What is a Medium?

[LJ57]

If you found out you're a medium then I guess you have the ability to communicate with the spirits of those who no longer dwell on the earth in physical bodies. However, the word medium is sometimes used for people who have the ability to channel energy for healing purposes. Can you explain how you found out you were a medium and give some more details about this? That might help people in giving you better feedback.

[emeraldragonstar]

The person who told me this is my teacher, because I had asked my teacher  something like what am I....  At that time I know something was different then what is so called "normal".  He told me that I was a Medium explain what it was and the other two. I think under Medium is called a Carrier.  If I'm incorrect, please forgive me. I just want to expand my knowledge on whats around me.   I have not spoke to my teacher (in person or on the phone)for quite a long time due to things happening around us.  I'm a person who has to know things before it happens, it the way i feel I'm prepared for things.   This goes along with seeing spirits.... still scared of seeing them or communicating with them; even though I have seen them before( only half a sleep).  I hope this explains alittle better. Huggs  EM  

[Nick]

You should go to the following website:

http://www.edgarcayce.org/

He was a famous medium in the first part of the twentieth century. The website has a whole lot of information on it that you might enjoy.

There is also an online bookstore that sells books, tapes and so on.

Very best,

[lyn92]

A medium has the ability to let a spirit use her/his body to channel messages. Books The Seth books, Alice Bailey, Slyvia Browne, Ruth Montgomery. All of these can give you an idea what channeling is all about. It is best to always be in control, alert and not channel unconsciously.

I like James Van Praugh (think that's how his last name is spelled) He's able to communicate with the deceased. He helps loved ones get on with their lives when they've lost someone close to them. He also uses his ability to find out how someone died under mysterious circumstances, same as Slyvia Browne. There are different ways to channel, unconsciously, semi and conscious.

You can use your search engine, Psychics. I am sure amazon.com has lots of books on Channeling.

Good luck, Lyn [8D]

[Nick]

Yes, Lyn92 is right. I saw Sylvia Browne in LA a couple of years ago and don't know why I didn't think of her. She has a website too, and so does James Van Praagh. They are both very well thought of.

http://www.vanpraagh.com/

http://www.sylvia.org/home/index.cfm

[Goldenshadow]

We are all mediums...some just dont know it.

[emeraldragonstar]

Last year I found out I was a Medium. I really dont know much about Mediums and the other two. Can anyone explain them to me or can give advice on a good book to read? Sincerly yours, EM

[pmlonline]

A medium has the ability to let a spirit use her/his body to channel messages. Books The Seth books, Alice Bailey, Slyvia Browne, Ruth Montgomery.

OK, this is an old thread but I'd like add an important note.  There are levels of channeling.  The most common is Astral trance channeling which is a very low form.  Personally I would not trust any information from Astral channeling.

The next highest form is mental telepathy.  This does not require a trance state and can be very reliable depending on the development of the person.  For example, Alice Bailey used mental telepathy, not trance channeling.  There are a lot of people who claim telepathic communication but are not clear.  Alice Bailey was a rarity.

There is an extremely, extremely rare form of Soul Trance channeling, which is on the higher mental plane.  This is where the mediums Soul actually leaves his body and a very high teachers Soul enters.  The reason this is the best form of trance channeling is because the Soul is at such a high vibration that you can be assured the entities that enter the body are of a high vibration.  There were once two people on earth with such a capability-- one in India and another in the U.S.  They have both since passed away.  Such a medium actually dies when they Soul trance channel.  Their heart and brain activity stops until the high teacher enters their body.

Peace & Love,
Paul

[Donal]

what about materialisation mediums?

[Eol007]

Hi Paul,

With respect to 'Astral trance channelling': -

As this may be beneficial to users tempted to play with certain forms of channelling:  would you be kind enough to provide a couple of illustrations in order to demonstrate why this is considered a very low and untrustworthy source? Your input might help them to mitigate risk taking with untrustworthy sources of communication etc?

