Spirit Guide

A Sign of Better Times

2009-01-21T11:28:00.002-05:00

When ever I hear spiritual people talking the talk about how the world is coming into a new age of enlightenment and positive energy. Over the past few years look out on the world it appeared the opposite was true. There was more war and fighting in the world than I had ever recalled. But was yesterday the turning point?
Many people viewed the former president of the US as someone who stood against peace and caused more conflict than he stopped or prevented. He was view by many as a source of evil and not good. I for one will not judge Bush as good or evil. I believe that he governed through some very difficult times and I have to believe that he did what he thought was right.
However, yesterday the US got a new leader. One who is viewed in a much better light around the world. He brings with him a promise of change; change for the better. Is this a sign that the world is trying to change. Trying to bring a more positive energy into the world and let it reign? I would like to believe is.
However, Obama will face difficult times as well. Economically the US and world are in a bad place and appear to be getting worse. People are expect that he will be able to fix everything. All the mistakes they believe have occurred in the last ten years and that he will make the US strong again.
Is this realistic. He is after all one man. He does have a lot of influence but he cannot fix everything that is wrong. We must all stand up and take responsibility for our place and move ourselves forward and not rely on others. This could be the dawn of a new age for the world, but it is not because of one man and can not be realized by one man. It will take us all.

The Holiday Season

2008-12-15T11:28:00.001-05:00

As we approach the end of a year many people will be celebrating holidays. One in particular is that of Christmas. Christmas is generally accepted to be a Christian holiday one to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is my option that this holiday has long since grown out of being a Christian holiday and has become a societal holiday, much like Halloween. This is not to say that people do not hold a religious connection to the holiday. Among Christian faiths it is still very much a faith based holiday. Many attend mass and celebrate the birth of their saviour.

One does not, however, have to look far to see that this holiday has grown well beyond being faith bases. The icon that represent this holiday, for the most part, is not the child said to born on 25th of December day, but a fat man in a red suit. Santa or Santa Clause, notice that even the religious ties to this figure have been removed, represents many things. Many of these things are good; like sharing and giving. But he also represents the commercialization of the season and bribery. Not things any faith would want to be connected to.

In our family we do celebrate Christmas. We exchange presents, but each year the best ones are the ones that produce the biggest laughs. It is a time for us to get together with family, have fun and laugh. It is a time to put focus on those that need our help and to give them a hand. This for me is the true meaning of the holidays. The things that our friend Mister Scrooge kept in his heart all year.

So this year, take a moment for the business of this time of year and think about what Christmas means to you and your family. What message you are presenting to the children in your family. Is this a time for giving or receiving or neither? Is it a time to come together with your family? Is this a time for help those less fortunate? In these things you will find the true spirit of the season. So I send you best wishes this season and hope that we can all keep good thoughts in out minds, thoughts of love not of the things we will get and give.

Posting Again

2008-12-11T16:01:00.003-05:00

It seems that every few months, some times longer, I find myself back here for a few new posts. Every time I do this I promise to start posting again. I cannot promise what will happen, but I'm going to try and put up a post once a week, this will likely not be consistent until the new year if I'm able to come through on this one.

State of the World Follow-up

2008-03-14T14:35:00.002-04:00

Since my last post I have discussed this issue with a few people. Although I still think the points made are valid there are some counter points that came up that as equally valid.

The biggest point that was made was that in order to facilitate change that made by things need to get bad. If my last post was correct that there was a large number of people that were lower energy then maybe something need to happen to change the world. The fact is that we have a very high population. Maybe at this point there is not enough higher developed souls to support that population. That would mean that in order for the Earth to progress spiritually that there would be a need to cut the worlds population drastically. Today's political and environmental state seems to be pushing us in that direction.

The other item that is interesting to ask is how many higher energy people does it take to effect change? Can a few dedicated spiritual peoples off set a large number of lower energy people.

My main issue was that many spiritual people believe that we are entering a time of good spiritual energy for the earth and that people will become more spiritual in this time. Today there appears to be more people who are not affiliated with an organized religion or are not devout followers. Is this the start of the change? There are more spiritual book and stores than ever before but is just servicing the few or is this a sign that the majority is changing.

