by minimus 40 Replies latest jw friends
Ah yes, those lucky JWs, so free from superstition!! Makes me yearn for the days I was among them, I had no superstitious worries in the world!
lol...........i liked that, Leolaia! Quite frankly, very little bothers me anymore, either, while, when I was a JDub, I was scared of my own shadow! As a whole, my "world view" has lightened considerably and I am a more positive and optimistic person.
Ouija boards:
They work!!!
That is why the Society was right about one thing: they are dangerous. But, as was stated, if you implement the protective measures, and ALL the participants are on the same page as far as realizing that it isn't a game, then you would be OK.
When there are bad Ouija board stories, it always involves people who take it as a joke, and/or people who do not properly protect the participants.
Spirits do not exist out side of the human imagination, but if you are looking for them of course thats where they'll be.
[I have been known to have interaction with spirit beings.]
Sirona,
Your journey is intriguing to me and I am wondering if you could elaborate on this. I am genuinely curious and would love to read more details about it (if you'd rather PM me, that's okay too.)
Thank you,
alias
When I was a teenager, just after mum died I dabbled with ouija and remember that it did work. We got all kinds of information but got freaked out after a while so stopped doing it.
I have known people who regularly go to spiritualist meetings and believe they get messages from dead relatives.
When I was a "believing" JW I was always thinking about demons waiting to get me etc. A JW sister told me recently that she is always careful what she says out loud in case satan hears her!
I don't have a desire to mess around with spirits but I don't walk around in fear of them either.
Maddie
I'm not sure what my "Official" stance is...however, my personal experience with the 'spiritual' or 'other' side of things is being alone in my in-laws house, and having just gotten out of the shower, I walked across the hall into my bedroom and began to towel off...with door open of course, cause that's how I roll... ;)
Anyway...I'm turning around and I see a man walking past the door...a tall man, black hair, short and wavy ala 40's haircut...with button down oxford shirt, khaki pants...
I screamed bluddy murder, and threw the towel around me and ran out of the room to confront the man (I'm a black belt in karate.) only...no man. He was heading towards the other end of the house, away from the stairs and the only way 'out.'
Of course I keep this to myself till my in-laws and hubby get home. I tell the mom-in-law and she pales, runs into the room and pulls out an old picture from her album. Her dead father...it was a spitting image of him when he was younger. I had NEVER seen a picture of him...I had only met him weeks before he died from lung cancer and he looked NOTHING like the young man in the photo.
Do I believe in the spiritual? Believe is a strong word. Possibility? Sure...why not. I have had 'faith' in far sillier things in my life by comparison.
I've been a spiritualist for a few years now and regularly take part in seances and physical mediumship circles. I wouldn't touch a ouija board with a barge pole.
You said something about protecting yourself before using a ouiji board. Not that I would use one again but I am curious what you meant by that? Lilly
Theres a number of protective measures people should take before doing any spiritual work (by spiritual work I mean communicating with the other side). Check out this article on Psychic Self Defence, its quite informative.
http://www.ecauldron.com/protection.php
Gary
Thanks Gary.
Sirona,
Your journey is intriguing to me and I am wondering if you could elaborate on this. I am genuinely curious and would love to read more details about it (if you'd rather PM me, that's okay too.)
Thank you,
alias
Hi Alias,
I am not a spirit medium and I don't make any efforts to contact the dead. I've considered pursuing it more seriously, but just haven't for one reason or another. That said, I do meditate and I take part in rituals (pagan). At Samhain (Halloween) we perform a ritual where the dead are invited to join us. At these rituals in the past I have seen actual spirits within the circle (those with some kind of psychic gift also saw the spirits, sometimes it was good to compare notes afterwards. Once I saw a tabby cat spirit walking around and I thought it was wierd, but afterwards some of the others said "did you see that tabby cat?")
I had communication once from my ex-husband's granny who had only just died. She told me something I could not have known and the message only made sense weeks later, after the funeral. It was very specific and I can see no explanation other than she actually did communicate with me. The communication was almost instantaneous - quick flashes of images in my head and I "knew" the message.....it was not a "voice" or anything like that.
If you have any questions, just ask them.
Sirona
