I spent most of my life in fanatical religion (JW) that rejected all things psychic as the work of the Devil. Several unbidden psychic experiences - and several scandals that shocked me - changed all that. I find myself in the 'elder statesman' phase of life with a worldview that is radically different from that which I grew up with.
The change began with foreknowing my father's death - which horrified me. No vision, no voices, just a strong 'knowing' even though there was no immediate cause to be worried about. I prayed and prayed against this event happening but he unexpectedly (to others) fell into a coma. I waited for most of three days to make the five hour trip home. When I finally did, I was taken to his hospital room immediately - and he died within seconds of my walking out of the room in tears. The seemingly careful timing was the bizarre thing, yet he could not have consciously engineered it since the cause of the sudden coma was a burst aneurysm in his brain stem.
There have been a lot of odd events like this in my life. More recently, I lost many years of savings in the stock market crash but on occasion, will get a dream about a stock I've never heard of - that later goes up dramatically. Considering my many troubles, a handicapped wife, an impoverished daughter and insecure job, I really wish that I could trigger this ability somehow! On "Medium" they keep saying, "It doesn't work that way!"
I know from Russell Targ (of CIA psychic fame) that such events have an almost 'trickster' quality about them, as his friends had dramatic but only brief success with roulette and silver futures.
I desire no mansion, no SUV, no yacht. Still, it would be nice to support my family this way. Thanks.
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I think asking what astral travel is like is asking people what living is like. The experience depends on the person. The "average" traveler will experience the astral like a dream, and most often mistake it for that. The somewhat experienced will start to become lucid and the picture becomes more clear. They will think they still need to walk but eventually learn to fly, then eventually realize that's not necessary either. The expert will be fully conscious and also come to know that there are numerous dimensions and planes. Heaven and hell are true, in the sense that there are high vibrating planes and very dense ones (like earth!). They will teleport instantly, ascend to higher planes, meet and learn from masters, see the future, heal themselves, travel to different worlds, etc. It's pretty amazing stuff. You can read more particulars on my other site (www.astralvoyage.com). I don't guess this stuff, I know it.
NDE's are powerful but so are fully lucid, advanced astral travel. Trust me, once you've been to the higher planes, coming back here is very difficult. The stunning beauty, light, love and truth of the higher planes makes it all the more painful to come back here to the dark, ignorant, hateful and controlled environment that we live and in and have been taught is 'okay'. I don't know where I read it, but the words, "Prison Planet" is no joke.
In terms of the lottery, why do we play? Money of course, but I already have lots of that. I learned years ago how to manifest abundance into my life and I even wrote a book on it (free to anyone who asks, by the way) so the lottery was more of a confirmation of my ability to astral project. I wanted proof. That was just one of a dozen ways to get it. But I also use the daily lottery (three numbers) as a daily practice of my remote viewing skills. I try and remote view them and just check last night's numbers to see how I did.
Emotion is a large part of the lottery. When I speak of the astral, you probably don't know this, but it's the "emotional plane" of existence. So the deep feeling of desire can help with that in getting what you want. What is discipline and determination? It's a deep feeling of desire to attain something, and if you have enough of it, you'll get it. Nothing can stop me in my desires because I know how to work the emotional aspect of it, combined with un-limiting beliefs.
Feel free to write me if you wish to correspond further. I'm at eclecticraven - at - yahoo.com.
Anne