I am 18 years old and I used to be able to see and hear spirits when I was little, seeing them was no different than seeing a living person. I couldn't decipher the difference until someone mentioned that I was talking to no one. That still happens every now and again where I will see someone and then realize they were a spirit. When I was little I had a run in with someone not so friendly and it scared me and caused my abilities to be turned off. Now, after years of trying to get them to turn back on, they are slowly but surely coming back. I will sometimes see or hear spirits both in and out of my own mind. Even so, more often than not I will hear a spirit walking around or hear someone say something to me and know they are there but am unable to see them and when I do it is only for a second or an outline as if my brain tries to turn it off or block it.
Does anyone have any tips or advice on how to strengthen my abilities so that I can see and hear spirits again fully, like how they were before I accidentally turned them off? I have tried meditating multiple times and still am, I tried opening and cleansing my chakra's which seem to have helped a bit. I have gotten over my fears that was connected to seeing spirits and ghosts. I have met my spirit guides and asked for help, I have tried a couple more things as well and have no idea what else to do. My friend can also see spirits and a lot of times when something bothers me it tends to go to her I do not know if this could be connected or not? I also have noticed that I see spirits a lot recently as outlines when I am not paying attention but when I try to look they then disappear and am unsure if my mind is unconsciously turning or blocking my abilities and if so I don't know how to remedy this.
I don't know if anyone may also understand this or know how to help but, when I ask spirits it tends to revolve around letting myself see and hear spirits, letting myself be happy, and returning to the source or beginning. The letting myself see and be happy I understand that part as what I am to do but don't understand how to do it as I obviously want to and I thought I was, that bit only popped up a bit ago but, the "returning to the source of beginning" has been floating around and coming up for a while and I have no idea what spirit could mean by it.
Cultivating one's spiritual abilities doesn't happen overnight. It takes time and effort, but it all pays off eventually. One important factor, over strengthening your abilities, is tapping into the spiritual more.
What I mean by that is this: Every person upon this Earth is born with the same potential within them, to do the same things, spiritual or not spiritual, if they choose to.However, as we grow, we tend to disconnect from that spiritual side, and slowly drift away from our true nature, without that meaning, that it is being eliminated. It's just overhadowed by our physical side. Now, the reason why I am explaining this, is because for you to broaden your spiritual abilities, you must broaden your entire spiritual side. It is true, that the way God made us, He put a piece of Him within us and that itself means we are immediatelly connected to Him, Himself, and everything relevant to Him. So what you need to do, is look inside you. You need to become accepting to the path that God is showing to you, and tap more into your very own self. Your very own mind.
Personally, what helps me connect to my inner self, is prayer. I always like to feel all this warm and light energy fill my entire body and soul and allow me to connect to everything around me and in me.
You said you are not scared anymore, but maybe you feel stressed and worried over whether you will get to make it work again. I say, have faith in you, and always expect that something magnificent will occur. Because our God is great and the possibilities are endless:)
Also, I would like to give you some safety advice. Be careful when talking to spirits, because a lot of times, some of them tend to actually be of demonic nature and try to misguide you, use you or harm you.
In this world, there is energy all around. Natural energy, demonic/dark energy, light energy etc. Those spirits you see, are also of energy. Sometimes, energy can be harmful, so I suggest, that you begin protecting yourself from them. What I do, is focus on my energy, and pray to God to lend me His light, so that I can spread it all around me and create a strong Light shield to keep all harmful, foreign and demonic energies away from me, as they can be really disturbing and cause fatigue, depression, even sickness if not properly kept away. To cleanse yourself from the energies that are already stuck on you, follow the same process but this time spread the energy inside your body, giving it the intent to cleanse all those energies off of your physical body and soul:) Sometimes, I also make light energy orbs, to help me out with cleansing and shielding myself. What I do, is I put my palms, one opposite from the other and visualize my energy creating a ball in the gap between them. The more the energy, the more solid the orb and the strongest its effect.
I have my email up on my profile. I read on your other story that you are seeking a mentor. I am willing to help you out and share more knowledge with you, if you'd like:) it's my pleasure to share my experiences and knowledge with others, especially people who seek help:)
That's all for now Alice:) I'm looking forward to your email:)
Gabbie