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Key themes from the Communications books illustrated by examples from 40+ years of mediumship.

Nine: Safely negotiating the spiritual minefield

Scary, isn’t it? You wish to tread a spiritual path. You’re earnest; eager… you want to discover and understand philosophies and techniques that will enable you to change yourself (and, ideally, this world) for the better and, in reaching out for spiritual help and knowledge, you suddenly find yourself bombarded by a bewildering kaleidoscope of choices and terminology, much of it contradictory and some of it offered by convincing personalities claiming to be able to provide exactly what you are looking for…

Make no mistake – the road to spiritual enlightenment is a dangerous place where many traps have been set in the undergrowth to snare the unwary. Spiritual neophytes are easy prey, entering as they do a nebulous new world – a completely new way of thinking and acting. Naturally and understandably they turn in trust for guidance to those purporting to have a history of involvement in the elevation of consciousness, believing each and every ‘spiritual teacher’ has just got to be coming from the right place…

If only there was some kind of ‘spiritual geiger counter’ that could be employed by those seeking grounded, sensible, and just plain right esoteric knowledge, enabling them to determine at every stage of their journey whether what they are being told and asked to believe is beneficial for them and the world… something that could sort the wheat from the chaff, as it were. Fortunately, there is – and the amazing thing is that this priceless piece of equipment is not ‘for sale’ exclusively via some website, nor is it displayed at any stall at any mind/body/spirit event, but it is yours by right now, today and has been within you since the day you were born. It’s called your ‘heart-mind’, and I’ve relied on its expert guidance for the best part of forty years. I used it to negotiate many of those aforementioned (and at times very convincing) traps that snapped at my heels when first setting out on my spiritual journey, and I consult it daily to determine that the choices I make on behalf of myself and others are sound, kind and harmonious.

The heart-mind is an aspect of our spiritual make-up that Joseph is emphatic we should recognise and use at all times to ‘test the spirit’. The following question, highly relevant to today’s topic, was put to him at one of our trance sessions:

‘Joseph, we all talk to God [substitute ‘the Divine’, ‘Creation’, or whatever concept you are comfortable with when describing the force that links us together and flows through everything] in our own way, but what is the best way to actually tune into God and know that the link is the strongest link possible?’

Here’s Joseph’s answer, incorporating a simple meditation to help you achieve that special heart-mind state: 

‘We have to go back to the principle, to the reality, of you having two minds. You have a mind in your head that is influenced by the Field*. You have a mind in your heart that is influenced by your soul and your connection to God. Therefore, in praying to God and requiring a result – requiring guidance – you need to think not from the head but from the heart.

‘You need to make an agreement with yourself that each day you will spend a few minutes thinking from the heart-mind.

‘How do you do that? You do that by retreating from the head-mind, by switching off the effects of the head-mind. You sit, you become quiet, you ask for protection from God – and your mind will be crowded with a million and one things and sights and sounds and sensations. You then see yourself retreating from those sights and sounds and sensations and taking a path – perhaps through a golden cornfield that leads you gently down to an oasis or a well that is perfectly still. And behind you, as you walk down that field, is your physical mind, getting fainter and fainter – you cannot hear the sounds, you cannot see the sights, you cannot feel the sensations or the demands. You can only see this beautiful, still pool of Light, and, under a perfect blue sky and surrounded by the golden corn, you sit down at the edge of this perfect, vast, deep, still water.

You look into it and you know that you are now contacting God from your heart. And then you ask, ‘Father, am I right?’ and look into the pool and see the reflection of yourself and look into your eyes and the answer will be there: yes or no.

‘Do I need to modify my plan – yes or no?

‘Do I need to work with You today – yes or no?

‘Are the feelings I have while I am not operating from the heart-mind true or false? Are they there or not? Are they illusion or heart-truth?

‘And do not expect instant answers but expect to have to go to that well, to that pond, on a daily basis whenever there is something troubling you, whenever you need an answer, because you will always get an answer once you are used to tuning in. And you will either see that answer in your reflection or you will sit there on the edge of that pond with your eyes closed in your imagination and you will hear your own voice say yes or no, or you will feel yourself say yes or no. You will feel it – not just say it, not just think it – butfeelit!

‘And you will become used to contacting you; to making friends with you; to operating from the centre, from the source. The promptings of the heart-mind apply in all areas of life: in business, in relationships, in healing, in having peace of mind, in knowing how to work spiritually.

‘The heart-mind answers all.

‘Do you feel, do you think that God would leave you here without a connection back to Him?

‘Ah – men and women over the years have said: “This way lies God! I will connect on your behalf. I will connect through the physical mind and through praying for you on your behalf to God.” Avoid those ladies and gentlemen! You will connect with the God-within because you are the God-within,and, therefore, as the God-within, you have access to all knowledge. You know in every situation what to do – it is just that the head-mind masks the promptings of the heart-mind.

‘Having sat by your still, wonderful, deep, peaceful pool for as long as you wish, you can retreat back up through the cornfield and bring out into the physical mind the gold light of that cornfield, the blue of the perfect sky and the peace you have discovered from your heart. And then, because you are operating again from a combination of heart and mind, trust what you have been given. Trust what you have been given! Put it into practice. Try it out. And you will see that time and again you are right because you cannot be wrong. Only your mind can be wrong. The ‘you’that is you can only be right in the circumstances that come to you for you and the good of others.

