin to opening a tap on a pressurised water pipe, a pipe full and ready to supply water. I simply visualise the colour expanding from the centre of the chakra and doing the cleansing or other effect I had intended.

There is another exercise in the development of the ability to work with one’s chakras: projecting beams or lines of energy from each chakra. Again, I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, although that was talking of projecting forms from each chakra, which is a more advanced exercise to be done AFTER you master projecting a simple beam of light. I was taught to begin by projecting a line of red energy from a hand chakra to a wall … then, when I had reached reasonable proficiency with that, different colours, then after reaching reasonable proficiency move on to doing the same from other chakras, then after reaching reasonable proficiency start shape the beams, then after reaching reasonable proficiency with that, finally, work on projecting the essence of the chakra as a form.

Now, the thing about beams of psychic energy, is that they do NOT have to go in a single direction: they can BEND – which is what we rely on when we create images of shapes, including pentagrams.

So, it is possible to project beams of light from the chakras, and then have then converge on a point – say, our eyes.

Why combine the energy from the chakras? Because it is a bit like the richness of a rainbow or the subtle flavour combination of a well balanced meal * – the combination of the various influences adds to the total, and makes a synergistic combination, one that is greater than the sum of its parts ** .

Now, after a few years of having done exactly that, I have been told - at my last two eye exams (as a diabetic, I have to get these regularly, as part of keeping my driving Licence) – that my eyesight is improving. Now, of course there may be other factors involved here (although that’s not likely, given my age – and things like work stress), but my sense is that the exercise I’ve been doing has at least contributed to this.

Now that’s encouraging, but doing the same exercise for those parts of the body connected with diabetes have had NO effect whatsoever.

So … the technique works for me in some situations, but not others. What do I do? Throw my hands up and claim that, because it is not 100% effective, it is not at all effective? (Where would penicillin be if that attitude was widespread?) No, I use it where it works, and may continue where it hasn’t worked yet, until I have sufficient knowledge and/or wisdom to be able to assess this further.

There may be karmic limits for me on the use of this technique, or around my diabetes. If that is so, making this effort will get me through whatever frustration I am meant to experience more quickly.

It may also be that, if I wasn’t doing this, my diabetes would be worse …

Now, yesterday, I used this technique in a different way: I added it in to my exercise (just walking, yesterday). I combined the 16 beams from my chakras (confused by the number? The four Crown and above chakras and the Earth Star chakra are single vortices so I project only one beam from then, three chakras are connecting others, and six have the classic double vortex shape –so, 2 x 6 + 4 = 16) and then split those into three combined beams:

• one went to all the muscles involved (not just the legs, out torso is also involve – even the neck, which stabilises the head as we walk);
• one went to the heart-ling system; and
• the other went to the areas where I have accumulated too much fat (partly to help dissolve any negative energy in that as it melts – which is why one should also flame while burning fat).

I’ll let you know in  two or three years - that seems to be how long major manifestations take, for me - if I find this has made any difference :)

Of course, one of the benefits of this is that it constitutes more practice of basic psychic skills, and practice is key to developing any skill. I used to drill my students in clearing links, objects and rescue work – divide into twos or threes, one clears and another checks, then swap (if there were three, the third checked for inattentiveness or bias in the checker’s checking). I first learned the value of this when I was developing my ability as a sailor when I was a kid – we would do endless drills (at my initiative) of basic sailing and racing skills (tacking, gybing, rounding marks, etc) and got to the stage where people enjoyed watching our skill (ah, the joys of being an old - female - codger looking back, eh? Grumble, grumble, snort, * mutters “was different in my day”, and “ooh, my lumbago” *; *** ). I then used the skill of cross-fertilisation to apply it to my psychic and spiritual work for myself, and then, many, many, MANY years later, to my teaching of others.

I’m also planning on extending this concept to revert to a more conscientious preparation for the coming week/day/known event(s), by visualising myself clearing and fending off negative units (energy, links, entities, etc) in said coming week/day/known event(s).

These techniques can be useful in one’s everyday life. Back in the 80s, we had a client who was notorious for being an unpleasant, offensive, uncooperative and difficult person to work with. When I was given the task of – in effect –asking him for a favour, I asked for my BPLF [1] Guides assistance, and pre-cleared the negative units that I was ALLOWED to for the Highest Spiritual Good (HSG) before I rang him, and he was surprisingly cooperative – literally surprising: I could hear the surprise in his voice.

Why?

Because that person was loaded to the gills with negative earthbound entities (i.e., the type I refer to as uncooperatives) who were controlling him.

Without their influence, he would have been a pretty good person – and engineer; with them, he was neither.

At this point, I’d like to regale you with a story that I may have already posted here, me and Isa and mobile phones.

Now, one of the serious dangers of modern life is the inappropriate use of mobile phones. The Internet has enough information about pedestrians falling into things as a result, and media articles here have reported the medical profession reporting on the increased injury rate amongst that group, but the big concern is people using mobile phones while driving. We had a case here a few years ago where one such driver (texting) killed a young pedestrian while doing so, and that led to a campaign – instigated by the parents of the pedestrian, but including the driver – to warn of those dangers, and laws requiring anyone using a mobile phone in ANY way to pull over and turn their car off or get out of the car. (Unfortunately, there were outs if people had a hands-free kit, which I consider should not exist.) Concerningly, that knowledge appears to have been lost, of late.

