Theos-Talk Archives (December 2000 Message tt00035)

Some time ago I fell in with some people who were cleaning 
cabins in the mountains near my home. After we had cleaned a 
few of these cabins, I was asked if i was interested in attending 
a seance and having no previous bias one way or the other, I 
agreed to attend and indicated i was curious about it.

I also met the lady who was the Medium.

Several people gathered who i had not met before and we sat in 
a circle in a dimly lit room. The medium began an annoying 
moan that persisited several minutes and eventually a voice was 
manifested that moved from participant to participant answering 
their questions about deceased relatives or devining the 
condition of each person, describing the aura colors of each... 
This was a long process and rather drawn out. I recall feeling 
exhausted and irritated at the time. 

As the spirit voice eventually reached me, she said i was a 
"descended master" and had a aura of a rainbow around my 
person, this was a real shocker to me as i knew i was 
descended from something but had not considered an Avatar 
before. The seance ended shortly after and an interesting 
phenomena occurred. Several members of the group asked my 
advice on whether to buy a Cadillac or invest money in a scheme 
or how they could take over a development. 

At this point i was growing tired of all this and felt a deep 
frustration and even an anger. I quoted to them the saying of the 
Buddha: "Be ye lamps unto yourselves!" and do not seek out 
mediums or others to solve your problems. They responded, but 
"you're a descended avatat, you can guide us!" Well i had to cut 
short this whole thing and left that group peremptorily, but never 
have i forgotten the lesson i learned there. Many seek psychic 
powers and can even demonstrate them but they are many 
times on the lower psychic level and have little to do with spiritual 
liberation.


- Arthur Gregory

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