‘We are coming to a time when people must trust, must consult the heart-mind, because the heart-mind gives access to the greater self, and the greater self can see and hear; the greater self knows what to do on a God-level, knows how to put things right, knows how to comfort, knows how to counsel, knows what to do in every situation, and also how to repair you. When you are depressed, when you are down, when you are ill, the energies from the heart-mind can repair you, will repair you, time and time and time again – a limitless and endless source of comfort.’

There’s not much more I can or would wish to add to Joseph’s insights, except to ask you to consider this when approaching information expressed through the diversity of individuals, groups and literature on offer to you as a spiritual seeker: If it’s complex, it isn’t coming from the right place.

Why would God reveal His/Her/Its plan for you and creation via complexity? Why would the Divine, who wants you, His child, to understand more about Him, about yourself and about the way creation works; wants you to realise your potential, grow, and exhibit more of your spiritual capability, offer teaching and knowledge in terms you cannot understand? Would you, in love, hide things from your children and explain things to them in double-talk? Of course not!

Here’s Joseph on the subject of evaluating his, or any other communication purporting to have originated in higher realms:

‘Always go within; always test what you are being given and, if it comes up short, if it is too complex, if it does not contribute to a change in global experience for the better – throw it out!’

Don’t be afraid to daily ask the Divinity at the heart of you for protection, for guidance, and to be your constant companion and instructor in all spiritual seeking. Recognise, activate and improve your heart-mind connection to God-consciousness, take notice of and act upon your intuition, and you will know in every circumstance exactly what to do – or what not to do – next.

You have a permanent connection within to the Divine. Everything that you encounter outside of yourself on your spiritual journey can and should be taken to that source on a regular basis for examination and evaluation. Trust and nurture that link – rely on it and grow used to the gentle way in which it works to answer your questions and you never, ever need worry about taking a false step as you evolve spiritually.

I’ll conclude with some appropriate observations from Joseph:

‘Can I suggest that you spend time silently with yourself? Can I suggest that at each point you switch off each thought and attempt to move your consciousness – the real you – from here [pointing to the head-centre] to here [pointing to the heart-centre] and to listen in silence – not in complexity. And there you will find your answers.

‘There is nowhere else I can lead you to for answers because nowhere else exists for answers except there. Be still. Be quiet. Listen to yourself. And if what comes to you from the heart-centre throws out everything I have said that is fine, that is wonderful! But listen there. Become reconnected to your Divinity and you will find that the answers are simple – not complex.

‘The mind is complex. The mind throws up smokescreens. The mind will tell you that black is white and white is black.

‘The heart is knowing – the mind is wondering.

‘Get to the point of knowing. Become silent …throw out the books …throw out the concepts …become silent …listen to the real you …ask to connect to God …and see what the heart tells you.

‘That is the starting point.’

* The ‘Field’ of human consciousness we, as spirits on earth, are surrounded by and live within. The Field is actually created and maintained by us, but we have lost sight of this fact. It exhibits, and seeks to perpetuate in us, a negative charge and outlook.

Key themes from the Communications books illustrated by examples from 40+ years of mediumship.

Part Eight: The importance of being Light-hearted

If I may I’d like to help lift the vibrations today by sharing with you memories of some amusing incidents that happened to me way back in the days when I used to take services at spiritualist churches.

Many of the churches were engaged in a constant struggle to raise funds to maintain their buildings, meaning that their premises and furnishings were often in dire need of refurbishment or renewal. Such was the case at one particular church where I was addressing the congregation from a lectern that had seen better days. Being half Italian I tend to ‘talk’- to emphasise things – with my hands, and, whilst making a philosophical point and waving my arms around, I lightly clipped the bottom surface of the lectern and instantly detached a wobbly length of wood which I somehow managed to catch before it clattered to the floor. Still caught up in my address I delivered further points whilst waving this piece of wood around like a conductor’s baton for a couple of minutes before hiding it discretely on a shelf under the railing I was leaning against. The church owners were most kind and didn’t present me with a bill for demolishing their property.

A second lectern incident occurred at a time when I had begun to lose a great deal of weight over a short time. Jane and I had just got together and she had bought me a couple of pairs of swanky new trousers to accommodate my shrinking waistline. Said waistline continued to shrink, however, and thus it was that, proudly sporting a pair of these smart new pants, I took a service one Sunday afternoon at a church I regularly served. At a point during the proceedings I again made a sweeping gesture with arms raised… which promptly caused said trousers to fall down. Luckily I was standing behind a lectern at the time, which covered my blushes as I hastily arrested the descending and offending trousers at knee level, hoisting them up and re-anchoring them. Amazingly no-one seemed to notice as, red-faced and clutching my waistband very tightly with one hand, I continued my address.

An aside: Amusingly the lady secretary at the above church always said exactly same thing when introducing me or other mediums to the congregation, prepping visitors for the clairvoyant demonstration that would form part of the service:

‘Please don’t nod your head if you receive and understand a message. Clearly say either YES or NO as the spirits can’t see you nodding.’ (This is completely erroneous, of course.)

She would then complete her intro by adding ’…and please don’t feed the medium.’

On the one hand I always found this a little offensive as I have NEVER and would never dream of ‘digging’ for information.

On the other I found it amusing as, true to her instructions, not one person ever offered me a single morsel of food during a service at that church.

…Perhaps if they had done my trousers would have remained in the correct position throughout.

Detour over – back to the subject of this blog:

Mediumship very often addresses grief, trauma and loss head on…people seldom visit a medium when everything is going well in their lives. There is a great satisfaction in being able to reconnect individuals with loved ones who have moved on to higher vibrations, but the work, by its very nature, is demanding.

