Read You Are a Medium: Discover Your Natural Abilities to Communicate With the Other Side Online
Authors: Sherrie Dillard
Tags: #General, #Body; Mind & Spirit, #Parapsychology
spirit. Imagine that you are at one with the spirit realm.
• Send a thought or feeling message to those in the spirit realm.
Ask for a loved one to come close and communicate with you.
Keep breathing and relaxing. Be patient and calm.
• Pay attention to any sensations, emotions, thoughts and im-
ages that you receive. Do not try to figure them out and over-
think. Simply stay in a receptive mode. Breathe, relax and
receive.
• When you sense a loved one, receive a visual image, see streaks of light or color or you simply know that a presence is close,
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ask for a message. Continue breathing and relaxing, listening
and receiving.
• Allow images, thoughts, feelings and sensations to surface. Do not rush this process or expect too much. If you are confused
or overwhelmed or feel very little, ask the spirit to increase
the energy and strengthen the quality of an image.
• Keep breathing and relax. Continue in this way until you feel
the energy begin to fade. Do not try to analyze what you re-
ceive. If you do you may lose the energy connection.
• When you ready, send warm thoughts of love and gratitude
to your loved one. Open your eyes. Write down or speak into
the tape recorder all that you received. Include any thoughts,
feelings, body sensations and images.
Interpreting What you Receive in a Session
The following is a list of guidelines for interpreting the images,
thoughts, feelings and impression that you receive in the exercises.
• Assume the beginners mind. Do not try to immediately un-
derstand and figure out what you receive.
• Energy is alive. What you receive may change and evolve, let
it.
• Trust your initial impressions.
• Expect to be surprised
• Use your intuition to interpret what you have received. Ac-
curate intuitive interpretation involves both the left and right
brain. Allow your thinking mind to suggest an interpretation.
Use your right (intuitive) brain to confirm, and get a sense of
what feels correct.
• If you intuitively receive numbers, letters, words or names use free association to discern meaning. For instance: the number
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four may indicate four, days, weeks or months. Get an intuitive sense of what feels right to you. Some words and names
have literal meaning. For example if the name John comes to
you in some way, it is likely John is present. Names of towns
and places like, Chicago or the gym might signify these actual
places.
• Use your intuitive type to guide you in interpreting what you
intuitively receive. An emotional medium can use their feel-
ings as a barometer for what feels correct or inaccurate while
interpreting a message. A mental medium can trust their
inner sense of knowing as an interpreting guide. Spiritual me-
diums can tune into their angels and guides for further help
and the physical medium can confirm accurate interpreta-
tions through their gut feelings.
• Know that even if what you receive seems confusing at first,
you will, probably at a later time, receive a flash of under-
standing.
• Take your time and don’t push. Relax and try to enjoy the
process. You may spontaneously and unexpectedly receive the
interpretation days or weeks later.
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Medium Help 911
Death is the great awakener. When someone that you love
passes over to the other side, a bit of you goes with them.
Even when you know in your heart that they are safe in the heavens
among family and friends, you still miss them. Grieving is a process that like death, can shake us to our core. Compassion, understanding, supportive friends and family can help us through the difficult and lonely days and nights. But still it is not easy. When someone
passes over we can experience an emptiness that nothing seems to
be able to fill. However death makes its way into your life you are forever changed.
Although you may be grieving the passing of a loved one, it
is important to be aware that you can still be a source of help to
him or her. When death arrives our loved ones seem gone forever.
But they are not. You still miss their phone calls, warm presence, a touch on the hand and their laughter. Yet, learning how to communicate and connect with them not only helps you, it also supports
them in a variety of ways.
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The following exercises, meditations and suggestions provide a
way for you to be of further help and be of service to a loved one.
In the process your relationship with him or her evolves in unex-
pected ways. Although they are now living in another dimension,
an unexpected comfort and a tangible sense of their presence is still possible.
Talking About Death
Helping our loved ones during their transition to the other side can have a significant positive impact on their journey into the spirit realm and on our continued relationship with them. As a culture
we are embarrassingly afraid of talking about death. While we can
lovingly tend to a loved one’s physical needs, we are less comfort-
able discussing and talking about the dying process. I know that
it is not easy to broach the topic. You may not feel as if it is your place to discuss death with someone who is dying. Yet, I have found that most people, who are in the process of making the transition, find it a relief to share their thoughts and feelings. They are usually thankful when someone brings up the topic. Many people
who are aware of their imminent passing fear that if they approach
this topic with their friends and family it will only upset and cause them undue pain. If you would like to broach the subject of dying
and the other side to a loved one, open the door to conversation in a gentle way. If your loved one is ready and willing to take the discussion any further they will recognize and seize the opportunity.
