One Medium's Life - Nay Sayers

I received a post on facebook this weekend from a young woman who had attended one of my Spirit Circles. I guess that she was so excited about having had contact with a few loved ones that she spread it around to her friends that she had attended and how neat it was. She was sent a scathing email from one of her good friends allegedly (since I didn't see it) stating that coming to my circles and such were against God's wishes and that I was evil and probably communicating with the devil. She asked how I would handle that or she should handle that.

Firstly, as I've stated before. We are all entitled to our opinions. That's what makes this country great. It was founded by people who were looking for a place to be "free" in all areas of their lives. But, the big one being religious freedom. My religion "Divine Metaphysics" believes wholeheartedly in communication with Spirit. Hence, it is part of my religion to do what I do. Secondly, as many instances in the Bible that talk of the evils of spirit communication there are just as many that show that Spirit communication was going on then too and was widely accepted as fact. Below are some of the passages I am talking about (copied from the United Metaphysical Churches website).....

Divine Metaphysics found in the Bible
Genesis 15: 12 - Abraham goes into a trance
Genesis 16: 7-11 - The angel of the Lord appears to Hagar in the wilderness and comforts her.
Exodus 3: 2-10 - An angel speaks to Moses out of the burning bush.
1 Samuel 9: 10-20 - Samuel is consulted by Saul as a seer.
1 Samuel 28: 6-20 - Saul consults a medium and asks to talk to the spirit of Samuel.
Matthew 17: 3-5 - The Apostles hear the voices of Moses and Elias on the mount.
Mark 16: 18 - They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
John 2: 1-11 - Making wine from water at the marriage feast.
Acts 3: 1-8 - Peter cures the lame man.
Acts 9: 4-7 - And the man which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no man.
Romans 8: 26 - Paul has a clear understanding of spiritual agencies.                                                                                                                                                        
I tire of judgement. Those who say they are Christians most often do not act as such. They love to point fingers and imply that they are better than you or me. As for how to deal with someone like this.....thank her for her concern....tell her that you are an adult and can make up your own mind...and let it go - never bringing it up again. And if she tries to bring it up....say kindly.....I love you but you need to stop. If she doesn't.....walk away with no looking back. Friends who do not allow you to be you are not your friends.  So be it.

Blog by Terri Rodabaugh professional healer, instructor and medium at The Owl Nest: http://onemediumslife.blogspot.com

One Medium's Life - Let Them Go!

Let's talk suicides for just a moment. Many of us ( maybe even all of us) have had someone close to us take their own life. Most times it is shocking to those of us left behind. And when the victim of suicide doesn't leave a note explaining their reasons, it can be just emotionally debilitating - to say the least. Rarely are we given any indication that the person is going to do what they are going to do...but if we look back, we can maybe remember a gesture or two or a mention of a what if.....

 

I have read for a few people who have had the experience of someone passing from suicide. During one circle that I was hosting a Spirit came to me screaming in my face.....he had shot himself. He was angry when he did it and he was still angry. His poor wife was sitting there and I had nothing to tell her other than what he had passed from he was still feeling. And this was two years later! It is a myth that when we die we are magically transformed into someone who knows all the answers. Usually a victim of suicide deals with the same issues he or she had in life - in death. They will just have to work on it from the other side. Since I believe that death is but just another dimension - you can see how futile the exercise of suicide can be or is.

One woman came to me for a reading and her mother had committed suicide leaving all her children a note....except her. For years, this poor daughter felt responsible for her mother's death. When her mother appeared to me she was still the narcissistic person the daughter described to me. She had deliberately not left her daughter a note - to play with her head. Lovely huh? But she did leave her with a gift during that reading....she told her to get over herself. Her death was not about her daughter and her reaction to it - it was about HER! As everything in life had been about her. Suddenly the daughter had closure and could walk away from it with a fresh realization.

I once did a reading for someone whose sister had committed suicide. She had shot herself. I saw the situation replayed in my mind like a movie and the young woman...immediately upon leaving her body...wanted back in. It happens more often than not. On the way down from the building they jump out of...they suddenly realize it wasn't what they really wanted to do after all.

For whatever reason a person chooses to take this act...we must honor it. It was their life. Their choice and if for some reason they felt the need to vacate...well, we miss them but who are we to say that what they did was wrong? Could their death be a lesson in love for us? Could their dying make us stronger individuals? We never know sometimes the whole reason and what life has in store for those of us left behind. The thing we must all realize is that we must make the best of every single situation. No matter how tough something may seem...there is good and deep abiding love intertwined within it.

Let them go......miss them...but let them go. It is all that we can do for them now. Blessings....

Blog by Terri Rodabaugh, healer, instructor and medium at The Owl Nest - http://onemediumslife.blogspot.com