CHANNELING > Ouija 🥳👻✨
Disclaimer: Please note, channeling is not recommended for those who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, multiple personality disorder / schizophrenia or any other kind of clinical mental health condition. Suzanne Giesemann explains that "individuals with unheald emotional or mental wounds may attract energies that resonate with those unhealed areas."
The Ouija board is one of the most misunderstood channeling subjects. When we look at it from a process perspective, it's a subconscious way of channeling. Therefore, it really is no different than using a pendulum, dowsing rods or even the tarot. It's another tool that can be used to interact with things that are already in your field. When working any of these tools, the most important thing is the tuning process that you use. If you just use these tools without tuning, you'll interact with any random being or energy in your field, positive or negative.
Karen Dahlman's book "The Spirits of Ouija: Four Decades of Communication" is just one example that shows us the Ouija board can used in a positive way.
I also highly recommend "The Wizard of Ouija" YouTube playlist by the Talking Board Historical Society for another really good, easy to watch overview which really helps clear up many misconceptions about the board.
And here's another fun overview Karen Dahlman did recently with Jim Harold.
The board by itself doesn't do anything in the same way a pencil doesn't do anything unless you pick it up and use it. In essense, we always remain the channel and the board is just one other tool we can use.
The name "Ouija" is a patented brand that is currently owned by Hasbro. The generic name for a Ouija board is a "talking board," "angel board," or "spirit board."
Actually, the Ouija board didn't start out as a board at all. In the 1800's it started as an automatic writing planchette with a pencil attachment. Some people also used little baskets with a pencil attached to it.
You can make a talking board out of anything really. Even just drawing letters, numbers and symbols on a piece of paper and using a bottle lid as the planchette will work. You can use any characters or symbols you'd like, even words. There are so many different types of talking boards and designs. What kind of layout can you imagine?
Here's an L/L Research channeling that talks about the constructive use of the board:
The need for the tuning and the challenging of spirits has seldom been recognized within any particular means of seeking, shall we say, discarnate advice, and within this particular tool these means of assuring the positive use have frequently been omitted.
https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/1985/0317
They expand on what they mean by the "challenging of spirits" in this other page:
https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/2008/0208_04
What they're trying to say is that once you have made contact with a being through the board, it is helpful to "challenge" or ask the being if it abides by your highest spiritual principle three times. These are some example questions you can ask:
"Have you chosen the path of Unconditional Love?"
"Have you chosen the path of service-to-others?"
[If you're Christian] "Do you believe Jesus Christ is Lord?"
If the being answers "Yes" you can continue. If the being answers "no," move the planchette over to "Good Bye," ask the being to leave, reflect on how you can improve your tuning process and try at another time.
Discernment
Remember, you can never be sure that the being you are speaking to is the being they say they are, or in any type of channeling. In a hypnotherapy channeling we asked about this and they mentioned, I'm paraphrasing, "If you believe they are who they say they are, that makes them that being." So it's always important to use your discernment regarding any information that you receive. In the end, the message you receive is more important than the messenger. Checkout my Discernment page for more information regarding this topic.
Example Session
Here's an overall layout of a Ouija session:
-Do the tuning process.
-Person 1 and 2 each place their hand lightly on the planchette. Person 3 can do anything they can to send positive loving energy without being to distracting. Any one can be the scribe if they like to and write the questions and answers down as the session progresses.
-Allow the planchette to move around the board.
-Ask, "Whenever you are ready, head on over to 'Yes'." *
-Once it heads over to "Yes," ask your challenging question and really mean it. For example: "Have you chosen the path of Unconditional Love?"
-If the being answers "Yes," ask your challening question again with the same determination.
-If the being answers "Yes," ask your challening question one more time again with the same determination.
-If you get three yeses, continue with your session.
*Sometimes it might head over to "Yes" right away. Sometimes, it might take several minutes to answer, specially if it's your first few times using the board or if only practicing with two people total (see FAQs below). If you don't get a "Yes" within your first 30 minutes, try again at another time. There are so many factors to a successful session, including even the alignment of the planets. Generally speaking, the channeling will get easier and quicker the more sessions you do.
Questions to Ask During a Session
Once, we have three yeses, one of my favorite things to ask is "How can we improve the communication?" Doing this everytime you do a session and learning from what they say, will greatly increase your ability to communicate over time.
The next question I usually ask is, "Do you have an opening message for us?" Sometimes this unravels a whole conversation in itself.
Another one of my favorite questions to ask is, "How can I improve my meditation to be more consciously aware of my spirit guides?" or "How can we improve our conscious channeling practice?"
Remember to stay positive during a session. The types of questions you ask also determines the types of beings you speak to. It's a double-edged sword. Avoid:
-Fear-based questions. These tune you into fear-based beings rather than positive beings.
-Negative questions about how to take advantage or manipulate someone else. Respect the "Law of Free Will."
-Questions asking for personal instructions as to what steps to take in one’s personal life. Positive beings respect your Free Will. Instead ask to learn more about the situation you're facing so that you can have a better understanding and then make your own informed choices.
-Questions that are too materialistic in nature: lotteries, bets, ...
Closing a Session
Give a heartfelt thanks to all the spiritual beings that were present. State that you are bringing the session to a close and move the planchette over to "Good Bye."
Ask that all aspects of each of your minds and your beings return their appropriate places in time and space. Say this one more time.
Become more aware of the space you're in. Become more aware of your body. State you're wide awake and fully back to the present moment. Have a light, tasty snack to further anchor yourself back in your body. Do some stretching.
FAQs
What's the best number of people to do a session?
I have always found it easier to do a session in groups of three or more. I haven't been able to use the board on my own but some people are able to. The L/L Research channelings recommend doing channelings in groups of three or more.
Practicing with two people can take a little bit longer for it to work. It might mostly spell gibberish (a string of letters not making any words) in the beginning of your first few sessions. Sometimes taking 20 or 30 minutes to get any words. Ask yes or no questions here and there, these are sometimes easier to get answers to in the beginning. Always remember to stay positive and excited! Be patient. Negative feelings (such as disappointment) dramatically reduces the energy available for it to work. If you don't get anything after 30 minutes, try again at another time.
What beings can I speak to?
The L/L Research channelings recommend only working with your Higher Self and your spirit guides when doing channeling session with just one other person. When doing a session in groups of three or more, you can reach out to other beings. During the Intention part of the tuning process, I usually like to keep it open ended by calling on all beings that have chosen the path of Unconditional Love. Sometimes the being you want to speak to is unavailable or may not be the being that has the most pertinent message for you.
Once you are in a communication with a being, you can ask if it's possible to speak with another being or if they can give you more information about them. According to Suzanne Giesemann, apparently one of your spirit guides is usually your channeling "host" that manages the beings you speak to and "debriefs" them about you before you speak to them.
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