How Does Spirit Communicate?
/Spirit communication often comes through on a subtle level. It can be a quiet "Hello" you feel within you rather than a voice in your ear. You could be going along your day about to trip because you are so busy and hear a “Watch out!” in your mind's voice. You could be falling asleep and feel a slight shift in your bedding as if someone is lovingly tucking you in.
Many people await big signs from spirit, but it’s the subtle ones spirit goes for. Why? They get your attention. They’re specific, come at a time when you least expect them, and with a feeling you cannot deny. You just KNOW that it is from spirit. Trust your intuition.
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Spirit Communication is Energetic
We are energetic beings and our souls reside in an energetic realm. Spirit communication uses energy and vibration. Since we are having a physical experience but are still intuitive beings we will receive communication from spirit in an energetic sense.
We are already set up to communicate this way and many of us already do—like when you have a gut feeling or are picking up vibes about someone. You are sensing energy. You can pick up the same vibrations when it comes to spirit's energy and their communication with you.
Spirit Uses Your Natural Intuitive Abilities
Spirit likes to communicate using all of your intuitive senses. But many of us don’t know what those are. When you do receive a message from spirit, you may feel, see, hear, smell it—or a combination of all of these.
Your spirit guide or loved one in spirit could use clairaudient telepathy (which often sounds like your mind's voice), clairvoyance (sending an image to your mind), and smell (clairalience) all at the same time.
We all have clair senses
For example, you are sitting minding your own business when suddenly you smell cigarette smoke. Your mind immediately tries to figure out where the smell is coming from.
You look to see if someone is smoking around you and find no one. Is it one of the neighbors, you wonder? Then suddenly you remember your grandmother and the brand of cigarettes she smoked. You see her smiling face in your mind and hear her voice saying your name.
Your ego mind will think all of this is just a memory. BUT think about this… you weren’t particularly thinking of your grandmother before that moment, were you?
This is how spirit will communicate. Subtly, but profoundly.
Spirit is Intentional in Their Communication
It will seem random but it’s not. Spirit knows what they are doing.
Pay attention to how you feel in these moments. Your soul will reverberate with the truth of what you feel. Your spirit knows that their spirit is reaching through dimensions trying to communicate.
The more you acknowledge these moments of spirit connection, the more they will happen.
We are all mediums in the sense that we all can connect with the spirit energy all around us. We are spirits having a human experience, after all.
As you acknowledge this truth, that you ARE a spirit, a soul, you will find your intuitive abilities will open and develop naturally.
Spirit Uses Your Lexicon
Spirit often uses your own lexicon to communicate. A lexicon is like a personal storehouse of all your life experiences. It is filled with memories, mental images, word phrases, movies, books—everything you’ve had a personal experience with.
Spirit guides are pros at using your lexicon. Many mediums can attest to this. It is what helps us communicate with your spirit team during personal sessions.
Your loved ones in spirit also will use your personal memories and conversations with them to get their message across. A “remember when” kind of method. They like to share old songs and mention old conversations—some you may have forgotten but are still very fresh in their memory.
Developing your personal lexicon can help you communicate better with spirit. Take notes of your favorite songs, movies, books, and topics you know a lot about. Don’t be surprised when spirit uses these as references to make a point.
You can also set up a personal symbolism dictionary with spirit. Many mediums use this methodology where a specific symbol has a specific meaning. For example, a red rose means love or an image of the sun means happiness and warmth.
A great book to help you learn more about this method is The Book of Psychic Symbols by Melanie Barnum.
Don’t be afraid to experiment with different ways to communicate with spirit. They want to work with you and will.
Spirit Loves Synchronicity
Have you ever experienced things working out at the last moment? Are the right people coming into your life at just the right moment? That is synchronicity and it’s one of spirit’s favorite ways to communicate!
Spirit guides are the movers and shakers of the spirit world. They often move people, objects, and opportunities right in your path when you need them.
Need a book about how to market your new business? And there it is in someone’s hands at the table across from you in the cafe! Not only is it the right book but as you ask the person how they like the book, you find they are someone who can help you with your business. That is how spirit guides work.
Your loved ones in spirit will work with synchronicities too. Loading up five different things to happen all at once to create a big message of love.
Maybe you’re at a ballgame, and you notice the person sitting in front of you is wearing a shirt with the number 22 on it which was the same number your loved one wore when they played baseball.
You automatically think, Oh, what a coincidence! and then you hear the announcer say the name of the next hitter and they have the same first name as your friend in spirit. You immediately get teary-eyed and feel your friend’s energy right there with you. That’s spirit communication!
These kinds of synchronous signs from spirit happen all the time. The more we understand how spirit is often communicating with us, the more these instances can happen and become a normal part of our lives.
Keep Your Spirit Hat On
If you think of everything in your life having its own hat—you’ve got your parent hat, your work hat, your hobby hat, etc.—then you’ve also got your spirit hat.
imagine you’re always wearing a spirit hat
People tend to put hats on and take them off. However, you can keep your spirit hat on at all times. This doesn’t mean you’re an open vessel and spirit can interrupt at any time; it simply serves as an intention to be open to the communication that only your spirit team can share with you (your spirit team consists of your guides, higher self, and loved ones in spirit).
When you really want to pay attention to spirit, you can even imagine your spirit hat on your head, reaching up to straighten it, or if it is a ball cap, pulling the rim down just like a pitcher signaling to the catcher that they accept the next pitch.
Having these imaginative reminders makes it easier to get out of your head and into your soul’s natural playful energy. The high vibrational energy of play is a natural conduit to spirit communication. It makes it flow.
As you continue your spirit communication journey, recognize that a part of you already knows how to do this. You are just relaxing into your own inner knowing—your soul will help you remember that this way of communicating is a natural part of who you are!
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