I'm a Graphic Designer/Illustrator (since 1992), Reiki Master/Practitioner (since 2010), a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (since 2012) and a Therapeutic QiGong Instructor (2014). I'm on a spiritual path which I started around 1994, didn't get far, and had a hiatus until around 2008. When the time came that I continued down that spiritual path again, many friends from my past, as well as new ones, began to show up in my life. If I believed in coincidence, I'd say these occurrences were exactly that, but I did not, and do not believe in coincidence - I believe everything happens for a reason - and there was simply too much going on at the same time, and so intricately intertwined, that it was practically in-my-face-apparent that it was all for a reason. The reason, though, remains elusive - I simply see the connections between all these elements that have come together but not the result - yet.
At the same time, I became reacquainted with a friend - a woman whom I also knew back in the early 90's. We became very close friends. She and I walked and explored this spiritual path together. I had a taste of this spirituality from my past, but it was completely new to her and she embraced it.
I'm true Taurine blood and in most cases, these are positive traits. Up until a few years ago my unwillingness to love, or be loved in a relationship had serious impacts on dating as you can imagine. I can admit now I was scared. Scared of commitment, scared of the future, scared of hurting someone and just plain scared of change and the unknown. With this way of living, it took until this 'spiritual reactivation' of recent, and reacquainting with my friends, for me to truly see myself and how my stubbornness had slowed all the wonderful experiences I could have had earlier in my life. This is by no means to say, all the best years are behind me. Not a chance! I still feel 25 :) and have found myself much more open to sharing my life with someone - and when that someone appears it will happen as it should!
The night before my 41st birthday, I released a lot of negative, useless energy - a lot of those energies from my past that had piled up - those that irritated me and were aiding in my fear-powered, aggressive stance - began dissolving. The proverbial 'walls' came down. The healing was not done all in one night. I am a work in progress as 15+ yrs of pent up energy doesn't just go away without some residue left behind. It takes time - but that release was the plug being pulled allowing a LOT of dirty energy to go down the drain. A friend put it very simply, "You were asleep and now you are awake." A fresh start at 41. I still have, and always will have, work to do on myself as that is part of life for everyone, but those main road blocks have been removed allowing me to move forward with better speed and less bumps in the path ahead. :)
Around 2008, I had the opportunity to meet a new friend, Sayge Whitesong, a Shaman, Intuitive and Deep Trance Medium. He put my friend and I through an introduction to Mediumship - tools in using your intuition (6th sense). Exercises really, on enhancing what is dormant in some, unknowingly used by others and denied existence by many - even though they may still use it unknowingly. Everyone has it. It just takes a bit of 'flexing' of that muscle to get it going and keep it going. Hell, I started as a skeptic - and I still am, but an open-minded skeptic. These days my skepticism depends more on the 'who' and 'what' of those involved. With the experience I've gained and with what I have experienced in these years of studying mediumship, I remain open-minded.
Since Sayge's original teachings, I have enjoyed practicing Psychometry (getting information from residual energy on items), automatic writing/drawing (need more practice!), and channeling (interested in conscious channeling). Ongoing, I have been self-studying meditation, affirmation work, visualization, remote viewing, energy directing, such as Reiki - and several others (for healing purposes), Oracle cards, Tarot Cards, Runes and pendulum dowsing. All these things, and more, deal with energy - and everything IS energy - from our thoughts, to the air we breathe, from our own flesh to the cars we drive.
I am also interested in the paranormal (ghosts) - which is also energy. I suppose I could have condensed this whole paragraph and said "I'm interested in studying energy from the not-so-typical sources." :)
Friends have asked me about psychometry. I've done a reading for people by holding a personal item of theirs, such as a ring, keys or even a silk shawl (though usually metal) - something the person keeps with them, or has been in their possession, for some time - the longer, the better.
I won't beat around the bush - psychic work isn't a 'science'. If I am having an off day, tired, sick, not in the best of moods, then I may get nothing - or nothing that makes sense. When I do get something, I usually get a list of words, visuals, etc.. and write them down. I prefer not knowing anything about the item I'm holding. I like going in 'blind' as any information given to me can guide or void parts of the reading. It is good, however, for the person that gives me the item to know something of the history for validation purposes. Also, I may ask 'does this make sense?' so I know I should continue with that flow of information, or change lanes if possible. Afterwards, this person will go through the list and see what makes sense to them. Yes, sometimes there is 'vague', or info that makes no sense, other times, stuff is right on. Maybe the stars weren't aligned in some of those cases - not really sure :) There have been times where I'm told that, later, either that day or week, something on the list came to mind, was noticed or occurred.
An example psychometry reading I did for a friend over coffee...