Out of my concern for safety, I tried using the rune Isa to temporarily freeze the mobile phone of one such driver. Going by the driver’s reaction (held up the phone and looked at it, shook it, etc), it appeared to work. It hasn’t since then. 

Why?

Well, as always, I ask for this to be as is for the HSG, and I am aware that my BPLF Guides have been making sure that this doesn’t work. 

Why?

The clue is in the reaction of that driver – they looked at the phone, in other words, it INCREASED the distraction, it didn’t reduce it.

The best ‘cure’ here is not psychic: it is education - and social pressure. (Mind you, I still use and find effective the ‘slowing’ bind rune to deal with tailgaters.)

Going back to the practice and pre-visualisation in relation to clearing, a section from "The Only Planet of Choice", published under the name of the medium from Briefing and subsequently, Phyllis V. Schlemmer and which I reviewed here, comes to mind. In that (on page 42 of my copy), the means by which advanced BPLF [1] aliens (extraterrestrials – SOME of whom are not BPLF) can protect themselves is described. One of those techniques is particularly germane:

“If an Altean were to appear at an entrance of his vehicle, and were stepping onto Planet Earth, and if there were a group that attempted to destroy that Altean, he has only to hold out his hand in an upright manner, and not in great extension, to bring calmness, and also to render them into a state in which they would not have the desire to harm, and would put down their weapons.”

That sounds a little like what I was able to do with Mr. Grumpy Engineer.

In considering this, it is important to keep in mind the importance of dissolving a link all the way up to the source with positive (spiritually loving) energy – just cutting the link is an aggressive act, and does not go anywhere near enough to curing the problem, particularly karmic aspects. I’ve done it in emergency situations, but it is not my preferred approach - see here and here.

OK, I’ve been at this for long enough, so I’ll leave this post at that. May it be of some value to you, Dear Reader.

* Because I happen to like pies I sometimes joke that a ie is good if it has a good balance between pastry and meat … that’s not what I meant in the post above :)

 ** Think about that! This word is saying that, in this instance, one plus one makes three or more.

 *** Joke, Joyce. I don’t have lumbago.

[1] BPLF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Light Forces. See here and here for more on this.

[2] Please see here and my post "The Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia. I'm also exploring use of h2g2, although that doesn't appear to be as extensive (h2g2 is intended - rather engagingly - to be the Earth edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy").

Love, light, hugs and blessings

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(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux? … Morinehtar? … Would-be drýicgan ... )

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I am a Walker upon the Path of Balanced Positivity, seeking Spiritual Maturity.

• One size does NOT fit all.
• Don't be mediocre - seek to excel.
• Gnwmythr's Stropping Strap: Occam's Razor only works if  the simplest solution is actually recognised as being the simplest, rather than the one that best fits one's bigotries being labelled 'simplest'.
• Our entire life experience, with all the many wondrous and varied people, places and events in it, is too small a sample for statistical reliability about Life.
• May the world of commerce and business be recognised to be a servant, not a master, of the lives of people.
• Ban the dream interpretation industry!
• A home is for living in, not feeling, becoming or being rich or a “better” class than others.
• Being accustomed to interacting via certain rules makes those rules neither right nor universal.
• Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master.
• Expertise at intimacy and emotional happiness is generally not the same thing as spiritual growth.
• Any person, male or female, who has neither a serious health issue, dependents nor an agreement about study. yet expects their partner to work to support them, is, spiritually speaking, little more than a parasite.
• The means shape the end.
• BPLF restraint of uncooperatives is NOT an opportunity for revenge or getting even - even unconsciously.
• As words can kill, the right to freedom of speech comes with a DUTY to be as well-informed, objective and balanced as you can be.
• My favourite action movie of all time is "Gandhi", although I've recently come across "Invictus" and might put that one in to that category. However, I loathe the stereotypical action movie - and, for similar reasons, I loathe many dramas, which are often emotionally violent, more so in some cases than many war films.
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First published: Sunnudagr, 10^th August, 2014

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Post No. 329 - Double blind techniques and learning the pendulum

This is a definition from the glossary of my forthcoming book on regression-rescue. I've posted it as it includes some suggestions about developing tehniques that could be useful for some.

double blind

This is an experimental technique aimed at preventing (or at least minimising) the chance that experimenters can bias the results.

As an example, if a new medical drug is to be tested, the people who give the drug to the volunteers, monitor them and report the results will not know what is in the pills they’re administering: just persons M, N, O and Y received Pill A and turned green, while persons B, D and E received Pill A and nothing happened, and persons F, G and I received Pill B and turned purple with orange stripes. Only the people handling the pills will know that, say, Pills A, B and D are the same, and Pills C and E are “placebos” (which means they do not have any of the drug to be tested in them at all).

You can get a much clearer and more precise explanation, I’m sure, off the Internet – just try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_blind#Double-blind_trials, for instance :)

In terms of psychic development, I consider that more use of double blind work should be made. For instance, when I am teaching people to use pendulums, I will have someone arrange a few glasses in a row, only one of the glasses containing water, cover them with a cloth and then leave the room (or at the very least look away) so they cannot telepathically or otherwise influence the results, and then have each student come in – one at a time – and try dowsing the covered and therefore unseen glasses to try and determine which one has water in it.

In general, the results are poor initially, but this also gives very good feedback which enables people to improve their skills fairly quickly.

Love, light, hugs and blessings

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First published: Sunnudagr, 16th October, 2011

Last edited: Sunday, 16th October, 2011