Sun 7 Feb, 2010
Channeling is not a new art. People have been communicating with those on the Other Side, most likely, since the beginning of time. Psychics sense and predict. Psychic “mediums” sense and communicate. I feel people are born with the gift of being psychic or having mediumistic ability.
A psychic feels things intuitively on a non-linear timescape, whereas a medium is one who is literally “in the middle” between a human being on this Earth Plane and higher beings on another plane. A psychic can sense ghosts and possibly their thoughts, a psychic medium can both sense and communicate with ghosts and the higher beings we call Spirits.
A medium is also known as a channel or a channeler. Hence my nickname, ChannelCraig. I am both a psychic and a medium/channel. When I work with clients over the phone or in person, I am channeling their loved ones from the place we call the Other Side or Heaven. These entities are souls who have crossed over to a higher energy plane and have the ability to return to this Earth Plane as Spirits. These Spirits can communicate with those who are open to their energy. Spirits also watch over us to help guide us along our life’s path and make sure we do not screw up too much! Spirit channeling is extremely draining for a medium. It is like trying to stay standing in rough surf. Human emotional energy is rushing through me from the client and strong Spirit energy is passing back from the Other Side. Try staying in the ocean in rough surf for several hours and you will have an idea of just how physically and mentally exhausting channeling is. This is one of the main reasons I am on extended hiatus from channeling right now; it was wearing me down!
A medium can also communicate with ghosts. However, whereas most Spirits want to talk, most ghosts do not or cannot communicate. Many ghosts have issues affecting them and causing them to stay stuck between Heaven and Earth. Parapsychology is an apt term when dealing with ghosts… many do in fact need some good counseling!
I am often asked what it is like to have this ability to communicate with the dead. I can assure you, it was not easy to come to terms with. However, once I understood the gift, I also discovered it comes with an internal “on-off switch.” I can turn it on and turn it off again when I am done, thankfully.
Many of us have some degree of intuitive or psychic ability. Some choose to embrace this gift while others turn away from it in fear. If you are given a gift, I think one should use it. Spirit channeling has been a wonderful experience for me. However, one of the most important things our Spirit Guides on the Other Side have told me is this: Where we are is most important to us. If we are here on Earth than we must focus on learning the life lessons that surround us on a daily basis and helping out others to do the same. We only get snippets of proof of the Other Side for a reason. We need to rely on ourselves to get things accomplished in our lives. We always have Spirit Guides around us for guidance, but we need to do the legwork!
Have questions about channeling? Ask me below and I will answer them as I can.
19 Responses to “Spirit Channeling”
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msbrown says:
How do you focus on the spirits?I have seen my grandma and talked to her.I seem to have a hard time focusing in on what I am doing. What can I do to relax? I can see them when I am alone in my house.Why can only me and my teen age brother see and talk to them?Other ghost hunters say only babies can see them but I see the full figure of a person. I am 27 years of age and I think it is cool but crazy cause I can see things others can’t.
Craig says:
Ghosts who materialize are called apparitions. Apparitions are rare as ghosts are usually heard, but not seen. If your Grandmother is coming to you in a vision, it could be a psychic communication. Certain people can see ghosts and Spirits with their mind’s “eye.” Meaning, the communication is coming into our heads through thought energy, rather than through our visual sight. You “may” be getting a visual this way. This is why some people report seeing an apparition, while others with them see nothing at all. This type of experience is very personal and everyone has a different filter for the paranormal.
As far as focusing, there are many books that deal with the subject of meditation. You need to practice whatever relaxation technique works best for you. I can relax late at night when there is little or no external stimuli. When it is quiet, I can tune into the Spirit world, but as I said above paranormal energy is very personal and you have to find the best way for you to achieve a relaxed state. Try a quiet place, running water, soothing music, low lighting. Something will eventually help you to clear your mind and focus on the higher energy. Ask your Spirit Guides for help. We all have them. Just ask for guidance in meditation. Good Luck!
greenhypnotist says:
Craig’s channellings have always been right on. His knowledge and communications have amazed my family and friends. He’s been giving me readings for many years. My dead relatives always seem to come up with the smallest details that just confirm it’s really them communicating with Craig. It gives such comfort to know there’s more
Thanks Craig !
