[stylist] believing the unbelievable

Thu Jul 30 19:10:46 UTC 2015

Bridget, Yes, you have psychic and empathetic abilities. I have no doubt of
that. The thing is that everyone has the abilities. The vast majority of
people in the world deny them or repress them. It is because you have a
desire to learn, explore, grow or whatever term you want to insert here,
you are able to get in touch with them. Does that make sense?
I would suggest continueing your exploration and at least for now, do nont
discuss it with nay sayers. They may inhibit your own belief in yourself. I
am not saying to keep secrets. I am just suggesting that you focus on your
personal journey, personally. There is time enough to share later when you
are more confident about it.
 I hope that makes sense. One of the most difficult "rules" of magick is
silence. And I do not mean a rule such as , "you break it and you are
naughty." No, it is just something that gives you strength. If you cast a
spell and then tell everyone about it, the power is lost. When silent, you
are not sharing. You are holding in or letting loose or doing what is
needed for that spell. And then it works. It is difficult because we all
want to say, "Guess what I did, it's so cool."
Foster your talents and they will grow.
Eve

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"You do not need to have vision to see the stars."

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Okay, I feel weird admitting this, but in junior high, I had an English
> teacher who was a practicing pagan of sorts-- not entirely sure of
> specifics
> anymore. But she was very drawn to me and recommended a lot of books about
> magic. She told me one day that she saw me having the potential to be a
> high
> priestess. She never invited me anywhere or really brought the subject up
> again, but I was equally intrigued and freaked out. As mentioned, I was
> raised in a conservative Christian environment, so I was taught anything
> not
> specifically Christian was demonic and of Satan. I now know how ignorant
> this attitude is, but at the time, I was terrified to come close to
> anything
> like this. But since childhood, I have had unusual experiences including
> dreams that feel like more than dreams. And, I have never told anyone this
> except my mom and husband, and my mom said something was wrong with me and
> not to tell anyone; Ross is a little skeptical but open to the concept, but
> I think I have empathic abilities. I have literally felt emotions
> completely
> not my own at times, especially after touching people. It's weird and
> difficult to explain. It goes beyond general empathy most humans can feel.
> It's like one minute I feel calm or happy, then I speak with someone and
> suddenly feel their emotion-- joy, pain, sadness, excitement, etc. Like a
> ball is thrown at meMy sister had a friend who was raped, though we didn't
> know about the rape until much later. She had become very depressed, and I
> remember giving her a hug one day, and what I felt, it's hard to explain,
> it
> wasn't great. I instantly became nauseas and had to vomit, and I felt, I
> don't know, violated, gross, I guess. I knew something was up, but she
> didn't say anything until later. . And my entire life, I have had people
> tell me how comforting and calming I am to be around. And apparently, I'm a
> baby whisperer, smile. When I pick up a crying baby, they tend to stop
> pretty quickly, grin. Okay, this is my weird confession. And again, not
> even
> sure how much I buy into any of this, or what exactly I believe. All I know
> is that a lot has happened in my life to make me reconsider mainstream
> concepts and be open to new ways of thinking.
>
> FYI, I feel really vulnerable admitting any of this. Despite being a
> memoirist, I'm not an open-book person, go figure, smile. It's not easy to
> open up like this, so, okay, sigh...
>
> Bridgit
>
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>
> Hi, Atty. Well okay, here goes. Usually I think anyone mentioning stuff
> like
> this out of the blue sounds crazy, but then again they don't do it in the
> company of those they are sure are of like minds. The experience I cried
> for
> 4 days over was in no way my first, so it wasn't that sort of shock. It was
> a shock because I believed it t o be out of the realm of what was possible
> even for a paranormal practitioner. I was on the phone with a friend, my
> room mate on the other extension. I was making coffee for us in the
> kitchen.
>
> I felt a tug on one of the chains I was wearing. I had on at that t ime, 4
> pendants on chains of different lengths so they'd not strike against one
> another as that can break gemstones and that's what they all were. There
> were two slight tugs one after the other and I looked down and my favorite
> pendant, a citrine, was gone. The chain was unbroken. I make jewelry so I
> know settings. This was no jump ring that could've come open slightly. IT
> was an unbroken ring of silver for the bale. There was no silver left. Just
> an empty chain. So how the hell did it come off the chain? I kept saying
> metal can't pass through metal. Just a closed chain and no trace of the
> citrine.  Of course my logic kicked in and came up with all these illogical
> explanations, but as they were indeed illogical, logic scrambling, as it
> were, none of them made sense or panned out. And I was shocked that so many
> people believed me. I was touched as I'd frankly have flat out thought
> someone I didn't know was nuts, and even if it was a trusted  friend, I'd
> think that this was what they believed happened, but that they had to have
> been missing something. So I call my mom and I'm in tears and the first
> thing she says is who did you piss off. And that scared me even more
> because
> of the fact it was my favorite pendant so I felt attacked. Nothing else was
> taken from my person or in general, though, so later, I began to think
> someone, a guide, took it because I was depending on it too much.Can't be
> sure but when I did meditate with my guides and asked 2 of them what
> happened they both just...kinda stood and stared at me like they were just
> waiting for me to tell them instead. LOL. I was alone in the room when it
> happened, and again no way to have gotten it off that chain. Still blows my
> mind a little today. LOL. I've experienced other intangible things, but at
> least others were there to experience them too which helped a lot. LOL.
> This
> was just...unlike anything else that has ever happened.
> Sem
> I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed.
> I get along with the voices inside of my head.
>
>
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