Occasionally, however, something happens that raises a smile and still causes me to chuckle years later. Such was the case, decades ago, when I was directed during a clairvoyant demonstration to a lady in the congregation who was notorious for her ‘vacant’ approach and would never acknowledge the messages given to her by mediums.

On this particular evening her departed husband appeared next to me (my spiritual teacher knew both parties well and confirmed his identity after the service). The gentleman stood to my right and I described him in great detail to the lady (you’re not always given a name). ‘Do you know who this is?’ I asked.

A vacant ‘No’ was the lady’s reply.

I described him a second time, passing on more details from the man, commenting on how he was dressed, his personality traits, etc.

A second ‘No…’

‘All right,’ I continued calmly. ‘Let’s not concentrate on who he is. Let’s focus instead on what he’s saying, what he wants to tell you about a certain situation in your life…’

I duly delivered a lengthy message from the gentleman.

‘Do you understand?’ I asked.

A pause. Then: ‘No…’

The gentleman sighed and folded his arms. ‘She DOES know! Tell her again,’ he said, obviously becoming a little agitated. I did so…

‘…No…’

By this point the communicator was visibly angry and was glaring at his wife…

‘Tell her AGAIN,’ he demanded, raising his voice. ‘She DOES know what I’m talking about!’

‘No…’

By now her husband was fuming and red-faced.

‘Um… he’s insistent I give you this message,’ I said, attempting to be diplomatic. ‘He says it’s Important.’

‘No…’

Incandescent, the gentleman stood in front of his wife, scowled, then shouted ‘Bl***y Idiot!’ at her before glancing back at me with a look of desperation, turning away and disappearing.

‘Um… I’m afraid he’s gone now,’ I said hastily. ‘… As we can’t make a connection, I’ll have to move on.’

I hope I’ve raised a few smiles for you in sharing the above anecdotes …As Joseph explains in his books and addresses, the vibrations that surround us and impact on us at the moment on Earth, due to the collective thoughts of humanity, are heavy, dense and, unfortunately, mostly negative. Whenever we lighten our approach to life through laughter and joy we also raise our personal vibrations and push back the chaos around us, dismissing it as nonsense that has no hold or power over us.

In making light of life we lighten our load and our outlook, placing ourselves in a frame of mind that makes us more receptive to the inspirations, guidance and healing available from within – those higher states of consciousness and wellbeing that originate from our spiritual core – from our heart-centre.

In short, It’s not only acceptable to laugh, it’s absolutely essential for our wellbeing and the maintenance of strong spiritual connections that we do so – regularly.

Wishing you a happy – and, therefore, an inspired – day.

Key themes from the Communications books illustrated by examples from 40+ years of mediumship.

Part Seven: Heart-voices, signs and portents

Many years ago, I was waiting in a queue outside a bank when a loud voice from ‘nowhere’ suddenly instructed me to ‘Go to Joan’s. Now’.

‘What?’ I asked aloud, looking around to see if anyone had noticed I was talking to ‘myself’…

‘Don’t ask questions,’ said the voice, which at that point I recognised as belonging to one of Joseph’s soul group members. ‘Go.  To.  Joan’s.  NOW’.

I immediately abandoned the queue and drove the couple of miles to Joan’s – my spiritual teacher’s – house, discovering on arrival that Jack, her husband, who had been terribly ill for four years, had died some five minutes earlier. I was able to stay with Joan for most of the morning to – hopefully – offer some support and comfort.

On another occasion following our weekly spiritual development session I was leaving Joan’s with the intention of attending the evening service at our local spiritualist church. On the doorstep we looked at each other and somehow knew it was vitally important that I call on some mutual friends first – both of us sensing there was an urgency to this unplanned visit that should not be ignored. On arrival at my friends’ house all seemed well at first, but then my friend Hugh suddenly became ill, weak and disorientated. He grew steadily worse, and his wife, Ethel, phoned for an ambulance. I stayed with him until it came, praying and giving him healing, which allowed Ethel to go outside, keep an eye open for the paramedics and direct them to their house. Hugh had had a massive heart attack. …He slowly recovered, but that evening both Joan and I knew there was some urgent reason I had to visit.

…Years ago, I sat each week in a ‘closed development circle’ with my medium friend Bruce, Joan and four other regulars, one of whom was ‘Beryl’ – a spinster in her early fifties who lived alone in a neighbouring town. ‘I had an extraordinary dream about you last night, and for some reason I have to tell you about it,’ Joan announced to Beryl at the conclusion of one particular session. She then related how she had dreamt that Beryl had been visited by a wealthy gentleman – some years her senior – who drove a very expensive car (she stated the make) and lived on the coast. In her dream the two had met, become friends, and that friendship had then developed into something deeper, with the gentleman in due course asking Beryl to marry him. Subsequently, she had left for the coast and a happy life with her new husband.

…Two weeks later the gentleman came unbidden into Beryl’s life and the story played out precisely as it had in Joan’s dream.

…Just three small examples of the inner voice and its spiritual clarity at work, providing insights and direction and, in the first two cases, urging an immediate course of action.

Occurrences like these are not the exclusive province of mediums and the psychically gifted – they are available to each of us.’ Signs and portents’ welling up from our ‘greater self’ – our true being – impact on our everyday consciousness all the time, but in order for us to recognise and act upon them we have to train our physical mind to receive them – and that means switching off the clamour of this world for a time each and every day in order to tune in, via our heart-centres, to our greater world. Repeated visits to that higher state of consciousness sharpen our spiritual senses and instincts, allowing them to play a more active role in our lives.

