FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We wanted to put some general information here for you to view. Please do not hesitate to write us at apolfriends@earthlink.net if you have other questions! The questions below are the ones we are asked most frequently.
Knowing if someone is intuitive Helping my child Developing my Abilities
Clearing Negative Energy Dealing with Fear Meeting Others Like Me
How can APOL help me? What is a Spiritual Healing? What is a Spiritual Conversation?
What to do about Visiting Spirit People
*How do I know if someone is intuitive?
Any time someone knows something that is not explained by knowledge gained through the five senses, then that information comes from the heart or intuition. Intuition feels like our imagination, but it comes from the sure knowing of the heart. However, our brains often do not trust it, telling ourselves or others, "This is not possible." More than anything else, this kind of thinking will squash a person's intuitive ability. Intuition does not come from life experience, although life experience can help interpret intuitive information more accurately.
*How can I help my child with intuitive abilities?
The best thing you can do is to listen and believe. Do not ask the child to perform or make a big deal of their abilities. If the child says, "I do not want to be around so and so," then respect that. One of the best sources for making your home atmosphere a good one for the strengthening of intuitive abilities is The Wise Child, by Sonia Choquette. Sonia includes worksheets with each chapter to help you clarify the strategies for your own use. We would like to believe our book, Soulful Parenting, How to Embrace, Engage and Encourage our Children, is a good source for how to raise and understand the role of the adult with a child who is gaining or has intuitive abilities. We cover the development of the child from conception to adolescence in a spiritual way as the spirit meshes with the physical world. Both books can be ordered through www.amazon.com.
*How can I develop my abilities?
Meditation (even if it causes you to fall asleep) is the safest way to develop your link with spirit. While there are a multitude of ways to meditate, one simple way to begin is to focus on your breathing. Say one word as you breathe in and another as you breathe out. Let the words be something you want to take in and something you want to breathe out of your being. Keep your breathing rhythmic by breathing in, holding, breathing out and resting for the same counts.
Another way to develop your abilities is to use and trust them on an every day basis! So many think that spiritual abilities are not for the "real world!" Well, what we call the "real" world is truly not real at all, but contrived by people! Go to your heart whenever you have an important decision and then honor it. When starting A Place of Light, Susan Gale was told to come to Leicester, MA. Although she had a job in NY, she left and moved to MA, where she did not know a soul. Yet, here we have been since 2003! Trusting spirit can lead to wondrous things...
*What do I do about spirit people who visit me?
Unfortunately, much of what is seen on TV and other media focuses on sending people away. Doing this does not help anything. Where is the away? The next room? To someone else? It is really a rude way of working with spirit people.
Spirit people are just like physical people, except they have no bodies. Many do not realize their bodies are dead as their consciousness has not changed. They get very excited when they realize a physical person can see them and sometimes get very obnoxious in order to make that person pay attention.
The most important thing is to be in a place of deeply felt love and compassion when dealing with spirit people. Those spirit people who are mean and/or bullies cannot stand it and will either leave or change. Fear, worry and doubt are all food for the bullies and others with negative energies and thus, when you feel these, you are actually encouraging them to stay! Yikes!
You can ask, either aloud or silently, what the spirit person wants. The answer can feel like a thought. When you are trying to sleep (they have forgotten all about the need to rest and eat!) or are at work or school, you can ask them to return at a certain time.
A word about demons: they frequent really terrible places where torture, cruelty and the worst of human ugliness abounds.
*How can I protect my loved ones, friends, house, etc. by clearing negative energy?
Of course, each faith/belief system has its own prayers and rituals that help those who practice those beliefs. However, we at A Place of Light have found three other practices that help to keep our Center cleared and clean. We do them every day.
Most of the time fear is because something is not understood. While, of course, fear is a useful thing at times (it prevents us from running out into traffic, leaping off cliffs, and getting into other harmful situations). However, most people have a "Hollywood" understanding of the spirit world.
Just like in the physical world, there are all kinds of folks in the spirit world. What is different is that those in the spirit world are all energy without the physical to encumber them. Like attracts like is hard at work when we link with the spirit world. Thus, when we are fearful and nervous... we attract the spirits that feed on that kind of energy. Yikes!
The majority of spirits that come to us are simply glad to have someone who can see them. They are, for the most part, confused about what has happened to them. (A "how can I be dead, when I am still here" kind of thing.) One strategy that has worked well for many is to construct a staircase or escalator to the light and call upon those in the light to help bring the spirit home.
This is really a huge topic, and we do invite your questions if you seek more information.
*How can I meet other people like me?
There are a lot of people out there who talk about being intuitive (when they say psychic, you know something is up!), but do not know much about the world of spirit. Two intuitives we know and trust are Ellen Tadd and Sonia Choquette. Medium John Holland is a medium whom we also know and trust. Anyone listed on our Contact Us and Others page is also someone we know personally and trust. You might find study groups that meet regularly through www.edgarcayce.org. This is an organization that has been around for over 75 years and has always supported the development and study of intuitive abilities. Finally, although we cannot vouch for the nature of the group, you can go to www.meetup.com and type in Indigo and your city to find a group of like minded people who meet monthly. APOL sponsors both a Meetup and an Edgar Cayce study group in Worcester.
*How can A Place of Light help me?
A Place of Light's mission is to help people of all ages understand, develop and control their intuitive abilities. We do this through offering classes, gatherings, small private group sessions for up to five friends or family members, and private sessions for individuals. We offer spiritual conversations and consulting over the phone as well. Besides teaching, we also offer spiritual healings and spiritual conversations at the center. For more details on these services, please visit our What We Do page. Here activities are listed by age groups.
A Spiritual Healing is designed to restore energy flows in the body so that it can return to its natural healthy state. It is not intended to replace any medical procedure or treatment. People who accept a Spiritual Healing feel lighter and easier in their bodies.
*What is a Spiritual Conversation?
A Spiritual Conversation is when we sit and speak with you while being guided by Spirit. Messages from Spirit as well as loved ones are offered to provide guidance and support. A Spiritual Conversation is not about telling the future, but rather to assist you in finding what it is that keeps you from being one with your higher self and Spirit. It is not intended to replace any therapy or counseling for mental health issues, but rather to augment them by helping you understand how your intuitive abilities may be affecting your outlook on and interaction with life.
A Place of Light
374 Main Street
Cherry Valley, MA 01611