Let's Get Spiritual

A few years ago, as I realized that I seriously needed to tend to my spiritual life, I visited a psychic medium in the amazing, magical town of Madrid, only 30 minutes down the road from my home in Cedar Crest. I looked online beforehand and found Elizabeth Anglin, a friendly soul who helped me figure out where to start on my spiritual quest.

One of the first things Elizabeth said to me at my first reading with her has stayed with me over the years. We had just introduced ourselves. I told her about the emotional turmoil I was going through, how I was waking every morning super early and feeling the need to write, write, write. I was writing a novel in this time but couldn't tell you what I had written. I had questions I hoped she could answer. Or were there messages for me that she could deliver?

She closed her eyes, sat up straight in her chair and rested her hands on her knees. She shuddered and explained that the tingles she felt around her neck meant Spirit was present. Oh!, I thought, that's what that is. I had experienced it many times but found it a little scary. Now I felt better about it.

She smiled slightly and said, "That's funny. I see you in another dimension and you're an addict." Whoa baby! That threw me for a loop.

Since then, after much thought, it has led me to ask the question, Can we change what happens to ourselves in another existence? Can we help our other selves heal? That's something I plan to look into further.

Almost immediately after that, she said, "Your mother is here. She's not with your dad." She looked at me and explained, "Sometimes in the afterlife they part and go on different journeys." I could buy that. My parents were married for more than 50 years. They did a lot together. They loved each other dearly but they each also had their own interests that they enjoyed alone. It seemed, too, like in this life my mom was more material, my dad the more spiritual one.

I asked Elizabeth who my spirit guides were. She said one was a woman, Osun (pronounced Oshoon) and the other a warrior, Ila (pronounced Illa). I don't remember too much more of what she said about them but since learning of them, I acknowledge them in my daily chants and meditations. I can feel their friendly, supportive presence often.

I was so excited at the time. Over the last month, I had been thinking about holding a psychic fair, with lots of local talent represented. I could coordinate the whole event and learn at the same time.

I asked Elizabeth if she saw that working out in the next year or so. "Sure," she said, "it could happen." She was humoring me, I now know.

Till next time. Peace