A very common question I am asked is how did I get in to this way of life? Well, I guess I've always had a fascination with ghosts and spirits, even at a very early age, although I suppose the significance of this didn't really become apparent until I was about fifteen years old. Being your average teenager I loved to experiment with new things and one of the things I found myself dabbling in was the Ouija boards, something that I later came to regret. Although Ouija boards are not evil per se, they do tend to draw troubled or mischievous spirits.

For 6 months I was hook, yet at the same time I found myself becoming increasingly disturbed by these spirits. At the age of about twenty-four a friend of mine, who also practiced the Ouija board with me, started to have bad dreams. These worsened to the point where he started to find himself experiencing very vivid daydreams. This went on for about two weeks, until he could bear it no longer and we decided to seek help. I didn't take much looking at all to find a local spiritual church and we resolved to visit it.

The first time I went I had no idea what to expect. I've always had a very open view of life, I always like to see things for myself but I won't shut out the things I don't understand. That night at the church the medium spoke to my friend, what they related was so true that it was as if my friend was speaking about himself. One of the things that the medium suggested was that he joined an Awareness Circle. Again it didn't take much asking to find someone who could put us in touch with a Circle.

It was about three months before I first went to the Circle. I guess in this instance I was a little sceptical, thinking it would just be a bunch of people sitting round holding hands in the dark. Still I figured I had nothing to lose. When I arrived there were about five people there. We sat and talked for about fifteen minutes before entering 'the sanctuary' (one of the rooms which had been blessed and protected). First we started with a prayer, then a healing prayer (absent healing).

It was at this time that I noticed a change in the room, it had suddenly become warmer and quiet even from the noise outside. The lights went down and we did a meditation.

I remember that meditation well because it was at that point that I found myself truly Believing.

When the lights went on we talked about where we had been and what we had seen (all I could say was that it seemed so real, yet it was better than reality). We used tools to improve our clairvoyance, and I found it amazing that here were complete strangers who could tell me about my life with complete accuracy. It's difficult to describe the profoundness of that whole experience, except to say that it set my on a path that I am following to this day.

If you would like to experience this for yourself why not visit your local spiritualist church.

© Brian Lynn, 2000