Further Musings of a Bewildered Psychic

Mystic or Madman

Not long ago if someone reported hearing voices they would have been immediately locked up, tied down, and forced to take antipsychotic medications along with a few other choice barbaric treatments. Even today there are people being unwittingly shut away and medicated for the same or lesser infraction; mostly out of ignorance and a ready willingness to stay so. How do we know where to draw the line between mystic and madman, and better yet; how can we be certain? Questions like these not only give pause to thought, but also beg for a greater degree of attention, understanding and compassion.

Recently, while channel surfing, I happened upon a very interesting documentary series that featured psychic teens and the dilemmas they faced, not only in understanding the gifts they’d been given but also the many difficulties encountered with friends and family members. During one of the interviews, a young lady related how she had been shuffled off to a doctor who subsequently locked her up for observation and prescribed various medications. All in an attempt to quiet the voices and visions she purportedly experienced.

Was this young lady in fact having a psychotic break with reality? As it turned out she was not having a psychotic break after all. Her affect was appropriate, speech coherent and logical, demeanor composed and alert to her environment, and overall what appeared to be an otherwise normal and healthy 17 year old. Part of this psychic retreat was to provide validation and encouragement in the development of their newly discovered talents.

In one segment, a group of four or five teens were taken to a covered bridge and asked to describe what they sensed and/or saw there. As each started to describe their random impressions my attention was drawn to the rafters of the bridge. I was told that there was a hanging that took place there many years ago. Just as the readings started to come to a close I was wondering if anyone in the group would pick up on that impression. All of a sudden, the young lady who had been hospitalized looked up and mentioned the impression of a hanging that took place there.

Later, the young women presented their findings to a local historian who then proceeded to validate their findings. It turns out that a hanging did occur there when two brothers had been hung for horse theft. Was it just a coincidence? Perhaps, but if I were a betting man I don’t think I’d take the odds of two people independently picking up on exactly the same facts for the same place in question.

Of course, there are still those that despite astronomical odds will continue to claim it’s nothing more than a cheap parlor trick. That’s okay; eventually they’ll figure it out and hop onboard, maybe not in this lifetime, perhaps the next. In the mean time I’ll share what I know, if someone finds something to add to their understanding; all the more better.

Summary

Although some of this may seem a little disjointed and out of place, there is a method to my madness. In this series we’ve explored the concepts of believers, disbelievers, saints, healers, mystics and madmen. However we choose to view these abstractions of personality, they are still simply a role each of us has chosen before entering into this life. The fact that we assign absolute definitions of greater, lesser, higher, lower, etc. has little to do with who we are outside a 3D universe.

To ascend in the understanding of our true spiritual nature requires that we suspend, for a moment, the notion of an absolute dimensional existence. True, we do live In a finite world of absolutes that has taught us that the only reality is that which we can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste. As psychics, we have transcended the finite envelope of this world and touched the infinite spirit of hope and love. Yet, even as corporeal beings tethered to this world, we must translate as best we can; these wondrous sites into 3D understanding.

As many of us have come to experience, translating the infinite to the finite can takes its toll.. Depending on the politics of the moment, a psychic could be heralded as a saint or condemned as a sinner. Modern psychiatry has progressed considerably in recent times but still remains shrouded in darkness and uncertainty. We are, after all, more than the sum of an absolute and definable mind; we are a spirit as well, connected to the infinite as a whole.