SPIRIT COMMUNICATION
SPIRIT COMMUNICATION ... IS IT REAL?
In the words of Henry Ford, "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."
We each live in our own personal universe. In my reality and your reality, spirit communication is not only possible, it happens all the time. In the reality of someone who actively disbelieves in such things, it usually just does not happen.
It would be wonderful to be able to say that everyone who crosses over is instantly enlightened and sees the errors in all their limiting beliefs. But it is our understanding that this is not the case. Death does not change our basic natures. While crossing over is certainly a "life changing" experience, some people are more changed by it than others are. People who were staunch skeptics about spiritual matters while they were alive may remain disbelievers after death. It is our understanding that some of them actually think that the life they have just left behind was nothing more than a dream or a hallucination - they do not believe in what we call LIFE! They "wake up" on the other side saying, "Wow, what a dream I had!"
Our name ... Shadow to Light ... is exactly what we do ... help lost souls and spirits pass into the light.
Angelus of Deus, Meus curator carus, cui Suus diligo trado mihi hic: Umquam is dies (vel nox noctis) Exsisto procul meus pars, Elucido quod tutela, Rego quod rector. Amen.
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Now those are extreme cases, and most likely no one remains like that forever. Just as our spiritual understanding is ever evolving here, it is also ever evolving in the afterlife. There are many factors that may affect our ability to connect with certain loved ones in Spirit, not only from our end of things, but also from theirs. Certainly, the belief that this is possible is a big one.
While there is no real "danger" in not believing in life after death, there is great POWER in believing. In order to gain the power to do something, we must believe it is possible.
We know that some people here on Earth are gifted at spirit communication while others have no interest in it, do not believe it is possible, or cannot seem to make it happen no matter how hard they try. The same is true of spirits. Someone who thought spirit communication was a bunch of hogwash when alive may not instantly change his or her mind upon crossing over. While that does happen, it generally happens to open-minded folks who may have had opinions about such matters but were open to changing them in light of new evidence.
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Further, just as people tend to only see and hear that which confirms their already set beliefs, the same is true of spirits. If we cross over with very strong expectations about what will happen, we will tend to have experiences that validate those beliefs. Therefore, if we firmly believe that Jesus will greet us, that is who we will meet. If, on the other hand, we believe we will float on a cloud to a heaven full of angels playing harps, that is probably what we will initially experience.
You can pretty much judge how well someone will settle into the afterlife by asking yourself how well he or she would adapt to being plucked from his or her home and set down in a foreign culture. People who are open and adaptable will tend to adjust very quickly, while others may decide that instead of adapting to their new environment, they will adapt their environment to them.
Whatever we think about or desire in the astral instantly arises. If we are attached to certain circumstances, we can simply fantasize them into being. This is the root of the widespread belief that we will have all our desires fulfilled when we get to "heaven," for when we are in the astral, we have only to think of something to have it take shape in our experience. What we call imagination is real in this dimension. All of this means that if we have a strong desire before we cross over to remain in contact with our loved ones here on Earth, and we believe that is possible, then we will find a way to make that happen.
As we retain our basic personalities, knowledge, passions and interests when we cross over, the best way to ensure we will have certain spiritual abilities on the other side is to develop them while we are living. We can thus assume that the most gifted communicators in Spirit are generally those who were adept at this while alive on Earth.
There have been some amazing communications from spiritual researchers after they crossed over. Many of the pioneers of EVP (electronic voice phenomena), for example, have continued their work from the other side. Konstantine Raudive may be the best-known researcher working just as hard on spirit communication from the other side as he did while he was living here on Earth.
If you have a relative who was an active disbeliever in spirit communication and the afterlife, they may not be easy to contact on the other side. That does not mean it never happens, mind you - some people are delighted and amazed by all they learn about the afterlife when they cross over. Further, the power of love has been known to conquer all.
Not being able to connect with someone in Spirit does not mean that they are lost or confused on the other side. There are many factors that influence our ability to connect with certain spirits, both on our end and theirs. We have to have faith that if and when the time is right, this will happen.