Hi Blink,
your report reminded me of the difference of attempting retrievals 1. "into the blue", 2. "on demand", to retreive or meet a certain person.

In the second variant is much pressure, fear of failing, "but I promised it", the exhausting verification process etc. That's why I do this very rarely. (Sceptics will probably eat me now...)
Spooky

Yes, Blink, I had several sessions when I tried to contact a friend's friend who passed away some years ago. I gave myself time enough. In this case, we've got one very good hit, some quite good ones and much infos which may fit with the personality of the deceased person. However, I feel I put myself under pressure with this kind of aim; I would like verifications, but this is probably the cause why I fear of fail and that is of course not conducive to afterlife-traveling.
Oh, this contact finally lead into a sort of retrieval from a region where they were permanently demonstrating against the evil in the world and against the political leaders.

Well, I finally got all christmas presents, yes, I am also infected with this ritual. Another thing: Especially when it's Christmas, meeting with family in the nicely decorated room, the fear is growing that something could destroy this cozy idyll- someone could die or injured etc...turning back to Bob's thread, seems my love isn't strong enough to blow the fear away! Oh well, I think I've got it, holiday depression...
Wish to be freed of having aims, special dates, all what is soo important and what reaaly counts! Wanna break free!
(Sorry people)

Spooky