If we are venturing into a new Spiritual age is the turmoil we are seeing now just a response to that change. Many people are resistant to change and will settle back into what is familiar. When their surroundings no longer make sense to them they tend to panic and strike out.

So is the world spiraling down or transitioning for the great climb ahead?

Children and the State of the World

2008-02-15T14:11:00.002-05:00

In general people of the same energy level or spiritual progression will come together. Those that are more spiritual will find connections with those similar to them and those less spiritual will find that they are comfortable with less spiritual people. This can even been seen from a belief stand point, where people will gather in groups base on what they believe. Despite the belief that opposite attract spiritually people will seek out those on their level.

So what does this have to do with Children and Children with the state of the world?

That is easy, with what I have out lined above think about who is having the most children. On and off for the past couple of years we have been trying for our second without much good luck. We have been told multiple times by spiritual people that we will not have children or have issues. These same people will also tell us that we have a good energy. This would naturally mean that any child that is born to us will have a high energy. Anyone who has met my son will agree that he is a very strong positive energy.

A little while ago my wife express frustration about the people around her that were having children. And not to generalize or cast judgment but most, especially those with several children already were those that would be considered of lower energy. This got me thinking.

Most spiritual people will tell you we are entering a time a positive spiritual progress, but does the evidence show this? From what I see it is both true and untrue. It would appear to me that there is a split, and those who are spiritual are growing and moving on, while those who are not spiritual are staying at that level or falling.

This in itself would not be an issue, but when I consider who I see having children this issue arises. It appears to me that the number of higher energy children being born is dropping. This creates a balance issue that I believe you can directly see in the state of the world.

It's been a long time

2008-02-01T12:39:00.000-05:00

It has been a long time since my last post. I haven't been feeling up to posting and until recently I haven't had any topics in mind to write about. I currently do have a post in mind and since I still see some people visiting the sight I have decided to try and get back into things. As always questions are welcome. I will try not to rehash old posts unless there is something new that I can add to it.

Ghosts

2007-05-25T10:00:00.000-04:00

In my last post "The Good, the Bad and the Neutral" I talked about the different types of entities that one might encounter. In previous posts I have talked a lot about the positive and negative energies but, today I wanted to spend more time on the Neutral; more specifically on Ghosts.

When we die our natural tendency is to cross over to the higher dimensions/planes. Our end spiritual goal is to progress to the point where we can permanently live on those planes. Most people are not at that point and very few people dying on earth today stay on the higher planes. If a soul is not ready it means that they have not learned or cleared enough Karma. The soul would then after a period of time, which can very greatly, reincarnate on the earth or earth like world. But, like I said this is the natural path, not the only one.

Some souls, when they die, do not cross over. They instead stay behind on earth. This can happen for various reasons:

The soul does not know it is dead. As strange as it may sound some ghosts walking around right now believe that they are still alive; think of The Sixth Sense. These souls can spend many years/centuries/millennia walking the earth before they move on.

The soul is afraid of death. Now this is not a normal fear of death. Most people in our society have some fear of dying or death. These are the people who dying terrifies and when they do die they are too afraid of the afterlife to move on. They remain behind locked to the earth by their fear. In some cases to these souls Earth is there heaven. Some soul’s natural dimension is one that is lower to ours, dimensions and planes from where we get our concept of Hell. Again these spirits may stay a long time before finally moving on.

The soul remains behind to help the living. Sometimes souls stay behind in an attempt to help the living or out of an obligation to help the living. In most cases this need/want to help is linked to one or more specific people, usually someone they knew in life. Sometimes the connection will be to a person they knew in a past life. Either way, the soul would normally move on once their charges have died. Some find new people to 'Help', like the children and loved ones of the original people they were trying to help.

In all these cases it is in the best interest of the soul to move on. It is only by moving on that they can hope to develop and grow spiritually; staying behind help no one. So if you know a soul that is trapped on earth, help it find its way.