Our inner voice – our ‘heart-voice’ – can be relied on in all of life’s challenges to see beyond the illusions, deceptions and distractions of the material world and allow us access to the wisdom and advice of our spirit. As Joseph stresses in his books, our inner world is ignored or rejected by many, yet connecting with it regularly provides answers, insights and guidance, and brings into sharp focus the fact that physical ‘reality’ is simply a backdrop – a stage set – onto which we project ‘reality’ in order to experience the circumstances that allow us to grow as the spirit people we really are.

We are not adrift in the material world as many of us suppose ourselves to be… the ‘spirit you’ knows when to act and when not to act; knows exactly what to do in any situation in your life; has a greater view of your path ahead than your physical eyes can ever provide.

Here’s a Joseph excerpt on this subject (taken from ‘Trance Mission’):

‘Ask anything of the heart-centre with regard to how your life is going – ‘Am I certain I want this job?’ The mind will say ‘yes’ …but then ‘no’ …but then ‘yes’ …but then ‘no’ – round, and round, and round. And you will be exhausted and will probably go to someone else and say, ‘Should I have this job?’ And one person will say ‘yes’ and one person will say ‘no’ and you are no further along the road.

‘The heart knows!

‘’Your heart connects you to God. Your heart-chakra, your heart-centre, knows the answer to every aspect of your life – from the job, to the relationship, to the religion, to the health. Do I want this job? Go into the heart-centre; what does the heart- centre say to you? How are you speaking to yourself? Go to the heart-centre and say: ‘I am God. We are both here, God – You and the ‘I AM’ that I am – what do we know about this? What is the answer to this?’ Then listen for the still, small voice or the physical sensation that brings you either a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ or brings you insight in visions.’

Signs and portents?… Accessing these to enrich your journey through life and the lives of every soul on earth is simply a matter of quieting the cacophonic chorus of the material world and taking time out to listen to the one, true voice:  

 The voice in your heart.

Key themes from the Communications books illustrated by examples from 40+ years of mediumship.

Part Six: Where angels fear to tread…

Certain demands on my mediumship have proved challenging to say the least during the course of this work, as is the case with the many examples of ‘paranormally disturbed’ houses I have been asked to visit, investigate and – hopefully – ‘cleanse’ over the years.

One such case involved extremely unusual physical manifestations in a house, including dubious pencil drawings suddenly appearing all over its bedroom walls. Please don’t stop reading at this point if you find the preceding sentence a little unsettling – there follows a full explanation of why such events were taking place in this property… and I have a very good reason, relevant to current circumstances, for recalling this particular incident.

I agreed to visit the house and, as always, before leaving home I asked the Divine for protection and guidance and that friends from the soul group would accompany me, keep me safe and advise me as to what to do to put things right (no two of these ‘disturbances’ are the same, and each requires very specific things to happen in order to calm things down). Upon entering the house it became instantly apparent that something was very wrong there – the atmosphere was heavy, clinging and as ‘thick as soup’ …the whole building felt cold, dark and dismal. I began, as I usually did in such circumstances, by conducting a psychic room-by-room investigation, beginning upstairs. Whilst in the bathroom I was suddenly confronted by a wild-haired, wide-eyed, elderly lady – a spirit – who glared at me and whose opening ‘greeting’ was a promise of extreme violence (I won’t tell you what she actually said – suffice it to say it was quite gruesome and distressing). She screamed at me, repeating over and over that she was about to do something horrible to me. ‘No. You’re not!’ I countered. ‘You can’t harm me and I’m not afraid of you!’ There was no way for me to calmly reason with this deranged lady and, after much ranting, raving and vitriol from her, she was gently but firmly removed by the soul group members working with me that day and taken to a more appropriate vibration (not necessarily a higher one, I might add. She would need to raise her personal vibrations before granting herself the luxury of accessing and living in ‘lighter’ surroundings).

Next, in one of the home’s bedrooms, I encountered a second malevolent spirit – a man – who also proceeded to threaten me, stating that he was going to kill me. The trusted soul group member who was acting as my principal communicator and protector that day – the spirit we call ‘The Big Indian’ – instantly stood in front of me, positioning himself between myself and this violent spirit. He held his hands out and generated from them a huge cross of vibrant golden Light. He then determinedly advanced towards the angry spirit, keeping the cross between him and the spirit, who shrank away from its radiance, becoming increasingly enveloped in its Light until he was eventually driven back through the bedroom wall and out of the house.

With – to my relief – no further dubious encounters, the home was restored to more peaceful vibrations and Light was put, floor-to-ceiling, into every room by myself and the soul group members working with me. The Big Indian then informed me that the daughter of the family whose house it was (a young lady in her late teens) was the cause of all this upheaval. Following his instructions I gathered the family together downstairs and explained what had taken place. In chatting with the daughter, I found her to be an extremely angry, bitter and destructive personality, and she eventually revealed that she could not/would not forgive God for the death of her younger brother at an early age.

She was gently urged by the Big Indian (with me listening to him then passing on his comments) to let go of her resentment, to stop blaming God, to forgive and to let go of her current mind-set, as she was bringing negative spirits and vibrations into the house via the attractive power of her anger and bitterness.

She said she understood and agreed to do this, but a few weeks later I was asked to revisit the building as peculiar and negative things were once again happening there. The Big Indian told me that the young woman was purposely attracting the same destructive and mischievous vibrations towards herself and her family home, had made no attempt whatsoever to release her resentment, and that she would draw disturbance to the house for the foreseeable future until she changed her viewpoint.

