Beyond Time was published in Watkins Mind, Body, Spirit online magazine in September 2020.
De-personalisation
Some people have ‘a feeling of disconnection from one’s identity’ or an estrangement from one’s self. De-personalisation is typically related to individuals who have experienced a severe trauma or prolonged stress/anxiety and is the third most common psychological symptom, after feelings of anxiety and feelings of depression.
In more extreme cases de-personalisation or de-realisation are considered to be part of a dissociative disorder. However, in mediumship training this ability or character trait – of being able to enter into someone or them enter into you – is considered a key to effective practice. Whilst to operate in the ‘now’ – not the past or the future – is a key tenet of meditative practices throughout the world.
But, what became of the ancestor spirit of that old lady, bent over and wearing a soiled apron?’
Was she the soul or spirit of a dead person who appeared to the living? Or an external reflection of myself and of my life at the time, as these programmes only exist in relationship?
