I personally believe that we are all gifted. To say that one person is “more gifted” than another is illusionary in nature and really holds no weight in this life or the afterlife. Whether we develop our gift is up to us.
The reason that I believe that we are all gifted is because Spirit is with us at each moment, everyday and for our entire lives. Our loved ones, ancestors, Spirit Guides and angels guide our path and open us up to our highest good and potential. In my experience people who are open to it – can develop.
When I was 19 years old I had a car accident. At that point in my life I was already providing readings at the professional level. I didn’t entirely work with passed on individuals or Spirit Guides at that time I was more working with Tarot and my ability to see auras. After my car accident I was hospitalized with severe anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder. What I didn’t realize at the time was that everything in life happens for a very specific and guided reason even the hardships. I know what you must be thinking – “it was only a car accident”. However it was a car accident that would produce a struggle of having to reclaim my own energy, my gift and my empowerment.
I was driving down the highway on my way to college for a tutoring appointment. It was winter time and I should’ve not been driving that quickly as it was very cold out and there was black ice everywhere. I hit a bad patch of black ice at 120km/hour and swerved out of control. After going over the ditch and rolling several times the car finally slowed to a halt. It was a single car accident and although I walked away from it unharmed physically there was definitely mental and emotional repercussions. The interesting thing was that everyone in the area stopped to help me and all of them were off duty emergency workers.
I was cleared at the hospital and went home that afternoon however returned two weeks later because of emotional issues related to the accident.
I was told that I had to be transferred to the hospital in the city (I was living in a small town at the time). I was diagnosed with traumatic stress and placed on a medical/surgical ward. I had no idea at the time that the car accident facilitated an experience that would end up being extremely positive and helpful in the development and the reclaiming of my own gifts. For the next several days I went through what I can only describe as a powerful, and very uncomfortable, clearing experience. I was distraught, emotional and feeling like the anxiety, blurred vision and “expanding” feeling would never end. I met a nurse there who was in charge of taking care of me most of the time. Her name was Carrie and she gave me one sentence of hope that has stayed with me ever since:
“Matthew, I have been there before too. The only thing you can do is ride it out.”
After hearing the words “ride it out” I immediately felt more centered and over the next few months I engaged in prayer work and self healing to try and recuperate the energy that I felt I had lost.
During my stay in the hospital I had a very interesting Spiritual experience. I was laying in bed and saw a blue energy come towards me. It rested its hand on my shoulder and told me that everything would be okay. It provided me with a cleansing energy throughout my entire body which helped me to feel more aligned. I drifted into a deep sleep and woke up several hours later. I knew in that moment that everything was going to get better over time and that with faith and self-understanding I would get through this difficult period.
The reason that I decided to share this story as a story of reclaiming was because up to that point I was not a very happy person. Before the accident I felt alone and misunderstood. I had spent a lot of time in the hospital as a teenager and never really felt that I had an identity. Perhaps this was a struggle of dealing with my gifts or maybe it was something apart from that. Either way this car accident helped me to reclaim my energy and little space within the world. It put something very big into perspective for me:
No matter what happens, who we are or where we are headed there will always be bumps along the road. Some of them are already there when we come into this world and some we put there ourselves. The important thing to remember, however, is that whatever bumps we do encounter we can overcome them. Some of us live with scars but all of us live with truth – just as soon as we allow ourselves to.
On a side note, several months later I was invited to a healing weekend event in eastern Ontario. I engaged in several deep healing workshops and exercises. I was induced into a trance state in one of these healing experiences and saw myself sitting in the hospital bed again. I walked towards myself and put my hand on my shoulder. When I emerged from the trance I wondered if it was me who orchestrated the deeper healing at the hospital that night. To me this was confirmation that we all have the power and ability to heal ourselves. I personally feel that the real gift that was reclaimed was my own self worth. Yes, psychic and mediumistic ability was a part of it but most importantly it was me that was reclaimed.
The reason that I believe that we are all gifted is because Spirit is with us at each moment, everyday and for our entire lives. Our loved ones, ancestors, Spirit Guides and angels guide our path and open us up to our highest good and potential. In my experience people who are open to it – can develop.
When I was 19 years old I had a car accident. At that point in my life I was already providing readings at the professional level. I didn’t entirely work with passed on individuals or Spirit Guides at that time I was more working with Tarot and my ability to see auras. After my car accident I was hospitalized with severe anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder. What I didn’t realize at the time was that everything in life happens for a very specific and guided reason even the hardships. I know what you must be thinking – “it was only a car accident”. However it was a car accident that would produce a struggle of having to reclaim my own energy, my gift and my empowerment.
I was driving down the highway on my way to college for a tutoring appointment. It was winter time and I should’ve not been driving that quickly as it was very cold out and there was black ice everywhere. I hit a bad patch of black ice at 120km/hour and swerved out of control. After going over the ditch and rolling several times the car finally slowed to a halt. It was a single car accident and although I walked away from it unharmed physically there was definitely mental and emotional repercussions. The interesting thing was that everyone in the area stopped to help me and all of them were off duty emergency workers.
I was cleared at the hospital and went home that afternoon however returned two weeks later because of emotional issues related to the accident.
I was told that I had to be transferred to the hospital in the city (I was living in a small town at the time). I was diagnosed with traumatic stress and placed on a medical/surgical ward. I had no idea at the time that the car accident facilitated an experience that would end up being extremely positive and helpful in the development and the reclaiming of my own gifts. For the next several days I went through what I can only describe as a powerful, and very uncomfortable, clearing experience. I was distraught, emotional and feeling like the anxiety, blurred vision and “expanding” feeling would never end. I met a nurse there who was in charge of taking care of me most of the time. Her name was Carrie and she gave me one sentence of hope that has stayed with me ever since:
“Matthew, I have been there before too. The only thing you can do is ride it out.”
After hearing the words “ride it out” I immediately felt more centered and over the next few months I engaged in prayer work and self healing to try and recuperate the energy that I felt I had lost.
During my stay in the hospital I had a very interesting Spiritual experience. I was laying in bed and saw a blue energy come towards me. It rested its hand on my shoulder and told me that everything would be okay. It provided me with a cleansing energy throughout my entire body which helped me to feel more aligned. I drifted into a deep sleep and woke up several hours later. I knew in that moment that everything was going to get better over time and that with faith and self-understanding I would get through this difficult period.
The reason that I decided to share this story as a story of reclaiming was because up to that point I was not a very happy person. Before the accident I felt alone and misunderstood. I had spent a lot of time in the hospital as a teenager and never really felt that I had an identity. Perhaps this was a struggle of dealing with my gifts or maybe it was something apart from that. Either way this car accident helped me to reclaim my energy and little space within the world. It put something very big into perspective for me:
No matter what happens, who we are or where we are headed there will always be bumps along the road. Some of them are already there when we come into this world and some we put there ourselves. The important thing to remember, however, is that whatever bumps we do encounter we can overcome them. Some of us live with scars but all of us live with truth – just as soon as we allow ourselves to.
On a side note, several months later I was invited to a healing weekend event in eastern Ontario. I engaged in several deep healing workshops and exercises. I was induced into a trance state in one of these healing experiences and saw myself sitting in the hospital bed again. I walked towards myself and put my hand on my shoulder. When I emerged from the trance I wondered if it was me who orchestrated the deeper healing at the hospital that night. To me this was confirmation that we all have the power and ability to heal ourselves. I personally feel that the real gift that was reclaimed was my own self worth. Yes, psychic and mediumistic ability was a part of it but most importantly it was me that was reclaimed.