The Good, the Bad and the Neutral

2007-05-15T12:00:00.000-04:00

A while back I talked about a person who emailed me with some questions regarding an entity that they were in contact with. A few emails went back and forth and a few more important facts came out. Now some of this may be in previous posts but I there are some new items here that are important.

The first thing to note is that entities or spirits do not only fall into the Good/Positive and Bad/Negative categories. There are Neutral entities or those that are not trying to cause you harm and not trying or able to help you. Most of the Neutral entities are earth bound souls or ghosts. They remain behind for some reason or another, sometimes they do so in attempt to help a loved one who is still living.

This ghost maybe someone that the living person would recognize as a loved one or might be a loved one from a past life that they have no knowledge of; in the end it really doesn't make a big difference. These ghosts are in no real position to help the living and it fact it is the ghost itself that is in need of help.

The ghost or soul that has remained behind is not an advanced soul. If it was advanced it would have moved on and reincarnated into a new person so that its learning can continue. In order for us to heal our karma from our past lives we must do so living in the same dimension or plane that the karma was created. In most cases this means living. Work can be done in the afterlife to setup such healings but ultimately they have to be done here. What this means is that the ghost is not healing or progressing in anyway. They are stagnating in their spiritual progress. The best thing that you can do is to direct them to cross over so they con continue their journey.

Good entities or those in a position to help will very rarely do so directly. Some advanced souls living on earth can communicate with these souls. The good souls have an understanding of the universe and know that the only one who can truly heal someone is that person themselves. They can help direct you to that healing but it is up to that person to do so themselves.

Negative entities have no interest in your spiritual development. They are however the ones most likely to communicate with the living. They may tell you things and "appear" to be helping you but in fact this is not their goal and rarely the outcome of their help.

As you can see, since the spirit you are in contact with is unlikely to be a Positive entity asking them to leave is almost always the right thing to do. If you are in contact with a Positive entity then you will be spiritual advanced enough to know and if you have any question what so ever in your mind, then it is not a Positive entity.

Posting to the Website

2007-05-15T11:15:00.000-04:00

I just wanted to say that I am still posting to this site. It might not be as often as I would like, but my intention of this site was always to post when I had something to say and not to just post because I had to. That being said, I am hope to post more often, how often that will be I don't know at this time. I am hoping for at least once a week, but that may not work out.

It might seem like once a week is not a lot and really it is not, but I wanted to make sure that I had soemthing worth while to post. Something the spirits have driven me to write.

Sending Bad Things Away

2007-04-03T15:00:00.000-04:00

I received a comment a short time ago from someone who had a spirit guide who was causing them pain. I wanted to post my reply as it is very important.

If you have an entity that is causing you pain, it is a good indication that this is not a "good" spirit or at least one that is not in a position to help you. Some times spirits think they can help the living when they are not in a position to. There are spirits that can help, but they would never hurt you.

So I hope that is clear, a helpful spirit will never hurt or threaten you. So what do you do to get rid of an entity that is causing you harm, the first thing I recommend is the direct route. Tell them directly to go away, that they are not suppose to be here. Depending on if you feel it is a misdirected soul or an evil entity should direct how you tell him. If it is an evil soul, I would say something "I am of light, go back to where you came." The "I am of the light" should set you in the right place, use it to lift you spirit up and give you the strength. If it is a misdirected soul I would try and direct them to the higher planes where they can get help and if needed (which is likely) reincarnate. Direct him to move on into the light.

The two most important this to remember is that a good soul, one that is in a position to help you will never cause you harm and that you have it within yourself to send any unwanted entity away.

Energy Flow

2007-03-14T19:57:00.000-04:00

Most people even if they don't know it can feel their energy. They know when they have it and know when they don't. Even if the symptoms are just feeling tired. But there is more to energy than having or not; energy flows around us and through us. It would seem logical that if you collect or having energy flowing to you that this would be a good thing. However, the opposite is true. It is not healthy or desirable for energy to be flowing in wards. When it is you are much more susceptible to external forces, negative energy and entities. After all isn't it much easier to swim up stream than it is down stream?

