The answer came the next morning, and the two mornings after that. She called the whole family – all five of us – at 7am. I’ve always been hopeless at getting up in the morning, and used to rely on my mother to rouse the household; she would open the door and call up the stairs every day. That morning, when I first heard her voice, she named all of us, just as she used to – me, my husband Michael, my son and two daughters. I momentarily forgot that she had died, and rushed downstairs only to find that she was not there. But then the realisation dawned that this was her way of saying that everything was all right and that things were as they should be. What was particularly unusual, though, was that all the family heard and recognised her voice. Usually, only one person senses someone in spirit, but this was communal.
So, you can’t always know how Spirit will come to you. It may be the spirit of a loved one, your spirit guides or those of someone close by. You may hear, see, feel, smell or even taste their presence. The key to sensitivity is to be open to communication through every sense you possess.
Spirits stand at the edge of your vision; whatyou see out of the corner of your eye is notimagination, it is someone letting you knowthey are there.
THE EXERCISES
The following exercises demonstrate the sensitivity techniques that I use in my workshops. I know that they have benefited many of my clients. The exercises are remarkably simple – and they work. Sensitivity doesn’t need to be complicated. Each of you reading this book will experience the exercises in a way that is unique to you. You may find it useful to keep a diary of sensitivity over the coming weeks to help you chart your changing awareness.
When making this spiritual journey, make sure you are not going to be disturbed. Lights on (if it’s evening), and no distracting music (even meditative music), as the essence of the exercises will be lost. In silence, the pictures, sounds or feelings that you may experience will then be pure.
1 Sensing energy with your hands
Healers generally work with the one of the three principal energy fields surrounding the body in three layers: the emotional field, the auric field or the etheric field (see Chapter 4, page 147).
Sensitivity is a response to the energy of all three of these fields. You can use your hands to sense a person’s energy and read it. When you do this, you are aiming eventually to sense all three fields – their emotional, auric and etheric fields – and be able to interpret what you are sensing from that person.
For this exercise, you will need a partner to work with, someone you are comfortable with. You should practise the exercise facing one another.
1 Stand facing your partner, and stand well back from one another – 6–8 feet or so. Let your arms rest loosely by your sides. Open your palms outwards.
2 Now focus your awareness on your palms. Now walk very slowly forwards towards your partner. You may feel a slight tingling in your palms and fingers; it’s very subtle.
3 As you walk closer towards the other person’s energy fields, you may feel a change in temperature. As you make contact with the other person’s energy field, you’ll feel a buoyancy, as if you’re pushing a bubble of air. Stop walking and move your palms back until you feel that resistance again.
4 Gently explore the edge of your partner’s emotional field. In some places, you may find that you can move your hands over it, as if you’re feeling the surface of a bubble of air. Don’t think about what you’re sensing, just feel it. You will get a sense of what this person is feeling, though it will seem as if they are your own feelings. This is how Spirit is helping you to connect with your partner’s energy.
5 As you go through the emotional field, be very aware of your hands until you come to a feeling of change – this could be a temperature change, either warmer or cooler. You could also feel a subtle tingling in your hands or possibly all over your body. You are now touching the edge of the aura. Now sweep your hands around gently, keeping the palms flat open until you feel that there is less resistance. When you feel this place of least resistance, follow through the opening in the auric field with your hand, because this will point directly to the place in that person’s body where there is a physical problem of one kind or another.
6 In order to carry on through to the etheric field you need the permission of your partner, as this is the innermost layer of protection in their energy field. Consequently, as you keep moving your hand closer, you may find that there is more resistance here. Eventually, you may sense either hot or cold under your hands. Stay in that area until whatever you are feeling disappears completely. Often, if someone has had an operation, you will find the least resistance at that point in their etheric field, which will also penetrate right through to the outer emotional field.
What did you sense?
By paying attention to your sensations, you can begin to ‘read’ your partner. Your response to their emotional field will tell you how they are really feeling inside, not how they say they are feeling. For example, if someone has buried anger, you may experience this in your palms as a strong ‘pins and needles’ sensation, or a general prickly feeling.
If you felt less resistance in some areas of their field, or if you felt a hole, this can indicate that there is something wrong with the body. This can alert you to the beginning of a health problem. If you follow the hole with your hands and your senses, you will be able to say what you feel the problem is.
This exercise is to help you to understand your own sensing – trust what comes to you. It is important that you speak out loud the feelings you are experiencing to your partner as soon as you have them. This way, your mind does not have time to alter your immediate perceptions and you are allowing your instincts to express themselves freely.
2 Sensitive hearing
Many clients tell me their hearing becomes more acute as their psychic ability expands. When I lived in a house by the sea, I even heard morse code while sitting in my garden. I didn’t know it was morse code at the time – I described the bleeps I was hearing to a family friend, who explained what it was. I would often hear the signal from a boat, and then watch it sail into view an hour or so
