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During the first six months of this year, I’ve spent what has felt like an age in the spiritual doldrums! I’m accustomed to the feeling of having spirit close to me, especially my Spirit Guides but throughout this time, I began to question my faith in everything I’ve learned.

If you’re open to exploring the unseen worlds, the life of a Medium can be a very interesting experience indeed. It sounds like something off Mission Impossible but when I came to accept my life’s mission, my perception of reality changed considerably. I had to come to terms with the fact that I was seeing, hearing and feeling things that no one around me did, other than fellow ‘sensitives’ and even then my experiences were exactly that, my own personal experiences!

If you were a follower of the epic TV series, Game of Thrones, you’ll be familiar with the fascinating character of Tyrion Lannister. He was brilliantly portrayed by the actor, Peter Dinklage who was born with the condition known as ‘dwarfism.’ The premise of his character lay around the fact that in a fantasy world of blood, medieval style battles, tyrannical rulers and fire-breathing dragons, his stature was never a disadvantage for the simple reason that his cunning, wisdom and intellect towered above everyone else’s. If anyone questioned his ability as a strategist, he would defend himself up by saying, “I drink and I know things!” His character came into a conversation between Ann and I recently when she said to me, you don’t “drink and know things,” you “drink coffee and know things!”

This ‘knowing’ can be a blessing and a curse. For the most part, as a Medium, I feel blessed that I can relay messages from lost loved ones to their relatives and friends who knew them in this lifetime. A genuine Medium is someone who knows the importance of serving Spirit and honours that relationship. One of the ways we do this is by backing communication with evidence. Spiritual evidence however, is still not provable by scientific methods because science does not yet have the means to verify it. When a Medium uses the term ‘evidence,’ it means that Spirit will work through them to give information that they could not possibly know; information that can only be verified by the recipients of the messages themselves.

In meditation, I get to know things from my Spirit Guides that I cannot pass on. I discovered I had an ability to channel spiritual philosophy very early on in my development. My mentor at the time, saw this in me and actively encouraged me to do this and when Ann and I set up our own teaching centre, I began do the same with my students. The truth is that I seek the truth and thus became introduced to Spirit Guides who always seemed keen to help me learn things which let’s say, are philosophies that would not be readily accepted by what mainstream thinking would brand as ‘normal.’‘ Such teachings began to quickly alter my perception of reality.

My guides knew that I was open to all possibility and all potential and because of this, I have experienced working with many guides, all who brought special qualities for me to learn. At present, I’m currently on a journey of discovery about ancient times and what are seen as myths, legends and the mythical creatures which our ancient ancestors spoke of! It’s all mind blowing and very exciting. In the past I’ve learned from not just human beings but other-worldly beings, both physical and inter-dimensional. When the Medium begins to understand that we communicate via telepathy and that said communication is not restricted by time, space or physical matter, a great gift is revealed to us and one of my missions is to help others to come to this understanding too.

As I mentioned, this can be a blessing or a curse and I was coming to know things which went against everything that I’d accepted as truth right from my childhood. My learning was gradual, years of meditative journeying passing by, ever increasing my knowledge and perception of the great mystery we call consciousness. Then came the year 2020 and everything rapidly changed!

We were put into lockdown and I suddenly found myself rebelling at the madness that had gripped not only the nation but also the world. One of my guides had foretold this back in 2009 and what he’d said, began to make sense as to how I was feeling. It felt like activation, a switch being switched to the ON position. With no work to attend, I plunged myself into making music but besides that, I was compelled to channel. Whether anyone took any notice of it or not, I had to put the messages out there on social media and in blogs. It was painful and isolating because the world view and the views of friends and family, completely contrasted with what my soul was telling me. What ultimately kept me going was that in their communications, Spirit kept repeating that the events that were happening were all meant to be and were essential for the spiritual awakening of humanity. The consolation I had at the very least, was knowing that I might help by playing a part in bringing spiritual messages of hope and awareness to souls who had been gripped by fear.

Within that time, I’d been invited to do an online chat with Mark Devlin who was a radio DJ. Mark had previously done a fascinating talk for us at the old centre which was all about the dark side of the music business. He’d set up a channel on YouTube which had attracted a huge following of people who also shared an alternative view from the mainstream narratives that were so heavily promoted in those days. Through his research, he’d become interested in the spiritual aspect of things and like us all, was looking for a little ray of sunshine in the darkness. I agreed to do the show but spent the next couple of days wondering if I’d done the right thing because in my experience, anyone who’d ever tried to convey deep spiritual messages through mainstream media, were always seen as nut jobs, charlatans or both! However, this wasn’t mainstream and my soul was telling me it was the right thing to do.

