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2011-07-16T13:57:00.002+01:00

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Thank you - I hope to keep you interested. Perhaps a little feedback this time? You love me and I love you sort of thing?

The Last Post

2011-02-26T11:11:00.001Z

“(I don't believe in democracy because....)....Politics, like penal reform and legal reform and the health service and care of the elderly – all these big issues can’t work until people take a very different look at the bigger (the biggest) picture which ironically involves examining themselves first. For evolution to happen in all these areas we have to value the individual much more which in the democratic principle we don’t enough where democracy is seen as preferable only to the other ways which usually involve military dictatorship. We are not thinking right yet as individuals. Until the collective understanding of why each one of us is here develops, the regular political options will continue to be served up. However, the peaceful insistence against the current rule in some of the African states is clearly not a bad thing. But to ‘believe’ in the democratic principle because you can’t think of anything better isn’t good enough anymore.

“Once people understand why they are here and start to work on themselves and the outside of themselves from that understanding everything else will fall into place ‘as if by magic’ and we will have something better than the rule of the majority. That’s my view. If a single soul (you perhaps, or me) is sacrificed because of the way we are governed, then our system doesn’t work properly.”

The previous post (below) has been lingering in cyberspace for some time pretending to be my last word on all things which it isn't. So I thought I'd write another post. This one. Then I thought about something that came up in an e-mail recently (see above) which made me seem like an idealist, but I'm not really. Least, I don't think I am. But I am a little confused right now. And this is why:

In no particular order:

We all know that if we were born on a certain day then we “fall under the sign of Aries or Taurus or whatever....”. This means that on your birthday SYMBOLICALLY not in reality anymore, the sun was to be seen (at night but also during the day) against a background of stars forming a pattern that the ancients called by a name that seemed to represent the shape of that pattern. It also corresponded with the manner and characteristics of those people which eventually the ancient astrologers learned to recognise. So the constellation of Aries looks a bit like a ram and Taurus looks a bit like a bull and Gemini has those twins in it, Castor and Pollux.

It's the same with moon-signs which we are more aware of in daily life once we know how to detect its behaviour in us.

When I was born the sun was to be seen against the background of the zodiac sign called Scorpio also the moon was seen against the sign of Virgo. Now, in actual fact, people are more 'detectable' by their moon signs because it is easier to be your moon sign. The moon nurtures and comforts us. So in the place described by your moon sign you will find your safe-place, your comfort zone. It is harder to be your sun sign because your sun sign is your work, your mission. Yes, yes I hear you - you identify with your sun sign – you like being an Aries. Some people get along very well in their particular role. Other's don't so much.

Yesterday was a bad day for me as my body (Virgo) was not feeling right, so finding myself the subject of a conversation felt awkward. I just wanted to go home to relax in private.

I am going to make this all hook up with the above quote soon. And this will be the last post of this Blog as I intend to begin another Blog that is more current which this one has mainly not been. This blog has been a recap of my life ¬ the past 30 years. Now I am readying myself for the great Saturn Return, my second one and I hope my last, so I am turning (even as you read) to look ahead.

What is a Saturn Return? When, on your birthday your friends say: 'Many happy returns of the day', they mean that the day when the sun was in a particular place in the sky has returned yet again. In astrology it is called your solar return, (which in fact doesn’t always fit with the calendar, it can be a day or so out). The same happens with all the other planets. Saturn's orbit is about 30 years. The sun as we all know, doesn't orbit the Earth, but from the point of view of the Earth it takes one year to orbit the sun - hence your yearly birthday. So since it takes Saturn such a long time, these events - 2 or 3 in a life time - are times of major significance in a person's life. If you are approaching age 30 stuff will be changing. Also if you are approaching age 60 or 90.

More on the new blog to link to the above quote and onto a subject much heralded at present i.e. that humanity will wake up and see the light, that the world as we know it will change (before and by and after) the solstice of December 2012.

Sexual Orientation

2011-01-31T12:21:00.002Z

Why is this somewhat private matter of interest to people to the extent that it is always in the news and even my doctor asked me about mine the other day? Or rather why is it of any more interest than say, one’s religious orientation or philosophic orientation or food orientation? There may be a simple answer to this that I am overlooking, but I cannot see it at this time. I do not define myself by my sexual preferences. Do other people actually see this matter as being of over-riding concern to other matters in their lives?

These days it is hard to find a subject that is any longer considered ‘taboo’. In astrology, 1/12 of the zodiac is given over to matters that used to be considered ‘taboo’. Now we must call these matters by another name: ‘that of yourself which you give away to another person, or share with another person – willingly or not’ might be one way of expressing it.. life/death, sex, taxes, money, inheritance, wealth: all these areas have in common the fact that you have the opportunity to give up something that belongs to you.

But why has our world singled out the biological fact of sex over the other ways? Am I unusual in not seeing it as an important issue when I meet someone new? I’ve heard that the world is quite overpopulated. Perhaps the surge of interest in technological gadgets and the internet is serving to distance us a little from wild promiscuity? Maybe this is its function so far as Mother Nature is concerned. The Age of Aquarius is less to do with blending and bonding than was the Age of Pisces, and more to do with thinking in groups and about matters more impersonal.

I would prefer to be defined by my religious orientation if definition is needed, I think this is more important. Why would anyone care who anyone has sex with or not? What does it mean?

Jo Yeates murder suspect

2011-01-24T10:56:00.002Z

Has anyone else noticed that the police have been especially hyper-vigilant in this investigation and the more so as time went by? I have the impression that whoever is in charge is super-concerned about his own reputation. Yes, in a one sense this is good, but we are all human and even policemen can go over the top. So my mind is open as to whether they have charged the right person or if he is indeed, a scapegoat. Also, the horoscope for 10th February 1978 in Amsterdam looks particularly innocent - all day.

Good People Do Bad Things.

2011-01-23T13:03:00.003Z

Bad things happen to good people and good people do bad things. It is like good parenting: it is important to make a distinction, to tell our child that he/she is not bad but that he/she has done a bad thing.

The media has reported the Joanna Yeates murder tragedy intensively. In an earlier post I spoke of my feelings toward the handling of Christopher Jefferies by police and media. Now I am moved to comment on the common pattern of ‘handling’ which will accompany the now charged suspect, Vincent Tabek. This time the media have been more restrained in any negative portrayal of this man prior to his being charged, but if he committed the crime (IF), the reaction from police, media and public will be unreservedly negative. To signal the beginning of a more advanced world, what if we were to collectively say: This man has done a terrible thing, but he has previously shown himself to be a good person, so, how can we help him recover himself?

Because, if he is not by nature a murderer, he will need help not punishment to recover from this crime.

2011 here I come

2011-01-12T11:54:00.008Z

Stephen Fry: (when asked what sign he would be if he could create his own zodiac) "Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all astrology is absolutely and without reservation the bullest of bullsh*t that ever there was. It is a senseless delusion that does not even have the benefit of being harmless fun. It is a harmful bore. Harmful to the human spirit, harmful to the dignity and wonder of the real universe and the real power of the mind to think for itself. I hate astrology with a fervor that is almost frightening."

Spoken with passion; that’s something. Astrology is an innocent tool which, in the right hands, is most helpful - as is a chainsaw. Its potential is to reveal a map for the soul's journey.

Stephen was apparently born under the sign of Virgo: 24th August, 1957 probably at around 11.00am, with Sun conjunct Pluto square Saturn, crying out for its native to take a less superficial view of his world: those black holes are important times for serious self study. I too have my darknesses.

Disturbing Media Interest

2010-12-31T14:00:00.002Z

I have simply got to comment on the tragedy of Joanna Yeates’ murder and the arrest of Mr Jefferies. As Mr Yeates said, the end of the story is so terrible that really there is nothing else to be done – I hope the family believes in a positive afterlife and knows for sure that God does not make mistakes.

What is frightening me at this time is the media machine and the way it is digging and printing in a frenzy about a man who is described as a ‘private person’ with no dubious history at all. It frightens me because if the same thing happened to me (I am a landlord and an ex English teacher and a bit weird) I’m sure that after they’d dug enough through the dregs of my life they’d lock me up and throw away the key whether I’d been charged, tried and sentenced or not. The force of our often quite stupid police units has more dubious background than this apparently ‘upstanding pillar of the community’. I’m not an upstanding pillar. Doesn’t it worry you too, dear reader? The media is becoming more of an old gossip every day. I wouldn’t want to talk to it either as I am sure that anything I said would be distorted.

When they release this poor man and then one day someone finds him dead by his own hand, will the media blame it on the media, or on his interest in, not punks or goths or drugs, but a classical Pre-Raphaelite poet?

I pray for the family and the loved ones of Joanna and for Christopher Jefferies and for whoever perpetrated this terrible crime.

And..

2010-12-16T12:15:00.003Z

Should there be next of kin approval for the individual who wants to check out? I don’t think so, but perhaps the process should allow for a part that the next of kin may opt to play in this last scene. Should there be a list of hoops to jump through? Perhaps, but I cannot think of any.

For those who believe that this is a selfish option, I would like to know on what grounds this view can be based other than personal. Any personal view is equal in strength to any other.

The time has come for the world to address issues that it never addresses. The world news is always unsurprising, as if it all goes through the filter of public expectation before deliverance. I feel as if I live in another dimension but have to keep up the pretence of living in this one. The effect is divisive because if there are others out there who feel as I do, the shield of collective belief prolongs and strengthens the separation.

free to create but not to destroy

2010-12-15T14:35:00.003Z

To be or not to be. This is not a question or even a choice in today’s society. I did ‘being’ until my work was complete and then I tried not being, but the forces at work in the world prevented me from fulfilling my intention. So since then I have kept a sharp look out for signs and messages that might indicate why I am still being when I have finished. It would be in the interest of the planet to have one less carbon footprint, one less potential carrier of diseases, one less consumer. I tried my level best to do what I could as a way-shower and before that I took my direction from parents and conventional rules. I bore a son (and he bores me - joke). Strange when you think about it that there should be so many rules and mandates about living and dying but nothing that simply addresses one’s sane and sensible wish to check out from say, age 60 if one wishes. It could be so organised and generous and timely. Why are the powers that be so fearful of this option? The rule to live is common to all religions and governments as far as I know. As the song says: ‘suicide is painless’ – it’s just hard to carry it out alone, without professional help.

Dignitas would help if they could so long as I join their organisation. But as from the spring of last year (or was it this year?) the Swiss government made it illegal to help anyone with mental illness which includes the wish to die! This must mean that they will only assist in the suicide of those who would want to live if their bodies wanted to.

It involves a human decision to create life, so why should it not involve a human decision, my decision to extinguish it?

Snowfell

2010-12-02T11:56:00.000Z

snow fell last night

snowy gnomes

hungry starlings

waiting their turn

frozen pampus and birdbath

view from office out to sea

cold paws

Uninformation

2010-11-25T18:40:00.007Z

In an effort to understand what exactly it is that a 'byte' measures in computing from out of the generalised term, 'data' I discovered this wonderfully abstract sentence - highlighted below in blue:

"A key measure of information in ‘information theory’ is known as entropy, which is usually expressed by the average number of bits (and nibbles) needed for storage or communication.

"Intuitively, entropy quantifies the uncertainty involved when encountering a random variable. For example, a fair coin flip (2 equally likely outcomes) will have less entropy than a roll of a die (6 equally likely outcomes)."

....and scientists accuse astrologers of being away with the fairies! And try this one (from Wikipedia):

"Cyberspace is the electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place. It is the domain of electromagnetics readily identified with the interconnected information technology required to achieve the wide range of system capabilities associated with the transport of communication and control products and services. Current technology integrates a number of capabilities (sensors, signals, connections, transmissions, processors, and controllers) sufficient to generate a virtual interactive experience accessible regardless of a geographic location....."

Here is another favourite (from here) :

"What is electricity? This question is impossible to answer because the word "Electricity" has several contradictory meanings. These different meanings are incompatible, and the contradictions confuse everyone. If you don't understand electricity, you're not alone. Even teachers, engineers, and scientists have a hard time grasping the concept.

"Obviously "electricity" cannot be several different things at the same time. Unfortunately we have defined the word Electricity in a crazy way. Because the word "electricity" lacks one distinct meaning, we can never pin down the nature of electricity. In the end we are forced to declare that there's no such stuff as "electricity" at all! "

Working from Home

2010-11-22T11:38:00.002Z

basic work position #1

basic position - Timmy

sorry did I wake you?

cat and mouse

Tansybelle

view from office window looking out to sea

(no tall hedge anymore)

Hypocrisy

2010-11-21T12:35:00.010Z

Do we grin and bear it and put up with it? Do we make the best of a bad job? Or do we take a stand and live a life that demonstrates how we would like it to be? Interesting how ‘demon’ got into that word. Was 'demonstrating' against something at one time a bad thing?
Yes of course it was.

Yesterday after popping into the chemist, I nipped over the road into the Co-op to buy two necessary items: milk and chocolate. I had an inner debate as to whether to wait in the queue which was seasonably long or just collect the items when I returned to the village where I live and walk to the local shop. When an extra till- person arrived I decided to just wait and stop being impatient: all things come to those who wait - including parking tickets. I had apparently parked my motorbike in such a way as to cause ‘unnecessary blockage to the pavement’.

Well, this is not true. The part of the pavement where I had parked is not used by pedestrians as the pavement is so wide at this point. I was between a rain-takeaway channel and the side of the building – so close that I had to dismount on the right side of the machine. As far as I am aware, there are no parking places for motorcycles in this village. Car parks for motorcycles are a nightmare if there are no dedicated places – especially with all the reversing of elderly drivers. And as an elderly motorcyclist I am regularly threatened with my life if I dare to park in an off street car space.

Anyway, I could easily pay the £30 fine or I could not quite as easily appeal the fine to explain why I was not blocking the pavement, where if the judge takes the side of the policeman which is 99.9% of always, I will pay extra costs.

I am most probably just going to pay the fine. Then I will beat myself up for not doing my part to assert my belief in truth and rightfulness when given an opportunity to do so. Yet I have learned in the past that when it’s a question of an individual’s assertion against the strong arm of the law, I always lose.

Ironic really, it was my first outing in weeks in an effort not to stay in so much. I could have visited a local chemist. When I first saw the policeman I thought he, as many do, was admiring my bike.

unnecessary blockage?

the pavement is blocked?

scene of the crime

with an admirer on another occasion

Astrology depends on Beginnings

2010-11-19T12:07:00.004Z

‘Louis from Dartford’ wrote to say that to him, the fact that everything apparently depended on time and place of birth was precisely what turned him off astrology. I can see that when I think I’ve just turned all the lights on that for some, I’ve just turned them all off.

Not in relation to astrology, Christopher Hitchens – journalist/author says - "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." There is so much evidence for the authenticity of astrology that I wouldn’t know where to begin but for this reason alone, people tend not to understand it. They don’t know where to begin.

It took me a full year of reading books about the subject to convince myself that it would be worth my while to begin to study astrology. This was after the marvel of experiencing a very good personal reading.

Give yourself a Christmas present (or someone else) and consult a local astrologer for a one to one reading. Find out your time of birth if at all possible. Look at the links page on my astrology website. If all else fails contact me for a phone or e-mail reading. To all the Christians who reject astrology remember that the three kings (the magi – astrologers) were following a ‘star’ to Bethleham which could well have been a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter.
(Did I just turn all the lights off again?)

Imagine

2010-11-16T11:42:00.000Z

Let’s suppose for just a minute that astrology works and that your birth-chart - i.e. where the sun, the moon and the planets were positioned in the sky when you were born - actually means something. In fact, let’s hypothetically believe that your personal horoscope really is the map for planning and explaining your whole life. Wouldn’t that be something else? It’s akin to imagining that school teachers really do teach anything worth learning and that your children really do need to learn from them.

The patterns are there from the start and then they begin to form within the psyche. Astrologers look in particular at the placement of the moon and Saturn and the 4th and 10th houses and the Ascendant, as well as at the 1st and 12th houses for information about the parental influence (or lack of).

Suspending your disbelief, and imagining that the astrologer has something right, how come you managed to be born at that exact time and in that exact place?

Freedom

2010-11-15T12:54:00.003Z

Speaking of revelations, I had one last night as my head hit the pillow. I have got to the place in the journey of life where, for the very first time, I am free. Up till now, my reference for action, stress, ambition – all things involving movement, has been someone else. Now, having both grieved the passing of my partner and accepted the fact that we are now a part of each other, there is no one else to consider. This means I can do exactly what I would like, when I like. Imagine. It also means that all the good things happened because of someone else as well. In the past, I would love to experience the freedom I found from the stress, mainly in nature, in the woods or by the sea. But it was the sense of freedom to be found there that sent me there. Now I have nothing to release myself from, so there is no reason to do anything.

I have a birth-chart which is loaded with the potential for difficulties and challenges. I have spent many years checking the correlations between my life events and what the planets were doing at those times. It all checks out. Right now there is a period of nothing going on in my chart at all which is brand new. It’s never happened before so I don’t know how to best make use of this freedom as I am not wired to use it.

Therefore I am doing what comes most naturally, which is pretty much nothing at all. I know that toward the end of next year there will be new challenges, but I wonder how better to now use this gift of release and relief.

Romanticism-Spriritualism-Religion

2010-11-14T12:01:00.000Z

Now apparently well back into my blogging stride for NaBloPoMo, I will comment today on the difference between the romantic, the spiritual and the religious which people seem to confuse. In fact the three can be seen to arrive in that order for many. I experienced the tendency to the romantic first, when just a broth of a girl, before it graduated within me to the spiritual, but I was seldom attracted to the religious because I did not like the feeling of exclusion which joining a group implied. Groups are an Aquarian thing (here I go again, but they are.) If there is a group there have to be those who are not part of the group else the group loses its definition. I felt that God should be all inclusive rather than exclusive.

Romanticism is an idealised way of viewing the world, one that contains the perils of delusion sprouting from illusion – a very easy trap to fall into – especially if it leads to romantic love and marriage – which seems to be more associated with a former generation. Today’s kids seem to be at the mercy of the prevailing Aquarian vibes in that they manage to maintain a distance with a partner(s) which romance precludes. The spiralling fashion of sex which is now quite separate from its bedfellow, ‘love’ is an example of this. Oh, didn’t you know? It’s a very common phenomenon to not love the person with whom you are expressing the ~~sincerest~~ deepest form of intimacy it is possible to physically share.

So, now I am old enough to wax wise about the youth of today. Live long enough and you do turn into your parents.

Wait, have I made the point yet? Are we all clear on the difference? Romanticism is a sort of hormonal deception induced by an idea which expands and then transcends reality. A romantic view is a distorted view. Probably a trick of nature employed to help populate the world. Now that the world is over-populated perhaps Mother Nature is guilty of introducing the current trend mentioned above. If so, there is room for improvement as man's physical equipment remains intact.

Spiritualism is not a trick; it is a valid way of interpreting the potential chaos or apparent order that we call life. It defies definition so it is easily confused with both romanticism and religion. Rather it is the opposite of materialism – it is that which is intuited rather than that which is proven. It is the gaps into which objects are placed, it is also present in the objects. It is where your ideas originate. In order to understand it, you have to experience it. To experience it requires a brave leap of faith or a willingness to place your rational intellect on hold. Or it just comes naturally. Spirit is invisible energy like electricity. It is like sound but does not require a sense of hearing. It has no beginning and no end. I (we) came from spirit, I am (we are) spirit contained in human form, I (we) will return to spirit.

It's way more fun than religion, romanticism or sex.

Lord Judge

2010-11-13T11:48:00.008Z

Speaking on a mother’s act of the ‘mercy killing’ of her son, Lord Chief Justice Judge, whose name makes the word God pale into an acronym said that (the son’s) life – no matter how restricted – was still precious. He said, “However disabled (he) might have been, a disabled life, even a life lived at the extremes of disability, is not one jot less precious than the life of an able-bodied person."

Everything held important within our code of living stems from this apparently collective belief. Why not extend it to all life and include animals other than human animals and mammals and question how we deal with the extinction of the life of any organic matter?

Does the Lord Chief Justice explain the grounds for his statement – is he religious, spiritual, a traditionalist, the upholder of the contents of a dusty tome? Does he speak on behalf of a higher authority?

What is his ruling on the life of the terminally ill? What about the suicide of the rational person who has finished? Is the rule linked to our collective fear and ignorance around death or is it linked to a stronger more positive belief in life’s purpose? If so, how does the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge know all this? Is his insight part of the school curriculum? If he is performing a role and these are his lines, who wrote the script? Was it channelled?

Time for a re-think.

2010-11-12T13:26:00.001Z

I remember getting to a time where I had my place in the world figured out, but now, through the foggy mist of change I notice that all is not as it once was. It is harder to think in the way I used to think because as the result of the changes, I have changed – as have we all. I have some confusion now whereas it was important for me not to be confused before: so with the outside-of-me changes and the inside-of-me changes how do I chart my route? Good job I have studied the stars. Also there are general standards of ‘being’ linked, in general, to one’s age. So, what I saw as a blinding revelation at age 38 may not be possible to experience in the same way at age 58 (even if I hadn’t experienced it before). Or, I might be wrong there – how is it possible to know.

I learned to think independently before. Now, having lived longer, the habit of not bothering to spend so much time thinking independently is kicking in. I am outnumbered by the mainstream. However I do notice that the world’s problems are still the same. There seems to have been no improvement in the big issues surrounding education, health care, employment, unemployment, homelessness, care of the elderly, the legal and penal systems and the inequalities that abound throughout the world. I mentioned this in the previous post and it made me think further. Not in a hands on, down to earth practical way but in a what is really behind this situation sort of way.

Is it practical to assume that more money injected into the areas of life mentioned above will solve the problems? It doesn’t work, or if it does, so far it is unperceivable. The rationale behind solving the current problems seems to be to raise awareness in order to raise money to pay more or better people - or more and better people to tackle the jobs. This is the political master plan. More people it is easy to visualise. What about better? What is a better person? More qualified for the job? More experienced? More caring? More not just in it for the money?

There are many implications in politics which politicians never address because it is outside the role of politician. Perhaps this is the primary reason why democracy hasn’t worked so far. The government is run by people who take an impersonal view of everything so what we have is an impersonal system which fails often to address individual needs. Paradoxically, by the time we have evolved enough to fix this problem people will not have so many needs to be met, if any at all. So, it seems to all be a part of the natural scheme of things, the chain of action and reaction. A quantum leap would be good at this point – it would save a lot of time. Time, that is, spent with people suffering.

We have the raw materials: people who can be good and decent given the right conditions. Advanced technology to address the problems of everyone on the face of the earth. But does it? If our technology is so advanced, why are there poor sick and hungry and miserable people all over the world? Again, technology is impersonal.

So, to sum up so far without thinking very hard, here on planet Earth with issues of perspective: how do we ‘govern’ or look after individuals while we are looking after ‘everyone’? I think the problem is an Aquarian one which perhaps exists as a result of shifting into the Age of Aquarius. The polar opposite sign of the zodiac is Leo which is as personal as Aquarius is impersonal. Leo is regal – the main fixed star in this sign is Regulus. So we have the king at one end of the pole and the common man, ‘everyman’ at the other. Right now in history the common man is trying to govern the king. We have greater freedom, there is less imposition. In 2000 years we will have evolved to a place where less freedom will be seen as better. We will be looking to a stronger focus for authority which in yet another 2000 years will evolve into a world of philosophers and travellers: we’ll be well into space at this time. At this point it requires much imagination to see how we might get there. If we spend the next 2000 years fine-tuning our capacity for the impersonal, that too could take us off into outer space.

I am thinking myself into a hypothesis where individuals are supposed to stop caring so much about themselves. I had not thought of this as being anything I wanted to consider. But I suppose if we individually stop suffering so much we will not need to be helped so much. If our focus is led elsewhere our personal needs will be less apparent.

Is this possible?

My Solar Return

2010-11-11T15:27:00.004Z

Honesty has become fashionable, apparent honesty, that is, for who knows what people really believe. This is good so long as we do not confuse it with truth in the way that some people confuse spirituality with religion.

We all write about what we think. But we seem to be stuck in a bit of a rut – the rut of the expression being the end in itself. These few words are an example. How will endless talk solve the problems that continue to exist despite our great openness: the problems associated with education, health care, the justice and penal systems, democracy, the imbalance of the material and the spiritual?

Within all of this, and perhaps most important of all, are our personal struggles, for it is individuals who make up the group. We are each at a different stage in our personal evolutions. We are born into a context which will set the stage for the life to be lived. We demonstrate free will within our changing context: we are creating and have created our lives. When we leave this material time-plane of existence our essence will continue to exist and our contribution will continue to be experienced.

So the personal goal is subsumed within the general goal? It is not as simple as our words would have it seem: as soon as a definition is achieved the multidimensional plot changes. Within this apparently material world everything about us is ephemeral.

Next year, if I am in the time zone CST my solar return (when the sun returns to the degree and minute of arc it was at at the time of birth) will be at 11.11PM. on 11-11-11. I’m trying to decide if I believe in the ‘meaning’ enough to make the trip.

Birthday Spirit

2010-10-19T13:45:00.002+01:00

There is a way to say hello to your dearly departed and they to you – if you were as close to them as I was to Jean, and if you are an astrologer who has experience with the esoteric side of life.
Jean and I had ‘vibes’ in common which is why we resonated so well together. Astrology is the art of deciphering the vibes. Today would heve been her birthday which means that the sun is at the same degree in the zodiac as it was when she was born back in 1923. Attendant upon that fact, my vibes (the person who is me) resonate with the rest of her vibes which are triggered by this placement of the sun. (Astrologers measure the sky geocentrically – we know the sun doesn’t move, it just ‘appears’ that way…)

There is a version of the birthday chart which turns it into a spiritual chart for the day rather than a mundane chart. Here is the chart showing Jean in spirit for today (the outer wheel) against my birth chart. It tells me an enormous amount about how her apparently departed energy is impacting still on my own. To see today’s tribute slideshow, scroll down.

Everyone Is A Writer Now

2010-09-11T14:09:00.002+01:00

I really must get back to my blog.
Why?
Today is Will’s birthday.
Good reason. Why else?
Fatuousness. Everyone is a writer now.
Off you go then.

Stephen Hawking recently said that everyone needs the space and time to have ideas. I agree. I have etched out my space and time. I tell a friend how I spend my days, and they say ‘Maybe you are content?’
I have no complaints about my life other than that I am none too productive but I do keep up most of my maintenance duties while procrastinating quite a bit over paperwork.

When I step out into the world and look around – a couple of times a week - I notice the people who are passing time and those who are clearly working. Mostly it is the older people who are passing time while some are struggling to get through the day. Middle age and young people seem to have a sense of purpose.
Do I have a sense of purpose?
No, but if one appears I will ask it in. Tick tock.

I remember when I had a sense of purpose and I am beginning to think it might be a biological thing linked to survival issues because one needs that sense of urgency at that time in life in order to keep going. When you become older it is not so important anymore - in an evolutionary sense. Society endorses this by doling out retirement pensions after age 60. So the earlier sense of purpose is a chemical trick because if you vividly and honestly know you will grow old and die it might take the edge off ambition. So pre-retirement people are more prone to states of illusion as an inherent biological weapon against complacency.

Why does Nature want us homo sapiens to ‘keep going’ till age 60?

Because we each need that much time (or sometimes not) to fulfil our individual life plan, the one that’s in our genes. I don’t know why.

Is that it?
Will it do?
I suppose so - as there are no standards.

How to live.

2010-08-20T11:03:00.000+01:00

It’s OK. Don’t panic. Don’t go into that downward slide into depression or anxiety or wherever you tend to go. Whatever it is, it’s OK.
That’s it. That’s all you need.
Now work it out. It’s not a trick. Whatever you need to do or not do, to be or not be, it’s ok. You know there will be consequences whatever you do, so no surprise there.
All you have to do is to get through each day until there are no more left. Then it’s over.

Audio

2010-07-22T13:54:00.001+01:00

I continue to archive Jean's and my audio letters from 1989, uncovering recitals as I go. They can be 'heard' on the 'audio' page on the sidebar to the right here - and on the website.

The Perfect Person/birth-chart.

2010-07-11T09:46:00.002+01:00

I had to laugh at the thought of so many people frantically rehearsing ‘Silent Night’ this weekend in the hope of being selected to duet with Susan Boyle on her new album! It’s summer, Susan! Couldn’t you have picked something more, I don’t know, seasonal?*

So I picked up the guitar to see if I could still sing. It came out low. Lower than before as I am now much older. So then I put the guitar back down again.

And began to think of sensible things like, what would be the perfect birth-chart.

The perfect birth-chart/horoscope would have to have a sun in every sign as no one sign is any ‘better’ than any other. So, this would then need to apply to the other planets and the moon: there would have to be one in each sign.

What about the houses, how would they have to be arranged? What is the ideal rising sign? Is there one? No. Well, because the Earth rotates once a day on its axis and this is how each person’s rising sign is configured, the ideal person would have to spend all day, 24 hours taking his and her first breath. And be everywhere in the world at once.

The whole ‘Silent Night’ idea is clearly having an unusual effect on me.** But this is a useful idea because it shows how ‘incomplete’ we all are and how no-one can be perfect (sorry Virgos). It also shows how unique each one of us is, and most importantly it illustrates the course we might take to aspire to be a ‘better’ version of ourselves: this is the realisation that each one of us is a valid part of the whole. Because when you add us all up together, then we are ‘the ideal, perfect person’.

* OK it's winter elsewhere...
** more likely the total eclipse of the sun today which falls conjunct my natal Uranus.

‘May Night’, ‘Arabesque’ and ‘Movement Plastique’

2010-07-10T19:31:00.002+01:00

Jean’s playing of ‘May Night’, ‘Arabesque’ and ‘Movement Plastique’.

Jean's comments

2010-07-06T19:02:00.002+01:00

….In an audio letter which included the Brahms, (previous post ) Jean had this to say:

Brahms Clarinet Sonata

2010-07-06T18:56:00.005+01:00

Brahms Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2

This was Jean’s final performance on the clarinet after playing semi-professionally for 45 years. It is an amateur recording made in January 1990 at a concert in Berkeley, California before she left to take up residence in England and dedicate her remaining 20 years to the viola. She is playing with Reah Sadowsky.

More Audio

2010-07-03T16:35:00.002+01:00

Here is Jean in 1988 playing one of the Gymnopedie of Eric Satie and Debussy's Clair de Lune (my favourite).

Audio

2010-07-03T14:20:00.023+01:00

As an astrologer I record the sessions that I have with clients. Every so often a mysterious heartbeat enters the recording, usually at the most relevant part of the reading. It also entered a reading with Jean :

Jean with Simon

Arthur's explanation:

There has been a mysterious heartbeat that occurs on Gill’s tape-recordings with clients – can you say where this originates and why it is there?

The heartbeat is manifested by the spirit guide of the client when the most important subject comes up which the individual needs to recognize and explore, but is always the most resisted and difficult. It is an ethereal heart sound, not the one in the physical body, but still is the essence of that bodily origin.

Why does it occur on our recordings – it is apparently not a common phenomenon?

