Theos-Talk Archives (December 2000 Message tt00036)

Based on your experience, some people on this list may
find this series of articles from the Wisdom World web
site useful and helpful:
http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/CyclesOfPsychism-Series/index.html

Compiler
(John DeSantis)
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This is the "Additional" articles INDEX page:
http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/index.html

This is the "Main Page" of the site:
http://www.wisdomworld.org/index.html

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arthra999@yahoo.com wrote:

> 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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