Psychometry: <name removed>'s Ring; September, 2010; mid-afternoon
Known History: Ring belonged to her mother who crossed over within the year prior. <name removed> has been wearing the ring since that time.
- Trailer
- Kite
- Bachelor
- Drug Abuse
- <name removed>'s face - new boyfriend
- calm, then laughing hysterically
- 2-faced
- schizophrenic
- <name removed> trying to come back - ex-boyfriend
- the name 'Greg'
- Starlight
- <name removed> up on stage for competition
- Shrinking '$' - a purchase?
After the reading, she looked over the list and nothing except the shrinking '$' made sense (she had made a purchase). Later that night, she called me and said details began coming to light shortly after I had left. We met the next day for coffee.
It would seem, shortly after I left that day, flowers came for her from her ex. This, I believe, after close to a month of not hearing from him - hence him 'trying to come back'. Originally a vague point, yes, however to occur within hours of the reading - after a month - I don't believe in coincidence! Later that same night, she had dinner with her new boyfriend, and through their rather intense discussion, I'm told she received interesting information from him. His suave ways were a cover for drug related problems and dealings, and a 'hidden life' she had not known about - hence the 'drug abuse', '2-faced' and 'schizophrenic' details picked up - simply put, he led a dual life.
Intuition is funny. The more imaginative you are, the better off you are using your intuition. I would have thought imagination would make things difficult. After all, my imagination can be very vivid. An interesting note: someone once told me 300+ messages are sent to people from spirit daily. It is said that spirit sends/receives messages using our imagination as the route for the traffic of information as our logical side of the brain is just that - too logical - and would block the information. How do we know if it is us, or spirit? When something is your imagination, you may think of it with no, or a little emotional attachment - these are usually creations of your imagination/intellect, and any emotions attached to those creations, can eventually fade; but if it is spirit sending the information, there is a good chance it will nag at your mind and emotions until you acknowledge it either by speaking it or writing it down.
An example of this 'nagging': Early in 2010, I received a top-down view, in my head, of a car wrapped around, what looked like, a telephone pole. I received the feeling that the driver crossed over (died) due to the accident, the backseat passenger was a 'maybe' (no decisive answer) and the passenger in the front survived. The strange part of this is, the front passenger was directly in line with the pole and survived - though banged up badly. This impression stayed with me for over a year. I saw it flash in my mind weekly with little or no extra details - just the accident scene, occupants, a dark night, wet roads came to mind. After a year, I decided to sketch out the accident and write what I could about it in my journal. Since that time, it only comes to mind when I skim though my journal and pass that page. At the time of this writing, nothing about this accident has come to fruition - and I sincerely hope it does not for anyone.
The reasons that led me to become a Reiki Master were also through my intuition. I had a Reiki treatment over a year prior to becoming a Reiki practitioner. Absolutely loved it, but never saw myself performing Reiki on someone. The role of 'healer', as many called it (I feel that we are the conduits for the healing energy from Source), was farthest from my mind. Fast forward over a year later - I made it a practice, upon waking in the morning, to request an image in my mind's eye. Something to kick start my day. One morning I did this and I saw myself performing Reiki on someone (unrecognizable silhouette of a person). So I said, "if this is to be - show me."
I do remember telling myself that if I was ever to receive the Reiki training, I'd like it to be with the same woman who gave me that treatment as she has a beautiful energy about her. The very next day, she posted on Facebook that she was holding a class for Level 1 which was coming up in a couple of weeks from that date. I had been shown a path and followed it.
Please understand, I believe what I do as a result of finding my own answers through self-reflection, meditation and experience - these answers are ongoing - never-ending! What I learn can change however. What I learn is for the 'now' and that means my mind can change with more self-reflection, meditation and experience! :) I am of the opinion that people need to believe in whatever gets them through life - as long as it is from the heart and it does no harm to themselves, or any other living thing and it feels right - go for it! Rest assured, I do not go around preaching what I believe in or do, however, I will explain how I do some of the intuitive aspects if asked. You may also find useful blog entries on here dealing with what I've experienced, or methods I may use to access intuition. These methods may or may not work for everyone but could be enough to find your own direction. In some cases, I've had to find, or create my own methods, after trying many others and reading lots and lots of books (Oh my! The books!!!) It is personal for each individual, and always will be - no instant magic pill or button to access it just lots and lots of practice and dedication to yourself. Everyone is different and will progress at their own pace, which will be different than everyone else's speed. If you are progressing faster than a friend, be patient and supportive to that friend. Be what you would want someone else to be with you. Above all, be persistent and patient with yourself! It will happen if you practice but does take time.
Self-Reflection & Healing
~ Randy McAllister