It would lose its purpose of emphasising an unusually important emotional aspect in discussion. It is a feature not all spirit guides choose to make this point.

Can you say why this has come to our awareness in particular? Do other astro-counsellors have similar psychic messages? And, do the clients hear the heart-beat message with understanding or should Gill listen for it and bring it to their attention?

Some spirit guides choose this method of emphasis because some persons are attuned to picking up the meaning in this sound. Gill is already responding to this by stressing feeling to you and her clients. Seems obvious to her, but it must be reiterated often and in many ways for some. Other astro-counsellors do receive psychic messages in sound or in brief visions, ideas suddenly at a moment of need etc. The heart-beat is particularly dramatic. It is there for Gill to use. By asking if the client heard it, she can initiate a valuable exchange. It can open another door.

Jean's anniversary

2010-07-01T13:55:00.006+01:00

Here is someone finding support in an apparently (momentary?) authentic Bible to lend support to an apparently unauthentic Muhammad (and Islam).

“There were no miracles to prove Muhammad’s claim of being a godly conduit. There were no healings, walking on water, parting seas, raising folks from the dead, or feeding multitudes. And there are no fulfilled prophecies, like the exacting and detailed predictions that Biblical prophets routinely made to demonstrate their divine authority. But the most troubling part about our absolute reliance on Muhammad’s testimony that he and his Qur'an were divinely inspired is that the prophet's character was as deficient, and his life was as despicable, as anyone who has ever lived.”

So, presumably, at least at the time of writing, the writer believes in the miracles that he mentions. He does use the phrase 'spiritual truth' - but does he know what it means?

I love this comparison because it lends a certain justification to all the stuff I rattle on about in this blog. What is a miracle? It’s something that we don’t understand. Do they happen nowadays? Yes……

What’s a religion? It’s a commonly held belief in a transpersonal power.

When your left and right brain stand in perfect balance, all will be revealed. (The key word is balance, not brain.)

***

Today I have the transiting sun opposite natal Chiron: I was almost reversed into on my motorbike by a guy backing out of a disabled parking bay; I was thrown a passing insult by three men sitting on the pavement in the sun and I was stung on my neck by a lethal insect. Plus an old friend in the worst of places phoned up for a word about some medication. A graphic illustration of the wounded healer archetype.

Jean died one year ago: we are doing better now.

If I Could Shut the Gate

2010-06-27T09:39:00.001+01:00

If I could shut the gate against my thoughts
And keep out sorrow from this room within,
Or memory could cancel all the notes
Of my misdeeds, and I unthink my sin:
How free, how clear, how clean my soul should lie,
Discharged of such a loathsome company!
Or were there other rooms without my heart
That did not to my conscience join so near,
Where I might lodge the thoughts of sin apart
That I might not their clamorous crying hear,
What peace, what joy, what ease should I possess,
Freed from their horrors that my soul oppress!
But, O my Saviour, Who my refuge art,
Let Thy dear mercies stand ‘twixt them and me,
And be the wall to separate my heart
So that I may at length repose me free;
That peace, and joy, and rest may be within,
And I remain divided from my sin

Anon

Weird life.

2010-06-26T17:02:00.001+01:00

Weird life.
All that time, that rolls
Before and around me like an irregular sea.
A pulse of the world's breath beats like a hill;
Miles of time
To move in the mind of the tortoise,
Spacious years
For living and dying
The day-dance of may-flies over the water.

I have borrowed the slow heart-beat
That shortens the day
And swallowed time in a step too vast
To heed the scurry of rabbit-paths in the thickets.
I have ticked an hour into more aeons of time
Than can be counted or conceived by men
Stripped of empathy and
Armed with stones.

The ant burns away a long life. And the tree, In the onward rush of seasons.

Trees grow no taller than I;
They watch my life as I would watch an ant.
My day is a second in time - Their day is eternity
To a may-fly.

So what of my strange metabolism
Flung between the particle and the cosmos?
To what end my journeys, lonely as love,
To the last forts of reason?
Which way,
Through lands of a million clocks that tell no more
Than a dandelion puffed away in the wind?

Pam Crane

Comment

2010-06-24T08:48:00.007+01:00

I know that the mission of Scorpios (me) is commitment in one form or another, whereas for Libras (Jean) the deal is friendship. These two signs have plenty in common but there is an intensity with Scorpio that Libra often lacks. If you see each sign of the zodiac revealing a part of the natural cycle from the spring - starting at the equinox with Aries all the way through the year to Pisces - then Libra energy is drawing towards Scorpio and away from Virgo. Scorpio energy is drawing towards Sagittarius and away from Libra. This is oversimplified because the placement of the other planets and points in the astrological wheel of life forms the rest of the recipe, but just this much astrology shows why relationships are seldom easy. *

Also, love affairs are a 5th house thing whereas living together becomes an 8th house thing. People will usually be better at one than the other, depends on the state of your houses!

Then there are our parents. Astrology can confirm and add to psychological theories around the impact of parents on children.

Finally, it speaks well of my commitment and Jean’s friendship that we were able to live together mostly happily till the end of her life. I am very keen to address the topic, at some point, of how our society treats older people. I took a front row seat at the aging process and demise of first my father, then my mother then Jean. I saw a time arrive in each of their lives where, had it been possible, they would have checked out in the manner of a much-loved pet whose keeper had shown compassion and mercy. Scorpios especially like to be totally in control of themselves and their lives. I worry that my society will not allow me to live my life in the way I would prefer as I age and die.

*The qualitiy of every zodiac sign has its place in our life. This is just an example using the placement of the sun.

The Original X Factor

2010-06-17T08:27:00.000+01:00

The writer, Colin Wilson has written non-fiction books on metaphysical and occult themes. In 1971, he published ‘The Occult: A History’ featuring exegesis on Aleister Crowley, G. I. Gurdjieff, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Kabbalah, primitive magic, Franz Anton Mesmer, Gregor Rasputin, Daniel Dunglas Home, and Paracelsus (among others). He also wrote a markedly unsympathetic biography of Crowley, Aleister Crowley: The Nature of the Beast, and has written biographies on other spiritual and psychological visionaries, including Gurdjieff, C.G. Jung, Wilhelm Reich, Rudolf Steiner, and P.D. Ouspensky.

Originally, Wilson focused on the cultivation of what he called "Faculty X", which leads to an increased sense of meaning, and on abilities such as telepathy and the awareness of other energies. In his later work he suggests the possibility of life after death and the existence of spirits, which he personally analyzes as an active member of the Ghost Club.

Secret to a Happy Life

2010-06-16T19:30:00.002+01:00

Does your life revolve around objects? When it makes sense and it is possible, let those inanimate creatures come to you. For example, just because your keyboard sits on the desk in front of your screen does not mean it has to stay there. Use an extension lead and sit someplace else more comfortable when you type. I know I do.

The same goes for the monitor and the mouse. Place yourself where it pleases you most and then set everything up around you - because you, gentle reader, are the centre of your universe.

Everywhere I Go

2010-06-12T13:18:00.008+01:00

Jean and I re-arranged and recorded this cover of a song by 'The Westerleys' when Jean was about 75 and I was 46. Having never done anything together before, we get points for effort! I am the bass guitar and the frantic guitar and the higher voice. Jean is the piano, the viola and the lower voice.

For more samples of the pair of us please click on the AUDIO page to the right and hear numbers 20 - 22 from the PODBEAN collection.
Thanks!

The Passion and Art of Flying

2010-06-11T08:48:00.003+01:00

How could I have seriously considered having a face-lift, cosmetic surgery, when what I have been trying to do for so long is research my spiritual path, follow an inner journey, find my values within, study the esoterics of astrology and teach others how to find and identify their own most precious self within, rather than without. There is a connection between the superficial surface appearance of things, including our bodies, and the way we project our issues onto others, or, with unawareness, see the world through the filter of our accumulated experience.

How insecure I must have felt in relation to what I thought he saw in me. This relationship is surely a lesson in getting to know and accept another part of myself. It is also to do with practising the release of the fear that comes with the apparent losing of oneself in the other. Dissolution. Redemption?

Rather than loss there is the potential for creating something new, a new energy; the sense of loss is transformational, transitional. How can we lose what was always perhaps non-existent, impermanent - the sense of 'I'? However, I did for a moment, almost lose my connection with my spiritual values.

This is the risk associated with relationship, but how can we lose that which we do not possess, but may only at times share with the other?

The lesson as always is spiritual. Self confidence comes from within with spiritual props not cosmetic ones.

What about the art of flying? Is there a spiritual lesson involved in becoming a good pilot? Is there a connection, somehow, between the mastering of flying skills and the mastering of relationship skills? Patience, time, dedication, and belief. Energy springs from the BELIEF in what one does, and by association, what one is.

Energy dissipates when we project power (energy) to another person, and in so doing, give it away. Our energy comes from the universal source of life with which we may connect regularly, healthily, through creative activities and in loving acts; to see loving energy in the 'other' will reflect it back.

But what is the meaning of flight, for one to take to the skies? It is perhaps at root, a reaching toward reunion with All That Is - even for those pilots who prefer the power and excitement to the artistry and religion of it. It is also to escape the bonds of form, to engage with that which is formless, to reject illusion, merge with eternity, transcend reality.

We do this in different ways: in the sea, with music, with numbers with words: there are many ways to the centre. Direct mystical experience with All That Is occurs for people in many different situations in life. I am wondering why I want to learn to fly an aircraft. It started because I wanted to transcend unpleasant experience. I wanted distraction, a lift. It worked; I did transcend it at the time. But do I want to continue? Do I still find that my current experience needs transcending? I think not. Shall I continue with it as a pastime, a hobby? Might there be further rewards the nature of which, at present, I am unaware?

"Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are frightened because, when it appears, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path.
No one wants their life thrown into chaos. That is why a lot of people keep that threat under control, and are somehow capable of sustaining a house or a structure that is already rotten. They are the engineers of the superseded.
Other people think exactly the opposite: they surrender themselves without a second thought, hoping to find in passion the solutions to all their problems. They make the other person responsible for their happiness and blame them for their possible unhappiness. They are either euphoric because something marvellous has happened or depressed because something unexpected has just ruined everything.
Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive?"

'Eleven Minutes' - Paulo Coelho

I felt myself to be contained within his structure. If the walls around the fire are too confining the necessary air will not be able to keep the fire alight.

circa 2005

‘all our trials’

2010-06-06T08:27:00.001+01:00

I was struck by the story about the man who had apparently been in a vegetative state for 23 years and then a doctor involved in research on this subject discovered he could both hear and understand.

Which is worse, I asked myself having a dark disposition, finding yourself awake with no way of communicating with the world or your loved ones, or being locked up in prison for a crime you didn’t commit?

When I look around the world I see SO MUCH SUFFERING. My ex-husband, whom I love dearly, says it’s because I look for it. I ask, ‘Don’t you see it?’, he says, ‘No, there are plenty of happy people if you look for them.’

Well he’s right, I suppose. Actually, he’s right quite a lot of the time but do not tell him I said so.

This is why I found my way to an astrologer about 20 years ago. I knew there was something wrong with me but the doctors gave me a clean bill of health. I was at a low point – who in their right mind would go to an astrologer instead of jumping off Beachy Head like any normal desperate person?

The astrologer, who lived in a town 50 miles away and who knew zero about me, proceeded to tell me about myself in a way that God might if I dared to ask. How did she know all this stuff? This was powerful white man’s magic.

To cut the 20 year story short, it turns out that you can find out all about yourself through your birth chart (I might have mentioned this already). That’s pretty compelling, but what’s even better is that you can also find out about EVERYONE ELSE.

I have learned that ‘all our trials’ are here on purpose. We individuals create the whole idea and semantics of the word ‘trouble’ and all the other synonyms.

It is a hard one to swallow. I’m sitting around suffering with the best of them. I could write you a list of personal experiences where death and depression crop up a whole lot. Why do we have to go through mortal life anyway?

“Mortal life is only one possibility for spirit energy to experience. It is with your terms ‘have to go through’ that you make this a difficulty instead of one event rather than another. Energy (spirit) needs a ‘place’ to move. ‘Place’ also is a term you use to try making sense of what is mostly incomprehensible to you. So Earth is part of the cosmos you are currently (another time-term) acting in. All energy continues to, and is seeking, expression.

“As human beings, you have the task of working through Earth’s demands as you experience your own creativity. What you create expresses what you have grown to be and spiritual growth is the ultimate purpose of life. Even in this it is your responsibility to try to understand and freely choose its manifestation. The incarnating spirit does not particularise its choice as difficult."

Thank you I’d forgotten.

Is everyone enthusiastic about life once the decision is made?

“You use words describing human reactions. When the spirit determines to incarnate, he has acquired sufficient strength (energy) to accomplish the change to this new existence. He is aware that there is a great deal of experience needed to help correct that imbalance between physical and spiritual worlds but feels equal to it given the help he will receive when required. Perhaps you can call that enthusiasm. Spirit would say energy.”

That’s what happens; I sit down to write a perfectly innocent blog and all the heavy stuff kicks in. Atrologically, I have Jupiter in the 10th house which in simple terms describes my career or my ‘wannabe’ self, in a good way, as Jupiter is a friendly, happy energy. But opposing that energy, I have the sun, Saturn and Neptune in the 4th which is energy that wants to go inwards not outwards, and is not all friendly and happy. This is the road I am led to believe that I chose.

Once upon a time

2010-06-04T08:17:00.001+01:00

Once upon a time there was a Sad Lady who lived by the sea with her best friend, The Musician and their 2 large tabby cats called, Timmy and Tansy, who were brother and sister.

Sometimes the Sad Lady would take The Musician on the back of her splendid Silver Motorbike so that they could have a fast, exciting ride along the motorway and then down the winding lane into the countryside where they both longed to be, for this was the best place to find Pure Energy. If you have Pure Energy you can do lots of things without feeling tired or unhappy. The Sad Lady needed a regular supply of Pure Energy so that she could have some moments when she did not feel too sad.

One day The Musician hurt her back. She hurt it so badly that she had to spend a long, long time in the hospital. When she came home she could no longer climb onto her seat on the back of the Silver Motorbike, because now her back was too stiff.

It was very important for the Musician to feel happy and fresh because she had the responsibility of writing pleasing and unusual music for all the people who lived both by the sea and not by the sea. This is the way she could pass on the Pure Energy.

So the Sad lady decided it would be a good thing to try and find a motorbike with three wheels and a step. This would make it possible for her friend to sit on the back once again, by way of the step, so that she could continue to enjoy their fast ride into the countryside to find supplies of Pure Energy.

First they tried out one sort:

Then another:

You might be wondering why the Sad Lady was sad since she lived with the Musician who wrote pleasing and unusual music; but that is another story and we will get to it a bit later on.

First Memories

2010-06-03T08:09:00.004+01:00

It was a bright morning and the sun was warm. I was sitting on top of the front gate looking at eye-level along the top of the box hedge which bordered the small front garden, looking deep into the world of the hedge. Then, out of nowhere I became aware of my self as separate from the world outside me. At three or four years old it was easy to examine the tiny cobwebs and watch the ladybirds come and go. For the first time I began to feel that I had an identity and a destiny, although I didn't think of it with those words.

I remember making an effort on that sunny morning to hang onto this new awareness, to try and make something of it, understand it. I did not fear losing it, but I did not know what I should do with it. It made me feel special but also that now I possessed a mysterious responsibility. In the sun and the morning air, alone with the hedge, it was a dazzling epiphany that I've retained till now.

Already I liked sunny days best of all. Already I understood the driving force of love and already I wanted more freedom. Freedom from the looming promise of school, from the worry of growing up? Did I sense pressures ahead already? At least I would not have the responsibilities of a boy. All I had to do was go to school, climb onto the plateau of adulthood to find a common knowledge, and then get married. If this feeling was a symptom of modern society I acquired it before I knew anything about the ways of people. I knew about my parents, my two older brothers, the street beyond the front gate where other children played, and the school over the big fence where soon I would have to go.

Life before school was as sweet as Mother's home-made ginger beer. My house stood next to the school fence. I would look out of my bedroom window during the afternoon - when at my most alert I was supposed to nap - over to the playground full of noise and movement. This was not something I was looking forward to. I felt best when I looked out of the window at the early morning blue sky and heard the sound of machinery from the nearby gravel-pits. Everything seemed vast and endless, uninterrupted by people and confusion. The day smelled fresh and new. I was one with it all. I also liked the dusk when the people whose energies consumed the world's energy gradually faded back into their houses, and the bright day's noises stopped.

On these early mornings, unable to restrain myself and without knowing why, I quietly escaped the house while my parents slept. I would scale the huge side-gate and then run like the wind to the other end of the road where it met the busy main road into town. Here was the bridge over the fast River Lavant where I watched the water-weeds sway in the current, and then I'd climb down the bank to look for brightly coloured newts. What made it thrilling was the early hour. It was even worth the punishment.

Some people, like me, feel divided by the number of people they are with, some feel multiplied by the presence of others, more complete. I knew before I started school that I would have to go there for such a long time that the end was not even in sight. Before school-age, time was all around me, unstructured. When school came, time stretched ahead interminably. I realised there was no way out of it. I would have preferred to skip it altogether, to just watch from a distance. I would have preferred to move straight to the safe plateau of adulthood, to avoid all the snakes and climb one long ladder. I did not need to prove myself or compete with my peers. Undistracted, I could have learned so much without education.

Without the remotest chance of ever being allowed to do what I wanted, and constantly taunted in the school playground by the sight of my home over the fence, I would lie to the dinner-lady, that I wouldn't be able to come to school much longer because I had to go to America. I think she believed me - it was an improbable thing for a five-year old to invent in 1957. I didn't know where or what America was, but it must have seemed to me the ultimate in big and far-away.

To kill time I found escape in loving. My first teacher was the most important person in my life, wiser even than my parents, therefore the first object of my affection. I found escape in this feeling of loving attachment. In my newly crowded life at school it was the nearest feeling to that which had stirred me in those early mornings and dusks but which seldom returned now that I was burdened with my schooldays. In my dreams I was a sort of Peter Pan - and I would rescue my teacher from different perilous situations to earn praise and affection. I longed to lose myself in these dreams; I fell asleep at night dreaming them up before I fell into sleep. I never told a soul and it didn't interfere with my equally intense love for my mother.

In junior school there were times when I was so bored that I couldn't join in - I was willing enough, not yet a rebel, but it was as hard a suffering as I had yet had to bear to sit in a classroom listening to a boring person telling me boring things I didn't care about while the real world beat down outside the windows and I was missing it. I remember the fresh grass-smell of escape at break-time.

And in those long lessons I would think: here I am now, it is now, and later I will be able to look back on this time, this time will not last. And my sense of me would grow so big that it filled the room, and the teacher with the droning voice and the other children and the blackboard faded a little.

By secondary school the family had moved to the other side of town and by a strange quirk of fate our new home was again situated next door to the school. Another life-sentence: I counted up the years still to go - seven - beyond which I could still not see the future. For the first two of them, dressed in a large, brown and green uniform with thick bottle-green worsted bloomers and a brown pill-box hat sprouting an embarrassing tassel, I joined in the fiasco as best I could, terrified of some teachers, in love with others.

And then, one day, I discovered the local riding stables and as soon as I encountered this new world it immediately took precedence over school and I was able to allow myself early release from my sentence: attending as required, but in body only, never again in spirit. Somewhere into year four I gave up attending on a regular basis altogether. I would furtively change out of my uniform behind the bushes on the canal tow-path, and then cycle the four miles to the stables, drowning in freedom. I was finally expelled in year six

These schooldays spent at the stables were the best of my young life: I'd been waiting for this since consciousness dawned on the garden gate by the box hedge. I loved the animals, I loved my liberty and, inevitably, I loved the one in authority. I lost my heart, I thought of nothing else, this was all I ever wanted or needed.

The Last Word From Arthur

2010-06-01T08:17:00.000+01:00

I (Jean) feel that now I might be able to once again contribute to a life with Gill by opening a channel with you Arthur, and the others you refer to. Do you think it is timely for me to do this now? If so, will you introduce me to whoever else is with you?

Yes, it is timely, especially as you and Gill are at a low ebb in spiritual energy. But both of you will receive the strength you need for rebuilding as you request it. The ‘others’ to whom I referred are part of intertwining spirits’ energies spreading over the greater spirit realm. All of us reinforce each other and have been a part of that power source at some time. As Gill has acknowledged her spirit guide (she has named, Will) it is to him she addresses herself for he is really the most able to respond to her needs even with the difficulty of lack of verbal communication. However, because of the nature of union in your life with Gill, I respond as well. We are the entities attuned to the earthly trials so stressful to you and prepared to help.

How and why exactly did I recover so well from my spinal surgery?

You recovered so well because you perfectly accepted your ability to heal. You trusted those providing care at every level and were especially strengthened by Gill’s presence and care. Within you is a deep, deep faith that you will recover supported first, by help from spirit energy as it infuses all those who offered care and those who sent spiritual love in thoughts.
The question suggested there must be a specific purpose in saving this particular life or extending it so long. For you, adjusting to the weakening of various faculties as you age is a big challenge (purpose) to accept in the same way as healing spinal surgery. If you can see these changes as unhampering, you will be able to seek a purpose.

You once said in answer to our question: Why do we have to go through mortal life anyway? And why Earth? That “Mortal life is only one possibility for spirit energy to experience. It is with your terms ‘have to go through’ that you make this a difficulty instead of one event rather than another. ……’
We look around the world and see such daily suffering. Are you saying that we are responsible for making this up and that it is not really so?

Suffering is real. You do not make it up. It is, however, part of all sentient beings’ experience. The recognition of its universality leads it to increase the most positive of actions as the need to relieve it moves more and more people in the world to act.

Will there ever be a time when sentient beings will not suffer?

Yes. To reach that point that you call suffering will be less and less painful and more manageable even in extremes. Healing will be an automatic and successful response to all creatures, from all creatures.

Is there existence for energy anywhere in the universe which we might think is worse than life on Earth?

Yes, you would conceive it so.

Can you please suggest a specific project that will excite our spiritual energies or must it be a matter of our own creativity?

No. It will come from your own creativity.

Is it our choice at some level, and in the present time, to pass on into spirit? If not, why not?

No. God is life’s force, a gift he shares with each of his earthly creatures. You were taken from spirit realm for further creative living on Earth, particularly to develop skill in healing. He has not granted freedom to return to spirit when you choose. He will determine it.

Is the slow rhythm of our current routine likely to continue at this pace for both of us for the winter season and beyond?

I would not predict such a time of slow pace. For the present (as you know) you can find variable tempo in following stories on the TV (DVD), reading, both fiction and non-fiction, and even news etc. as you do. Such stimulation may lead to a change of your own devising.

Gill has a question which seeks to further understand the world of spirit: we understand that spirit exists neither in time or place and that spirit is somehow aware of all possible outcomes and potential outcomes. This being so, why is it not possible for you to ‘see’ or ‘feel’ the energy of what we would call ‘the future’, perhaps in the same way that you have an overview of ‘the past’?

Being aware of all possibilities does not make spirit ‘see or feel’ which will occur at any one instant. In the next moment it may have changed. The ‘future’ is not set in a timeless world.

When spirit connects with our world on Earth, are you limited in expression according to our human limitations? Is it not possible to enhance our awareness through your presence?

Spirit is limited by human abilities of expression and comprehension. Sometimes it is a result of contact to make you more aware through our presence, and in so doing enhance the connection, but we have to bypass confusion to achieve this.

Please will you help me to articulate my faith and express the purpose of my life now and the reason for life with Gill and others?

1. Your faith is an unquestioning knowing and feeling of unity with the Creator. No words of yours can make that available to others. It must come unsought as it did to you.
2. Your purpose now is to experience the physical world through your physical body as it matures. Through your life you have appreciated the creation of the natural world and the creation man has made of it. Where there are needs you can recognise and assist in fulfilling, you do it regardless of your lessening vitality.
3. Gill has always felt there must be a reason for everything she sees, touches, hears etc., and if she thought carefully she could learn what it is. Moreover she feels it is incumbent on her as it explains why you live on this earth. If you can also seek the underlying meaning of experience, whether it is an unusual series of numbers, the crying of seagulls, or children playing on the beach, it should liven you both with a sense of purpose. In other words there is purpose in every effort, in every effort (sic), to understand what goes on in the world where you live. You, Jean, haven’t found the need to know, but it would help you to live with Gill which you deeply want, if you open your mind to them. Pay attention to even fleeting explanations. You do respond ‘psychically’ if you allow it. It is a wonderful coupling for you if you can, as you will lose the sense of guilt which otherwise spoils it. Gill will feel it worth the effort she has expended on you.

Does Gill have a special “gift”?
What is her ‘passion’ or ‘dream’, perhaps ‘life-purpose’?

Gill knows better than most that every soul comes to incarnate with ‘special gifts’. That is the purpose of creating everyone unlike any other. She is really asking what sets her apart to recognise her ‘life-purpose’. If she just knew that, she can get on with it.
In fact asks it exactly, ‘what is my dream, my passion, etc. No one including spirits observing souls on earth can make that choice. Making that choice is the ‘special requirement’ (gift) of each one. There is no mistake whatever is chosen. At this point spirits are able to help.

Will spirit help by answering my plea If not, why not?
Gill has built increasing understanding of this difficult world through study of astrology. She has successfully counselled others using this ability. For her I would advise that she use that technique on herself. Every request for help is answered. It doesn’t read like a text or reference. She still must work out what to do, but ideas will arise especially if she writes anything that comes to mind.
Jean, sit at the keyboard for daily practice to acquire some increase of technique to help in composing. Ideas are there. You need to develop and finish the started piece.

(Gill asks if there is such a thing as karma.) It seems that there has been a surge of energy lately, perhaps it was what Diana has referred to. Could you enlighten us further about this and say if the positive effects will remain? Does it explain Gill’s effort towards greater discipline and my queasiness? If so, why would that be?

The surge of energy you perceive is real. To adjust to any such change in your world is demanding. There is karma following life-times; it too is demanding. Gill has made a habit of ‘paying as you go’. She will find it easier than many.

We ask for spirit’s help time and again, which you say we should do, but you say it is up to us to take a different view, to change the way to view our reality. Is there no outside force impacting on our lives at this time at all? For example, the change into a higher frequency of energy described by Karen Bishop.

Yes, but not like plugging into an electric socket. Change in higher vibrating frequency is building in the whole world daily affecting ever larger numbers of people positively.

THE END (1st JUNE, 2008)

Thank you. Arthur ~ and thank you, Jean

No one can offend the Creator

2010-05-31T16:10:00.001+01:00

Elaine has been having unusual contacts with spirit in her house including a hand on her back in the bath, and half-seeing someone on the stairs, and a ‘ghost-cat’ running across the bed and hearing someone say her name. Could you say if this has anything to do with her intention to buy a house and move? If not, what is it about and how should she react to it in order to benefit most?

It is up to her whether she is really ready to use her psychic abilities to contact spirit directly. That is what is being suggested. It is not connected to the house consideration but rather to call attention to how close she is to taking that step toward finding guidance through her own efforts to meet her own spirit guide.

Hello, Arthur. We would like to share our feeling of thankfulness with you today, Thanksgiving Day. And ask if the peculiar feeling and sensation that Gill has been experiencing this week is connected with what is known as ‘Ascension’. Are we truly being lifted, and raised in our spirits by a great, positive spiritual energy which is the result of humankind reaching the critical mass of ‘believers’ ?

This splendid feeling you are experiencing is indeed connected with ‘Ascension’, an ongoing effort in which the great, positive spiritual energy you refer to is the result of an increasing desire for peace and subsidence of violence in all humankind. Do not ascribe this only to a critical mass of particular ‘believers’ for their number worldwide is small, but if you include all who have faith in any god, who pray for developing human goodness with the same expectation of what you designate and interpret as ‘Ascension’, then all are truly experiencing uplift and raised spirits and thereby bless all people.

Dear Arthur, please will you help me, boost my energy, to make a link with you today. Is it good if you and I continue to communicate? Sometimes I feel as if I am meddling in an area that is nothing to do with me.

Greetings. This new attempt to contact with me is neither good nor bad. In a most inner sense you do not want to experience any more of my nature. It still frightens you and makes it very, very difficult for you. However, your willingness to try is ‘good’. Also your desire to share it with Gill for that is ‘true’, it is heart-felt and mostly unselfish. You respect the belief that a person is entitled to his thoughts unmolested. You feel you are meddling any time you ask how a person thinks or feels about a subject he has not addressed himself. Also, when no answers are available to you on any topic you feel pressed to make some reply. Then you actually are meddling. It is a fine line to discriminate when you have received an answer. Asking if it is right is not much help because even that is influenced by our mutuality. It is up to you how much you are willing to channel – you will do better if you say ‘no’ to a request when you aren’t feeling able and also to leave questions unanswered when you are really unsure. Good luck.

Please will you reassure Jean that you are always with her even if she feels that you are not. And that your only purpose is to help her in any way that she wants to be helped. And that she is not offending God.

No one can offend the Creator. We are as he made us and that includes all of our thoughts and behaviours. Jean does not feel abandoned by ‘spirits and guardian angels’, call them what you may, she has lost what others call ‘faith’ in that language. Her belief is a very private and nebulous concern for her just now. To particularise her experience of it is nearly unbearable and especially to attempt to define it for that destroys her sense of it. Words won’t do it. But she acknowledges spiritual aid from Providence. Fortunately her prayers need no verbalizing.

Will you say something about the huge resistance that Jean feels to this process of channelling – whether it is basically a good discipline to practise at this time?

It is small wonder that channelling is so painful and so unrewarding to Jean. Her whole interest is to satisfy Gill’s need to know, but it terrifies her to accept that responsibility regardless of Gill’s insistent reminder that interpretation is not up to her. But how can she rely on all that chaos in her mind to reveal anything of value and to pick out what is intended. She feels that if she prepares answers to the questions in this way she is transgressing on her own sense of integrity. She cannot separate her own thoughts from what she is required to believe is another’s voice. This is the reason for her resistance to channelling. This makes her very unstable in this effort and even physically ill. She does help herself with healing, but is very shaky. So we will (she and I) rely on silent communication in order to re-build and to strengthen Jean’s self-belief that she is doing no wrong in continuing to try channelling. It is right to reduce the frequency until she feels more at ease with this work however.

Please will you comment on the white lion, Marah?

(only one word came through at this time: ‘rebirth’.)

Dear Arthur,
Please be there.
Gill is desperate for your help and guidance.
Please tell her how to exist without 1) depression 2) alcohol

Gill, to exist as you ask your job is to choose to turn away from regarding your world, including your physical body on a depressing downward spiral. Now you are choosing nothing of joy or spiritual uplift. The natural world upon which you relied in the past seems to have failed you. You simply haven’t made the choices that have supported you in the past. Actually it is just as able to raise your spirit out of depression as ever and needs no alcohol either. To suggest, even if you hate the idea, of walking in the country and exercise daily is the recommendation. None of this is new and I expect you will not feel this is positive help at all. What the message is particularly is that you have the job. I am here as are others. You seek our guidance directly and you will develop your own spiritual strength and discover your way to us.