Prompted by my soul group guide, I informed the parents that, regrettably, any action I could take at this stage would be futile as the disturbance would repeat and perpetuate as long as their daughter continued to hold onto her anger and bitterness.

Why share this story with you? …As a perfect illustration-in-action of how our dominant motives, expectations and desires attract more of the same, as Joseph stresses throughout his Communications books. Anger attracts anger. Bitterness attracts bitterness. A wish to disturb attracts more disturbance. In short, like attracts like.

Knowing this, and as spiritually aware people attempting to navigate this life correctly, we owe it to ourselves and to others to regularly and carefully monitor our viewpoints from the perspective of our hearts, and to re-evaluate our thoughts and let go of negative trends, should we discover any within ourselves, to ensure that we maintain and radiate outwards to others and to our world only peaceful, harmonious and spiritually elevating vibrations.

…The above incident also causes one to speculate as to what unseen, undesirable and manipulative forces certain of those who believe themselves to be in – and are abusing – positions of ‘power’ attract to themselves as a result of their actions and motives, now doesn’t it?

When bringing these souls to mind, as we inevitably do at some point during each day, try not to become angry at or resentful of their actions. Instead choose to surround them with Divine Light. By doing this you help to raise their vibrations, you remind them, at heart, that they are, in spiritual reality, loving, creative beings, here to help rather than to harm, and you also help to loosen the hold of the many unseen ‘passengers’ they have picked up on their journey through life as a result of their dominant desires – influencers who wish to go right on causing chaos and disharmony across our world via the skewed intentions of their willing ‘hosts’.

…Spiritual ’attraction’ is a vast subject, and one, should I have piqued your interest, that you’ll discover Joseph examines and explains in far greater depth and detail in his Communications books.

Key themes from the Communications books illustrated by examples from 40+ years of mediumship.

Part Five: Visits with a soul group – Part II.

If you’ve joined me for Part One of this blog you’ll know that, as part of my mediumistic development many years ago, my spiritual teacher Joan and I were allowed – at times, and during deep meditation – to visit and connect with Joseph’s soul group, these ‘adventures’ beginning in the front room of Joan’s house where we met each week to connect with higher vibrations in order to advance our spiritual knowledge.

On such occasions we were taken to higher realities in our spirit bodies whilst our physical ‘shells’, with us still connected to these via the electro-magnetic ‘silver‘ umbilical chord that only severs upon physical ‘death’, remained behind.

On one particular Sunday, however, we were permitted to visit not our usual destination, but the ‘location’ of a different soul group to Joseph’s …and the experience is one I shall never forget.

This extraordinary journey began with us meditating as usual on a Sunday afternoon at Joan’s house. Soon we were joined by several familiar members – known spirits – from Joseph’s soul group, who gathered around us then said in unison to me: ‘Don’t be afraid.’

‘I’m not’, I replied calmly, wondering why on earth they would say this.

‘Don’t be afraid,’ they repeated several times. I then looked down and realised that I was no longer sitting in a chair in meditation but was hovering in the air, along with Joan, a few inches above the floor. ‘Don’t be afraid,’ our spirit friends repeated one final time, as they formed a protective circle around us. I then experienced a sudden ‘whoosh’ …a feeling of rapid upwards motion. We shot up through the ceiling and the roof of the house as though these things didn’t exist. Up. Up. Up!! I then realised why I’d been urged not to be afraid, because I suddenly found myself, together with Joan and our visitors from the soul group, hovering at a great height above and gazing down upon a startlingly beautiful landscape.

This very obviously wasn’t the earth, but a spiritual dimension we hadn’t seen before… Spread out below us were fields and hedges in unusual and vibrant colours… greens, purples, reds… and threading through them was a mirror-still silver river with a sailboat on it. The water wasn’t just silver in colour, it was actually composed of liquid silver. I looked ahead and saw that there was no curvature to the landscape at the horizon as you would witness from a great height when looking down on our planet. An overall light source illuminated every aspect of this vista, rather than that illumination coming from the single source of light our physical sun provides. Light seemed to be everywhere and to shine out from every part of the scene.

Streaks of many colours could be seen all around us in the sky, shooting towards and past us at great speed – like luminous vapour trails but without any planes to create them. It was only when these moving arcs of colour drew closer to us that I realised I was witnessing people – spirits – in brightly coloured robes, flying through the air by simply thinking themselves from point A to point B. – What a wonderful way to travel!

We descended slowly to the ground, and my feet gently touched down on soft, springy grass. We found ourselves standing in a valley – an area of gentle, undulating hills. Here and there throughout this peaceful landscape stood spirits – men and women – each wearing robes of an identical colour and style. Several of them approached us and began to communicate with us by thought (their mouths didn’t move but we could clearly hear what they were saying). They made us aware that they were engaged in a project they had elected to undertake together as a soul group commune, and that they were completely in harmony in purpose and intent whilst simultaneously being free to go about and pursue their individual lives and interests.

One of the spirits drew our attention to a tall and imposing-looking boulder that was standing on the grass – about the width and height of a person. I could feel its presence – its sentience. The spirit placed his hand on it and indicated that the boulder was considered to be an equal part of the soul group, and that no distinction was made between various expressions of life here – all were part of the whole, equally respected, loved and included in all decisions and undertakings. I was allowed to sense the harmony, love and unity of purpose of the group – so far removed from our petty differences on earth.

Our soul group friends then surrounded us again and indicated that it was time to leave. I was very reluctant to do so as this was such a beautiful, spiritual place. There was such a feeling of permanence in the air. I knew that nothing here could ever decay or die or become corrupted.

