Comments on: Managing the unconscious – about possession and mediumship

By: John Lerner

John Lerner — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:16:29 +0000

Interesting post. I have encountered a number of mediums and channelers and quite frankly have not be very impressed. The only exception is a channeler called Rene Gaudette who channels an entity called The Wonders (www.thewonders.com). It sounds sort of cheezy but the wisdom that comes out of this guy is quite profound, most of the time. He may not appeal to most people though since the message is more about personal responsibility and choice than about talking to dead people or spirit guides. Cheers

By: Liara Covert

Liara Covert — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:07:23 +0000

Consciousness is a deep topic. Yet, as a person moves to detach from theories and heresay, and separates from ego and the conditioned judge, then practical experience is ones most profound teacher. One questions things when resistance is preferred over surrender.

By: katinka - spiritual

katinka - spiritual — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:28:15 +0000

Yes, but that’s true for our ordinary lives as well, isn’t it? What’s the difference with what comes through there – and what we perceive in our ordinary lives?

By: mark walter

mark walter — Sat, 23 May 2009 05:53:55 +0000

Which is partly why I stressed being aware or conscious as much as possible.

Unfortunately, most people don’t have a deeply enough developed sense of discernment or awareness to be able to distinguish or ‘know’ what is coming through during channeling. That bothers me. And it also bothers me that they promote and sell their ‘work’, not because I am against their making money, but because they are promoting it as something that it may not, in fact, actually be.

By: katinka - spiritual

katinka - spiritual — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:40:24 +0000

Yes – that’s one of the issues: checking what ‘comes through’ – not just about the source, but also about the value of it. Which is partly why I stressed being aware or conscious as much as possible.

By: mark walter

mark walter — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:42:50 +0000

The debate about mediumship is hard – because the question is: is this person at the mercy of their subconscious, or have they integrated and transcended it? In other words: is what they bring merely emotionally comforting, or do they have something new to add?

This is a very good question. How many times do we come across books by mediums in the New Age section of the book store that claim to be channeling the Archangel Michael, for example? Michael seems to be a very busy angel. I have some questions for the mediums: how do they know that it is, indeed, the Archangel Michael? Just skimming the surface of some of the channeled work, Michael comes across as a pretty tame and flowery angel. That doesn’t add up.

This brings up the issue of deeper inner discernment. Can the person doing the channeling discuss their discernment tools, or do they resort to a position of saying, “I just let go. I don’t know anything. Spirit knows all.”

While there can be arguments made for ‘just letting go’, there are times where letting go is not necessarily the wisest thing to do. I don’t just want to let go of a child’s hand in a crowd and ‘trust Spirit’. Who knows who’s going to come along and ‘befriend’ the innocent child. Similarly, I will ask anyone channeling, “How do you know who or what you are channeling?”

By: David

David — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:42:14 +0000

My favorite channel is Lazaris.

I have a blog that I put some of his stuff up on. (its a secret it’s for friends and stuff)

http://healingtapes.blogspot.com/