Similarly if you have time could you elaborate on the concept 'Soul Trance Channelling' please, and perhaps show if this is different or not from the concept of a 'walk in' for example?

In appreciation,


Stephen

[Eol007]

what about materialisation mediums?

Hi Donal,

There is plenty on the net about materialisation mediums: try http://www.noahsarksoc.com/ or http://www.fst.org/ for starters.

Regards,


Stephen

[pmlonline]

Dear EOL007,

As this may be beneficial to users tempted to play with certain forms of channelling:  would you be kind enough to provide a couple of illustrations in order to demonstrate why this is considered a very low and untrustworthy source? Your input might help them to mitigate risk taking with untrustworthy sources of communication etc?

As I am sure you know, astral trance channeling attracts astral people.  Similarly, Soul trance channeling attracts people on the Abstract Mental plane and even higher planes of vibration.  There is a difference in vibration between the astral and Soul plane-- actually a huge difference.  Higher vibration is closer to light.  Negativity slows down the surrounding intrinsic vibration, which is why the astral hells are found at lower astral planes.  Negative astral beings cannot project to the Soul plane, which is why Soul trance channeling is safer than Astral trance channeling.

Similarly if you have time could you elaborate on the concept 'Soul Trance Channelling' please, and perhaps show if this is different or not from the concept of a 'walk in' for example?

Great question!  I would say that a Walk In is meant to be permanent, where as Soul trance channeling is not.  Walk Ins, as far as I'm aware, are positive beings since it is a Soul level possession.  It is an agreement between the original body owner and the new owner.  Where as demonic possession is targeted toward the lower bodies and there is no usual agreement.

Peace & Love,
Paul

[Eol007]

Hi Paul,

Thx for the reply. Interesting subject would love to hear more of your thoughts on this, and how others here feel about what they think a 'medium' is or the medium's role in the scheme of things perhaps!

Cheers,


Stephen

[Tayesin]

Hi,
Isn't mediumship about communicating with the energy remains of the Soul that animated the body (the deceased), and/or with an astral representation of them ?  You know, something like that, LOL.

Perhaps this dependance on Mediums is only a phase.  A few years ago heaps of people in this country wanted to be Channelors, now it's Mediumship they seek.  It's like what is fashionable with the "so spiritual people".  LOL    

There are many good people out there working their tools, and probably more who abuse them for their own or unknowingly for Others agendas.  

Part of what I do is to clear places when needed and communicating with the remnants is quite easy..  you only need to sit in silence, watch the surroundings with your Mind's eye and soon enough you will see them and then hear them.  It only needs you to Focus your attention on observing and let nature take it's course.

I do think we all are capable of every possible thing.  And, the Industrial Use of the Gifts for mega-bucks and fame is the typical way we humans do stuff.  

"Higher vibration is closer to light. .............

Negative astral beings cannot project to the Soul plane'

Light is in ALL things, it is part of the fabric that is this Creation.  So there is never anything or anyone that is further from the Light than another.  It is impossible to be separated altogether from the Light.

A Negative Astral Being is a judgment about how a being is manifesting and what their agenda is.  Some Beings do choose to work the darker agendas than others, yet each and every one of us has darkness and Light in us..  because we currently dwell in the Duality Layers

We all exist in all the levels at the very same time, only we aren't usually aware of the other levels or layers.  Any being can experience anything it chooses to, so a 'neg' is actually just another being in this creation who has chosen to work the dark half of themself rather than the light half, but they still have some light inside them too.  So they can project anywhere just the same as we do.

" There were once two people on earth with such a capability-- one in India and another in the U.S. They have both since passed away. Such a medium actually dies when they Soul trance channel. Their heart and brain activity stops until the high teacher enters their body."

There would never be a real good reason for anyone to extract the Soul so that another Soul can enter the body to give Chanelled Messages.  It's ludicrous to think there is a need when thousands of people world wide are Awakening to their Higher awareness, Guidance and Angels, etc.