The best thing is to have energy flowing outward. It should flow through you from the spiritual realms and out into the world. This way the positive energies not only benefit you but those around you. Part of being positive and having good energy is sharing that energy to the world and in the process become a source of healing for others.

If you can feel the energy flows around you, I recommend closing your eyes and doing a quick test. how do you feel when you are pulling energy in from your surrounding and how do you feel when you are allowing the spiritual energies to flow through you and out into the world. I can promise you that the latter will feel much better.

Finding Time for the Spirit

2007-03-02T09:53:00.000-05:00

I often find it difficult for me to find time fro my spirit. As with most people I have a life (work, family). When we get busy it is the items deemed as luxuries that tend to be the first to suffer. So how do you find time for your spirit? Well, I'm not going to talk to you about how to time manage or get more out of your day. I'm not an expert in that but I will tell you about my experiences.

It should be evident from my last post that I am a writer. I am also a podcaster. Several years ago when I picked up writing again and then again last year when I started podcasting, I made a choice. I choose to make and dedicate time to those tasks. Now that meant that I had to give something up. It could be work (we all have bills to pay) and it wasn't going to be my family. So that left my other hobbies as the targets. Over the past several years the amount of TV that I watch has dropped dramatically. Also has the time I spend "playing" with my computer. I'm a technical guy and use to love spending hours exploring what I could get my computer to do. When I started this blog up again I thought about my time constraints. This time it was a lot harder. My writing and podcasting were staying, family was staying. That didn't leave a lot.

I then realised that the spirit doesn't need a lot of focused time. Yes if the spirit is important to you, it is good to make time just for it. The pay back will be high. But also we can add the spirit to everything in our lives; because in truth it is part of everything.

Remember, the purpose of this post is let you know that we all have more time than we think. We just need to be aware of how we are spending it. You can't honestly say you have not time and then spend time watching TV. So look at what you do and decided what is most important to you and you will find the time.

Spiritual Beliefs vs. Writing Fantasy

2007-02-19T12:53:00.000-05:00

I doubt that I'm in a unique position where some of my hobbies and natural likes conflict with my spiritual beliefs. Every faith/belief system I have encountered would agree that killing is bad. Yet nearly all of us watch movies and TV shows with some kind of violence or other "unacceptable" behaviour. I do these things and I write. I write fantasy short stories and novels; and the next idea in my head is a Sci-fi. In my writing much like the movies and TV people get hurt, die and kill.

At first this might not seem like a big deal. However if you look back at my pervious posts you will see that as part of my beliefs thoughts can be as damaging as actions. Thinking bad things about someone is the same as saying it. But, how does this translate to Movies, TV and Books? That is something I've struggle with for some time. How can I say I believe one thing but go against it with my hobbies?

I am not willing to give up my writing. It is something I feel very strongly about and something that I enjoy. Writing has helped me through rough times. It is something that I feel is very important for me.

Again if you look back you will see that I am a believer of past lives. I believe that many of our stories, no matter how farfetched they may seem, have a basis in reality. They are events from our past lives translated in a way that we can relate to them in this life. This is the key to keeping my writing spiritual. Like thought, words and books have an energy about them; an energy given to them by the author and the readers. If the writer places a positive energy in the novel, regardless of what it says that energy will carry with it.

This is how I resolve the conflict with my writing. Spiritual books that can heal do not need to non-fiction books. I write/edit my novels and stories with an understanding where they come from, my past lives, and with the intent to heal myself of the wrongs I did in this life and to help others heal. It is by this method that I am able to write violence in a spiritual manner.

Bring the Blog Back to Life

2007-02-15T17:00:00.000-05:00

Hello and welcome again to the Spirit Guide. Through most of last year I ran this site through the wordpress site. I decided to bring the site back again but this time move the blog here to Blogger.

As part of this move I have brought all the message over to the new site but I have lost the comments. I'm sorry to anyone who did comment I appreciate every comment and will leave the old site up so that the comments are not lost.

I hope that the change is not too disruptive and that you once again join me in exploring the Truth.

