Time and patience in Psychic development classes

This week in our psychic development class we learned about meeting our animal guides. It was interesting looking at what different animals represent. I had not thought about animal guides before.

One of the students in the class was upset, as she had not seen anything in the meditation, and as our class is a mixture of beginners and intermediate students, she felt that she needed to see what the others saw. I tried to tell her not to make comparisons, as she was not comparing like with like. I also think that the way spirit communicates with one person, is not the way they will communicate with another.

The President in spirit at my local spiritualist church, I was told ,sat in a circle for twelve years, and did not see a thing. However, after the twelve year period she became a well known medium. I saw a medium at the SAGB this month, and he told me he sat in circle for three years, and didn't get any messages, and then it all started to happen. I can see how frustrating it may be for some people, however I am aware it can take years of patience and regular attendance at circles before spirit communicates.

I believe that spirit communicates with us when they feel we are ready. There are exceptions, for example people who are born with the gift,and see spirit,at a young age, but some of them still go to circles, to develop further.

Joining the development circle at my local spiritualist church

I have joined a development circle.This is one way of developing my gift, if I have one. It is a closed group. I had no idea what to expect. I had rang a number of local churches, and most of their circles were full, some wanted to interview me before joining, or needed a recommendation from a group member. My local spiritualist church had some spaces, and I went for a brief chat with the group leader.

I thought I was just going for an interview, and then he would make a decision. But I was asked to come into the group, told the ground rules, and sat in. An interesting experience.

The group started off with a brief talk from the leader, followed by hymns and a prayer, and then a period of a long,long silence where everyone went into a meditation. At the end of the meditation, each group member would share with the group what they had seen in the meditation.

The group leader interpreted the message for the group if a member was unsure of the meaning.

I noticed some of the group members had messages for each other, including myself. I didn't have messages for anyone, but some images came into my mind, during the long, long, long silence, which the group leader interpreted for me. A name popped into my head at the start of the group which I shared, and apparently more than one group member could take the name.