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Meaningful dreams

11/29/2015

We all have dreams that stay with us for a long time, some have to do with passed loved ones, some with events in our lives, some are precognitive and some are well, in my view, teaching dreams.
I had a couple of these latter and I am going to share two of them with you. The first one happened a few years ago. I was a terrorist and was traveling on a train. My mission was to blow up the train. I did not sense any religious or other affiliation, but I remember very clearly how my single-minded focus was on accomplishing my mission. I knew I would die in the process as well as many others, yet, any emotions was put out of my mind, I did not care. I was a machine with a single intent. I did end up blowing up the train and I found myself in a very murky place when I realized that we were still alive. Not in the physical sense, but in spirit. Then I woke up and quite frankly I was rather upset and disturbed. For days. I kept thinking about why on Earth would I have a dream like that? Is there something suppressed in my subconscious mind? Could this be a past life experience? After a while, I came to a different realization. I was put in someone else’s shoes and was able to feel what it was like to be that person. With the recent tragedies in Paris and Lebanon, this dream has come to the forefront of my mind again. I do condemn these senseless acts of violence but I also have a better understanding how these people think. The mind is a very powerful thing and the more you think about something, the more you energize that thought, the more powerful it gets, until finally it completely overtakes you. You cannot think of anything else but to accomplish what you set out to do. It is that powerful. On a smaller scale, I am sure this has happened to some of you, when you became obsessed with something (or someone). If you think back, I am also sure you can see how the more you thought about the object of your attention, the stronger your focus on it became, until the energy was built to the point where physical action was needed to discharge that built up energy. A lot of times after something like this, we look back and say, what was I thinking? Do you agree?
My other dream is more recent and might have something to do with a missing person’s case I am assisting with. Whether it does or not, again, I feel this was a great opportunity for me to see things in a different light. Whether you are aware of it or not, you and most of us have a mind that judges everything. People, situations, etc. You don’t believe me? Just watch your mind for 10 minutes and listen to all the things it says, its likes and dislikes. The good thing is that you are not your mind, you have a mind. You are the one listening to it. You know that because when your mind stops (for a few seconds anyway, you are still here). However, this is a topic for another blog post. Let’s get back to my dream.
In this dream, I witnessed someone killing their boss and because of that, I had no choice but to go along with the killer. In my mind, I was contemplating my options as to should I or should I not tell someone in authority, but I felt like that was rather risky. I felt very lost and afraid. Then I was asked to smuggle small bottles of alcohol in my backpack. I agreed, fearing to say no. When the persons of authority asked me to open my backpack, I had an inner struggle as to come clean and tell them what was happening or not, and was just about to do so, when one of them handed me money while the other one closed his eyes. At that point, my heart sank as I realized that they were in on the smuggling and I had no way out, there was corruption everywhere. With that, I woke up.
Again, this was quite an insight. You just never know why someone might get in the wrong crowd, what their story is. So next time when your mind starts to formulate an opinion about someone or something, stop for a second and recognize that it is saying what it does based on your own past experiences, your personal likes and dislikes and might have nothing to do with reality.

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Travels into the inner dimensions

4/4/2015

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It is only fair that I share a couple of my own experiences with the out of body state after writing a blog about the topic.

To this date, a have had 9 conscious experience and I am hoping for many more to come as I become more skilled at it.