SpiritualQuest says:
Yesterday I lost a beloved pet who was more “human” than most. He came to our back door 2 1/2 years ago and we connected with him like no other. All I can think of is where his spirit has gone. Some people believe that animals don’t have souls but that is hard to believe when you see a very strong energy and personality as I did with my pets. What is your feeling on this topic and have you ever been able to channel pets/animals?
Craig McManus says:
Hi SQ – Not only do animals have souls, those souls can be just as attached to their human soul counterparts as other human souls will be. I have channeled information (and pets that have crossed) which has given me a much better understanding of the relationship of non-human souls to our own. I can not say if one type of soul is on a higher evolutionary scale than another. Maybe all souls are equal. I do feel that souls of beloved pets can stay attached to us after they die. I had one of my beloved dogs hanging around for several years after he died. I heard his bark, saw a shadow of him from time to time and even heard him scratching to get in the back door, something he taught my other dog to do. Then one day, I noticed that his spirit was gone. I think he finally got tired of me not paying attention to him any longer and moved on. Hopefully, he will be back with me again some day. He was a loyal friend.
I can empathize with your loss, but rest assured that your beloved pet has either crossed over to the Other Side, or has chosen to hang around a little longer to say goodbye. As souls, we tend to travel in packs, good friends helping each other through lifetime after lifetime. Some of those good friends are of the four legged variety. I have been blessed to have quite a few of them in my “pack.” I am sure you do as well. Hang in there.
cathykathy says:
Kathy and I want to thank you again for giving us such a beautiful gift during our Cape May visit at the Bedford Inn. You provided us with a very unexpected meeting with our loved ones. We are more amazed now than at the time it happened because we realize how accurate you were in your interpretation from the energies who visited. We enjoyed your company and look forward to keeping in touch with you. You have re-ignited our interest in the Other Side and as a result we have a question. If someone has reincarnated, is that energy no longer able to channel through you ?
Craig McManus says:
Hi Cathy and Kathy – Glad to be of service. Everything happens for a reason. I just hope the people who had rented the surrey and disappeared have returned! Because time is not linear, it may be possible for someone to communicate from the Other Side while residing in Earthly form here. There’s a lot we don’t know… or aren’t supposed to know!
corsica says:
Hello there,
I hope this is the right place to ask my question. sorry if it’s not.
A family member is facing an issue and I would like to get you inputs on helping her.
She has read Doreen Virtue’s Divine Guidance and started hearing voices, seeing visions and smells. But these voices/smells/visions torture her constantly and take her sleep.
She feels she is channeling an evil spirit. Can anything be done to close off her channels?
She is a very spiritual person.
Please advise or send me e-mail! Thanks
Craig McManus says:
Hi Corsica – If she has the gift for channeling, there comes a point in the beginning of learning to channel where the experience is both draining and anxiety provoking. Always remember we ALL have Spirit Guides who watch over us. She should meditate on communicating with her Higher Guides and start asking them for help with her gift. A medium is always in the middle, there are higher guides watching. Just ask them for help.
Sometimes, however, the human mind and imagination also gets carried away with itself. Like watching a scary movie and then trying to go to sleep, the mind can cause us to become restless or anxious if our imagination is left to run amok. Sometimes opening up ones channeling ability will also cause the imagination to chime in and exagerate what is really coming through. It is a delicate balance. If she is indeed starting to channel, I would suggest reading more on the subject before continuing. If the energy keeps coming through, have her ask her Spirit Guides to help her block it. I hope this helps.
corsica says:
Thank you for your reply!
Can we get any of your help in these issues as a client of yours?
I read earlier how you managed to turn entities ON and OFF at your will. Of course, the entities were different.
She has tried speaking to her connections, but they just won’t go away.
I’m not sure if it’s a bad spirit (low frequency vibration).
would you have the ability to connect to this energy and block it ?
Thank you!