There are very clear and aware people who do channel much higher beings.  These people are the 1 percenter's.  Real, Clear and not Dear, without all the fancy trappings and hype, no added anything from them.

[James S]

Hi All,

With EOL007's invitation I thought I'd put my hand up.

Er..umm...hello. My name is James and...umm..I'm a...umm..medium...


What type of medium you'd choose to call me I've no idea. I tend not to be bothered too much with labels or technicalities. To be honest, my psychic development has increased at a much faster rate since I left all the hows and whys, all the academic technicalities behind.

I've some clairvoyance - I do see spirits to a limited degree with eyes open, but more often get a clear image of them with eyes closed. My clairsentience, and most particularly my clairaudience is very strong. I've experienced what I suppose would be two methods of channeling, both of which are recieving messages from spirits that are with me in the room - one is where I just listen to what they say to me, then pass that on to the relevant person, and the other is where I allow their words to flow through me, and I effectively speak their thoughts. The latter is more effective, but harder to get used to.

I never trance. I never feel the need to. I hear what the spirits are saying too well to be bothered, and I've been made very much aware by my guides that my purpose is to always work with the spirits while being firmly grounded and aware of my surroundings. Kind of like astral phasing - always one foot  planted in the real world.

My best friend & teacher tends to trance channel. She'll feel the presence of spirits around her that wish to speak through her, and when she's happy that their intentions and their energies are good, she'll mentally step aside and alow them into her mind. I generally have to tape her messages as she can never remember what she's said. There's only ever been a couple of times where she's had to tell a couple of spirits to push off, as they've seemed just a little too pushy, a little too eager to speak through her.

Again, we don't really bother labelling exactly what kind of channeling we do. We just do what we feel is the best thing for the situation. I know there tends to be some confusion between the terms "medium" and "channel", though I don't share that confusion. I am a medium and what I do is channel messages from spirits.

Kind regards,
James.

[Tayesin]

Thanks James, right from the horses mouth we could say.

I agree with the apparent difference between channeling and medium.  People round near where I live think generally that channeling is about allowing other beings to use your body/faculties and mediumship being about contacting the passed over.  (that's not a trademarked phrase is it ?  LOL )

I like your description better, it is very clear.  Thanks again.

[pmlonline]

Isn't mediumship about communicating with the energy remains of the Soul that animated the body (the deceased), and/or with an astral representation of them?  You know, something like that, LOL.

Dear Tayesin,
The recent topic was the method of that communication, not what it is about.

Part of what I do is to clear places when needed and communicating with the remnants is quite easy..  you only need to sit in silence, watch the surroundings with your Mind's eye...

That is nice for entertainment, no offense intended, but when one begins using or even listening to the information from these sources of communication then one should perhaps know where the information is coming from and how pure it is.  Is the instrument on a Desire / Astral level, Lower Mental level, Higher Mental level?

"Higher vibration is closer to light. .............
Negative astral beings cannot project to the Soul plane'
Light is in ALL things, it is part of the fabric that is this Creation.  So there is never anything or anyone that is further from the Light than another.  It is impossible to be separated altogether from the Light.

I believe that it's not a matter of in or not in.  Rather there are different degrees.  Some beings from the Astral / Desire world shine more than others.  As example, some may believe that Christ has more light than those on the lower Astral plane?

A Negative Astral Being is a judgment about how a being is manifesting and what their agenda is.

Yes in many cases I would agree.  Emotions or an undeveloped Desire body is often the force behind judgment.  Some people are more mental about it.  That is referred to as being "impersonal."  Being impersonal is taking the data and removing all personal judgments.

so a 'neg' is actually just another being in this creation who has chosen to work the dark half of themself rather than the light half, but they still have some light inside them too.  So they can project anywhere just the same as we do.

