When delving into spirit or deity work for the first time, it might feel overwhelming to a practitioner who is just starting out. Many people who get into spirit work usually have a prior gift of some capacity that allows them to dip their toes into the world of the unseen.
Regardless of how or why one has arrived at the steps of spirit work, there are many factors that are of absolute importance which make up the foundations of traversing through this practice safely. Of course, the most important is protection and prevention. However, another incredibly important aspect is discernment.
All too often new spirit workers will become enthralled with the prospect of making a connection with beings on different planes than our own, and a lot of times those practitioners fall into a trap of either being deceived by a being or even by falling into a state of hysteria where they feel anything and everything is a message or sign from a spirit or deity. Either outcome dampens the practice and sets you back in your work.
The most important foundational point of spirit work is to look at yourself internally prior to jumping into the practice. If you have any natural gifts such as being clairaudient or clairvoyant and you’ve effectively used these gifts before, these will be natural tools that will aid you in discernment and confirmation. While these gifts will aid you, they are certainly not the only tools you should be using while making sure that what you are experiencing is in fact truly happening.
Even in the case of natural gifts, newer practitioners can fall into a false idea of security if a being pretends to be something they’re not, so other methods of discernment are wonderful to keep in mind while communicating with beings or looking for confirmation.
Aside from natural gifts, the most important part of discernment is logic. Use your rational mind and don’t see what you want to see. See what is truly there instead and make sure you’re aware of all possibilities regarding what you are communicating with.
For the most part, most forms of divination are simply a tool to access our intuition. When you use a pendulum or lay out a tarot spread, the information you receive using these tools are typically born from a higher place of knowing within yourself. So in a way, that makes these methods biased when using them for yourself.
When we want an answer in a reading of any kind, we tend to seek the answer we are subconsciously thinking of. This can cause a reading to give a false positive. On the other side of the coin, we can also turn a reading negative by hoping a reading does not give us bad news. However, since that is the energy we’ve poured into it, that is what we get: a false negative.
The same theory can be applied when using methods of divination such as tarot cards or pendulums as tools of discernment and confirmation in spirit and deity work. If we think we are talking to a being or we think we are receiving a message from a being, we can skew the results of a reading by hoping for that confirmation that what we are thinking is indeed correct.
Let’s say you go further and make sure you detach your wish for a desired outcome regarding a reading. If you leave yourself open and do not safeguard against it, a being that is not the one you are wishing to be in contact with can falsify who they are and lie to you through your readings. Always shield your readings.
We’ve all seen posts like these. Someone sees crows or ravens slightly more often in their area than they’re used to seeing and assumes it is a sign from a deity, while completely ignoring the fact that it is that time of the year when these birds tend to gather in their area.
It is important to always remember the true key to discernment is logic. If something is incredibly peculiar or keeps repetitively happening so much that it is quite literally drowning you and has no logical backing, then yes: it may be a sign. However, if it is an occurrence that can be explained by mundane means such as ecological patterns, it is most likely not a sign.
The same can be said for occurrences such as dreams. When something is on our mind prior to falling asleep, whether it is on our mind constantly or for a moment that is significant enough to slip into our subconscious, we may find this same topic entering our dreams. That is not to say every dream where a being is connecting to us is not real, but it simply means you should use other methods of confirmation as well alongside of it.
Do not fall into the trap of magical thinking. You are doing yourself a disservice and cheapening the practice of spirit work for yourself. It is exciting to receive a sign from a being, but a leaf blowing in the wind isn’t always a sign. Be logical, look for the peculiar, and when you receive a real sign that a being is communicating with you, you will see the difference.
When you know a spirit, being, or deity you are interacting with is truthfully there and is who they say they are, you will begin to be able to feel a sense of familiarity with them. They will give off a certain energy signature when they are around and will have the same mannerisms when communicating with you. Some beings prefer to use imagery to contact you, seldom using any words. Others will say familiar phrases and speak in a certain manner that is individual to them.
You can use these attributes to your advantage, and when something feels off when attempting to communicate with a being, you can be aware and probe to see if what you are talking to is being honest.
If a being is constantly telling you that you are the most wonderful thing on Earth and it is in a way that does not seem sincere, or if they are constantly telling you negative things about yourself, they are most likely a being who is attempting to manipulate you.
Beings that are attempting to deceive you may also tell you that you are the most powerful practitioner ever, and that you need them to fulfill your true potential in your craft. If there is a push for dependency, this being is most likely attempting to burrow their way into your energy and make you think you need them.
When wanting to get confirmation from a being, simply asking for signs is the best way. The most popular way of noticing something communicating with you is synchronicity. For example, you keep hearing and seeing the number 11 and it’s happening so often that it makes you notice it’s a pattern, this may be an attempt at communication. Make sure the occurrences are peculiar as I mentioned, or you will fall into magical thinking. Ask for specific signs, not for general ones.
Again, using your natural abilities as I mentioned above is a more clear and direct way to communicate with a being. You may also partake in journeying or guided meditations to communicate with a being to receive messages and confirmations. When using any methods at all, always make sure to protect yourself so that you may only interact with beings who mean you no harm.
In the case of deities, always do research prior to reaching out to them, especially if you’re reaching out to them to ask them to do something for you. That is like asking a person to run an errand for you without getting to know them: they’re not going to do it and will probably be offended you asked.
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