I was born in Peru, S.A. I don’t consciously recall the years before coming to the U.S. The family traveled from Fla. to Tx. By the age of 6 or 7, I was being sent to a Baptist church and Sunday School. Even at that early age, I was questioning the Logic or more precisely; the inconsistencies of the teachings. My questions led to my being asked to not come back. I won’t get into the questions I asked at this time.
We had been living in Texas for several years, when my mother became ill and was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After her death, I returned to the U.S. from Peru, where she had requested she be allowed to die; among her family. It was the Mid-Sixties and I was a week away from being 12 years old, when my plane touched down in Houston, Texas.
The mindset of America at that time was changing and becoming more accepting of the New Age manner of thinking. Eastern philosophy and practices were becoming more commonplace and practiced.
The popular “Toy” of the time was the Ouija Board that proclaimed to allow the user(s) to communicate with the “Other Side” and the Dead. Seances, Natural/Herbal & Psychic Healing and Meditation were discussed openly for the First time in America since we took it away from the Native Americans. Although still not mainstream, it was more popular than ever.
So we got one for christmas (ironically enough) that year. We began by asking the usual questions; what was on the “Other Side”, what the future held and who were we talking to…among others. We had long “conversations” with several “Spirit entities”. This went on for several months until my father made fun of my Step-mom & me for “moving” the planchette, answering our own questions. Of course, We defended ourselves by saying the answers were to questions we didn’t know the answers to. He was determined to prove the deception and asked a question of only which he knew the answer. He was very surprised, as were we, when the board spelled out the correct response. That was when he started participating more in our search for answers and knowledge of the “Occult”, also referred to then as Metaphysics.
We (they) bought books, tapes and attended meetings that covered everything we could find on the subject. In addition to my schoolwork and studies, I began reading books on the Occult as the subject drew me to it with greater and greater strength and interest.
We all became quite versed & practiced on the subject matter and began performing seances and trance readings.
I was not only very adept at this but also was capable of Psychometry; the ability to know an object’s history by holding it and going into a “trance” state of mind.
My parents even took the “Silva Mind Control” course; now called the “Silva Method”. I studied the material on my own as my job and school schedule didn’t allow me the time to attend the 3, 8 hour per day classes. The results were not as effective even though I was able to perform a majority of the exercises and functions…
This lasted about 3 yrs. I recall the interruption of my Occult education came after attending a Spirit Church, where several attendees told me I was an “Old Soul” with a very special “mission” to accomplish in this life I’d chosen. It was never made clear what that Mission was…
I left home to explore the world on my own due to differences at home that are not relevant to my Study and practice of what I believed. I was 15.
I traveled from coast to coast for a couple of years, expanding my awareness and knowledge of people and thought. I experimented with drugs that expanded my conscience and perspective as most teens did in the ‘60s & ‘70s. I joined the military and traveled more of the world, learning more about people than I ever might have, had I stayed in school and gone to college, gotten a job and lived a “Normal life”. None of this had anything to do with the Occult or metaphysics. In fact, I never made mention of my abilities or practices to avoid ridicule and prejudices. Even then I was following the “Path of Least Resistance”.
As with any practice not followed and used, I “lost” the abilities I’d gleaned in my earlier years. My basic beliefs were still ingrained in me but I kept them to myself; to my detriment. I realize that now.
Several years went by; I married, had children, divorced & changed careers. My new career in Insurance gave the freedom to take advantage of opportunities as they came. That led me to a Massage Therapist that introduced me to an Online mentor/guide with an Open Mindedness way of thinking belief system. That was enough to Jump Start my old Belief mentality. After a year, I happened of following the Practice offered by this new guide, I happened upon Esther & Jerry Hicks, voicing the consciousness of Abraham. They were talking about the Universe and (god) Source as Eternal Energy & we create our lives by the thoughts we think and believe.
This had been my Feelings & thoughts of what I had believed, as a Teen, of the manner of the Universe. I had read the Self-Help books of the era that talked about shaping your Destiny but maintaining a (PMA) Positive Mental Attitude… I did not have the ability to express these ideas to others in a way that made sense to them. It just seemed like I “had an Attitude”. My “Attitude” has not changed much but I am able to approach life from the perspective of Love and alignment with my True-Self & Universal Energy. It is from here that I offer my Point of Attraction to my Understanding of the Universe, the Law of Attraction & our Purpose in all of it. We are supposed to Enjoy the Journey along our Life Paths to creation & expansion.
Happy Creating!
Universal Life Paths 