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Thanks for sharing. Just as an FYI, I just published a new article to the Articles section today called Shadow People. Http://www.psychic-experiences.com/psychic-articles/shadow-people.php

Anne

It's interesting to me that empaths such as yourself (and probably like a lot of us) have a deep affinity to animals. I just love them and feel just as deeply about nature. I can watch all sorts of crime shows but cannot tolerate so much as a second of any kind of abuse towards nature or animals.

I love and collect ravens (and crows) too. Sounds like you may have a feathered totem as well. Crows follow me around, talk to me, warn me and sometimes just sit and keep me company when I'm in my garden. They are in my dreams and send me messages. Animals can feel the love and energy.

Staying clear of negative people is a good idea. You can seldom help them out of their pity or state of mind. They are in a lesson that usually only they themselves can pick themselves up and out of and will go to great lengths to argue how right they are in their misery.

I agree that you're being prepared. These things unfold at the very moment they need to and I have a feeling it won't be long from now.

Thank you so much for sharing your very wise words. It has brightened my day at work (ssh, don't tell my boss!)

Anne

I've had that occur too many times to count over the years and it is indeed frightening. What I've learned is that if you are sensitive to the next plane of existence (the lower astral, higher etheric), you're going to experience this type of thing. As we raise our vibrations, we can experience the higher realms. It starts with the lower and that's why the experiences are frightening. And once they get wind that you can hear them, it can be a free-for all. On a comedic side, if you've ever seen the movie "Ghost" with Demi Moore. You might remember when the psychic, Whoopi Goldberg, really does start to hear voices, and she can't get rid of them. They pretty much interject themselves into her world because she can hear them. While that's a fictional movie, it's based on some realities.

The question I'm sure you're wanting to ask is, how to get rid of this. Unfortunately, it's hard because you are just who you are and if you're open to the " other side" it's hard to shut it off. It's not like a physical door that we can close. We can either work with it or against it.

What can we say of the place that is our earth where so much suffering goes on? It is so horrendous and most premature deaths (accident, murder, or otherwise), end up in the lower astral so our interlude with that is a difficult one. It takes a strong person to do so and you appear to be coping, even despite the hardship.

If I can make a recommendation, and one that has worked for me, is try and raise your vibrations to the next plane (higher astral, mental plane and beyond). This is harder said than done, I know, and takes years. It means being positive, accepting what the universe has given you, learning unconditional love, facing fears such as this when every ounce of your being says not to, and so on. Once you start to live in a state such as that, then these experiences tapper down because your personal frequency becomes more fine so in these hypnogogic and hypnopompic states (the coming in and out of sleep), you're elevated to higher planes. This also has a huge upside. If we work on our spiritual side, we too pass from this plane upon death and all the work we do here is not lost. The love we live is the love we take with us. It's worth fine tuning.

I don't know if this has been a helpful reply but if you want more details, please feel to write me at eclecticraven [at] yahoo.com. I've walked in shoes similar to yours for decades and know how it feels.

Anne

Try and not worry. Your abilities are temporarily dormant. We all go through this from time to time as life has a lot of challenges that can distract, cause a temporarily blockage, or it can be the usual tide of energy, with its own highs and lows. I'm sure there will be plenty of other readers to concur. Numerous people have written similar posts and later report everything returned, if not even stronger.
Anne

Sorry if I offended you. It's just the way your post came across.

Ok so let's see if we can help clarify this. This is a classic case of intuition, empathy and being psychic. All this information is always out there floating around. You just happen to have a sharp antenna and can pick up on it. All knowledge is known at all times "out there". This is like remote viewing. You can see anything, and anywhere. Any person, place, or event. We can label it what we want, but it's just the ability to see into the universal mind.

Hope this helps.
Anne

It's the state of living or experiencing life in "separation" that makes us unhappy. It's that crappy brother's girlfriend, deceitful psychics, drug addicted dates you've had, the lies, and so on. It's no wonder you're unhappy. You see all the bad but little mentioned is the good, except in the case of innocent children. But they are easy to love. We don't challenge ourselves to love the loving. We challenge ourselves to see beneath the garbage of a person's surface to know that under their bad stuff is a human that perhaps is suffering too. That is just as lost, just as confused and that's their way of coping. Life is hard for everyone.

