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I'm from Scotland, I mainly practice silva method type stuff, astral projection and some chaos magick techniques.
But I've never been involved in a face to face (rather than online) group before, but I've decided to go along, there's 60 other people going so it should be fine.

Awesome, let us know how it goes and what you get from it.

Intersting project. I can only speak from my expirience as a spiritual medium. Animals are often presented to me by the people they are with in the spirit world. I'm often able to not only describe them to the recipient of the message but also talk about the animals personality and often their names. I haven't seen any during astral travel personly. But I know that they remain emotionally bonded to people here or people in the spirit world they have shared their lives with. Which often brings great comfort to the people receiving the message, regards.

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The Bible is a book of contradictions. Probe further and you will see that similar stories to those in the bible have been used throughout history predating Jesus by different Governments, rulers to unite and control people, to strengthen and expand their political power eg. Roman Emperor Constantine convened the First Council of Nicaea, using the new established Christian doctrines expanded the Roman Empire - present day Western Powers, Vatican and political systems.

I agree, Jesus wasn't a christian but like many other god realised enlightened beings who went through a spiritual transformation... whose teachings then became the foundation of  a religion...the teachings were almost certainly miss understood and barstardised or lost in translation, both innocently and on purpose for the use of power.
It is said that a certain Roman ruler altered the chapters on reincarnation to gain control over her subjects.

The ironic thing is while there is still a wealth of spiritual teaching to be found in the bible and other systems, we need to attain a certain level of enlightenment our selves before understanding them...so we might consider such scriptures as sign post for direction and possibly a measures of how far we have come once they make sense.

Wow. Keep us updated with your attempts, mate! Well done. I'll post here the experience I was talking about above as I think it's very appropriate for this thread:

"01/02/2011:

I was tired around 12.45am so I went to bed and fell asleep shortly after that. An unknown number rang Stacey's mobile and I woke up. I got up, walked out of the bedroom and looked at the clock in the hallway. It was almost 3.10am and I felt primed for an OOBE. I used the toilet and went back to the bedroom. My mouth was a bit dry and I had heartburn so I took two indigestion tablets and drank some water. I stretched my limbs, rubbed my cold skin and took deep breaths before going back to bed around 4am. I lay on my back, closed my eyes, and tensed all possible muscles at the same for about half a minute before relaxing. Then I said to myself that the experience would be a positive one before I did my breathing exercises which usually help me to progressively relax. As I felt my body getting heavier I resumed normal breathing and didn't even focus on it. I started to focus on an imagined version of the lamp in my room. I could almost see it after a while. The intrusive thoughts came many times and every time I saw that I got 'lost', I'd bring my focus back to the imagined object. Eventually, the intrusive thoughts were becoming more vivid, more life-like.

I could see strange faces, places and even weird owl-faced humanoids looking at me at one point. This hypnagogic imagery captivated me and I forgot all about the imagined object. Before I pushed it all away, I remember being in a strange state for a few seconds where I saw objects that would have been familiar and made sense in the normal state of consciousness but, at that time, they didn't. I was 'seeing' them from a different perspective. On the other hand, that could have been some sort of lapse in logic which could have resulted from my disassociation efforts. It really is hard to describe but what I do know is that once I phased away from that perception, I sort of looked at those objects again and I thought "oh...so that is what they are" and it turned out to be furniture in a strange room. Suddenly darkness came and I could feel my physical body laying in bed and yet I was somewhat removed from it. I heard rumbling noises and experienced strong vibrations. They felt like mobile phone vibrations or as though electricity was flowing through the body and the voltage was gradually getting higher and higher to the point where it felt like something drilling into my spine. This almost hurt but I just let it happen. The vibrational state got so strong that I perceived my 'subtle self' becoming detached from a 'dead physical weight' as though all that vibrating kerfuffle had caused them to desynchronise. It was like I was shifting away from the body axis sideways on a pivotal point and when it felt like I had reached a 45° angle, I made a conscious effort to roll over and out.

