Body, Mind & Spirits

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Tonight, during my last reading, I became aware of how unusual my life is. It's not like I haven't known that my perceptions were somewhat different than the average person's, but there are some moments in life when your eyes pop wide open, as if you'd been squinting your entire life until that moment...I've had a few moments that have come close - like the time I was at a "Hollywood" party held by a publicist (oh, don't be impressed - I was huddled like a frightened puppy in a corner for most of the night, lol). I was talking for about 45 minutes with a physicist before she finally asked me what I do for a living. Now, I've read about jaw-dropping experiences, but never thought I'd actually live to encounter one myself. Well, I'm here to tell you the act of the jaw falling agape can and does happen! lol She stared at me in disbelief for about 10 seconds before blurting out, "But you're so RATIONAL!!" Of course I couldn't help but laugh.

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So this week has DEFINITELY not been one of my favorites. I am thankful that it hasn't been worse, but it's definitely not been one of my favorites!

I can't tell you how happy and fulfilled I am now that I've started my own business, but there are some aspects of it that are very difficult, made especially so since I've been searching for a new assistant (I just found one, which I'll announce in another blog post). It sounds easy, but trying to do all of the administrative work, marketing work AND spiritual work has been incredibly trying over the last month, culminating in a logistical problem with PayPal, the online site I use to process credit card information.

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In response to my last blog post, "Scary Places," a visitor asked an important question that addresses one of the biggest misconceptions about my industry. Even though it's a response to one of my blog posts, I've decided to post it as a separate blog entry because I want to make sure that it's seen. I think it's a great question and it's one that I'd like to bring attention to.

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I'm often asked if there are any places or experiences that scare me. The truth is that there really isn't much in terms of spirit activity that scares me (that's not to say that I CAN'T be scared or that I haven't been startled by the unexpected). But I found a place tonight that has had me on edge every time I've gone - it's the bathroom of a local movie theater. I have always tried to avoid entering that bathroom alone when I've visited the theater and tonight was no exception. Unfortunately, I couldn't help it - I'd had a bottle of water and was in no shape to watch a 2 hour movie without making use of the "facilities!"

I wasn't thinking much of it until I got to the door of the bathroom and had that same foreboding feeling just before entering. Nevertheless, I went in, staying on alert but not allowing fear to stop me. After just a few seconds of being in the room, though, the presence was so strong there was almost a panicked feeling. So I quickly used the restroom and was about to exit the stall, talking to the woman who I felt was there and asking her not to manifest outside of the stall door when I opened it (Why, I don't know, lol - it hasn't happened there before, but the presence was just especially strong tonight). Right before I exited the stall I heard a woman clear her throat, which actually made me feel more comfortable, since I thought I'd been mistaken about being alone in the bathroom. So I exited the stall and was walking over to the sink when I heard loud sobs coming from one of the stalls and an instant realization hit me: I'd been duped, lol. I wasn't alone, but there wasn't anyone else PHYSICALLY in the bathroom...To be sure, I knelt down and looked under the stalls for feet (yes, I'm ashamed to say, I did this, lol) and, of course, there were none.

As I said, I'm not easily shaken, but the presence in this bathroom is so overwhelming and heavy that I plan on making sure to leave the bottled water at home from now on! I've never stayed in that bathroom more than a minute or two, so, other than knowing that the presence is a female, I don't know what (if anything) happened at that location (or if the presence is just drawn there for some reason). I've also never seen the spirit - her presence is just so strongly felt and she seems to hang out in the back stalls on the right side. (When I've used the first stall on the left side, by the way, I've never felt uncomfortable. Unfortunately, for some reason it seems that there's almost always something wrong with that stall, forcing me into either the 2nd stall on the left, which I don't want to enter because that's right where the thick of the heavy energy starts, or into the 1st big stall on the RIGHT side, where I feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable - this night was no exception; the first stall on the left was, of course, clogged. It always feels like I'm cattle being herded as close as possible to the back of the restroom - which is NOT a place I want to be.

This weekend has been like a whirlwind. Within 2 days I've struck out on my own - leaving the bookstore where I've worked since 2002 and taking my work into my own private practice - AND held my second spirit circle at my new location. It was a very scary decision to leave a place I'd been for so long, but the truth is that the environment there was unhealthy for me and it was time for me to move on. I won't say anything further except to say that I stayed in a toxic work environment for far too long and am ecstatic to be out on my own!

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