a short trip to ASK – Dreghorn, taking the last service before the July
break. It was nice to meet up with May
and Jim Brown again. This couple have retired
from the platform but are not forgotten by spiritualists throughout west and
central Scotland. The church will reopen
on 2nd August
Coatbridge Spiritualist Church and there was an interesting change to the usual
service format. Robert, who was chairing
brought along his guitar and instead of the usual hymns Robert played and sang “He’s
got the whole world in his hands”, “The Old Rugged Cross” and I forget the
third one, with the congregation joining in.
There is always a great atmosphere in the church but Robert’s guitar
playing and singing raised the atmosphere even further, making the link with
spirit even stronger.
3rd…Again only a short
trip, this time to ASK Spiritualist Church, Neilston to another good turnout. Sheila Caruthers is president of this church and
has been in the spiritualist movement for the past 42-years. Sheila started going to church with her
mother, who gave her great encouragement in her spiritual development. With this encouragement and old-style
teaching Sheila turned into an excellent and well respected medium. ASK
Neilston had a very good development circle which takes place in the Glens
Halls, Neilston on Wednesday evenings from 7.30-10pm
4th… I was in Perth to take the evening of clairvoyance
at Perth Spiritualist Church… There is
a great welcome for one and all from President Ivy and her committee. The wee church with the big heart.
with a few friends I met for the first time after I came into the spiritualist
movement, but now I am the only one still attending churches. Their reasons for stepping back were
interesting and I asked if they would like to comment on this site but none
seemed too keen, but who knows at least one may have a change of heart. But all of them said they did not regret
their time in spiritualism as it gave them a new outlook on life (and death) and
made them think more of others.
8th I was attending the Edinburgh
Spiritualist Church in Albany Street. This church came into being in 1954 and
is blessed to have its own magnificent building not far from Princess Street
The church is now closed for a f ew weeks summer break and will open on 16th
August.
We were down in the midlands and met up with two people who are into paranormal
research like myself. Investigating ‘spirit
activity in a different way from most.
Agnes
asks; – “If you were not on the platform
would you still attend spiritualist churches?
Would you still call yourself a spiritualist?”
Two
very interesting questions Agnes and I have thought long and hard before
answering you…
The
answer to “If you were not on the
platform would you still attend spiritualist churches?”…. “Yes”
but only to a divine service where there is an address as well as the
clairvoyance.
“Would I still call myself a
spiritualist?” YES, most definitely, because the proof
I have had from the platform, sitting in circle and with my research, proves to
me beyond any doubt there is this place we call the “Spirit World” and that
there can be “communication” from our loved-ones who have passed on before us
to this new dimension.
It
will take more than two short paragraphs to answer Agnes’s question in full and
I promise I will do this in my next blog.
Probably the most ask question as far as spiritualism is concerned; – “Where
is the Spirit World?
Heaven can no longer be thought
of as a place above the world. But communication shows us that a Spirit world
exists. Scientists explain it, that it is on a faster vibration than our world.
We can only be aware of things that have a certain range of wave lengths.
Anything outside that range cannot be picked up by our five senses, and so only
can be seen or heard when our sixth or psychic sense comes into operation. The
Spirit world is right here, but outside our normal range of perception. The
spirit communicators tell us that it is just as solid and real to them, as our
world is to us, but it is more susceptible to the influence of their minds.
Principle
received through continuous communication with Spirit what is now known as the
Seven Principles of Spiritualism.
given to all Spiritualists to study and use as a guide by which to live our
lives here on earth and to prepare us for our future life in the world of
spirit.
us in the direction of Personal Responsibility and shows that we each have a
responsibility towards other people as well as ourselves.
recognize it, towards others should take the form of help and assistance and we
should give it where it is needed.
we will become more aware of our own selves and the feelings of caring that
will be awakened within us.
know that we are responsible for our thoughts and actions and by being aware of
our responsibilities towards other people; we will learn to control our
emotions.
we will come up against a person or a situation that we will find difficult.
are aware of our responsibility to our own feelings then we must carry on and
do what our conscience prompts us to do.
told in the communications and teachings that we have received from Spirit we
know that we have a great responsibility towards God’s Laws.
free will to decide to live by these laws and in doing so, create peace and
happiness for ourselves and for those around us, or to live a selfish and
self-centred life of misery and loneliness.
into Spiritualism should be encouraged to make a study of this principle so
that in time, they will come to a fuller and deeper understanding of it.
And when they do they will
find that there is a real incentive to try to lead a better life here on this
earth and to desire a better fellowship in our relation with other people, and
to live in harmony with God, who is our heavenly Father.
understand God’s laws will allow us to live in spiritual harmony with God and
other people.
all and we should try to understand that it is our responsibility to strive
towards this spiritual harmony, for we must learn to love those with whom we
come in contact with, whether we like them or not, and if we can achieve this
goal then happiness and harmony will come into our lives.
with God and our fellowman, we should understand our responsibility for
advancing the development of these relationships.
good life is one who seeks and strives for the development of spiritual
awareness.
everyday life is kinder and troubles and worries can be overcome more easily,
for the acceptance of personal responsibility does have a positive effect.
infinite possibilities of spiritual progress both here on this physical world
and in the world of spirit.
character here on this physical world we will be making our own future in the
world of spirit.
principle, we will learn to overcome any negative tendencies that we may have,
and as we progress and learn to cut out all misbehaviour from our lives, we will find that we are automatically
correcting those thoughts and actions that will allow us to achieve spiritual
progress.
to live a selfish life they will reap the rewards of that life, not only here
on this earth, but also in the world of spirit, until such time as they decide
to change their ways.
life of spiritual self-deception only to come to a grim realization of their
mistakes when they ultimately arrive in the world of spirit.
believe that to a certain degree our own mind conditions our surroundings here
on this earth, for as we think so we are, but as the World of Spirit is a world
of mind and thought, it conditions our surroundings there to a much greater
degree.
are self-centred making us selfish, if we care nothing for the feelings of
other people, and only for ourselves, we will create a condition of isolation
for ourselves in the spirit world.
principle we will learn to face up to the reality that all the harmful effects
of our own thoughts and actions and they will remain with us until, by our own
efforts we change them and only then shall we make any real spiritual progress.
the law of cause and effect and it follows us into the world of spirit and
automatically adjusts our relationships.
of our responsibilities and a willingness to live up to them allows us to join
with the positive power of goodness and will change our spiritual surroundings
both here on earth and in the Spirit world.
by the harmony of our common origin, by the existence of natural law, by the
progressive power of wisdom and by the happiness of love.
spirituality that lies within each of us and is striving to produce a
harmonious balance.
is not a theological statement of some high church dignitary of what is
believed to be the truth, it is the truth as based on the evidence and the
experience of the people who now live in the spirit world, and which they have
communicated to us.
by saying that in the practice of the fifth principle of personal
responsibility we have a moral incentive to lead a better life, to show
kindness and consideration to other people and to live in harmony with God