COMMUNICATION WITH THE “DEAD”

Psychics and mediums have been around forever, from the Oracle at Delphi to John Edwards. Houdini, Penn Gillette, Randy and others have made careers exposing them. Can Char or John Edwards really talk to the “other” side? Beats me. There is another form of communication with the dead however that many engage in daily, that is deadly spiritually, morbid reflection. If that segue gave you whiplash, I apologize. Living on the Spiritual Basis, we have learned to stay in the moment. Morbid reflection insidiously pulls us into the past, to rehash, even relive, those times when we were at our worst, when our lives were at their seemingly lowest ebb. It is like having a cut on the arm, then when it scabs over scratching at it until it bleeds anew. In this way, we keep the wound “fresh and alive” indefinitely, pointing it out, recounting what happened at every possible occasion, doing it with emotion. Living on the Spiritual Basis we do not hide from the past or deny it, we have learned to keep the past in its proper perspective through the application of spiritual principles, to use it as a tool to help those new to the path, turning a seeming negative into a positive. We can recount even the worst moments from our past, without fear of drifting into morbid reflection, if it will help the new man or woman gain a foothold in the new way of life, for we are living on a different basis, the basis of trusting and relying on God.