Cara from Los Angeles, CA, asked:
Hey Julie,
I just started listening to your podcast and I am hooked! I have 2 questions.
I am a Reiki healer and have recently begun channeling people who have crossed over for my clients. I have yet to connect with my own passed loved ones, and when I do connect with my clients’ loved ones, it isn’t super clear to me who I am talking to. I just get vivid pictures/words and recently more physical sensations. I relay the message and then my clients put the pieces together.
Will I ever be able to distinguish and know exactly who I am connecting to without having to ask my clients? And when will I be able to connect with my loved ones?
Also, a psychic once said to me that my grandmother is around me but that she will only be around me for 7 more years. What does that mean and where is she going?
Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you and will continue to listen to your podcasts!!! Love and light, Cara
Hi Cara,
Thanks for those kind words about my show.
Regarding your questions about connecting with deceased loved ones, it sounds like you’re well on your way. Your abilities will continue to develop as you use them. It’s just like any other skill and will get better with lots of practice. I’ve been doing this work for over 20 years and my abilities continue to get better all the time.
You may want to simply ask the spirit with whom you’re communicating for its name. Their answer will come to you within a second. If you think about it for more than that, it’ll most likely be your brain answering you. I receive information in my head. It’s a combination of visual scenes, direct knowing, and hearing the answer. I believe it’s telepathic communication and that anyone can learn how to do it. Consider indigenous cultures like the Aborigines in Australia. They have been communicating telepathically with one another over vast distances for millennia.
I choose to convey all the information I receive. After all, who am I to judge what my client needs to hear? As a messenger, I believe I wouldn’t receive information if it wasn’t supposed to be passed along to my client. Many psychics however, when conveying information they spiritually receive, will edit out some of the details. Do what seems right and comfortable to you.
In addition, you’ll eventually be able to summon and communicate with your deceased loved ones too. Just think of whomever, close your eyes, picture them in your head, and talk with them either aloud or mentally. Again, their response will be the first thing that enters your mind. Also, pay attention to your physical sensations and sense of smell. Spirits utilize a multitude of ways to communicate with us.
Now, with regard to your deceased grandmother, she is always around you, (she was standing next to your right shoulder) when I connected to you. When I asked her why the psychic told you she’d only be around you for seven years, your grandmother said that particular psychic was raised in a culture that believed the spirit moves on from the earth plane after seven years. We all have filters we use (sometimes unconsciously) that reflect religions, superstitions, and other beliefs we’re taught as children and throughout our lives.
So, the good news is, your grandmother will always be around you both in this lifetime and most likely in many of the next ones too.
Good luck with your practice. You may want to check out Hands of Light by Barbara Brennan, PhD. It was the first text book used when beginning my study of energy work. I believe you’ll find it both interesting and informative.
Thanks for your question.