My very first experience was a life-changer for me. I read an article on the internet about the topic and it picked my interest so I decided to try it. It took several tries though but finally my persistence paid off. One morning I woke up to the feeling of vibrations cruising through my body. These were strong enough to wake me up, and I felt my whole body caught up in them. Then I started to feel my arms and legs lifting although I was consciously aware that the physical counterparts were perfectly still. I decided to give it a try and lift out. I did for most part; expect that my head was “stuck” in the physical. So I did a backward somersault, pressed my astral feet against my physical head, and pulled with my astral hands. Looking back, it was quite comical, yet at that moment, all I could think of was getting my head free. Finally I heard a popping sound and I was catapulted into space. The next second I found myself floating about a lake, just a couple of inches from the surface of it, and I could clearly see the tiny ripples and undulations on it. I decided to speed up and to my delight I was able to gain great speed and was flying above the water. I played with speeding up and slowing a bit and then I looked around and saw beautiful fall colors, trees in the distance. I have never been in Maine but for some reasons I thought this lake could be there. (This experience occurred in October which would explain the fall colors). Then I looked up and saw what looked like the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro floating above me. I have to say here that I am not a religious person, never have been, so it took me by surprise to see this huge statue floating in the sky above me. It also had the most amazing colors, colors I can’t even describe and the sense of unconditional love and peace emanating from it was beyond anything I ever experienced. At the time of this OBE, I was living on the Cayman Islands, on a beach front property with my two dogs who were like my children, I felt fulfilled and happy, yet I remember thinking while I was looking at this statue that I do not want to go back, I want to stay here, in this place. Unfortunately, that simple thought snapped me right back into my physical body and it was over. I spent the next day or two in a daze, marveling at the experience and being somewhat saddened that I got “kicked out”. In hindsight, this experience showed me that there is a place beyond our physical world where you are wrapped in unconditional love, you are happy and at peace, and so much more. Words just don’t do justice in trying to describe it. I don’t believe that I died and went to Heaven, so I can only imagine if my experience was so beautiful, what Heaven is truly like.

Another experience occurred one early morning when I woke up to the feeling of my body rocking from side to side. My physical body was perfectly still, yet I felt like I am on a boat. I was lying on my stomach when the vibrations came on with the rocking motions accelerating until all the sudden I fell thought the bed and into the ocean. I found myself swimming with beautiful colored fish, schools of them. I was admiring their beautiful, vibrant colors when I suddenly realized that I do not have a regulator (scuba equipment that helps you breath underwater) and the realization/fear snapped me right back into the physical body.

I also had several experiences connecting with my spirit guides as well as just simply walking through my physical home.

If you had any out of body experiences yourself, please feel free to share them on my Facebook page. I look forward to reading them.

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Out of Body experience

4/4/2015

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Most people have heard of near death experiences (NDE) which can occur when the person’s body goes through extreme duress with almost catastrophic results. Those who come back, in many cases talk about the positive, life altering effect it had on them.

What a lot of people don’t know is that you can have out of body experiences (OBE) without having to go through the physical trauma that accompanies the NDE. Some refer to this as astral travel.

But why would someone want to have an out of body experience in the first place?

Simply put, once you do, you will know for a fact that there is life beyond the physical, that you are more than your physical body. So much more!

Another added benefit, and this is a huge one too, is that you come to understand the power of your thoughts. We have all heard the phase “You create your reality” but because in our realm we have a buffer of time, it is not as obvious as in other dimensions. And that is a good thing. Even though a lot of time we want something right away, there are many, many times when we are grateful that our thoughts don’t manifest instantly. (Have you ever thought of snuffing someone’s light out just because you were so frustrated with them at that moment? Of course, once you cooled down, you probably did not even remember thinking that). Thank God for the buffer of time, right? In our world, it takes time for thoughts to get momentum, but once it does, you see the manifestation of it, good or bad. However, in the inner dimensions, whatever you think instantly manifests. If you think of flying, off you go. If you think of a loved one, there you are with them. If you have subconscious fears, well, those too will shape your experience.

A little side note: This is also the way spirit communicates. All they need to do is think of you and they are right there with you. All you have to do is think of them and you send out the call to them.

I had my first conscious OBE 10 years ago. I am saying conscious because, are you ready for this?, we all travel out of our body at night. Maybe not every night, I don’t know, but very often. Unfortunately, when this happens, we are busy snoozing and missing out on the fun! Have you ever had flying dreams, or dreams when you are traveling on a bus, train, car, etc with high speed? Those are part of your out of body experience but because you are not really conscious and the mind tends to interpret what you don’t know to the closest thing you do, it translates your flying into traveling.