Once I was out I was partially blind. I had a kaleidoscopic or fragmented vision of being in my dark bedroom and saw the light coming from the hallway. The bedroom door was ajar as I had left it before going to bed. I went to the hallway and mentally demanded that my vision be improved. It only improved slightly and the meta-reality that appeared to surround me shimmered as though I was seeing it through hot air. I looked at the mirror and it was absolutely non-reflective. I decided to run towards it and plunge into the darkness in order to go somewhere else. I remember feeling as though I had legs and feet stomping on a hard floor before reaching the mirror. Soon, I was shifting at high speed through the dark void. I was happy with the speed and the fact that I was actually going somewhere. But then I remembered that I hadn't actually wished to go anywhere. This annoyed me while I was gliding through that darkness. I started to think of several people I could visit but couldn't make up my mind. This indecision caused me to reflect on many thoughts. I thought of many friends I could visit and started to get visual glimpses of them looking at me with smiling faces and telling me that I could do it without actually saying it. Eventually I saw light ahead and ended up in a random place.

The room was large and I felt like I was in a museum at night. Light was coming from somewhere but I couldn't quite make out where from. Vision was pristine and objects and structures around me were highly defined and yet I couldn't identify any. I came out of that room and found myself at the top of a huge stairwell. I looked down and the height was unbelievable. The size of the overly wide steps made me feel miniscule and, as I began to descend, it felt like the number of steps was infinite and I would never reach the source of light that I could clearly see coming from below. I went round the well as I went downwards in an apparent spiral making me chase the light for ages. I don't know why I couldn't go any faster or just be there. Finally, at ground level, I came to an opening where I found a beach under a clear night sky. The sea was reflecting some kind of silver light but there was no moon and the stars seemed too far away. The sand had patches of grass and I could see the dark silhouettes of what looked like palm trees in the background. As I looked away from the beach and the sea, a massive pyramid cropped into view. It was a shock to me because I thought of API straight away. I wished to be inside the pyramid and teleported to what looked like a cross between the inside of a lighthouse and a workshop. There was a man there who wore glasses and a white tunic and he was fiddling with machinery on a table. He didn't notice me and I approached him to take a closer look at what he was doing. He suddenly raised what looked like prisms in his hands and he looked at them as though he was pleased and in awe of them at the same time. He never acknowledged my presence. I thought he looked like Frank Kepple. I wondered if it was him. I then found myself somewhere else which looked like a temple and I met other characters. This is where it gets vague. I know that a lot more happened but by that time the experience turned into a stubborn dream hell-bent on pushing me towards unconsciousness. The memory of its details escape me now. It's funny how I remember the stuff that happened before so well because it is as though my long-term memory is better than my short-term memory when OOBEs turn into dreams. I woke up feeling cold and thought about the experience for a while before going back to sleep."

Nice drawing ! 

The heart of any religion is based on peace, peace of mind, compassion, harmony, enlightenment and betterment of the human condition etc.

But we tend to acknowledge and notice the fanatical side and the aspects of religion that cause problems and divisions .

We are less able to measure the peace harmony, healing and positive effect it has on the sanity of the collective human consciousness.
I believe despite the problems it can cause, the positive effects should out way the downsides, so I would say NO.

Mind you, many people seem to be emerging into a new consciousness and awakening spiritually to some degree without any particular religion...and along as there is religion there will be division. But I still say NO in the greater scheme of things.

I know this. Empathy is one of the side effects of dealing with supernatural stuff. Some of the empathic influences come from you, some from (physical) firends,... and some from supernatural influences.

You can effectively block unwanted empathic and other external influences with this simple method (Which requieres the additional mentioned stuff from the energy method):

I personally think it more simple than that. As we unfold spiritually we are doing allot of work on our selves, our thought process, our emotions, our sensitivity etc also at this time of year, there is less light and power from nature which effects our moods health and well being, so we are more vulnerable at the moment. You will almost certainly find your psychic abilities are more powerful as the days get lighter and the spring come around. Being over sensitive can be part of psychic development, but it will pass or at least become manageable.

Is that the case though if you're going to be meditating and trying to ap in a room with them, that you would realize and it would be easy to leave if something wasn't right
I'm still quite undecided by this, I'd like to go and meet other metaphysically minded people, still though, quite worried about if it turns out to lead into some kind of dangerous cult ... unlikely I know, but I worry about these things

Just ask them..what are they about, what can you expect. Where are you from and what do you practice ?