…Suddenly I found myself falling, falling… Joan, travelling beside me, was falling too, our ‘fall’ culminating in the strange sensation of tumbling back into our own physical bodies, re-inhabiting them and reconnecting with them with a jolt.

We slowly took charge of our physical senses and opened our eyes. …Back! …Such a pity!  For three full weeks following our trip everything on earth looked ‘false’ – ‘fake’ – to me …an illusion; ephemeral… with no more substance or permanence than a ‘film set’. It was as though I could peer behind this ‘reality’  and discover it was nothing more than a series of ‘flats’ (as they call them in the film world) – nothing more substantial than a series of painted scenes supported by timber struts and placed around as back-drops to give the illusion of reality against which we act out our lives here. Only when my vibrations had slowed down sufficiently to integrate with this level of consciousness once again did I begin to feel anywhere near ‘normal’ and able to tolerate living on this level again.

Where had we been? Relatively speaking, just two shifts – two elevations – of vibration away from this one. Just two…so take heart, dear friends. As Joseph assures us in all his books and communications, we are part of a far greater and far more rewarding journey than we can possibly imagine at this point in our experience.

There’s no need to be afraid of the nonsenses humanity dreams up and tries to convince you are real … they have no power over the real you. No actions taken on this level of this illusion can ever extinguish or diminish what you actually are: a spirit originating from – and travelling back to – higher dimensions….

…Infinite.

…Immortal.

…Loved.

Destined to visit, experience, then move on from the plain described above into even more rewarding and uplifting frequencies of ‘be-ing’.

Consider: Just two shifts of vibration ‘up’ from this one.

– Now imagine what wonders await us in the levels of spiritual reality beyond that blissful landscape…

Key themes from the Communications books illustrated by examples from 40+ years of mediumship.

Part Four: Visits with a soul group – Part I.

The Joseph Communications are the end result of the streaming of information from a vast group of souls, with Joseph, acting as their spokesperson, using me as a conduit between higher vibrations and earthly consciousness.

‘Soul groups’ are mentioned often in Joseph’s books, with the term being fully examined and explained by him, his insights including a look at how groups choose and construct the environments they live in.

As this is a popular subject and I have been privileged observe the workings of soul groups first hand, I thought I’d share my experiences with you in a two-part blog offering additional insights into the subject from a personal perspective. Here’s Part One:

Occasionally, in those distant days when Joan, my spiritual teacher, and I would sit together for guidance and inspiration, spirits from Joseph’s soul group would take us, in deep meditation, to higher vibrations, where we would share exactly the same visual and sensory experiences, leaving our physical bodies behind for the duration of each ‘visit’.

Each journey would begin with a sudden shift in consciousness – one minute we would be meditating peacefully, the next we would suddenly find ourselves walking in the open air on a familiar narrow path winding its way up a mountainside. To our right was a bare, rockface; to our left a sheer drop affording breathtaking views across a stunningly beautiful, tree-covered valley.

A member of Joseph’s soul group always walked ahead of us on this familiar route, with a second group member bringing up the rear.

…On earth I’m not at all comfortable with heights, but during these journeys I experienced no fear whatsoever at suddenly finding myself high up and very close to a sheer ‘drop’, instead feeling joy and wonder as I marvelled at the landscape stretched out far below us.

At a certain point on the route, we’d encounter a huge waterfall, its thundering waters cascading down from the mountain, across our path, over the edge and down into the valley. Again, I felt absolutely no fear at the prospect of voluntarily walking into and through such a powerful body of water.

Our little party would calmly head straight into the waterfall, discovering it was not water at all, but a curtain of energy, composed of glowing, multi-coloured particles of Light.

Passing through and under this Light-curtain we were not harmed in any way – we could feel and see its energy gently passing through our bodies; cleansing us of the dense, negative atmosphere of earthly life… raising our vibrations to allow us to consciously interact with the souls waiting to greet us.

Emerging from this ‘Light barrier’ we found ourselves in an even more beautiful, etheric landscape, suffused by bright, golden Light. The closest analogy in earthly terms is the type of landscape you see in films based on Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings…  colourful, hyper-real, larger-than-life when compared to earthly vistas. Energised, we would walk the remainder of the path that led to our soul group’s home…

Joseph’s group prefers an ‘alpine’ setting, and so the path would suddenly open out into colourful, vibrant surroundings – blue mountains with snowy peaks, lush meadows with bright yellow flowers, clear blue skies. Here and there unobtrusive single-storey dwellings were visible, blending in perfectly with the landscape. (Should the group ever desire something different, this setting will change by communal consensus, with them ‘thinking’ an alternative environment into being).

Next, we would meet with a number of group members – familiar spirits from our extended ‘family’ wishing to speak to us or take us to some venue to advance our understanding. Sometimes we would simply listen and discuss things with these guiding friends, receiving instruction and inspiration before returning via the same route that had brought us here. On occasion, however, the landscape would transform from an alpine vista into that of a vast amphitheatre. …and when I say ‘vast’ I’m not exaggerating. We would find ourselves sitting, facing towards the centre of this huge, open-air structure, shoulder to shoulder with, and ringed by, thousands of spirts in luminous coloured robes, seated in ascending tiers within the circular walls of this amazing edifice.

At the centre of the amphitheatre stood a number of golden lecterns, and from this central point a spirit or spirits would address the audience. Aspects of creation… The wonder of ‘being’… Divinity… The higher ‘spheres’…these subjects and many more were covered… and we experienced the lectures not just with our ears and eyes but via all of our spiritual senses. We could feel – understand – live what was being said. Illustrations of the concepts being presented would appear in the air in front of and around us as living, moving images. Coloured Light washed over the crowd from that central point, pulsing outwards as expanding waves of visible energy. The mood was blissful, harmonious, energised, inspiring.

