Each month I will explain in simple terms either how you can do things psychic too or explain about an area of the psychic/spiritual world for others.  It is a free service I am giving you, so learn and enjoy.
This month: Advice For The Development Of Mediumship

In my view any advice that is given on this subject should always be very straightforward and in plain speaking.  You don't have to be an intellectual or be a person with many letters after their name or have a degree.  Indeed, many of the best mediums and healers I have met over the years have proven to be what can only be describe as very ordinary people in every way, and yet they are special for they have been chosen by Spirit to be instruments for their work.  In the early days of their development sometimes people just want to be mediums so they can see the spirits of loved ones or to communicate with people they were drawn to when they were alive.  It may be the starting point but not really what developing mediumship is about.  What this work is really about very simply is to prove and demonstrate to all mankind that there are not just physical men and women but that they are part of pure spirit and that this life is only really the very early days of a life progression that will grow into real and full understanding with the physical death of that person.  What I am saying to you is that the inspiration or wish, if you prefer, to be a medium is a spiritual pathway and never an easy one to follow. 

I also believe that mediumship should always be seen as something to strive for that will reach above class structure, race and to some extent, even religion.  I always teach my students that I see no reason why a medium may not follow a religion he or she feels appropriate to them as an individual.  To some extent mediums are lucky today because it is respectable and admired to be a medium and the law of the Western World says we must be accepted and respected.  But do remember in the past it was both ridiculed and opposed far more than the minor intolerances we have to put up with today by other groups. 

Mediumship is not a science, and I am not sure it could even be analysed, scientifically examined or even tested, though I have good friends who are parapsychologists who would disagree with me.  I have not yet had it proven to me that it can be tested, and yet I know it is the truth. 

All over the world today good development classes are available to you in respectable Spiritualist churches, colleges like Stansted Hall and home circles too.  By and large the experienced mediums who conduct these circles are genuine, knowledgeable and sincere, but there are one or two points you should take on board.  In my understanding, development should not really be taken by those suffering from any form of mental health problems, also if you are scared of sitting in a circle or taking development in any way then it is most definitely not the time in your life to be going forward with such things.  A medium must have a strong mind, strong self discipline and not fearful of the work they do.  However, in my view, illnesses of the body or disability that is physical in nature is no obstacle whatsoever to your development. 

Before you sit in any sort of circle I believe development should start with learning and having a basic appreciation of what a medium does alongside an elementary understanding of the Spirit World and how our physical mind blends in perfect harmony with the spirit consciousness and how both can eventually have a common unifying consciousness.  Does this sound complex?  It's not really.  Basically, the guide in the Spirit World will communicate a string of thoughts and inspirations from a spirit mind to the consciousness of the medium who then simply converts it into a list of words and sentences to be received by someone in the physical world.  I said earlier that you don't have to be a genius to be a medium (academically that is) but in truth I suppose sometimes when this transfer process is done by someone with an extensive vocabulary the words passed over from spirit may be presented in a better way than someone who finds the use of words in their everyday life more difficult.  However this does not mean they are any less a medium than the former. 

In the very early days of your development you will need to enter into a 'silent period', perhaps sitting with eight or ten other developing students which should always be under the tuition of an experienced and knowledgeable medium/teacher.