I put this offer out previously, but I am look for contributers to the site. You don't have to beleive the smae thing as I do and in fact I would prefere to have someone with different beleifs to challenge my posts and discuss topic with. If you are interested please leave a comment or e-mail me at tdmcleanGmail.com.

Friday the 13th

2006-10-13T12:30:00.000-04:00

Today is Friday the 13th, a day some people believe has negative or evil connections to. It amazes me the number of people that have superstitions, even if they are not otherwise religious or spiritual.

The fact is that a thing, a time, a date and event cannot make you have bad luck. What causes it is the belief that will. There is truth in "if you believe something you'll find a way of making it happen."

As I've talked about in the past our thought have much more power than we might think. Our thoughts connected us with events, other and out past lives. So with we believe something bad is going to happen we lower of spiritual defenses and leave us open to our past lives or attacks from sub-astrals or negative thoughts.

So do not let yourself be a victim of your own making.

Life and the Spirit

2006-09-12T12:29:00.000-04:00

I've mentioned this before but it seems that life often interferes with our spiritual life. I find that when I get busy I find that I slip back into my old patterns and let my spirit slide. This past couple of week have been like this but also better than normal. I found that over the weekend I was in touch with my intuition. This is the right direction. The ideal is that the spiritual habits are your default habits.

On another note I'm glad to say that this blog in about half a year has passed in traffic what my other blog did in two and half years.

I would also like to thank a few people who recently commented on some posts. The comments were really good and the type of comments I've been hoping for.

My Childhood Monster

2006-08-24T12:27:00.000-04:00

I have posted previously regarding monsters in my son's room. On the weekend (yes I have been intending on post this all week), I was putting my son to bed. He was laying on the floor looking under his dresser. He said two things as his looking under the dresser and pointed "monster" and "hand". Now this may not at first appear important but it had a big impact on me.

You see when I was young, like most kids, I had "monsters" in my room. My monsters took the form of hands that lived under my bed. The hands would try to grab me when if I ever got out of bed. Now her I was all these years later, laying on the the floor with my son, looking under his dresser and he was telling me he saw a hand.

This of course got me wondering. Was the monster he was seeing the same ones that tormented me as a child? Was this more proof to support my theory that the bogyman and other childhood monsters have a basis in fact?

We should be listening closer to what our children say to us when they are scared. Have an open mind and believe when they tell you about that monster in the corner. We have and we have armed my son with the weapons he need to send the monsters away.

What You Believe is Right

2006-08-18T12:22:00.000-04:00

What ever it is that you believe it is the right thing for you. That doesn't mean that it is universally right or the truth, but it is what you need to believe. Off the top of my head I can think of four different groups of belief systems: Organized Religions, Own Religion, No Religion or Spiritual Explorer.

Organized Religions are what you would expect. These are all the well know and not so well know religious groups. The bases for this group is that the group believes basically the same thing. Their might be some minor deviations and some in the group that question the faith, but over all they believe in basically the same thing and there is normally some doctrine. They believe their faith is fact and would be difficult to get them to believe something else.

Own Religions are when the person develops their own belief system. Usually buy taking bits and pieces from various religions or by using an organized religion as a base. Then may use some doctrine but also may not. They believe their faith is fact and would be difficult to get them to believe something else.

No Religion are when the person does not believe in anything specific. Generally these are people who fell no drive to seek out a faith or belief system. They are happy living out their lives without thinking about or believing in anything.

Spiritual Explorer are the people who are searching for the answers. This is the group that I put myself into. These people actively search for the truth and often discuss belief systems. They are open to all faiths but follow none. It is likely they have created a form of their own faith but it is not static and grows and changes over time as they learn and grow.

Regardless of which one of these you are, it is the right thing. We are all on our own paths and what is right for one is not right for another. I welcome all here and as a Spiritual Explorer I will listen to what you have to say and grow my own beliefs. I hope that this site can help other Spiritual Explorer in their search for the truth.

What is Good?

2006-08-09T12:20:00.000-04:00

In my last post I was questioning the balance of universe and I happy that I touched a cord in a couple of readers. To continue this I have the question what is Good and what is Evil. In may religions it is rather simple; there are rules written down that tell you what you are suppose to do and what you are not allowed to do.