So how do you have a conscious OBE? It is something that can come easily to some and might take a lot of work for others. I am personally part of the latter group. It takes a lot of determination and work but the concept itself is quite simple. You have to find a way to keep your mind awake while you let your physical body fall completely asleep. But because our mind is conditioned to fall asleep when the body does as well, it can be tricky keeping it awake enough, teetering on the borderline of consciousness. When we go to sleep at night, we go through mental changes. Our thoughts slow down sooner or later, depending on how tired we are or how busy or interesting our day was. Then we start to zone out a little bit, getting caught in weird train of thoughts, sometimes seeing images in front of our closed eyes, or even scenes playing out (hypnagogic imagery) until we slowly lose consciousness. In the meantime, our body starts to feel heavy, and hard to move (some people report sleep paralysis and if you don’t know what is happening, it can be quite frightening as you are unable to move your physical body. Sleep paralysis is part of the normal separation process, but I will get back to this in a minute).

OK, so what happens when you go through this separation process consciously?

In my experience, once your body is fully relaxed and your mind is quieted down, you lose awareness of your physical body. (I personally mostly feel the above mentioned sleep paralysis upon returning into the physical body). Then, I start feeling what I can only describe as a quickening and a surge of strong vibrations coming over me that goes from head to toes and a loud, hissing shhhh sounds. Some people report hearing words spoken, singing, airplane roaring. These “symptoms” are perfectly normal, albeit scary for someone who has not experienced them before. Others might not experience any of these symptoms or just some of it, I am just describing my own experiences. Once the vibrations are strong, I experience a split second of darkness when my consciousness transitions into the astral body and then I can just think of moving or floating upward and so it is. Walking through doors and walls are quite interesting too! Getting back into the physical body is easier than you think. Just thinking of the physical body will snap you right back. So does fear. This can be frustration when you just “got out” and wanted to explore a little bit. I personally never had the fear of getting lost or not being able to get back into my sleeping body and I have never heard of anyone having trouble either. I have to stress that this is a perfectly safe and natural thing we do, it is just not many people do it consciously. There is a great collection of teachers and books out there if you want to further explore this amazing topic. Robert Monroe was a leading expert who discovered out of body traveling quite accidentally, he has several books detailing his journeys. There is also William Buhlman whose books I found great. “Adventures beyond the body” has several great techniques to try. Graham Nicholls and Robert Bruce are great experts as well.

I hope I was able to raise some interest in those of you who never had an OBE before. I can only say that once you do, your life will never be quite the same and your consciousness will expand beyond anything you can imagine. You awaken to a whole new world. Happy travels!

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Being present

3/12/2015

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I heard this so many times from so many teachers ”Become present in the moment”.

I am in my physical body, so I am here and present, right? Not really. Even when we are “here” most of the time times our thoughts are not. We are thinking about something that happened in the past or thinking about something that will happen in the future. So what makes us truly present in the moment?

Try this game for 5 minutes:

Stop whatever you are doing and take a look around you. Become aware of your breathing. Observe your surroundings. Don’t just slide over them making quick and superficial mental notes but take time to notice everything in its details.
I am sitting in a school's hallway as I am writing this while my daughter is practicing her piano lesson. I have been here many times, sat on the not-so-comfortable metal chairs, yet I have never noticed the unusual shade of brown they are painted. Nor did I ever pay attention to the scratches on them. I have not noticed the patterns and texture of the wall, nor have I looked up to register the popcorn ceiling.

When you take a moment to truly become present, these small details start to be revealed to you, one after another. The more you look the more details you become aware of. So why is it good for you to know what color the chairs are, how scratched and used they are, or that there is a popcorn ceiling above your head?

Simply put, when you do, you become more alive, more vibrant and in flow with everything you are – your Higher Self. Creativity starts to bubble up in you. You start taking pleasure in the smallest of things like the sun cracking through the clouds, a bird drinking from a puddle, the steam covering your bathroom mirror. You start feeling good, and that is all that matters. 5 minutes. Anytime, anywhere.