GodsProxy has since decided he was wrong and had been deceived. If you really "feel" the heart of the message, it's one of complete fear and deception, there's no love or compassion. You don't hear the Dali Lama, who often talks about the worlds suffering, bring up this kind of stuff. He talks about finding truth inside yourself and being compassionate to others around you. Much like Jesus. There's no talk of blaming others and feeling gypped about your position in life. In fact, you're supposed to forgive your transgressors and not judge others. Edit: I want to add Martin Luther King, Jr. seeing as how it's MLK day here and he preached the same message.

The title of this thread - "theme of our reality" implies we all experience the same reality. When one person can base their reality on the above information and someone else doesn't, it's obvious we all don't view reality in the same manner.

echo that

I can't comment on whether Jesus is or can be anyone's saviour but the teachings of Christ are some of the most spiritual directions known. They don't significantly differ from those of such luminaries as Red Cloud, White Eagle, Silver Birch or even Xanth.

Amen

Edgar Cayce stated that he saw the Akashic Records as books and added that he thought this merely to be due to his own expectations as seeing books as repositories of knowledge. Maybe future generations will view the akashic records as a screen with Google at the top. He said that he was sometimes handed the relevant books or information by some old guy with white hair, presumably another icon of wisdom for him.

Haha yeah or memory card or flash drive! 

Lately I've been wondering if their is all sorts of evil around me trying to influence me and my friends, well it is true I like to watch Charmed on TNT though I know that that sort of magic isn't real I've been wondering if I could get a Protection circle tattoo on my Right shoulder so that I could be protected from evil, some strange and inconvenient things have been starting to happin.

Life is full of strange and inconvenient moments but its also full of joys and helpful circumstances. Superstition and talismans wont make any difference, unless you believe they help you. All in the mind 

  Jesus was a demon? lol. Sorry but that is quite funny. So where did you discover this snippet of information?

Sounds good! but I agree our experiences are subjective. I expect if we asked lots of people who had been to the Akashik records then im sure there would be lots of differences. 
I traveled to a building on top of a mountain once and found the Akashik records. I wasn't looking for it and didn't expect it  . There was an infinite number of books! as you might imagine..which surprised me as I didn't expect it to be an actual library, but its probably something deep in my subconscious.
I met a really nice lady there called Judy who seemed to know me and showed me around. I haven't a clue how she knew me lol.

hahahahaaha! excellent 

Hi,
Some of us have only had vibrations a couple of times so this experience should not be used as a marker.
A few never feel them ever.
I had them once at a very early age then twice in a month. There is a time of fourty years between them with nothing.
Dont expect them as a regular occurance. Look within yourself for that feeling you get when you are ready. This takes a few experiences to recognise. Each time something will be different. The end result is mostly the same.
Safe travels.

Yeah I echo that, I get them some times lately in my solar plexus before going to sleep, but never before projection.

I hate to be back on this thread again, but it seems that I feel the need to clarify something.
Yes, many people sleep with their eyes at least partly open, but they don't fall asleep that way- they fall asleep, relax and the lid muscles open.  At this point they're already 'not seeing' with their eyes, the pineal gland is prob. going full speed generating images- just like when you first wake up the images are blocking whatever may be in the room as you open your eyes (as in hypnopomp).
Like I said, it's doable, but it's easier with eyes closed.

And I hate that you got me back here to agree with you! lol  

Think we can leave this one now....

Yes, thanks for catching that. The first one was meant to be "clairvoyance". A careless typo.

Lol thought so 

I'm sure if its an occult or doesn't feel right you could escape...or just walk out 

I am in the states.

It wasn't an assumption however, It's a matter of looking in the right places in perspective of the "average joe".

Which I will also expand, it may not ALWAYS be the case of course, but getting an "Online Reading" from an "Up close & personal" reading will be different. Just because someone purchases a cheap "online reading" about anything, and find it questionable and maybe inaccurate, doesn't mean they still cant find a genuine individual in person, who can blow there mind away with the information they will receive.

That's all. 

Yeah definatly, i know what you mean.

[1. What can I consider "Psychic"?]

There's a lot of crap floating around the web as usual when it comes to psychics and paranormal phenomenon and anything related to the sort. There's misunderstandings on what a "psychic" is and how they truly live.

I'm not going to lie yes of course they are plenty of fakes out there, but there's plenty of fakes towards ANYTHING as well, finding a real good genuine HONEST Clairvoyant is really rare. I have people close to me that are really close to the spirit world so I figured I drop in my 2 cents. So here I go.

