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Apr 14th, 2007 at 9:59pm
 
Hello everyone!

I am a little bit concerned. I have a question. For the past 5 months I have been hearing these 2 voices conversing with each other. It is very faint and almost as if they are in the next room. I am not sure if I am hearing it or sensing it, if you know what I mean. These voices seem to be constantly focusing on me. They are not threatening voices and they are not persecutory in nature. I am not hearing voices that are comanding me to do strange things or telling me that I am a russian spy on a mission to kill the president. Quite the opposite, these voices are very loving and gentle. I can only partially make out what they are saying some of the time, like I said, it's like they are in another room. I am a high functioning person and I do not seem to be losing my mind, but who knows? I am trying to rationalize what is happening. These voices dissapeared for a period of time when I asked them too, but they came back. I sware I am not completly insane! What is happening here? Any theories? This may be far fetched, but could they be ghosts following me? Spirits? My spirit guides? Anybody else out there have a similiar experience that they care to share? Maybe I am becoming more sensative to spirit, or perhaps I should just check my self into the nearest hospital!

Thank-you for listening,

freespirit
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Reply #1 - Apr 14th, 2007 at 10:21pm
 
Mystics and crazy folk swim the same waters....

My heartfelt advice is DON'T look for significance in these voices in your head. Allow them to be but detach from them by giving them head-room... relax into sky-like space inside yourself, give those voices a big relaxed field to roam in. If they are important voices to engage with, that will become clear as time goes on. Don't worry and don't glue yourself to them.

In the meantime... go for walks in nature, watch funny movies & laugh, have glorious sex, go see/hear great music, talk with friends... keep posting here. Let the conceptual layer of thought relax and don't worry. You are among friends.


Love, Tim
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Reply #2 - Apr 14th, 2007 at 10:26pm
 
In other words, Tim, I am insane..lol! No, I understand what you are saying. I don't place too much importance on these voices, I usually ignore them, but they do get annoying!
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Reply #3 - Apr 15th, 2007 at 12:14am
 
You and me both...  Smiley

I first came to this site because of a like-wise experience:

non-physical voices and presences appearing suddenly in my waking life;

it was hard to handle, stressful, powerful.

Nobody here at this site could give me answers for it.

But they did support me in finding my own answers.

A friend at another forum, Linn Conyers, suggested this excercise:

Set up an empty chair facing yourself, as you sit in another chair.

Remember the felt presence of one of the voices that are engaging your attention.

Imagine that they are sitting in the chair that is facing you.

Ask them to talk to you in a clear way that you can understand....

( you can also ask to see them clearly)

This is an excercise that you practice over time, not expecting immediate results.

Just do it, maybe for just five minutes every day, and in a (week, a month, 6 months)

At some point,

you will hear a direct voice engaging you, telling you what/who they are.

Be patient and relaxed. Don't strain for immediate results.

This helped me tremendously and was the key to integration for me.

You are not insane. You are experiencing/remembering non-physical reality.

Welcome to the forum!







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Reply #4 - Apr 15th, 2007 at 1:02am
 
Tim

Thank-you for welcoming me to this board. It is very reaffirming to know that someone else is having similiar experiences as myself. I will definatly try that excersize that you suggested. I have had many unusual and interesting experiences over the past year, as soon as I experienced a tragedy that paved the way to piquing my interest in all things spiritual.  I have been intending to meditate and practice my communication skills with the otherside, life keeps getting in the way and I never got around to it,not yet anyways.  I wonder why you and I are hearing these voices and why they are choosing to communicate with us? What does it all mean? I am quite the novice when it comes to this stuff. In my case, there are 2 distinct and seperate voices. I will try to communicate with them like you suggested. But why us? And how do you know for sure that I am not insane?
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Reply #5 - Apr 15th, 2007 at 2:12am
 
Hi FreeSpirit, well if you are insane, then Tim and I and Bruce and some others here are in the same boat! Smiley Bruce Moen wrote books about these things. I just finished my book about same subject. Relax! nothing can harm you. We are in a shift in consciousness..each of us will develop differently according to how they can handle it without feeling too crazy.
Tim's words are good and I can say I trust his advice wholeheartedly.
these voices are in my estimation helpers assigned to you to awaken you to nonphysical reality, a hairs breath away. As soon as you get it, that they are real, they may fade away altogether. I think the point is they just are piping in their thoughts, which as you say are loving thoughts, so you may accept their good will that u are sensing, despite, it does make one feel "different" and rather odd. We are trying to stretch our awareness is all.
If I were you, and you were me, this is the advice Id give to me: I'd say, Free Spirit is a free being, and now he is growing antannae, look at that! we are such amazing radio receivers, I wonder what will happen when we can tune in clearly? Smiley

and if these awakeners, (you may even know them on another level) are bothering you ever, you may firmly make a demand for some space, or tune them out at will.
you can also attempt to meet them after you go to sleep, ask for a formal introduction!

please let us know what happens and we are the same as you, welcome. love, alysia
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Reply #6 - Apr 15th, 2007 at 2:44am
 
 You can ask for help in finding your own answers, but no one can truly tell you what your experiences mean... you're the one who's meant to discover that.