I think however that reality does not match the simple black and white, words in print answer. So I ask you what do you think determine what is good and what is bad?

One could argue that killing is not bad. After all by killing someone are you not releasing their soul either to their god or to what ever other world you might believe in? Most people believe that we are better off in the after life than we are here so isn't killing someone just like buying them a nice vacation?

On the other side one could argue that killing is bad. That you are not only physically harming the person but also potential harming their soul and most would agree you are harming your own. You are robbing them of all the things they could have experienced had they lived.

Does the universe understand good and evil? Are we better off in the after life for having been "good". I do believe we are. I do believe that our actions impact us on a spiritual level, but if this is the case how is good and bad determined? There has to be more than what's written in a book. But, I guess in the end it come down to each persons beliefs and faith.

The universal truth is out there, but are we ready to see it?

Balance

2006-08-04T12:19:00.000-04:00

I have always believed in a balanced universe. That the positive (good) energies are balanced out by the negative (bad) energies. As we grow and become more positive the negative energies have less effect on us. I also believe that our goals are to ascend, for the lack of a better term to the higher dimensions.

Last night however this got me thinking. If it is possible to ascend in the positive direction could someone ascend in the negative direction? Is this where demons and such come from. Are they more than the near mindless sub-astrals I've talked about before?

I know in the past that there has been a battle between the positive and negative energies. This is what the bible has documented as the battle between heaven and hell. A battle that most of us are stuck between today.

I questioned on if it was equally valid to ascend to the negative energy? What is it the makes the positive energies better than the negative ones?

As I learn more about the universe and myself I can understand more, but it opens so many question. I know in my heart that for me ascension to the positive energy to the light is the right path for me, but are there people and souls out there where the path to the negative energies and to the dark is the right path? If so what does that mean for us on our spiritual path?

I know this is a little different than my normal post but it was just something that I need to put out there. I think that this could make an interesting discussion point and I hope you put your thought in.

It's Never OK to Kill

2006-07-25T12:18:00.000-04:00

With recent event in the middle east this topic has come to my mind. Israel is attacking and killing and trying to justify this by saying that it is for their own defence and to get their soldiers back. It is unfortunately that in our world today that people still feel the need for violence and that there are people who only understand violence. Peace is not something we have seen on the world as a whole since fighting was invented.

I honest believe that there is never a situation that it is OK to attack, hurt or kill someone. This includes not only physically but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. When you realise the truth that any violent situation you find yourself in, you have drawn to yourself you will begin to see that the problem is not the other person, but in side yourself. If you deal with and heal the past life that has drawn the violence to you then the situation will defuse or will not effect you spiritually. Remember that death is not to be fear, it is a transition and the one that bring the possibility for true spiritual ascension.

I would like to close with one final comment. I am not Jewish but does not their bible teach that Moses came down off the mountain carrying two stones with the 10 commandments from God. Was not one of those commandments "thou shall not kill." There were not exceptions added to the commandment, it was just that simple "thou shall not kill."

Looking Outside

2006-07-10T12:17:00.000-04:00

One of the most common situations that I see is people that are looking for their spiritual answers from an outside source. Now this doesn't mean that you can not learn from others only that the only place that you can find the "truth" is within yourself. It is common for people to focus so much on finding answers outside that they forget to look inside and find out what there own spirit is telling them. As I have stated before I don't think that we can understand the whole truth on the physical plane and thus each of our truths our incomplete and thus have some flaws.

I have seen people who rely so much on someone else's vision of the truth or their skills in healing or psychic knowledge of our past lives or future. In reality this is not where the answers about or past of future lie. No one else can truly heal us. At some point in order to develop spiritually we must stand up and say, that I can do all these things myself, I have all the answers that I need inside and I don't need to follow someone else.