Craig McManus says:
I think “connecting” is what she is trying to avoid at this point in time, so maybe asking her Spirit Guides to block the energy would be the best route. I cannot tell what the energies are from here. It could be as simple as new found abilities popping up. That’s what happened to me when I was about 20, like someone turned on a switch. My strategy was to go with the flow, but it was a bumpy ride in the beginning. I am not sure why this happens to some of us, but we all do make our own life plans. Maybe this is something your friend had wanted to experience at this point in her lifetime and the lesson is to learn to work with the energy. I would try not to let one’s imagination get the best of one. Keep the idea positive, if possible. Maybe even a Reiki practiioner could help balance the flow of energy here. Hope this helps.
Thomas says:
To begin with, I just want to let you know that I enjoyed your “Ride With The Ghost Writer” tour which I took several weeks ago, and I am currently enjoying your book the “Ghosts of Cape May: Book 1.”
Now to the point of my writing you, I am deeply perplexed: Is there free will or isn’t there? I have had several occurrences of precognition, and I don’t know how to account for them vis-a-vis free will. If there is free will, how can I (or anyone else for that matter) have foreknowledge of something occurring in the future? Either events are laid out in time and are immutable or they are not.
Thomas says:
Will you someday write a book about the OtherSide? I would be particularly interested in learning the answers to some of life’s most perplexing questions, such as: What is the purpose of Life; Will our pain (I refer here to the pain everyone suffers as a consequence of living on the Earth Plane)–will our pain be redeemed at some point in the future? Do souls have to reincarnate? Etc. etc…
Craig McManus says:
Hi Thomas – Yes, I will be writing a book about all of those related topics at some point in the future.
Craig McManus says:
I think what you might be seeing are “possibilities” of what “may” happen. You have a set path in life with events that can change. The lessons we have to learn are ones that we have chosen for this lifetime. The lessons are unavoidable. How we get through each lesson is variable. You have free will to manipulate your life’s journey, however you can’t avoid the lessons you need to learn. There is a foundation to everything in life. The cake is always there, we just choose the icing.
panorama says:
Thank you for providing a forum for guidance, Craig.
I have read your website’s content and I feel compelled to reach out to you. I am a clairvoyant empath but I am in the process of developing my skills and learning to live with deep empathy, which physically hurts me. This month has been very hard since Nov 11. You may be aware of the news story (local NC) of the 5 yr old Shaniya Nicole Davis, who was reported missing (in Fayetteville, NC) on Nov 10, and was found dead (in Sanford, NC) on Nov 16 2009, 30 miles away from her home in Fayetteville, NC.
Shaniya was abducted, raped and asphyxiated by a man whom Shaniya’s mother, Antoinette, personally knew. Antoinette willingly sold Shaniya into prostitution to allegedly “pay off a drug debt”, but investigators are still aggressively working on this case.
I feel deep despair over the death of Shaniya and I try to explain this to my husband and few others, but no one can empathize with me; they tell me to let go, as it’s just one kid out of many. I cry when I’m at work, everywhere.
Can I go to the murder site and talk to her? Has she made the transition to the Light smoothly, or is Shaniya earthbound and lost? I am very distraught and sick over this. Can you please direct me?
Thomas says:
Hi Craig! Yours is the only sensible answer I’ve ever received to my question about free will; thank you! It helps…
Craig McManus says:
Hi Panorama – I think the best thing one might do as a clairvoyant is to ask your Higher Guides to help send her on the way, if they have not already done that. Part of being clairvoyant is to learn how to turn it on and off and let energies pass through you, not stay with you. Think of yourself standing in the surf of the ocean with the tide coming in and going out, always pulling you in different directions. That is how the energies affect us. No one could stand in the surf forever. Eventually we all get tired. In this case you should turn over the job to your Higher Guides and step out of the surf before it physically an emotionally drains you. Just some words of wisdom from one who has spent a lot of time in the surf! Good Luck.
panorama says:
Hi Craig, thank you for sharing your wisdom and guidance regarding my inquiry. I had not considered that perspective before, and it makes sense. Btw, that is how I perceive life to be, analogous to the ocean. I will work on the grounding part, it can be hard as you know.