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Stretched

11/8/2014

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I recently took a workshop with British medium Tony Stockwell at the Journey Within church in Pompton Lakes, NJ. What an amazing experience! I have been stretched and taken well out of my comfort zone. I have learned new ways to connect with the spirit world. I have learned to look at things in a different light. That made me think of something I am guilty of, and I know you are too. Once we become familiar with something, we get used to it being a certain way and we stop looking outside the box. We become stagnant, set in our ways and if someone or something challenges our sense of "I am comfortable the way it is", quite frankly we feel threatened, scared and insecure . However, the energy of the Universe is in a constant flow, therefore we are constantly expanding, and the only way to feeling good is by keeping up with this expansion, being open to new ideas and experiences, going with the flow, flowing with the rhythm life. A good way to do this is by challenging yourself every day in small ways, by taking a different route home for instance, or by trying a new dish in your favorite restaurant and not sticking with what you already know (I am very guilty of that one!), by learning a new word every day and expanding your vocabulary, even if is your native language. Be inquisitive and watch your life transform.

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What spoon bending has taught me

8/13/2014

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I decided to write this blog about spoon bending not just to tell you how to do it should you want to try it yourself but also to share what it has revealed to me: when you desire something, you have to be able to let that wanting go in order for the Universe to bring it to you. Deep, eh?

Let me backtrack here and start at the beginning. Years ago, while taking online classes with psychic detective Pam Coronado, she mentioned how she and others attending a conference had great experience bending spoons. I thought that this was amazing and the next day I set out to buy a bunch of old spoons. You don’t want to use your own spoons, right?

I was told what I needed to do and it sounded easy enough. Start shouting at the spoon, saying “Bend, bend, bend” until you feel you shouted at it enough and worked yourself and your energy up, then take your attention to something else for a second or two and then start twisting it. Well, easier said than done. After a few days of trying, I put my spoon on the dresser and eventually forgot about it, until someone who was also in Pam’s class emailed me proudly that she had succeeded with bending her spoon. That got my desire fired up to conquer the spoon. I asked her to go over the steps and she said the same thing I already knew. Shout at the spoon, take your attention away and then start twisting.

So this time, I sat down more determined than ever to do just that. I started shouting at the spoon to bend, and at first, random thoughts ran through my head : “Thank God I am alone in the house so nobody can hear me” and “I must look rather silly doing this among others”, but then I started to forget about these thoughts and after a while the room seemed to fall away, the thoughts stopped and there was nothing but me and the spoon. Important point #1: I achieved a singular point of focus and felt a strong desire combined with the belief that yes, bending the spoon was actually possible. Then all the sudden I heard a noise coming from outside and with the spoon still in my hand, I looked out the window to see what it was. Important point #2: I took my attention completely off the spoon for a second and I even forgot that I had it. This is very important, as before, when I took my attention away from it, I really did not; I was still aware and focused on the next step of twisting it. When I looked out the window and realized that the sound was coming from the children playing outside, I realized that I still had the spoon in my hand. Not only that, but I also noticed that it became rubbery in my hand and in an instant it dawned on me that this was my chance to twist it. Sure enough, I was able to twist it around several times. Wow, what a feeling of accomplishment!

So what did this experience really teach me? There are 3 components to everything you desire.

Desire, Belief and Expectancy.

The desire component is pretty straight forward. You need to want the object of your desire strongly. Belief: you have to believe that it is in the realm of possibilities. And expectancy: well this was the tricky part for me. You have to let it go and trust that it will happen. A lot of times, we want something, and we want it real bad. We even believe that it can happen, but we are hanging on so tightly to our desire that we actually block it from coming into our experience. When you order food in a restaurant, you don’t follow the waiter into the kitchen to make sure that the cook will make the food you ordered, right? You just trust that you will receive what you ordered. You let it go while holding a positive expectation about it. And yes, at times we get something other than what we ordered, but maybe it is all for a reason. So next time when you want something, say” I want this or something even better and let the Universe bring you your order.

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Arthur Findlay College

7/5/2014

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In June of 2014, a long-standing dream of mine was fulfilled when I visited the prestigious Arthur Findlay College in Stansted, UK. Some of the best mediums of the last century as well as today's have taught or studied here. It was an honor to be part of the amazing spiritual energy that is palpable between the walls of this beautiful building. The serenity of the garden with a myriad of different colored flowers and the sound of birds chirping enhances the inner peace and the love of Spirit one feels.
The beautiful connections both with my fellow students and the Spirit world is forever engrained in my heart.