You will grow old alone if you are unable to see the good in people. There is the negative but there is also the positive. In what way have you used your gift? To live a life centered around ego will never fulfill you. You obviously have the ability to see subtle realm information but what good are you using it? How are you helping people? And I don't mean you need to set up shop and do this full time. I mean in every moment of your life. I'll give you an example. I go to this gas station and the old gal behind the counter lights up like I'm an old friend. She jokes, laughs and shares warm anecdotes. She is not fake. She is a real human talking to another real human. I leave that darned place feeling happy and loved. It's the smallest of efforts to raise our fellow human beings up, versus bringing them down with negativity. Try smiling at a stranger. Exceed their expectations and trust me, this is contagious. They too in turn will feel the effect and eventually try it themselves.

You're also missing the point that these people have to make mistakes. That's how they learn. See the beauty in their path just like we need to see that a first grader has to go through the trials and tribulations of that level.

I read a wonderful line from Byron Katie's book, "Loving What Is" because we are all where we need to be in this moment. The fastest track to misery is thinking that people should shape up and be more like you (and you yourself said you're confused and unhappy). They are where they need to be - mistakes and all. Accept that just as you are where you need to be in this very moment. Maybe in an hour, a day, a week, a year or maybe the next lifetime, you'll see that the greatest beauty is Loving What Is, helping those around you (flawed or otherwise) with that amazing gift of yours and then you'll develop truly deep relationships and you won't be alone. In fact, you'll realize you were never alone, you just perceived the world that way.

Anne

A healthy and young energy body system shouldn't be feeling as if it will pass out at any moment. It should be full of vitality and energy.

I am not a doctor and if you're not feeling well, then go to one. But if you have no physical symptoms then they are probably going to check your blood and sugar levels. If all is well with the tests they run, then (as with any of us), we are free to pursue alternative methods of diagnosis. I don't know a shred about you so I can't tell what you're consuming for food and beverage (or drugs), the environment you live, your stress levels, etc. Only you can map all that out and see if one or more of those are causing a system depression.

If this is really bothering you, then take some time to check yourself out and dig into why you're feeling dissociative and heady. I know when I sometimes feel off, it's because of something on my mind or something, something I've consumed that didn't agree with me or a bad environment.

Take care of yourself!
Anne

Your body is a filter and while we normally don't hear frequencies outside the usual human range, we can pick them up when we are in an altered state of consciousness. When our brain waves patterns change frequency from beta to alpha or even theta, that frequency band widens, thus allowing us to hear a broader band of incoming noise. I hear, in perfect clarity, radio and sometimes even tv waves when I'm meditating or going into sleep or coming out of sleep. Sometimes it gets highly annoying because I'm trying to meditate and when you can hear DJ's and songs, it really is distracting!

I wrote an article on one of my sister webpages to this one. It's called The filter factor: http://www.astralvoyage.com/projection/filter_english.html

Don't worry; your healthy, normal and just so happen to be able to shift your brain pattern such that you can pick these up.

Hope this helps.
Anne
Eclecticraven - at - yahoo.com

Absolutely that older man could be disguising himself as a little boy. Who are you afraid of? The older man of course. This is why children or women are the first to be seen when being helped. If this person is helping you and taking you to new planes then that sounds like a guide.

One of my other websites (www.astralvoyage.com) is all about the out-of-body experience. I recommend reading on what some of the more advanced things you can do and how to make the most of your travels. Http://www.astralvoyage.com/projection/index.html

Good for you for working through your fears. I know from personal experience that this can be very scary and it took me getting fed up with my travels getting restricted or aborted, because of fear, that I faced them. I'm here to talk about it so nothing bad ever happened.

It's a rather lonely world when you leave your body. I rarely found anyone who was conscious or was doing much more than floating around their room in a "dream" state. You'll find the more you venture away from earth or this plane, the more singular your path. I'm here to talk to if you want an experienced voice. You can write me at eclecticraven - at - yahoo.com

Anne

I don't know what you consider arty farty but you're looking through your third eye. Call it what you will, your bi-locating and doing some remote viewing.

How can anyone truly explain the workings of consciousness and this universe? We know about 0.01% of what's really out there. You saw one more slice. If you want to access this more, spend more time in the near sleep state (meditation). This isn't hooey, just how it works.