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spirits have no name

2010-05-30T09:44:00.002+01:00

(Question composed by Jean)
Why am I still alive? What should I be doing now in this lifetime?
How will it produce meaning and direction for me if I find faith in God?

You chose longevity as a condition of this lifetime - a big challenge. The task you chose pre-birth was to better understand and experience human relationships. You wanted to overcome resistance to participate in life with love. You are capable of showing empathy and compassion, but stopped by fear, by lack of belief in your higher self and your God. After all this time, and even unremembered failures in previous lifetimes, you can still succeed in your task if you will just begin to seek earnestly to find God (good) everywhere as I repeatedly have urged. Meaning and direction will be found there.

How might Shirley have direct contact with Robert?

Shirley will become more aware of Robert's continuing spirit presence if she meditates on him in a place they particularly liked together. It is rarely possible for direct communication, that is, verbal messages in her mind, but she will feel his warmth and know certainly he will always be with her.

Graham suspects his cousin is his guide - or does he have another spirit guide?

It is unusual for a physical relative when in spirit to assume the role of guide. In this case it is so.

Did you say: "The collective accumulates Earth experience from individuals for it is whole spirit-energy that will lead to reunion with All That Is." Have I found the right words here?

The reference to the collective was to include all souls not just previous Earth's incarnates - that is, from the whole infinite universe toward one final unity.

Why exactly is Earth, out of the whole infinite universe, so attractive to spirit-energy?

In all the universe, this is the 'place' where the need for balance between the physical and the spiritual is most pronounced as all dualities are there. It is just what spirits find attractive - to work for that balance.

Why does Gill always feel 'unreasonably restricted' - how can she break away from this repeating pattern?

'Unreasonable' suggests that the restrictions should not be imposed. It is how Gill perceives them that makes them 'unreasonable'. Everyone has some, from big incapacities of body or mind, to the many little things that block you. The challenge is to live with what is yours. If you want to be a dancer but become lame you would see it as unreasonable restriction - 'why me?' But you find an alternative which doesn't require mobility. Look for alternatives to what you find restricting.

11th February 2005
(Question composed by Jean)

Please, Arthur, can you help me (and Gill) at this juncture of our lives. I have rejected continuing the common interest we have shared in conversations with you because I no longer feel it possible for me to carry on channelling without a deep sense of belief, now missing, that it is right and true to do so. At present my belief in direct contact with spirit has seemed to disappear even though I now ask for your help. Is it still an 'act of bravery' to try again or only the fear of life without Gill's caring? Is that a good enough reason to continue the attempt? You said spiritual growth and learning should arise out of any activity we choose. If not channelling, can you suggest another way?

Your interest in spiritual life has grown out of Gill's enthusiasm and does not stem from your own curiosity. You have learned and accepted some of the ideas but feel that few benefit you in earthly time. This, as well as your disbelief, is the source of your difficulties in willingness to participate as a true partner. Gill has observed that you cannot manufacture an 'obsession' at will. This is what has interfered with development of eagerness to channel and overcome reluctance to face your fears. You want the benefits of partnership but lack the heart-felt desire required to do the work. Nevertheless, I have reminded you again and again that you have known the security of faith in your Creator, the bliss of days in that knowledge and the ability to find its strength again. It is this support you must have and recognise it to continue to channel. At this time I do not wish to suggest any other way, for this (channelling) is the best possibility to continue and develop the value of a joint effort on your spiritual paths. If you can manage it, going together is superior to going alone. However weak your own interest in spirituality seems, it is growing and should be encouraged. Stay with it.

Gill is very interested in the new ‘spiritual warrior’ group that she has been invited to join. Will you tell us if you think it is a good idea and if Kochab is a ‘real’ spirit with good intentions? Also, Paul says that his personal guide is Eusebius the former 2nd century bishop. May we ask if this is right?

Remember that spirits have no name. In their various earthly incarnations they are associated with particular persons even as Will and I are so united with you and Gill. When we become disengaged from this association we will no longer have these names although we will retain some attributes from this alliance. Individuals largely create from spirit the guides they feel will serve them best. Paul has chosen Eusebius with whom he identified according to an inner consonance with this persona. It is as ‘right’ as Arthur and Will.
Kochab is another spirit creation, a real one, called into existence by the need to give shape and to guide by offering suggestions to the group which is currently still forming. He is not malevolent or beneficent. He offers what is needed to proceed in the direction chosen by the group who unconsciously have called him into being. If Gill can find the strength and energy to contribute, it is a good idea to take part. She has much to give should she choose.

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Is there other organic life in the universe?

2010-05-29T13:29:00.001+01:00

Please help Gill find the right direction…………

Spiritual goals are the aim and purpose of Gill's life. She knows she is testing and being tested. Recently she has recovered more quickly from disappointments and this has given her a bit more strength to face new challenges. She has undertaken difficult consultations with a good measure of detachment, understanding and compassion. These improvements are excellent especially in the current unsettled circumstances. Clearly she has been on a right path. I cannot suggest a particular change of direction as she must choose that for herself, but she has improved in self-control (belief - thought she may not recognise this), so that she is not wasting her own vital resources as she works out what next. We are here to help with 'rightness'. There will be new ideas occurring to her particularly in relation to you. We are here to help with that, too, as this is basic to the need for change.

At her stage of practise, is it possible for Gill to intuit the level with which a soul is working?

Where they are working is often very difficult to determine. Some are in a sense resting even though they have achieved much in previous life experience. Others seem to be racing along, certain of the path, only to find they are mistaken and must start again. For those who really have arrived at a clear sense of direction, Gill intuits accurately now. It is useful in analysing clients' charts to try, even if incorrect. To those just beginning Earth experience, and those nearly through, what she says will be just as helpful to one as to the other.
I have remarked before that astrological work is more an art than a science. Intuition is the main source of knowing, as all artists finally discover. Gill needs more practice to be sure of the more unclear individuals - but she is doing well with most.

Please will you give an example or two of Graham's previous experience in either the physical universe or multi-dimensional universe?

The universe is not divided into 'parts'. The spirit energies which created Earth gave form and sensory equipment to experience it in this way. Apart from Earth, which is one of a kind, there is no other formed as you created it, no place to find with a telescope. You know that spirits are pure energy spinning to create 'light'. All That Is allows darkness in order that his infinite divisions would seek growth (greater energy) to reunite in the one Great Spirit which is all light. To meet this universal need, spirits are attracted to each other to increase energy by merging, and then attracted to darkness to dispel it. Their creative energy provides an experience, not another Earth, but other indescribable situations where darkness is. I cannot explain what this is like for you, for you haven't any way to perceive it.

Will you give an example of the nature of our experience elsewhere in this physical universe or in other dimensions?

This is answered above. This is what you were experiencing. Basically increasing light energy by merging in the nature of your experience.

Can you say how much more Earth experience each of us is likely to have, and how much we have had already?

This is determined in the spirit dimension. It is not how much you need, but rather the collective contribution.

Is the universe finite?

It is not finite. It is unlimited.

Has Gill ever 'flown' (been a pilot or similar) before?

At one 'time' she mastered the art of out-of-body flying. This act of flight is one of the basic drives toward freedom, one way or another, in all of her life.

Please do you have any further advice on how each of us can live most profitably through this eclipse period with its ongoing pressures?

Both of you practise acknowledging you are good persons in need of releasing negative attitudes. Be truly appreciative and certain of the spiritual help always available to you. Ask for it. To rid yourself of inertia (negativity) it would be one good use of the strong energies which are pushing for action to care for the garden whenever weather allows. Caring for growing things in the earth creates positive energy, helping to improve your energy balance. Stay as physically active as you can with walks and Tai Chi, but don't get too tired. Try to endure the limitations of climactic conditions unemotionally, but enjoy the clear moments without sighing because they are few or must go. Accentuate the positive. Stay as mentally active as you can expanding your knowledge of astrology, Gill, and composing, Jean. Most important, keep as spiritually active as you can through meditation, healing and channelling.

Why does Graham hear a single knock upstairs at about 8.00pm every evening? Is a spirit trying to communicate with him? If so, what is the message?

Graham is being reminded of the friendly spirit-energy in his house. The regularity is just to call attention, as random sounds would not. The message is just, 'hello'.

We asked, 'how much more Earth experience each of us was likely to need..' And you said: 'This is determined in the spirit dimension. It is not how much you need, but rather the collective contribution'. Please would explain further if possible?

The collective accumulates Earth experience from individuals for it is whole spirit-energy that will lead to reunion with All That Is. At death, when souls are restored to spirit, they have freedom to choose what is next for them. The Earth has such strong attraction for spirit however, that they often choose to return over and over (as in fact you and Gill have done). But they do defer to the collective to help determine whether it is needed.

Is there other organic life in the physical universe? If so, have either of us received personal experienced of it?

There is other organic life in the physical universe, but n either of you has had direct experience with it.

You say in relation to Gill's experience: '..this act of flight is one of the basic drives toward freedom, one way or another, in all of her life.' Do you mean in this life or in all previous lives as well? Were there many previous lives?

This motivation is for all previous lives of which there were many. It was her immediate dream as she felt unreasonably constrained often.

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What is spiritual growth?

2010-05-28T08:38:00.001+01:00

Please will you tell me some more about the ‘many other spirit sources of positivity’ that surround me?

You recall that spirits are the energy of creation. All of their input is positive toward humans, therefore, as we have said, there is one spirit with each human, but he has access to the many. If you define ‘love’ as positivity, then there are many other spirit sources surrounding each person.

Gill has been introduced to a website belonging to The Nibiruan Council. One of the ‘Ascension Tools’ they recommend is a colon and liver purge. Because she has been experiencing a lot of discomfort in her lower regions would you recommend that she should purchase this package?

You are already purging your liver by cutting down on alcohol. The amount of water you drink is cleansing to the colon. I would not recommend this package unless you want to prepare for physical elevation off the Earth as these people do. Then you need to follow all of their plans.

Can you tell me more about the spirit I believed walked with me – Jesus?

When you were just recovering from undulant fever and attending school again, your need for spiritual support was great. You were now comfortable with the church you attended and received much comfort from singing in the choir. In that setting you became aware of your guardian angel – so much so you were fearless in situations which had previously paralysed you. With such a powerful presence you were sure it was Jesus. And so it was for you.

Ascension – 5th dimension. Is it a modern metaphor for transcending?

Rising and falling have connotations of pleasure and pain. Inasmuch as this is a period of enormous positive energy, people who are aware of it have identified the possible time to literally ‘ascend’ to a better place. Some imagine other worlds, some ‘heaven’, some recognise it means a spiritual transcending of negative behaviour. All are trying to realise a better life of peace and joy. The 5th dimension is a reference to a part of spirit world where, for a time, the human body is still imagined by those who cannot release formless spirit from it. All of this is bringing about unity of purpose which we have discussed before.

How can Gill put the current powerful, positive energies to better use?

The most important thing she can do (and you too) is to think positively, to send positive thoughts out into the world. Adopt an optimistic attitude in spite of her current struggle. There is a plus or minus way of evaluating all that happens to you. Try to see the plus side of the equation.

If there are ‘no medals’, why try to achieve anything? Is stasis, meditation, peace enough?

The comment I made about no medals for achievement refers to the fact that you are not running a race with a finite end this lifetime. You are by no means through. There are rewards as you go like the completion of tasks you set yourself. If you set meditation and peace as important goals for you, they are enough. As in all your life’s experience, goals will change as you do.

Please would you refresh our memories about the purpose of existence, if any? Is it all a matter of expression and experience of any kind?

You are co-creators of reality with God. As human beings, you have the task of working through Earth’s demands as you experience your own creativity. What you create expresses what you have grown to be and spiritual growth is the ultimate purpose of life. Even in this it is your responsibility to try to understand and freely choose its manifestation.

What is spiritual growth?

Spirit is life-force energy implanted in physical beings. It needs direction by mind in order that the body act according to its purpose. Mind is stimulated to ideas by positive and negative experiences, problems to solve etc. Ideals inform this activity and produce more vitality – namely spiritual growth.

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Animal, vegetable or mineral ?

2010-05-27T06:55:00.001+01:00

So, if I understand correctly, it is our ‘unified desire’ for help that brings in more spirit support and guidance and this is what is called, ‘positive energy’: the good will of spirit entities. How is the configuration of the Earth’s solar system responsible for a build-up of positive energy?

Yes, you do understand that it is unified desire for help by many of the world’s people which brings about spiritual support and guidance. This good will is positive, constructive energy. Bodies such as The League of Nations and The United Nations have resulted from this.
The Sun’s radiance maintains all life on Earth. There are times when the arrangements of bodies around the Sun subtly enhance this life force. When that occurs, positive spiritual energy does build up from this source aided by spirit entities.

I can understand the idea of spirit-guides merging and bringing in positive energy; I can also understand that there has to be ‘negative’ in order for there to be ‘positive’. But how does the negative part of the cycle work? What exactly is negative and neutral energy? Are there spirit entities who somehow work with negative energy? Does it originate with our own negative or neutral thoughts here on Earth?

You may recall I said the constructive response to positive energy depends on people maintaining momentum toward unified desire for peace. So far when a period of unified efforts has resulted in peace, the momentum is lost as people have assumed it will not maintain itself. Where people have lost faith in good will once more there are negative thoughts which bring discord again. When this is enough to result in warfare, it will take, once again, their reaction to violence for people to find desire to ask for spirit help to unify. There are spirits particularly, shall we say, available to respond to this need. This period of negative energy (destructive) is followed by a ‘time’ of what I call neutral energy while enough unified desire builds. It isn’t so much peace at that time as movements toward peace here and there in the world – in spite of many giving up trying. (I’ve been forced to use words of time and space in the hope of being understood.) The neutral period is also the result of loss of faith, but slowly these ‘islands’ of peaceful movement coalesce and lead to the positive part of the cycle.

How do we make ourselves as receptive as possible to the energies? Are they active now? Will they be active until the next eclipse in 6 months? How do we advise others to receive the energies?

Because you are aware of the powerful forces released by the eclipse, you will have no difficulty in recognizing the effects on yourselves and others. There will be some rather wild behaviour in those who do not understand what is happening – most people to some extent. You are just beginning to react as they have been coming in for some time and will continue in diminishing power for the next 6 months. You will know they are good. As this kind of information will not be easily accepted if you put it in esoteric terms, you can help by drawing attention to the general sense of unusual activity and feeling and how you share it. When people perceive that they are not alone in being rather stimulated unreasonably, they will be able to use it better. You can suggest that the heightened sensations make us all feel better. The emphasis on good feelings will be welcome. This should then spread as people talk about it.

In relation to what you said yesterday, please will you confirm that negative energy originates only in the minds of humans and that it doesn’t come from discarnate entities?

Discarnate entities do not originate negative energies. Their efforts are using positive, constructive energies to express themselves. The negative and destructive energies come from humankind when they lose a sense of need to prevent them and faith in their own abilities to maintain peaceful, harmonious relations with each other, nation by nation, person by person. The discarnate spirits observe this development and respond as they are invited to. There have always been some humans working toward harmony in the world and consciously or unconsciously asking for spiritual help. They don’t give up. They work and pray.

When we are once again in spirit, might we choose to be animal, vegetable or mineral here on Earth? Is it a possibility for some?

No. Although there is energy of a spirit within animals and vegetable matter, it is of a different kind from humans. We are now addressing only earthly animals. It is possible to choose to be in very different forms in other worlds. In spirit, humans do not lose identity. They remember who they are. If they choose to incarnate on Earth, they remain in human form.

Arthur, please will you shed some light on what Diana has been saying about ‘Lightbody Activation’ and its connection with the eclipse on November 9th? Is all that she said in today’s newsletter true – it has the ring of science fiction about it?

Diana’s group is one working toward harmony and peace in the world holding fast to belief in spiritual help to achieve it. Their view is that human bodies must actually transform in order to rise permanently out of negativity and destruction. The method described gives humans a ritual to help develop their participation in constructing a ‘new’ humanity and Earth in a ‘paradisical state’. I recently described such groups activating positive energy from negative-neutral cycles.
What is real is the reality you (they) create. Lightbody (I read spirit) activation and ascension are words descriptive of good use of positive energy. If you can accept this modern myth, it will serve you to be part of movement out of chaos. You are clearly aware of the enormously increased energy affecting all. Recognise that it is positive and you can adjust to it.

Should we obtain her Lightbody Activation manual in order to restore missing strands of our DNA – or are we already ‘awakened’ as opposed to ‘asleep’?

Don’t worry about missing strands of DNA – you have been on a different but parallel path toward ‘awakening’.

Was what she calls Harmonic Convergence at the end of August 1987 connected with my first meeting with Gill?

The description of High Creational Beings refers to spirits with more experience in universe affairs concerning Earth – more manifest energy. When bodies such as meteors threaten the Earth they will interfere if there is enough unified desire of humanity to carry on positively even though humans may not be aware of the possible destruction. You were swept up in the vibrations of the period in meeting Gill. Surely you see this was extraordinarily powerful energy to so change your apparent course.

Please will you tell us all that you can to help us understand what is going on in the spiritual realm now.

We are moving to use this force to affect as many as possible to respond to the needs of the Earth – need for peace and for unity – especially to help develop awareness that even two persons settling disputes thoughtfully contribute to this movement. There are many people and groups calling upon us now.

You say that discarnate entities do not originate negative energies, but do they play a part sometimes – I’m thinking of poltergeist activity and “possession by ‘evil’ spirits”; and the unsettling nature of some hauntings by so called ‘ghosts’?

Poltergeist activity is associated with the development of pubescent girls. These are mischievous spirits of the girls themselves doing no real harm. In a way strange to humans, it is helping them to leave childhood. There is usually much resistance to this so it lasts some time. Sometimes they can be disrupted by loving parents or spiritually oriented healers.
‘Evil’ spirits and ghosts are projections of human imagination. It explains why peoples so affected behave with negative behaviour and are fearful of ‘visions’ they produce themselves.

Is the reason I’m so distraught related to the spirit energy being released at this time? How can I overcome the pressure and become more confident and less irrationally fearful?

Yes, you are more sensitive to these energies than you imagine. Your body systems are all trying to help you adjust, but you aren’t co-ordinating the changes effectively. First, accept that you can. Notice them and decide they will level out when you allow it. As I have said over and over, more than anything you need faith. Keep on trying to receive it. You actually have succeeded in the beginning of reaching toward spirit energy. The churchyard at Earnley brought you a good ‘taste’ of what it will do for you.

I haven’t another specific question, but would appreciate any advice you might offer.

You have just experienced days of an outpouring of caring from Gill and friends and family. This positive experience will lift your spirit enough to reject negative thoughts, words and actions. Be attentive. You can and will do it with just a little effort.

Has Gill got ‘ankolizing spondulitis? If so, why; and what can she do about it, please, Arthur? If not, what causes her stiffness and are you able to make a recommendation for treatment? (She doesn’t want to punish herself anymore.)

Gill does not have ‘ankolizing spondulitis’, though the symptoms are similar. The stiffness began with tension years ago and crystalized as she became less active. Now the hormonal changes in her body are aggravating the stiffness. I cannot recommend treatment as a cure for this slowly passing condition, but as I have said before, take care of herself. Heat helps – avoid chills. Exercise gently in several short spells in a day. Try physiotherapy. People who study this discipline will be able to recommend the most effective movements. Meditate for peace of mind and release of negative energies with which she punishes herself. Visualise a relaxed body. Be aware that the powerful energies of the present few weeks are pressures however positive. Her sensitive body is especially reactive now. She can use some of that energy to balance activity and rest. As she has asked for help, she will receive it.

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Sept 11th 2001

2010-05-26T08:48:00.001+01:00

Good evening, Arthur. It’s been some time since I was moved to speak to you. I’ve just learned that my friend, Maynard passed on last Saturday. May I ask if you can tell me about how he is?

His spirit is still held very close to earthly ties. Although he is quite free of the grief of those he has left, he is also aware that as they (his wife and children especially) reach out to him, he can still touch them in what they will recognise as consolation. Maynard was a loving, caring spirit in body and that energy, although translated into a different kind of movement, is positive and good. This earthly connection is very strong so that it will be some time before he understands his new condition, but he will experience freedom and light. He will perceive this as a manifestation of his belief in a ‘heavenly’ afterlife.

I learned today that a spirit guide called, Thomas has returned to his ‘host’ after a lapse of years for the occasion of the eclipse that occurs Nov 8/9. Clearly it is a very important event. Can you comment on it? Will it affect Gill and me directly and how?

This is a very significant date as truly enormous energies (spiritual) are merging to fuel a resurgence of movement toward the world’s nations reconciling with each other, accepting differences and tolerating them without rancour. As always it depends on the willingness of the people to make use of this great force.
As it is so powerful, it will be universally noted. You and Gill should feel encouraged and more positive with whatever you decide to do by the release of all this positivity.

You said: ‘… truly enormous energies (spiritual) are merging to fuel a resurgence of movement toward the world’s nations reconciling with each other…’ Please will you say some more about the history of this forthcoming event? If this input of positive energy is something that is possible for our world why does it not happen regularly? And why on the 8/9th Nov and not last week or last year or Sept 11th 2001? How is the time for such an event directed and by whom?

The Earth’s peoples are getting increasingly tired of using violent means (armed might) to try settling differences. Their unified desire to put an end to this destruction has been building and building in Earth time, especially triggered by Sept 11th 2001 and subsequent world-wide attacks. As this energy increases it attracts more and more spirit entities to support and guide it. It happens that the particular configuration of the Earth’s solar system, including the eclipse of Nov 9th also is responsible for a build up of positive energy. When all these forces conjoin, this results in unusual and positive movements, a great opportunity for healing.
Such occurrences do happen in Earth’s history. As the people evolve, the cycles of negative-neutral-positive energy repeat including a wider swathe of human beings each time. Developing methods of communication are responsible for this and shorter periods of the cycles. The results of these events depends on the response people make to them and the success or failure of maintaining momentum toward the necessary unity.

How are these spiritual energies able to merge and can you describe the process that will enable them to be sent, received and distributed?

Spirit energies constantly merge increasing their power as needed. This does not mean the entities lose integrity. I use the word attract as the nearest I can describe how one with a particular interest or strength will find another with either the same or complimentary ones. ‘Merge’ describes how closely they interact. I believe the answer given to question 1 gives the explanation of sending, receiving and distributing – a matter of rather ‘magnetic’ attraction.

Is there any way we can help, or involve ourselves, in this event?

First you need to care for your physical and mental and emotional selves – to build energy as the discarnates do. Pay attention to the communications of the world’s news, weighing the reports for accuracy with intuitive judgment. There are organisations in place to help relieve some of those suffering from the effects of war and other devastation you learn about. You may want to offer to volunteer money or time to help send needed supplies. Any way you can help tolerance to grow by example and conversations and healing will be worthy. Be open to opportunities such as Gill has with Jan and Sue to offer help. It’s a matter of building bridges between people so that unified desire for world harmony develops. It begins with just two.

There have been instances of people receiving information about events that will happen in the future. How is ‘premonition’ possible given your reference to ‘countless probabilities’ as well as ‘circumstances outside our control’?

As you know, psychic abilities exist in everyone, but only a few focus on it. Very sensitive people do determine some ‘future’ events accurately. Essentially they are aware of a cluster of probabilities from which an individual is not even consciously choosing, but is nonetheless doing so. These circumstances are regarded as out of his control if it seems very unlikely that they could occur as predicted, but in this case they are controlled. Sometimes the psychic is wrong because a new choice is made, perhaps a conscious one, and sometimes a circumstance is simply not recognised which will alter the outcome of the choice.

If knowing about outcomes is possible in some way, how may we discover in advance the consequences of our either staying here for the winter or moving abroad?

It is not possible to learn the outcome of your planned trip in advance. Again because there are too many variables (probabilities).

Arthur, are you a healer?

Healing is often the outcome of my guidance.

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Learning compassion is one of the reasons for suffering

2010-05-25T17:56:00.001+01:00

Can you explain why I have experienced so many life-threatening events in my life?

Because you are hard to convince, these events were to demonstrate over and over that you are in the constant care of the divine. No matter how often you are endangered, you are protected. You have accepted this without understanding, but counted yourself merely lucky. Think about it now. It should be the best aid to a full acceptance and appreciation of God's love in your life.

Do you recommend continuing with the flying lessons? (Is it safe?)

Yes. This is a nourishing and growth enhancing undertaking. It is a big challenge. It's not safe - full of risk, but nothing in life is. Driving to the airfield is potentially dangerous as are many daily activities you think nothing of doing. Flying requires a lot of you, Gill, but the rewards as you achieve even beginning steps are measurably beneficial. You'll feel more at home with yourself, believe in yourself, in a group situation as you realise you do 'measure up'. You are welcome especially in this group where you have a common interest - an area for 'safe' conversation. Flying is good.

Am I having any effect on the weather when I try to arrange for dry spells, or move clouds?

You do have influence in these moments but cannot impose your intention on the overall weather reality. For a short duration in a limited location you are usually successful so long as you have no expectations of the outcome. You must be a neutral observer unmoved by a particular desire for control.

Why did I dream of writing limericks??

In this dream limericks (a metaphor for your creative works) are clearly structured verses requiring rhythm, sonic coherence and humour. That last point, the important one, is to suggest you not take composition so seriously. It would improve the overall quality of the music conveying a broader range of feeling. Besides, it would be more fun.

Are the 'powerful forces at large' to which you refer, connected to and ongoing with the incoming surge of energies we talked about last year re: the Harmonic Concordance?

Yes.

Was the transit of Venus related to this event as well?

Yes, the transit of Venus contributes to the direction these forces are taking.

Is the energy to with balance and harmony through relationships leading to world peace? If so why do we react with 'storminess' and increased 'virulence'? Is this the principle of Aries reacting the principle of Libra?

Yes, to this too. To try to resolve differences peacefully requires much greater effort than responding with violence. However, human society is being exposed to more and more powerful aggressive actions world-wide and is being forced to consider seriously yielding exclusive interests to working for co-operative good, peace and harmony. These are currently seen in as many evidences of non-violent protest as the recurring warlike outbreaks. As an astrologer Gill will see this tipping of the scales correctly as Aries energy reacting to the principles of Libra.

And does the astrological connection to Venus and the upcoming eclipse in Libra (Venus) which touches both of our birthcharts relate directly to the 'surge in the energy grid of our lives' that you referred to?

It does. You live in a sea of various energies interacting and shifting emphasis continually. At the moment the particular source of this surge is the eclipse. It is the most powerful force rising out of the underlying grid of energy referred to.

Why is there an apparently negative reaction from inanimate and animate (us) energies to the powerful spiritual energies coming in with the eclipse?

Animate objects are literally energised to action much as pebbles in the shingle move much further when the sea is rough with power. Inanimate objects do not have negative or positive reactions as you describe it. Animate ones do because any enormous surge of energy must be accommodated and this begins with agitation. Nevertheless the Venus energy is ultimately directed toward attaining greater peace in individuals and whole societies.

If Venus energy is involved, why isn't there an upswell of peace in the world?

There is an upswell of peace movements. Consider Turkey, Asiatic and Moslem, being admitted to the EU, Christian and European. This country is already changing laws altering capital punishment and other cruel practices previously accepted by its culture. The Irish are again attempting to reignite the peace process starting with destroying weapons. Even in Iraq the new government is committed to funding peaceful means to deal with the divisiveness of its people. In many ways the eclipse energy is setting in motion the search for peaceful changes all over the world.

Why do some people feel so aggravated and tense?

They feel impotence in the face of frustration especially with other people who do not act as expected. There are too many undependable agents affecting their plans. They cannot see why, in the light of their own commendable behaviour things refuse to respond to them advantageously.

You said: 'Animate energies (us) do have negative or positive reactions because any enormous surge of energy must be accommodated and this begins with agitation.'
Please will you explain this further: how will the individual manage to direct the surge of energy positively rather than negatively?

To use it positively first determine a plan of action, consider the likely consequences, and expect positive outcomes from your choices. Whatever the outcome, choose to regard it as contributing to further understanding. Physical exertion eases excess agitation which prevents unbidden responses - Be active.

There is so much sadness, pain and suffering in the world: how do you suggest we react to this realisation when it overcomes us? Is there a special way of sending out light that might be especially useful?

First protect yourself with light. Then, stand in each of the cardinal points in turn. At each point say (or think) "Let the light of life-force energy come to relieve suffering in this direction". When you finish, thank the spirits who deliver this energy. Cover yourself with light once more. (No good will is ever lost.) Then give thanks for the care you have experienced in your own life. Wherever there is a way for you to help in your own locality, offer. The rest of the world will receive just such help from others near them. Even be glad of your own pain that gives you understanding of others' need.

Are you always aware of the suffering of souls on Earth? What do you do?

Yes, but we regard suffering as a necessary part of human existence. We give strength to bear what comes. We direct people to find help in each other. Learning compassion is one of the reasons for suffering. And we respond to direct pleas for help.

You said that the people who feel so aggravated and tense in response to the Venus energies 'feel impotence in the face of frustration especially with other people who do not act as expected. There are too many undependable agents affecting their plans. They cannot see why, in the light of their own commendable behaviour things refuse to respond to them advantageously.'
Does this feeling of frustration point to a failing in the individual whose reactions are perhaps too self-oriented? Please will you explain further and advise a way to deal effectively with this tension?

If you can call it a failing to expect as much of others as you do of yourself. There is an element of self-righteousness in that you can't change human behaviour to be more like yours. If you can laugh a little at the hold-ups, interruptions and people's various foibles - 'just, wouldn't you know' - it will help to put these things in perspective. Do what you must to accomplish what you set out to do unemotionally. Don't waste energy on what you couldn't alter. Just let go when you are disappointed. There will be more opportunities another day.

Gill felt a strong sense of her father's presence in the plane yesterday as she was preparing to make a landing, he seemed to be enthusiastic and impressed with the activity. Did she invent this or was he really there?

He was really there. His spirit was strongly attracted to this moment and able to transmit what Gill knew was his great admiration.

Does our primary relationship with our father inform and shape our perception of All That Is?

Yes, it is somewhat modified in life's passage but basically the same.

You have told us how to direct the energy positively, but how will others do this without insight? We do not understand how the spiritual help is to be directed positively. With so much frustration due to excess energy, might this not lead to World War 3?

This increased energy agitates people to action. Its purpose is determined by the level of dissatisfaction with their lives. At present there is a tremendous urge to combat friction and hostility with increasing co-operation. The need for peace and unity desired by so many of the world's people brings spiritual support and guidance regardless of their lack of insight. It is this unity which directs the energy positively. We cannot rule out the possibility of failure if the current direction of co-operation is not maintained. That is why every evidence of goodwill (positive energy) is so important. We do what we can to prevent destruction of this beautiful planet encouraging every caring gesture for each other and the Earth.

You mention that you answer direct pleas for help - but what happens to those people who are suffering who do not know or believe in spiritual help? How are they helped?

Pleas for help are not necessarily directed toward any form of spirit. Those without belief in divine powers still attract us to give the same sort of assistance, but as it is not recognised, they may not make as good use of it as those who believe.