Often lectures would be given by members of Joseph’s soul group (indeed, I found myself on a couple of occasions addressing the crowd from one of the lecterns …remember, we’re all more than we appear to be on Earth when operating as spirits… I have absolutely no memory of what I said, though!). Sometimes spirits from even higher vibrations would speak to us: angelic in appearance… almost transparent, radiant, powerful, loving, brilliant beings.

Lectures over, we would retrace our journey in reverse, settle back into our physical bodies, open our eyes and find ourselves once again sitting in the front room of a modest house in Northern England.

These precious journeys were instigated to help us more effectively do the work lying ahead of us on Earth, with much advice and support being offered during each visit.

Please join me next time for more fascinating insights into Soul Group life, and meanwhile, whenever it seems as if society has gone stark, raving mad and is seeking to drag you down, be assured that bliss, peace and membership of a soul group family that loves you – as opposed to a society that coerces you – are yours by right.

This heritage can never be taken away from you, and one day you will rediscover and re-inherit it. Guaranteed. You will eventually and inevitably move on from this ‘reality’ into golden Light and wonderful landscapes.

You came from higher vibrations; you will one day return to them.

Key themes from the Communications books illustrated by examples from 40+ years of mediumship.

Part Three: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous…

Over the course of many years, I visited the homes of (and also opened my own home to) thousands of people, conducting one-to-one readings during a period in my life when I was working as a medium but not yet engaged in the greater imperative of bringing through and promoting the Joseph Communications’ vital global message.

During each reading I was privileged to have working with me, as an intermediary between this world and higher vibrational realities, a trusted member of Joseph’s soul group… different members on different occasions according to the needs of different ‘sitters’. Readers of the Joseph Communications books will be familiar with certain of these personalities – spirits such as ‘The Big Indian’ and ‘Silver Star’ – who would, to put this in earthly terms, position themselves between me and the discarnate family members and friends eagerly wishing to communicate with their loved ones on Earth, acting as enablers of the communications and as filters of the vibrations reaching me. They would also surround me with a bubble of protective energy to prevent any negative vibrations from the communicators (Or indeed, on occasion, from the earthly sitters themselves!) latching onto me and lingering once a reading was over.

The Sublime:

Having worked for a full forty minutes with each sitter (and recorded the resulting communications on cassette tape… these usually being comprised of contact with ‘departed’ family members, information regarding their life, insights into future trends, advice relating to their current problems and challenges, etc) I would encourage my sitter to contemplate and consider higher spiritual themes by asking them to participate in what was my preferred part of the reading. The communication would be steered towards its ‘peak’ as a result of me explaining the following to the person I was sitting with:

‘Today I have been working with a very highly evolved spirit, and It is they who have made this communication possible. At this point this guiding influence is offering you the opportunity to gain a deeper insight into any aspect of spirituality you might like to examine. You can only ask them one question – but this can be on any spiritual subject you wish to gain a greater understanding of… Perhaps there’s something you have always wanted to know about life, death, ‘heaven’, the universe, karma, angels, God… you can ask anything regarding the spiritual aspects of life. Let me have your question, I will pass it on to the spirit working with me on your behalf and they will answer from their perspective.’

The Ridiculous:

The following three examples are actual questions from sitters in response to this invitation, and representative of the type of thing subsequently asked by a high percentage of the many souls I sat with over the years (bearing in mInd, as I said earlier, that they had already enjoyed forty minutes of bespoke communication and insight):

‘Um… when will my house sell?’

‘Err… which of my two boyfriends should I be with?’

‘Can they tell me which car I should buy?’

Back to the Sublime:

Fortunately, I also at times had the privilege of sitting with men and women who were a breath of fresh air… who truly wished to see and understand ‘the bigger picture’; earnest, enlightened seekers who asked highly spiritual questions of the soul group members working with me and were rewarded with in-depth answers that would massively advance their spiritual knowledge.

…Clearly seeing that bigger picture is, in a nutshell, what the Joseph Communications information is leading us to, and is why we work as hard as we can to present that information to as many souls globally as we can possibly reach.

Apropos those lesser questions:

…The house? It will either sell or it won’t.

…,The boyfriend? That’s entirely up to them.

…Which car to buy? Of little consequence in the greater scheme of things.

The solution to every situation in your life lies in simple phrase Know Yourself.

Know Yourself – your true self – and you not only automatically know the answers to relatively minor questions such as the ones asked above, but also instinctively know what to do and when to act (and when not to act) in every challenge, big or small, in your life.

Know yourself – your true self – is a key theme at the heart of the Joseph Communications books.

…Each book dares to ask, and to then provide answers for, the big  – the important – questions we should all be asking on our journey through life, each book bringing us greater knowledge regarding our true self, our origins and our spiritual capabilities.

When we expand our perspectives spiritually we transform our lives, discovering who and what we really are, where we came from, why we are here, where we are heading and what we can expect after physical death.

If the majority of my sitters had asked the type of questions they could and should have asked, the answers they received would have set them on the path to spiritual enlightenment and to a great satisfaction in their lives. In choosing to de-mystify the core ‘mysteries’ of life, they would have discovered they were not helpless, storm-tossed souls at the mercy of a cruel and random world, and that they had the ability and power to shape and uplift not only their own lives, but also the lives of others, and to contribute to a kinder, nobler, more loving experience for all humanity, all life here and the planet.