We are all shown different things and I doubt any two people are going to be shown the same thing. We each have different experiences that we need to have for our growth. I see through my third eye all the time (but I also work with it on a regular basis) and am shown some pretty amazing stuff that most people wouldn't even believe. For example, one time, a gnome appeared in what seemed like some underground setting. He was sipping tea and told me to look at the lottery for seven days and it would be like looking at paper. So, for the next seven days, I went to Safeway and looked at the daily lottery. On the seventh day, I left my body, asked to see the numbers, up they popped and it was just like looking at paper. And they were the right numbers in the right order.

Thanks for sharing.
Anne

People take the form of the path of least resistance because that's where society rewards them. Look at hatred and wars. We need a "them" so "we" can fight them. This is the ultimate statement of ego. We separate (which is what the ego ultimately does) because the absolute fear of ego is the death of itself. We divide our religions, land and laws because of this very thing. And I tell you now that if we ever band together as humans it will because of some threat from space and we'll just shift to the next level of "them" and "us". It is so plain yet so few see.

What do we do with those who go off the grid? Well, we can see from history that, laws permitting, we kill them. So it is much easier to nod our heads and not question our religious and political leaders. I am all too familiar with this because I grew up Catholic and they threatened my very soul should I ever question their authority and logic (that a five year old would question). I fled that faith but this type of thinking permeates all of society.

My only other comment is your statement about becoming a full angel or demon. The Eastern philosophies do state, and I agree, that ultimately, we are one; so though there are demons and angels, all souls and even energy itself, is still part of the whole. These illusions are created because you must have them to grow from. I always say, could you see white writing on a white wall if the words are written in white chalk? Of course not. We need the ying and the yang, the good and the bad, the light and the dark. Contrast serves a purpose and its presence is by design.

Thanks for such a well written and articulate postulation on the meaning of being psychic.

Anne

It sounds to me that you've just made a natural progression in your spirituality. What is "between" us and our friends? Quite simply - illusion. So you've broken the veil of the illusion and while that is unusual for more humans on this planet, it's not unusual when you're ready for it. I think you're looking for a label but it's just reality.

Of course our friends are conspiring for us! So are our so called enemies. There are no accidents and no flukes. It is all by design. Every human we encounter is assisting us as we are assisting them. Our higher self forms our interactions (and dreams, friends, family, enemies, etc.) for our own benefit. I know this because I've watched it happen in altered states of consciousness. Even when we have disagreements, accidents, and make "mistakes" there is purpose there too. Again, you're now at the point where you intuitively know this.

When we are 'realized', our higher self is our conscious self. Understand? A chasm of separation becomes a sliver. You have direct dialog with your higher self (much like the book Conversations with God). You see from the viewpoint of the higher self. In fact, you marvel at the game we are all in. You see the classroom from the teacher's perspective. Your lessons become less and less frequent because you don't need them anymore. You then move from the role of learning to teaching and/or sharing. You're already doing that in part through your readings.

It is surreal and it's an interesting balance of being present yet unattached. As the ego loses attachment to self, we realize the oneness of it all and yet are still able to hold physical form. It is not something you can teach. It just unfolds when the soul is ready. You sound ready.

Your terms of "unseltting' and "maybe not a good idea" is based on fear. Release this and let yourself be. We get in the way of our own selves. Whether you realize it or not, your vibrations are shifting to a higher state. Of course that feels strange but you'll get used to it. You're unfolding at the perfect time and at the perfect pace. When we change, our perceptions change. You can no longer view the world through your previous eyes. Go quiet and within and I think you'll agree.

Anne
Eclecticraven - at - yahoo.com

Life for someone who has a thin veil between this world and the next is indeed paramount in difficulty. But you're not alone. We should all feel very fortunate in that we have the internet to connect one another.

At some point in your life, a reconciliation will probably occur. Life does not generally get easier, nor will you become less astute in your observations. You will only grow more keenly aware of what is going on around you. This plane of existence is pretty much gorilla warfare. It's like living in a pack of wild dogs. To top it off, it appears that you're able to see the other side. And because the next vibrational step up is the lower astral/etheric, it's often negative. As you yourself pointed out, it's people that are having a hard time moving up the ladder because of some painful demise.

The reconciliation I speak of is the "knowing". You're going to know all this, accept this place for what it is, and then try and find your place in it. Why are you here? Like the rest of us, it's to experience life and to grow from it. In your case, it very well may lead to passing on messages. It could be to teach or to heal the pain of others. Or you can ignore the whole thing and just continue on your average life. The choice applies to all of us.

