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bemyself · 10-10-2007, 08:21 PM

Hi everybody,

I'm new to the forums and have been reading both Erin and Steve's blogs for a couple of weeks. (I actually found Steve's website when I Googled "hate work" when I had called in sick to work!)

I am very interested in this forum because I was told in a reading about a year ago that I have strong psychic abilities that I use all the time. News to me! I asked her how I would develop my abilities and she recommended classes given by one of the new age bookstores. I forgot about it until I listened to the tape of our reading the other day. Now I feel like I may want to find some of these classes but I have apprehensions too.

This is why I'm afraid. Starting when I was a teenager I've had some strange things happen to me at night. Not all the time but I'll have several weeks when stuff will happen and then go months or even years before it happens again. I wake up and feel a menacing presence hovering over me or next to me. Once I saw a man with dark eyes walking towards my bed. I'm always terrified.

I am also a bit of a skeptic and my upbringing as a Christian taught me that psychic abilities and all of the new age ideas are tools of the devil and that using these tools opens doors to bad things. I also like horror movies, have been battling depression since I was 21 and seem to have these things happen when I'm alone in the room and have been sleeping.

Was I dreaming? Do run the risk of open doors to bad things if I choose to exercise my psychic muscle?

I have little knowledge in this realm and hope you all have some words of wisdom.

Thanks!

P.S. I do not practice any organized religion at present and am questioning the existence of God and what I truly believe in that realm.

10-10-2007, 08:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
bemyself Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 14	Fear of developing abilities Hi everybody, I'm new to the forums and have been reading both Erin and Steve's blogs for a couple of weeks. (I actually found Steve's website when I Googled "hate work" when I had called in sick to work!) I am very interested in this forum because I was told in a reading about a year ago that I have strong psychic abilities that I use all the time. News to me! I asked her how I would develop my abilities and she recommended classes given by one of the new age bookstores. I forgot about it until I listened to the tape of our reading the other day. Now I feel like I may want to find some of these classes but I have apprehensions too. This is why I'm afraid. Starting when I was a teenager I've had some strange things happen to me at night. Not all the time but I'll have several weeks when stuff will happen and then go months or even years before it happens again. I wake up and feel a menacing presence hovering over me or next to me. Once I saw a man with dark eyes walking towards my bed. I'm always terrified. I am also a bit of a skeptic and my upbringing as a Christian taught me that psychic abilities and all of the new age ideas are tools of the devil and that using these tools opens doors to bad things. I also like horror movies, have been battling depression since I was 21 and seem to have these things happen when I'm alone in the room and have been sleeping. Was I dreaming? Do run the risk of open doors to bad things if I choose to exercise my psychic muscle? I have little knowledge in this realm and hope you all have some words of wisdom. Thanks! P.S. I do not practice any organized religion at present and am questioning the existence of God and what I truly believe in that realm.