Seeking answers to spiritual questions rather than the material minutiae of life opens us up as a powerhouse for good – as wielders of the Light energy that lies within us, which is ready and waiting to be streamed out from our hearts for the benefit of all humanity and our world via our unbreakable connection to the Divine force that flows through us and all creation…

This positive sea change in the way we think and live is not some unattainable ‘pie in the sky’, but an eminently achievable new way of life that becomes reality once we understand the ‘spiritual physics’ that lie behind the illusion of physicality and appreciate how creation really works, celebrating our true, equal place in the greater scheme of things as immortal, spiritual beings.

Amidst the ridiculousness of today’s spiritually-starved material existence sublime revelations can still be found if we ask the right questions… those ‘bigger picture’ questions…

…It then becomes our joy to actively encourage other souls – through example; via the new way in which we choose to live, interact with others, and bravely explain our enlightened viewpoint whenever invited to do so – to earnestly ask them too.

Key themes from the Communications books illustrated by examples from 40+ years of mediumship.

Part Two: Inanimate Objects Are Anything But…

Many years ago, whilst still honing and developing and my mediumistic abilities, I lived alone in what was, spiritually speaking, a most curious house – but that’s a whole other story; one which I hope to tell you in due course. Back to today’s theme: One day during that period and whilst out and about I came across an unusual, lidded, red-glass vase in an antique shop that I really liked the look of, thinking it would look great at the top of the stairs on the small table that stood by the window.

I bought it and installed it, and it did indeed look rather classy once in place, but every time I walked past it feelings of unease and disturbance suddenly swept across me for some reason – feelings that grew more intense and unsettling as the weeks passed by. I finally mentioned this to my spiritual teacher, Joan, and we connected over the phone to see if we could get to the bottom of this strange phenomenon.

I knew that the vase was somehow causing these negative feelings in me, and so, psychically linked and with me holding the vase as we discussed the matter, we ‘read’ its ‘history’ and discovered that it had once belonged to a very angry, very bitter man who had treated his daughter dreadfully, controlling and restricting her life in many ways. Having discovered this I thanked Joan, put down the phone and filled the kitchen sink with cold water. I then immersed the vase in it, washed it thoroughly to dissipate any ‘bad vibes’, dried it, held it in my hands and infused it with Light via my fingers to ‘rededicate’ its vibrations and raise them. Finally I placed it back in its chosen spot. The uneasy feelings disappeared and the vase gave me no further trouble from that point onwards.

On another occasion an interested-but-sceptical friend of mine was extremely wary of my mediumship and was looking for proof from me that what I was telling him about me was more than just deluded imaginings. I asked him to bring along any object when he next visited me and to reveal nothing regarding its history. He brought a watch with him, which I held, shifting my spiritual consciousness into my hand and connecting with the watch to sense what information the timepiece might contain and share. I then relayed to my friend the impressions I’d received, which included information about the owner having been at sea and descriptions of various ‘vistas’ I’d picked up from the object. He was astounded… The watch had belonged to his grandfather and everything I’d told him rang true and was specific and accurate with regard to his departed relative.

…He needn’t have been astounded – the watch had, as a matter of course, taken on…’recorded’… some of its owner’s dominant vibrations and I’d gained access to these by ‘tuning in’ to its ‘history’.

As a final example of today’s  theme, a couple of years prior to Joan, who always described herself as ‘my second mother’,  passing on she presented me with a scarf for Christmas. She explained that she had put love into it and that I should be able to feel that love whenever I wore it. I have it to this day, and the vibrations of warmth and love it gives out are tangible, every bit as strong as they were when I first received it, and still bring me comfort whenever I wear or touch it.

…As Joseph explains in detail in his Communications books, we are ‘radiating’ spiritual beings. We infuse the objects closest to us – the things we repeatedly interact with – with something of our dominant vibrations. Knowing this, and in order to create an ideal, protective and nurturing personal living environment around ourselves, it’s a wise move to hold the objects within (and, indeed, touch the walls of) our homes frequently, communicating via our touch (and/or our voice – it’s perfectly OK to talk to things!) our wish to infuse them with love and peace and harmony.

Equally important for our protection, wellbeing and peace of mind is to always remember to engage our spiritual senses before buying something secondhand (or indeed, something ‘new’) – anything from a vase to clothing to a car (and especially a house!)- to make sure, via the impressions we receive from these things, that the objects are spiritually compatible with us, are calm and peaceful, and are not harbouring any negative vibrations or nasty psychic ‘surprises’.

Joseph greatly expands on this fascinating subject in a whole chapter of his book The Spaces Between, (Chapter Six: Your Dance with Reality). Here’s a very brief excerpt:

‘I wish to tell you that you influence everything and every object that you come into contact with during every waking moment and every sleeping moment.

‘With every object that you encounter, as soon as you attach relevance and consciousness to it, you begin a dance of energy with it – something that I could describe as the ‘energy exchange’. And, were you to look with psychic eyes, you would see people sensing and reacting with a myriad of objects during every day, and with each object there is an exchange of energy.’

Finally, we term the ability to ‘read’ objects psychically, as I did with the vase and the watch, ‘psychometry’, and how to access and use this gift, should you choose to, is explained in Module 5 Part 2 of my free Step-by-Step Course in Higher Consciousness Living:

Until next time, I hope this blog will cause you to consider the things you have around you, the houses you live in, the cars you drive, the clothes you wear, the objects you interact with, in a new light…I conclude as I began, by repeating the heading from this piece: Inanimate Objects are Anything But…