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Schizophrenia

2010-05-24T09:26:00.001+01:00

You said of spirit-experience: ‘Our experience in the spiritual dimension is to increase our energy by merging’ , are there challenges involved in this exercise?

Spirit does not experience ‘challenge’ as you do. There is no courage or daring required. It may sound dull to you, but as energy is the whole nature of spirit, action is also its nature, and all experience contributes. There is simply no resistance. Perhaps you’d understand better if you remember I told you how positive the experience is when you return to the spirit dimension.

Astrologically we are entering a very challenging period of time requiring specific hard work around the weakest areas of our personalities. It seems as if it will endure till next spring – is this correct? There is no way round this, is there?

I’m surprised you ask if this difficult period can be avoided. No, it is as certain as any prognostication can be. You have strength and help to guide you. It is appropriate to see this as ‘challenging’ but use all the methods at your disposal to keep centred and focused on your efforts. BUT, don’t forget the need for relaxation at regular intervals – otherwise tension will negate your work.

Can you explain something about Marc’s schizophrenia for us? Is this an illness he chose to experience during this life?

To choose the experience of schizophrenia is one of the most difficult earthly paths, much harder than bodily debilities. In spirit he recognised it would add greatly to his knowledge and strength (spiritual growth). He was ready to undertake such a journey.

What are the required conditions for schizophrenia to manifest? Are there irreconcilable divisions deep within his subconscious?

There must be divisive tensions in the primary relationships. The split exists from early childhood even though not clearly manifesting until adolescent changes as he struggles furiously to become one or the other of his potential personalities. This is then exaggerated by the environment he experiences. Psychically this is deeply buried and it is not fully reconcilable. He will always be at odds with himself living outside the range of the usually accepted understanding of reality.

Is there a specific spiritual presence during his ‘altered states’?

His personal guide is there, often with others, particularly when he is losing his own direction completely. He needs a great deal of support to survive the titanic struggles of his mind.

When one has great darkness within, is it possible for it to become a reality?

Once I described a scale of darkness and light in everyone. When you are weakened in mind, spirit or even body, you fall prey to influence at the dark end of the scale. Throughout your life you create reality (your perception of what is) from this scale. When the darkness is great it may utterly overcome your attraction out of it towards light. You will then regard it as ‘reality’ but you can turn. It may require much spiritual help to increase your energy to that point. It is always available.

Is he helping himself as much as he can? Can anyone else help him in any way?

At this point, yes. It is a never-ending battle. He does get help from others, but he will keep them at a distance, including using drugs for this purpose. The medication which does aid his ability to balance his conscious use of mind with blanking out all mental sensation keeps him just able to manage his life at the current level. He will strongly resist any attempt to change what he is doing in the name of help. Accepting him as he is helps most as the meeting with Marc and Sue definitely did. A little increase in self-esteem assists him to help himself.

What causes Gill to move so quickly between love and hate? Where does it come from?

Gill has always found responses to her good efforts of every kind unequal to her expectations. She is now at a stage comparable to adolescence where the body’s systems which are responsible for outward expression of emotion are changing from moment to moment. The two great motivators of love and hate stem from the same sources of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, but are currently amplified by these hormonal shifts of speed and intensity.

How can she feel repelled by her environment one day and supported by it the next? How can she find and retain whatever true centre she has?

These undulating changes in Gill, not the environment, are a lot dependent on her physical condition. I’ve been calling this to your attention for some time. It is too easy to react to the outside world to account for the discomforts of the internal environment. She needs to call on God’s presence everywhere to help her appreciate what will support her every day. She suggests a mantra for you to use with your worry stone. It would help for her to have one to turn her back to the centre which is divine care. That faith can carry you both through this hard time. It will pass.

What is happening to her ‘cycles’ now which have become more irregular and intense? Can she measure and predict them astrologically?

This is a normal physical development which Gill feels more than most. The cycles are not predictable as they depend on such a constellation of glandular functions operating independently.

Where and how do feelings begin and how do they develop?

Conscious thought rests on language structures, but feelings exist free of that specificity as a quality of being. Feelings are a manifestation of pure energy in a particular form. They are roused from a volume of accumulated reactions to the personal world around you from birth. Before words, you know physically and psychically sensations of warmth, chill, hunger, safety, pain, comfort etc. From this basic vocabulary your feeling patterns developed. You may by nature, example and training express or suppress them, but they will precede and colour your responses. Repeated experience of a harmful or helpful nature will reinforce early feelings, but not alter them deeply. Even so, new experience adds stimuli which will modify behaviour and the intensity of feelings.

Why can’t Gill find the will to be more active? Is it long-term depression? Is it clinical?

She has lost faith that life is meaningful and her own lack of belief makes it nearly impossible to care enough to will action. But she cannot close out the vitality of her own being. Her depression is of long duration and consumes much energy. Is it clinical? She is asking where help is. The source of the psyche’s strength is within each individual, the invisible fabric of the person’s existence. Gill is a portion of All That Is – therefore the universe leans in her direction. No-one is ignored, forgotten or lost. Asking will lead to that greater source of being. If she feels clinical help is appropriate, seek it, but don’t forget the ultimate source is within.

Why is it that Gill has to ask all my questions for me and I can’t?

You feel a measure of safety keeping any questions on matters of depth in a private place. You don’t often articulate them even to me in the silence of prayer or – the same thing really – to yourself. If my responses were what you expect, you really would give up on yourself. You have forgiven yourself for some perceived faults, but the sense of unworthiness has been so great, you haven’t been equal to examining all. You actually “believe” in the love and care of the Creator, but do not actually feel in your gut that He is always with you. You can’t deeply believe that you, warts and all, are worth saving “saving” or better, are “saved” – at least potentially a “good” person. So you don’t want to ask.

Am I as depressed as Gill? And for as long a period?

There is no point in comparing your feelings with Gill’s. Much of your life you have been unhappy, despairing and afraid, but always seeking relief whenever you could find it. Even with that as an undertone you learned that everyday there is some beauty, some kindness, a few laughs, a cartwheel – always something to be grateful for. Counting your blessings when you were able has seen you through these bad times. When all else fails, always some experience with music succeeds and is waiting. Until you accept yourself, you’ll keep on hurting. You’ll only find relief in the conviction you are ‘saved’, namely a part of All That Is.

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Harmonic Convergence

2010-05-23T08:43:00.001+01:00

We are having a difficult time and cannot find a way to proceed that feels right. We each made plans before this life, can you say if we are each on course at this point or if one or the other of us should make certain changes?

I have pointed out that you have come toward unity from extremely distant points. On that path you have met many obstacles. As you are getting closer you feel the differences more keenly. One of the great lessons you have been learning is that of tolerance and acceptance regardless of the stress caused by these differences. However, you are at a point where the friction is so great you are considering giving up living together immediately. The path you had chosen is intended to be negotiated as a pair, but you may discover each of you must find a new fork in that path.
To avoid separation will require Gill to accept Jean’s willingness to come to me and Jean to offer (to come to me) at any time of day that the desire arises setting aside her reluctance. She must honour this experience as of paramount importance but not fearsome causing her gloom. As with every part of life, it has its place not usurping everything else, but giving it appropriate priority.

Gill had a strange dream: she thought she was awake and came down the landing in the night to my room because she thought we should be in the same bed. In my room people had arrived to celebrate my 88th birthday so she then realised she was dreaming and expressed surprise that it was possible to know the future, which was happening at that time, before it happened. I was in good health and expecting more visitors after the present gathering. She explained to us all that we were only dream figures and did not exist and to prove it she levitated around the room, encouraging them to try it as well. It all seemed totally real.

The dream symbolises the hope that your union will continue, the 88 suggesting longevity of the union in health and well-being. The many visitors were dream figures in that they were from the past – no longer present, but Gill recognised their spirits by inviting them to participate in flight – her metaphor for light and energy. These figures are good, positive spirits adding their energy to the growth of your living together and to Gill’s spiritual development. They will ‘fly’ with her.

Why do I feel that this process is somehow blasphemous?

You feel overawed by responsibility that you could cause some disaster merely by attempting to make what you see as God-like pronouncements. You forget that these statements do not originate with you. As long as you honestly and earnestly do your best to choose language which is presented to you in your trance-like state, you are acting responsibly not blasphemously.

Re the dream and the dream figures: was this pure dream material i.e. Gill’s dream-imagination, or were the spirits really present?

The spirits were real, supportive energy. Not long ago I told you that Gill was receiving extra help from spirit energy. This dream was confirming that it is still so.

Back in September a few weeks after we began to communicate, you confirmed that Gill had received an idea in her sleep from Will (it was to do with the importance of creativity in her life). She made a chart for this (approximate) moment in the same way as she did for your birth into my consciousness, but she is uncertain of its authenticity. Are you able to say if it is a viable chart to work with?

Gill’s first contact with Will was actually the very first attempt to contact him with pen and paper. She found it completely unsuccessful but it was a real connection. It may not alter the chart significantly, but suggest Gill try it to see if her intuition tells her this moment is of greater significance. It is harder to choose a particular time since Gill is not so sure of that first meeting in dreams, ideas etc. as you are.

When Gill was out in Berkeley in 1984, was it expected that we should meet then? If so, why did it not happen at that time? Will you comment on the apparent coincidence of Gill living in Berkeley before we met?

Gill needed an experience in Berkeley, ‘the California of her dreams’ to prepare her for realities there. At that time you were not ready to experience the attraction that brought you together eventually. It prepared her, in spite of the difficulties she met, to believe the dream could be realised when you did meet. This shared experience of place re-ignited Gill’s dream of an ideal purpose as she still felt Berkeley was the best location for you two to set forth to find it. Or if not there that background would bring the vitality to begin elsewhere together.

Are we then, in a wider sense involved in the series of spiritual events: Harmonic Convergence, Harmonic Concordance, Oneness Celebration (are there other nameable events like these?) leading to The Ascension Wave?

These events are named to help groups of like-minded people act together as the movement toward what is named ‘The Ascension Wave’ develops. It helps persons ‘increase’ if they have an identification with a chosen name. There are more and will be others all over the world. In the wider sense, all are one.

There are people whose bodies are in a worse state than ours but who are clearly on a spiritual path: The Pope, our friend, Diana; Christopher Reeve needs his lack of body to apparently allow him to grow spiritually. You don’t have a body at all! Please clarify your answer to question 3 yesterday.

I did not say you have to be well and strong of body to grow spiritually. I said you would be better able to deal with concerns of mind, spirit and purpose. It is not unusual at all to learn that some people who are very restricted physically find a spiritual path to follow. Their very obvious limitations direct them if they have other strengths and assistance. (As spirits have no bodily form, this doesn’t apply to them.) It does take courage and initiative to overcome the feelings of inadequacy a weak body imposes to find these strengths of character. In the same way overcoming your own weaknesses will require courage and initiative.

Considering what you said about Gill’s time of contact with Will being at around the same time as my contact with you, this gives Will the same chart as you. What does this mean?

It suggests the guiding spirits of Gill and Jean are in fact as close as you two are in spirit and give much the same guidance. The same chart doesn’t mean the same realisation of it. Will does have a personality of his own. We work well with each other from the same interest in you.‘The closer you are to knowing each other fully, the more intensely the differences are felt and the more difficult the compromise and adjustments.’

Gill still finds this idea enigmatic, perhaps because of the intended meaning of the word ‘close’. If two people are close (closer and closest), it usually implies something good. Tony and Gill were not as close as we are and there was much friction. Ken and I were not close and again, it did not confer harmony. Yet you have said that we need to pull apart more to find greater harmony.
Perhaps there is a certain attraction of opposites that loses its appeal when the dynamic of opposition lessens. If so, would this be the case generally?
How can two people live together harmoniously for 60 years?

Clumsy statement, may be clearer to say: “The nearer you are to acknowledging each other’s frailties, the more…………” You each had an idealised vision of the person you seemed to be when you met: as you discover the actual reality of yourselves, you still wish to recover the essence of that first conception and you are right to believe in it. You have been pulling apart a little to see your situation accurately which is needed to find a way toward greater harmony. It doesn’t make it easier, especially for you Jean – you prefer to imagine than to act.
Opposites experience discord as they attempt to accommodate their differences, but the attraction does weaken if no progress is perceived, particularly if it is one-sided. To live together for 60 years a couple must balance the tension of individual desires and needs with the requirements of the pair. This acceptance may mean sacrifice from one or both, but ultimately without begrudging it.

The fact that we ‘found’ each other at the time of the Harmonic Convergence means that we, along with many others, were reacting to a great input of spiritual energy. Is this right? Was everyone affected strongly by it? If not, why not?

The great influx of spirit energy at that time is part of the on-going movement affecting all the world’s people in the direction of co-operation and constructive effort. Not all react positively but all are affected. The attraction you experienced was magnified and supported.

Can the other events leading to Ascension which have occurred be identified by an astrological or astronomical event? And can you say when the others will occur?

“Events” is again a poor term as it suggests a limited period. These new happenings have not coalesced yet into nameable factions but are responses to the energies which produced all the naming of points of reference as the big movement continues. I cannot predict the time of the new ones’ emergence as named movements. I only suggest possibilities, as you know.

You say we might decide to come together again for spiritual purposes ‘some time in the future’, but there is no future once we’re in spirit. Can growth take place outside of time and space? (I know we’ve asked this before - it is hard to conceive of the purpose of this dimension beyond ours; or is ‘purpose’ a human term as well?)

‘Purpose’ really is a human term as is ‘future’. In spirit, what you call purpose is a part of spirit. Your spirits may join again incarnately, but as time and space are not a consideration until this occurs, the purpose will have been determined by your spirit energy attracted to Earth rather than a decision you would make with mind were it to be arranged on Earth. ‘Growth’ too, is a human concept. Our experience in the spiritual dimension is to increase our energy by merging and in our way experiencing and supporting the universe.

Some people need restrictions of health and body in order to grow spiritually, but we need to be as healthy as possible – is that what you meant? Do we understand this?

I have never said you need good bodily health to grow spiritually. Only that a healthy body is empowering. A disordered body weakens will and purpose. A healthy body promotes health of mind and ultimately spirit so is desirable to cultivate.

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The astrology of the spirit

2010-05-21T18:05:00.001+01:00

Are ‘circumstances beyond our control’ sometimes responsible for providing us with life-challenges we needed and expected prior to incarnating? E.g. Christopher Reeve’s horse-riding ‘accident’ which left him paralysed.

If so, how can something ‘beyond our control ‘provide us with the context we ‘expected’ for our life?

Yes, they are. Before incarnating we do choose challenges such as the paralysis of Christopher Reeve. But we don’t choose how or when such events come about. You are right to say the unforeseen circumstances beyond our control are sometimes responsible for such results. I would even say, usually. If a person has a life-changing accident and he is sufficiently advanced in spiritual growth, he will recognise the event as the means which provides the context for dealing with his life now truly challenged as expected. It provides much opportunity for spirit development, e.g. Christopher Reeve.

Would you say something more about to what extent our lives are pre-ordained? How much do we know about the circumstances of our lives before we incarnate? How can we know anything before it has happened?

For the furthering of spiritual growth, based on the complete knowledge of his total previous experiences in past lives, an incarnate draws the circumstances to him that he chose prior to birth. He, in fact, creates these events, but has no awareness in the physical plane. Sometimes, however, a strong foreboding makes him feel he must change his plans to acknowledge the possible truth of his ‘hunch’. He doesn’t know, but senses an important moment of choice to allow participating in the event or not. As he is creating the future, and then continuously, he cannot predict what may occur in spite of his pre-birth choice of experience. He can’t say his life circumstances are pre-ordained as he still has the free will to change it from moment to moment. The hard thing to clarify for you is that he is not aware of this and is still responsible. The very sensitive humans (you’d say advanced souls) have a kind of awareness I cannot describe which leads them to follow that path chosen pre-birth no matter what foreboding may or may not alert them.

The rune I drew recently was very positive and encouraging for me. Is there a connection with the Venus occultation in my life?

It is one more confirmation that you are worthy of love and hence loveable. It is an answer to your prayers for renewed confidence in your own best vision of yourself as possible to develop.

When Gill selected the tape of my letter from 15 years ago at random, it happened to be about some ritual I had apparently involved myself with (with Linda Han?) involving spirits, ghosts and shaman. Was this mere chance or was spirit directing us to find it for a reason?

Can you possibly imagine this was not deliberate? All of these confirmations or reminders are to help you in the task of seeing ‘WHO YOU ARE’ and using that information to counteract your weakened perception of ‘who you are’. Looking back at ‘who you were’.

Is the project Gill has in mind - introducing or exploring the astrology of the spirit - is it a viable project?

Gill is interested in character traits and qualities the chart reveals which helps to relate to a spirit as to incarnates. When this is the purpose it has real possibilities as a project. Of course it requires great care in determining the basis for the chart.

Arthur, will you comment on this article and the validity of this way of creating a birthchart for spirit? Would you say the chart created for you gives a fair representation of your interactions with us and your role in our lives?

The article is well written. Its reception will depend upon the readers’ acceptance of the existence of the many esoteric ideas taken for granted here. For those who do, the article is stimulating and informative. In the introduction, I question the use of a ‘reliable source’, without identifying it, concerning experience. This sentence weakens the idea which is a necessary part of introducing the article. Perhaps you can restate it so that it requires no author beyond yourself. Just state it boldly.
Preparing a chart using the moment of revelation of the spirit guide is valid. The chart created for me is indeed representative of the relationship we share.

Will you suggest how ‘readers’ might benefit from reading this article and how they might use this method?

Those who are already in communication with a guide will be intrigued by the method Gill describes in preparing a chart. The nature of the guide revealed in this way will intensify the relationship. The questions and answers cited suggest how the connection can be used. Those who read it without this experience can become interested in discovering for themselves the value of recognising their personal guides and developing a conversation with them.

Did Will give Gill this idea for creating a chart for spirit? Is it possible to create a chart for him? If so, out of which moment?

This was a kind of collaboration as Gill had a nebulous form of this idea and then Will helped to firm it into shape. She can only create a chart for Will if, from her notes, she can determine the first moment she was sure an idea came to her from him.

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Akashic Records

2010-05-20T09:59:00.001+01:00

The problem I have with relative truth is that it means that everything within my current reality is only true for me, including the belief that relationship with spirit will spread and intensify as we approach the possible Ascension Wave. Even God as seen through individual realities becomes fragmented and distorted. If the answer is to cling on to one’s beliefs as hard as possible then that has to apply to everyone, yet we refer to some people as being closed as opposed to open, when they do this – many not believing in spirit or spiritual purpose. So, perhaps the truest reality is one of evershifting uncertainty, for that includes everyone’s position. Would you agree? If so, should I resist any firm position on any subject?

Do you know this story? A group of blind children were taken to see an elephant. Each was allowed to touch it. The one who touched the tail said the elephant felt like a rope; the one who touched the ear, a leaf; the one who touched the trunk, a huge worm and the 4 who touched the legs, tree trunks. For that moment their reality was truth for each one. The 4 who had the same experience were quite certain of their views of the elephant. Each had a bit of ‘truth’ while learning it was only part of the picture. His bit must be integrated with many others’ contributions to see the whole and reinterpreted but not discarded.
Yes, cling to your current belief, your current reality, while listening to others’ views. You will find some which fit with yours and enlarge your truth, but not deny it. Others will go their own way. Remember God was seeking to experience His creation when he fragmented Himself. All of these separate realities are the substance of His experience. All will eventually lead back to union in Him.

Why was Gill visited by fear last night? Can dark forces impose themselves on us from outside ourselves even though we create our own reality?

Gill was (is) working out the encounter with Isis. She is still embroiled in that effusion of energy, deeply questioning her reactions. She was shaken by this clash of realities. The fear was that she was losing her balance dealing with such a powerful person, so sure of herself.
What you describe as ‘dark forces’, Gill incorporated in herself on this occasion. It’s a little like a germ which causes illness which you carry without harm until your immunity is low. There is a scale of darkness to light in everyone. When you are low in spirit and feeling insecure, you fall prey to the influence of those ‘dark forces’. Of the many contacts and experiences you have, this is material of which you create your reality. If you are too weak to resist and recover and you have given in to the ‘darkness’ which you have encountered and absorbed, you may say it came from without, but you still are the creator of this experience. It is not imposed on you. You can revise it.

(Is this correct, Arthur? – You have right ideas, but may need further clarification. This is a difficult concept – truth and reality.)

Why are we experiencing ‘increased intensity’ now? Where might it lead if handled wisely?

The increased intensity is the nature of undertaking new projects and these are demanding on both of you. You are required to stretch your efforts to meet the demands especially since, in a way, each of you feels a deadline to completion. As I say repeatedly to you, you need to learn not just temporarily, but always to use your time and energy without so much pressure – more breaks, more rest. This would lead you to be more positive in all you do and say and think. Music too. Gill in dealing with the client’s problem in multiple reality can learn how to work with such persons and not lose her own balance. She has already managed a greater level of detachment permitting a clearer overall view, but tends to depend too heavily on the outcome. This experience is contributing a lot already to her professional skills. Gill is wise however, to emphasise handling all this wisely because it really does demand considerable self-control to profit from a really difficult situation.

Was Pam’s work on the birthchart of Christ accurate?

Inasmuch as the time of birth of Jesus is not known, not even the year, this is an imaginative and highly creative work. It is not accurate as you mean it, but carries some truth based on what is known of this life.

Is it not possible that the many techniques Pam Crane uses in her astrology might actually pin down the birthchart of Jesus with accuracy?

It is possible to divine from her experience, knowledge and practise an accurate birthchart of Jesus. But consider my previous answer.

Is the time of birth of His life stored in the Akashic Records? (What are the Akashic Records exactly?)

Yes. But you speak of these records as in a diary, a sort of temporal history of events. As time is really non-existent in spiritual terms, the understanding of the Akashic Records is very difficult to make clear. They consist of all spirits’ experience in a sort of orb of energy from which details may sometimes be withdrawn – may be re-experienced ‘so to speak’. They are governed by an ever-changing group of over-seeing spirits as to who and when may have access.

Why is it that everyone we have shared our ‘conversations’ with has not responded in any way to us about them?

When faced with such a challenge to rational belief in the world as people live it, the usual response is to deny or ignore it. It’s hard enough to arrive at their own belief system which rarely includes a confidence in channelling if they know of it or even necessarily a spirit dimension. To present pages of dialogue assuming it will be accepted as channelled from a discarnate entity is at the least unrealistic. For it to be acknowledged in any way opens up a ‘can of worms’. They do not want to become involved in considering this possibility of alternate reality. If there has been some previous discussion so you can sense an interest, then it is more likely there will be a response.

Is there anything else Gill can do to encourage the 100 doctors she wrote to about the local healers and therapists to be more interested? Or should she let it go now?

Anything more would be disadvantageous. The seed is sown. The doctors have the information and it may simmer a while before there is more action. Gill has done that work. Let it go believing something worthwhile has been started.

Is the tachyon energy continuing to help Gill? She can tolerate its presence all the time now.

Gill needs all the energy she can tolerate just now. It is helping.

The other day, when feeling very low in spirits, Gill drew the rune, ‘Uruz’ reversed. One of its messages is: ‘…it calls for some serious thoughts about your relationship to your Self’’. A) Is this message something that was relevant to her at that time? B) What does it mean? C) Is it still relevant?

It means to concern yourself more with your own well-being. You allow pain and misery to consume too much energy and attention which prevents you from concentrating on your real purpose in unfolding proper regard for your Self. You will find appropriate strength in beneficial self-esteem as one of your Maker’s perfect creations. Relevant then and now.

If ‘divining’ a rune produces a real message from spirit, is there an act of divination involved in selecting numbers for the lottery?

It can be such an act. You are assisted to choose given sequences of numbers if you allow it. Otherwise it is a matter of chance.

How can we make up for past mistakes – redemption – karma?

Make amends by using every error for learning. As teachers you both know you teach by guiding the student to see where the mistake lies; then practice must follow. Forgiveness of the Self, that is redemption, must come from within you. You then practise being more alert to situations inviting you to err. Rarely you can reverse an error directly. Usually correction will be diverted to someone else.

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‘sane’ and ‘insane’

2010-05-19T08:08:00.001+01:00

Arthur, you said: ‘UFOs are visualisations of the transport of these beings. As you know matter is materialised by thought.’ Please will you explain this a little further?

The beings who cause the crop circles to form are invisible and silent, until they wish to be noticed. Although they are not seen making the circles, something appears in what humans recognise as a form of ‘air ship’ materialised visibly and often audibly at other times and places. Mystified humans conceive this as an explanation for the appearance of the circles and that conception leads to the sightings of UFOs. The thought-forms then have activated their existence. The intention, as with the circles, is to demonstrate the reality of other dimensions and other energies.

Is all matter materialised by thought? Please explain….

When All That Is fragmented Himself, He created a microcosm of innumerable tiny units of energy. Then as your Bible poetically describes it, He created the macrocosm of Earth matter as we know it from this energy. Let there be oceans and dry land, light and dark etc., and finally man and it was so. His thought produced these templates of the basic world. As men increased in numbers, they were given ability through their observation of these forms to provide the necessary thought-energy to maintain them and to create more by their own creative powers. At its root then, all matter is materialised by thought into form.

Some people are labelled by psychiatrists as severely delusional and suffering from egomania. Is it possible that some of these people are actually spiritually inspired? If so, does the way to tell the difference between them have to do with the amount of good they perform in the world?

Such people are at the end of a scale, not entirely different from those who are ‘rational’ such as psychiatrists. Of course they can be spiritually inspired by their own spirit’s energy. They can succeed in ‘bringing good’ to the world from their efforts as anyone with similar inspiration can do. Why should it matter to you to know the difference? (The origin of inspiration.)

Are you saying that it is irrelevant whether a person is sane or insane if the outcome of their actions is good for one and all? And that it is society that defines the delusional and insane by the bad consequences of their actions?

This is a fair comment. Society imagines it is a good judge as to when aberrant behaviour may lead to ‘bad’ consequences. It often makes mistakes believing it treats such people benevolently or justly in dealing with them and are surprised when they don’t conform. They do define them insane on this basis.

Do the terms ‘sane’ and ‘insane’ mean anything to spirit?

They describe certain conditions some souls have chosen for the lifetime on Earth.

Is the time for the so called ‘Ascension Wave’ 2012 or 2017 (or other)?

I cannot predict the exact time of these events, but a wave has troughs and peaks. Sometime in that expected period of five years, it will begin to have its effect. For some it may be immediately recognised, for others, much longer. This depends on the unity of the collective desire for it. It won’t be restricted to either of the dates cited. Nor is it certain it will occur at all. In this moment it is likely.

To recap on the subject of ‘Ascension’: is it true to say that the forthcoming movement of consciousness to the 5th dimension would bring humanity more in line with where we find ourselves at present, having formed a contact with you, Arthur?

If this shift does occur, more and more of mankind will find an awareness of the spirit energy and will make the kind of direct contact you have, especially with their personal guides.

Is all the work that we are able to do to draw people’s attention to matters of a spiritual nature, to the spiritual purpose of an individual life, to the final goal of re-uniting with All That Is – is this is the best work that we can be doing? And in order to accomplish this we have to make continuing personal adjustments in line with the changing circumstances of our lives in this 4th dimension. Does this, generally speaking, sum it all up?

I would agree with this statement so long as you realise that your best work is in living your own life conscious of its spiritual purpose. This example helps best to open minds of others, and, yes, to necessary personal adjustments as you say.

We all create our own realities and truth is always relative to the individual and his reality. So there is no absolute truth surrounding the prospect of the Ascension Wave, or the means to achieve it, or where it will lead, because it will be a different experience for each one - even if a strong and spiritually experienced person makes definitive statements about it. Is this right?

This is right.

And there is no absolute truth contained within our conversations or in my existence or in your existence? But there is as much truth as I want there to be or as I am capable of understanding? And that applies as much to spirit on Earth as to spirit discarnate?

Truth is an uncertain concept subject to amendment. Clearly then no absolute certainty is possible as to what you perceive about our conversations or our existence. Nevertheless, truth describes a level of understanding which can expand and grow as you do. You might say your interpretation becomes ‘truer’. And this applies to spirit as well on Earth or discarnate.

Is truth also relative in the spiritual dimension? But is there more truth in common (whereas we live in a world of opposites)? As we move closer to All That Is will we all have more in common and less dividing us?

Truth is relative in the spiritual dimension as on Earth. More ability to assimilate and appreciate differences will make you less divided, rather than more truth in common – perhaps you see that as the same thing.

Are we (you, me and Gill) finding common ground in relation to our experience of, and desire for, spiritual completion?

We have found common ground in our search and desire for spiritual completion. That is the nature of these continuing conversations.

Everyone has a spirit guide don’t they? There are no exceptions?

No exceptions – Everyone has a guide. You already know they occasionally exchange places. If they choose they also can withdraw from direct contact in spite of remaining close and can call on free spirits for special energy needs as well.

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The torture and suffering of animals

2010-05-18T09:51:00.002+01:00

Would you comment on our healing activities of this morning? Would you advise a more regular practice like this? Should the wand be stored in the light rather than wrapped - it appeared to be dormant for a time as we hadn’t used it for a while?

It is a good plan to have the space you have arranged for healing. There is a lot of positive energy there. You have made good use of the triangular arrangement of crystals for which you have thanked Diana and Duane – a good energy exchange. Meanwhile your own healing practices are developing appropriately. I would suggest more frequent rather than more regular periods. You need a certain amount of spontaneous action. Nothing is wrong with regularity except the danger it becomes habit and thoughtless. Do store the wand in light. Sunlight in particular energises it.

We have heard and read that some people help to open galactic portals or gateways. If the other dimensions of reality are already here and around us as it is a state of being, what are these gateways to the outer galaxy for?

Humans are an evolving creation. They sense incompletion and want to be responsible for finding the spirit path forward and the spirit within them. One of their myths is that some people escaped from lands which were destroyed through turning from the path (frequently referred to as ‘fall from Grace’). These people brought memory and techniques with them which originated outside the Earth’s solar system. They believed ‘beings far away’ had provided these skills to help with the direction of spiritual evolution. Now, in the effort to reclaim help from these beings, there are splendid creative efforts to encourage mankind to reach toward them. One is Isis opening galactic portals believing they were shut to Earthlings at the time of the great destruction. Isis feels called to this work. Her ‘beings’ are her way of describing spirits and the state of their existence (far away) to which man is evolving.

Are people like Isis and Diana really able to effect this process? (Of portal opening?)

Diana has a similar ‘calling’ in her intent to help the world to the 5th dimension. As Isis and Diana create their reality through their beliefs, they will effect this process. How much this will affect Earth’s progress depends on many factors not yet chosen from the number of probabilities, but is worthy.

With regard to the torture and suffering of animals and people in the world, do angels and guides intervene when pain and suffering and fear becomes too bad?

Creatures were made with the ability to screen out extremes of pain and suffering. Shock short-circuits these sensations, but if it continues beyond that period, Angels intervene. One can only bear so much before losing consciousness – one way they offer relief which we know from experience. They are with the sufferer to help till the end. Some really terrible (your perception) experiences are chosen, pre-birth, by the sufferer to aid his development. Animals, however, receive immediate care and relief even though they may seem to be in considerable pain.