When you are sensitive like this, take special care of yourself. Overload can be a real possibility. Reduce noise chaos, associate with people who don't stress you out or cause drama. Set boundaries, seek points of relaxation to recharge as you'll need all the energy you posses to cope. Care for others but keep your emotional and energy stability balanced.

You are still very young and this may seem off topic (but for some reason I feel compelled to share this with you), pick your mate wisely. You already know how isolating this level of consciousness is. To have the right mate, of equal mind, will make your tenure here on earth more manageable.

Welcome to the site.
Anne

First, there is psychic ability in all of us; it's just dormant in most because it was never developed. What happens to what we don't use? It atrophies. This is just science.

I don't know if you're familiar with chakras, but children's chakras are very open, which means that they can see, hear and experience what we adults have long since shut out (unless we were fortunate enough to have open minded parents who nurtured this ability but this is very rare, especially in the western culture).

It sounds like you're open minded to what she has in terms of ability, and are willing to help her. A fun game you can play and one which will have a far reaching impact on her abilities has to do with Remote Viewing. You can look this up on-line but for her sake, and this should be fun, is to practice this with her. Take a pleasant picture (a picture of Disneyland, a specific shot of an animal in a zoo, etc.) and hold it in your hand (don't show her). Ask her to clear her mind and try and describe what she "sees". Technically, there are a lot of protocols with remote viewing but tell her to first start with JUST colors. A person should stay low level to the target so they don't start guessing. Then, have her describe more of the target, like if it's outside, bright, dark, energetic, humans or animals present, etc. If she learns to trust her visions and not guess, she could develop this into a powerful skill that she can forever use. It is also very helpful in opening up the third eye chakra. Images are easily available by going to Google, typing in a topic, the selecting the "images" tab. Just print an image out and use that. Easy and cheap.

As for you as a parent, you can't expect her to understand a lot of this but that doesn't exempt you. You can better assist a child in what you yourself understand. Start doing research on chakras and auras. As always, I recommend Barbara Brennan's book, "Hands of Light" which gives the most scientific overview of how these bodies work. Though the book is about healing, the background on the primary facts is excellent.

I just plucked this url off the internet http://www.pjentoft.com/chakra0.html which talks about some of the details given by Barbara.

I applaud you for being open minded with the gifts your child has. There isn't a child out there who could not benefit from this. I sometimes fantasize about a world full of enlightened children whose gifts are nurtured and not left to waste away by the effects of a closed minded and fearful society that we are still all a part of.

Anne
Eclecticraven - at - yahoo.com

Let's hope your curiosity about yourself never ends, otherwise life would be stagnant and you'd emotionally and spiritually atrophy so feeling to the contrary is good news.

I think your soldier story is more than 'isn't that much'. Your letter to the soldier, whoever that ended up being, shows that you're becoming more conscious to the true human state. Aren't we all brothers and sisters? Why should you have to know them personally to share something that is more personal, not mundane and perhaps even a little touching? Do I know you? No, but I can still draw from what we both have in common - two souls sharing the human experience. Your letter shows, that even as a young adult, you're moving away from the egocentric self into a higher state of consciousness.

As for the girl you have bad feelings about. I deeply caution placing negative judgment on a person you don't know (even ones you do). She has her lessons just like all of us on this site and she'll make mistakes just like us so she's in the place she needs to be. When you judge her, you're really judging yourself. This is your lesson to learn. This is not about her, it's about you! Can you learn to love a human that has the same flaws as you? If not, then you'll be presented with the scenario over and over to teach you otherwise.

Be well.
Anne

Hi Saille,
You bring to light a very interesting point about patterns. I take it you write your dreams down? I do and have shared with others on this site how important it is. It's much harder to track and disseminate what's left to memory alone. If we wrote down our dreams (or visions) we'd realize we forget more than we remember.

Home life can indeed affect our subtle vision ability. I hope that you're able to get out on your own and get into an environment more conducive to working with your energy. As you so accurately stated, it's mediation and energy work that take us to the next level. Though I work in the city and have a long daily commute, my home is a beautiful woodsy sanctuary of peace and calm. It's so important that our energy is smooth where we live. I know this is next to impossible to control when you live with parents, but even when I was in my early teens, my room became my sanctuary. Make the best of what you can but the good news is that, this too shall pass.

