Throughout the many years that followed, I practiced, demonstrated, and taught trance mediumship, discovering its many amazing aspects. I had been a practicing healer for a few years and, until I discovered trance, I realised that I had often been in an altered state of consciousness, essential for the trance state but I hadn’t recognised it. I heard people say that this required state is a sleep state but I know that’s incorrect. The spirit world tells me that they cannot work with us in the sleep state as it is the wrong state of consciousness. We must be passive, still, silent and awake! To achieve the trance state, we must withdraw our awareness from the ‘here and now’, moving our minds into that state of stillness and silence. When quietening our consciousness, our minds become subdued and passive, enabling the spirit world to blend closer and closer to the medium until they come to the fore of the medium’s mind, when there is very little awareness/consciousness within the medium. One’s thoughts become very passive, subdued and detached, almost like one is not thinking at all. But in that stillness of mind is an inner knowing that, although you are not aware of where you are, what’s being said, someone watching you, etc., you are still focused on keeping your mind out of the way. The degree of ‘hold’ on the mind will determine the quality of trance. I also understand that in the very beginning of our trance development, that the ratio of control between us and the spirit world is probably 97% us v. 3% spirit, but this ratio changes when we practice regularly, trust the spirit and allow our conscious minds to subdue.
Trance is more than speaking—it includes healing, where spirit precisely directs energy for deep restoration. Trance speaking brings philosophy and guidance, while trance communication allows loved ones to speak directly.
My aim in my trance teaching is... TO BE COTINUED
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