How can spirit guides help their ‘charges’ if they are not aware of their presence?

Spirit guides approach their ‘charges’ through dreams, hunches, occasionally synchronous meetings, books, media presentations, physical restraints to allow and encourage thoughts (the guides don’t cause physical problems, but will use them for guidance). In other words they keep closely aware of their ‘charges’’ needs and experiences and help as much as circumstances allow.

From Gill: Isis has asked me to give her a reading focusing on a meeting with a friend, David, she calls him her ‘2nd ray’, who has apparently ‘renewed’ his soul – i.e. his spirit has left and another has replaced it. I am finding it hard to tell the difference here between fact and fiction (and possibly she does too, hence her need of my input). But I can see from her chart that she is going through something very important in her life.
Should I try to interpret her vision of her world in my own way and just approach the reading as I would any client?

First of all, human beings do not change souls – one’s soul is for life, but spirit-guides do sometimes change places as needs change in the guided one. This has indeed ocurred in David. Along with Isis’ habitual sensitivity to his responses to her, there is a good deal of wishful thinking. She wants him to be a renewed source of energy and inspiration to fulfil her work with her. It is a possibility, if she can share her energy and modify her need to dominate. She is a positive force for good, but in a reality of her own creation. She is a charismatic person influenced by her own perception of herself as ‘larger than life’. This attracts a following of those responding to the power of this energy, which gives the impression of unusual superiority – a leader worth following – to a large extent she becomes this person.

Has Isis’s guide changed in the last 5 years?

Yes.

Why have I been so fatigued recently – have I been fighting off a bug?

Your eighty-year-old body has excellent healing facility but that requires much of your physical energy. You tend to discount the fact that you are still working to overcome the trauma of not one, but two surgical invasions. You forget how much the painful walking that led to these episodes depleted you daily so you started the recovery process from a low point of energy. Now you are also resisting a respiratory ailment. Don’t worry about the coughing. It is clearing your airways. Since you are really not sensitive to the need for short rests as I’ve advised, you may have to actually schedule time at least every hour. Do just half a job or work you’ve set – rest – and then finish. The completion of your task is a source of relaxation, but not if you stay at it without a break.

Are there beings from distant galaxies who want to help or harm us? Do any inhabit Earth right now?

The beings from distant galaxies have no desire to help or harm human beings. They are merely curious seeking knowledge through the experience of occasional visits to Earth as they move about the universe. Not all have that ease of movement. There are many different kinds very unlike you. Some can present themselves in familiar human forms. Some few are present on Earth now.

You mentioned beings once in relation to crop formations. Would you tell us a little more about the mysterious sightings of UFOs – especially in relation to this?

I said that the beings who caused the crop circles were interested in alerting people to the spiritual world. UFOs are visualisations of the transport of these beings. As you know matter is materialised by thought. When these ‘ships’ have been apprehended on Earth, they can become solid matter by the rational thoughts of those who try to explain this mysterious happening. The beings sometimes co-operate to hold interest by allowing some examination of these objects.

Diana refers a lot to negative entities. I understand that we create this negativity, but can it then take on a life of its own? And does it then require the special help of a spiritually motivated practitioner to remove it?

I wouldn’t call it a life of its own – rather, if the negativity is not turned around it will increase its energy until it is very difficult to remove. At this time it would be wise to get that help.

Is it not always good to send light, energy, healing because it needn’t be received if it is not wanted? Is it possible to abrogate a person’s free will by sending Light?

You are correct. Send light, send healing, send positive energy which may be refused, but even then surrounds a person with good will. You can’t force him against his will to accept any of it, but this environment is conducive to future change for the better. There is no harm in this or pressure for him to change.

Is there as much practice of Dark forces on Earth as there is of Good?

There is a balance. This is not a static condition.

Is it possible for people simultaneously to pray for help with their terrible problems but also to need these problems to continue as part of their spiritual path?

Yes, it is often the case. When one chooses difficult lives at the time of incarnation, one forgets this and prays for relief. Didn’t Christ on the cross cry: ‘ Why has’t thou forsaken me?’

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All That Is

2010-05-17T12:32:00.002+01:00

Arthur, we are sorry for the personal intrusion. Will you confirm that it was intrusive in relation to our respective roles at this time – for surely there are no barriers when we are all in spirit?

You are correct in your assumption.

You have said that we were all created as spirits at one time when we split from All That Is. All of our experiences are different however. But with the great capacity of spirits to share and merge, are not these different experiences of different spirits eventually pooled? If not, the differences between us that exist on Earth must continue to exist in the spirit dimension with the associated ladders of hierarchy and some competitiveness or rivalry. In which case, when in spirit it might be like a race to see who can most quickly re-unite with All That Is, (but with some ‘good’ spirits staying behind to help the slow ones). This is a question about appropriate and inappropriate feelings of equality.

Yes, spirits do merge in a giant energy pool which includes all of their experiences which can be shared. You know the world of spirits exists in timelessness and spacelessness. There is no sense of difference in the quality of experience and no fast or slow in acquiring it. All is part of the whole.

May we know how many other people you help as a guide – a few or hundreds? Are you able to divide your attention should we call on you simultaneously?

You are my first concern. When I serve others (they are only a few) it is to assist their guides. There is no problem in responding to them while still giving you full attention.

The 5th dimension: is this where we go when we are in spirit? If humanity shifts (in 2012) to the 5th dimension how will we learn and grow spiritually and progress toward All That Is? Does the same principle of relativity operate here; or light/dark?

The 5th dimension is not a place to go, but a state of being. Discarnate spirits there are still working toward realisation of their spiritual goals. Not all spirits enter the Earth plane – there are many other opportunities in the universe for learning and experience. When ‘human’ souls leave the physical, they are in a 5th dimension state. When fully adjusted to the way of being, they choose further goals on Earth or elsewhere to provide growth through new experience.

If we go to the 5th dimension when we die, and this is the desirable state of being; why don’t we just stay there, one by one, till we’re all there, rather than work hard to achieve that state from this earthly, dense, coarse state of being?

Do not forget that spirits are constantly in motion toward expressing their energy. The 5th dimension is not a static situation – not a blissful condition to treat as a goal in itself. Contact with all this energy motivates the newly discarnate spirit to seek new areas for learning. Many will wish to become guides to new incarnates on Earth. They (you in this state) do not have any reluctance to continue what you call hard work, even in the density of Earth, for it is indeed leading to reunion with All That Is – Your (their) joy will be in this process.

Is this concept of evolution and spiritual change based on a form of escapist ideology?

To regard other dimensions as a sort of reward for having lived through earthly experience is indeed based on an escapist ideology. To understand that these changes are evidence of spiritual growth is a more mature view. To truly appreciate and welcome them is verification that desirable progress has taken place.

Is the idea of ‘leading humanity home’ another way of ‘finding God’?

Yes

Was Duane’ s experience with a Pleiadian resident guide, or walk-in soul, authentic? And the whole process of crystal triangle lightbody activation?

Duane experienced guidance which he wished (and longed) for so intensely as to create it. The guide really was authentic. I have told you that guides sometimes trade positions for a time. This is the same information as Huna walk-in souls. This explains the new guide for him. Duane needed a ritual to support his new mission. Again although guided in this, he created the Crystal Triangle Lightbody Activation for this purpose. It doesn’t negate its usefulness for those who wish to follow his lead.

Gill thinks that she hears what is apparently called ‘celestial sound’: is this anything to do with the tachyon and our other crystals?

You have both experienced the energy dispersal of your many crystals recently. It is powerful, and now all around the environment of your home. Gill’s ‘celestial sound’ is stimulated by that crystal energy.

In the 5th dimension, are we all conscious of what we are doing by engaging in the process of reuniting with All That Is – is our joy conscious joy? Is this the difference between the 4th and 5th dimensions? Total awareness?

In the fifth dimension your spiritual goals are still the aim and purpose of reaching for ultimate unity with All That Is. The joy lies in conscious satisfaction with the state of being in light, free of the labours and restrictions of Earth dwelling. There are several differences you will discover in the 5th dimension, for example: in spirit (or lightbody), the efforts you make to progress will sometimes deplete your energy, but in this state the presence of others who are aware will quickly replenish you by sharing. Your own awareness will be complete. You will acquire the ability to merge with all that spirit energy which will result in new powers of focus.

Would you say there is a parallel between our efforts toward contacting spirit back in September that resulted in our contacting you (and you, us) and Duane’s experience that resulted in the Lightbody Activation method? So that we are each in our own way making the appropriate spiritual efforts?

Yes, these two experiences are illustrative of how similar motives lead on toward the same goals demonstrated by contacting the spirit world directly. How it is expressed then varies according to individual responses to spirit. So, Duane and Diana, you and Gill are equally appropriate in your efforts to follow spiritual guidance.

Would you say that the ritual of Lightbody Activation is similar to our investing in crystals for the purpose of increasing our energy?

Basically the same.

Would anyone who engaged in either crystal healing or the Lightbody Activation necessarily have to be spiritually motivated in order to try it? (Which is why it would result in ‘subtle changes’ - enhanced spiritual awareness?)

To have any effect, subtle or otherwise, persons trying either of these experiences would need at least an understanding of the spiritual nature of both. Almost anyone interested enough to give time and energy to do it is already beginning to be so aware.

Duane and Diana, in true Aquarian fashion, are embracing humanity as they publish their books and do talks etc. Is there a way for us to share our experience with a wider swathe of humanity? Would this be a good goal?

Duane and Diana have had years of experience advertising their practices. They have the means thereby to reach many as they desire. What Gill is doing is just as valuable. It may not inform large numbers but you cannot guess how far-reaching the effects of counselling may be and now the spread of information about healers locally as well. I cannot suggest a way to reach large numbers or even that it would be a worthwhile goal in itself. Gill might consider writing about our channelled experience. It would be difficult to find enough general material, but perhaps some of the personal material could be modified to suit – rather like case-studies. She will have to judge if it is worth the big expenditure of energy and hassle.

On this subject, is there anything else you would have us know, please, Arthur?

You both have already discovered that individuals program their lives in many different ways in order to pursue their purposes. You have learned the value of crystal energy for yourselves and have designed ways of using it. And you have already chosen a way which suits you. Neither of you will find the Lightbody Activation rituals compatible or indeed any repetitive activities toward spiritual development. Your ways are creative and flexible in the use of prayer, Reiki, meditation and even physical exercise – though that would profit from a little more determination not to be too erratic when you do it. And now the new effort to disseminate the lists of healers of many persuasions is an outward reach to a larger service. At this moment I would say carry on.

Is there such a thing as pure chance? Does divine intervention have anything to do with the large sums that are won from the lottery?

We often have spoken of circumstances beyond control. This is one of those situations. There are many variables which lead one individual to have just the right combination of buying a ticket, choosing the numbers, posting it correctly, caring for it etc.. Winning a large or small sum is not related to divine intervention. None of this is pure chance though. If there is no fraud involved, the set of circumstances which lead to a prize, we call luck. The reasons are just not apparent.

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The ‘angel of darkness’

2010-05-16T07:58:00.002+01:00

Do our Guardian Angels have names, Arthur? As they are spiritual entities, is it possible that they have a shape and size?

Guardian Angels have no names. They respond to any sensitivity of mind or spirit and also accept a name their humans give them. They understand naming helps communication. To name the angel yourself, establish a close personal contact.
If you could see them, you would see only light. That is their natural state, but they can assume any shape or size. All over the Earth people have manifested them so that they do show themselves according to the kind of appearance imagined. Frequently, they appear enormously tall and most often with wings. They may resemble the people who call upon them in physical nature, and sometimes appear in size and colouring like the people who summon them, even to clothing.

Can you say, Arthur, if it is worthwhile to contact other medical practices, or are they too biased to respond favourably?

Most doctors are very jealous of their position and feel insulted to be asked to consider persons without their training as competent healers. This makes the attempt to offer alternative ways of healing to extend the doctors’ services, even where they are overworked, unlikely to succeed. To find out if there are open-minded medical practitioners, you have to ask, but you will experience rejections. However, even if you are turned down for placing brochures in clinics, individual doctors will be informed and will be interested in recommending some of the services to their patients. In this way the seed you wished to plant may sprout.

Why does Gill experience life as being so hard? Is it purely to do with her own disposition or is life always hard for people?

First you must remember that when you enter life on Earth, it is after a decision as to many of the challenges you’ll face. In order to grow, we tend to set goals considerably more difficult than the past life choices. But in physical body, those decisions are forgotten except at a very deep level. Gill has always had very high expectations especially of herself and circumstances of her own making. She experiences deep disappointment at results she does not anticipate. She finds it hard to accept whatever occurs and even harder to calmly evaluate experiences for its pluses as well as minuses. All events add to one’s development. Her disposition does make it particularly hard for Gill to appreciate that. If you know how people perceive their lives, you will find at least at some time life is so difficult everyone is tempted to give it up. It’s not easy for anyone.

How can it be better?

As before, I suggest more attention to your physical well-being. When you feel healthy energy in body, the mind and spirit improve. Most important however, is to interpret all that happens as having positive value. ‘Better’ is so much a matter of interpretation.

Is my life any easier than Gill’s?

Not overall. You do find little oases of relief and are not challenged by her hormonal changes, but growing into old age is your bête noire. It has plenty of difficulties for you.

We often experience a decline of spirits at Good Friday and for a few days after. Can you suggest a way to avoid it?

After the torpor of winter, I would suggest physical activity – even if the weather is not welcoming, walk. If it is possible, you could garden for some days. In any case avoid total inactivity and appreciate the beauties of spring. Contact with nature is restoring. Feel yourself at one with this new beginning life. Expect to be renewed. It takes a positive outlook to fully participate in this annual regeneration.

Arthur, where do thoughts originate and how do they arrive into consciousness?

The creator made you a triune creation of body, mind and spirit. From pure energy, each of these parts of you is impelled to manifest itself. Your mind creates thought energy from these continuous impulses. Then the physical brain receives these either consciously or beneath that level, finally to make the thought form. Through awareness it becomes conscious.

What is a thought? Where does it go?

Thought is the force which precedes action. It is directed depending on its content outwardly or inwardly for processing. If it is well-focussed it results in movement toward its goal. If it is a simple (reflex) response, it will dissipate when acted on. Consider an example: you are driving. You see a pheasant in the road. Mind presents thought to brain stimulated by life’s experiences with bird, speed, death, injury etc. You act to avoid the bird – outward response; or pray it will escape – inward response. Then the force is exhausted. Other thought impulses stir no response and are ‘re-absorbed’ so to speak. No energy is lost, but will be transformed.

On Good Friday, is there a measurable sadness in the collective that Gill tunes into?

Yes, even for all who know nothing of the Good Friday story. It is a universal response to cruelty and injustice. There is enough energy from the followers of the cross to move the collective to sadness on this particular day.

Arthur, you said that ‘Gill has always had very high expectations especially of herself and circumstances of her own making,’ is this something she inherited from her father and if so, should she work to combat it as Diana says we all should do with our childhood patterns and conditioning?

In itself there is nothing wrong with the conditioning she learned from her father concerning high expectations, etc. It’s in her character as well to expect a lot of herself. When things go ‘wrong’, a lack of ability to turn around quickly from disappointment before it robs her of a return to her usual vitality is the real problem. As I say often, all events are for contributing to growth and all have positive aspects.

In astrology, Saturn is the ‘angel of darkness’. Is it possible to see this principle, this angel, as a ‘good guy’?

Saturn, Lucifer, Satan – call him what you will – represents the darkness as you say, and is necessary. Without dark – no light. Without the bad guys, by contrast – no good guys. Saturn is only 1/12 of the zodiac but is needed to make it whole. You can learn to appreciate him as he fills his role.

Are you exclusively mind and spirit? Do you share my bodily experiences is if they were your own? Will you incarnate in physical form again? Are you waiting for the right time? Or have you evolved beyond the need for this state of being?

I am exclusively spirit present in your mind and body, but as nearly as you understand, only present as an observer. Your other questions are intrusive. I choose not to answer them.

Are opposite forces, like dark and light, at work in the world of spirit? Is this sometimes a problem for spirit entities? Is this duality, to move away from ‘dark’ towards light, the motivating force?

When spirits which have volunteered to help mankind experience ‘darkness’ return to the spirit world, it takes special energy, theirs and ours, to counteract this identification with the ‘dark’ they have been practising. You would call it a problem to have this force active, but it is so outweighed by the normal positive movement of spirit, that it is of slight moment. Nevertheless we experience a loss of balance which is restored by the motivating force that always brings this darkness back to light.

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DNA activation

2010-05-15T09:23:00.001+01:00

If I believe in DNA activation and Holographic Reprogramming, will it work for me?

Yes, these programmes will work for you if you truly believe it.

Is the strength of a person’s belief in self or in the thing: e.g. healing, career, relationship, always commensurate with the outcome?

No, not always. We are back to ‘circumstances beyond our control’. Strong belief is necessary to bring about a desired outcome, however, when it occurs.

a) It sounds as if you mean that my desire to make changes in the world is inappropriate. Do you mean that the desire to make changes will result in my feeling bad if I have a personal investment in the outcome?
b) For example, I might be setting myself up for more misery if I offer the List of Local Therapists to the Medical Centre and they refuse to accept it, but it isn’t a bad thing to try is it? Surely you are not saying: ‘do not try to change the world’?
c) Also, the more strength of belief I have in the idea of alternative healing supporting traditional healing, the more energy I give to it and the more likely it is to succeed – is this true?

a) It is appropriate for you to attempt to influence changes in the world in which you believe. Yes, I was referring to your bad feeling about the outcome if it is unsuccessful fuelling your pain to resist healing.
b) This is a very good project. By all means try to have the Medical Centre accept it. Energise yourself with light to maintain belief it will be successful when you approach them.
c) This is true.

You mention yesterday’s gloomy weather, would it not be more conducive to our happiness to spend a few months or years in a better climate, a different country?

Possibly, but first you both really need to improve your relationship wherever you are. You are very sensitive to place and sick of your present location. To spend time for a substantial period in a strange, even if warm place, requires a lot of energy and co-operation.

Have your answers this time, Arthur, been heavily influenced by Jean’s sense of being the victim?

Not directly. You know I must draw on whatever words are available for communication in Jean’s mind. This does give a slant to my answers depending on how she has been emotionally.

Was Gill’s good night last night the direct result of crystal healing, Reiki or both?

Both, but that’s not all of the reason. Gill could have been awash in healing energy and felt nothing. She had really let go into the power so as to absorb it. The crystal was infusing its energy and you were clear to be an instrument. This is the combination for true healing with the crystal. Reiki is born out of love and this healing energy added to the relaxed reception by Gill of the crystal was the highest blessing the life-force spirits could confer.

Why was the pain so bad in the day?

That pain was acting as a kind of monitor of Gill’s whole physical condition reflecting the degree of tension and stress of life’s burdens testing her. That day was a combination of difficulties to be dealt with. She didn’t let it overwhelm her, but worked out problems without waste of energy in spite of the pain. So when the time came for crystal healing, she had dispelled what turmoil would have interfered and let all of it go and the pain with it.

Does any outside agency, such as a pendulum, tachyon etc., have power over you independent of whether one believes it or not?

Outside agencies do modify your life all the time. The extent to which you are affected usually depends on your belief or unbelief. The pendulum in your pocket is a potential power not because it has energy of its own, but because of what may happen when you interact with it. This is true of most encounters. But there are energies beyond that which in themselves can affect you regardless of belief, unbelief or even ignorance of them.

Please would you give an example or two of the energy you mentioned here in the last sentence?

When your car refused to move at Shambhala years ago, you were exposed to the powerful crystal energy there which has affected you ever since whether you were actively working with it or not and this is also true of Gill. It certainly has independent power.
The most obvious example is all the spirit energy you have just begun to acknowledge which has been nudging and steering you from your birth. This is a power outside yourself even though I am part of you, and that greater power that operates independently upon you and all others to attract you back to unity with All That Is. Of course, it is your choice through awakening understanding, if and when you will respond to that energy and to what extent.

Does the little star ring that Gill brought back from Glastonbury have a power of its own and connect with other tachyon emissions?

I did earlier suggest that Tachyon power is so strong that one needs instruction how to use it. Now you have it: the star ring is imbued with Tachyon energy which is maintained through connection with the Tachyon energy field. Yes, it has a power of its own.

If so, is it a good energy to work with for our psychic and spiritual development? Should I acquire one as well?

I suggest Gill begin by keeping the star ring close and monitoring its effect on her. It has already manifested its power. Because Gill is so sensitive to all energies she is exposed to, it is important to go slowly in accepting new ones even though there is plenty of evidence this one is good for help with spiritual development. You would be better to wait until you are thoroughly conversant with crystal energy before you acquire one of the Tachyon forms. It is more than you can assimilate now. It was too disturbing when you first contacted it and tends to muddle your thinking about spiritual matters.

(I hesitate to bring up this again, but) Will the activation of the dormant strands of DNA occur automatically when we develop spiritually to a certain level? And is the ‘treatment’ or session to activate DNA a method of raising one’s spiritual or psychic awareness – like Diana’s ‘Lightbody Activation’?

As the body has evolved through its life on Earth, its DNA which contains patterns for each developing part, has changed through the ages. It will continue to do so automatically as humankind evolves. Spiritual development is the principal instigator of evolution in man, in his mind, soul and body and so is responsible for all his growth. The treatments you mention are designed to hurry along the changes which are in progress now. They do so by raising conscious awareness, psychic and spiritual. If you are completely in tune with this desire to evolve and alter your structures more rapidly, the treatments will help you do just that. I say again, it requires complete faith in that process. You are in charge.

Arthur, please will you say more about what the tachyon star ring is doing to, or with, Gill?

The star ring is introducing a new stream of positive energy into her psyche. Her body also responds with greater sense of well-being. So far she has been able to absorb and make good use of this slight upsurge of vitality. She needs to be careful not to take on too much at once. Take a break when aware of the need. Put it aside for a time so she won’t be so stimulated that she will experience nervous fatigue. This power can become overwhelming otherwise.

Would it be true to say that as one develops psychically there is more information rushing in on different levels, so that it is more imperative to be either grounded or centred in oneself and one’s own beliefs (while being open to new ideas)?

Yes, without doubt.

Would it be true to say that if I believed in Feng Shui, for example, I would give it a certain power and it could then dominate me with that power if I let it? So one has to be careful what one believes in -and one has to have a strong belief

It would be true. (..a paragraph here that was altered and crossed out).

Arthur, is this mess I just made evidence of too much input? Is it from the tachyon or crystals? Are the questions correctly answered?

Yes, you can’t sort out clarity from so much. It doesn’t take much extra energy to push you into confusion – the tachyon did that. But the answers are correct.

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One could even invent a complete doctrine based on anything he chooses. He could get so caught up in it he eventually would lose himself into it and it would completely dominate all his thoughts and actions. So do be careful to retain your own beliefs. Especially when confronted with someone who is so sure of his rightness. Also do avoid becoming dogmatic as you want to learn of other ways to truth in tolerance and love.

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Virtual Reality?

2010-05-14T10:42:00.001+01:00

It is increasingly clear to me now that this world we live in is the VIRTUAL REALITY and that the ostensibly 'unknown' world of SPIRIT is the more real by virtue in part of being the more enduring.

Thanks for reading.

Gill

Archangels

2010-05-14T10:25:00.002+01:00

Is it your influence, Arthur that is affecting the pendulum, or another part of me or another ‘outside’ spirit?

It is a combination of influence from me/you and sometimes whatever spirit you may succeed in reaching depending on what you want to know.

Do you recommend the Hopi Ear Candle treatment for Gill at this time? Is it safe?

The ear treatment is safe. Go ahead – all physical relief is helpful to Gill right now.

Why do I have this problem with channelling your comments on dreams?

The recent dreams provoked a highly emotional response when you read the descriptions. This greatly increased the ‘noise’ already in your mind that the swirl of information had to compete with. Interpreting is not straightforward in any case. You simply could not find clarity and sometimes became confused with your own attempt to understand the underlying message. We would lose contact briefly at these moments.

Why was there no ethereal heart-beat on Gill’s client’s tape this time?

Gill is aware that the heart-beat when it occurs marks the most important matter for attention. It will not always appear even when a matter seems most pressing. It is a very special event, up to the spirit who produces it.

Were we successfully healed at Glastonbury? Were there really archangels present at Gill’s healing?

Much healing energy was introduced into both of you. You realise that the real healing comes from within you working with the healing which you have received. Yes, you were successfully healed because you did co-operate with the spirits. The crystal energy you have invited into your life will help to continue this work as well.
There were angels and archangels present with Gill.

Did I successfully re-charge the wand?

The wand was very responsive to the vibrations of healing energy in the meditation room at Glastonbury. It stepped up the charge two-fold.

It seemed to work very well on Gill this time – do you agree?

You and Gill are clearly aware of the difference in intensity of the wand’s action. I do agree it is working well. Now that you feel free to try a change of position and particularly rotation of the wand, it should continue to be effective. You mustn’t allow yourself to get tired and Gill should be ready to halt treatment if she gets uncomfortable being relatively still so long. It isn’t the length of treatment in itself that determines success. It requires the quiet mind and expectation that the spirit (energy) of the wand will work for you.

We have read a communication channelled by Edwin Courtenay about tachyon energy. Would you please comment on its authenticity?

Tachymic energy was available to the Atlanteans, who already had a well-developed crystal-based technology, and used for an increased power source.
The information about its origin and intent is accurate. However, beyond that the claims for various shaped recently made crystals is greatly exaggerated although there is no denying tachymic energy is very powerful in its original state.

When we return to Glastonbury, should we acquire any tachyon crystals?

At this time you are just learning about crystal powers and how to use them. You have some instruction for this, but the channelled work says only that you must utilise your intuition to use tachyonic crystals. If the crystals are as capable as he, the channeller, says, then surely you need direction as they may otherwise cause ‘detriment to the human energy field’, his words describing another’s tachyonic products. My advice is work with what you have. There is much to learn yet. You are easily overpowered by too much input.

Were there angels and archangels present at my healing as well? Does this presence signify an important event? Are there many archangels? Were Raphael and Michael present?

Your guardian angels were with you both and attracted three more, including archangels. It was a significant occasion because you were both open to their healing presence as you received Seichem treatment. The two archangels were Raphael and Gabriel. Michael was also present when Gill received healing. There are not many archangels but they are able to be everywhere at once so in a sense this was not unusual for them to appear when the guardian angels summoned them for their divine support. You were both in great need of their special gifts to help you make use of the healing.

Gill continues to experience a heavy dark depression that usually begins in the night and then recedes when the day is underway. Would you offer any advise or explanation, please? At other times her energy has increased and there is more creativity and momentum at work.

During the day Gill is able to use her newly amplified energies to activate her mind and body positively. With the help of crystal healing she also experiences less pain. In the night she tries to use this energy to discharge the negative thought-forms that plague her when she is inactive and cause depression. To cope with this, before trying to sleep she should deliberately make new thought-forms that the depression will fade away. Then pray to her guide requesting additional spirit energies to keep that darkness at bay. As with the bodily problem, it will take some time to rid herself of it. Gill, believe you can do it and don’t be easily discouraged – keep at it. It can be dispelled.

Why did you speak words to me this morning, Arthur? Am I becoming more attuned or are you becoming louder or is the situation becoming more urgent? What did I miss in your message re putting light in Gill’s room?

I always speak words to you even though what I describe as ‘noise’ keeps you from hearing me. I took advantage of your sleepy, empty condition to alert you to clearing Gill’s room by Reiki treatment before she goes to rest at night. As she always goes before you it was necessary to urge you to do it in time for her to benefit from my suggestions tonight. Use the healing energy in all 4 directions, one by one. Then finish by filling the room with the light of peace which follows the clearing. By the way, do meditate before you do the clearing. You really must be calm and quiet beforehand and finally fully focused. Don’t worry – I’ll be there with whatever help you need. Don’t even try to be specific if you are aware of ‘noisy’ interference. Your spirits, friends, and, if needed, other spirit assistants will come with me.

If you and Will can direct/ affect our bodies so powerfully, why will you not simply make us completely well and healthy?

Your guides did not directly cause the cleansing experience. As I said, your bodies responded to the directions your guides gave to you. At any time you could have disregarded the suggestion, but you followed through. As in all healing, it takes place in you, from your own use of the healing energy. This experience does emphasise the power you have over your body.

From Gill:
Why the anger and depression yesterday? Has the work we’ve been doing with crystals and healing worn off?

As I said recently – you do all the work to heal yourselves. All the help you receive is still for your use. It is not a magic potion nor does it wear off. What wears off is your belief in and enthusiasm for this new experience. At Glastonbury there was an immense increase of positive energy. You can’t expect to keep that same level without certainty that it is yours and overcoming the negativity which reduces it again. Yesterday’s emotional upheaval was partly related to the gloomy weather. But far more deeply is the problem of forgiveness – of yourself, Gill, and all those you perceive as cheating you of your just desserts.

Is there any truth and justification to these deep feelings of injustice that refuse to leave? Is there a way to purge?

Of course there is truth in these feelings – your truth. So long as you are unable to accept what is past and let it go, then attend to the present without rancour, you will suffer the agony of these perceptions. You build on images of what should have been. Now you do try to make the best of what you see as a bad deal, but the underlying thought is, ‘I really deserve better’. This is a very difficult challenge, one you chose as you entered this lifespan. Because, according to the scale of justice you learned, you really are treated unjustly. ‘Where are the rewards for all my hard work?’ You have chosen to stay on your own path toward reunion with God in spite of the pain and stumbles. As you grow in strength (and you are) you will gradually find comfort in who you are, and who you are becoming. Build a positive view of yourself just as you are now and, as you tell Jean, believe in the process however difficult of becoming better and better in dealing with your physical life and circumstances.

Am I blocking my own healing? If so, why?

Yes, you are in your own way. Primarily, you have dealt with your problems through rage. This prevents long term healing as it turns on yourself. All that I said above about how you feel so mistreated makes you want to change the ‘world’, but it only builds frustration as the ‘world’ stubbornly refuses to change and causes your pain to linger.

What do you think about the treatments on offer at Shambhala involving a) holographic reprogramming and b) DNA activation? Do they work in any way on anyone?

Like all healing practices, these treatments depend on the recipients’ expectations and participation. If you are asking should you have one or the other on this trip, I suggest you investigate how it is offered there and who is in charge. It requires your judgement and intuition to decide if it is valuable for you and if you respond positively to it now. Any changes are very subtle from these treatments. Success in accepting this work depends on the nature of the energy exchange with the persons doing it.

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All truth is relative.

2010-05-13T18:03:00.002+01:00

Would it be right to say that crystals act as amplifiers of the energy around them or ‘programmed’ into them through blessings? Rather than that they are healing agents per se?
Do you think it would help to maintain the healing to seek out more crystals and put them in the bedroom and elsewhere in the house? If so, how many?