That's a fairly broad assumption that genuine and honest mediums are hard to find? In the uk there are many and I know dozens and dozens myself...are you in the states ?
 

1. What can I consider "Psychic"?
Well that's a pretty broad term as every normal human being is born with psychic senses and it's completely NATURAL to explore them. There's nothing "Mystical" or Magical about them. Psychics are not old gypsy women hanging out in a street corner handling crystals. So get that image out of your head. They are normal people like you and me who have a natural affinity towards sensing subtle external energies. Some are born with this gift from the get go, others have to work for it taking months or possibly years to unlock clairvoyance. On certain rare cases a Spiritual Entity attached to the individual can assist in opening up an individuals dormant clairvoyance. If a person is naturally clairvoyant, then the next generation in that family will be clairvoyant as well.

2. How do psychics work?
 Quite Simple. Intuition. Not just clairvoyance. Intuition is that "spark" within you that leads you to "knowing" things. Intuition usually gets fired up with other ability's but I will elaborate more on that in a bit. On a metaphysical level, Intuition at the very least is all we have to rationalize our non-physical experiences. If you can live everyday life managing to keep the flame of your intuition on automated ON they you can find out a lot of neat things about yourself and others, without ever actually getting to converse with an individual face to face.

4. Can Psychics talk to spirits?
I'd say it depends. It largely depends if the psychics is naturally clairvoyant, and if they can rationalize there intuition with there clairvoyance on the information being received. Not every Psychic can talk to spirits, since as I said "Psychic" is such a broad term, theres many of "psychics" with different kind of metaphysical abilitys. But In this Case I'm throwing Clairvoyance Out. If the Psychic Is a Medium Yes they can talk to a variety of many different types of beings. They are not limited to passed humans.

That not actually true. All mediums are psychic but not all psychics are Mediumistic. It depends on the amount of power the medium can work with and the level of attunment they have attained. You have mentioned clairvoyance several times, but this is a little misleading as clairvoyance just describes on of the faculties that a psychic or medium might use. But importantly there are many good mediums that work very well with out the faculty of clairvoyance. Having said that psychic and Mediumistic abilities are a constant process of refinement and all faculties should eventually come into play.

5. If Mediums can channel spirits then why are there so many contradictions in the spirit world?
Depends what he/she is channeling. There's many types of beings and not all of them are "spirits"(Deceased). They are Astral Entitys And they are Spirits. Entitys Can reside in within our physical universe in a different plane, towards residing in the astral realm. There's a BIG DIFFERENCE. First, there are intelligent entities and spirits and there are unintelligent spirits.

Unintelligent spirits are spirits of the deceased. They can be human, animal, and insect alike. Not all of them are unintelligent. The unintelligent ones are those that are "stuck" perse. Whether its in a specific area, within a specific moment in time, or something else, there is something that impedes these spirits from growing and maturing on the astral plane.

These are the types of spirits that one sees in a haunting. They are the spirits that cannot leave the graveyard. They are the spirits that walk the same path over and over again at the spot where they were killed or perished.

I don't know if you work as a medium , but I would be horrified and offended if you described on of my loved ones or friends in the spirit world as a unintelligent spirit !
I dont agree with thus idea at all. if we look at the seven principles of modern day spiritualism given from the spirit world through the Mediumship of Emma Hardige Britten then we see one of those principles is "Eternal progress open to all"

I'm sure we might find that the differences in accounts of the spirit world is largely due to the individual and subjective experience as is it is in this world

I also don't believe there are trapped spirit's that cannot leave? but i do believe there are those that choose stay close to earth in order to help for a time. as for "hauntings" that tends to be either the a fore mentioned or just energy trapped in time IE a ghost and no living spirit person.

6. What is talking to a spirit like? What does Spirit Contact actually feel like?
This is always fun for me during the time in my life I was gifted with clairvoyance. If a Spirit-Entity makes contact with you, your 3rd eye will start throbbing. Internally you will feel like your head is gonna pop, but it definitely does NOT feel like a normal headache/migraine. You will be presented with very vivid spontaneous visions that are independent from you. You will start to assume the thought process and emotions of something "outside" you. This is the  entity trying to get a hold of you. It's Overwhelming in all aspects. Even the very presence will be like a weight on you. The entity's presence can have certain effects to your body during the session and your body can react in a number of ways.  The best way I can describe it is if you were having "2 people living in you". Quite literally. Two Minds in one body. You will feel the sensation of different emotions accompanied by voices or a particular thought process. The imagery they send you can be quite literal or symbolic. But intuition here will also be fired up. It's a combination of Intuition + Clairvoyance working with the voices and images being received. An Energy exchange takes places.