My visions don't come to me in the same way yours do but since we are all unique, I think so too shall be the ways in which the higher self communicates. Techniques aside, you've got great fundamentals and I think you're onto something with the pattern theory. Should you have something documentable, I would be happy to post that article under our Article section.

Best to you,
Anne

If you believe that psychics are frauds and crazy people why aren't you speaking to your pastor or priest about this instead of fraternizing with the very people you think are evil? And by the way, some Catholic "saints" were psychic http://alternativespirituality.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_psychic_power_of_padre_pio

It is difficult to give reassurances at this point to so many people on this site when it comes to wanting to avoid unpleasant entities when dealing with the subtle realm.

Let's go over the facts for most people on this site and in this world (remember, this is equivalent of first grade): First, most people grow up with a limited and fear based religion that taught them little about the paranormal other than it's the devil's work and to not even try to learn anything about it or themselves in relation to it. This puts control 100% with the church which is what they want. If religion were all inclusive, there wouldn't be so many terrified Christians, Baptists, Lutherans, and so on out there. If it were all inclusive, then they (and you) would have mastered the out-of-body experience, telepathy, the soul's journey, and so on, but that's far from the truth.

So what happens is, that despite being told that such things don't exist or only happen to the wicked, well, they do exist and don't just happen to the wicked. So we grow up terrified, ignorant, drugged up and by the time we die, we know as little as when we were born.

However, some people wake up to the fact that there is mountain of data out there that they might just want to take a second look at. You apparently are one of them, as is everyone on this site, or they wouldn't be here. So now, at 30+ years of age, you've come to the conclusion that maybe the doctors were wrong, the church didn't prepare you and now you want to begin exploring and learning more about the universe. This is great news, but remember, you know next to nothing and have no tools. For all the advise that I, or anyone on this site can give you, how do you not get afraid of the very thing you've shut out and have no clue about? Even very advanced subtle real travelers still deal with this stuff. It's just part of the terrain. These doors, once opened, are almost impossible to close. So be careful what you wish for.

There is only one true way to overcome fear and that's through experience. No article, letter, morsel of advise, or book is going to take that away from you. So you then have to decide, "Do I really want to do this?" It has both highs and lows, ups and downs. All I can say is that if you truly dedicate yourself to the path and pursuit of truth, then the light, wisdom and knowledge gained far outweigh the nasty elements. There is fear with any unknown that you pursue. So do you want to stay in the shadows of fear, or move into the light of knowledge? That's up to you!

Anne

Dream interpretation is very difficult because you're dealing with your higher-self, which has a thousand ways of communicating to you. Dreams can be symbolic, literal, a lesson, a premonition, or processing of the day's events. So for one person to postulate what your higher-self is doing with you is a hypothesis at best.

However, we can glean from your words a meaning or two, such as you felt that the bird dream was more than what actually occurred later, and was more ominous in nature. So maybe you're right? Maybe the bird hitting your window was the beginning of this. I have dreams of some very serious events coming our way but the most we can do in that arena is prepare to the best of our ability.

As for the truck dream, well, you already know that means be extra careful when driving with your son and to always have him wear a seatbelt. But you cannot live in absolute terror of something that might happen because again, all dreams don't come true (or you can and end up neurotic). But you can also use what you're shown in a dream. I know recently I shared a dream on this site where I got pulled over for speeding but got out of it because of how I acted in my dream (let's just say I did a lot of groveling). So sure enough, the next day, I got pulled over for speeding (you'd think I would have paid attention to my own dream!) and I barely got out of it because I suddenly remembered my dream and got through it by mirroring what I did in my dream.

I hate to throw a wrench in things, and you may not believe it, but it is my belief that we live in more than one dimension. So sometimes what you dream here, might be a reality in a parallel dimension.

Hope this helps. Oh, and I can't leave without my old mantra: "Keep a journal!"
Anne

Yes, you probably saw my article there on www.yourghoststories.com because I'm the author of that site as well as this one. I'm also the author of www.astralvoyage.com, and www.spiritual-experiences.com. Though I write the content (articles), the actual design and layout is done by marvelous web developer, Martin. I'd post more on those websites but this one keeps me busy!
Anne