My own story might not be applicable to yours.

In my own case, I called forth the experience without knowing I was specifically doing that.

I was doing a daily practice, part of it involved this step: " I amass all the merit from all of my past lives and dedicate it to the Great Fully Awakened State".

Doing that called forth aspects of myself. I invited them close to this present life by performing that daily affirmation.

(Can you think of any invitation you may have offered up to the universe that may have instigated the phenomena you're experiencing?)

You ask, how do I know for sure that you're sane?

That's just my impression. ( Your sense of humour is a clue for me, the way I hear your 'voice' in your posts... )  But there's nothing wrong with seeking psychological help. This is a 'spiritual' website though, where 'spiritual' help is offered.

It can be confusing to communicate with the non-physical. Being confused isn't the same as being crazy.




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Reply #7 - Apr 15th, 2007 at 3:02am
 
Tim said:  In my own case, I called forth the experience without knowing I was specifically doing that.
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thanks Tim. u just reminded me of something. I did the same thing. thats why it's confusing because we seem to create this by calling it forth, then we can't remember specifically how we created it as maybe we forget, just until our memory is jogged. cant begin to say how many times I've done it that way.
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Reply #8 - Apr 15th, 2007 at 9:10am
 
Are they where ever you are, or only in a specific place (like your home)?

If they're only in your home, they could be just some resident ghosts or spirits - we used to have some that seemed to interact with each other (one of them warned my daughter against the other - he was a "grumpy old man", she, the ghost, said).
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Reply #9 - Apr 15th, 2007 at 2:54pm
 
There are threads on this in Linn's Forum:

People who hear voices all the time
http://www.spiritlinnusa.com/linns_forum/viewtopic.php?t=2312


A possible explanation for some of my voices and visions
http://www.spiritlinnusa.com/linns_forum/viewtopic.php?t=2151

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Reply #10 - Apr 15th, 2007 at 4:45pm
 
Freespirit-
When I was teaching graduate psychopathology I noticed that all the bright shiny new faces at the beginning of the session would manage, before we got halfway through a semester, to have come down with every mental malady in the book. Fortunately, it always clears up by the time final exams come around.

Technically there are three major conditions in which we might hear voices etc: severe bipolar, schizophrenic, and hysterical.  If you have severe and uncontrollable mood swings for no reason, and the voices are predominately hostile or aggressive, it might be a bipolar condition. If you feel panic most of the time and the voices are hostile, threatening and abusive it might be a schizophrenic condition.  Or, if you feel extremely sensitive, bubbling up with feelings in response to your world, and the voices tend to be gentle and supportive, then you are probably a bit hysteric - meaning that you are probably of a sort who has a sensitive and responsive personality structure that is somewhat more aware of feelings than the "average person" (whatever that might be) and that you might tend to ruminate and worry unnecessarily over things.

I'd be inclined to follow the excellent advice of the others who posted and not bother about it. However, because this is an tendency that brings sensitivity and increased awareness, it makes a great tool for psychic and spiritual development.

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Reply #11 - Apr 16th, 2007 at 3:15am
 
I appreciate all of you taking the time to shed some light onto my experience. Dave said "you are probably a bit hysteric - meaning that you are probably of a sort who has a sensitive and responsive personality structure that is somewhat more aware of feelings than the "average person" (whatever that might be) and that you might tend to ruminate and worry unnecessarily over things". This statement fits me to a "T". Like I have mentioned before, I am a high functioning person, I am emotionally as tough as bricks yet I am also quite sensitive, I know that is abit of an oxymoron but its true. I believe that I am also experienceing a shift in consciousness as Laffingrain had mentioned, that is what I'd most  like to believe. These voices follow me everywhere, so they are most likely not ghosts. Maybe I am connected to them on another level and maybe i'd recognize them once I cross over. It could very well be that i had unintentionally set this situation up for myself. I have given my guides permission to have complete access to my thoughts, so who knows what else I may have invited. Boris, i took a look at those threads and that is exactly what I am experiencing, but I can make out alot of what they are saying at times and other times less so. I do beleive they are real and they don't dissapear. I am getting used to them actually. I will try to talk with them. I really hope that my 3rd eye is opening up and this is apart of the process, that would be really cool. I am going to try to tap into more of my psychic energy. I will keep you guys updated, thanks again.
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