If anyone has questions feel free to ask and I will answer the best I can through my experience.

Again I find it quite different, I don't experience head aches from seeing spirit people and I dont feel like I have two people living in me thankfully! or a weight on me. But i do find it an uplifting loving and wonderful experience. I will often feel as though I am becoming that person see through their eyes as it were , but however the experience feels, both mentally and upon the nervous system it is still a mind to mind contact. you should find those overwhelming sensations settle down with time and become more refined over time for you.

I know you wrote this with positive and best intentions in mind, I thank you for sharing as there are so many common myths and misconceptions about what we do as mediums and psychics. I did have to disagree with you in some places as my experiences and understanding is different and also people new to the subject should see that these experiences our belief system are also subjective and individual for us all . Regards

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I've come to think that clairsentience is the really important ability. Clairaudience can allow one to see things but without clairsentience to interpret what one sees, the vision, although very clear, can be meaningless, confusing or even misleading. Similarly, many mediums consider clairaudience to be the top-shelf ability but without clairsentience to back it up, many nuances and all of the emotions of a spirit contact will be missed. The visual and auditory abilities are wonderful gifts but one should first develop and hone one's empathic abilities to be able to know and to feel what is around one.

While I agree with most of your comment, you stated Claraidiance as being the ability to see...which im sure you know is actually the faculty of hearing 

I'm a scientist.  Do I believe in telekinesis?  Well I believe it is possible but I certainly don't believe anyone alive today can do it.
Regeneration, certainly possible.  When you sleep, you release growth hormones that increase the absorption of amino acids that aid in the healing of tissue. 
So without being a fictional character that can use telekinesis on a molecular level to reconstruct your own DNA one by one (infact your body can do this naturally without you being conscious of this), one with enough money could develop an implant in the brain, that could activate (or even release) this hormone at a constant level to rapidly heal you.  It probably wouldn't be instant healing, but it could be dramatically faster than the natural healing we are subjected to today.

Interesting...I would be interested to hear your scientific view of the info in link I Posted above describing the Yogis technique.

Regards.

I want to meditate but I don't know where to start.

Firstly I hate sitting up straight, its just not comfortable.

And secondly I don't understand what I am supposed to think about whilst meditating? or do I try to think of nothing? Is it OK for me to let my mind wander or not?

Yes there are many ways to meditate. For me I have mostly had quite a busy mind so I always found it difficult. But nowadays its really easy for me, but until you find one that you like and find easy you will be put off so keep looking for the right one for you that you enjoy too start with. It shouldn't be a chore.
Remember like with all good things it worth persevering and practicing, after all the benefits are endless and can really improve our quality and experience of life and well being, as well as empower us in our spiritual endevours.
The following link is a wonderful and easy yet powerful focus mediation and can also lead to some fantastic experiences. Maybe worth a try. Good luck and keep going

http://www.ananda.org/meditation/support/techniques/hong-sau/

Yes, it's possible, but not very common and probably very distracting, especially if you're not good at projecting.

You don't sleep with you eyes open, do you? I would guess if your eyes stay open then you aren't deep enough to project. Maybe you just need a deeper trance. A sleep mask might help.

Some people actually do sleep with their eyes half open..and looks freaky!! lol

And you can quite easily project with your eyes open, its just a matter of subtle body awareness and focus. If anything the focus is easier! because you have a point of focus to look at and IMPORTANTLY your very aware of the subtle changes of your body, mind and vision which acts as a great gauge of progress IE as you feel your self becoming subtle enough and focused enough to make the shift you can keep your mind in that place and so build easily towards the experience, plus you get to see some really great colours and psychical reality shifts on the way, which can be distracting to start with, but once you let go its fine.....If we make our minds up its not easy then is it likely to be?
PS in my experience in projecting with your eyes open, ive only found myself in the first local ie here in this world.