Some people have a belief system that teaches following Gods rules.  IMHO an Anti-belief system is anti-God.  A belief system is about trying to follow Gods rules, or the universe as Earth scientists would put it.  I would agree that negs chose to work the dark half.  As way of example, a neg that resides in the lower astral planes could not project on its own accord to the Soul plane until that neg cleared away its negative Karma and raised its vibration during future reincarnations.  There are a very few exceptions as in the case of more powerful fallen angles.  The powerful fallen angles are not of that higher vibration so they cannot maintain that state of vibration very long.  Although in the case of such Soul instruments, there are always two spirits for protection next to the instruments, one on each side.

There would never be a real good reason for anyone to extract the Soul so that another Soul can enter the body to give Chanelled Messages.  It's ludicrous to think there is a need when thousands of people world wide are Awakening to their Higher awareness, Guidance and Angels, etc.

But we're speaking of instruments that are far purer and through incarnations have raised their vibration to a high state.  Such instruments are capable of allowing the teachers of extremely high vibration to speak to those on a much denser plane such as the physical plane.  It is rare for a high liberated beings, such as Christ, to come down even below the lowest Cosmic realm much less the mental planes.
Perhaps one reason such teachers would speak through an instrument would be to help us so that we can be our own Master.  That is service to others.

Love & Peace,
Paul

[pmlonline]

Dear James S,

That's an interesting post.  What do you think about mental telepathy?  I've learned there are three types of telepathy.  When developed it can be very pure and clear.  As example a lot of E.T.'s prefer this pure method of communication over physical methods.

Peace & Love,
Paul

[James S]

Hi Paul,

What I've experienced of what could be generally termed as telepathy is this:
With people, such as my closest friend, I've experienced empathic (feeling) level communication, and telepathy to the point of both of us not so much hearing as knowing what the other is mentally saying.

With spirits I hear words, very clearly, see images and feel emotions very clearly. When communicating with higher evolved beings, you will find that words are scarce, as word based communications is the most inneficient. Feelings in particular - empathic telepathy, and images are what I've experienced when communicating with some higher beings. I do have guides that communicate with me very clearly through words, but this is usually for general conversation type matters. They too will send me feelings when they need to get something through to me that they do not want misinterpreted.

Regards,
james.

[daem0n]

thank you james (hmm, was that phrase in some move or something ?),  i needed this clarification and it exactly matches my experience

[pmlonline]

Dear James,

That's interesting.  I'd like to toss an idea around.  I hope it's on topic.  You mentioned the higher teachers use empathic telepathy with you.  Could you describe this more on the lines of intuitive communication or do you actually mean raw emotions?

This seems to be a subject that varies a great deal among people.  Some people receive it intuitively but bring it down to a lower level such as mental.  Or to an even more lower form such as emotions.  Some people have the ability to bring it down to a more physical level and actually hear the words or more like inner hearing.

Peace & Love,
Paul

[Tayesin]

Like James I get clear words when in normal conversation with Guidance, and other times it comes in Concept-bundles... meaning, the information comes as a whole package.

Other times I get impressions, feelings etc.  

For instance :- While presiding over last months UFO and Paranormal Research Groups monthly meeting I began to FEEL something strong.

It began as a feeling of the need to cry.  So I opened up to see what was trying to communicate with me, then the feeling calmed and I could see a women dressed in dark clothing shooting children.

This was the initial start of the Russian School take-over.

So, what I see in that process was....  an initial contact feeling (which I already know how it works for me) then when opening awareness further I connect directly to the information.  This combined with other communications tells me I get pictures, words, complex concepts and whole ideas, as well as Feelings and Direct Thoughts... Telepathy.

My lady and I experiment with Telepathy,  we have found that when 'specifically' entered into the mind of another they will get the words used.

I found this also when communicating with Alien Races.  The thoughts are heard as words, seen as pictures, etc.  So that what I perceive is like a Multi-media offering, LOL.

