From: ssake@goldthread.com   
      
   Hi Paul,   
   It sounds to me that you have genuine psychic ability, quite a bit of it. I   
   don't think you're going crazy, but in this society it's advisable to be   
   careful who you share this with, because if you fall into the clutches of   
   the medical establishment they may start giving you drugs and putting labels   
   on you.   
      
   I believe that these kinds of abilities appearing unasked and unwanted like   
   this can be a result of having deliberately tried to open them up in a   
   previous lifetime. It's something few people consider when trying to get   
   these abilities, whether they'll still want them in their next life.   
      
   I have read that there are ways to control these abilities. My suggestion   
   would be to study the written material by some of the better-known *genuine*   
   psychics, like John Edward and Rosemary Altea, and then with this   
   information under your belt, see if you can find either written   
   instructions, or a mentor, who can teach you to control them.   
      
   There is a case on record where my spiritual master, Meher Baba, took   
   psychic abilities away from one of his followers. So an advanced spiritual   
   master can do this for you, but the trick is to find a genuine one, as they   
   are extremely rare. Meher Baba dropped his body, as they say, in 1969, but   
   if he chooses he could still do this for you if you asked him inwardly.   
      
   Whether you try to control them and use them unselfishly for other people's   
   benefit, or try to close them down altogether, is your own choice. I   
   personally do not encourage spirit visitation at all, though lately I seem   
   to be having some dreams which may have that origin. I know they're there,   
   but I really want to be getting a much-needed good rest at night and not   
   communicating with people sans bodies, unless there's really some crucial   
   message that needs to be delivered.   
      
   Best wishes,   
   Stephen S.   
      
      
      
   "Paul Allen Panks"  wrote in message   
   news:ccdl89$2kp$16@chessie.cirr.com...   
   > I wanted to share my story with your audience. I believe it is a   
   > fascinating story about my encounters with the spirit world. I have no   
   > adequate explanation for them, nor do my parents. I'm not sure what   
   > they represent, or if they are hallucinations, but they appear real.   
   >   
   > I am at a loss to explain why I have seen angels, ghosts, UFOs and   
   > disincarnated entities for over 7 years now. Such entities have included:   
   >   
   > [a] Allen, my father's father.   
   >   
   > [b] Jeff Moritz, the former Flagstaff Peace Officer.   
   >   
   > [c] Robert Martin, the former DPS Peace Officer.   
   >   
   > [c] Ann, my mother's mother and my grandmother.   
   >   
   > [d] James, my mother's father and my grandfather.   
   >   
   > [e] "Susan", a guardian angel who first visited me in October 1995.   
   >   
   > [f] A Siberian Husky, who first appeared the evening my grandmother   
   >     past away (in late-July 2002)   
   >   
   > [g] My unborn daughter, who has appeared frequently since October 2000.   
   >   
   > [h] Lindsey Chainhalt, who first appeared to me last month.   
   >   
   > [i] John Candy, the comedian from various movies   
   >   
   > [j] Walter Payton, the NFL athlete from the Chicago Bears   
   >   
   > [k] An untold number of ghosts and other apparitions, usually in   
   >     graveyards, cemeteries and sometimes during church.   
   >   
   > [l] At least three distinct encounters with angels, two in Flagstaff and   
   >     one while in Paradise Valley.   
   >   
   > [m] One unknown UFO encounter, August 2000, flying overhead   
   >     south-southwest at a low altitude, absolutely silent and with no   
   >     engine noise whatsoever.   
   >   
   > These UFOs flew in formation to form a "triangle", at least seven of them   
   > were present and they distinctly resembled flying saucers seen on   
   > television shows and other UFO reports worldwide.   
   >   
   > I have also experienced at least two OBEs and one NDE, where I entered   
   > into a bright light and was shown flashes of my life while on earth. This   
   > transpired while I had briefly fallen asleep, and then I was returned to   
   > my body at the top of my head, to which I received a tremendous jolt and   
   > gasped for breath. When I finally became oriented again, I felt tense and   
   > not relieved at all. I did not discuss this with anyone because I felt I   
   > was losing my mind, or part of my mind.   
   >   
   > Additionally, I experienced a vision in a dream-like state in which an   
   > angel with a flowing gown brought my unborn daughter to my side, and asked   
   > her when she would like to come to Earth. She was unsure, so the angel   
   > smiled at me and they reentered the light and then the vision and dream   
   > faded away into oblivion.   
   >   
   > In July of 2002, right before my grandmother passed away, I had a strange   
   > dream in which a funeral was taking place and I saw a rose-wood coffin in   
   > the center of a church. There were many people there, and Nana (my   
   > grandmother) was lying in the casket holding a black rose. This was   
   > exactly one week prior to when she did pass away, in July 2002.   
   >   
   > As well as the Siberian Husky encounter, I went on a walk the day of her   
   > passing and she kept trying to communicate to me during my long walk   
   > around Flagstaff. I walked from my apartment complex over to Target, and   
   > then around the graveyard near the back of target (I usually prayed at the   
   > statue of Jesus and Mary in the back of the graveyard; I believe it is   
   > called "Cavalry Cemetery").   
   >   
   > When I prayed there, I asked Nana for help and advice. She said that she   
   > "loved me", and asked that I go to the end of a long road, near a bench,   
   > and   
   > there I would find a gift. I followed her instructions (she sounded very   
   > far away, and I could barely understand her), I went to the bench I   
   > thought she was telling me about and found a Cabbage Patch doll sitting on   
   > the bench. It was a simple Cabbage Patch doll, wearing a yellow outfit and   
   > diapers. It must have rained recently, because the bench was still soggy   
   > and the doll was as well. I went home and told my friend about   
   > this, and we took the doll home. In fact, I still have the doll to   
   > this day. I'm not sure why my grandmother led me to this doll, or what   
   > significance it has in my life (if any).   
   >   
   > In September of 2003, I also had another dream, in which I was walking   
   > through Nana and Hoppo's house looking for them. The entire house was void   
   > of people, and as I was looking around, I remember in the dream that I   
   > looked up at the grandfather clock in the living room and it struck 9 p.m.   
   > As it was sounding the chimes, the phone rang in the dream, and I rushed   
   > to pick it up. No one was there, however.   
   >   
   > In a later dream, just before my grandfather, James, passed away,   
   > I had yet another dream in which my grandmother tried to call me on the   
   > telephone and was attempting to explain something to me, but I couldn't   
   > understand her. I still have no idea what she was attempting to   
   > communicate, but she appeared more lively than at any point during the   
      
   [continued in next message]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)