My friend L asked me if I wanted to attend a medium event with her. I have always admired psychics, and mediums, but I have also been apprehensive.
As someone who has always had an overactive imagination, I would find myself getting carried away with the idea for what they might say to me. Would it be something upsetting? Would it be something I would have rather not known?
I decided I wanted to go. There were about 50 people there. I wondered if instead of getting information that upset me, if I would be lucky enough to have anyone come through.
Our medium, Helen, started off by giving us some ground rules. She told us she couldn’t control who came through, how much time they took up and what messages they decided to give. She asked that while she was trying to figure out who the message was for, if anything she was saying resonated with us, to raise our hand.
We began with breathwork and a soundbath. My brain was louder than usual. I was anxious and excited at the same time. I was thinking of the 3 people I was hoping would come through—My Mom, my Nan and Mike, my apparent soulmate. I still had so many questions about that. I remember thinking I heard my name. Just a whisper of it. Shaking it off like I must have been imagining it.
Helen began communicating with spirits, and L was the first person who had someone come through. Her grandfather came through with some very specific messages. It was quite amazing to watch.
Of the 50 of us, I would say less than 20 received messages. About half way through the night, Helen returned to my side of the room.
“Okay, I’m getting a Sheila, or a Shelley.”
“Oh shit!”
I hesitantly put my hand up.
“Who is this person to you?”
“My Mom’s name was Shelley.”
“Okay. Are you going to be taking a course or going to school?”
“Yes, I am taking a reiki course.”
“Okay, she is mentioning that. She is saying to stay focused on the path you are on, and to ignore the background noise. You have a tendency to get pulled in multiple directions.”
“Do you have 2 children?”
“Yes.”
“Your mom is telling me she is around them a lot.”
My mom was madly in love with my oldest. She passed away only 4 days after her second birthday. When my younger one came along, I had a feeling my mom was visiting her. I had a picture of my mom in her room. I remember E was 5 months old when I said, “E, where is Grammie?” and her head whipped to that picture so fast it gave me chills.
“Did your mom have a dog?”
“Yes, she had several.”
“She is showing me herself surrounded by dogs. That is what she loves, and what she spends her time doing.”
She was the one the dogs always chose as their person. Hell, she even hit a house once trying to rescue a stray dog.
“Do you have a dog?”
“Yes.”
“Please know that your mom sends her dogs to play with your dog.”
Well, Bob had some explaining to do. He had told me none of this.
“Your mom says you can call her anytime you want. Does that mean something to you?”
I felt my eyes water. I had spoken to her on the phone every day. After she passed, I often found myself thinking I should call her.
“When was the last time you spoke to her?”
“14 years ago.”
“She says you can always just talk to her. She has tried to contact you before, but as she puts it, it is like a hamster on a wheel up there and she can’t cut through the noise.”
I understood. My brain had been a constantly noisy place up until recently.
“How did you feel during the soundbath today?”
“Honestly, it is typically during soundbaths or meditation that my brain is actually quiet.”
“That is when you should call your mom in.”
I left there feeling different than when I arrived. It is something I had been apprehensive about for so long, and like many of those things, it was far less scary than I had imagined it would be.
I also received the important validation that I was on the right path. I had been patiently waiting for my reiki courses to begin. Living by the mantra that “all good things take time”, but the path had been riddled with disappointments. Courses cancelled, and rescheduled. It had me thinking maybe that wasn’t the path for me, no matter how interested I was in it.
I have now found an incredible place to make my level 1&2 certifications. My path continues to evolve.
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