They are healing agents in themselves vibrating positive energy. However, when corresponding vibrations in a person seeking this energy are near, it is amplified. At Glastonbury crystals there have been increasing energy from the strong energies inherent in this place and through the many visitors who seek this power continuously. It will help to increase crystal energy in the house. Acquire only those which have strong attraction for you and place them where you can touch them often and want to. This limits the number because their energy diminishes when neglected. This is not a compulsory exercise either. It must come from a natural desire to engage with the crystal. So put just a few in the several places you spend most time.

Also, if they are ‘amplifiers’, does this explain the wide variety of very strong energies in Glastonbury? In a place where there is a healing well, an abbey and generally a focus on healing, various religious practices and spiritual intent, there is also the opposite force with many rebellious and needy people living in the area, - mechanical breakdowns seem to be a feature, and exploitation of tourists…………..

From the above statement you see the crystals at Glastonbury are amplifiers of already strong energies and exert a magnetic pull on people with a wide range of needs and behaviours. Yes, this does explain the wide variety of very strong energies there which have been building over many years even before Shambhala and its beautiful patterns of crystals were in place to amplify them.

Arthur, what are the dark forces? Is this something real? If so, how should we deal with it personally?

There are entities which are chosen to appear on Earth to provide the challenge of combat to those who seriously seek light. This is very real opposition, genuinely frightening because their power sucks positive energy so quickly. They are taxing these light-workers to their limits. They do this to cause the group to maintain build-up of the great strength needed for the present evolutionary work. There must be dark for light to be seen. These dark spirits may seem evil, but they are contributing to concentrate the mutual energies of the group to success in their goal and then they find they have the power to defeat the ‘dark forces’’ intentions in themselves.
You do this by calling upon the forces for light to guide you as you have been doing. Maintain and nourish faith in goodness. Your new crystals are a good new source of positive energy to help with this.

All truth is relative. So isn’t everything we perceive as outside us, in truth, inside us, so that ‘dark forces’ are a projection of that which resides within? If so, if I don’t believe in it, is it not correct to say that I therefore do not give it power?

Gill has thought this through clearly. You do not give it (dark forces) power when you do not believe in it, but the other half of the equation is believing and therefore projecting light from within. Yes, you create limitations (darkness) to turn toward the light. This is not as easy as it sounds however because this requires judgement as to how much will stimulate you to the light direction without attracting you to linger in the dark where there is stasis – a temptation to rest, to give up.

Can you advise me how to use the crystal wand for healing?

I will give you one method of using the wand safely. With it as a model you may then design your own intuitive ways of using it. It has powerful healing properties, but that power must be respected. Begin with a request to the spirit of healing in the wand for its help. If you are attempting to relieve pain or a disease in a particular body-part of the recipient, place your left hand on or close to that area. Take up the wand in your right hand holding it horizontal to your body. Slowly turn the point at the narrow end so that the point is aimed at the back of your left hand. You will absorb healing energy which will transfer to the site of the pain but protect it from too great a power discharge. You must remain sensitive to this sensation in your hand so that you can turn the point away slowly should you note any discomfort. Continue the treatment until you intuit it is enough. Then return the wand to the place you keep it. The recipient should remain still for a minute or so. You thank the spirit and wash your hands.

Arthur, Gill has been somewhat restless at night (although much better during the day) since the crystals arrived – is there a connection?

In the presence of the new energies, even though positive, Gill has more stimulation than she can assimilate at night. She has been very active during the day. Her actions are aided then. She did rightly associate feeling better with the crystals around her as well, but she is likely to have restless nights for a short time as she adjusts: Dreaming vividly is part of her adjustment.

Can Gill use the wand on me?

Yes, Gill can use the wand as you do. She should also dedicate its healing purpose, its programming, for herself. As it is self-cleansing, it will be ready. She will wash her hands before using it and afterwards and remember to thank the spirit of healing in the wand.

Please would you clarify light and dark, negative and positive, good and evil. At one time you suggested that all negative/dark thoughts and deeds originated in human minds not in the realm of spirit. But when Diana made reference to the dark forces, you told us about the ‘good’ work of negative entities who had a reality in spirit

Some spirits accept the role of carrying out actions to provide humans with the range of behaviours which the humans denote as good-bad, light-dark, positive-negative, etc. The spirits’ motive is to lead humans to choose the higher goal of the positivity which is the spirit energy by nature. I was trying to show a difference between experiences spirit may participate in and the underlying reason for what appears as negative energy (dark forces). Love, good, light, growth, God are all descriptions of the ultimate direction of all creation. All spirit efforts are working to that end. That’s why I tried to explain ‘entities’ in spirit who do the negative jobs, but avoided suggesting there are evil spirits.

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Suicide

2010-05-12T14:22:00.001+01:00

Is spiritual gain always the result of physical/earthly pain or striving?

No, spiritual gain does not always result from pain and striving. It depends on the goal of the individual which may have involved some physical suffering and striving, but it also depends on the underlying motivation of that effort toward a worthy goal.

How much praying, exactly, do we need to do to strengthen our energy?

It isn’t the amount. It is sincerity and belief that the prayer is heard and response is always inevitable. You can strengthen your energy immediately in this way. Every time you feel a decline, renew your prayer. It can be only a few words or no words at all – just the strong sense of need.

There are people who have no belief in spirit or God whatsoever who are not only strong and healthy but also commit acts of wrongdoing – how is this possible? Surely we’re ahead of these people?

You may need to feel a sense of being ‘ahead’, living as you do, but this is not a race requiring handicaps to win. It is more like broken-field running where you may trip and fall, recover, run on having made a mistake in direction, do it over etc. as you do. Life, as you describe it for these people, is not rewarding them for their behaviour. It is a condition from which they will learn that life on Earth cannot be sustained without becoming aware of how they are granted health and strength to have opportunity to contribute to the collective. It can take them more lifetimes to learn this than people who overcome ill-health or physical disability then learn to share with all. Wrong-doing isn’t so easy to perpetrate in these conditions either. The healthy ones who take advantage of others wrongfully have a hard time learning why this is to their eventual downfall and should be given up for their own soul’s sake. But it seems so easy and desirable not to.

Why did Nancy say I should, before our conversation, ask, ‘Are you of the light’? You have told us that all spirits are of the light and that it is only human negativity that creates darkness – is this right?

I have assured you it is human negativity that is responsible for darkness and certainly Nancy has experienced it when people enter her home. She seeks protection from negativity, but attributes it to spirit. Spirit energy is powerful and positive. She feels the power, but wants assurance it is for ‘good’. She’s right to clear away negative thoughts present before she contacts spirits.

Are you only able to refer us to people who are already known to us? Is there no-one, anywhere, we could visit who would offer inspiration, energy, a clue as to why and how to continue? Gill feels in need of a ‘master’. I need someone to fan my dying faith into life. You do know everyone, don’t you?

I haven’t referred you to any person (Jean suggested Linde) only place where you have experienced healing. Your personal search for the help you require is actually part of the process. That is how you found Victor and Magda. You are both hunting outside yourselves for that which is within. I do not, cannot, recommend any individual to help as you have requested, for this confers a kind of approval which is not mine to make. Also, I don’t know everyone as you asked, although through various spiritual contacts I find out about them especially when the concern is about their welfare, as when you wanted to know about those already in spirit or concerned with spiritual matters such as Magda and Diana.

If life became so intolerable and one found the required courage to commit suicide, once in spirit, would it be a wonderful release or would one carry guilt and regret along into the next existence? Is it a viable alternative?

Determining that life is that intolerable takes very good judgement. Normally a life needs completion on Earth no matter how long or short in order to fulfil the task of growth. Suicide cuts it short, but there is no wonderful release at this transition to spirit. He does not carry along emotions of guilt and regret either but rather experiences a reduction of energy which makes preparing for a future incarnation more difficult. He is aware of work not finished and the effort of returning to Earth for this purpose in all its heaviness is arduous and demanding of great discipline.

What is the difference between a free spirit and an angel?

It is largely what they do. The angel’s role is protecting and assisting people to help themselves. Free spirits are available to respond to human needs, furnishing energy, increasing in numbers to do that if necessary – returning to the greater whole to re-charge themselves - and always in action. Angels can be still and quiet and gentle. They are particularly close at times of bereavement, suffering and loss. They offer security and comfort at the most trying times.

Are cats especially spiritual creatures as they spend so much time asleep and therefore in spirit? Spiritual people do seem more attracted to them as pets.

A sleeping cat is not in spirit. It shuts down its body functions to low ebb. But as you know, it can leap out of apparent sound sleep instantly. Yes, cats are sensitive to spirit. They are such good pets partly because they react to their owners’ emotional needs with surprising understanding and even deeper problems afflicting the humans they are aware of and respond to.

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Dr Harold Shipman

2010-05-11T17:36:00.001+01:00

Your answer concerning psychopaths offers a scenario that sounds awful – it doesn’t sound as if it originates in love or the creativity of love. Why must there be in our world examples of extreme opposites of good and bad?

Mankind is too prone to take the easy road and that includes not aiming for the highest good. The very few examples of the other extreme simply provide impetus to reach as far from that low point as possible. To love you must know its opposite.

Re the Bermuda Triangle – we were asking about the truth surrounding the many reported sightings of UFOs, mysterious lights and disappearances over the past 200 years or so within this particular area? Do you really mean that this area is no more exceptional than any other? What do you mean when you say: ‘The sudden loss of a ship or plane without apparent reason is only that the reasons aren’t recognised.’ What, then, are the reasons? (We are not thinking about travelling, are we?)

You mis-read the question about the Bermuda Triangle which I answered as received, but you were using information you read somewhere in your answer. Here again, you were so anxious to please Gill with some answers about the strange events in the Bermuda Triangle that you refused to say that ‘I do not wish to reveal that information’. As a spirit guide my work is on spiritual matters and includes anything I judge affects you spiritually. This particular request has no bearing on your spiritual development. Sadly, you stretched the truth about accurate interpretation. True you didn’t invent what you wrote, but stopped short of reporting what I said. You can trust the basic answers of Feb 3rd, but again I urge you to stop when you are unsure that ideas in your mind are mine. And for heaven’s sake be honest – don’t fool yourself.

What do you mean by ‘Time is so imprecise’? It seems to us as if it is the one measurable constant in life.

This reference is to the conception of time. An hour in the dentist’s chair may seem like a day, whereas joyful moments flee. You try to pin down a stretch of time by measure, but it is as I suggested, imprecise. As the earth turns so too does the scale you measure by – England’s 12 noon is 7am in New York for example.

Re your answer on time – do you mean the conception of time or the perception of time? Time itself is based on the movement of the Earth on its axis and its path round the Sun. This is precise isn’t it? (Gill has to know this as an astrologer!) Not clear on: ‘As the earth turns so too does the scale you measure by’.

I do mean the perception of time. This was a reference to the likelihood of useful contacts in the last two weeks of January. Time as used by astrologers is indeed precise. Since you returned from the hospital you are especially muddled in your thinking. Your energy is almost fully directed at recovery of health, so you picked up ‘earth’s rotation’, ‘measure’, ‘scale’ without any notion of an underlying idea. Disregard that material.

You advised Gill to be in a constant state of expectation for new contact opportunities. Isn’t this ‘hope’ a recipe for disappointment?

If Gill anticipates disappointment it will come. A constant state of expectation is too much tension. Just being calmly alert to opportunity is better than living with no hope. That state creates just the outcome you don’t want.

How might Gill help someone who has the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease?

Tell Gill: be your own kind self. Don’t feel you need to correct minor errors. Best not to call attention to even obvious mistakes mostly with forgetfulness. It is not very different from normal behaviour at first, so address her (him) as usual.

Why am I so attracted to Gill’s photo of the crop formation?

There are ‘spirits’ evoked by the picture of the Downs, the fields, the wild flowers and of course the crop circle with which you resonate. It speaks of peace eternal. The colours are of life. The whole reflects moments in your life which were supernal.

Would you comment on the ‘crimes’ of Dr Harold Shipman – in his own view, were his actions acceptable?

For a long time Dr Shipman felt he was an ‘angel’ of mercy relieving old people of their pains and weariness. But it finally became a sort of addiction. Increasingly he was not too careful who in his opinion would benefit. It’s amazing how he could even rationalise receiving, after some slight duress, the assets of his victims. He assumed it was for a good cause, even just to support himself – the minister of mercy.

In relation to what you said about Jesus’ connection with the ‘Holy Spirit’, does this differ from our experience of a connection with you, Arthur, in as much as a Master has no doubts or questions or need for help, instead he has pure faith?

Jesus’ connection with the Holy spirit is one of shared God-Spirit. He received constant energy without requesting it because he knew it was there. He could then manipulate matter in perfect faith, water would become wine, or a supplicant be healed. Your relation with me is very faintly similar. Your faith is so weak it disappears regularly, but it is an ideal to aim for.

Is it right to say that every drug or medicine that we take, including artificial stimulants like coffee and alcohol, are to provide for the perceived lack of something which is in essence spiritual. Also, that with enough focus on, and development of, spiritual strength, we would be less likely to manifest illness or dis-ease and therefore not require stimulants, tranquil-izers or drugs of any kind.

The body was not made to require substances like coffee, alcohol and medicines to address problems of physical and mental breakdown. Without doubt (namely, with faith) developing spiritual strength would provide all that’s needed to prevent illnesses or diseases. The body reacts to living by using up a fund of energy which is replaced in periods of rest. When this is in balance, there is no sense of need except for basic water and nutrition.

Are you saying that there is a mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle but you do not wish to reveal it in the same way as you did not reveal information about the people of Machu Pichu. You have also said you are a friend as well as a guide – it would be a friendly gesture to satisfy our curiosity?

Yes, there is a mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle which should not now be revealed. I am a friend to you, but also to others who wish it to remain undisclosed.

Why did I choose to name you ‘Arthur’, Arthur?

When you were just learning about spirit guides you were advised to learn my name. After several false starts, you gave up thinking about it. But just before you fell asleep one night in a state of blankness you recognise now, you heard the name ‘Arthur’ several times. You decided it was my name as you need a way to address me. It was my own suggestion. It has no other special meaning. You do respond to its tones.

What causes cats to (re) incarnate?

Animals, including pets are natural to Earth. Their spirit-energy is drawn back. It is simply and smoothly accomplished. There is no choice involved. It is the place of existence for them.

What is happening spiritually when I pick a rune and the reading feels as if it fits, or Gill does a Tarot spread and it tells of something specific? Is there a spiritual power involved in divination? (What about chicken bones and tea leaves?)

This sets up a response which originates in Gill within her own spiritual energy. It can be triggered by many objects – those you mention, crystal balls, broken straws etc., There is power invested in these things when one is attuned to the moment to bring about the reading which seems to fit.

In relation to your answer on medicines and stimulants: if Gill develops greater faith and belief, and in turn, nourishes/exercises herself better, is that all that is required to restore her body/mind to an holistic state of good health?

I said that faith and healthy living will prevent illness and disease. It is also true that you will restore the body/mind if you return to good health practices. It depends on how much damage is present when you begin, how completely you recover, but it is all that it required.

Is it possible to send energy back in time to a person or an event?

Persons and events from the past continue to exist in energy-form, so it possible to send energy to them.

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multiple personalities

2010-05-10T17:49:00.001+01:00

Was the recent war in Iraq a mistake inasmuch as there were found to be no weapons of mass destruction after all? Was it born out of the need for revenge after the bombing of the World Trade Centre?

Primarily, the WMD were excuses to rid Iraq and the whole Middle East of the tyrant, Saddam Hussein and to restore the flow of oil. For those to whom this was the aim, the war was a success, but the degree of violence was unnecessary and will stir further retributive acts of anger toward the coalition and the USA in particular. The idea that the USA, in fact the whole world, has been shown by the World Trade Centre bombing to be wholly vulnerable to attacks which can seldom be anticipated or defended, is responsible for the vengeful motivation of this action.

Is all illness, in a sense, psychosomatic in as much as it is psychological disturbance that brings on disease?

It is, in that the mind directs all body action. ‘Brings on’ is a good way of describing it because when the mind/body is in balance, potential disease is present but requires a shift in psychological perspective to develop illness.

If so, would a placebo given in place of a ‘real’ drug or remedy have the same effect?

If you mean would it act as the ‘real’ drug does, yes, if the recipient believes it is the needed remedy. Then the mind creates the required curative properties from whatever neutral placebo has been offered just as the ‘real’ drug does.

Are the metaphysical causes for illness in the writings of Louise Hay accurate? For example, is diabetes the result of ‘longing for what might have been; a great need to control; deep sorrow; no sweetness left’? And Alzheimer’s: ‘Refusal to deal with the world as it is. Hopelessness and helplessness. Anger.’

Louise Hay has, over time, observed the correlations between the particular sort of illness and the metaphysical state of mind that accompanies it in sick people. She has offered useful interpretations, for when they are acknowledged and believed, her recommendations for a change of attitude can work wonders in healing of the disease if it is not so advanced as to have damaged working parts permanently. This is another example of how the mind is in charge of healing.

We have a photo of what looks like a spirit issuing out of our first motorbike – was there a ‘spirit of the motorbike’?

This was not an ectoplasmic phenomenon. The spirit of the bike is not visible. It was created by Gill’s interaction with its energy. That bike had strong connections with the need in Gill for strength, control and free movement. The pictured wisp in the photo is an accidental reflection of light, but, nevertheless, it is a real spirit picture because Gill did sense that energy presence in it.

Is there any difference between ‘psyche’ and ‘mind’?

These words are often used interchangeably, but I’ll make a distinction. Psyche suggests the individual’s spirit as he has grown from his innate mental makeup plus his complete experience to date. It is not finished. Mind is more the director of those actions which create the psyche.

When one is becoming more spiritually attuned, is a sign of this that one begins to see auras around people and objects? Are there any other indications?

Seeing auras is sensing the electrical field emanating from everything. It represents special sensitivity, but may occur without any spiritual inspiration. However, it is one sign that greater awareness of the world dimensions can awaken one spiritually. Not everyone has that particular ability, but there are other manifestations to watch for such as vivid, evocative dreams, resonating with sounds or responses to colour, for example. This comes from learning to care for and love the Earth, a way of becoming more spiritually attuned.

How is the Holy Spirit different from other spirits?

The Holy Spirit is that spirit most filled with and radiating the original energy of All That Is. He is closest to reunion with God of all spirits and capable of greater healing and guidance to those who are ready for this power.

What causes the mysterious and unusual effects which have occurred within the Bermuda Triangle? Any connection with Atlantis?

You asked about this once before. My answer was that this area is very crowded with traffic on sea and in the air. The sudden loss of a ship, or a plane without apparent reason is only that the reasons aren’t recognised. Travel on water or air is full of peril. Most people responsible for it are particularly careful to heed warnings of storm, wind shear, sudden changes of weather and so on. But that lovely warm area attracts carelessness, too. People who are unprepared are, of course, more vulnerable. It is just not exceptional in spite of the story-tellers. I told you if you wanted to go there, there is no special reason to avoid it.

What is happening on the spiritual level to someone who has a) multiple personalities b) schizophrenia c) or is psychopathic or sociopathic - those who seem to have lost touch with any principle of goodness?

a) These souls are extremely unhappy with their first persona and consequently are ‘trying on’ new ones hoping finally to unify the chosen qualities into one they accept as themselves. They sometimes succeed and can carry on with spiritual development. b) At the age of integration from child to adult, these people are like (a) except they are not interested in unifying into one complete person. They usually give up. Spiritually they disregard this lifetime. (c) Most of these have a history of abuse in many previous lifetimes and choose to survive vengefully satisfying whatever desire appeals to them. They are the ultimate ‘downers’. They don’t feel anything about what they do. Many are very intelligent (developed brain), but pervert that gift. They don’t even ‘enjoy’ their wickedness. They are lost to this lifetime and will require a tremendous burst of super-positive spirit energy just to start afresh next time. They only serve at present as the opposite pole to good.

Is the soul of a psychopath only ‘bad’ when it’s incarnated? Is it ‘good’ again when it is in spirit? I believe you have said that there is no negative, destructive spirit energy?
How would a soul benefit from an incarnation as a psychopath? What condition in the soul would produce this personality? Is it creative for a soul to move from pure spirit into a life where there is misery, negativity and destruction from the word go?

You may recall that some experienced spirits may choose to return to Earth to fill difficult particular roles, in this case that of the psychopath. They are well aware of the condition they are undertaking but offer it as a model of an extreme opposite of good. In arousing sufficient revulsion, they contribute to a shift toward the extreme of good. Before incarnation he enlists strong spirit energy to help him endure, for the life’s duration, being a soul without any compassion. The spirit will be restored, but will remember the suffering he caused. Next he will incarnate in a serving, caring situation, one which brings pain with which he can empathise and suffer in himself. This is how the soul could benefit.

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What is electricity?

2010-05-09T17:47:00.001+01:00

Arthur, thank you for your help during my surgery and in advising me about the jaundice/infection. Did my spirit ‘go’ anywhere when I was anaesthetised?

Your spirit (soul) remained close to your body. There was never a time during the surgery when there was any temptation to separate. It was joined by other spirits of healing keeping watch and giving strong healing energy.

Please would you explain further your answer to our question as to whether the fragmenting of All That Is was painful; you said: ‘no more than our separation from the larger energy to move in the universe’. Are these two separate events?

In the beginning, ‘All That Is’ – the total sum of spiritual, creative energy, divided into many separate entities which were still connected. All of them were in motion spinning around each other in perpetual generation of energy. It is a little like the particles which fill the atmosphere which is all one, but they are all separate. As the creatures of the universe called upon spirit for help, these entities were free to separate from the larger energy. ‘All That Is’ still encompasses all of this energy and movement. So, He is an even larger source than the separating spirits in their linked sphere and fills all of the ‘space’ between, among, around them as well. It is a clumsy description but, I hope, helps to show these are two separate events closely related.

What mysterious energy keeps our heart beating?

Very early in the development of foetal tissue, the life-force energy which will support the body life-long, activates the cluster of cells which are to be the heart. As the organ forms, areas of electrical impulses soon trigger the rhythmic beat we hear and feel.

There has been a mysterious heartbeat that occurs on Gill’s tape-recordings with clients – can you say where this originates and why it is there? Can you offer any advice to Gill’s recent client in relation to this?

The heartbeat is manifested by the spirit guide of the client when the most important subject comes up which the individual needs to recognize and explore, but is always the most resisted and difficult. It is an ethereal heart sound, not the one in the physical body, but still is the essence of that bodily origin.

Why does it occur on our recordings – it is apparently not a common phenomenon?

It would lose its purpose of emphasising an unusually important emotional aspect in discussion. It is a feature not all spirit guides choose to make this point.

Why am I wary of missionaries? How can I share my knowledge of God-spirit with others without becoming a missionary?

You are uneasy about being ‘led down the garden path’ by the absolute certainty missionaries demonstrate. They leave no room for others’ viewpoints. It is this sort of intolerance which is so often a feature of mission that repels you. Demonstrate your understanding of goodness (God-spirit) by action. When someone asks ‘What makes you so happy’, it is the best chance to share knowledge with others. Remember how Tandy answered, ‘I’m a Christian’. You can have your own answer. Then there can be an easy interchange of ideas. No one insists he is the only one with truth.

How is Lucille now?

Lucille has finally been released into the spirit dimension. She is at peace there. She will still react to your loving thoughts as she needs to continue to build energy so don’t stop sending them. It helps other spirits to help her as well.

Arthur, in relation to the ‘energy that keeps our heart beating’, please will you explain further about the origin and constant presence of life-force energy; is it similar to what we know as electricity? Is it the essence in the fragments of All That Is?

Life-force energy was a spontaneous production of energy occurring at the same time as the first divisions of the Creative Spirit to infuse all creatures with the ability to grow and replicate. Scientists struggle to identify the source believing correctly that there is a single unifying power in all energies. They can now identify four of its parts including electro-magnetic, gravity, a weak force and a strong one but do not find the bond which makes them one – which is the original creation of All That Is.

What is electricity?

It is one of the endless power sources (see above) provided to the Earth for many uses and to satisfy many natural requirements. Knowing physical or chemical elements of it or how to produce it will not make clear what it is or make it serve purposes it is suited to any better.

Referring again to the ‘ethereal’ heartbeat on Gill’s recordings (and the one that occurred during my session with Simon), can you say why this has come to our awareness in particular? Do other astro-counsellors have similar psychic messages? And, do the clients hear the heart-beat message with understanding or should Gill listen for it and bring it to their attention?

Some spirit guides choose this method of emphasis because some persons are attuned to picking up the meaning in this sound. Gill is already responding to this by stressing feeling to you and her clients. Seems obvious to her, but it must be reiterated often and in many ways for some. Other astro-counsellors do receive psychic messages in sound or in brief visions, ideas suddenly at a moment of need etc. The heart-beat is particularly dramatic. It is there for Gill to use. By asking if the client heard it, she can initiate a valuable exchange. It can open another door.

Why are scientists unable to find the bond which makes them one? Is it because it is spiritual rather than of the earth?

The unified energy was created for Earth by the Great Spirit. As in the nature of energy, its parts interlock continuously with each other so the bond is actually elastic. If scientists start examining the problem from the premise a spiritually created bond exists, they may be able to recognise the cohesions even in this unstable relationship which form a loose supportive earthly bond – a unity of several.

Also, is it either possible or proper for scientists to try to create life (like the fictional Dr Frankenstein or nowadays cloning or in a test-tube)? If so, will this life automatically possess a reincarnated spirit?

No monster made of nuts and bolts like Frankenstein’s is proper or possible. Today scientists are using normal biological material helping to control it to produce healthy infants with certain chosen traits. Using adult cells is much less likely to produce desired cloned results. But these things are possible. The morality of such work is now being debated because it is a collective issue, as well as the problem of the individual decisions of those from whom the material is taken. In any case, the newly reincarnated spirit will join these infants as any normally generated ones do.

Should we try and bring the high number of people inhabiting the Earth under control to match the Earth’s resources?

It is highly desirable to educate people to want to limit their numbers in order that there be better use of the Earth’s resources. At the moment there is a danger of serious depletion of food staples and water. When discussing the morality of ‘designer’ babies as in the last question, it is a point to consider that if potential parents could be assured of one or two children of given sex, colour, height etc it could contribute to careful limiting of pregnancies. To depend on altruism as a motive is unreal. To depend on force doesn’t work either – consider China’s experiment. This is an important global concern.

Has Gill studied astrology before this lifetime?

She was a student of philosophy at a time when astrology was a principle element in considering life’s purpose.

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‘parallel universes’

2010-05-08T10:15:00.001+01:00

Are what are known as ‘parallel universes’ the same as the spiritual dimensions we have discussed (eg 5th dimension etc.)? And does their existence have any bearing on precognition?

Parallel universes and various dimensions are all words striving to explain the spiritual universe (this time the word is all-encompassing) out of the Earth’s boundaries. In all that spacelessness and all that timelessness, events of the moment and all possible ones exist simultaneously. Certain psychically aware persons who can contact these dimensions (they have a dim memory of being in that state) tune in to what may occur. It is not always clear or accurate, but provides foreknowledge of probable events. Calling them parallel universes is to suggest there are ‘areas’ where events are, shall we say, ‘tried out’, so different outcomes may be experienced. This is just recognising the rapid movement existing in spirit dimensions as possible events jumble together and apart.

How is it that the scientist, Stephen Hawking, has lived with motor neuron disease for so long? Why did he fall prey to it?

He has lived so long because of his mental activity, the enormous physical care he has had, his belief in his value to the world, (this is ego at the service of continued life) and his determination to function regardless of communication difficulty. It is another example of a spirit at the time of incarnation choosing this particular challenge. He has enormous positive energy to believe in his own strength and is rewarded by his success.

Will you comment on the legends of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin etc.? Were these characters real? If so, did Gill have a life in those times? Anyone we know….?

There was a real King Arthur with a very small domain and knights to protect it. But the legendary Arthur was imagined and re-invented by the bards of the day praising his valour and expanding on his story with each re-telling. Gill did have a life as a kitchen maid on a farm in this period, but aside from loving care of animals, this was not a very profitable time spiritually. Contending with poverty and often hunger depleted her then.

Was there a real Golden Age? If so please would you say a little about it?

Times of high achievement and usually peace where this took place are all Golden Ages. Great libraries with knowledge of mathematics in particular collected by the great Arab nations was such a time. Early Greece and Rome with the histories you know in many fields of endeavour are so called, but if you mean the one Homer described where for a time mankind lived ideally was only that – an ideal. Worth knowing about in order to aspire again to such an ideal.

Gene Rodenberry, the creator or Star Trek, channelled some of the material for the series. Are there such creatures in the universe as ‘Q’; the Crystalline Entity; the Borg; a race like the klingons?

The creatures Gene Rodenberry invented were not, are not real. There are even more extraordinary ones, but although he was inspired to make his characters, the ones you named, most fierce and powerful, it was for the sake of the story. There was his message in Star Trek that ‘good’ triumphs in the end even over such frightful figures and plots.

Was Gill’s Reiki ‘initiation’ a real spiritual event? Although she tends not to practise it, is it still an available energy that refers back to that first-degree Reiki experience?

This was part of Gill’s search for a link with God at that time. Yes, the initiation stirred a psychic memory of her healing powers in previous lifetimes. It is available energy, but is not the answer she was looking for then. She still kept on a search in several areas for that link. It wasn’t in healing as taught in Reiki.

When Gill received her first Reiki healing from Linde, it was interesting that I felt more the impact of it than she did. Is there are reason for this?

Healing in you is a major component of touching God’s creative energy. When Gill was alerted to this power, it occurred at that time to waken in you the potential which has grown into your practice of distant healing in this lifetime.

Please will you suggest all the things that we might do to rid the house of negative energy and replace it with positive?

When you have positive attitudes about the house and your activities in it the negative will dissipate and disappear. You, Gill have worked to bring the vitality of colour into the walls around you. Delight in it. Do bring flowers, but enjoy the energy from the earth where they grow, and means appreciating the grounds around the house. Take pleasure in caring for it. You, Jean in particular need to go onto the ground closely. You don’t know what is there without getting soil on you. Bring that appreciation into the house when you return. Not only count your blessings, but articulate them. The lovely atmosphere you first experienced in this house is still there for recognising and building up your own positive energy. Gill does a lot to try by moving furnishings, making improvements etc., but does it from desperation. So it only works briefly. Both of you need to believe that you are the real creators of joy or misery and can choose which way to go. Out with negative viewpoints. God’s creation is good.

What exactly is negative energy? How does it exist? What does it consist of? Could we banish it instantly with prayer, positive energy? Are you able to help us with this problem, Arthur?

It comes from the lack of faith in ‘goodness’ (God). It’s connected with lowered expectations and finally belief that all is not well and won’t get better. It’s the result of a great downward spiral. You can’t banish it instantly with prayer or any of the suggestions I have made in the past. It took a long time to make negative energies, for the positive are more natural, so it will take some time to dispel them. But you really can. When you really believe that, I and other spirits will respond with positive spirit force to support you.

Did Jesus have a spirit guide? Was he so strongly aware of his guide’s presence that it caused him to feel his direct link (and everyone else’s) with God?

The ‘Holy Spirit’ was Jesus’ guide. All those who became masters had this knowledge of direct connection with the great God-spirit and a similar experience of the ‘Holy Spirit’ which is a manifestation of the ultimate creative energy.