As always I add that I think there are still things we can learn from each other and that by sharing what we know about the "truth" with each other, we all get a little closer to the real "truth"

The Creator

2006-07-02T12:16:00.000-04:00

Many faiths are based around a creator. A person or being that made everything we know including all the living things. The creator or the creation of the universe is one of the critical things in religions, but I ask is it truly important. Most scientists are now ignoring or at least recognizing that knowing what happened before the big bang it something that we can know. Basically that time started with the big bang. At this point most faiths have dropped the idea that the world was just dropped into existence in its current state and believe that the creator initiated the big bang and directed its development.

I have never been one to believe in a traditional god. It has long been my belief that any being powerful enough to create the universe and in the case of the bible be perfect, isn't really going to care if I believe in them and that if they are going to judge me in the after life that it will not be based on if I went to the right church or prayed to the right god. They will judge me on how I lived my life.

That being said I don't believe that we are judge in this way, not by a higher being. Higher beings know enough not the judge other and approach others with an understanding. It is though here on this world that judge other and ourselves. Where we go after we die is more dependants on how much we have learned; have we learned enough that we can live on the higher planes? If not, then we come back to do more learning.

One of my favorite explanations for life and the universe comes for the TV show "Babylon 5". In the show one of the groups tells the one of the main characters that we are "Manifestations of the universe trying to understand itself." Now I don't think that it’s this simple or that we are just what we are now, but it is close.

I believe that we are children of the universe. I believe that procreation and spiritual development are two of the natural driving forces. The universe itself is no different. It like us continues to grow as we do. At some point in the future we ourselves will grow to the point where the universe was at the big bang. At that point we will create out own universe and continue our journey.

Helping Others

2006-06-19T12:15:00.000-04:00

In previous posts I have mentioned that you are the only person that can heal yourself of a past life or Karma. You must also keep this in mind when you feel the desire to help someone. The reality of the situation is that they are the only ones that can truly help them. This might sound a little cold and this is a concept I have fought with myself but there is no way around it. Regardless of what position the person is in or what has happened to them they are there because of their past life Karma. So how do you go about helping these people?

The first thing you have to look at is why you feel the need to help them. In most cases we are driven by guilt. Guilt from our past life actions. What you need to do is look into yourself and find the true reason you are driven to help this person. By clearing your past life you are actually helping this person far more than giving them money or sympathy.

If you can get past your own guilt, or even if you don't, the other thing that you can do to help this person is to ask the more advanced souls to help this person. After this you move on knowing that the spiritual help the person needs is there for them. If you you still feel the need to do more, look inside and ask yourself why.

The Cost of Spiritualism

2006-06-13T12:14:00.000-04:00

I have long believed that Spiritualism and spiritual learning is best done in an open collaborative environment. Where people not only listen and learn but also teach. In reality most Spiritualism is done for a charge and profit.

Most churches and religious organizations charge you for their teachings. They may not call it a charge, it could be for donations or similar terms, but the fact is that you are expected to give them money in exchange for the spiritual knowledge and leadership that they are giving you.

Even if you decided to go it alone or avoid the organized religions you don't get away from the fee. You have books that are no cheaper than any other books. Don't fool yourself into thinking these writers and publishers are trying to teach you out of some noble cause. They are there to make a profit. Now I'm sure there are some that are there for noble reasons but for most it comes down to money. Then you have spiritual seminars and sessions. Again you pay to attend and more than what's require to pay for the hall.

I understand that these people are putting their time and effort into these things and you could easily justify the fact that they deserve to get paid for their efforts. In the end it comes down to "you can be saved, but only if you can pay."

Most of us think this mentality only exist in a select few, high profile, religious leaders but you can find it everywhere. The history of organized religions is not one of faith and helping but that of power and control.

This is one of the reasons I started this blog. To share what I have learn and in hopes that I might learn from those who comment here. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to make money off this site. If I could put some money in my pocket from this effort I would. What I won't do however, is cut off this blog to those who can pay or charge from my posts. I would consider putting some Ads on the site or publishing a cheap POD or e-Book. I assure you however that this site is not a get rich scheme. In fact I don't expect that this site will ever pull in anything worth mentioning. I believe the spiritual truth is for everyone, it is not owned by one person. It is the right of everyone, not just those who can pay.