The show went much better than I expected and for the most part, the comments were very kind and encouraging. It was thanks to the show that I was contacted by people from all over the world, seeking private readings. With the welcome influx of readings, plus our weekly online psychic evenings and incredibly kind donations we were receiving from people, everything came together to help us keep our heads above water.

Here we are in 2026 and again, the world is a much different place to what it was! I’ve continued to post blogs as I am doing now and it’s interesting to read back on channellings received during those times just to see if what Spirit gave is coming to pass. The answer is both yes and no!

The overall message from Spirit has always been about how humanity has the ability to change the outcome of its destiny and that what might currently present itself as impending doom, is actually an illusion. The key is to become consciously awake to the illusion. Many times, Spirit have said that things will appear to get much worse before they get better which always came across as a bit depressing but looking around us, would you agree with that? I know I would! They also spoke of a time when mass healing would be needed. I now understand that message entirely. The number of alternative healers has risen exponentially during these times. They also said that what we are experiencing are the birth pains of a new reality, the painful healing process of letting go of the old world to create the new. I now see that too. Do you?

They spoke of a foundation of love rising up from the Earth which would expose the deceptions and illusions we are living under. It would also expose the liars and those who do not have the highest intentions of good for humanity in their hearts. Is anyone else seeing the fakery being exposed in the world just now?

If I have a disagreement with any of the channellings, it would be that some of the timelines seem to be off. On analysis, I’ve realised that time has become fluid. Time is becoming a blur. Time is actually becoming irrelevant! Have you witnessed this? More often than not, it’s my expectations which are out of kilter! My internal ego clock, daily distractions and unwanted intrusions present this challenge. In other words, I want things to get better before destiny has run its necessary course but what I want and what is needed, are two completely different things. I’m beginning to understand that it’s my personal perception which hasn’t yet attuned itself to the true nature of what is meant to be.

I like everyone else, has important work to do on ourselves and as part of the awakening, healing on multiple levels is just the beginning. One of my guides implied that when and only when humanity understands what it needs to do to bring about effective and lasting change, will things truly change for the better. When we begin to understand that we have the power to change timelines and outcomes through altering our perception, we will be firmly on the road to understanding that each one of us is here for a purpose, regardless of whether we are aware of it or not. All we have to do is remember who we are and why we are here! A message I repeat many times in conversations and in blogs.

What is interesting is when I meet others who are going through very similar phases in their lives. These experiences give me the confirmation that I am not isolated in recognising that our perception of reality is changing. As an example, it was during a recent online session with a client that we got onto the subject of past lives and I was asked a question which caused me to pause before answering it. It was a very good question and one which I thought I may not be able to answer, hence the pause. I was about to reply that I didn’t know when suddenly the image of an old style bank deposit box sprang into my mind. I found myself inside a huge room with rows upon rows of said deposit boxes. If you’ve ever seen the films, I would describe it as looking like the safe at Gringot’s bank from Harry Potter!

The client had asked, “Do you think my past lives might be trying to tell me things I need to know in this life now?”

As I opened my mouth to express what I was seeing, I realised that I was experiencing a familiar feeling that I’d not had for a good while. It was the feeling of going into an altered state of consciousness and I began channelling information. The response which came was,

“Through successive lifetimes we store up memories and just like deposit boxes in a bank, we can access them at any time, in any life, to remind us of what we knew then and what we need to know now!”

It took me a moment to interpret that message. Its purpose was to reinforce the deep spiritual philosophy that everything we do, are doing and will do is already recorded, just as is spoken of in the Akashic Records. Memory is playing a huge part in our consciousness awakening and through meditative journeying, we can access it.

As I write, I know that my time in the spiritual doldrums has come to an end and it has served its purpose. I now understand that the next phase in my life will continue to involve helping others to connect with their higher consciousness through meditative journeying, sound work and connection to the memory of our true origins.

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Love & Blessings

Jonathan

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Picture Credits: Adobe licensed stock. Uther the Dragon – Ann Halstead Spirit Art

Source Material: Channelled from Spirit by J Halstead.

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