Is this my spirit guide?

I have had a lot of family pass over and i'm worried in case they come through and I get upset.

Lulu wrote:Well what I journey I've had since my first post.

I have now consulted two mediums and since learned that I am myself a medium !

I still do not fully know who the man is that i've seen, but it's thought that he is some kind of spirit helper or guide who has come to make me aware of my 'gift'. As I've ignored previous happenings I have been sent some of the strongest evidence that I couldn't ignore. I also have my grandmother as a spirit guide.

I've been welcomed into a development circle, I haven't attended yet but I'm both nervous and excitied. I am still very confused and don't know what to think. As a scientist this is very difficult for me to understand.

I have lots of questions and i'm sure I will be logging on to the forum a lot more regularly.

Lulu wrote:A few years ago I was taking my car out of the garage , one morning preparing to drive to work. As I looked in the rear view mirror, I saw a man standing on the drive way behind me. I stopped the car and got out so I could ask him what he wanted. Before I could speak to him, he disappeared.

It was a normal bright day, not dark and I had seen him clearly.

Sometime later I saw him again and I have seen him several times since. Sometimes I see him at night or sometimes during the day. I think I even saw him sitting in my car, but before I can get close to him or speak, he disappears.

He looks like he is real, like he has substance, not see through. I would describe him as being very tall, over 6 feet and very thin. He always wears a black cloak or some kind of coat with a hood. I can’t see his feet or face clearly but he has pale skin and long black hair. He reminds me of a cross between a monk and count Dracula. His description sounds quite scary but I’m not at all frightened of him, in fact he makes me feel peaceful and calm.

The reason I am writing is because my mother has now seen him in my bedroom at night and she gave me a perfect description of him. I want to find out who he is, and would like to communicate with him but I don’t know how? could he be a spirit guide? If so would my mother have been able to see him? If not then who is he? I have lived in different houses so its not a ghost associated with the house.

I tried the meditation to contact a spirit guide but I either lose concentration or fall asleep. A friend said it sounds like a Russian or East European priest.

Can someone help please?

Native spirit wrote:I would contact the medium and see if she can give you any clues as to whom this man is. i dont think hes a guide as he would have said something before now, as you find it difficult to meditate asking the medium could give you the answers you seek.



Namaste

Lulu wrote:Why whats wrong? Do you think i'm being "taken for a ride"?

I was asked to pay money for a spiritual appraisal and to buy a book.The to attend a development circle its £20 a time.

mac wrote:I said nothing about you being 'taken for a ride'. Do you fear you are?

As for a 'spiritual appraisal' I'd have to have that explained before I could understand - I've never heard of such a thing. And you need a book about what?

No my concern comes from the sentence: "I have now consulted two mediums and since learned that I am myself a medium."

skye wrote:

mac wrote:I said nothing about you being 'taken for a ride'. Do you fear you are?

As for a 'spiritual appraisal' I'd have to have that explained before I could understand - I've never heard of such a thing. And you need a book about what?

No my concern comes from the sentence: "I have now consulted two mediums and since learned that I am myself a medium."

mac, it's my understanding that a spiritual appraisal is when a developing medium has to demonstrate his or her mediumship in front of a qualified practicing medium to confirm they have attained a standard which allows them to work usually in a Spiritualist church, or for private sittings. They have to prove the information received from a spirit communicator is solid evidence of their continued survival. Also to ensure they have the confidence to demonstrate or speak in a public setting and they apply morals and ethics during delivery of their mediumship.

mac wrote:

skye wrote:

mac wrote:I said nothing about you being 'taken for a ride'. Do you fear you are?

As for a 'spiritual appraisal' I'd have to have that explained before I could understand - I've never heard of such a thing. And you need a book about what?

No my concern comes from the sentence: "I have now consulted two mediums and since learned that I am myself a medium."

mac, it's my understanding that a spiritual appraisal is when a developing medium has to demonstrate his or her mediumship in front of a qualified practicing medium to confirm they have attained a standard which allows them to work usually in a Spiritualist church, or for private sittings. They have to prove the information received from a spirit communicator is solid evidence of their continued survival. Also to ensure they have the confidence to demonstrate or speak in a public setting and they apply morals and ethics during delivery of their mediumship.

I've assisted in such an assessment but I hadn't heard it called that. Where this is the case the subject presumably needs to have enough experience/knowledge to be assessed in the way you've described.

That wasn't the impression I'd gained based on what member Lulu had written.

Lulu wrote:Thanks for your help.

I am normally quite sceptical especially when money is mentioned lol. That's why i asked if mac thought I was being taken for a ride.

I approached a spiritual church to have a reading but couldn't get one arranged due to time/work comitments (mine and the mediums) so i searched the internet and found Susan Leybourne I e mailed her. (Sorry for mentioning names) We had a telephone conversation in which she said the experiences I am having mean that I am a meduim. She said I need to find a development circle.

So back I went to the spiriualist church. The put me in contact with Jenni Gomes to talk about a development circle. (I didn't even know what one of these was) She arranged to see me last weekend and gave me what she called a spiriutal appraisal. The result of which was that I am a meduim. I need to see ehr again for private training (at a cost of £30) and I can then join the development circle.

I haven't attended a spiritual church. I don't really want to, I'm not Christian. Jenni told me that spiritualism is a religion. I'm already confused about religion (see my other post).

I just don't know what to do. I agree with Skye I thought the spirits themselves would 'develop' me i that's what they want.

skye wrote:

mac wrote:

skye wrote:

mac wrote:I said nothing about you being 'taken for a ride'. Do you fear you are?

As for a 'spiritual appraisal' I'd have to have that explained before I could understand - I've never heard of such a thing. And you need a book about what?

No my concern comes from the sentence: "I have now consulted two mediums and since learned that I am myself a medium."

mac, it's my understanding that a spiritual appraisal is when a developing medium has to demonstrate his or her mediumship in front of a qualified practicing medium to confirm they have attained a standard which allows them to work usually in a Spiritualist church, or for private sittings. They have to prove the information received from a spirit communicator is solid evidence of their continued survival. Also to ensure they have the confidence to demonstrate or speak in a public setting and they apply morals and ethics during delivery of their mediumship.

I've assisted in such an assessment but I hadn't heard it called that. Where this is the case the subject presumably needs to have enough experience/knowledge to be assessed in the way you've described.

That wasn't the impression I'd gained based on what member Lulu had written.

Yes, mac they must be competent in knowledge and experience. The medium undergoing such an assessment doesn't know when this will take place they just know it will, possibly within a set time frame though. It may also be the case that the medium does not know who the assessor is going to be.

I have heard some mediums contact another person's 'spirit guide' to gain knowledge about their ongoing development of a potential medium, I don't know what this is known as though or if it is of any real benefit. Moreso because no medium can claim to make contact with a specific person so I couldn't comment on this.