It can be helpful to begin by talking about your personal feelings
and beliefs of life after death and communication with the other
side. However do not expect others to necessarily readily agree with you. My mother was a Methodist minister and not at all interested
in metaphysics, new age beliefs, psychics or mediums. Yet, when she was dying of cancer she wanted me to talk about what I knew of the
other side. This might not necessarily seem noteworthy, unless you
knew my mother. A Bible believing woman with a graduate degree
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in religion from Duke University she was not a fan of my work as
a psychic and medium. That all changed when she was dying. The
closer she got to passing over, the more she wanted me to tell her
what I knew of the other side. Even though in her work as a minis-
ter she had cared for many who were in the process of dying, when
physical death came close she did not know what to expect and
needed reassurance. In response to her questions, I told her what I knew of the other side. Our discussion helped to calm her anxiety
and an inner peace settled in. Assure your loved ones that the other side is a realm of love, acceptance, compassion and forgiveness. Let them know that they will not feel any more pain or discomfort and
that their family members and loved ones are waiting to welcome
them home.
If your loved one does not share the same beliefs as you, do
not argue or try to convince them that you are right. Listen and let them share their thoughts. Whatever their perception of the afterlife may be, assure him or her that they will experience uncondi-
tional love and peace.
The Hand of Spirit
When physical death is imminent almost everyone begins to see
and sense their loved ones on the other side. Sometimes they con-
nect and communicate with their loved ones through dreams.
Often their family and friends in spirit can be seen sitting on their bed or watching over them. At times, people deny their loved ones’
presence and believe that they have an over active imagination or
that they are experiencing a hallucination. Loved ones on the other side come close to us during our transition to comfort and guide
us. Asking a loved one if they are aware of a family member on the
other side can help them to accept their presence and accept their
help.
Close to the time of passing over, many people become fear-
ful as to where they are going and what to expect. It is difficult for
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some to let go and leave the physical body. It can be helpful to tell your loved one that a family member or loved one will come and
help them over. If they have a beloved pet on the other side, it may also come forward to comfort and help them.
Tell your loved one, that when they feel that their time has
come to make the journey to their spirit home, to go towards the
light. This might seem like an overused and trite comfort, but to a loved one who is passing over it can be a much needed support and
guide. You might also let them know that an angel or loved one will take their hand and guide them.
Passing Alone
Do not be surprised if your loved one passes when they are alone.
One of the most common regrets that I hear from clients in me-
dium sessions is their guilt at not being present when their loved
one passed over. If this happens to you, it is no accident.
I had a client who quit her job and moved across the country
to care for her father after he was diagnosed with cancer. For over a year she lived in his home and took care of all of his needs. He
spent the last week of physical life in the hospital with his daughter by his side day and night. She stepped out of the room to get breakfast one morning and when she returned she discovered that her
father had passed over. She was racked with guilt for not being with him in his last moments here. When she came in for a reading, her
father immediately came forward from spirit to thank her for her
love and care. He also explained to her that he could not leave in
her presence. It was too difficult. He felt the other side pulling him into spirit. But his daughters love was keeping him in the physical. He apologized and told her that when she left the room that
morning a light in space opened, filled him with love and he could
not resist. She assured him that she understood and she was glad
that he passed over in love. This was her concern. She was at peace knowing that it was not her bad timing, but fate at work.
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Timing
The time of passing is not random. It is as meaningful as our time
of birth into the physical world. It is a joyous event when a soul
unites with the source of all of creation. Family members who are
caring for ill loved ones sometimes ask me if I can tell them when
their loved one will pass. Watching a loved one go through the pro-
cess of dying can be difficult and even overwhelming. Yet, the time of death is a personal and intimate exchange between an individual
and the heavens. It is not always for us to know.
When the light of the other side draws close, blessings and un-
expected wonders often take place. Many people tell me of the deep
and profound look of peace on their loved one’s face when they
pass over. Honor physical death as a path to pure love. Even if a
loved one passes over unexpectedly in an accident, through drugs
or alcohol, in war or in a wide spread tragedy. Know that once in
the light, unfathomable love, peace, forgiveness greets them.
Mediations and Medium Type
Your innate intuitive awareness provides you with an often ignored
avenue of loving service to your loved ones during the time of transition. You do not have to be an expert intuitive or medium to tune into and facilitate healing and provide assistance to the dying. The time immediately before, after and during someone’s passing is a
time of increased energetic potency. As a loved one shifts their energy into the spirit body they are aided by powerful angelic and
divine forces. Positive energy is heightened during the time of transition. Tuning in and connecting with your loved one through visu-
alizations and mediations can have a profound effect on both you