In mediumship training by Spiritualist Churches, there is a technique to enhance mediumship readings called “sitting in the power”. It is a form of training that helps you become familiar with the feeling of spirit around you. My initial training was directly from my main personal Guide so I was very familiar with spirit around me. I had a walk in closet and I set up a reclining lounge chair with blankets and pillows and I sat in the dark and did deep breathing. I would sit in the closet for an hour every day. The close proximity of the four walls of the closet made it conducive to feeling outside sensations. I was physically touched at times and as I waited for the presence of my Guide, an energy would come over me and I would experience a slight paralysis. I was always taken out of body for experiences/training, but there were times when I returned that I was encouraged to sit longer in that state of paralysis. I was filled with an expanded energy that became painful and uncomfortable to hold after awhile. But over time, as I was being stretched, I got better at it. It was physical training. I didn’t know it at the time, but what I was actually doing was re-creating the spirit cabinet that physical mediums use. This training instilled in me a heightened awareness of spirit and I am used to having constant companions. I am aware I am not alone but when I want to be alone, I just am. I don’t engage and they allow me my “privacy”. But when I take a nap or am about to fall asleep, the loud sound of the presence of energy always approaches. Since I have re-enlisted to work with spirit, I started meditating again daily. And it is like I never left. I sit quietly and breath (I no longer sit in a closet). And it isn’t long before I am somewhere else, experiencing another dimension and bringing back images and messages. So it really doesn’t matter what your intention is. If you are called to work with spirit, they will pick you up the moment you begin to enter that altered state.
Medium Rosemary 