At one stage I wondered if this was an insurance policy, LOL.  To make sure I get the message it is 'beamed' to me in images, words and concepts... this way there is a good chance that no matter what I am doing or whatever awareness layer I am 'in', the information gets to me clearly.

And, I also get to see the Initiator of the communication, so that at another level I can assess them, feel them for clarity and understanding.  Whether they are seen by others as 'negs' or evil influences makes no difference to me because I do not make such Emotional Value Judgments as that.

Responses...

Entertainment ?  What an unusual way to perceive things.  

A teacher once asked, "If we know the information we get is correct, because it resonates with the Truth within, then does in matter where the information came from ?"

My answer way back then was.... No it doesn't matter.  Why waste time, effort and thought on some imaginary worry about it being wrong info from the darkside when the info is very correct.  It doesn't matter where we get our info as long as it works, so as above so below applies here.

Yes some Beings do shine more, not because they are closer to the Light, but simply because they are OPEN to more light through their Awareness, hence they shine brighter.

Many great and higher beings are here in the world now, and many have been for many millenia.  There is no impediment to the 'coming down' or 'going up' of any being, unless of course their belief system states otherwise.

To be our Own Master is a wonderful term PML

Love Always.

[James S]

Hi Paul,

Your questions are on topic - telepathy is an integral part of mediumship / channeling.

"You mentioned the higher teachers use empathic telepathy with you. Could you describe this more on the lines of intuitive communication or do you actually mean raw emotions? "

For me, intuition is raw emotion. If I were to bring my intuition down to the mental level I'd be defeating the purpose of it, as it's the mental level that feeds everything to our minds perceptual filters. Raw emotion - gut feelings - intuition, cannot be misinterpreted.

A good example - channeling my higher spirit self, which is essentially the source of a persons intuition, on a most basic level can be an excellent YES/NO indicator for something. YES is provided as a happy heartfelt warmth in your chest, whereas NO is provided as that pit of your stomach yuckyness. Pure emotions who's meanings are intrinsic to everyone, and don't need to be learned.

Hope this helps,
James.

[Tayesin]

A good example - channeling my higher spirit self, which is essentially the source of a persons intuition, on a most basic level can be an excellent YES/NO indicator for something. YES is provided as a happy heartfelt warmth in your chest, whereas NO is provided as that pit of your stomach yuckiness. Pure emotions who's meanings are intrinsic to everyone, and don't need to be learned.

James.

Now James has illustrated the importance of Feeling.  This is a different kind of feeling to the normal use of the word in our day to day talking.

This has led us to something we could call the Recognition Tool.  The feelings can go from very subtle to "you better listen to this" types.  LOL  It's that strong sometimes.

And everyone on the face of the planet gets the Feeling.  So we recognize it when we get it, and then let it tell us what the Feeling represents.

This is true also for when we are in other realms like the astral, the Feel of any Being is unique to them, as it also includes their Intentions.  This is how we recognize Helper and Guides compared to Way-layers and Disinformers.

I'm sure we have all had the 'dread' feeling in the pit of our gut ?  Like James said, it is unmistakable.   And it is telling you that something is not 'right' for you.

And equally we have all felt the 'uplifting' Feeling of warmth/Love from Source at times in our lives.  No points for telling what this is saying to us, LOL.

It's like cheese and chalk, totally different Feelings.

This applies to channeling and mediumship too.. which is why we are talking about it, LOL.

Love Always.

[daem0n]

i do bother if such feeling can be artificially generated
also look at many believers, they get this feeling when they read bible, chant or something
i prefer "knowing" to this feeling
the trick is to get it without bringing it down to mental level
now i mostly "talk" with myself, but this is remembering, in which i used to formulate specific request and answer to myself in words, it actually created artificial division between me (and i knew it was temporary and artificial, and choosed to remove it), now i can use whole concepts more or less, still training it
intuition is direct knowledge, but we cannot process it efficiently as of yet , and are left with vague "feeling", simplified for 3d