When Gill was a kitchen maid, was I also incarnated at that time?

You were both incarnated more than once in these so-called medieval times, but were not in the same place or time.

When you said in relation to Star Trek that: ‘there are even more extraordinary ones’ (creatures) - did you mean ones that Gene R invented or that there are, in reality, more extraordinary ones than the ones he invented?

There really are more extraordinary ones, but so impossible to explain to you – they are unlike anything you can imagine – hence extraordinary. Gene Rodenberry was aware of very strange (to him) others, but had to imagine his characters as he couldn’t begin to decipher what they are.

Yesterday you referred to magicians making up curses in some cultures. Is it possible for someone to curse another? If so, how can this be? Is it related to the construction of negative energy we were just talking about?

In the cultures where this cursing takes place, the victim actually believes in it and makes it real. He must know about the intention to harm him, but the magician who sends out the curse cannot activate it without his co-operation. There are negative thought-forms involved, of course, but this is not a building of negative energies which remain and increase slowly as discussed before.

How is it that alcohol has a different effect on everyone? If it is a depressant, why is its effect first to create a pleasant, happy feeling? Are all artificial stimulants inadvisable?

Alcohol’s action is based on the body weight and metabolism of the individual. If you know those details, you can predict how alcohol will affect the person. The reason people seek its action is that it first stimulates endorphin production causing the pleasant feeling, depending on the above details,. But deprived of its continuation when the body can no longer provide the lift of endorphins, no matter how much is consumed, it then becomes depressing in its effect.
The use of such stimulants is not in itself inadvisable except in moderating its use to a helpful level. It’s hard to stop wanting more of the good feeling and judge when you have had enough. You know that’s the danger and some people have not found the discipline to enjoy only what suits their own bodies, then recognise and obey the signals to stop.

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David Mandell

2010-05-07T11:11:00.001+01:00

Was the original fragmenting, splintering of All That Is a painful process (especially for the splinters)?

No, no more than our separation from the larger energy to move in the universe.

Is there a subconscious longing to return to the original wholeness and do some people experience this as a need for security and some as a need for freedom? Are our different (and similar) escapist activities attempts to satisfy this underpinning longing?

There is a subconscious longing to return to the original unity. Those who experience a need for security on earth are trying to replicate that sense of unity known to spirit. Those who feel a need for freedom are longing to be free of the hold Earth has on them feeling they could then return to spiritual wholeness.

I need psychological/spiritual security; Gill needs freedom from perceived restriction: are these goals or conditions?

They are basically conditions. See above.

Do we love each other or do we need each other?

You do love each other but at the moment the balance between dependence and independence is badly off. Neither of you has a sufficiently strong sense of self to love without the need of the other. Gill’s need is to control the other. Yours in to conform to the other’s wishes.

What is this love/need that we continue to feel? Where did it come from and why does it continue.

You know you are a pair drawn together growing toward one-ness of spirit. Each new incarnation you start further apart psychologically. This time the distance between you is extreme. If you manage together to bring your differences to positive centring, this would contribute greatly to your spiritual growth, separately and as one. This love/need originates in your long-term union.

Does the subconscious feeling that some people have, like Daniel and apparently me, that they have the God-given right to be receivers, takers rather than givers, does this originate in a former life, is it in any way a disposition arranged prior to incarnating?

It is brought into this life from pre-birth experiences. However, the choice the new incarnate made as to his worldly circumstances makes it likely a sense of emptiness will be a subconscious motivation all his life to receive, not give. He never has enough to spare.

Why does Daniel seem to feel that he never has enough, no matter how much he has or whatever he has? Did he bring this great need with him or was it provided by his parents; or a mixture of both?

Same answer as above. Parents are an important part of the worldly circumstances, but only part. His glass is never full – but it seems everyone else has plenty. Why shouldn’t he? And he tries to make it so. This is his reaction to perceived lack – largely inborn.

Why is Gill always so tired now? Is it continued stress and depression?

Yes. But defining a goal – finding something that you want to do, or will to do, would soon replenish energy. It’s mostly lack of purpose.

Why am I so tired? Is my energy used up because of my struggle to resist?

Resistance is easy for you. The struggle is to let go into acceptance of that which still frightens you. It is often exhausting.

Is the length and intensity of a prayer a factor in its being answered or does every request, no matter how brief, receive attention?

All that is required is sincerity. Every request receives response.

You have said that I feel deeply unworthy, how then, can I be disposed to feel worthy enough to receive?

It is a never-ending source of amazement that gifts are given – you do not equate worthiness with receiving. You give all the credit to the giver.

Was Gill’s physical and mental depletion while we lived in Bosham anything to do with negative energies she was receiving from the place itself? Or does all perceived reduction of energy arise from within?

That location contributed a lot to the lack of positive energy Gill felt in Bosham. She always reacts strongly to place. There were harmful vibrations which amplified her reduction of energy in that area.

Who were the 17 spiritual helpers who were, according to Victor, present at this healing? Was this an unusually large spiritual presence? Are there any extra spirit helpers near her now? (She asked for help this morning but was not aware of receiving any.)

Victor calls upon spirit presence whenever he uses crystals in healing. It is not unusual to have a group as large as that. That particular locale – even the room where he worked – attracted spirit energy. It is an excellent choice of place and Gill reacted well in it.
Yes, there are spirits answering her call for help. It is difficult to reach her in the depths of her despondency; but they are there. She will know of their help if she simply believes in it. When she prays, be sure to thank them in the sure knowledge she is receiving what she needs.

What is the explanation for the dreams of events in the future of David Mandell?

We’ve spoken of the occurrence where people who have psychic ability can focus so strongly on the cluster of probabilities that they often choose correctly. This particular person’s dreams are like a little screen where future events are projected. He is not aware of choosing to receive in this way, but is very sensitive to a lot of probabilities and in fact often is able to pick correctly what will happen in his dream world.

Why do people become increasingly short-sighted as they get older? Is it better to try and do without glasses as much as possible? Why don’t more people stay fit and healthy till the end? (I think I might mean far-sighted.)

The lens of the eye stiffens as you age so losing some ability to accommodate. The difficulty is seeing what is close to the eye although the distance vision is not affected. It is more correct to say people become far-sighted.
You can’t really exercise your eye into seeing better. When glasses help, I recommend you use them. Otherwise your eyes tire and you may get headaches as well.
Staying fit and healthy throughout life depends on many factors. Each body is different in its basic structure. Each one encounters many varied stresses perhaps inadequate food or movement or water or mental stimulation etc. Some bodies are inherently better equipped to deal with such problems and some live such unstressed lives they do stay fit and healthy if they stay active. Most important is to keep interested and active.

At the start of our relationship Gill felt powerfully that I was worthy of her love. She believed in me. So much so that her own faith, strong at the time, became redirected towards me because I seemed to her to be a direct positive link to God. It became worrying to her that I could not confirm this. Was she wrong to see this connection with God in me, was it real? If so, how could she see it when I could not? Did I lose it through not acknowledging it?

Connection with your God at the time you met Gill required no formulation. It was literally unspeakable, totally a part of you. Gill was thrilled by what she intuited and wanted intensely to find that way for herself. It was impossible for you to talk about it, for anytime you turned your attention to it, you lost a little certainty. So when she tried to delve to find the source, all you could say was, ‘I don’t know’. Your God was a private concern. The security you knew in Him was in unquestioning faith. It was real but isolated you spiritually. You lost that selfish connection without realising that you cannot have it alone. It must be shared. This is why Gill has been your best hope to re-connect with that splendid sense of real security in God.

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All probabilities are constantly in process

2010-05-06T10:03:00.001+01:00

Magda said that I was a very old soul and used to live in Atlantis – is this right? She told Gill that she saw 3 of us: Gill, myself, and a third spirit, a past relative of Gill and that I was the grounding influence (!) – is this right? If so, who is the third member of our triangle?

You did live in Atlantis. The trio you referred to has disbanded. It once included Gill’s great-grandmother on her mother’s side. I would have called it a balancing influence rather than grounding for your part in it.

Was the ‘wise old man’, the native American Indian you mentioned anyone we know now?

No.

Why did Magda describe you as ‘second to none’ – was it a joke? (no offence intended!)

She was impressed by the intensity of my energy at that time.

She said it was unusual that as you entered my ‘jagged’ aura, you smoothed it. This sounds like a positive action. Please will you explain how this is unusual? It sounds as though we have been together for a very, very long time, Arthur?

Guiding spirits do not act in this way ordinarily. It was inspired by your openness to this experience with Magda and chose to facilitate your understanding and acceptance of what she said. This was one of those encounters which were leading you toward contact with spirit and you needed to be whole. We have been together over and again – in your terms a long, long time.

Did Gill have her tongue removed in a past life (as Magda said) and is that a continuing reason for why she should continue to express herself now?

Gill was a mute in a past life. (For convenience in your understanding I will continue to use temporal references as many of your questions concern time sequence.) Magda perceived this as without a tongue literally. Vocal expression has been difficult more than once and is responsible for Gill’s continuing to need to express herself.

Can you say what caused Gill’s great-grandmother to withdraw from the trio?

The impetus for the formation of this group dissipated. There was too large a discrepancy of spirit to Earth energies.

Please will you explain a little more about how, if there is not time, except on Earth (and possibly in other solar systems), and if you exist in a dimension where past, present and future co-exist, if we have understood this properly, why do you not know about outcomes in the future? To say they haven’t happened yet appears to be a contradiction. To say that all probabilities are constantly in process is incomprehensible to us so far.

On Earth, physical and psychological environment includes the sensation of passing time. At any one moment – a nano-second – I can know what is happening, what has happened and what will occur, but this is at a sharp point of attention. If I shift my consciousness just a bit, in the next moment the scene may change kaleidoscopically. So that if you had asked what is in the future before that change of focus, it may now be very different. All is happening simultaneously, but depending on that attention point only probabilities can be prognosed.

Gill feels much empathy towards Lucille because she was such a sensitive and troubled soul. She hopes she has found peace at last?

You were too tired last night to hear me. You took time out, not I. Lucille is in spirit. She is slow to reject Earth’s attraction and so is still incompletely in the spirit dimension. She is receiving help from free spirits. Send her positive thought. The stronger her energy the sooner she may find full release into the peace you have wished for her.

Do you or do discarnate entities, ever miss or look forward to an aspect of earthly life like a good meal or a pint of beer, or whatever? Or can you/they revisit those moments?

Not in the discarnate state. When returned to the physical, we certainly enjoy many aspects of earthly life. If we’ve participated on Earth this way often enough, we remember what pleasures mean on Earth even in spirit, but these memories do not invoke nostalgia. It is from your human nature that you ask this question. Thank you for this gesture.

Gill’s father, Peter would sometimes say that he saw a figure near his bed at night, a ghost. He didn’t seem to be disturbed by this despite his pragmatic nature. Was this presence his own guide?

Peter’s figure was his guardian angel. He never acknowledged this care even to himself, but nevertheless recognised a positive not a frightening presence.

Are we responding as you would hope or could we be doing better? A progress report, please, if we dare to know your answer.

I have not given you assignments to pass or fail. Only suggestions which you follow according to your ability and desire of the moment. I don’t have to spell out what you are doing or not, but I will encourage you both to decide for yourselves. You, Jean, have had minor success with meditation, but where are your ideals? You have improved a little in knowing you are talking to yourself, but there’s lots to do about irritating habits and most of all to remember the point of correcting these faults is to become more aware of yourself, to be purposeful about what you do and think, to ultimately find faith – your goal – your God.
Gill has been working to control her depression. She has been doing some of things I recommended, but still needs much more physical movement to stir not only body, but mind and spirit. She needs to keep up her diary. She will see just how much or little is happening and it will help to give some direction to subsequent days. Perhaps more reading - more creative writing. Preparing the record of our conversations is most valuable. Her interaction with Sue is truly commendable. She is also more positive in all person to person contacts. This is good progress in this area.

Please would you comment on our intense conversation of this morning? Were we getting somewhere?

You felt the psychological atmosphere change when Gill was able to convince you that you still have a potentially lively nature, that your response to people is positive and can inform your behaviour without ‘fearful’ change. She very nearly persuaded you that our sessions are a cause for eager anticipation not unease. This was a real breakthrough of your defences. If you can hang onto it, your lives should begin to have a lift. Much credit to Gill who nearly exhausted herself, but kept the arena positive. You didn’t end up feeling punished today.

Do my crystals possess a special energy that helps in spiritual work?

These two crystals do radiate special vibrations that help you prepare your mind for opening. These are particular to you. With the candle, a bit of ritual establishes the shift of attention needed to begin our sessions.

Why has Gill always felt drawn to the U.S.A? Does she have any unfinished business there? Is there another place in the world she might need to visit?

The U.S.A. is an ideal for Gill – the land of the free – so big and open. For one who has felt so restricted, it has enormous attraction. There is also a residual memory of living there in past lives. The raw energy of the people appeals to her as does the presumed tolerance for all kinds of people and behaviour. Her unfinished business is simply the desire to be there – to experience that freedom – to travel. The other likely place to visit is Australia – it has somewhat the same offerings.

Why has Gill felt, and why does she continue to feel, so restricted and burdened down by perceived responsibilities? How is it possible for her to achieve a sense of release and relief? She sees the wisdom in working toward the activities you recommend but lacks any reference to the necessary motivation; she cannot find the will. She cannot understand why our relationship which began so positively has ending up in deep despair.

The governing word is ‘perceived’. The responsibilities she refers to are her response to needs of others not only conditioned by her up-bringing but a deep part of her psyche. I once said she is blessed and cursed by this sensitivity. On one level she has attracted the specially needy to her because they react instinctively to the certainty of her help. This gives a sense of rightness and a kind of power in her actions when she can meet their needs. But she is depleted because she expects a return of energy through their appreciation. They are glad of her concern, but incapable of reciprocating. Unconsciously they feel a right to receive.
What to do? Be alert to how much she really wants to give and then do it without regard for their probably insensitive responses. She won’t be able to ignore them, but must save her own energy. Care for herself first.
When you first made contact with me, I said you both need to define what you want to do and see how it lends itself to living together. You failed to do that when you first met. You had no stated goal, but relied on the idea, each from her own perspective, that something ‘marvellous’ would develop. Out of that wishful thinking was no growth. You didn’t make a loving connection with Gill’s purpose and she didn’t realise how out of touch with her real needs you were. Now it is many degrees harder, but the advice is the same: Define a goal. Make one up. Create. That is the way out of despair.

How is it that I attracted ‘clouds of love’? What is the background to this gift? Gill feels lacking in the ‘clouds of love’ department, especially as she has so much rescuing to do.

You did nothing to attract the ‘clouds of love’. Magda was impressed by the numbers of spirits projecting positive energy. You were perceived as especially needing that help. The particular spirits had been strong supports in the physical world so they were still attracted to help and call on others, too.
That spirit energy is available to Gill, but she must have faith that the strong energy she has known, the strong forward impulses likewise come from that source. She has lost faith in that response to her need. Now she is in need of faith as you are. She can recover. Keep asking for help.

How is it that some people attract more spirit energy than others? Is it a case of inequality or is it because some people need it more than others? If so, why?

The above answers this in part. When contained in Earth’s weightiness, sometimes spirits lose their way. They then attract spirits which have had similar physical experience. They still wait for an appeal for aid, but are anxious to hear it.

Has every person always been connected with a spirit guide? How did this relationship originate.

As spirits spread out into the created universe, there were many who chose Earth’s domain. When enough experience had developed in these spirits, they were drawn to individuals whom they felt could be guided. The very earliest of mankind made more direct connection with the spirits of all natural substances and life-forms. By the time of the creation you call modern man, there were guides for everyone, but often they changed places as needs were varied in the persons guided. And some guides had different experience-energy to offer.

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Wouldn’t it help to be able to remember?

2010-05-05T09:00:00.001+01:00

When you said: “With the acceptance of his choice, which he has actually ‘forgotten’, he will have great opportunity for spiritual development in this life.”
Why have we ‘forgotten’? Wouldn’t it help to be able to remember from time to time?

If a spirit remembered, he would neglect all contrasting experience and hence learn much less from this incarnation. He needs to continue making choices for all kinds of actions and reactions during his life.

Before we incarnated this time, did Gill and I believe it was likely or inevitable that we would meet and live together as we have?

Certainly you did not expect inevitability (it was not predestined). As you know this is not the first time you have experienced living together in one relationship or another in previous lives. Because you know this strong attraction, you deemed it likely you would meet and live together again. What you didn’t know was the nature of your incarnation – both female and very widely separated in time and space before the contact. You didn’t go ‘hand in hand’ into earthly being.

Can you please tell us why Gill is apparently so obsessed with having me understand myself and why I seem to resist it so much?

This is a rescue mission. Gill believes that by plumbing the depths of yourself you will find important insights which will strengthen you. They will release you from the need for your ‘security blankets’ you have trusted for so long and help you clarify your own direction toward spiritual growth, a goal of regeneration. Even though Gill knows there is no final failure, she feels very strongly about the waste of opportunity to do it now.
You resist it as you would suffocation. You feel that knowledge would destroy the last vestige of positive self-image and cannot for the life of you see how it would be a benefit to stand so naked, shorn of your usual ability to protect yourself against the sense of deep unworthiness you haven’t been able to shed.

How and why was she guided to give me: ‘The God of Jane’ today?

You are once again struggling to accept a spirit guide as a reality, not just a figment of your imagination. Gill felt on an intuitive level that reading of the experiences of doubts Jane Roberts had, even after a long period of contact with Seth, would be the best way to help resolve your doubts. This idea came to her from her own guide, Will.

Gill believes that release into spirit from the body will be a welcome release, I seem to have reservations even about this. I seem to be frightened of life and afterlife. Where will I ever find security? If the answer is in my renewed faith in God, how can this relate to the way I find myself in music?

It is difficult to find a new way to say how you can find security. Over and over I have told you to pray for help, to meditate, to forgive yourself, to seek faith, etc. In short, security comes from within. You have found a sense of security in the past in ‘belonging’, identifying with a group: a choir, an orchestra, a volunteer activity. Those things are now a source of temporary relief as you come to terms with the need to find it in yourself through recovering faith in God. Music for you is a creative and re-creative experience which always presents the possibility of being touched by ‘God’s breath’. You really would profit from music more after being aware of the need to maintain balance in time spent overall in your activities.

Gill feels that she was born to experience a life full of stress. Where or how will she find release from stress? Or is this a condition she must try harder to accept as a tool in working towards greater spiritual growth and understanding?

Gill has many stimuli for stress. Her interpretation of her life’s experiences is a response of disappointment, resentment, anger – negative emotions. Release from stress requires learning to express them; then letting them go. She tends to dwell on them with such intensity she builds a structure of impregnable strength. It isn’t that she must try harder to accept stress as a tool for spiritual growth as to recognise it is the result of such prolonged negativity and realise she can change it, at least lessen it by action and positive energy. Her dealing with it will in fact result in greater understanding and growth if she can find within herself the will to replace many of the negative responses with positive ones.

Did you say something last night about the idea of inspiration during composing music? I think I missed something.

We were talking about trying too hard to find your faith. What you did not note is that, like channelling, composition is similarly demanding. You need to be rested and free from distraction – a sort of meditative state to receive inspiration – not try too hard.

Gill lives in her mind a lot, and she is grounded; if this was the condition which helped Jane Roberts, might she eventually be able to bring through Will?

These characteristics helped Jane as they will help Gill. But she had one more unusual condition. From very early she learned an altered state of consciousness which eventually became a trance state in which Seth could speak. At the moment Gill occasionally contacts Will in dreams or he puts an idea in her conscious mind. Gill speaks of bringing him through. If she means clearing away her thoughts so he will not be impeded, she will succeed. He comes to her: she must be open to receive him.

With increasing numbers of people contacting their spirit guides (so I understand), is this the result of efforts by people and spirit to bring the Earth into spiritual/material balance? Will it increase further?

It is one of the outcomes of humans longing toward peaceful, constructive and balanced, earthly life. The spirits are already energised to support and guide them toward an understanding which results in spiritual/material equilibrium. There is still little general acceptance of the public for such activity, but those who are participating are sincere. The probability is an increase in numbers and effectiveness.

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Hating the ‘sin’ and loving the sinner

2010-05-04T12:00:00.001+01:00

Please will you say some more about how, in a sense, we have never left the world of spirit?

I referred recently to a return to the world of spirit. This suggested to you ‘from one place to another’. Spirits, including your soul, always remain a part of the greater spirit unity which is all-encompassing in the universe. The spirit world interpenetrates all creation. So even though your soul is within you it is still directly connected to all that energy we have called the spirit world. When it departs, it will not need a road map. It will already be there.

Saddam Hussein apparently had a very, very difficult childhood which goes some way to explain the brutality of his rulership. The world judges him a cruel tyrant; how does his experience and the experience of his victims add to the collective energy of humanity and of Spirit?

Saddam Hussein’s cruel acts, the very opposite of ‘good’ for his people, finally led to stopping his abuse. If you can see this as a phenomenon causing revulsion so great that after much suffering, Iraqi’s will now work for peace and healing aided by several of the world’s nations. You recall that this is a period where the enormous positive energies are creating a great opportunity for reconciliation among peoples and the efforts to work together harmoniously. This action clearly adds to the collective human and spiritual energy. Spirit is heeding the prayers of these peoples as they unite in desire for peace.

It is perhaps easy to feel compassion for him from a distance, but how appropriate is it to feel sympathy for Saddam’s current plight?

This is the problem of hating the ‘sin’ and loving the sinner. Of course, it is appropriate to feel sympathy for a suffering mortal even if it is obvious his actions led to this end, even if you can feel it is deserved. No matter what decisions are made now to his fate, he can scarcely be punished more. Feel sympathy also for those who are now responsible for him. There are terrible negative vibrations of hatred in the land. It will be very difficult to guide a balanced course toward a rebuilt society.

Please help us to understand how motion, expression, action occurs outside of time and physical space. How can we imagine it?

This is beyond the power of your language for me to convey. You know there are many ‘worlds’ in the universe. Besides being drawn to Earth, a planet where experience is available as we have discussed, from out of the boundlessness, spirit energy spins, vibrates and moves to other actual places as well as Earth. We are also ‘mind’ in the greater spirit entity which occupies this indescribable series of dimensions – this word, too, is not suggestive of the un-measurability of it. In this merged great-spirit, we are everywhere at once and ‘mind’ directs us toward seeking experiences. We are motion, and action follows all that energy inevitably in some form of expression.

How is it possible to be part of a greater whole and yet retain individual identity?

It is a little like a giant swimming pool where individuals move freely, contact each other, even chat and communicate with waving hands and nods of heads. That pool is a whole, but everyone in it has his identity. If you substitute what I have called boundlessness – a kind of ether to use an old fashioned word – for the water in the pool, you may have some idea that each spirit remains himself while in this kind of merging.

The Buddha observed that ‘all life is suffering’. It seems to be more common for people to experience suffering than joy, to a greater or lesser degree. Some people live in constant pain. Some are blind, deaf and confused; some die agonising deaths. Why is there so much suffering? Do we really make it happen all by ourselves? Will it be the spur to encourage a greater spiritual approach to life?

The soul is intent on evolving toward perfection for a final union with God. When he incarnates he chooses conditions and circumstances to lead him toward that goal. Suffering is a reaction to events, how he feels about it. Some of the situations you describe exist to teach others compassion where there is such clear need for help. With the acceptance of his choice, which he has actually ‘forgotten’, he will have great opportunity for spiritual development in this life. Yes, it can be the spur to achieve it, which is why he chose it at the beginning.

Given all this suffering it is hard to understand why we should choose to remove ourselves from the bliss of being united with All That Is, with the Great Spirit, to return again to Earth’s density, time and place. Is the reason that when we are in spirit we are filled with love and confidence and the certainty of knowing our connection with God to such a degree that we know we are equal to what awaits us on Earth?

The spirits who are united in the greater unity are not completely evolved. They choose various paths toward whatever they still require. They do have the confidence and certainty in the rightness of God’s intention for the many experiences they will endure to be completely ready. I have already explained the attraction of Earth to Spirit. There is so much to accomplish in assisting the recovery of balance between physical and spiritual.

Is homosexuality unnatural? Is it wrong to go against the laws of nature as the AIDS epidemic might suggest? Have there always been homosexuals on Earth? Is there a reason for homosexuality?

The male and female principle exists in every human. Usually the sexual is so strong, male and female are attracted to one another to continue the human race. However, homosexuality is not unnatural. It has always occurred. It is a variant on the natural desire to pair which may be expressed sexually or not. Homosexuals are born with that disposition. To deny it results in unnatural behaviour. AIDS is only one of many diseases transmitted sexually as, indeed, others have been as destructive until medicine controlled them. Syphilis, for example, was never considered to be against the laws of nature because it was not confined to same sex partners. It was just as widespread given the mobility of people in earlier times. To live with homosexuality in most modern cultures is to have chosen a very difficult path. Homosexuality exists, as all variations from the norm do, to present opportunity for the ‘norm’ to learn tolerance for all souls in whatever way they present themselves in appearance or unusual behaviour.

Is there a spiritual guiding principle or motive for same-sex couples?

Mutual growth, mutual fulfilment, mutual affection etc., in other words the same principles guiding any committed relationship.

Some people experience what you were describing, using the swimming pool as a metaphor: the sense of retaining an individual identity while being part of a greater whole. Some people seek this experience in relation to the rest of humanity. What does it mean for a person neither to have this experience nor to feel the need to seek it? Is there a reason other than the ones you have given (to do with her tendency to analyse and feel unequal) why Gill cannot seem to reach this place?

Gill finds exposing herself to social groups who want to gossip and express light banter all distasteful. She feels she cannot be her own honest self in such a group because of the criticism she feels is inevitable, so she doesn’t really want to seek it. There is nothing ‘wrong’ with not wanting to be part of a whole, but it is limiting. This is much the same as I have said before.

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How does the experience of having cancer ‘help’?

2010-05-03T12:00:00.001+01:00

If there is no time in the world of spirit, when we return will it seem as if we were only gone a moment?

A moment is an Earthly concept of time. You simply cannot imagine existence without some measure of this sort. In the world of spirit there is only endless being. When we enter Earth’s dimensions, we are then aware ourselves of time and knowing how Earth’s people pass through life, it then appears to us as a very brief time – a moment.

Is a part of our spirit able to function and have experience beyond the 4th dimension while we are simultaneously incarnated here on Earth?

Your own spirit (soul) has entered the Earth for its offering of density and variety. It will not leave your body as long as the body lives. But your spirit-guide, which is also a vital part of you, can separate and move at will to any dimension while simultaneously a part of its energy remains with you.

Patricia has told me she has cancer. Is it possible to heal cancer using distant healing if the spirit of the individual wants to receive it?

Distant healing takes place when the afflicted person believes implicitly that he will become well and requests healing. Healing offered which is not requested will still supply streams of healing energy which the sick person will draw upon. Of course, it is just as necessary for the healer to have that same perfect confidence that what is required will come. It is appropriate to have the wild growth of cells characteristic of cancer removed for these are false to the body. The remaining healthy tissue will then respond positively to the healing energy.

Has she succumbed to cancer as the result of an inner spiritual decision: is the physical cause related to the cell phone mast near her home? Are the other cases of cancer she mentioned also the result of living near the mast?

This spirit (at birth) chose a particular challenging path which included serious bodily malfunction. Patricia is severely stressed. In this condition her health was compromised by microwave emissions from the cell phone mast near her home. These emissions affect vulnerable people who live near them. The problem is that they encourage over production of tissues. However, there must be other factors which lead to the development of illness, for robustly healthy individuals will not succumb. In this particular neighbourhood there are many very vulnerable people including those who have already manifested the illness.

How does the experience of having cancer ‘help’ those who have it? How did it help Peter, Gill’s father.

Because it is perceived as life-threatening, it causes afflicted persons to face the fact of their mortality. It provides real incentive to come to terms with how one has lived his life and what he feels about the future should he survive. Many find it a real turning point for re-examining one’s beliefs.
Peter lived up to very strict personal standards. He was always in charge of his life with full faith in himself to live as he believed ‘right’. Toward the end of his life he felt the loss of certainty that he was in control. Cancer was a manifestation of this struggle. It finally helped him to accept the weakness of his ageing body and to release his spirit.

Does Patricia’s husband, Bob who is in spirit have a message for her? Is he close to her now?

Bob’s spirit touches Patricia with its energy. He does not have a message for you. He will be near her for some time to come as he was reluctant to leave the Earth dimension while she seemed to need that support so badly and so directly. She is already aware of it occasionally.

If we shift to the 5th dimension in 2012, will there be less disease and illness due to greater spiritual awareness?

Yes, because the shift will occur when people take better care of each other and the physical world. Peaceful living will still make demands on how to accomplish this and maintain it.

Gill’s parents had a daughter, Gillian Ruth who lived for less than a year. Why did this soul choose to live such a short life – was it more for those left alive after she returned to spirit?

This spirit was responding to the yearning and creative energy that brought her into the world. It was enough for her to experience infancy. She brought some positive connection between her parents which was needed by this couple. That was a blessing for them which continued beyond her physical loss to them.

Please would you clarify that it is correct that when we return to the world of spirit it will seem as if we were never gone, although we will have memory of our experiences?

When we return to the world of spirit, all of the knowledge gained by experience of the Earth world is immediately joined to the entire body of our learning in one gestalt. It also becomes a part of the greater spirit body. As we still retain the memory of our past, we can call on that knowledge independently, but it is not isolated in time slots. In another way, of course, we were never gone.

Please could you explain the difference between the parts of me that are a) you, and b) my higher consciousness?

Your higher consciousness is indeed your soul, that spirit which has chosen physical experience. It does not leave the body until death. I am a spirit guide choosing to join with you, but free to be equally associated with other spirits for shared energy ‘out of your world’.

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Soul-growth

2010-05-01T10:17:00.001+01:00

When many people die at the same time in disasters such as plane crashes and the World Trade Centre bombing – a) have they all chosen this time to leave, or is it sometimes a ‘mistake’, an accident, because of unforeseen circumstances? And b) Those who are injured – is this an accident or another form of illness that we create ourselves?

There are many, many factors creating a moment for death. All those who die in large numbers at the same time have chosen to experience such events leading to sudden death, but do not know when or perhaps even what disaster will befall them. Some who survive with injury have various reasons for choosing – to be heroic, to live with impairment, to return to family a changed person, to complete a job, etc. These spirits have created the opportunity. These decisions are made when the spirit chooses what kind of life he will lead incarnated.

When so many Jewish people died at the hands of the Nazis, did these people know before they incarnated that this might be the way they would end their lives?

These spirits anticipated incredible challenges in the face of the anti-Semitism which was strong in Germany, but not the manner in which so many died. It was a likely probability however.

When someone is murdered or attacked, is there something that has attracted them in particular to the assailant?

Not always but usually there is an appearance of weakness and fear in the victim. The location of the one attacked which he chose is often an invitation to a violent person. Most common is discord between people living together, at least who know each other, erupting into killing fuelled by negative energies enveloping such a person who is attacked. Even passers-by who carry such energy may draw an attacker to them.

You mentioned again the recent ‘great surge of energy’ : given this, please will you explain why we continue to feel so lacking in energy?

This is not new information. Gill is still deeply depressed by inactivity and lack of purpose. In spite of the positive energy she has been unable to recharge her own energy enough to overcome it. Becoming more physically fit is one antidote we have mentioned. The reading and studying and writing is a help, but only when body, mind and spirit all begin to be reinvigorated will the ‘outside’ positive energies kick in.
You are close to crisis state from your attempts to define yourself and relocate your faith. The tremendous block erected over many years stops you and drains you. You are in a mental and emotional muddle. Don’t despair – you are getting lots of help, but you must persist. It takes immense energy expenditure to make such a change. You will receive the outside positive push when you become more balanced.

Gill has a client coming on Tuesday. It looks as though it might be a difficult consultation because it will require special tact and sensitivity if she is to help. And the energy on the day looks difficult as well. Have you any advice this time, please?

Gill, trust yourself and your intuition. This client will profit from your careful listening and demonstrated interest and understanding. You will be guided by the chart and the client as she reveals her need. As always, the exchange of energies is the important part of this meeting. Be sure to drink water beforehand. A few minutes meditation will help you centre yourself, then you will be able to offer your counsel tactfully to help this client.

Can you tell me if it would be helpful to me to pursue the experience of attending church services to restore faith in a spirit-God and sort out some prejudice about organised religion?

Yes, you can learn quite a bit about yourself there. You can also benefit from the discipline of church service, of going off on Sunday morning and joining with those who do celebrate the God-spirit. Their devotion makes very positive energy.

If I go, should I participate in all the responses even when I do not accept everything to which I would say Amen, or is this just untruthful and damaging to my goal of honesty?

You must judge each response you make as to its truth. So long as you are just doing what the others do mindlessly, it is damaging. If you are attempting to participate from your centre, it will be beneficial. ‘Amen’ or ‘So Be It’ is an offering to the spirit of praise or thanks. It is not important for you to accept every word as your truth to do this.

It seems to be a vicious circle that lack of purpose creates inactivity and inactivity increases lack of purpose. You are wisely suggesting that the way to break out of this cycle is to will oneself towards physical activity. But is it correct that the goal of the recent surge of positive energies is to effect world-wide peace, and that Gill’s response has been, in fact, too much peace? Are other people who like to be active also finding at this time that the wind has been taken out of their sails, that the reflex of natural assertiveness is weaker?

It is correct that the recent surge of positive energies is to effect world-wide peace, to motivate and energize intention to work on methods of settling disputes amicably. Yes, many normally active people have reacted to the intensity of the energies by suppressing some of their natural assertiveness so that after withdrawing for a time it can be redirected with more control and less impulsiveness. It’s not too much peace, but how to keep balance between inactivity and retaining the usual forward impulse intact. It does feel like the wind is gone from their sails because they are accustomed to an unfailing supply. That is why it requires strong will to move out of the temporary dormant state toward a more considered use of assertive behaviour.

Does soul-growth occur as a result of all experience and of energy expressing itself whether or not it is in the dimension of ‘time’?

Soul-growth does not occur in a regular sequence. Souls depend on a wide variety of experience to bring about opportunity to express their spirit-energy. As they move through incarnations they may remain at one level of development over and over or move on immediately when growth occurs. Therefore growth is the result of all experience and energy expressing itself as it evolves.

Is it possible for us to understand some of the differences between the 5th, 6th and 7th dimensions?

These dimensions are of different energy frequencies from Earth and each other – much faster and thinner. I can’t describe this in terms of your understanding – how it would appear to you. These dimensions are not physical in any degree – not atmospheric as you might imagine. You have heard them described in terms of vibrations, but this does not equate with Earth experience either. Spirits can however pass easily from one to another in what you would consider great speed and large distances.

As I understand it, the development of psychic awareness has to do with reaching out through time and space to connect with people or events that in the physical world are separated by time and space. How is it I can connect with you, Arthur, when I am apparently lacking in awareness and often unconnected with my own consciousness?

In your case, psychic awareness is clearly not required by the experience of contacting me. In fact, the weakness of consciousness is an advantage when you try to formulate sentences about information from my answers to your questions. You have few preconceived ideas of what to expect and are virtually unable to overshadow my words with your own. This is a two-way street. I ‘waken’ you when you present yourself to me so that in this conscious state, you ‘hear’ me. Others attempting contact with spirit entities may be well developed in psychic awareness, still, they will need to practise releasing mind to spirit – presenting the tabla rasa in order to complete the connection.

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Was there a place called Atlantis?

2010-04-28T09:21:00.001+01:00

I’ve learned that the purpose of life is to know who I am and who I want to be and that I must create it. How can I overcome my fear of that knowing and then use that knowledge to form a picture of who I want to be?

Until you have the certainty that the Creator intended that you (and every other one of His beings) live the life you (they) choose, you will not face that knowing. When you accept that idea, then whatever you have made of your life is the clay from which you will continue to create. I urge you again to define your ideals so you have a model toward which to work. And keep looking for that which activates the God-spirit in you.

There seems to be a special relationship between dolphins (and whales) and people, is this so? Are these creatures in some way psychic? Can you tell us the background to this relationship?

Because dolphins have what are regarded as human traits – playfulness, intelligence, curiosity and above all caring for each other, they are very special animals. As air-breathing creatures they recognise the need to surface, not only when a dolphin is in distress for lack of air, but they will raise (rarely) a human as well. Moreover they have the ability to communicate a high level of their own language – some have learned a few human words. They are psychically aware of events in the sea so appear like magic when something attracts them, especially when people enter their water world. They will seek opportunities to interact.

Was there a place called Atlantis? Were they an evolved people? What happened to them? Where and when was Atlantis located?

The Earth’s surface was very different thousands of years ago. The big land masses moved, broke up into smaller ones as volcanic and earthquake action separated them. Among these was a large land you call Atlantis, located in what is now the Pacific Ocean on which a civilisation of people reached a very high standard of life – spiritually and technically. Although many of these people were highly evolved, gradually their culture decayed. Many spread out to other lands. There was eventually a great upheaval due to a change in the axial polarity of the planet. Then this great land subsided into the ocean taking many with it.

Why are we especially attracted to the energies that linger at ancient sites like Stonehenge and Avebury? Why and how does it live on?

There is a grid of spiritual energies covering the lands of the Earth. Early people who lived closest to the land sensed them and used the power of this energy to direct their movements and building sites. They marked them to help others find that strength. The energies were increased as the people moved over them. That power will continue as even now it is reinvigorated by human (and animal) contact.

Thinking about ‘evolved souls’ not needing to return to Earth: as you said he would likely not reincarnate again on Earth, is John, my son, an evolved soul? If so, is he as evolved as Jesus and the Buddha, or are there many gradations of ‘evolvement’?

John has returned to Earth many times but is not evolved in the same way as the great masters. You remember I said you have choice as to whether you incarnate on Earth. He needs a different experience to continue on his path so will likely go another way.

The grid of spiritual energies you mention: do ‘ley lines’ help to make up this grid? Are places on ley lines like Glastonbury good places to visit for increasing energy? Can you tell us of anywhere else in the UK which is particularly spiritually energised (apart from churches and prehistoric monuments)?

The ley lines do follow grid lines and help energise it regularly. It is interactive increasing ley line energy as well. The places you name and others like them are all receiving and giving of this same spiritual energy. One place – or actually many you have found for yourselves - are groves of trees. Sometimes a single one is just as powerful. Those trees which attract you especially, are sharing an energy vibration with your spirit which they derive from the grid and ley lines if they are located on them. Also, any of the places where you find shallow, running clear water babbling over irregular beds will activate your spiritual energy.

How many thousands of years ago did Atlantis subside into the sea? For how long did the civilisation endure?

This is imprecise to measure as even the length of time you name, a year, was longer, but about 11 – 12,000 years ago will give you an idea. You realise it is hard to give a bracket of time, but again loosely, 30,000 years.

Thank you for the interesting information about dolphins: does something of the same apply to whales?

The scale of size makes these giants unable to relate to humans as dolphins do. They are friendly and curious, but not so involved.

I used to dream of or imagine a great web enclosing the Earth: was this the grid of spiritual energies you mentioned, or perhaps the internet web?

The dream of a web was derived from the energy grid. You were responding to a need for these energies and subconsciously reaching for the source.

How is the great surge in our capacity to communicate (like the Internet) serving mankind? Are there any pitfalls?

It has an enormous potential for reaching the world as a unified community which nevertheless can appreciate the variety of cultures. The pitfalls lie in the failure to realise that all the differences enhance the whole. Where some peoples retain an imbalance of resources this will not allow for peaceful and thoughtful distribution world-wide where they are needed. Without this, discord will prevent that unity developing. The internet makes it virtually impossible not to know of the present circumstances of rich and poor nations or the richness of all cultures to benefit every person.

Would you clarify that when a child dies the spirit is not child-like, but part of a greater energy with access to understanding of all previous lives and future possibilities? (Given that there is no time.)

You have understood correctly. Remember every human life is complete no matter how short or long. When the spirit is released, the memories of who he is will remain, but he has become formless, and then as pure energy himself will merge with a greater spirit energy. His memories cover all past experience. A formidable number of ‘future’ possibilities are accessible to him. However, he is not a little encyclopaedia, but finds what he wants to know by attracting spirits whose past experience have provided answers. That’s why I say knowledge is available, but not an integral part of this newly returned spirit.

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How do discarnate entities express love?

2010-04-25T09:34:00.002+01:00

You say that doing bad things drains our energy, what about the apparently highly-charged notorious characters like Hitler and Charles Manson – is it that they did not believe they were committing bad deeds, is that why they did not seem depleted?

Humans like Manson have created their own value systems believing their destructive actions (other men’s judgment) are cleansing and confirming of their power needs. Hitler made it perfectly clear he believed in the rightness of his behaviour. Their thoughts powerfully energised do not deplete these persons, but must be rigorously defended by them.

Is there a direct relationship between our low energy right now and our direction towards good or bad, positive or negative?

The direct relationship is between your low energy right now and your lack of direction. It is intensified by the need to adjust to the seasonal changes, especially of sun-light. Periods of low pressure and the air quality indoors affect you. Habitually in December you react to the contrasts between your low spirits as you contemplate Christmas and the rather manic attempts people use to seek light, warmth and joy in the ancient rituals. Think positively to use this somewhat forced ‘hibernation’ to avoid inviting negative energies to depress you.

You say: ‘Who knows what the next moment brings?’ Does not God even know what the next moment will bring? Is this the whole point of Creation: endless new experience through creativity and expression?

The main point of creation IS endless new experience through creativity and expression. If God allowed Himself to know what the next moment brings, it would negate the newness. He relies on his created beings to choose from so many options to provide that never-ending variety.

You say about Horary astrology that : ‘To a point the chart will influence the event’. This is an interesting idea, would you say more about this, please.

In preparing a Horary chart the astrologer’s attention is on many influential areas concerning the advisability of particular timing for events. These thoughts are themselves creative and every thought is pure energy. As it goes out into the universe, this energy encounters the objects of consideration and is bound to affect them – to some degree.

You say that evolved souls ‘know which choices to make’. Given your reference to ‘un-numbered possibilities’ in an ever-changing world, how do they know?

In considering choice from the many possibilities, the evolved soul immediately knows ones not suitable from having made so many choices in the past. He is still looking for growth to fully realise himself. So he will focus on what is most stimulating to that end.

Gill feels that the more she questions and probes toward greater understanding, the more separate she becomes from other people…. What’s going on here?

Gill’s narrow focus of interest precludes most other people’s ability to communicate with her easily. It has led to greater understanding of the causes of people’s behaviour, but it doesn’t endear them to her. She really doesn’t like to pretend interest in the material world which is so absorbing to them, but this is largely the cause of the separation, because truthfully she cannot enjoy spending time with them. They are so boring!

Is it possible for Gill to send distant healing as effectively as I (hopefully) do? A request to spirit/God for light and love to be sent to human or animal? E.g. Did the help Gill asked to be sent to the sick rabbit get through?

Yes, it is entirely possible to send distant healing effectively by engaging the help of spirit through a prayer. Remember this request is a thought-form of pure energy. It must be positively regarded as successfully delivered even as you think the healing of light and love be sent to human or animal. It will then go as you’ve asked. Be sure to thank the spirit. The sick rabbit received the healing energy.

You mentioned that our negative thoughts ‘ invite negative energies to depress us’: do these negative energies originate in the minds of people like us who have negative thoughts and then float around ‘looking’ for other negative thoughts to attach to?

Your negative thoughts invite your negative energies to depress you. Let us say the negative thoughts create the energies which are depressing. These energies do not go hunting for like negativity, but are easily increased if they do encounter them. Needless to add, positive ones reverse them.

You say that it is Gill’s narrow focus of interest that separates her from others. It is the price of specialising. Has it been ‘wrong’? Would it be better, if to be more balanced is better, to have other more material interests? If so, what would you recommend?

It is not wrong to pursue such a course, but it does restrict socialising. It is, of course, the lack of others who share Gill’s interests which make outside activities desirable if this separation is to be overcome. It would only be better if she can really want some other interest or, for all that, want to end the isolation enough, to seek one. The contrast would enhance both. I don’t know what might attract her. That has to grow in her.

Did her narrowness of interest develop as a result of our relationship which has also separated her from the mainstream?

Your relationship has certainly dampened opportunity to be accepted as a couple. As Gill became more and more separate she found refuge in devotion to studying.

Is my interest in music a ‘narrow focus of interest’?

Yes, your music is such a focus, but you have others with a common interest in it, so when you meet them you have the opportunity to expand your contacts and encounter the ‘mainstream’.

Do discarnate entities ‘feel’, have emotive responses? If not, how do they express love?

Love in the spirit world is simply expressed differently though it has the same meaning. It is difficult to explain because you know nothing comparable. As we are energy moving, we are attracted by similar vibrations. The nearest I can explain it is to say we share some of our energy with other entities just as we do with you and this is our form of ‘feeling’, of love.

Does the faculty of reason exclude feeling?

No. Recently I said emotion is a necessary component of humanity to engage in the world. As in all experience, there must be balance so that neither rational thinking or emotionality is paramount.

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Are people destined to have certain experiences?

2010-04-24T08:20:00.001+01:00

Diana said that her guide, Thomas left her for a number of years – which is why we asked if you would leave. Did she leave him then, rather than he left her?

Diana’s guide only left in the sense that the usual verbal communication was not needed by her at that time. He was aware of her new interests and that she did in effect have him. He could have been contacted again if she had really needed his guidance. His return signified recognising she needed his help during this period of preparation for the enormous spirit activity we’ve been discussing.

Would it be true to say that every person’s spiritual purpose is, in his own way, to balance the spiritual within the earthly experience?

Yes, when the spirit enters the earthly sphere, he knows how difficult it is to keep ‘feet on the ground’ while remaining true to spirit’s own development. So he must be keenly aware of balance of both spheres.

Is there a predictable pattern to the way we experience life inasmuch as things happen when we are ready and not before – e.g. our making contact with you?

You make many choices in every day of life from the limitless probabilities there are. There may be a pattern you could determine in retrospect, but it is not truly predictable. It is true that you had to be ready to hear my voice and there were many experiences leading to that readiness, for example. But it was not predetermined.

Are people destined to have certain experiences, for example the death of a child or fame or great wealth? Something on ‘destiny’ please.

That last sentence anticipated this question. The spirit may choose to incarnate in a wealthy family, or in a disabled body or any other choice. What events are experienced depend next on the choices made from moment to moment, even choices of the collective which might result in a cataclysmic change in the life of this incarnate.

You once said that Gill misinterpreted events as bad rather than seeing them as just happenings we learn from: Does this apply to all of our experience? Is nothing intrinsically good or bad?

Events in life are not good or bad conditions. Nothing in the universe is intrinsically good or bad. If you feel a state is good, then it is good – or if you feel a situation is bad, it is bad. You create this discrimination to help understand your feeling but it is your own creation.

When we are in spirit might we judge that we could have used more opportunities for spiritual growth. Is it possible to live a whole life and not ‘use’ it very effectively in this regard – conversely, to use it especially effectively – or is all of life equally useful?

All words like ‘progress’, ‘growth’, ‘live a whole life’ are measures of speed. In spirit you will not be concerned with quantity or quality of the life just lived. Quite dispassionately you will observe it. All of that life will be useful to plan the next expression of spirit.

What is the cause of the dramatic changes in weather world-wide; will it increase or intensify?

Scientists try to fathom and measure the many variables in the earth’s rotation, spin, axis etc. All these have always affected the weather of the world and include the envelope of atmosphere and all living beings exchanging their substances in the process of survival. At the moment the melting of the arctic ice is a primary factor. It will continue for some time. It only seems that change is dramatic because during your own short life-spans, the cycles are not easily perceptible. This change will intensify at the moment most obviously affecting perimeters of land-masses.

It’s interesting that the closing chapter of Gill’s book Mind The Gap is in support of channelled works; might this book serve any further purpose?

Preparing you for the possibility of accepting channelling is already a further purpose of the book. It may lead to further writing or it may in its present existence spark someone else’s understanding. Andrew may read more about channelling and finding his interest aroused read yet more about other ideas put forth in the book. It would broaden his spiritual perspective. Who knows what the next moment brings?

Many people, those who are especially grounded, seem not to be aware of the need for balance, or even the presence, of spirit – have they forgotten so completely?

Entering the physical world is an enormous undertaking. If the incarnate’s first impression is of the material world and that it is the direction he will take to experience life, he may be so attracted to it that he will use all his energy to that end and be satisfied with that expression of it. At any time in this lifetime he may ‘remember’ and seek to balance this one-sided awareness with the spiritual. There will be other opportunities in other lifetimes in any case.

Horary astrology, which you have suggested that Gill study, is to do with prediction. Can you say more specifically how it is possible to predict up to a point?

Your question deals with the uncertainty of future events. As I have said there are un-numbered possibilities, but by studying as many of the variables as you can ascertain, the likelihood of predicting correctly is much increased. Horary astrology proposes a method to learn how to do this. It can’t be infallible, but will work ‘up to a point’. To a point the chart will influence the event.

There is no ‘time’ in the spirit dimension. Is it true to say that while you cannot know specific outcomes, you know all possible outcomes?

The difficulty in answering this question is the constant flux of events and subsequent outcomes. At any given moment, yes, all are known, but they change as quickly as the creative thought which makes them manifest.

If we could be as detached from our feelings, as objective, as a discarnate spirit apparently is, would this be a desirable human condition? (Sorry if we’re labouring a point here.)

Part of the necessary physical equipment to engage in the world is the emotional response. You are here to balance this sensory reaction which is a primary human condition with sufficient detachment to make human(e) judgments, wise judgments in your daily life. This is the foundation of love for all life.

You say that nothing in the universe is intrinsically good or bad, does this mean that if we do something that we believe to be very, very wicked there is no adverse imprint left on the soul? Or, if through practise we arrive at a degree of understanding and compassion that is akin to the Buddha, for example, that too will simply be yet another experience?

The universe is not intrinsically good or bad. It just is. You are constantly creating good and bad judgments about yourself and all you encounter. If you do what you decide is evil, then your spirit will be diminished in energy. If you decide your actions are good, then your spirit will have a similar increase in energy. These are, of course, positive in nature and spiritual in character. When you speak of ‘just another experience’, that too, is a human judgment, emotional in concept. All experience is desirable. That’s why you are here. You only recognise good in contrast to bad – your own creations.

In your answers to our questions you seem to see shades of good and bad in us (a question that is not ‘well motivated’; my ‘lack of emotional development’; Gill’s need to control; and my several weaknesses): is this apparent ‘standard’ in relation to our aims as individuals, to the requirements of our society or to goals we have agreed to prior to incarnating?

Although you do not ‘remember’ aims you had prior to incarnating, they are fundamental in developing you as an individual. One of your tasks is to balance society’s requirement with your personal goals. When you and all humanity deal with this successfully the collective consciousness becomes increasingly ‘good’. See answer to previous question.

What then is ‘an evolved soul’? What existence did the Buddha and Jesus move on to after their lives here on Earth?

Evolved souls are those who have experienced so much that there is not more room for trial and error. They know which choices to make. The great earthly masters you name and others as well rejoin the greatest spirit of creative energy. As they are often called upon by human need, they separate to inspire and answer.

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The difference between ‘soul’ and ‘spirit’

2010-04-23T09:00:00.001+01:00

We found your distinctions about intuition, imagination and spirit very useful, could you outline the difference between ‘soul’ and ‘spirit’?

Inasmuch as the words used are interchangeable, it is difficult to separate them. However, consider that at birth one’s soul is the awakened incarnation now in flesh of a spirit which has chosen physical experience. You might say the soul is the earthly spiritual identity of this body, and with mind represents the entity. It is associated with the body until death.
Spirit is a term describing ‘free’ and ‘visiting’ energies from the spiritual dimension. As you know, it is these energies which constitute the guides which may be ‘resident’ but come and go throughout human lives. You also recall spirits are the energy of creation and as such have unlimited movement throughout the entire universe.

We read in esoteric literature about the 7 Rays – is this a subject that it is useful to learn more about? Are we each associated with a specific ray?

It is always useful to learn more about ideas, but at this time you are repelled by the 7 rays, another concept for understanding energy flow in varying degrees of intensity. I would advise waiting until you have a real attraction to this subject before studying it. You are associated with a specific ray, but not in an unchanging way.

Could you tell me something about my motivations for offering to volunteer to help the needy? (This question was misunderstood as coming from Gill.)

Gill is not attracted to volunteering for a complex of reasons: particularly she views society’s organisation of such service that it robs it of motive as an expression of love. This is something like Gill’s attitude toward advertising which is still necessary if she is to be known to have counselling to offer. It also loses the spontaneity she might feel giving to a street person she can choose to respond to or ignore. She does not like regular commitment. It is also related to the rejection of her book and astrological counselling. These were a gift to humanity. She will know other reasons and judge whether they will influence her to reconsider volunteering or accept it is not an outlet for her giving.

Please could you advise about the best way for us to approach Christmas – a time we usually find very difficult.

You know it is a matter of attitude. Christmas is a festive time though you and many others are miserable at the thought because you are not part of it or want to be. You can choose to appreciate the lights and colour. Play your own choice of music – preferably high-spirited if Christmas music depresses or becomes tedious. Make an extra effort to count your blessings. You could go to a mall and watch people, but whatever you do concentrate on the spiritual content of the warmth the season generates and increase it by your own attitude – an outpouring of good will.

Would you comment on how our world should deal with criminals, particularly murderers?

At this time in the development of the world, it has not evolved sufficiently to succeed in rehabilitating violent persons to be safe at large. It is not reasonable to ‘turn the other cheek’ when there is an attack, particularly a life-threatening one. There are some persons then, because of their inability to control themselves, who need separation. Because mankind is evolving toward compassion and respect for all life, it is not acceptable to take life in the ‘eye for an eye’ tradition. For the time being, when these persons, especially murderers about whom there is no doubt of guilt, commit crimes, they should be imprisoned, but with as much respect for their human needs as possible. Their carers must be chosen carefully to see the soul in the person in their charge and taught to be polite and considerate even given the likelihood of hostility. Acknowledging their humanity is the best way to help them.

How could one begin to make reforms in our education system?

Less reliance on memorising material to be spewed back on test papers. Instead the pupils should be encouraged to question every ‘fact’. They should respond with whatever they wish unafraid of teachers or class condemnation. Every student’s contribution in the class should be honoured as worthy. When there is a lack of understanding, the teacher should offer more support to the student and never allow him to feel demeaned. From earliest years the prime motive in every class is mutual regard for every view. There should be enough flexibility to abandon a planned lesson if a point of discussion would profit from more time.
In the very beginning the youngsters are to learn about co-operation rather than competition. Their stories can demonstrate the advantage of getting along together. At their play teachers can reward any sign of sharing with smiles and general approval. There’s plenty of time to learn to read and write and do computations.

Gill once enjoyed a wonderful out-of-body experience. Is it possible to induce this experience again?

Gill might succeed if she relives the earlier experience in imagination just as she is getting drowsy. It is possible but seldom achieved intentionally.

Is there an explanation for the AIDS epidemic? Is it ‘serving’ humanity in any way? Will it peak and fade out soon?

This event is to raise the awareness, and finally compassion, of nations about the price of neglected people, how easily an epidemic can get so out-of-control, so that even political and financial leaders will finally realise the persons they are neglecting will deplete whole country’s populations and the human resources on which they depend. It is just becoming sufficiently critical that widespread medication and care will be widely available, but it is late. It will not fade out soon. It takes considerable time for the care and treatment to reduce the impact of this disease.

Could you tell me something about my motivations for offering to volunteer?

You will remember our talk about work you have to do in regard to tolerance of people unlike yourself. One of your prime motives from very early years in volunteering is to feel you are addressing the imbalance between your way of life and health and those especially in poverty. You haven’t been able to accept poor people for themselves. You are looking for ways to feel better about the differences. You have been angry that the inequalities make you feel mean. This motive to improve may not be very elevated in itself, but it has brought you into contact with all kinds of disadvantaged people. This gives you the opportunity to work on seeing the equality of spirit in others. It has benefited you to help overcome prideful feelings of superiority and privilege when you have been successful in seeing beyond appearances to the real person. Then you can meet as equals.

You say that Guides ‘come and go throughout human lives’ – do you know if/when you will leave us? (Please don’t leave us!)

I will not be beyond contact with you. The comings and goings are in the spirit dimension of no time or space. It will not affect your understanding of my presence as a part of you. As a separate entity I can be away as well as with you.

Is the information you give us, Arthur, limited by my capacity to understand, interpret and express?

Yes, I can only use the intelligence you offer. Your vocabulary is often a problem. Your words are a weak means of communication but are what we are here to work with. Nevertheless, you usually get the basic meaning even if it is sometimes clumsy in expression. When it is unclear, just try again.

Would you tell us your views on euthanasia?

The length of life is not predetermined. If a person has reached a terminal condition in which loss of autonomy and dignity or pain and deterioration cause him to ask for assistance to end his physical existence, it is humane to agree to his request; but this also requires careful judgment as to his condition. There is some movement now to allow physicians, after several agree that it is appropriate, to help such a person die. These doctors will not be censured. As you wouldn’t let a pet suffer unnecessarily, you wouldn’t want a person to be forced to endure such a condition either. It doesn’t hurt a spirit to cast aside such a worn out body.

Is there a reason why many people have been very tired recently, including us? Is it as you have said before, to do with the recent input of positive energy?

The energies we have discussed certainly are affecting people generally. Also, however, world-wide there have been much more dramatic changes in weather than the usual change of season brings about. The quality of the air as well as low pressure not released by autumn storms is partly the cause.

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Isn’t God an absolute?

2010-04-22T09:44:00.001+01:00

Isn’t God an absolute? Isn’t there a part of reality that is true or real for all?

We are having a little trouble with the meaning of absolute. I was expressing the idea of ‘unchanging’. The most characteristic trait of creation and its Creator is constant change. God is real, as real as the life-force energy that exists in every atom of the universe, but impossible to define absolutely.

If we create our reality are you, Arthur, part of that creation rather than an absolute reality?

You do create yourselves in your reality. You create me too, in trying to understand what part of you I am. But I am also an independent spirit entity. All That Is gave this creative ability to his creatures to make reality from Earth’s matter. To the extent you make me real, I am as solid as rock.

When is ‘letting go’ appropriate? Gill was once told by Gloria, her first astrologer, that it would be a good thing for her to ‘let go’.

It depends on what you let go. The astrologer, Gloria, meant easing up on your demands on yourself. You are a very intense person. ‘Let go’ in this context doesn’t mean quitting. Letting go of hope is only weakening.

When we are born into earthly life, is it a shock to find oneself separated from the larger ‘multiple’ spiritual energy?

No – the spirit is always aware of the larger energy from which he comes. Even though separate he remains a part of it.

Do discarnate spirits have a sense of individual identity? Do they possess an ego?

Yes, discarnate spirits have knowledge of all their experiences they attribute meaning to which gives a certain sense of individuality. As they do reflect this, it represents a kind of ego if you mean the persona demonstrated to others. I’ve already said the spirit leaving Earth at death still remembers who he was (is).

Has the sense of separation from All That Is occurred because mankind has invested too much in ego development, developing a strong sense of individual self identity?

All That Is initiated the separation Himself. Mankind is developing, evolving according to its God-given choices. It must learn to depend on self-love, ‘ego’ first to know itself before rejoining the greater energy.

Is there a way to let go of ego so as to re-merge with God-spirit?

The development of ego will not interfere when one has determined his own pathway and followed it to the end (God-spirit).

Do we pick up negative energy when we go to the pub?

It depends on the particular atmosphere of patrons past and present. There can be revitalising ones or negative ones, but most of all what you bring with you affects what you carry away with you.

There is a solar eclipse tomorrow. Will this affect us in a way that is different from the recent lunar eclipse?

There will be greater restlessness as new surges of energy arise out of this solar eclipse. It should not be different so much as intensifying energies which have paled a little since Nov 8/9.

Why the increase of violence in the world when the positive energy is directing towards peace?

It does seem contrary to the anticipation of greater peace. But actually peoples of nations being violently attacked are drawing together to unite against further outbreaks by rousing the support of the world to condemn individuals who are perpetrating these acts, but to refrain from blaming religions, race, nationality etc., which has lead to war in the past. There is also increasing movement toward non-violent action to express opposition, even military and police organisations joining in to protect protesters. The opportunity is still strong to build peace and harmony in the world. The new violence even stimulates this.

Would you describe the differences and similarities or connections between imagination, real contact with spirit and intuition?

Imagination involves creating stories and pictures out of experience you have had or want to have. It’s dreaming consciously.
Real contact with a spirit is a form of prayer to invoke spiritual help in understanding earthly and spiritual existence. This is directed to a being which you may create in imagination to ‘solidify’ him, but he is nonetheless real.
Intuition is a knowing independent of cogitation (cognition). It is immediate and reliable for making judgments. Your own spirit guide is responsible for this experience in you.

Diana has observed that we might be entering a time of hibernation – is this correct? If so, would you say a little more about the purpose?

If one prepares for it by enriching mental diet as hibernating animals enrich their food intake beforehand, then ‘hibernation’ is a time for gestation of new ideas and preparation for their development. Diana has become aware of the need for this kind of rest and regeneration in a period of comparatively little stress. She believes such a time is coming but sees it is not certain. I would say it is likely, but it requires some stability (peace) in the world to bring such a period.

Please would you say a little more about what can be achieved on Earth that cannot be achieved in the spirit world in terms of creativity and the expression of energy? It is hard to imagine, given the expectation of feelings of bliss as we depart this world, that we should want to return to it.

The bliss on departing the world is a human response to the release into spirit. When the transformation is complete such ‘sensation’ is no longer felt as needed. The activity (expressive possibility) available to spirits once free of Earth is unlimited. As previously described, Earth’s attraction for the spirit to return is nevertheless strong to help return the balance of physical and spiritual to its original ‘Eden-ic’ condition.

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